MTVU has made john ashbery its poet laureate.

The Poet Laureate of MTV

dang. i even did a search for ashbery!

Sometimes it just feels right to sit with his words:

And you see, both of us were right, though nothing
Has somehow come to nothing; the avatars
Of our conforming to the rules and living
Around the home have made—well, in a sense, “good citizens” of us,
Brushing the teeth and all that, and learning to accept
The charity of the hard moments as they are doled out,
For this is action, this not being sure, this careless
Preparing, sowing the seeds crooked in the furrow,
Making ready to forget, and always coming back
To the mooring of starting out, that day so long ago.

i have no memory of starting this thread.

new board descrip plz

I put a spycam in a sorority

"I put a spycam in a sorority" is actually the kind of line Ashbery could have written. But what was Malkmus doing in this thread, anyway?

oh, i had forgotten all this about malkmus saying "brighten the corners" was about hotel lautremont

I always confuse this guy with Frank O'Hara for some reason. The art/poetry thing I guess?

What a crazy subject line. Anyway: RIP indeed.