On Sunday LJ and I hosted a clothing swap and recipe exchange. So many of our friends came and brought clothes they were never able to incorporate into their wardrobes, love but don’t wear or just want to get out of their lives. Among them was a Calvin Klein denim jumpsuit which E. said would be perfect for J. Here she is, making the outfit even more exciting with the addition of a pink tank top.
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Bottom Bracket at Crash Mansion
So apparently their set was all improvised with the idea of keeping each song to 3 minutes. However, there were vocals and everything sounded like a recognizable “song” to me. Pretty fucking amazing in my mind and totaly rockin’. If you want to know what kind of Bottom Bracket they are, well, you’ll have to visit my myspace page… hopefully they’ll be playing with Perils in the not-so-distant future. But seriously, this band is good and you don’t have to be a bike or music nerd to enjoy them (though you’re cooler if you’re any kind of nerd at a rock show and at a show where bands of people who work in museums play, well, you know there will be a few nerds around). While I’m on a tangent about nerdiness, earlier that night I learned about Bronze Disease and how to stop it from an objects conservator. That’s pretty fucking cool if you ask me.
Halloween at Work
My one concession to Halloween… taking this picture with “princess” Insoo. I sometimes wear the tiara she is modeling just to do office work.
Pre-Halloween
Andi came over after our co-op shift to borrow me and LJ’s cowgirl stuff… here she is with LJ’s hat and my shirt and bandanna (the red books and horse belt buckle are not shown). I guess all that’s missing is a horse and had we been in Maine I could have leant her that too… the cat mask is my Halloween fall back, but this year I only wore it for pictures.
Rose Melberg and Andi
Rose’s new songs are just so beautiful- I feel like she’s less “twee” than she used to be and writes sweet, solid, pop songs about living, loving, loss and refinding yourself and love again. At this show Andi joined her singing back up and so did a nice young man playing electric piano. Rose had to borrow a guitar and then fasten the guitar strap with Jennifer’s shoe lace. Here is is joking that there better not be a fire, because Jennifer would be out of luck. It makes me feel happy that Rose has been making good music for so long and is still at it… it’s pretty cool.
Me and Andi
Looking pensive and pleased with our tea cups…
Jennifer and Andi
Jennier was my housemate for about 4 months when I first moved to Portland and I admired Andi’s old band since I was a tender 17 year old just starting to be obcessed with New Wave. Here they are in Cake Shop enjoying soy hot chocolates (the perfect drink for the new cold weather).
Carolin Mak Installation Floor
Last night I quickly stopped by the opening reception of a show at PS 122 in the East Village to see my former colleague Caroline Mak’s installation in their foyer. This photo doesn’t reveal the obcessive detail of the piece- paper doilies cut out and pasted on the wall to create vintage looking “wall paper,” but I love how her pieces surround you- they create an environment that almost feels living and breathing in a space using industrial and household materials. Caroline is giving an artist talk at the riffRAG launch party next week and I’m totaly excited.
Five Minute Band
Eric- Guitar
Diego- Morrissey like lead singer
Me- Drums, I guess… or maybe we have a drum machine and I play bass…
Tya- not shown, manager, photographer, stylist
Passtime- eating crepes and sitting on trash cans on the Lower East Side… and looking tough
Apron
I don’t know really what else to say besides the fact that I actually was cooking, not doing feminist performance art (though one could argue that because we are always performing our genders and because I identify as a feminist the way I move through my days is always feminist performance art… maybe).
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