oh happy day

It's Friday and payday--what could be better? Another weekend of solemn frivolity and wanton frugality, otherwise known as used CD hunting. Time to snag some more Cluster, Eno, and Be-Bop Deluxe. One can never have enough music. Never.

is winter over yet?

self portrait

do you see what i see vii

quiet table

see how they run

caught in the aftermath

who is tampa bay ray?

Is he an old blues musician? A rugged naturalist? A joyful bon vivant? He is a mystery wrapped in an enigma wrapped in a hoodie. Chuckle along with the adventures of Tampa Bay Ray.

postcardy winter night

through my rainy windshield v

i hate sports

I want to put my head through a wall right now. Everyone in my department is yammering endlessly about football today. Football! Christ, the season ended only a month ago, and these guys are already speculating and salivating about next season. Why can't I work with people who talk about Mike Patton instead of Peyton Manning? I hate sports with a passion.

Speaking of Mike Patton, I just bought the live DVD of his collaboration with Norwegian composer John Kaada. Do yourself two favors: stop reading my whining, and buy this DVD! Filmed in moody monochrome, the release documents a one-time-only performance at the Roskilde Festival in 2005. And damn, is this band tight! Check out this clip as well as others on YouTube.

Time to take an early lunch and do some deep-breathing meditation. Thanks for letting me vent.

blue peeking through

untitled

the narrow way

screw the majors

This is why I'm glad that the major-label record industry is dying. I guarantee that this debacle is not an isolated incident. Pathetic. Thank you to Audient for pointing this one out.

do you see what i see vi

imaginary album cover iii

...for a concept album about trains, or perhaps a tribute to Jandek...

smile, it's friday

mucho gooso

breaking news

To all those evangelicals, fundamentalists, and Left Behind-readers, I have some bad news for you. The pope just announced that the Rapture already happened over seventy years ago, and you all missed it. The Rapture took place on July 2, 1937, and only one person in all of humanity was deemed worthy to be assumed into the heavens.

Her name was Amelia Earhart.