Just got Lawrence Weschler's new collection of essays, Vermeer in Bosnia, and it is full of wonders-

Weschler, a longtime contributor to The New Yorker, is the author of one of my favorite books ever, Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonder; he belongs to a vanishing breed of non-fiction writers and (like Joseph Mitchell, Joan Didion and John McPhee, for ( Read more... )

From hand-stitched orbs ( Read more... )

In the still after midnight ( Read more... )

I did a quick sketch of my very tall friend Chris at the Simpsons Collectors' meeting at the San Diego ComicCon last week-

He did a magnificent job of digitally coloring it:


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I drove back from my parents’ cabin in Oregon at Black Butte the day before the Rilo Kiley show, 843 miles in just under 13 hours ( Read more... )

Last Friday I attended Rilo Kiley's record-release concert for their excellent new album "More Adventurous ( Read more... )

Jon and Drew came over last night, and we had a great time, watching the "They Might Be Giants" documentary, listening to dozens of obscure postpunk bands, talking about aesthetics, and collaboratively creating a comtemporary hip-hop masterpiece ( Read more... )

Happy holidays everyone!

I'm going to spend Christmas with Jeff and Kim (some friends from grad school) tomorrow- can't wait to see their two-year old daughter Maia-

I'm bringing a guitar, and Jeff and I will probably end up drinking red wine and playing Clash songs-

Peace-

Brian

Hmmm. I suppose I should post something here at some point. Ah, maybe later.