I heard a Utah Phillips special on the radio while out in the yard the other day, but it is clear that I have not been following current events enough... it took me three days to realize that he had passed away. Here's some videos in memorium:
well, it's been a while since i posted one of these blog entries. i guess i have been busy 'doing' and less busy 'talking about' lately. i mean that specifically with reference to The Yarden. the yarden is what i am referring to as our house's sideyard. it used to be a house. then at ome point in the last couple decades it was condemned and demolished, then it was a crappy yard/dog pen for a while, and now it is well on it's way to being converted to a food producing garden with social capabilities of a fire pit and hangout area, and a work area - for chopping wood, building vehicles, etc. the peas are climbing, the carrots are popping out of the ground, the lettuce, greens, and radishes are coming out to play...
some footage shot today by Jim Finn:
RPI - where I currently teach as adjunct arts faculty - has oficially banned the Iraqi artist, Wafaa Bilal's exhibition after its opening on Wed. (Mar. 5, 2008) night. It seems like a pretty stupid move, but in a sense is not surprising given the funding and support that RPI receives from the military, and its pivotal role in the military-industrial complex. It has sparked a bit of an outrage. If you want to write to the president to voice your opinion, go ahead.... president@rpi.edu
Sheldon Brown, who was a renowned cyclist, mechanic has died of a heart attack. (click the image for wiki & links)
Both yesterday and today i received handmade articles from wonderful friends in diferent parts of the world. The parts of the world are Cambodia and Argentina; the friends are my dear ex-housemate, bandmate, studiomate, kitchenmate, etc., Eliza Jane Curtis and Anne Elizabeth Moore, the famous-in-some-circles (that seems to be a term i use often) writer and zinester and ex-editor of Punk Planet (admitted namedrop, there). Here's the wonderful things they sent me.
This is a hand printed letter from EJC talking about haw f&^%ng hot it is in Argetina and how excited she is to come and put her creative energy into our house in Troy. That makes me happy. I love Eiiza. check out her blog from BA here
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