pronto, muy pronto

This thursday morning I'll be on a flight on my way to Zacatecas. I'll be heading out with my mom and two of my cousins. We'll be celebrating my grandfather's 90th birthday. It seemed that this day would never come. I kept getting paranoid that something would come up and we wouldn't be able to make it, or worse yet that my grandfather would get sick. I'm excited to be in zacatecas again and maybe do some tourist things this time around, but more than anything I want to spend quality time with my grandfather. It's different spending time with him there... he's in his element and it brings him great pride to have us there, to show us their way of life and values.

Nobuyoshi Araki

Japanese photographer and artist. Bjork has modeled for him and he's did cover & sleeve of Telegram. His work is astounding
























































































































"I tie up the women’s bodies because I know that I cannot tie up their heart. They only allow their physical selves to be bound. " - araki



“I’m trying to catch the soul of the person I’m shooting. The soul is everything. That’s why all women are beautiful to me, no matter what they look like or how their bodies have aged.” Bjork was one of his most memorable shoots. “Half virgin, half old bag, like a shaman…what a face”

I don't care for fancy things

This is probably the best cover I've ever heard. My Boys [Girls] done by Taken by Trees. I thought I loved this song before, but their cover just takes you deeper. The way the fresh, soft notes spring up the lyrics' beauty. Always brightens my day
If you don't know who Taken by Trees is, it's the solo project of former Concretes lead singer Victoria Bergsman. You may also recognize her from that infectious PB& J "Young Folks" tune

I want to be there with her, barefoot and gracefully walking the tightrope. So many times we let material things, careers, the pressures of society weight us down...when all really need is our loved ones and a place to call home.

Wonders of Nature

If you know me, then you know I love old books (and their scent).

i found this book recently at the Community thrift.
"Wonders of Nature" : as seen and described by famous writers (up until 1900)
complied together by Esther Singleton. published 1900

a world before your parents, their parent's & their parent's parents
before twitter twatter, video chat, e-mail, spa resorts, microwaves, freeways.... untainted.
Can you imagine what the writer is describing below?


The Big Tress of California:
"at last we entered the true forest-belt, and anything more beautiful you cannot conceive. We forgot our bumps and bruises in sheer delight. Oh the loveliness of those pines and cedars, living or dead! For the dead trees are draped with the most exquisite golden-green lichen...
I can compare it to nothing but gleams of sunshine in the dark forest"
..." The whole air is scented with the breath of the forest- the aromatic fragrance of resin and of dried cones and pine-needles baked by the hot sun, and the atmosphere is clear and crystalline "
C.F. Gordon- Cumming


what would these writers say now if they saw the state these places are currently in?

Bradford Cox is saying Ho Ho Ho, free music for you

Bradford Cox has a stocking stuffer for you and your friends. Download the new Atlas Sound 7" off of his blog
thanks Brad !

Losing Feeling

After watching the video for No Age's "Losing Feeling", I was instantly hooked. I had to go out and get it the next day on vinyl in uptown whittier. I love how now most newly released vinyl gives you a code to download the tracks digitally. Listening to the EP I was blown away by just how great it is to listen to from beginning to end. No skipping around or anything, I could just let it play all the way through. All the tracks are great, but the one I'm most attached to right now is "Genie"
I love playing it after a long day. I can close my eyes and I can feel myself slowly falling, letting go as I let the melody sink in.
here's a fan-made video for "Genie"


check out their video for "Losing Feeling" , it's really cool