phooey

Hi.  I had a whole thing i was writing about then decided to ditch it.
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy building a little birdhouse in my soul.

shark!

Hi.
Decided to continue reading the Salinger book only to be shocked by a certain fact so much so that i had to take a 2-3 day break just to process the info. omg for real. I'm no spoiler alerter but Hint: It concerns Salinger's first wife. I replayed the section a few times to make sure i wasnt misunderstanding, which, u know, happens, but R confirmed what i thought was true.
Anyway, still no tour or shows or anything...2busy wondering am i the only one who hasnt heard this?
(With love and squalor to VB for the linkydink.)

comes from a land down under

Nice prezzies arrived today from a NON TOUR reader in Australia.
Thank u Heater. But, still no tour or shows or anything...2busy feeling dysmorphic.

what is it good for?

Listening to the Salinger audiobook but not sure if ima be able to finish it. The detailed war scenes and death camp descriptions are, as Kato Kaelin would say "sick-making." I imagine that the authors' reasoning for including so much of this war info is to give readers insight into JD's wounded psyche but it's getting harder and harder to keep listening.
I had the biggest crush on Salinger for years and i memorized entire pages of Catcher.  Some of my favorite bits were the ones about Sally Hayes.
Do u remember when he hooked up with Elaine Joyce?  That was a crazy moment in pop culture.
So i figured what i'd do is, maybe take a break and go back to it later or not listen to such big chunks in one gulp.  It does seem disrespectful and weak to not continue.  Plus there's all kinds of previously unpublished material.
Listening yesterday i learned that a good friend of R's father served in the same unit as Salinger in the 2nd world war.  I recognized his name and recalled that i sat next to him at our wedding party.  Wow. I had been sitting next to someone who had shared a muddy, miserable, frozen foxhole with J.D. Salinger.

cloudy cloud cloud

Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy with multiple viewings.

squash remnants with highlights

If only i could think of something interesting 2 talk about. But no.
And speaking of no, still no tour or shows or anything...2busy with incoming.

this is the end my only friend the end

The end of summer that is.
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy going toward the light.

it always seems so strange to me when things r what they seem to be

intel smackdown(from the sublime to the redunkulous)

Heard a fascinating lecture by Ray Kurzweil last night. I think my IQ bumped up just by being in the same room as the other audience members. Gosh everyone looked so smart. Architect types, hacker/programmer types, designer types, artist types, stoners in sandals, all ages. It was a pretty cool SF scene. But the good times were not to continue.
Came home and watched The Bling Ring and felt those extra IQ points I'd gained at the Kurzweil lecture slipping away one by one. Not recommended. Or watch with the sound off, like a magazine with self-turning pages.
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy polishing the silver.

future's so bright

ring my bell

in the warm california sun

'scuse me while i

This sky with pile-driver is right out my south/west window.
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy eating grapes.

hot wax

Does anyone but me sort of miss Tone Loc? His rhymes r pretty sticky, they r still living in my head. I recited one the other day and it really cracked up my room-mate.
Put in on wax
Ship it to the store
If and when they run out then u order some more.
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy being wanted4 a crime i did not commit.

i've heard of putting sneakers on roosters, but elephants?

This post's title sounds like a punchline. And speaking of punchlines, i had intended to share a joke with u but when i tried to type it up just now, i couldnt get it to sound right. So here's your punchline: "Hi, I'm Tonto Goldstein."
With I-tal i can fight all: dinner of brown rice/brussel sprouts/salmon/salad/watermelon/green grapes/pear juice.
And speaking of brussels, the other day in the car we r driving along and R pops up with the question "How many minutes was it in Brussels?"
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy with Bible studies.

parlor tricks

At a terrific party in Berkeley yesterday one of the guests mentioned that someone told her that Vincent Gallo was an a**hole. Marc Weinstein, also a guest at the party, defended him, saying that Vincent was a real sweetheart and passed around his phone with this picture of him with Vincent.
Marc is kind of Zelig-like because he knows so many people, also because he travels alot so he's always running into somebody he knows who is also traveling. Once, while onstage at the Splash Club in London, i looked out into the crowd and Marc was standing there with his lovely wife Valenta.  It was a great surprise.
Jason Pierce was also in the audience that night.  I was kind of nervous about that but it all went well, so well actually that after the show Jason asked if i would like to do some shows with his band which turned out in a typical and funny Jason way when later on during that same tour i saw flyers with ACC listed as support for some upcoming Spiritualized shows.  I guess he made the flyers b4 speaking to me.  Ya gotta love the Spaceman, right?  Hey look, somebody else loves him too.
Another thing that happened at the party:  I heard someone say to his girlfriend "Remember that song i played for you 'I Cried When John Cassavetes Died'?",  then pointed at me.  The girlfriend looked at me with a big big smile.

it is the evening of the day

Turning the lights on at about 7:30-ish these days. May i repeat myself and say again that i'd b happy living in non-stop daylight.  With amusement i think of Paul D on these super-bright days, and how the Cali sunlight interferred with his picture-taking when he visited here.
Had a great yesterday adding beautiful gtr parts to 2 songs on ACC's Tom Petty project, courtesy of Bruce 'The Bruiser' Anderson.  And speaking of yesterday, did u know that the Aborigini language has no words for 'yesterday' or 'tomorrow'?  Learn more about fascinating Australia here.
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy watching Wilfred.

lou reed dream #12,695

Had a dream last night that I was with Lou Reed, celebrating his birthday.  When i handed him his present he said "Ah, and i have something for you."
But b4 giving me the present, he was telling me about it, something about "the 3 M's...Monk, Material, and..."  Sadly, i couldnt quite catch what the 3rd M was.
I kissed his face, and my birthday wish for him was that he'd have a good year doin' the things he wants to, and he said "Oh there's no problem there. I never get bored and there's no shortage of projects." Then ACC woke up.

the leaves are what?

The leaves are falling.
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy making extra money.

fire in the sky (click the pics)

Smoke from the Rim Fire makes for dramatic daytime clouds and super-vivid sunsets.
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy standing in the blackness smiling at the tinklin'.

from now on it'll be total organization

Hello. Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy cooling off.

2 faces have i

Hello.  It's a long weekend, hope i dont get any holiday sauce on my new sweater.
Still no tour or shows or anything...2busy memorizing quote of the day.