Wax
posted Jan 9, 2006
Paraffin heaters
(all of them)
let me see love songs
addressed to other people.
Sympathy is kicking in around me,
and everyone’s putting their cups
on the floor.
Everyone is touching a leg.
First, once, and later, twice.
© 2005 Sasha Frere-Jones
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.