freaks (1932)

On my to see list. I need to get a membership to Videorama a.s.a.p.

Rule number two

Beware of enthusiasm and love, 

both are temporary and quick to sway.

lemon day

sometimes life gives you lemons they say

and sometimes life throws them at you too

and squirts lemon juice in your eyeballs.

oh and Happy New Year folks!

Cassette Country

"Hello to the era of going to the store to buy more ice

because we are running out.

Hello to feelings that arrive unintroduced.

Hello to the nonfunctional sprig of parsley

and the game of finding meaning in coincidence. "

-David Berman 

"anti-establishment post-grad slacks"

seesaw bench

An attempt to get strangers to converse in public spaces. The Seesaw Bench by designer Martin Nicolausson, requires cooperation to function.

late 70s arts and crafts advertisement

tulip

Flâneur:

the deliberately aimless pedestrian, unencumbered by any obligation or sense of urgency, who wastes nothing, including his time which he spends with the leisurely discrimination of a gourmet, savoring the multiple flavors of his city.

forgotten

"How happy is the blameless vestals lot!

The world forgetting, by the world forgot.

Eternal sunshine of the spotless mind!

Each prayer accepted and each wish resigned. "

- Alexander Pope Eloisa to Abelard

sounds that are good for your heart

today.

credit to alaina

if christmas can't bring you home.

the only christmas music i like. 

because it doesn't sound like christmas music at all. 

so if you need a compromise, this reigning sound 7" is a good choice.

download here

winter view from my old apartment.

december in chicago 2007.

snow please?