Don't Forget, Sometimes It Goes The Other Way Too.

Um, we just saw The Warriors (for the first time)...
"WE got the streets, suckers! Can you DIG IT?"

I mean, if that doesn't make you want to check it out, I can't do anything for you. But, chances are, you have already seen it, as I've been feeling like the only (two) who missed this gem.
Of course, I was very inspired by the dj/greek chorus. What a blast.
Also, we saw a great documentary last night called Dust & Illusions about the Burning Man Festival. Very enlightening. I have to admit, I did not know there was such a focus on group art creation, which makes it a little cooler, a little more interesting, and not at all any more likely for me to attend. I once had a very heated "discussion" with a friend of my man's who was raving about the 'social experiment' aspect and the bartering society. I did feel bad after I found out he was a local (semi) celebrity who was a big contributer to the committee at the local art museum that my man and I belonged to, but hey, it's a little silly, right? How do you get all that stuff that you 'barter' with at Burning Man? Don't you BUY it with MONEY before you get there? And, you leave no trace right? But where does the trash go when you leave? It's still trash! My CB text book even talks about Burning Man and how it is an anti-consumerist movement.... and we all know - I like to consume. Plus, I thought camping out at Sasquatch for 3 days was roughing it. But it was a neat film and lots of characters and some mind-blowing art (even in a sober movie theater experience that made us feel just a little squarer than usual).

Anyway, here's a new tune for you to listen to while you read along.


"Mach Bach" by Empress Hotel

I am kinda geeken out about cameras today... I have unearthed my lomo after a conversation about art with my man and realizing how long it's been since I have done something creative.

My man is in-deep drawing a comic book for a friend who is writing the story. Am I super jealous and wishing that I was writing the story? No, of course not, why do you ask?

My man has always been into comics, I so have I (to a lesser extent). I used to read all the Disney comics like Uncle Scrooge and all that. But now I have LOVE for Frank Miller and especially Charles Burns. Seriously, have you guys seen Charles Burn's work? We are watching an animated film tonight (?) that he contributed to. Gotta love Portland hipness. We were in the Historical Mississippi neighborhood, trying to buy a dunny (did not happen - man, that store is never open) and ended up at the comic book store (Bridge City, I believe) and then stopped for a coffee. The guy behind the counter saw our purchase and told us about the flick, and did mention three times that you could rent it from the library. Apparently renting movies from the library (can you do that?) is much hipper than, say, having Netflix?

So next week I should have some lomo pics to show off, depending...
Can I find a store to develop real film?
Also, does 120 film that expired 4 years ago still work?
Holga is all about "experimentation."

When I unloaded my beloved, normal Canon EOS camera, I found that I never posted my pics from February on. Valentine's was very nice this year.

We did *not* change our names to Matt and Anne. M & A have moved and this gift certificate has gotten passed around my man's place of work.
His friend asked the group one night: "Does anyone ever go to that art film theater by campus?"
Pigeon: "YES"
Him: "Do you want a gift certific-"
Pigeon: "YES"
We used it to go see my favorite movie of all time, True Romance, the midnight show. I know, it's just too good, right? The big screen?! Did I talk about this already? If I did, I am sorry, but it was really cool.

I made vegan chocolate covered strawberries and Thin Mints (yes, ripped off the Girl Scouts). They didn't turn out too photogenic, but they made up for it in delicious.

You can kinda see the dough in there, chillin.

You may be wondering, why so much time for cooking, cameras, movies, blogging and the like?

I am on spring break. So glad to finished with the quarter and on the (short) countdown to my comprehensive exams, which strike in June. After that, I will no longer be taking courses, only working on papers and my dissertation. 11 weeks away. So this break, I decided to stay in Oregon to get some work done. It's Thursday and no work has been done.

Here's where I was 1 year ago today. 

Driving up to Mt Hood for our weak annual (one) day of snowboarding. It rained the whole way up, but thankfully became snow and pretty near perfect snow by the time we hit the lodge. I felt lucky, especially when F said, "Didn't I tell you last time I skiied at Mt. Hood it was raining?"

Frank never lets me eat here. 

Doesn't it remind you of the Double R? Or is it the RR?

Now we are back and I wanted to give you some big news:

Ninkasi is making 6 packs.

Now I am just bragging. I got this sucka in my hot little hands.

