I bitched a lot about shit that's pissing me off right now. Now on to the raving:


Secured myself a place to stay in Lower Manhattan (close to Tompkins Square) and already booked the flight. Spent a bit of time searching online for places to check out in my area. Thinking of just taking my Fujica with me and buying the film on location. Still four months to go, but really looking forward to it.

I joined this forum 10 years ago this month, it seems. (Is it possible to find the exact date?) Nevermind, it makes me happy that I (and you) stuck it out for a decade, at least. Here's wishing we could massage history.

Toodles.

haaa haaaa skuj. congrats on your board birthday... month.

1618 is 1000x the golden ratio no less haaahaaahaa

nice

so many photo/camera places have closed,like j&r and calumet, but adorama and b&h are still strong and offer the best prices, and are worthy of a pilgrimage. they both close saturdays btw.

Yeah, I read about Adorama. Seems to be somewhat of an institution. Closest thing to the place I stay would be Luster Photo, don't know how they compare though. Gonna have my obligatory hike up north to Midtown anyway. Will stop by at Adorama on my way there. Thanks for the piece of advice.

And congrats, Skuj! Ten years and going strong.

i love to watch the conveyors on b&h’s ceiling hahaha. insane place.

Just realised that, somewhere in my ranting/panic, I've reached the 'expwy. to yr skull' level.

'invito al cielo' next. Top level SYGing, here I come!

My daughter and the idea that I might share my music collection with her some day.

Going out by myself and acquainting friendly people.

best watched with muted audio!

https://youtu.be/7MwQYcY479o

Watching the one night only screening of What We Left Behind, crowd-sourced documentary about DEEP SPACE NINE, my fave TV show and fave Trek show.....

so hype!!!!

Cute girl gave me chocolate today :)

I bought a second hand Elektron Digitone from a friend. Nice toy with a beautiful sound.

Worked at an art gallery yesterday, guarding a set of VR glasses. Got to chat with an awesome musician who also performed there. She's active in NYC teaching and being involved in different artistic musical projects. Told her I'm into late 70s, early 80s New York underground. Turns out she actually worked on a project with Jarboe, which is awesome. And she told me I should contact her when I'm in NYC this September, so she can write me about some cool goings on that are somewhat off the mainstream radar. That's awesome.


And had a great spontaneous jam with two guitarists at the other art space I usually frequent after my shift was over. We did improvised versions of Bowie's "Always Crashing In The Same Car" and "It's No Game". That was fucking awesome and refreshing. I've attended far too few jams in recent history.

^^^^niiiiiiiiiiiice...

Vienna has reached that sweet seasonal interim which kind of has the best of both worlds: All of the warm, serotonine-friendly summer lighting, but none of the sweltering heat and humidity. I'm afraid this won't last long. But I'm glad for days like this one.

that sounds really nice, but... aren’t you in nueva york right now?

i remember you were going to get there for labor day

Yeah, that was initially my plan. Then I took a long, hard look at the Airbnb options and decided that the second week would be more advantageous (more options). In the meantime, I also had to change my booking, because the former flatmate of my East Village (the one close to Tompkins Square I had mentioned earlier) host had to move back in after being kicked out of his new apartment. I'm staying in Chinatown, near Manhattan Bridge now. My flight is this Sunday and I'm stoked to the max.

oh, nice, you go post-summer— much better!

cooler weather, city in full swing, etc.

ah, the thrilling taste of anticipation! ha ha ha...

enjoy...

First day of my trip and it's a blast already. That tangerine glow envelopping Mott Street during those, like, two hours before dusk is just marvelous. And I treated myself to some great Black Bean Beef at Hop Kee. Love that place. It's an institution.

hahahaaa!

it’s great to witness people having a blast in life

would rep if i could

drink deeply my friend

It’s all I’ve been about lately...but Street Fighter 3. Man...I’ve connected to so many people through this game. Just about everyone in the scene knows of Chicago’s arcade to play SF3. Me and my friend(who now lives in San Antonio)put that shit on the map. We’ve had visitors from the UK, NYC, LA, TX...well people around the US in general to get games for 3s. Most of them weren’t solely there but reached out to our group since we’ve created a bit of noise with our crowd. Every Friday at the arcade we have a meetup and there used to be like 3-5 on average, over 5 on a good night. Now there’s over 10 people playing every Friday. And a lot of people have really gotten better too! Anyway...just makes me feel accomplished in some odd way. I know this wasn’t all me, but I discovered the bar, and just started going there and told the SF3 heads about it. Met random people there who play and just slowly gathered more people. I did a lot of the footwork of getting people together while my buddy handled the formal organization of it. But yeah...it’s a bit tough right now. Starting completely fresh and having a hard time since the breakup, getting robbed, getting a kidney stone.....SF3 is the only thing keeping me sane right now....

Seeing the huge crowds for the climate change protests ain't half heart warming. Maybe we're not so fucked. Then you realise the ones who are helping screw the planet up are the ones in charge. Cunts.

New York was great. Got to squeeze every bit of enjoyment I was striving for into one tight week. Went to 5 different record stores and found some nice stuff. They were playing Bad Moon Rising when I went down the stairs at Generation Records and then ventured into Joy Division's closer. And I got to talk to a guy at Downtown Music Gallery who's good friends with Weasel Walter. What's not to love?

And I justed closed out my latest 90s party. The mood was amazing. Primordial Undermind had a great performance and I got to see A Thousand Threads again. He seemed somewhat chipper. But damn, I feel spent now. Tired as fuck and my voice dropped a few octaves and I'm already kind of a baritone. But I'll sleep well now, I know.

daylight saving time finally done for the year!!

(in this country anyway)

Dark times are a comin'....


Man...glad I just ain't in Seattle for the winter though....holy shit. Last year Jan and Feb, there wasn't a single day with Sun....no exaggeration either....it was brutal...

It's still somewhat warm around here and I may just get to enjoy a few more neat autumn days or maybe even weeks before the steaming heap that is winter is upon us. Got to enjoy a nice sunset today and there's still some vegetation going on. Gotta make the most of it as long as I can.

dark times AT NIGHT (the way it’s supposed to be)

now the sun will “rise” at 6 instead of —holy fuck— 7am or even later (awful for is who are forced to wake up early due to work)

re:seattle: i once considered moving there but a friend warned me about it

it’s very sunny here in neo-mex. if you get 2 cloudy days in a row it’s due to a major event lol. i think we get like 300 sunny days a year.

Seattle is a great town. I'd rather the rain then the awful heat and dry, or the damned dry desert cold. I think I'm related to salamaders, though, or maybe slugs?

your people gave the soviets a black eye during the winter war, so seattle probably feels like the tropics to you

Nah. The rain ain’t the bad part, it’s the lack of sun...it can be reaaalllly baaad.

ps- i buy suomi winter tires (formely known as nokian)

Suomi!

https://nypost.com/2019/10/28/horse-...th-horse-poop/

just look at this:

Are they solid rubber?

no they have tubes. well at least mine do. you run them not too pumped.

but they have carbide studs that grip the ice.

Just got home from the 5th year anniversary of my event series. It was nice - good crowd, pleasant atmosphere. I've had my ups and downs with this whole thing, but it feels good that something that started off as a one-off experiment is now half a decade old and will make the jump into a new decade.

My brother and his wife announced they are expecting a baby boy, 3+ months in....

excellent

el tío rob!

Indeed!