these books are made for reading
and that's just what they do
one of these days these books are gonna
read all over you

i got hold of Allen Ginsberg's Howl. this is my definition of a beautiful book. it contains "original draft facsimile, transcript & variant versions, fully annotated by author, with contemporaneous correspondence, account of first public reading, legal skirmishes, precursor texts & bibliography". it's in a rather large 28 by 20 cm format. it ( Read more... )

ok, i think last time i posted here is way back in time.

i had these plans i wrote down for my semester break, which is already past - i think i need to have a short recounting of what i did and what i left out...

( Lots of Blah that may or may not be of any interest to you. )

since i left my stereo speakers at the set where we shot a short film last weekend, i been listening to music through my guitar amp. it's great. it's got this transistor radio thing to it, only louder. and i've been playing The Mendoza Line over it over and over again. they cannot write a bad song ( Read more... )

from only a slight soft breeze, from what may be the earliest breath of spring air... comes to mind that living here, all senses are numbed. the monotony and repetition of everyday trails, the hospital hygiene air, subtly chemically polluted by industry, like a showcase dome placed over the city and its surroundings, gently suffocating everything ( Read more... )

ok, so after interviewing Mars Volta we decided to not watch their gig in Zurich, but instead return to Basel for the german vorzeigerocker Tocotronic. and wow, was that worth it. best show i've been to in months. incredibly tight! and hey, Trail of Dead this saturday... gotta keep up on the rock!

we interviewed Omar Rodriguez-Lopez from The Mars Volta today! fascinating guy. i started out about two weeks ago, totally not being into their new record, but actually making an effort to see what it was about. now, after talking to him, i kinda get the picture, and i love it.

looking forward to see the interview in print, too.

on how money goes around ( Read more... )

idiots! i see them every-fucking-where. i swear, finding people that don't make my bullshit detector explode everytime they say more than three lines has become a monstrosity of a job.

i bought vinyl today! which was a very stupid thing. because now i have two LPs. and that's not enough. i knew that when i'd start buying vinyls, i'd have to start building up a collection. because just two are a bit of a pity. even 50 would not be enough. so i see me being even more skint the next couple of years ( Read more... )