something about breakfast and meals and food in the marvin trilogy. upside down like a ladle pouring soup. the oldest drinks wine, the baby is wailing. drunk and self indulgent. marvin always eats the finest breakfast in town. my stomach aches. some chatter and some gruel, make me wanna drool, try to make me hungry. i don’t want miracles from heaven just some eggies over spinach over toast. she can’t cook but have you seen her milk a cow? life is rotten. a breakfast over sugar. please drink your tea before it’s cold. pass the sugar, please. i hate his food. the throwing up, the shame, the silent prayers, the nausea. i got my breakfast, the likes of which you’ve never seen. wash my face then drink beer. then i eat. and jessie blew her meal, these women laughed their very best. same folk acting like from different cultures as they chew their food completely out of sync. we all eat as one. marvin loves the way they cook linguini. now to make bread, loosen your glands. he filled my coats with candies and notes. i have something rotten. as i put the steak in, i bring home the bacon. love me, feed me. what i love i devour. he makes me smile a lot, especially at mealtime. late for dinner late again. whizzers supposed to always be here making dinner. chop chop chop chop. trina was supposed to make the dinner. make it pretty on his plate. have it ready, make it tasty. banana carrot surprise. such a romantic table, knives in place, lots of space to spread out and eat. gourmet version of chicken marengo, took me all day, i’ll say it was worth the time, i lie. i don’t eat at all in times like these. someone’s brought your dinner, someone bringing you your lunch. and throw their knives. have a little scotch. clip the coupons, make the dinner, and love him. we’ll buy the cheese. afternoons we make hors d’oeuvres. baking the bread, sharpening knives. i bathe and drink tea. what i’ve done to you is rotten. shiksa caterer. can we consider who’s gonna cater? delicious food for you, nouvelle bar mitzvah cuisine. dietetic knishes, food that’s from the heart. take a bite and see. there’ll be food like food never before. looking at whizzer is like eating treyf. sweeter than a donut. she saves lives and i save chicken fat. i cant eat breakfast. rugelach, gefilte fish, chicken soup, kneidlach. we’re both gonna cure you, me with my soup, she with her medication. drink a little something til you’re dead. gee, we love to eat and we need something sweet. i’ll be eating hors d'oeuvres. and someone please eat them; lord knows we’ve got plenty. champagne makes things lovely. drink up. meanwhile though it’s tears and schmaltz. who would i feast my eyes on?
there’s a couple of songs (authenticity trip, let me tell you about my operation) where you (JF) take on a high-energy stage presence while linnell tends to not have those moments, and i’m curious what draws you to those kinds of performances, and if you write the songs with them in mind?
JF: just getting my freak on.
Hey Flans.... soup... or cool?
JF: um...
middle aged women have like a sixth sense when it comes to choosing the worst group of teenagers to call "ladies"
"summer is the worst" "no winter is!!!" actually both are. down with Big Temperature. spring and autumn for the win
Franz Kafka’s Diaries, 1 July 1914
ID: 1 July. Too tired.
the inspirations behind many of they might be giants' more poignant lyrics are wild.
"I've got a match / your embrace and my collapse," from their list of bitterly failing relationship songs, infamous for having been unceremoniously dropped from live performances since 1988 under unknown circumstances, coming from the wise-cracking response of "yeah I've got a match, your face and my ass". oh sure let me just fashion this kid's restaurant fast food wrapper into a beautiful origami swan.



