things of inter-est lately.

i've been obsessing over the Vulgar Boatmen for the past few weeks. almost all i've been listening to are their albums Please Panic and You and Your Sister. they were from Gainesville, FL, back in the late 80's & early 90's. they sound twangy and poppy and basically like the best thing you've ever heard and the lyrics are incredible, they make me picture mossy Southern towns with winding, hilly streets, that seem quiet but are actually brewing with activity. um, yeah, anyway. there are not many good videos of them to be found, but this one showcases a beautiful song of theirs called "Drive Somewhere."



Bas Jan Ader is my favorite artist of all-time only after mr. a.w. he was this amazing Dutch guy who did really sweet conceptual art involving sailboats & tea parties & falling off bicycles. he went missing in the Atlantic Ocean during his final work of art. this is a particularly wonderful piece of his, from 1974, called Flower Work.



i've been up to some creative projects, including filming random shots on my video camera downtown at night & of my friends and i being hysterical. we've also been plotting our upcoming band, maybe or maybe not called The Tundra. it's going to be the best tambourine-laced party band ever!! and last but not least, i recorded 2 albums on my trashy tape recorder (that was once used by me to interview Calvin Johnson no less!). they are entitled Broken Tailbone and Twangy & Jangly.

i just re-discovered this part of an atrocious picture once taken of me & E. our legs aren't really that stumpy.



i've also been really, really obsessed with Athens, Georgia, and all things having to do with it. like, Elephant 6 bands (especially Circulatory System and the classic Olivia Tremor Control albums) and the Happy Happy Birthday To Me record label and the band THE SQUALLS. they are incredible. their song "Na na na na" is one of the greatest ever. it was featured on the seminal Athens, Ga: Inside/Out film. this clip from the film is kind of a nice encapsulation of everything i've been into Athens-wise. (you'll see some sweet R.E.M., Flat Duo Jets, Pylon, and BBQ Killers action, among other stuff. oh, and watch Peter Buck- he's amazing in this!)



um, and i've been way into glasses lately. i've been sporting a sweet pair of thick black-framed ones, ala Elvis C. and Buddy H. they look like



plus



and i've obtained a pair of red heartshaped sunglasses, ala one of my other style icons, Lolita:



finally, i've begun watching what some people consider to be the greatest TV drama of all time, The Wire. i'm not even through season 1 yet, but it's super terrific. here is a picture of my fave character, Bubbles, pulling at fast one on some mean drug dealers!

hotness.

i've been watching Sports Night recently. it's really terrific. i love TV sometimes. people who say they don't are either lying or annoying. anyway, the point of this is NOT TV, it is attractive males. the always amazing & beautiful Peter Krause stars, but his partner on the show, played by Josh Charles, is equally hot. really really hot.

kind of old fashioned-slash-weird hotness. only the best kind.

Queer As Folk.

in September of 2007, i started watching Queer As Folk. i put it in my Netflix queue on a whim, really. i had watched a few seasons of The L Word during the summer & i suppose i needed my homosexual fix. i enjoyed the first episode of QAF- lots of sex, lots of attractive males, what's not to like? i thought it might become my latest guilty pleasure.
OH, but i was so wrong.

after making my way through the first season, in very little time, i was completely IN LOVE with this show. i felt personally invested in the characters, i had a massive crush on Brian Kenny, and the season 1 finale MADE ME CRY. i don't ever cry in public & i never cry at movies/tv/etc. until now that is. and i didn't just get teary; no, i was BAWLING. oh my god, you just don't know how emotional it was!
and so, over the past few months, i have finished watching all 5 seasons. i managed to cry at every season finale, and several times throughout seasons 2 & 5. i went through a short period in November when QAF was all i could think about & everything i talked about referenced it. yeah, that was probably kind of annoying.

ANYWAY, i finally made it to the last episode of the last season a few days ago. i might have changed a few things about it, but all in all, it was a satisfying ending to my love affair with Queer As Folk.

THE END.