christmas lights

christmas tree

untitled

more, more, more

225. Morrissey -- Live at Earls Court
226. Various Artists -- Live at the Knitting Factory, Vol. One
227. Radiohead -- In Rainbows
228. Michael Brook -- Bellcurve
229. Klaus Schulze -- The Essential 72-93
230. Pete Namlook & Klaus Schulze -- The Dark Side of the Moog VIII
231. Yellow6 -- Merry6mas 2009
232. Frank Zappa -- One Shot Deal

out for a walk

this makes me smile

Thank you to my awesome friend and co-worker Cindy for this wonderful early Christmas gift.

a son is born

quote of the day

In the future everyone will be famous for fifteen people.
-- Nick Currie

dusk

this mortal coil

doodle

what's gnu?

224. Aidan Baker -- Green & Cold

barbershop quartet

at the crossroads

i feel your pain

embrace the random xl

Click Three Points: An Interactive Showcase

This is a fun application of fractal geometry. Choose a number, click three random areas on the screen, and watch the results. I especially like the designs created by Yves Pauwels.

one of those days

the wave organ

I was a little disappointed when I finally made my way to the Wave Organ while in San Francisco this year. The organ has been abandoned--without any regular upkeep, many of the underwater tubes have become clogged, preventing almost all sound.

But I still enjoyed the visual aspect of this sonic art installation. When something turns out not to be what was expected, then appreciate it for what it is.

lost in the funhouse

Portrait of the artist as a conehead

embrace the random xxxix

Cityscapes -- Abstract urban landscapes in virtual watercolor

Very meditative--works well in silence or accompanied by field recordings/white noise/drones.

give them shelter

Been hitting all of the used CD shops around town for the past week, and here are the orphans that I have adopted:

209. Jake Shimabukuro -- Gently Weeps
210. David Bowie -- Santa Monica '72
211. David Bowie -- Let's Dance
212. ethernet -- 144 pulsations of light
213. Simon & Garfunkel -- Bookends
214. rothko -- not gone. not forgotten.
215. Mission of Burma -- Vs. (remastered with live DVD)
216. AC/DC -- Bonfire (box set)

Picked up the following used Van der Graaf Generator discs, all remastered:

217. VdGG -- The Least We Can Do Is Wave to Each Other
218. VdGG -- H to He Who Am the Only One
219. VdGG -- Pawn Hearts
220. VdGG -- Godbluff
221. VdGG -- Still Life

And a couple of new discs:

222. Simon & Garfunkel -- Live From New York City, 1967
223. Subarachnoid Space -- Eight Bells

photoshop phun

embrace the random xxxviii

Here is an epic site of randomness entitled game, game, game and again game. An interactive quest of sorts, it incorporates crayon scribbles, abstract poetry, goofy sound effects, and sometimes-catchy-sometimes-annoying blip-bloop music. A sample:

The Book of Jelly 34:44
...and up was the official
direction of heaven
and lions were there
eating cake with bunnies
Have fun.

more? no, really, more?

202. Pelican -- What We All Come To Need
203. Pyramids -- s/t
204. MGR y Destructo Swarmbots -- Amigos de la Guitarra
205. Abdullah -- graveyard poetry
206. Brian Eno -- Music For Films (remastered)
207. Bruford / Borstlap -- Every Step a Dance, Every Word a Song
208. Mastodon -- Blood Mountain

benny bufano

Benny Bufano

it's that kind of day

my shelves runneth over

193. Black Flag -- Damaged
194. Black Flag -- Slip It In
195. Brad Mehldau Trio -- Day Is Done
196. Brad Mehldau Trio -- Anything Goes
197. Medeski Martin & Wood -- Uninvisible
198. The Bad Plus -- Give
199. Bang on a Can -- Renegade Heaven
200. Michael Hedges, et. al. -- An Evening with Windham Hill Live
201. Holger Czukay -- Radio Wave Surfer

Over two hundred in one year? I don't know whether to be elated or depressed.

stack

scowl

spooky

European haunted house attraction on YouTube

follow this man, for he is great

My friend Kevin has started an excellent photography blog called Eldon Floon Gallery. Kevin was a major inspiration for me taking up photography--his sense of color and composition is something that I'm still striving towards. Below are two examples of his work:



Great stuff -- check it out.

in with the new

185. Porcupine Tree -- The Incident
186. Morrissey -- Years of Refusal
187. Morphine -- At Your Service
188. Mirror -- Nightwalkers
189. John Zorn -- The Crucible
190. William Basinski -- watermusic
191. William Basinski -- watermusic ii
192. Jonathan Coleclough -- Period

completely kinetic

Kinetic sculptures by Nemo Gould

jugband blues

by the bay ii

one more for those keeping score

184. Glenn Branca -- Symphony No. 2

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.