starlight

went south to shoot the leonids back in august… didnt’ get many on film, unfortunately. Sort of the opposite of my luck at shooting lightning. The stars are always beautiful though.

Posted on 2012-10-08T22:15:58Z GMT

Probably one of the best shows I’ve seen all year. Unpretentions, unaffected, just a woman and a guitar. I was surprised when I found out she wasn’t the headliner; the other bands were a couple of forgettable rock combinations. Anyway, yeah. Photos:

Posted on 2012-10-05T04:29:04Z GMT

robbers' cave state park

A nice day out with my parents and Sophie. Tune in later for ruminations on the difference between cameras as flashy toys and cameras as tools. There may be a bonus section on the camera as a weapon as well…

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Posted on 2012-10-05T00:11:12Z GMT

girl talk

I didn’t have nearly as good a time as Sophie at this show, which is to say, I had a good time, but she was having the best time. It was the best part of all of the songs you love on fast forward for two hours. Lots of fun, but I still have some qualms with it- seems like he’s sacrificing depth and meaning by skipping between all of those parts of songs that just get you that frisson of goodness. It’s more pop than pop; a hyperreal pop, if you will. An evening of uncanny moments. I said on twitter last week: “In a world of simulacra, the uncanny experience— one that is just like the real thing— is all we have.” The implication being that ‘just like the real thing’ is insufficient. Girl talk turns that up to 11. It’s a show filled with uncanny moments, the striking sense of familiarity with a track that turns out to be just a little off. He makes music by collaging other peoples’ music: a simulacra of music. It’s fast and complex and hard not to listen to, and hard to think when you listen to. What it is overwhelms what it means, if it means anything. It subverts the ability to grasp why it doesn’t fulfill in the same way as many of the pop acts he borrows from. I’m maybe being too harsh here. It was a fun show. Just don’t expec to be moved to the depths of you soul or anything, and you’ll be fine.

Posted on 2012-10-04T05:27:56Z GMT

operation dinner out

Well, not so much operation as… someone’s birthday at musashi’s? surely we weren’t randomly driving down western at sunset and decided to eat there, of all places. Anyway, a more serious post is up next.