the book the store some paintings

on top of contracting
taking care of the kids
moving back to houston
and working the day job

the store is pretty much finished
after months of dev

i jumped carts a few times
but ultimately wound up back in textpattern
and going paypal style

take a look

heres the remaining action list

• style contact form (just needs submit button)
• make new facebox close buttons
• finish inventory updates
• rss image link
• implement hidden scrolling timeline thing
• last.fm playlists for detail pages (or wimpyplayerMYSQL)

as for the song stories book
I’m two chapters in
which covers burnplate
and about half of negativ

oh and soon
i will set upon the world
my little ambient record
(the interperative dance version of the darker still ep)

I’ll leak it to last.fm when i’ve got the track order and a name for the damned thing

also
i came into posession of a tabletpc recently
to use for the sole purpose of playing live with
(mice are gay)
and while the whole pc keyboard/controller setup is nice
i found i ultimately ignore the trigger finger when playing live
even though i’ve got the thing CC mapped for everything

i have no idea when i’ll be playing another live show
and i doubt it will be soon
but that just gives me plenty of time to get used to playing with a pen and a controller which I’ll ignore i’m sure

which brings me to
the painting portion of this here dialog
tablet pc + artrage (the best 25$ i’ve spent on software in awhile)
is awesome
if you like to paint and have a wacom or a tabletpc
buy it

seriously

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inland empire

so
after many months of panting for the new david lynch film
which for more than one reason i didn’t actually get to see in the theatre…

i finally got to sit down and watch it
before i go into what i thought of the film
i need to preface it with a little personal background

i can’t watch any of his films
without getting completely unhinged

when i watch a david lynch film
i get really inspired
i think its due to me listening to his films more than watching

perhaps what i love the most about his movies
is not the plot (in the utmost sense of the non traditional)
but rather the smallest details that are amplified by sound

whole minutes of footage could be freeze frames aside from one flickering light and an undertone of audio darkness…

he finds a beautiful/weird/frightening image at random,
draws you into it
and then makes you watch it while the audio makes it slip into something more evil
which while its not be the most hollywood accessible form of film making
someone with a taste for the dark and droll
like myself
stays happy and devoted and secretly wanting to score his next film [even if its the just david lynch reading a years worth of weather reports for two hours].

moving on!

anyone that has seen mulholland drive or lost highway from mr.lynch will know
there is a focal point for change or a turning point
where the main character will suddenly change into a completely different person, or walk through a door or into a corner of darkness and everything gets all past present future colliding confusion inducing batshit crazy
[its those moments i cherish the most]
where you suddenly are thinking, “wait so i blink and its a different film? so wait what am i seeing? how can this be?”

coming from the previous two films i have to say
that pretty much ALL of inland empire is “challenging” in the same way
theres the usual exposition that happens in the beginning to get you comfortable with linear time and consecutive events…
and then bang!
about 40ish minutes you will find the moment where you’d usually be saying to yourself “wow! so this is what it must be like to be a full time paranoid schizophrenic”
however,
heres where Inland Empire differs from his previous films
by the end you actually feel as if during the course of the film
someone snuck in and drained you of your sanity with a thick rusty needle
i felt QUITE insane when i turned the tv off.
its the most terrifying experience ive had [while watching a movie]

i spent two hours afterwards
staring into the dark
waiting.

It deserves to be watched again.

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an open letter to bitcrush

dear bitcrush

i’ve been attentively listening since gridlock
which always felt cold almost emotionless to me
perhaps because there weren’t enough basslines
and the drums carried everything
there wasn’t much to hold on to
it was good
and well done
but not unlike eating salad without croutons

alyssa however loves the gridlock
which strikes me as odd
considering the bulk of her music intake is the antithesis of industrial

however

this In Distance record of yours,...
nonstop
for weeks now
makes me want to skip work
take a long walk with my headphones
hit up a coffee place
sit in the park
watch people

its overcast
chilly
maybe colder
like it has been

an instant classic in my house.
its an imaginary house
its small
with only four rooms

• one for skinny puppy, einstruzende, and the legendary pink dots
• one for nitzer eb and slayer, and the misfits [they can share really]
• one for old autechre [amber/tri repetae++]

[yes they get their own room]

• one for interpol, joy division, the smiths and the cure [again sharing]

worth its weight in whatever monetary value you carry
so,... thanks. Here’s to hoping you have an equally lovely follow up which im already waiting for.

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