31 Jul
Latest Acquisitions
Tiki Kajiu gocco 3-pack by Jeff Lamm
Ergonine by Scott Hansen
i need to frame and hang all this stuff.
28 Jul
Before the Bar: Beacon
I’m in Albany, prepping for what is apparently a pretty big couple of days. My mind is cluttered with statutes of limitations, rules against perpetuities, affirmative defenses, provisional remedies, incohate crimes, and so on. In order to try to tame the clutter and break up the monotony of a 3-hour drive, I decided to stop at the Dia:Beacon on the way up from NJ. So i strapped on my headphones, and headed in with the new Nightmares On Wax cd as the soundtrack.
Housed in an old printing factory right on the edge of the hudson river, the place is nothing short of cavernous. It’s filled with phenomenal natural light and huge open spaces which 
allow the foundation to show off ginormous art installations, some the size of football fields. I don’t claim to know a ton about modern art, but I know what I saw today was both stimulating and challenging. I’ll leave it there.
Richard Serra’s pieces have made their way here, and they’re even more interesting to walk around in an enclosed space versus out in the open. Andy Warhol’s got a room, Fred Sandback’s strings are all over the place, the list goes on and on. What was most interesting to me, though, was the basement of the galleries. Right now, the museum is exhibiting Tacita Dean’s STILLNESS piece. You step downstairs out of the light filled galleries and into a single room the size of half the building. The room is pitch black and completely silent except for the sounds of 6 projectors, each showing a different life-sized shot of choreographer Merce Cunningham performing his interpretation of John Cage’s 4’33. 4’33 is a silent composition. As such, Merce Cunningham doesn’t move. The video itself is nothing special but the presentation is a mindfuck and a half. Highly recommended.
Anyway, I’ve dilly dallied enough. Gotta go back to studying now. Send good vibes my way over the next couple of days, cuz lord knows I’m gonna need them.
23 Jul
Bonobo
Here’s a recent live recording from my faaaaaaaaaaaaaavorite musician pretty much ever, Bonobo. The vocals are a little bit muddled since it’s apparently an audience recording, but that’s ok because the sax sounds great.
22 Jul
Things I’m Digging
Bar prep’s got me a little preoccupied, but here are some things that have given me some much needed smiles over the past few weeks.
Kylie Auldist – Just Say, Australian songstress’s jazzfunk laden debut album featuring the bamboos.
boomp3.com
Carlo Van De Roer’s “Orbs” Series
my new wallet (fu jfold ebay sellers)
This dude held up a Mickey D’s and sserved 12 years and is now winning a jingle contest for the Big Mac.
Chinese Assassin ‘s dope new mixtape:
Lisa Candela’s new stuff:
Some other stuff too but that’s enough for now.
5 Jul
Tee hee hee
2 Jul
J.Fold wallets are my moby dick…
…and ebay is my pequod.
Sorry, humor me. I’ve been trying to get one of these on ebay for about 8 months now and always manage to botch the auctions. I could pay retail but when they go for 15-20 on ebay versus 60 in the store, there’s no reason to. I think the design is a bit of a fun take on a traditional wallet without being ostentatious, which works for me. More choices after the jump.
