i could live in any of these

by the bay

stay

going down?

riding the rails ii

quote of the day

Your weakness is their money in the bank. -- Henry Rollins

on the lighter side

Best Help Wanted ad ever?

adding three more to the hoard

181. David Torn -- Prezens
182. Brad Mehldau Trio -- Live
183. Tom McRae -- Just Like Blood

misheard lyrics

The battle flags are flown
At the feet of a garden gnome

blend

america from above ii

riding the rails

the nairobi trio on acid

now you see it, now you don't

mile twenty-two

I have been walking at least two miles on the towpath for the last few days. The smell of autumn is already in the air, and I am loving it.

getting caught up

I am way behind with my obsessive 2009 CD countdown, so it's probably best to break it down into groups. First, what did I buy in San Francisco?

142. Speaker/Cranker -- plugs into the amps
143. John Zorn -- The Gift
144. Piano Magic -- Part Monster
145. Theo Travis -- Double Talk
146. John Cale -- Sabotage (Live)
147. jansen barbieri karn -- seed
148. Bill Nelson -- Crimsworth
149. William Basinski -- Variations for Piano & Tape
150. William Basinski -- 92982
151. Bohren und der Club of Gore -- Latitudes EP
152. Bernhard Gunter -- Then, Silence
153. Robert Rich & Lustmord -- Stalker
154. Toychestra and Fred Frith -- what leave behind
155. Richard Thompson & Danny Thompson -- Industry
156. Richard Thompson -- Small Town Romance (live/solo in NY, 1982)
157. Mission of Burma -- Peking Spring
158. Scott Hull -- Audiofilm I
159. Colin Potter & Paul Bradley -- Behind Your Very Eyes
160. Whisper Room -- Birch White
161. Benge -- Twenty Systems

So I bought many more discs in SF this year as opposed to last year's trip, but I spent much less as the vast majority were used discs. Ah, to be a rationalizing smart shopper with a dash of OCD.

Next, I returned to Cleveland with the resolve to lay low for a spell and not buy any more discs. Alas, I have the resolve of tapioca pudding.

162. Aimee Mann -- Live at St. Ann's Warehouse (CD/DVD)
163. Bruce Dickinson -- The Chemical Wedding
164. KGC -- Dirty Bomb
165. Peter Gabriel -- Hit
166. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds -- Let Love In
167. Eric Matthews -- Fanfare (CD single)
168. Miles Davis -- The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions (5-CD box set)
169. Steven Wilson -- Insurgentes Remixes
170. Iron Maiden -- Somewhere in Time (remastered)
171. Simon & Garfunkel -- The Sounds of Silence (remastered)
172. Darcy James Argue's Secret Society -- Infernal Machines

Oy vey, what a sick puppy. But wait! It gets worse, as my buddy Harry and I made a trek up to Ann Arbor last week.

173. Steve Tibbetts -- A Man About a Horse
174. Zaar -- s/t
175. Glenn Branca -- Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses
176. Glenn Branca -- The Ascension
177. Deep Purple -- Machine Head (25th Anniversary Edition)

Only five from Ann Arbor? Wow, maybe I do have a little restraint. Finally, a few more in Cleveland:

178. Black Mountain -- In the Future
179. Minsk -- The Ritual Fires of Abandonment
180. Minsk -- with echoes in the movement of stone

Sad but true.

minty fresh

abstraction in plaid

wind and water

me no listen good

five plus two

imaginary album cover v

tears of a clown

is he mooning me?

photoshop phun on the pier

my town has the stupid

namesakes

late night television ii

picklepuss

much ado about nada

Looks like the Catholic Church in Poland is freaking out about an upcoming concert by Madonna.

Newsflash to Poland: Madonna has not been relevant for the last eighteen years. No one in America cares about a damn thing she does, and neither should you.

Amazing how some people go out of their way to be offended, especially by a pop singer way past her sell-by date.

i left this heart in san francisco ii

misheard lyrics

She's so frumpy, eh?

quote of the day

A family is like a loaded gun: point it in the wrong direction, and someone is bound to get hurt. -- Hal Hartley

the legendary fog

late night television

embrace the random xxxvii

Carbon

Fractal lines slowly coagulate into images of solemn faces. There's something organic about how the portraits take shape, as if one is watching statues grow from pebbles planted in the dark soil.

This piece of generative art is no longer online, but it is available for purchase at Servovalve. The CD/DVD set contains many other generative artwork programs as well as a few generative music machines, including the brilliant Semuta device.

gesturing for effect