Rain Day
Sasha Frere-Jones

posted Jan 9, 2006

There is a good pull. It explains the arena.
Parallel handlers talk of floods. This explains the handlers.
Gone from sleep? Is that what you said?
Then put velvet on your corners and invite the hits.
Angostino, the Jody anguish, super supreme and torqued—she is here. You will hear her hat and she will gladly turn it up.
She will make the ceilings erase themselves.
He will move columns and hide the notes.
They are moving together but never up.
If the police arrive, we don’t bring it up.

Sasha Frere-Jones joined The New Yorker as pop-music critic in 2004. Previously, he was a critic for The Village Voice. He has written for Pretty Decorating, The New York Times, Slate, The New York Post, The Wire, and Time Out New York. His work has been anthologized three times in the Da Capo Best Music Writing series. His poetry has been publish by The Hat. He maintains a website at sashafrerejones.com.

In 1991, Frere-Jones formed the band Ui, which toured America and Europe. Ui made five albums before disbanding in 2003. Prior to that, his band Dolores made two full-length cassette tapes. He is currently finishing a record with The Sands, a rock band, and working on several dance music recordings.

Frere-Jones was born in New York in 1967. He received a B.A. in Sociology from Columbia University in 1993.