Itinerant Nation

GTA IV (norman shadow)

2008-06-20T18:35:00.002-05:00

What he said. . .

2008-04-15T01:22:00.001-05:00

ooooooooohhhhhhhhh shit!

2007-09-04T15:41:00.000-05:00

hoops has gone tube. . .*geek*geeking out here a bit at 1941 W. Chicago. . . someone was moving into the adjacent apt., during which i played all 5 No Age EP's. . . some Times New Viking and, of course, Jay Reatard. . .

File under: If you don't have it, get it. . .

2007-08-28T22:56:00.000-05:00

Russian CirclesEnterTimes New VikingPresent the Paisley ReichBlack Moth Super Rainbow + The Octopus ProjectThe House of Apples and Eyeballs

HighLife Progression

2007-08-28T22:42:00.000-05:00

THE SHAVING 3.1

2007-08-28T22:40:00.001-05:00

2007-07-16T13:06:00.000-05:00

personal space issuses? just go to asia, that should get rid of 'em.

TRY A BRAKE BUT REST IT FUTURE!

2007-07-16T01:40:00.000-05:00

2007-07-16T01:38:00.001-05:00

i'm sorry if i wasn't paying enough attention to youi truly ambut that's the way the neglected getsometimesneglectedrejecteddejectedawaiting arousal, or erectionso i'm here to prick you up and outof submissionno thanks required. . . i merely noticed you had been feeling neglected

haircut one hundred

2007-06-06T23:29:00.000-05:00

2007-04-27T22:11:00.000-05:00

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Saturday Nite @ Five Star

2007-03-17T15:08:00.000-05:00

Ice Storm

2007-01-23T20:23:00.000-06:00

Harris was lucky to have power almost the entire time, my parents were without power for 7 days, some people are still without electricity. . .this was taken in my backyard, the line on the left is a cable line, it came down the next day. . .

Steven Segal, Humanitarian

2007-01-19T17:57:00.000-06:00

make sure you read all the way through, trust me it's worth it. the article is also very short, so no worries.

Come to China lookin for work

2007-01-15T20:25:00.000-06:00

In Xi'an, we ran into these two Bangladeshis looking for work, since there is none at home. The Chinese dream. They slept in the subway that night, no money in their pockets, but big dreams, my friends, big dreams.

First snow

2006-12-01T03:51:00.000-06:00

The DVD box set to end all DVD box sets. . .

2006-11-06T16:11:00.000-06:00

I heart Criterion

best. . . video. . . ever. . .

2006-11-01T10:26:00.000-06:00

replacement therapy

2006-10-08T12:59:00.000-05:00

what happens when they decide to take down the old sign for the local skating-rink and replace it with a brand new bland-as-hell sign? apparently one leaves the old sign by the dumpster. probably because they know, as well as you or i, that they fucked up. big time. the old sign was way cooler, but now it's broken and left out to rust. put out to pasture as it were. good-bye Skateport.

home for the weekend

2006-09-28T23:22:00.000-05:00

Feel the vibrations of Touch and Go celebrating 25 years of rockA head turner's delight(removed at the request of no more, no less)

welcome back to the playground

2006-09-28T19:11:00.000-05:00

then again, it is lovely out. . .

2006-09-19T23:53:00.000-05:00

Bangkok's Independent Newspaper, The Nation, reported just this past Monday, Sept. 11, "There will be no coup in Thailand says PM", i guess no one was paying attention. at least the people with the tanks weren't anyway, they were just waiting for him to leave town. now, i'm not a supporter of the PM in any way, in fact he's responsible for some fuckin' dodgey shit, but i'm also not very much a

i think i just threw up a little in my mouth

2006-09-19T23:27:00.000-05:00

thanks to matablog for the link. . . 12 a year huh? any coincidence there??

calling all geeks

2006-08-26T19:33:00.000-05:00

if you've ever wondered how records are made, from beginning to end, check out this link. . . a word of warning though, the essay is 8 pages long and over 6600 words so allot some time for this, it's worth it.

thenightimeistherightime

2006-08-20T16:21:00.000-05:00

mr. winters. . . i don't know where the green line came from. i was just trying to get some good pics of semis as we sped down the interstate. the camera (casio 4mp) has a "night" setting that keeps the shutter open for 4sec. so, on the second pic. i moved the camera a little and in the third pic. i was waving the camera around like a jackass.

pictures of a wasp, semis at night, and handball

2006-08-19T18:19:00.000-05:00

"I like 'em all!"

