Archive for May, 2008
squid 13 | CELLspace
Laughing Squid Lucky 13 tonight at CELLspace. Stamp from a recent batch scanned.
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lions of earth…
daft yam, led west again.
flags tilt.
oh! …icy vino crept.
jive lender,
dreary liar …BEG!
mumu nova.
A day to honor the fallen. I visited the San Francisco National Cemetery yesterday, later in the day as the fog rolled in. I didn’t take any pictures. The road was lined with large flags, while each of the tombstones on this quaint hill tucked away in the Presidio was decorated with a flag. The chairs were stacked, ready to go for today’s morning ceremonies. It was quiet and still. Promo for Memorial Day on Current:
from the phoenix mission
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Raashan Ahmad (from the Crown City Rockers) debuted his solo The Push (Om Records), featuring Chali 2na and DJ Vadim among others, at Amoeba SF last Tuesday. Finally had some time this weekend to get some choice selects uploaded. My battery was running out though, so it’s just a snippet; but a good track off his new release.
The new short film by Blu
An ambiguous animation painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche). Sibe assisted, Andrea Martignoni composed the soundtrack and Mercurio Film produced the project.
MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.
Hot May days. Bay 2 Breakers. Can you smell it? Can you smell spring? I can’t; my allergies are wack. But I can smell the hint of some sick indie hip hop getting ready to bust. Tuesday’s instore at Amoeba is a don’t miss. And in case you do, pay your penance and make you sure you see dizzee rascal on wednesday.
Here’s a collection of Polaroids from a Band of Horses show at the Crystal Ballroom last year. I didn’t have the best angle; was too packed to get up to the center. I had to overexpose the film, so you’d be able to see the ink more easily. Four of the songs from the ‘Cease to Begin’ album are here, plus a couple I liked but were too dark to see ink drawings. The last one is a messed up one, from the Polaroid getting stuck/folded in my pocket.
According to officials, and officials at the SF Bike Coalition, “official” Bike to Work Day is tomorrow, May 15th. So they say it is official, do they? Well then, if this is indeed official, then I’m going to need to see some official identification. For that matter, anyone claiming an event, person, day of the week or inanimate object is “official” (and especially if they do that thing where they raise there hands to mimic the quote signs), will need to show proper identification as part of the certified, ‘Official List of Official Things Act’ of 2008.
I’ve got three important public service announcements:
1. If you’re driving today (…and always!), please be careful, courteous, and treat everyone on a bike as if they were your dearest love!
2. If you’re riding a bike to work tomorrow or any time you’re on the street with cars- i.e. all that momentum/mass unforgivably ready to collide with you in an instant-wear a helmet! …all it takes is a smack on the head, and you’re done. SF has some wicked streets. not as safe a city to bike around as pdx (…when I lived there I didn’t have a car for several years; rode my bike year round to work, through rain, sleet and snow. That’s right, I was a postal enthusiast …btw pdx is a fun city to bike around). In SF, deaths are up this year.
3. Check out this cool bike app (with full notes) that calculates the most bike-friendly, shortest, or balanced route from A to-(finish the pun please)-B in sf; complete with an elevation gain max you can set.
Lastly, a friendly reminder that this week is also bike to work week. Keep in mind though, this is only a friendly reminder. In addition to your economic stimulus checks showing up in the mail, don’t be surprised if a few plain-clothed men stop by your place and politely take your car keys for the rest of the week. You’ll get’em back, don’t worry. There might be a ding here or there, or possibly the enchanting odor of old spice, sweat from a long day at the bowling alley, or a Pomeranian or two. Never fear, no missing briefcases or homework from little Larry are wedged in the spilt coffee, decades-of-dirt encrusted crevasses of the seats.
Forever and Never
An ongoing collaborative print project between Michael Sieben and Nat Swope exhibiting a series of prints and a good chance to see some excessively amazing art at coincidentally some amazingly inexpensive prices; under a hundred bones. I missed the open, but the show still goes on and for that matter, the dream still remains the same; sure to rank among my favorites. Head over to fecal face for the real lodown. The video below, directed by Mike Aho, is mesmerizing. The vid on the right is from the pdx opening.
