Tuesday, August 28, 2007

lunar eclipse

this morning at 5:30 or so, amber and i got up and went outside to watch the total lunar eclipse. about halfway through, the sun began drawing close to our side of the horizon and it faded, but the reddish beauty against the ink-blue sky was still amazing.

travelers

the other night, two young men appeared around here. evidently, one was from new york and left for california because he said that god told him to. the other was from somewhere in the midwest headed for new york, where he planned to fly to isreal- because god told him to. I guess they just met at the peace rally downtown and connie brought them back here. they both left on the same day and said they were told not to bring anything. they weren't quite sure what it meant that they ran into each other, so they spent the last half of the week at connie's house and around outside. I think connie offered them meals like mac and cheese and such. they hung around talking to everyone and tried to figure out if they were supposed to join up and go somewhere together. one of them seemed very interested in talking with us and made an instant connection. eventually, they decided that they each needed to fulfill their own part of the task or plan, and last night or early this morning, with much emotion all around, they each left on their journeys. so here is to adam and jim. we hope you find happiness and enlightenment on your journeys.

Wednesday, August 15, 2007

kitchens are cool

There is nothing really quite like hanging out in the kitchen. I feel like this is sort of true no matter where you go. You could have a huge living space, and a closet for a kitchen, and everyone would still want to cram in there.

:)

Saturday, August 11, 2007

influences + inspiration

Our cd collection is growing rapidly, and we are really learning a lot. We are spending the summer surrounding ourselves with things and people that are teaching us new things. Plus it kind of feels like Colin Meloy, Wayne Coyne, Meg White, Jimmy Page, and Jim James have kinda been sharing some secrets from afar. We got rid of the cable in June, and I'm kinda glad. Visual endevours have been kinda mystic/trippy lately: Star Wars, Tetris, Almost Famous, anime, Documentaries, 70's and 80's cartoons.

Our back yard is like the new central hub-hangout area for the Victorians folk. There are like 2-10 people out back at any given time. Many of them have a lot of things to say that we could learn from, but even just the experience of hanging out with them is really wonderful.

Wednesday, August 08, 2007

landlords and recordings

Our favorite neighbor (and green-thumb / earth mother) Connie, is being removed from her apartment because the new owner wants to rent exclusively to med students (and apparently NOT to hippies). Landlords suck. I guess amber and i will have to host the backyard hangout all the time now, and with 1/2 the space. Well, I guess we've got to defend our scene here. Amber bartending at Victorians now is great for that, because she can help initiate things.

Oh, but we jammed into some wicked recordings late last night :) We keep trying to get some good recordings of what we have but every time we try, we end up writing new material and jamming on that all night. Anyways, I know its easy to become anxious, but if its time to write now, then rite we must, and I guess the time will come later to finally go and lay down some nice, clean recordings.