November 2008
12 posts
“She dreamed, the night she knew for certain, of a hunter arrived at last, a...”
– Against the Day, p. 891
The Baptist Generals - “Giving Up/Snow on...
20x24 Polaroids
Last night at a meetup that some of us local photographers have every few weeks or so, we had a guest who brought some of his 20x24” Polaroids to show us. Oh my god, have you ever seen a non-enlarged, fully analog image that large? They’re spectacular. Just imagining that the very paper I was looking at was the actual thing that the light struck to create the image — I can barely...
Not an Onion quote
“I’m a big flag-waver, and I love this country. I don’t have a real sense of patriotism from that young man [Obama],” said the man, who declined to give his name. Addressing a reporter directly, he added: “Who’d you vote for? Look me in the eyes, and I can tell you. … You’re a young person, and that scares me.”
—Long faces and a short...
“Yo dre call me back I got a question about notes on the consumer”
– the last of the “txt msgs I have received that were clearly not meant for me” set, until I get another one I suppose. This one was from a couple months ago. No idea.
“Handcuffs & Ice”
– Another one to file under: txt msgs I have received that were clearly not meant for me. This one just now from a North Carolina number. It sounds painful.
Turn NC blue!
C’mon, I wanna see it…I know it doesn’t really matter at this point, but it would be a cherry on top to see NC called for Obama.
“Don’t answer this back but I wanna say sumthin. I love you just as much...”
– File under: txt msgs I have received that were clearly not meant for me. This one from this morning, from a phone number wtih a Tulsa area code.
Oh resilient life
Bowerbirds - “Teeth of Life” (nowadays just called “Teeth”) live at WOXY
When I first heard these guys play this new song live, they must not have been able to hear themselves or each other very well, because the harmonies were very odd and the whole thing felt strange. This performance from WOXY is quite good, though it’s just a duo version. Yesterday, at the vote...
Just got back from a free outdoor get-out-the-vote concert/rally on this beautiful 72 degree day that featured sets by Portastatic, Bowerbirds, Megafaun, Ivan Rosebud, Superchunk, the dBs, and Billy Bragg. I love living in a swing state!