stairwells and hallways

[more of an elevated walkway than a stairwell]

richard neutra's cyclorama, gettysburg, pa

also, they are attempting to destroy this building please sign the petition here and get more info here.

while at home for the holidays i had the chance to once again visit café st. ex, i was really impressed with the atmosphere, food and the people that were working there. it was definitely a mellow and comfortable place to sit down and relax from the frantic holiday pace. highly recommend it if you're in the dc area, would also recommend checking out their really nice merch, i bought a t-shirt myself.

the last time i listened to a melvins record was when houdini came out, but under a recommendation from a friend i picked up a copy of their new record, (a) senile animal. i'd say it's one of my new favorite records of the year and it's been on repeat while i've been sitting in traffic and in airports this holiday season.

i would say that my stepfather gave me quite possibly the best present ever for christmas... all of my moms photo albums.there are six albums all together and i'm still in the process of sorting through them all and scanning everything but once i'm finished i'll put them all up on flickr. this makes me pretty damn happy.

it's been over two years since i've been home for the holidays or any other reason and as of thursday i'll be back in good ol' merryland. there is something about going back to a place where you have so many rich memories that is comforting even if you only see it once a year.

i remember every place and every memory so vividly that at times i think it's more vivid than it was when it actually happened. i remember every late night skate spot, the place where my old girlfriend and i used to go park the car to make out, i remember the smell of the bread bakery downtown, everything... it's all crystal clear...

i have the same memories about places here but for some reason they're not as strong as the one's from home. it's most certainly because the memories of home have had both time and distance to ferment a little bit and now are way more concentrated.

there are only three days before i leave and i'm already planning out my route around my old stomping grounds to carefully document with my camera all of these places from another time.

random street, osaka, japan

finally a break in the rain...

1. party of the first part - bauhaus
2. fireworks - siouxsie and the banshees
3. stepping stone - sex pistols
4. death around the corner - 2pac
5. where i end and you begin - radiohead
6. dead end job - the police
7. one tow shit - a tribe called quest
8. i wanna be your dog (original john cale mix) - the stooges
9. ordinary life - diamond nights
10. noise annoys - buzzcocks
11. nothing better - the postal service
12. re:agents - ladytron
13. komid - bjork
14. modern romantics - adult.
15. god bless - lamb
16. hot in herre - tiga
17. got your money - ol' dirty bastard
18. ignite - the damned
19. stephanie says - the velvet underground
20. baby borderline - the hellacopters
21. stone - cibo matto
22. simple minds - dag nasty
23. my life - mary j. blige
24. the slow drug - pj harvey
25. heimcomputer - kraftwek

...and yes i'm psyched.

... and am in love with my bike, i just wish it would stop raining...

hudson hotel, nyc

starting over shuffletastic top 25

1. destination diamonds - diamond nights
2. petur - sigor ros
3. drifted - groove armada
4. armagideon time - willie williams
5. brand nubian - brand nubian
6. impetus - clutch
7. mack attack - too $hort
8. gimmie that - lil kim
9. date with the night - yeah yeah yeahs
10. fickle - dizzee rascal
11. what are we made from - ima robot
12. withcraft - wolfmother
13. colors and the kids - cat power
14. at the party - northern state
15. sweet son of a bitch - afghan whigs
16. eat the rich - motörhead
17. sense pressa - savath & savalas
18. clouds up - air
19. concierto de aranjuez, pt. 1 - air
20. lonesome cowboy bill - velvet underground
21. walk on by - miss kittin and the hacker
22. paranoiattack - the faint
23. lenny the stereo hip - the dining rooms
24. ghost - 2pac
25. birdy nam nam - abbesses

i know it's been forever since i've updated this thing, and yes i am a bad blogger. i tried to make the effort but pursuits in other directions have kept me entirely too busy to put any thought into where i'm going with this. so new format, new address and a new attempt to keep this alive.