Happy Independence Day from Gasworks Park on Lake Union in Seattle
Jul
04
2009
Jul
03
2009
Kirsten and I were invited out to Vashon Island for a tour of Kurtwood Farms. The dinner that finished off the evening was incredible, courtesy of the chef Kurt and his assistants. Kirsten took most of these pictures…she has a better eye for detail.
Jun
25
2009
Jun
24
2009
Jun
23
2009
Jun
23
2009
The last Tortoise record I really got into was probably TNT, truth be told…the two records that follwed TNT were alright but didn’t completely grab my attention. I miss the chilled-out xylophone…
Jun
23
2009
Sometimes it’s a gas to read a terrible review of a movie. The little-kid fanboy I was in the early ’80s still wants some of these movies wrougth from my childhood to be good, or at least passable, entertainment…as I discovered with the recent Wolverine flick this cannot always be. I gather that Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen plots a similar fail-trajectory.
Jun
23
2009
Check out the White House press conference on Iran’s election, energy issues & healthcare (in progress, see above).
I look forward to the White House’s repudiation of the Defense of Marriage Act…as far as I’m concerned it can’t come soon enough. I don’t know if it’s going to show up in this press conference.
Jun
19
2009
Light Rail finally comes to Seattle
Color me psyched for the opening weekend (7/18-7/19/09) of Seattle’s Link Light Rail system which will finally start commuter-train service between Tukwila and downtown. I’ve lived in the Seattle metro area for twenty years…IMHO Seattle has needed this for a long, long time. Repeated voting for the Monorail didn’t pan out…the Link system probably doesn’t please everyone. Oh well! I will not miss riding Metro Route 7 every day, nor will I miss the daily traffic jams at “The Roaster” (f.k.a. the Rainer Brewery). My Link stop will be the Columbia City Station. The picture below is of the almost-finished Mt. Baker Station.
Sound Transit Photo of the Week for June 16 - 25, 2009
Preparing for Opening Weekend Sheila Klein’s “Sky Within” featuring six chandeliers was installed recently in the concourse of Link’s Mount Baker Station. The chandeliers are made from recycled Cobra Head street lights. Link’s Opening Weekend is Saturday, July 18 and Sunday, July 19.
Jun
19
2009
aja:
Fred Phelps and his band of merry idiots were in Seattle this week apparently. The very idea of being in the same city as this man and his followers is chilling.
According to the report, there were seven anti-Phelps sign carriers at his protest to every one of the his cult members, which makes me so proud of Seattle. Bless your cute crunchy granola peace loving hippie heart.
Jun
17
2009
introducing marination mobile!
headed down to seward park today to try out some tasty food from the “sauciest food truck” during their soft launch before their big day yesterday. had the aloha sliders and kalbi beef tacos, and they were delicious.thanks to daryn for the heads up — looking forward to tomorrow marination debauchery. fixin’ on getting the kim chi fried rice and the tofu taco per daryn’s review.
website: http://marinationmobile.com
twitter: http://twitter.com/curb_cuisine(photos via ddaarryynn)
Nice, it’s near my neighborhood!
Jun
14
2009
nobody can save you but yourself
and it will be easy enough to fail, so very easy
but don’t, don’t, don’t.
just watch them. listen to them.
do you want to be like that?
a faceless, mindless, heartless being?
do you want to experience death before death?-Charles Bukowski
Jun
12
2009
Dottie’s cool, and probably the same age my mom would’ve been…much respect to her attitude and spirit.
Jun
08
2009
Jun
08
2009
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
John Williams
“The Planet Krypton”
Superman (1978)Compared to his bombastic theme, Williams here strikes an almost regal chord for the reveal of Superman’s home planet. This version is performed by the Cincinnati Pops under the direction of Erich Kunzel, and begins with a solo trumpet that builds into a full orchestral flourish.
I would’ve been five years old when my dad took me to see this film at Totem Theaters in Anchorage. I think I can remember shouting at the giant S as it flew away from the audience during the opening credits. This song, however, is the tune that crept into my guts, the slow approach of Krypton and its dying red sun, right before the trial of General Zod & his lackeys…
Here is the free-associating blog of a guy who lives in South Seattle, works downtown at a day-job and who works at night to write/record/mix songs, spot sounds-for-picture, eat pegao and meditate. I play la guitarra baja, electric guitar, keybords not so much. You can write me old-fashioned email.
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