Steven Vogel

Writer. Musician. Critic. Fan.
www.blacklodges.com

coffee and cigarettes

two of the best things in the world, and since booze is off the menu for a bit this is as much excitment as there is ( wow a caffeine high…shit, you’re a fucking loser Vogel ), HOWEVER, and yes I did have to capitalize this, there is something to be said about coffee and cigarettes. Picture this: Rainy afternoon, you’re dead beat tired, it’s cold out, you hit up your local coffee shop, no not Starbucks, but I mean the ones back in the 90s, privately owned, wooden floored coffee shops, that serve the best coffee on your block, grab a book and watch a band play later. You with me? Not sure about the rest of you, but I had the pleasure of having a place like this not far from my spot, jesus, something like 15 years ago. I spent many afternoons just chilling at that spot, reading a book or magazine, listening to what ever band played ( for  some reason a lot of the bands were great, but I think that might have to do with being a teenager ) and since I didn’t grow up in fucking sunny Californina ( can you feel the Eastern European Winter depression here??? ) I couldn’t go skating 365 days a year.

Anyway, point being, there is nothing better, on some days, than solitude, a good book, good coffee and a pack of smokes and, yep you guessed it, good music. This is my Coffee and Cigarettes selection, today, it’ll be different tomorrow. Surely.

This will get you in the mood.

possibly the best album of 2007. A little late but there you have it.



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