TIMES/TIES/TIRES

The things brand new:
- Brushing teeth 3 times daily.
- Backing by guitar/vocals an inarguably pop-sounding band.
- Increasing my music vocabulary by reading Alex Ross.
- Attending Powell’s book lectures and falling asleep just like college.
- Paying a parking ticket.

The things still true:
- Living alone, all aspects etc.

STREET CRED (LACK THEROF)

No tattoos.

No broken bones.

No missing teeth.

No family divorces.

I’ve never been hungover.

I’ve never taken a sick day.

I did not drink before my 21st.

I did not party on my 21st.

Without external struggle.

Without a college degree.

Without monetary debt.

Without pets.

MULTNOMAH COUNTY

Recent library transactions, Jan ‘12

Aesthetics & Film, Katherine Thomson-Jones

Notes To An Actor, Ron Marasco

The Kingdom And The Power, Gay Talese

Blood Meridian, Cormac McCarthy

Bandalism, Julian Ridgway

MEMORABLE MOMENTS MY KIDS WILL FIND IRRELEVANT (CONT.)

#85 - DECIDING TO WASH MY JEANS ON A SIX-MONTH ROTATION, AND ONLY BY HAND

#86 - (TBD)

#87 - COMPARING MY APT. ELECTRICITY BILL TO MY GRANDFATHER’S LARGER COST

#88 - HANGING MY FIRST PHOTO WIRE AND THEN WATCHING IT TEAR OFF THE WALL

#89 - RUNNING A MARATHON WITH VERY LITTLE TRAINING

#90 - FIGHTING AN ALREADY LOST BATTLE FOR INDEPENDENCE

APARTMENT #304

A year of various expenditures, and I am finally on my own again. So, in celebration I give you, dear faceless void, the pleasure of my first week of recently nuanced existence. Enjoy.

- Built a table and two chairs, then experimented with varying success ways in which to remove the Ikea scent from them.

- Began a ‘less internet’ lifestyle after realizing I lacked funds to wire my apartment.

- Limited Facebook time to a once daily news feed check.

- Installed OSX Lion after visiting two Starbucks for a combined total of nine hours.

- Returned to hating my chosen ‘less internet’ lifestyle.

- Made five trips to various stores, yet somehow I still don’t have butter.

- Organized my bookshelf.

- Purchased ‘A Farewell To Arms’ after realizing I was void of Hemingway.

- Reread said book after realizing how much I’d forgotten.

- Became a self-professed mildew removal expert.

- Chose to remove myself, yet learned that every inch of quiet still yearns to be shared.

CINEMASCHEDULE

Wednesday, June 7th
Midnight In Paris @ Regal Fox Tower

Thursday, June 8th
Super 8 @ Century 16

Friday, June 9th
The Tree Of Life @ Regal Fox Tower

Saturday, June 10th
Beginners @ Regal Fox Tower

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select viewership welcome to join

IN SEARCH OF MINIMALISM

7 old t-shirts.

1 pair of dress shoes.

1 corduroy blazer.

1 trusty jacket.

1 snowboarding helmet.

3 self-help books.

3 notebooks of class notes.

5 cds.

2 minidisk players.

1 bicycle odometer.

$6.35 of recycled bottles.

1 torn backpack.

1 modified board game.

4 broken instrument cables.

6 pounds of miscellaneous paper artifacts.

43 facebook friends.

2.6 gigs of hard drive clutter.

3 ounces of Aviation Gin.

STRANGE LINES

Recent Google Searches:

1. Atchafalaya Houseboat

2. Self-deprecating

3. Women’s Jean Sizes

4. Lost My Voice

5. Michael Gladis

Thank God for technological progress.

MFNW DAY THREE

the lineup:
Weinland
Blue Giant
Laura Veirs
The Decemberists
Akron Family
Menomena

this evening’s winner:
The Decemberists

side notes:
It’s a bad sign when an already mellow artist says: ‘we’re gonna slow things down…’.
Covers that people know are a good idea.
As a band: relax. Play well. We like you; that’s why we’re here.
Youth could care less about band longevity.
Knowing all the lyrics doesn’t mean you know how to sing along/sing at all.
Kid on shoulders + oversized ear mufflers = exactly the parent I want to be.

MFNW DAY TWO

the lineup:
Male Bonding
Surfer Blood
Brownish Black
Fractal Quintet
Phantom Jameson

this evening’s winner:
Phantom Jameson

side notes:
Expect the expected.
Untalented musicians in large numbers = semi-good music.
Jazz clubs win.
Jazz club waitresses also win.
Sometimes you just can’t see every show.

MFNW DAY ONE

the lineup:
Washed Out
Phantogram
Ra Ra Riot
Ted Leo & The Pharmacists
The Thermals
David Bazan

this evening’s winner:
David Bazan

side notes:
Punk Rock has become boringly accessible.
Female cellist’s are beautiful.
Vocal reverb can be effectively messy.
Female violinist’s are also awesome.
Bazan + greasy old guitarist + young bassist/drummer = music. Great music.