I’m trying to overcome some technical and scheduling problems to get Starflyer 59 vinyl ready for the band on Saturday. Hopefully everything will work out and this record will finally be out. Saturday, see them at the Trocadero in Philadelphia. The new album from Japanese instrumentalists Mono, Walking Cloud and Deep Red Sky, Flag Fluttered and the Sun Shined is highly recommended. It’s licensed to Temporary Residence in the US and I’ve been playing a lot over the last week. Check it out. :::scott:::
Year: 2004
I went to see a symposium on Howard Finster at Lehigh University on Friday which featured a lot of annoying insider self-appreciation from professors and gallery owners, but enough of Howard to make it tolerable. A documentary in the rough was unveiled, featuring his last interview before he died and a spot on the Tonight Show, showing this man of Visions at his best. There are 3 spots at the University showing off a wide variety of his work. If you’re in the area at all, be sure to stop by. Joey Sweeney and pals are up to some new trouble at this new website, Phiebrity. Jess, Willis, and I saw Old Canes rock out in the Unitarian Church Basement last night to a small crowd, but a soundsystem to accomodate 500. Chris from Appleseed Cast delivers the good with the live set and on the album Early Morning Hymns. Saxon Shore are finishing up The Exquisite Death of Saxon Shore and readying a re-issue of their Be A Bright Blue debut. More on release dates once they’re known. Sufjan Stevens is playing at the Philadelphia Ethical Society this Thursday and is on tour, be sure to see him and…
I hope that you voted today and braved the long lines and bureaucratic hassles. The line was a lot longer at my polling place than the last presidential election. I ended up waiting like 15-20 minutes. I should have stopped by the school’s bake sale for breakfast before getting in line instead of after. I’m watching exit poll information, updated fairly regularly at www.slate.com. It’s going to be a nail biter for the next few hours. I’m a little frustrated by some reports that my day company has acted a bit unethically. It looks like we’re in the toilet for now. We’ll see what happens. While they suggest drugs in Canada may not be safe, it may not be those to worry about… :::scott:::