2006-08-16T01:35:00.000-05:00

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates of DawnDestroyer - RubiesGBV - UTBUTSThe Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin R.E.M. - MurmurEccentric Soul, Vol. 1: The Capsoul Label Danielson - ShipsThe New Pornographers - Twin CinemaThe Flashing Lights - Sweet ReleaseThe Beatles - For SaleThe Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight

Heatwave

2006-07-20T17:42:00.000-05:00

yeah, i know it's hot everywhere in the states right now but i thought i'd put up SW MO's high for yesterday and today. . .

Beijing Revisited

2006-07-20T14:06:00.000-05:00

Here are some leftover pics from China. The building is Mao Zedong Memorial Hall, Tiananmen Square and the monument in front of it is the Monument to the People's Heroes.Tiananmen Tower is at the north end of the Square and is the front door to the Forbidden City.

Harrissimo

2006-07-20T13:40:00.000-05:00

aaahhhhh the Fullers Earth lives. . .

Old man and the sea

2006-07-15T07:18:00.000-05:00

Ohhhh, life at the Hasuk with our favorite old man (lighting a ciggy on the right). No Soju tonight, looks like they have broken out the Makoli. Never a sober moment for our mysterious man. For those who don't know, one day, he bought us drinks and told us he was leaving Seoul to head to Pusan, even though he had no friends or family there. I asked why, and he just said "I hate Seoul." The next

Time Cube Revisited

2006-07-09T08:30:00.000-05:00

Well, I have no idea how I missed the time cube deal, and I also have no idea how the good doctor there is able to write so much crapola. I scrolled down the first page and was astonished to see a second one. Then I came upon this, my favorite bit of the entire site: ALL CLOCK FACES ARE WRONG. Please tell me how you found this stuff. I think if you take a hallucinogen and look at this site your

Movies

2006-06-26T14:52:00.000-05:00

Last night Dan, his girlfriend Nicole, and I went to see "The Devil and Daniel Johnston" at Springfield's independent cinema The Moxie. We enjoyed the movie very much and I think it's one of the best doc's i've seen in a long time. The director did an excellent job of getting out of the way and letting the story tell itself. Too many times it seems like when you see a documentary it's just one

the man

2006-06-15T03:16:00.000-05:00

for those of you too lazy to click the above link, here's the entire interview, straight from Pitchfork. . . Mon:06-12-06Interview: Destroyer Story by Matt LeMay Six years ago, on a whim, I took home the ugliest CD in the whole record

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2006-06-14T00:28:00.000-05:00

My Lovely Bitch Bumps

2006-06-07T09:56:00.000-05:00

Well, I finally heard Hoops' favortie song of all time. It has been a while since he recommended it, and it turned out to be all I could have imagined and more. What Mr. Hoops will love, if he doesn't already know, is the song's apparent meaning in Thailand. Of course, the wonderful chorus is this girl saying "My Hump, My Hump". Seems that, to Thais, this sounds like "Ma hao, Ma hao" (which

the f is large, as in laflarge

2006-06-05T01:34:00.000-05:00

when there's something failing in youthink of laflargehe did the damdest thingthinking f was largeit filled his every hope and every dreadflooded his weary worn-out headwanting and not wantingto come near it: the large fpacing and racingturning and yearningyet still he could notexplain itin his memory he retained itthe fand the largefiltering his fallinglachrymosity until 'leven lugubrious fluid

Road Mix

2006-05-31T15:21:00.000-05:00

this is a mix i made for my recent Nebraska memorial weekend road trip with the padres. . . back to my mothers and fathers respective hometowns. . . (photos forthcoming)i was trying to get the padres to listen to some music they otherwise wouldn't by peppering the mix with 60's stuff i knew they'd like and keeping the songs on the list with the overall tendency to have the vocals very prominent

Sequiota Park

2006-05-31T14:30:00.000-05:00

missing my record player

2006-05-31T14:14:00.000-05:00

when rockstars are idiots, everyone suffers. . .

2006-05-05T17:24:00.000-05:00

Read this first. . . so, basically, Sully was saying that it's alright to make decisions and not think about the consequences. not only to not think about the consequences, but to not even consider them. . . and there you have, distilled to one fine kernel of truth the essence of mainstream middle american idiocy. . . it always comes out as, "So i made a decision, so what? Like I have time

thee fucking champ

2006-04-28T10:18:00.000-05:00

It's the Big Green Egg. . . in all it's glory

2006-04-28T10:00:00.000-05:00

2006-04-28T02:39:00.000-05:00

song number one is not a fuck you songi'll save that thought for later on. . .some crap song i'm workin' on. . . tentatively titled, No Taxes(part I)floating uponexcoriated seasa day labour's dream(is followed by part II)a bifurcated sneezeher freckle painted kneesa suitcase with no release {alfresco}(which is followed by part III)the tax collectorsin their broken shirtswrithe

for B.F. and his good friend G.S.

