"Replate"

I've been doing this for a long time now, and I just found out it has a name.

picture me strollin'

Insanity

Skateboarders in Arizona getting harassed by cops on Go Skateboarding Day.

Mickey's cap

Utah Ink

"27 year old Curtis Allgier was arrested yesterday for allegedly murdering a corrections officer who accompanied him to a medical appointment at the University of Utah's hospital. Allgier somehow wrestled the officer's gun away and then shot him. After carjacking a vehicle, he led police on a high-speed chase that ended at an Arby's restaurant, where Allgier was apprehended."
more dumb here.

Jack White plays Elvis

It's so funny what happens to famous people, the different opportunities that arise for them. From the recent Pitchfork interview with Jack White...

Pitchfork: Finally, what's this about you playing Elvis in a film?

White: Well, John C. Reilly called me up and asked if I would do it. They were filming in a couple of days. I said, "Okay, but what year is it supposed to be?" He said 1957, so that was okay. I thought it was just going to be for cable or something, but he said, "Oh no, this is one of the biggest films this company is going to put out this year." He sent the script over and it was really funny. It was from the guys who did the The 40 Year Old Virgin and Anchorman. It's a parody of musical biopics and John C. Reilly plays this made-up character who goes through these different periods and at one point he plays on a bill with Elvis Presley. And that's me.

London is turning

Okay, enough is enough. I'm going to try to lay off the pictorial weekend life blogs. For now this. I got to thinking about blogging recently and in the interest of interest of others I shall say... I blog for myself and for others like myself. When I get to doing it I get into it. I post what I want to see (what I would like to see from others). That is really it. If it sucks somedays, sorry, if it is good somedays then good. Have a nice day.

Pool Party!

The Virginia Beach "King of All Men"


"Subskate" varial kickflip and stale fish grab!


Tuck knee


bird-squirrel-critter watching!


Proud new owners, Dave and Allison.


Rachel and Kaya.

Al Green's

Last night at Al's

34 hours of weekend

8am Saturday


Mandy's house in Harrisonburg; Cookout!




Blue Hole!




secret "Tower spot"


!!!!




Sunday morning, Arboretum.


Then to the winery...




Then, Happy Father's day!
6pm Sunday, home.

Art 1, boy.

Progress?

Hey Dave meet me at the swimming hole in Harrisonburg this weekend!

music review

“Rag and bone” is a new song on the new album from the White Stripes. Jack and Meg are in an old antique-like house (“it’s like a mansion- look at all this stuff”) where it is all seemingly up for grabs (“if you don’t want it- we’ll take it”). Near the end of the song Jack breaks into a free association ramble that makes no sense but is pretty fun to listen to-
“West side, Southwest side, middle east, rich house, dog house, out house,.old folks house, house for unwed mothers, halfway homes, catacombs, twilight zones, looking for technics tables to turn tables to gramma phones, So take a last lick of your ice cream cone; and lock up what you still want to own; but please be kind, and don't rewind...”

I immediately began trashing this album after my second or third listen. I was totally confused and shocked at how ridiculous some of the tracks were sounding to me. Now, as I write this, after about my fifth or sixth listen all the way through, I think it is growing on me (I’ve only had it for two days!) I can tell you right now, that the new White Stripes album is absolutely fucking fantastico! However, many of you reading this will probably disagree with me at first and will surely find it hard to listen to the first few times (if you even give it that many).
The White Stripes have definitely taken a turn in (yet another) new direction, and this has to be their most peculiar album so far. The album is rocky, bumpy and inconsistent (“Icky Thump” seems a very apt title). There are certain stand out tracks (“You don’t know what love is”) and others that are just absurd sounding (Conquest; which is a cover, I’m told). There are lots of screeching guitar solos and very odd lyrics. Most of it seems right off the cuff, recorded “in the moment” without looking back, as we’re told is the standard White Stripes writing process; however, as I have indicated above, it is quite a bit more unrefined and bumpy than usual. How could he have done it so well all the times before? Especially, since they supposedly took the longest on preparing/recording this record (3 weeks) than any of their others. Prepare yourself to open your ears to new sounds from the band, for better or worse.
The best criticism is that there is not much consistency here and it all sounds like B-sides or throwaway tracks. Upon thinking more about it, it almost started making sense to me. This is a band that constantly reinvents their sound with each successive album. Jack White can clearly write a straight forward, catchy, blues rock tune if he wants to, but apparently that’s not all he’s interested in doing with his music. It is rare to hear contemporary music this adventurous. An inconsistent consistency; this album is an instant classic for fans with open ears and tastes.

Standout tracks:
You don’t know what love it (you just do as your told)
Rag and Bone
I’m slowly turning into you
Prickly thorn but sweetly worn
300 mph torrential outpour blues
Effect and cause

fucking yeah!

Cellphone picture collage

Bringing me back

This is like nothing else in the world. Unbelievable. Here is a screen grab of where I used to live in San Francisco, as if you were walking on the street!
First, Green St.

Then on Dolores...

I could show you were I shopped, worked and did laundry. Really. I could. The Internet gets more amazing every day.

Full moon

Last night was a full moon. We drank on the beach until 2am and watched it move across the sky as we talked about sex, music and the war. Then a lone cop emerged out of the darkness and told us we were awesome and pointed to the ocean. "Did you guys see that cruise ship out there?" He was looking for some younger people, but not us. He left us alone and then we went home.


(The pictures in the .gif above, taken by Kristin)