Ice Storm

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

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

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

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

I heart Criterion

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

replacement therapy

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. Memoria: the elementary nights spent racing around your painted concrete floor while jaming to Footloose underneath a disco ball lightshow; enjoying your bizarre yet wondrous confectionary delights (more commonly known as the Ring Pop and Rope Licorice) at the Snack Bar; playing Galaxian at the cocktail table. . .

home for the weekend

Feel the vibrations of Touch and Go celebrating 25 years of rock

A head turner's delight
(removed at the request of no more, no less)

welcome back to the playground

then again, it is lovely out. . .

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 fan of military coups. . . it'll be interesting to see how this unfolds. . . Mr. Bedell, any news from the north??

i think i just threw up a little in my mouth

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

calling all geeks

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

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

"I like 'em all!"

Sonic Youth - Sonic Nurse
Pink Floyd - Piper At The Gates of Dawn
Destroyer - Rubies
GBV - UTBUTS
The Flaming Lips - The Soft Bulletin
R.E.M. - Murmur
Eccentric Soul, Vol. 1: The Capsoul Label
Danielson - Ships
The New Pornographers - Twin Cinema
The Flashing Lights - Sweet Release
The Beatles - For Sale
The Soft Boys - Underwater Moonlight

Heatwave

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

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

aaahhhhh the Fullers Earth lives. . .

Old man and the sea

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 day I saw him lugging a medium-sized suitcase down the road. Wanting to avoid a replay of our goodbye, I slowed down until finally he was out of sight.


Here is Hoops, looking like he isn't sure he likes what he is eating (Sushi and noodles on New Year's Eve). Dan is digging it, though.

Time Cube Revisited

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 brain explodes. Believe me, if I actually knew what the time cube was, I would actually want to believe. For the time being, I only know that SINGULARITY IS DAMNABLE LIE.