This past weekend took me to Asheville, North Carolina to visit LK, who used to have my job and B. who also used to live in Brooklyn and is now working at Bookworks, where the book and zine show Evolution of Cut and Paste is having a second go. I loved the trees, mountains and clean air of Asheville, as well as the relaxed pace and good food. It was nice to have a few days after a flurry of work just to walk around, talk with friends and take in a new place. It reminded me of Portland, Maine (the city closest to where I’m from) without the ocean or Portland, Oregon at least in terms of architecture. Click on this photo to get to flickr, where you can see a slideshow of all the lovely leaves, trees, the Biltmore estate and the zine show.
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Chihuly at NYBG
I’ve been meaning to blog this since I went with O. two weeks ago for the last day of the Chihuly show at the New York Botanical Garden. At first I was skeptical, but it was actualy a really beautiful show and I loved how the glass and natural forms and colors interacted. It was kind of a cross between an easter egg hunt and walking tour and I loved the process of suprise and discovery. I also loved the excuse to walk around outside on a fairly chilly day. There’s a whole slide show up on my flickr account, so you can see way more…
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.
Perils at Rocks in Your Head
Perils played a really fun show with our “big sister” band Full Tank on Wednesday at Rocks in Your Head record store in Williamsburg. Before the show even started I bought a Pastels CD I have been coveting for 5 years (and it’s just as good as when I listened to it in my room when I first moved to Portland, Oregon and was 19 and over the top crazy). From this photo, though Yumi is blocked by Maggie, you can see that Perils prefers to play (or only can afford) Fender squire guitars. And yes, that is the Transformers movie in the background. Many thanks for friends who came out (and those of you who say “I didn’t know you played a show” it’s because we didn’t play any new songs, so I didn’t want to wear out our welcome so to speak).
Full Tank at Rocks in Your HEad
Full Tank are always so generous with Perils, inviting us to play shows and posting sweet things about us online. They also rock in a major way. Whenever I am stuck on the train I sing their song “stupid subway won’t you go, stupid subway go, go, go!”
Brooklyn Magic Hour
This is one of the reasons I am glad I carry my camera around. I am obcessed by light and sky recently. Every sunny morning I can be heard saying “look at the light, look at the light.” The fall seems to lend itself to particularly clear and dramatic light. This is, concidentally, the building where Perils used to practice in.
riffRAG print edition issue 2
This is the fruits of late nights folding, cutting, sticking with transfer adhesive, measuring, sewing… riffRAG issue 2 print edition! With a silkscreened cover by Em Sixteen and original prints and postcards by 6 aritsts, plus comics and articles, I have to say I am really proud of the results. My favorite part is this time around you can take the prints out and hang them on your fridge, in your office, on your wall, wherever… for more information and to order you own copy visit riffrag.org.
Caroline Mak at Bluestockings
Caroline Mak gives an artist talk at the riffRAG issue 2 launch party where she talks about her pieces, process and love of industrial materials. I like to call her “professor Mak” here. Thanks to Joelle running to the apple store and convincing them to re-open the store to get the necessary cable, the show, power point and all, could go on. I am so indebted to my friends. See more of Caroline’s work at riffrag.org and carolinemak.com
Vivian Girls at Bluestockings
Enid Crow (right) and Vivian Justin (left) play their songs about the smallest pony in the world and other things at the riffRAG launch party. Fun!
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