Heard Museum

----> ancient to contemporary Native art from all over the world. i love the minimalism and how that minimalism is so un-contrived & organic, unlike so much Western ultra-modern minimalist & abstract art (which i love too). and it is astounding how modern some of the stuff from like the 1100's is. i can't stand most Western art pre-18th century; this was all so much more exciting. they had it right.






a "fence" (looks sort of like drug paraphanalia to me...uh...)
















made with felt-tip markers








feather necklace


punk bracelet!




Europeans HAHA




"like a fat child..."

i went to PHX, AZ

Funny the cat






Feelies, The New Yorker, brogues


ate breakfast at the famous & delicious Over Easy

shopped at Stinkweeds where i purchased: Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures on vinyl & Robyn Hitchcock's Respect, The The's Infected, Jesus & Mary Chain singles collection, & Superchunk's new EP Leaves In The Gutter on cd.

iced coffee from LUX


went to a wine/beer/sweet-tea-vodka tasting where we bought some Dogfish Head Punkin Ale...


...and to a bar that had PBR on the bathroom door


went to the Heard Museum






rode the Light Rail




saw Those Darlins, who are on the fantastically named Oh Wow Dang Records


and best of all was the Bloodshot Records BBQ, which ended up being one of the greatest things ever. saw The Silos & talked to the wonderful Walter Salas-Humara about my favorite band ever, Vulgar Boatmen, saw the Waco Brothers, who are MINDBLOWING live, & met Jon Langford (from Wacos & MEKONSSS). also saw Exene Cervanka from X and other good people & met/hung out with lots of super dudes.

"RESERVED"


The Silos




Jon Langford playing with Rosie Flores


WACO BROS


their rendition of George Jones' "White Lightning" was FREAKING INSANEly amazing.


Jon is my new BFF. also note my dad's sweet Pavement t.

favorite things of late.

1. the changing weather & new season. i very much enjoy wearing the cardigans & tights & ankle boots & flannel & turtlenecks that have been stashed away for months. i'm still hanging on to one last, favorite Summer habit, though, which is sleeping in the nude. i always wake up freezing.

2. Linus Roache, who plays my favorite new A.D.A. on Law & Order.


oh hello there.




3. Withnail & I. pure amazingness.








my favorite scene, when Withnail drinks lighter fluid & yells, "i must have some booze. I DEMAND TO HAVE SOME BOOZE!!"


4. songs i've been playing obsessively: Split Enz's "I Got You" & Roxy Music's "Over You"




i've also been on a big Built to Spill kick, both old & new. and i've been loving the new Clientele, Feelies reissues, "Dancing Barefoot"- both the Patti Smith original & the Feelies' cover, the Silos, lots of Elliott Smith, New Order's Technique for working out, & a whole slew of old Merge favorites due to my voracious consumption of the new book out chronicaling the label's history (SO GOOD). probably my favorite label of all-time.

5. the cover of Elvis Costello's Almost Blue. which i received for my birthday from my dear friend Tony.


6. pictures from my birthday party. i don't know why the only good ones of me are with Morris.





(Swedish Princess Cake yay!)