Author: David Schwarm

  • Abyssus abyssum invocat

    Diva is a hit!

    unnecessarily French blonde walking over windy subway grate. Freudian elevator shafts, subway tunnels, and light houses. Fun soundtrack. Addressing institutional sexism, French role on Vietnam, and Art for Art sake.

    Collegiate film tricks, corrupt cope cliches, gratuitous use of roller skates, and too many character’s.

  • Apple watch
  • Avenue to Hell
  • Bank Law
  • Boulevard to Hell
  • Capitalism
  • Capitalism is the society
  • Caught day drinking
  • Chips
  • Compelled Transaction
  • Competition
  • Considering
  • Conspicuous consumption
  • Consumerism
  • Consumerism is the individual
  • Consumerism without capitalism
  • Consumption
  • Converse
    • Cooked everything from scratch
    • Costco
    • Could look so much better
    • Croissant
    • Cult Classic vs Classic about Cults
    • daughter son
    • David Attenburough
    • Dish Washer Martyr
    • Divorce
    • Drown
    • Dutch
    • Favorite Concert – Fleetwood Mac
    • Favorite Concert – Grateful Dead
    • Favorite Concert – Madonna
    • Favorite Concert – Patti Smith / ClashFavorite Concert – Talking HeadsFelix
    • Film SMS – Chris
    • Film SMS – Kristina
    • Film SMS – Mike
    • Generate money
    • Holiday four day closure is illegal
    • I need more
    • Judy Garland
    • Law is evil
    • Likes things tight
    • Log tester
    • Love carving white meat
    • Made some changes
    • Matthew Perry – Colon blown out
    • Matthew Perry – Sober since 2001 with 60-70 relapses
    • Matthew Perry – Dosing your kids
    • Milanese
    • Milenesa
    • Morning drinker
    • Mother in Law
    • Mother in Laws
    • Mothers in law
    • My mother is the worst best
    • Name of parking show
    • Netherlands
    • Olympic stick taper
    • Open minded shopping
    • Out
    • Park Rage
    • Play date
    • Polymorphic perversity
    • Psychological Sabbatical
    • Realities in history
    • Resist her skills
    • Richard Attenburough
    • Road to hell is parking
    • Road to hell is paved with good intentions
    • Road to Hell is paved with Truth
    • Road to hell is truth
    • Road to hell is what is love
    • Same Thing
    • Savory syrup infection
    • Self care
    • Show – Escaping Twin Flames
    • Slouching
    • Son in law
    • Stonewall
    • Talks in Binary
    • The pivot
    • Three day meditation retest
    • To Azores islands off Portugal
    • Tournament in Princeton
    • Transit
    • Two kids
    • Unknown part is bull shit
    • Washer
    • Water Polo – Olympics
    • Water Polo – Para Olympics
    • Water Polo – Special Olympics
    • Water Polo – UCI
  • The Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli

    The Order of TimeThe Order of Time by Carlo Rovelli
    My rating: 3 of 5 stars

    A very quick review of quantum stuff–I read a book like this every year. I’m not sure I learned anything, but I have some exciting time observations. I enjoyed a rant about NOW not existing, but I did not take much from this book. I am sure it will make some undergrads very smart. I like Rovelli- he quotes the Dead & Proust- but I am not sure I followed his position on most things. I feel like I am more of a physical traditionalist.

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  • 36. Best Contemporary Instrumental Album

    For albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new contemporary instrumental recordings.

    As We Speak
    Béla Fleck, Zakir Hussain, Edgar Meyer, Featuring Rakesh Chaurasia

    On Becoming
    House Of Waters

    Jazz Hands
    Bob James

    The Layers
    Julian Lage

    All One
    Ben Wendel

  • Fight Them All

    Summary

    Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, embarks on the final heist of the campaign, Fire and Darkness. Battles Efretti and Duergar and enter a demi-plane to recover the Book of Vile Darkness–the escape is something to behold!

