I Wish I was an Animal

A version of myself is working on an album. I sleep at all times of the day with the phone next to my bed. Upon detecting a ring, an open reel tape deck begins monitoring my phone line. The ringing also wakes me up. By action reflex, I jump from a deep sleep into a conversation with a caller. Of course, this jump is only as seamless as the brain will allow and excepting the rare instances when a stranger places a call exactly as my mind is exiting its "REM" mode of operation, the resulting one to three minutes of the recorded calls offer considerable insight to this obscured version of myself. This n% awake 100-n% asleep, where 0 < n < 100, version of my person has recorded over 90 minutes of material and has now begun to edit and mix. It is late on a Friday night, but not too late.

Sarah Shapiro - Stranger

Now that the buffalo's gone.

It was a Lovely Day when the Water was Calm

Sea State 0

Two ideas
1. I hold an art show in a parking lot of a major art gallery in one of the largest cities in North America, preferably on a Sunday or Saturday so no one has to take time off work to see it. I park a number of cars, let say greater than 10, lesser than 20, in the lot. From the outside, they appear as normal cars. The art is inside. One is a 1993 faded silver Volvo 240 with a big gulp container, soy ice cream sandwich wrapper, Doritos Cool Ranch bag with Coke can stored inside, used Swedish fish bag, a few empty blue sky 'New Century Cola' cans, directions in map form, parts, fuses, switches, tools, a spooky drawing book, oil rags, lists, flyers and a sweater. Parked next to it is an equal year, red Honda CRX. All the windows are open and empty pop cans fill the seats and threaten to spill out. A bearded man in total agony is sitting in the driver's seat wrapping a bloody hand with toilet paper.
2. Hallowe'en costume idea: guy on cell phone. It's a lifestyle costume rather than a simple illusion. On October 31st, 2009, I will hold a cell phone to my ear and actually call people for the entire night.


Calm Down, it's Monday - Augustus Overnight Biscuits

This is the music of formerly Shotgun and Jaybird, a band I continue to be invested in. This is a harsh flat sea, heavy layers of grey.