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some recent ads for the Olympia Film Society & K:

after all our lives were threatened by a strange man in a ball cap at Rachel & Rodrigo's art reception Saturday...I decided to maybe check something else out. so I went to Rainy Day Records & Video where I had heard a sale was happening. I ended up coming out with a 15% discount on Dust to Digital's newest publication of a double disc compilation + 144 beautiful full color pages in a little red book called VICTROLA FAVORITES. the music was compiled by two fellows from Seattle named Rob Millis and Jeffery Taylor of the band Climax Golden Twins. I believe one of them owns Wall of Sound Records. here is a link to some audio samples of the songs presented on this compilation.

all the photographs in the book are excellent and there is an especially funny old ad featuring a specific phonograph that will rid your house of all varmits. "mess free".

the art of camouflaging

someone in Ness' art club posted a link to the Library of Congress' new Flickr account. all the photographs have NO copyright and are available to everyone!

I finally got the Charles & Ray Eames boxset of short films!

last night, while watching THE ENIGMA OF KASPER HAUSER, I noticed that the piano player was playing a very recognizable tune. After really thinking about it...I thought "oh I know! Popul Vuh does this song, but epic rock style". later on I realized that the piano player was actually Florian Fricke of Popul Vuh!

I am listening to Popul Vuh right now and thinking about how awesome they were.


I have a stack of books I have to read, most of which have been borrowed and I feel the pressure to read them quick. I think I'll read HERSELF SUPRISED by Joyce Cary. One of the books in the same trilogy as THE HORSES MOUTH. This one takes the point of view of Sara Monday, and Calvin says it makes Gully Jimson look like such an asshole...which is kind of strange, cause in his book THE HORSES MOUTH he is just a wacky eccentric who is just inconsiderate and an alchoholic. Adam lent me HERZOG ON HERZOG which looks pretty exciting and I also have VARITIES OF SCIENTIFIC EXPERIENCE by Carl Sagan which belongs to Ness. Instead of actually reading these books I am just wasting time blogging.

Ness just made my favorite Oatmeal Chocolate Chip cookies that we got from the allrecipes.com that doesn't require eggs...oh so delicious! they were my first cookies since my wisdom teeth were removed and probably since last year! first cookies of 2008!

Judd gave me the new Times New Viking promo copy at Phantom City today! I first heard RIP Allegory when Benny P. gave me the (MY HEAD)/RIP ALLEGORY 7"...

...it's a really good album...a little less crazy than the last...but it doesn't seem like they changed their style while switching to Matador records which is cool. I'd really like to check this band out live, I feel like their one of those bands where the albums don't quite do them justice.