close up

it's quiz time

Aliens come to earth and ask you, "What is rock and roll?"

What three songs would you play for them?

hit the lights iv

talk talk

neon heat disease iv

quack?

matt from above

Portrait of the artist as a sunburned coconut.

america from above

This is Major Tom to Ground Control...
Is there life on Mars?

home sweet home

As much as I love San Francisco, it's great to be back home: my own bed, my stereo, my computer, my shower with much more water pressure. Ah, the little things, the creature comforts. This trip was the best one yet, with many photos and stories to come. Let's get caught up first on all the discs I had purchased before vacation:

129. Mastodon -- Crack the Skye
130. Six Parts Seven -- Casually Smashed to Pieces
131. Earth & KK Null -- s/t
132. Earth -- Living in the Gleam of an Unsheathed Sword
133. Rob Dickinson -- Fresh Wine for the Horses
134. Robin Trower -- Bridge of Sighs (2007 remaster)
135. Iron Maiden --Seventh Son of a Seventh Son (remastered)
136. Peter Gabriel -- Ovo
137. Genesis -- Three Sides Live
138. Sparklehorse -- Good Morning Spider
139. Gentle Giant -- King Biscuit Live, 1/18/75
140. Strawbs -- Blue Angel
141. Iron Maiden -- A Matter of Life and Death

back to the west coast

Well, my plane leaves tonight for San Francisco. Trade show madness and used CD insanity! Will take plenty of photos again. Be back on July 19 -- take care!

embrace the random xxxvi

that light breeze

Over a gentle bed of rustling white noise, a female voice speaks of tranquility. The voice begins to loop, slow down, speed up, overlap, stutter. An accompanying wash of flickering lines changes colors in time with the voices.

Peaceful yet ghostly. They're here.

series two, part deux

america, let your freak flag fly

The most bad-ass photo of the Mothers ever. Happy 4th of July.

shade iii

accidentskull

series two

shade ii

the count keeps mounting

118. Harmonia -- deluxe
119. Nadja -- Bliss Torn from Emptiness
120. Fear Falls Burning & Nadja -- s/t
121. Aidan Baker -- Book of Nods
122. Eric Matthews -- the imagination stage
123. John Zorn -- The Dreamers
124. Richard Thompson -- Rumor & Sigh
125. Richard & Linda Thompson --
I Want to See the Bright Lights Tonight (remastered)
126. Frank Zappa -- The Dub Room Special (soundtrack)
127. Frank Zappa -- FZ:OZ
128. Heaven & Hell -- The Devil You Know

shade

this is too cool

From the Who Would Ever Have Imagined department, Henry Rollins giving the commencement address at Sonoma University in California. Starts at the 21:30 point of the video.