sullenbee

Since I couldn't document the Skinny Puppy show last night for myself, this will have to do. (Stupid Royal Oak Music Theatre didn't allow cameras.) Smeared blood is stage blood that landed on my hand. Yes, I felt it necessary to keep it.

 

Once again, I've neglected to update.   Schizophrenia 4 this weekend... tempted to stick around Sunday for Imperative Reaction as well, and then drive back.  We shall see what energy is left on Sunday.  A trip out of town is long overdue.  Jenny and I will hopefully keep ourselves out of trouble in the big D, but I'm not promising anything.  Together, we are full of bad ideas.... ;-)  

I guess I will be heading out to The Necto tomorrow with some friends. Any Detroit/Ann Arbor friends going?

 Merch so far:  (also caught up on a few things I've been listening to and hadn't purchased yet)

Tonikom - The Sniper's Veil
Ad.ver.sary - A Bright Cut Across Velvet Sky
SE - Epiphora
Zentriert Ins Antlintz - ...No
Synapscape - Again
Mika Goedrijk - Pellicules
Hecq - Steeltongued
This Morn' Omina - Momentum of Singular Clarity
Marching Dynamics - The Workers Party Of Haiti

Displacer T-shirt
Marching Dynamics T-shirt
Synapscape T-shirt

Free stuff - Tympanik comp, buttons, displacer poster...

One more day to go... 

Uploading photos now...

Haha, just saw this on flickr:  Yeah I had a good spot.  (Second on the left in the front)

Halfway to Detroit I realized I forgot my media card for my camera... anyway, these are what I got with the dinky media card I found in my camera case, setting the quality to pretty low.  They look even more grainy than my usual photos large, so here they are small.  One of these days I should really invest in a better camera so I can actually get decent low light shots.  Someday...

Aphorism



Mono No Aware



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This Tuesday... Caustic/Prometheus Burning/Gothsicles in Detroit... should be fun. 

I've been on a vinyl kick lately.  I have a goal to fill the rack mayhem_mike  made me months ago. 

mayhem_mike  and I braved the weather today and went to Corner Records to return the last album I bought. (I had picked up a copy of Front 242 - Official Version, and it had the wrong record inside.) I decided to just trade it for something else. Found a copy of Godspeed's - F# A# ∞ and payed the difference. Spotted a Throbbing Gristle reissue of The First Annual Report and Michael picked it up.

Anyway, on the wall, they had three SPK records - Auto-Da-Fé, Dekompositiones, and Information Overload Unit. All were 49.99, so neither of us picked any up. Anyway, I haven't heard much SPK and I'm wondering which album may be worth collecting.  Looking on discogs and ebay, the prices seem reasonable except for maybe Dekompositiones.  

Other than that lately I picked up a copy of Xymox - Twist of Shadows, Xmal Deutschland - Fetisch, which were surprising finds for Grand Rapids.  Picked up a Current 93 reissue of Nature Unveiled in Chicago when I was last in town.  I have yet to decide whether the album hurts my brain or not, and if I want to keep it.    

Other than vinyl, the last cd's I purchased - Klangstabil - Math and Emotion LE, and Ah Cama-Sotz - Declaration of Innocence which came in a cute tin.  For Christmas Michael bought me the Mimetic 2cd+book, One More Than Nine. 

Loads more I would like to purchase, but work has me at reduced hours, and I need to start saving for Kinetik.  I've been staying in working on painting lately, but I still seem to stay just as broke.  I really could use a second job.  Or less hobbies.  I'm hoping to finish my mother's Christmas present in the next few days, but I've only gotten to the underpainting and a bit of the face so far.  I told her she may just be getting pictures of the progress.  Considering she's been asking me to paint a red haired mermaid for her for two years, she'll probably just be happy I started.  Hopefully she doesn't mind that I added Octopus tentacles to her hair ;-)



(My messy bedroom/half studio, with a Polly snoozin in the chair.)  I'm still undecided which direction I want the painting to hang.  Every time I work on it I flip it another way.  

Off to bed.  I'm up way too late for having a 6 am shift tomorrow. 

My buddy Jason is pretty excited about this: He got added as a dj at the show and at the afterparty: (De/Vision is his favorite band of all time.)



Cross your fingers for me for good January weather for another Chicago trip ;-)