FREE TRASH

Am taking out the trash in my house. In addition to this, as already noted, in the DC area you may spot a compact disc labeled Sounds Like Sideways Light:

Sounds Like Sideways Light is an attempt by a young Weenus initiate at Krispis specific expression. It was his final project for a Weenus after-school program. As such it’s a bit underdeveloped, but still charming if you forgive its adolescent lugubriousness.

What is Weenus and Krispis? Krispis is one of four quadrants in the Weenus system. The Weenus system is a taxonomy for ordering everything. The Weenus Chart has four quadrants, Krispis, Creemus, Bronson , and Buntas. Akin to the old system of humors, each quadrant has exclusive qualities.

The Krispis quadrant contains things sharp and bright, sublime sad hooks, Graham Greene’s tight poignant endings. Wasabi and club soda with melon, wearing cableknit sweaters as you crackle dry leaves on your Maine autumn walk.
SL2 qualifies as Kripsis because there are no laughs and it’s kind of elegiac. In fact, in grading this Dr. Dan Ochoa had some red-pen-remarks about it being a little too elegiac at times to register totally Krispis. Portions were almost weepy, cheesily melodic, which would put the thing towards Creemus. Krispis stuff is supposed to be restrained and tasteful in expressions of emotion, not ever getting close to the soundtrack of Patch Adams.