    Characters

    III (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision and is into horticulture.
    Days (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.
    Honey Bunches of O’s (Paladin played by Taylor) is four years old and working with Penguin yakuza version.
    Lazorius (Wizard Necromancer multiclass Bard played by Cody) is the Ra’s Al Ghul adjacent league of shadows connected.
    Ra’s al Ghul. (Wizard Necromancer played by Cody) is just a broken build controlling 12 skeleton warrior in the League of Shadows
    Snow (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
    No name (Cleric played by Matt).
    Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.

  • The Second Coming by Walker Percy

    The Second ComingThe Second Coming by Walker Percy
    My rating: 5 of 5 stars

    Holy cow! Who is Walker Percy? This book is fantastic–there is literary play at work here that I assume would have been presented to me earlier–I am not even sure how I stumbled into this excellent book–I will read the rest of his work & some biographical stuff pretty quickly–a tremendous American writer.

    There are racist and sexist, and maybe even mental health trigger warnings & likely not excellent representation, but the overall structure and play found in this book is plan excellent. I strongly recommend it, mostly because I want to learn what you think.

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  • 12. Best Dance/Electronic Music Album

    For vocal or instrumental albums. Albums only.

    1. Playing Robots Into Heaven
      James Blake
    2. For That Beautiful Feeling
      The Chemical Brothers
    3. Actual Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022)
      Fred again..
    4. Kx5
      Kx5
    5. Quest For Fire
      Skrillex
  • 10. Best Dance/Electronic Recording

    For solo, duo, group or collaborative performances. Vocal or Instrumental. Singles or tracks only.

    1. Blackbox Life Recorder 21F
      Aphex Twin
      Richard D James, producer; Richard D James, mixer
    2. Loading
      James Blake
      James Blake & Dom Maker, producers; James Blake, mixer
    3. Higher Than Ever Before
      Disclosure
      Cirkut, Guy Lawrence & Howard Lawrence, producers; Guy Lawrence, mixer
    4. Strong
      Romy & Fred again..
      Fred again.., Stuart Price & Romy, producers; Fred again.. & Stuart Price, mixers
    5. Rumble
      Skrillex, Fred again.. & Flowdan
      Fred again.. & Skrillex, producers; Skrillex, mixer
  • 34. Best Alternative Jazz Album

    For vocal or instrumental albums containing greater than 75% playing time of new Alternative jazz recordings.

    1. Love In Exile
      Arooj Aftab, Vijay Iyer, Shahzad Ismaily
    2. Quality Over Opinion
      Louis Cole
    3. SuperBlue: The Iridescent Spree
      Kurt Elling, Charlie Hunter, SuperBlue
    4. Live At The Piano
      Cory Henry
    5. The Omnichord Real Book
      Meshell Ndegeocello
  • Dragon pin cushion

    Keys From The Golden Vault, live from Alakazam Comics in Irvine, CA, embarks on the final heist of the campaign, Fire and Darkness. The party explores Brimestone, is attacked by a Beholder, and defeats a dragon. This is why they call it D&D!

    III (Elf Fighter played by Henry) is the Joker’s step brother who watches a lot of YouTube with excellent vision and is into horticulture.
    Carolus (Paladin played by Adam) is based on devotion.
    Days (Rouge played by Travis) is based on Calendar Man.
    Honey Bunches of O’s (Paladin played by Taylor) is four years old and working with Penguin yakuza version.
    Lazorius (Wizard Necromancer multiclass Bard played by Cody) is the Ra’s Al Ghul adjacent league of shadows connected.
    Lining the Pocket the Lion (Wizard played by Dylan) is a chromatic orb casting, fire breathing familiar member of the Golden Vault.
    Ra’s al Ghul. (Wizard Necromancer played by Cody) is just a broken build controlling 12 skeleton warrior in the League of Shadows
    Snow (Fighter played by Lewis) is mentored by Two-Face. Plated member of the Golden Vault.
    Swallow the River (Cleric played by Brian) is a follower of Zoltec the Crocodile god of death from Chult. Filled member of the Golden Vault.
    Top Card (Rogue played by Glenn) is Cat Women without the slapstick. Filled member of the Golden Vault.