It’s my day off, but I still drag myself out of bed, hop into my shoes and traipse down Sunset to work. Today is the occasion of a rare morning in-store by none other than Jack White The Raconteurs. I want to see how many people show up. People were calling the store yesterday asking […]
Oh man, I got wind of this yesterday in conversation with Hiland, Kirk and Kyle on the Mezzanine. Then I spotted this reference to former Amoeba co-worker Lance Rock’s new gig. YO GABBA GABBA! This looks like a cast of characters I can get behind. I don’t think the show has been picked up yet, […]
In the time I’ve been gone (almost a week now) I’ve gotten mostly better. The steamboats are gone. The noise in my head has calmed down. In the time I’ve been gone I completed the first draft of ELEMENT. That’s Number Two in the Six in 2006 plan. And I haven’t slowed yet. I just […]
I roll up in bed and lean over the side, feet on the floor. There’s a steamboat in my head. That’s right, a rattling, howling dragon of a steamboat. It’s one of those big, side-wheeled monsters that prowled the Mississippi in the 1800’s. The giant paddle-wheels churn muddy, greasy river water. The decks creak, wood […]
Taking a brief break from work here at Argentum, I lean back in my chair and clos my eyes. When I open them again I’m struck by the amount of jumble on my typical desktop. Click the thumbnail for full-sized mayhem.
I’d been meaning to do this for about a year and a half. Today is Day Eight. Here’s a quick recap: DAY ONE I stock up on maple syrup, organic lemons and cayenne pepper. This is all I will be consuming for the next fourteen days. I’d been meaning to tackle the Master Cleanse for […]
Yep. It’s formal Friday on the Mezz. So I break out my formal wear.
Amoeba co-worker, spinner of wax and all-around cool guy, DJ Ned Learner is throwing down the vinyl at Carbon tomorrow night. It’s not just your usual, “Are you coming to my club?” night, either. Tomorrow marks the 52nd near-consecutive week he’s DJ’d the Wednesday night gig. What The DJ Wants. That means no requests. Just […]
As is often the case with me, I decide it’d be nice to go on a vacation, then in order to do so, I have to work extra hours and scramble to get shifts covered and run around like a maniac to make sure everything’s tied down, finished up and otherwise handled, so when the […]
The other day I get my greedy little hands on a copy of the remastered, re-issued edition of Tales From Topographic Oceans by Yes. I’ve never heard it so clear and clean and gorgeous. It’s been lovingly repackaged with some nifty liner notes and a fine wraparound sleeve of Roger Dean’s famous artwork. Rhino, the […]
Just a quick update: I’ve begun a Coachella set over at Flickr. Click here to check it out. Many more pics (as well as captions and notes and other good things like that) are on the way.
April 27, 2006 – 11:21 am
At the risk of taxing your bandwidth, I’m gonna post another thousand words today. I still feel like one of the backpackers in Hostel after spending some time in that abandoned hospital, but I’m at work and drinking coffee, so I’m suffering from the illusion that I’m on the mend. Here’s a photo I snapped […]
April 26, 2006 – 11:34 pm
What’s happening on the Mezzanine? The Amoeba Music Mezzanine is getting a makeover. So print this up and study it. Things are changing. They’ll be at it till four this morning. I’m safely home. Ready for bed. Goodnight.
April 13, 2006 – 10:40 pm
I was gonna post about my missing manager tonight. I was gonna post about the famous Footprints Proverb (one of my faves.) I was gonna post about cooking rainbow chard with garlic slivers. But instead I’m gonna watch The Dave Chappelle Show, work on the new script and deal with the soreness of the filling […]
April 12, 2006 – 12:22 pm
Speaking of dating… I regret never calling back Tasha R. Why did I do that? She was smart, she was cute, she was funny. And I still have her list of book recommendations on my bulletin board (The Sun Also Rises, Orlando, Disgrace, The Bluest Eye, Kaffir Boy…) We had a fun date, even though […]
