donkey otay

Hello.
Still thinking about the complex freaky lyrics of Scott Walker.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy trying 2 get my motor running.
And how YOU doin'?

whispers/whiskers

Hello.
Watched the Scott Walker documentary last night. Wow. Those lyrics. Those videos. Those eyes. R and I keep quoting the "stained-glass whispers" line. Say what, Scott? In an interview, talking about his working style, he said "i can do almost one thing at a time."
No tour or shows or anything...2busy washing windows.
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rich's new girl

Hello.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy stunning u.
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chee-bo rich

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Here's R at Cibo in Sausalito 2day. (Again? -Ed.) He looks soooo handsome with those devilish whiskers. We walked on Issaquah Dock.
Just watched a pbs thing about hot dogs...nae offense, but gag me with a spoon. (Honk if u remember that phrase.)
No tour or shows or anything...2busy making dinner.
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wish i was here

Hello.
This is Mirene, Stewart Brand's houseboat. It's next to the one A and R stayed on recently. In the early mornings, we would see him coming back from the bay in a paddle-boat, the kind u pedal with your feet.
Here Stewart is back in the day. Remember when the Whole Earth Catalog came out? That was a real moment, wasnt it?
No tour or shows or anything...2busy wanting what i dont have.
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this is why we love rich stim

Click here 2 see what i'm talking about. (note2rich:u made me cry, mate.) And where is that 'u made me cry mate' quote from anyway? Honk if u remember. In my head i'm hearing it spoken with a rough english accent. And speaking of Sandy Pearlman, look at this cool photo i just found.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy sitting here.
And how YOU doin'?

it's cold at Ocean Beach

Hello.
A and R r again thinking about houseboat living. Looked at one on Commodore Dock yesterday in Sausalito.
Is this real? Is it just me or is it hard2 tell these days?
No tour or shows or anything..2busy trying 2 find links that work.
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once again, it's steve albini's birthday

Hello.
Hope u enjoyed your birthday cake Steve! Rock on, bro!
No tour or shows or anything...2busy volunteering at the ASPCA.
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A and R's mini-vacay 6

Hello.
You've reached the end of A AND R's MINI-VACAY entries.
Scroll down to A AND R'S MINI-VACAY 1 and start there, at the beginning, a very good place 2 start.

Every trip 2 Sausalito includes spotting cool cars like these. But u dont really need a car there, u can get 2 everything by bike.
No tour or shows or anything...2 busy recovering from blog session of 3 hours.
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A and R's mini-vacay 5

Hello.
There's a new place 2 eat in Sausalito, Cibo's. (say CHEE-boze) Highly recommended:the tapioca with blueberries. AND they serve Blue Bottle coffee.
Thank u Cibo's!!! (Those r big cans of Napoli tomatoes being used as a doorstop). We ordered our panini without the pancetta.
More pix on the way.

A and R's mini-vacay 4

A and R's mini-vacay 3

Hello.
The houseboat came with a cat that R named Pickles.
I dont know why Blogger is not letting me manipulate the order of my pix or control the placement of my text. Wow i sound a little like Paul Dodd, discussing the tech innerworkings(Ooooooh. -Ed.)of my blog. Anyway, i know these vacay entries look like ass but i dont know how 2 fix it.
More pix coming.

A and R's mini-vacay 2b

A and R's mini-vacay 2

Hello.
R pulled up 2 the houseboat bumper and i handed him a yogurt fruit and granola bowl. Then R paddled off. I hope the pix get arranged in the order that shows R paddling away. (If that doesnt happen, please imagine it that way.)
More pix2 follow.

A and R's mini-vacay 1

Hello!
It was fantastic being back on a houseboat. This time we stayed on a different one than b4. This one is an actual boat so it moved from side2side whenever we walked around. We wore the seasick armbands which really worked; we werent bothered at all by the motion.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy watching an insect fly in circles.
(And speaking of insects),have u ever see one play the piano?
And how YOU doin'?

when i first came to california...

...i thought "wow, even the parking lots r beautiful." This is a parking lot in Sausalito, a little b4 sundown yesterday.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy working on follow-up entry about recent houseboat mini-vacay!
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i want this hair

Hello.
Boy am i mad. This afternoon at my food co-op a super-cute girl employee told me "I hope i look as good as u do when i'm your age." Fuck.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy looking online 4 those clamps u put on underneath your hair and the clamps pull your face back.
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a penny for your thoughts, a nickel for a kiss, a dimebag if u tell me that u love me

Hello.
While performing a photo assignment last week, i found this by Jeff Koons. My search term was "monkey train", and it turns out that Jeff has a series with that name. The monkey train image comes in various colors, like "blue monkey train", etc., and u can get a really bitchin' skateboard with the monkey train image on it.
A few years ago i ordered these, but they were a lot smaller than i wanted so i gave them as a gift. I wonder if that person still has them.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy hangin' with my homie.
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hair r your aerials. they pick up signals from the cosmos and transmit them directly into the brain

Hello.
I love Dean Wareham, that's all there is 2 it. Here's his big hair in Dunfermline, Scotland. It was Dean who reminded me of the great quote used 4 the title above, spoken by Danny, the dealer in Withnail and I.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy looking 4 funny pix of ppl with big hair. And speaking of pix, apologies for non-working links here. I dont understand how they can work one minute and not the next. Grrrrrr.
And how YOU doin'?