Clear vinyl is not as cool to play as it looks.

Very difficult to see the tracks when you are trying to play something specific live on the radio in a dark studio. No one minds hearing the last 30 seconds of the previous song first, right?

I felt like I had something else I wanted to write about, but maybe I should end here. On the bragging note. Did I mention only 200 of these beauts pressed?

See you next time. 

You Used to Be Alright, What Happened?

Hello fellow Radiohead fans. Welcome King of Limbs, what a sweet surprise. It's been years since we got In Rainbows and I *think* I kind of might love that this little, electro gem came out allofthesudden with no warning. Now, I do like to anticipate my loves, but this one has been on the backburner of my mind for at least a year, thinking, isn't it about time? Hello Thom, I've missed you.


I happen to like King of Limbs. I have only given it a twice through, but so far so good. It is more electronic than some of my favorite stuff (I mean, my favorite Radiohead album is The Bends, so you know, I like the guitar stuff).
This album has some detractors. There has been some biebertalk (bieber is my new multipurpose swear, it's great I can even say it on the radio! And while you are on that link, check it, we have 1-0-0 fans!!!) out there about this album. Specifically, I am talking about the Gallagher brothers of Oasis fame. Those who 1) wrote the fabulously annoying Wonder Wall and I apologize to you all for immediately putting it in your head, hopefully you are being hypnotized by Thom Yorke's sweet, sweet dance moves and you didn't even think "MAAAAYbe, you're gonna be the one that saves MAAAAY." and 2) have said that they are "better than the Beatles" and that "Phil Collins is a disgrace." This may or may not be hearsay, but my man reported Oasis Bros. saying that "the new Radiohead album is crap." To this my man replies "I'd like to hear your new album Oasis." But not really, because I bet it's crap.
Anyway, I haven't decided exactly what I think about King of Limbs yet, but it's big news. I do have to admit that on our iTunes, when the new album is done it goes straight into OK Computer, which is undeniably amazing. Here some (slightly) more professional people's opinions on it (great read) on the Nerve.com.
On a related note, the local art cinema, Bijou, has starting have me and DJPJ and DJ Floyd (JUST KIDDING) do midnight show giveaways and that is supercool. Last week it was True Stories, which is a fantastic picture IMO and I would have went to see it myself again, except that we had just seen it a few months ago randomly. Anyway, did you know that Radiohead is named after the Talking Head's song from that film? Pretty neat, huh? This is the type of nerdy stuff you are guaranteed when you read this blog. The week before we gave away tickets to the Neverending Story. OMB. This movie was my favorite, my mom and dad discussed sending 7 year old me to a psychiatrist because I wanted to watch Bastian and Atreyu everyday.
Anyway, not much else has been going on that is relevant to write about. We went to see Ryan Bingham the day after he won the grammy, so that was pretty cool (for me. My man wasn't so much a fan. He made a comment on the way home about him only being popular because he is so attractive).

Hmm he could be onto something. 

We caught some of the opener, the Silent Comedy, what a show. Those guys are performers in every sense. Costumes and staches and all.

We also went to see Yo La Tengo sort of cold. Neither of us were too familiar with their music, but I got a ticket from the station and my man got his ticket for $6 from a self proclaimed "drunk dude." They had a fan spin a wheel to determine what set they would play for the first half, and it was DUMP, a very unappeallingly-named side project of the bass player. After that they "went to lay down for a bit" and then came back as Yo La Tengo. The WOW has been getting some amazing acts, and I wanted to go see Portugal. The Man but my man complained he feels like he lives at WOW and I need to be selective about what I drag him to. Which leads me to Cold War Kids. Wow, that crowd was into the clap-along-sing-along vibe that night. But I thought it was a fun show. Apparently, my favorite song is everyone's favorite song as well, We Used to Vacation, as people were yelling it out all night and then they closed with it. Same thing happened to me at Spoon last year. Me "I hope they play that camera song..." Spoon: Encores with it to insane excitement. I guess I have the typical taste.
I think we may go see Warpaint next week. I am a little disturbed though by their opening band stealing my fantasy band name that I want to form with my man and my best friend. It will consist of two dueling tambourine players and one skilled guitarist. Also, in my dreams I play drums.
Apparently, "Family Band" has been taken. I knew we should have gotten on this quicker. I think it's ok though, we can always be the "Original Family Band."