October 2009
91 posts
On Living Alone. Chapter 3: Booking flights after...
Sequence of events: Stay home all day waiting for a plumber to fix the kitchen sink. In that time, talk to my old roomie Abbey who lives in Chicago for 47 minutes. Go to a concert. Hang out with friends, including Jesse whose art show in Chicago opens next weekend. He is driving there next week. Stumble home. Buy a one way ticket to Chicago for next Thursday. WOW. Windy city, here I come! (And 800...
A video piece for A People’s Guide to Icelandic Butterflies by me! Spearheaded by American artists Louisa Conrad and Lucas Farrell, in association with 350.org—an international campaign dedicated to building a movement to unite the world around solutions to the climate crisis—the People’s Guide hopes to incite the creation of 350 Iceland-bound butterflies, thereby sparking discussion...
This week just got taken to the NEXT LEVEL.
Tonight I have class. Tomorrow dinner with a friend. Things are pretty normal.
Wednesday going to BAM to see The Long Count - brothers Bryce Dessner and Aaron Dessner of The National and visual artist Matthew Ritchie—combine talents to create a song-filled myth about the beginning of time. Guest vocalists Kim and Kelley Deal (The Breeders, The Pixies), Shara Worden (My Brightest Diamond), Matt...
If you live in north Brooklyn, you’ve seen this man driving around on sunny afternoon blaring oldies from his car stereo: windows down, sunglasses on, head thrown back. Belting out songs and driving in circles, sometimes for hours at a time.
My neighbor, Clinton, tracked him down and interviewed him. A fascinating video that gets exceptionally good around 4:45, where he asks the “young people” to...
Saw The Avett Brothers at Terminal 5 on Saturday with Hunsie. TOTALLY AMAZING. And yes, Robbie, we danced our legs off.
If you haven’t already, its time to give them a good listen.