2006-04-19T16:49:00.000-05:00

dad (r. bradley) and eve

The visitors are. . .

2006-04-13T18:54:00.000-05:00

lurking for a thousand compliments but they won't get any from me. not today. i can't run out of reasons not to try your strawberry/rhubarb jam but i'm trying to cause i know how much you like strawberry/rhubarb jam and so do i

MLK

2006-01-24T02:50:00.000-06:00

well, better late than never i suppose. . . here's MLK's speech regarding VietnamThe war in Vietnam is but a symptom of a far deeper malady within the American spirit, and if we ignore this sobering reality [applause], and if we ignore this sobering reality, we will find ourselves organizing "clergy and laymen concerned" committees for the next generation. They will be concerned about Guatemala

2006-01-18T08:09:00.000-06:00

flagships waft through thestructure of an old house that'scomprised of bonesstackedupon bonesstackedupon bones:the decayed, the decayingawaiting metempsychosis in repose

current listening

2005-12-14T05:08:00.000-06:00

Destroyer - "European Oils" from his forthcoming album "Rubies"Destroyer - "Sick Priest Learns To Last Forever" Rubies track alsoU2 - "If you wear that velvet dress (jazzed up)" a version recorded in 2002 jazzed up by Jools Holland and Guy Barker that was part of a CD Holland recorded with various guest artists singing vocals. . . here's a pic of the album cover. . .if you are really geeking out

2005-12-13T02:09:00.000-06:00

these times, in tenuous strains, rain down upon us like the purchases of youth; contrived and forgotten, yet we still ache. endearingly we lean forward on our elbows, balanced on the edge of some seemingly monumental precipice hands cupped to receive our chins awaiting the thoughts of others: friends, artists, lovers, anyone who could help us make sense of what has come before, or perhaps, of

not this time johnny

2005-12-13T02:07:00.000-06:00

no Slay Tracks this time, maybe next time. . .

all i want for christmas. . .

2005-12-10T00:04:00.000-06:00

Artist: Destroyer/Black MountainTitle: Quiet Weather Singles SeriesFormat: 7Label: Spirit of OrrWhite vinyl split single between Vancouver's finest, Destroyer and Black Mountain (formerly Jerk With A Bomb, led by Pink Mountaintops Steve McBean). Features a fine pair of exclusive tracks: Jackie, Dressed In Cobras by Destroyer and the Stooges-quoting Bicycle Man by Black Mountain. Limited.Artist:

What i listened to while i did my laundry

2005-12-09T05:38:00.000-06:00

Dizzee Rascal - Stand UpESG - Six PackFrench Kicks - Call our handsFugazi - Guilford FallTV on the Radio - Staring at the SunYLT - Today is the DayStereolab - FarfisaSpoon - Jonathon FiskThe Fall - Sparta FCThe Beastie Boys - 3 The Hard WayBeans - You're Dead Let's DiscoDangermouse - Change ClothesMF Doom - Vaudeville VillainOl' Dirty Bastard - Brooklyn ZooBiz Markie - Turn tha Party

ssshhhhh. . . don't say a word, they can hear you

2005-12-01T04:47:00.000-06:00

another link to an hilarious onion article. . .

smile on you crazy diamond

2005-11-03T20:59:00.000-06:00

Human Atrocities

2005-10-29T04:01:00.000-05:00

check out this from the Onion. . . make sure you go to yakov's website and look at the paintings. . . holy shit. . . i would've posted the 2 jesus pics here, but couldn't copy and paste them for some reason. . .

Donky Chicken anyone?

2005-10-23T06:49:00.000-05:00

aahhh Korea, what's not to love. . .

flailing at the inevitable

2005-10-23T06:32:00.000-05:00

The Industry of my Ordinary

2005-10-23T06:08:00.000-05:00

a few pics from the hasukjip where i'm staying. . . . ordinary objects transcending the ordinary. . . .

