Journal – Page 134

ok so! yesterday, august 1st, the life support packages were mailed out. i know i said july, but i was just one day late. i had plans to write personal notes with all the packages, but after signing cds, drawing covers, burning copies, addressing envelopes, and making ribbons, i had nothing left.

and here are pictures of the epic ribbon making! most of the parts were cut out at the studio while mixing, but here we are putting the final touches on. that’s me drawing little birds. and my friend sir fake-injuring her hand while stamping envelopes. and the ribbons themselves. they’re all in the air right now, finding you.

in other news, weston has confirmed that the problem with the shopping carts on this site is now fixed. so shop away! and now i am going on holidays. back in a few weeks, happy august to you all. Continue reading life supported

this is one of my favorite photos. matthew alexander henson was a member of the peary expedition, and may have been the actual discoverer of the north pole. and just look at that face. where the heck is he, a cave made of cotton whisps?

at the lamplighter on monday there was a band called no gold that i really liked. nice to see the kids kicking it up to the old talking heads style african pop.

site stuff appears to be getting better, thanks to weston’s work. he thinks he’s figured out the ordering problem, which is always hard with intermittent problems but i think we’re back on track. and the other problems were just my failings in the language of html. i always try to put punctuation where there should be no punctuation. anyway, to celebrate figuring that out, here’s a demo version of cowper’s folly. the album version has worked out well, but i continue to have a fondness for this demo. particularly the way we made larissa and patsy (the other singers) sound like tiny little compressed birds. from another century. Continue reading stumbling along