RIP Charles Rocket

2005-10-23T02:53:00.000-05:00

while the way he died is fairly disconcerting, i wasn't aware of the otherwise amazing life this former SNL'er had. . . check it. (thanks to CSTB for the scoop)

they gave dude a phone

2005-10-11T10:21:00.000-05:00

this weekend as my thoughts began to coalesce around the idea of returning to S.E. Asia, another variable was thrown into the mix. . . i was simultaneously offered two employment opportunities: 1) working for a short time for a small yet significant amount of money and 2)working for a longer period of time for a respectable pile of won, and as the ten thousand won note (roughly ten bucks u.s.) is

here i go again. . . thinkin' of you

2005-10-07T06:30:00.000-05:00

i'm not gonna let the immigration fiasco get me down, it just came at a fucked up time. i thought i would have a chance at working another camp (for $3,500) through the month of October but after speaking with the guy he informed me he hadn't received enough applications for counsellors so the camp was cancelled. that was last friday. i went to immigration early this week and was informed that

at your request; slav update

2005-10-06T06:13:00.000-05:00

We tried calling on your birthday, but the line was busy.

i'm an englishman in new york

2005-10-05T04:33:00.000-05:00

today is my first day living as an illegal alien in south korea. i guess i technically became an illegal alien yesterday when i went down to immigration and they told me they would not stamp my passport again. so now i've got to figure out what, exactly, it is that i'm gonna do with myself. . .songs: Saul Williams - List of Demands (Reparations) Eminem - Till I Collapse GBV

music

2005-10-03T13:02:00.000-05:00

first 11 random songs in window player:Lyrics Born - Asia's VerseCat Power - He WarPavement - HereLeaders Of The New School - TransformersGBV - Sometimes I CryStephen Malkmus - It KillsPavement - Drunks with GunsGBV - Teenage FBIThe Kinks - DestroyerLeaders Of The New School - Zone CoasterTed Leo/RX - Little Dawn

....as was his habit from time to time...

2005-09-30T14:04:00.000-05:00

No five days in bed for Mr. hoops, who is up at 4AM pining for a beer and updating his blog. Is Mark Twain still a douchetard? ^^

file under funny revisionism

2005-09-30T10:29:00.000-05:00

check it out,here's a re-edited trailer for Stanley Kubrick's "The Shining" turning the film into a nice family comedy. . . freaking hilarious. i found this through the Onion which i have liked on the right, over there, or you can check out the Onion article here if that link gives you trouble. try to get it to load through the link i gave you though as in the comments for the Onion someone

aligning our constraints against one another

2005-09-29T13:27:00.000-05:00

retain your innermost feelings. . . savor them. . . complete them without thought. there is not room for consideration. there is no room for contemplation. we reel and then subside. we feel and then deride. is there anything worth more than the value society has placed upon it? {only everything.} do you wallow in fields so shallow? {i do not.} are things so bad that you must proselytize?. . .

requisite conflagrations

2005-09-29T03:29:00.000-05:00

inside each of us there is a burning that will, at some point in our lives, lead to an eventuality that shall cause us to deracinate in the extreme. for some this event is not an option or a possibility, merely a reality as far as realities go, a circumstance of life that has been thrust upon one, and for others it's something they are called to do. some will search it out unknowingly from the

2005-09-23T17:11:00.000-05:00

...the dreaded midget is everywhere with his wife, moonlight chaos, but only during working hours. The bubbles are flowing again, this time a shadowy representation of Danish poison. No matter. The inevitable only exists in a constrained mind. Funny, these chores animals with opposable thumbs embrace. Every brain a prison. Every thought another metal bar, or yesterday's pizza. My friend "just C"

vindication for the damned

2005-09-23T01:30:00.000-05:00

forward: this is an email i just slammed/jammed out to my friend nate. . . if he allows me i'll happily post his email to which i was responding. . .hope this proves interesting for someone. . . as far as stream-of-conscience philosophy can. . .with many a parenthetical music reference. . .natey,i feel this is an opportune time to remind you that, yes, i am always behind people who pursue their

jilted amalgams

2005-09-13T03:21:00.000-05:00

the previously stalwart beams of sunlight who, through piercing the clouds for far too long, have surpassed their nominal declination causing them to break. the broken rays of sunlight have collapsed akwardly into a pile containing the answers to yesterdays thoughts. their width and measure, length and girth, depth and distance all resemble each other so similarly that they are, in all probiblity

random attire

2005-09-09T04:50:00.000-05:00

today my hair is long. possibly longer than it's ever been. possibly. it's also clean. a state which does not occur with the frequency my mother would like it to. i'm sure there aren't many mothers with wishes to have their children running around with unclean hair. i, however, possess such proclivities. i have no idea why. today i'm wearing my hair down. jesus-style. it's been beaten down in the

my friends

2005-09-07T04:03:00.000-05:00

benjamin, although not yet home from his european vacation is intent upon revelling in his ne'er-do-well behaviour. let's all take a moment to congratulate him. oh yeah and maybe to even tell him it's nice to have friends half a world away making fun of your ass. . .