5th beatle, er jackson

Hello.
Last night when i couldnt sleep, i laid in bed trying to think of the names of all 5 jackson brothers but could come up with only 4...Tito, Jermain, Randy and M. So now ima google and find out. Of course! Marlon.
Also while not sleeping, went on a virtual walk of all the trails and lil roads i loved when A and R lived in Mill Valley. Looks nice there, huh? If it's so nice, u may b thinking, why did A and R move? Here's why. I loved the redwoods b4 i lived with them. But they r like black holes, swallowing up all light, and casting giant dark shadows. R used to tell me "cant u pretend the redwoods r hugging u? That's what i do. They're cozy." "Cozy my ass", I'd say, "pass the flamethrower."
No tour or shows or anything...2busy disrobing in anticipation of the arrival of massage therapist.
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this just in

Hello.
Just talked to a crazy guy in Glasgow who had just seen Dean And Britta's 13 Most Beautiful in Dunfermline. His review: Mighty Tasty.
Thanks for the call, Chief. We look 4ward 2 your full-on report after u haul yer bahookie up outta yer scratcher.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy re-booting.
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more chicken!

Hello.
Have u noticed the new linkydink on my linkydink list? From your friend and mine, THE Rich Stim. That's what someone said on the phone 2 Rich the other day: "Am I speaking to THE Rich Stim?" Yup, the one and only.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy looking at chairs.
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hope u all enjoyed your bar-b-q

Hello.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy with a photo assignment.
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glory of love

Hello.
And speaking of love, 2day is George Earth's birthday. Happy Birthday G!
I fuckin' love u.
I saw this and couldnt resist getting it for u. Enjoy!
I remember when i first met George, around his 30th birthday. I heard him say softly 2 his girlfriend Tommy, "it's all downhill from here." I had no sympathy.
And speaking of genius guitar players, A and R had a bet about some Lou Reed lyrics on Glory of Love and it looks like A is the loser. A thought it was "somethin' like a circus or a _________ but the correct lyric is "somethin' like a circus or a ___________".
Time 2 pony up.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy trying 2 determine if this is 4 real.
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honk if u hate the 4th of july

Hello.
My sentiments ezzackly.

No tour or shows or anything..2busy being patriotic.
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various and sundry

Hello.
Had lunch here just now, it was bold, colorful, fresh.
Saw a guy with his german shepherd working in his garden, and i missed a certain bad-ass bossy beautiful somebody.
Hey,what about this?
No tour or shows or anything...2busy taking in one of the major food groups with my afternoon coffee..
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remember when pc meant "politically correct"?

Hello.
Now i'm back on my pc;it's home from the infirmary. I like it!
No tour or shows or anything.
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bff +1

big sugar

Hello.(Free)
Here's a lil movie, also free..
At the Village Mkt 2day the kids were playing a Big Sugar song. I liked it. It had a punishing bad-ass bass sound. I coulda done without the singer tho. Not that he was horrible or anything. He was good. And I'd love Metallica if ol'whats-his-name wasnt "singing". Stop screaming!
No tour or shows or anything...2busy feeling envious.
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mac attack

Hello.
Still getting cozy with R's mac. Cant wait til my pc is permanently out of commish; it'll b easier 2 justify getting my own apple then.
Last night at dinner our neighbor Steve Fishman said that Steve Jobs needed a liver transplant because his liver was on its last legs. Then, talking about Michael Jackson, he said "well, Michael's with Vincent Price now." He has dinner with us a few times a week;he pays 10 USD per dinner, which includes dessert.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy.
And how YOU doin'?

web crash (click the pic)

Hello.
Summer's here, and the time is right for fighting, uh...
No tour or shows or anything...2busy getting next 2 godliness.
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half moon bay day

half moon babe

Hello.
Went to Half Moon Bay today (click on the pic), it was unbelievably gorgeous. Had delicious lunch at A and R's favorite place Chez Shea, then biked on a path parallel to the ocean, thru fields of 12 feet tall Queen Anne's Lace, and acres of wildflowers. And speaking of lace, in an article in the New Yorker about Francis Bacon, he was quoted as saying that Jackson Pollack's work looked "like old lace." And speaking of Francis Bacon, as we rode along on the bike path, thru all the various beaches and campgrounds, i saw a sign that i THOUGHT said "Francis Bacon Campground." Oh, Francis BEACH Campground. Wow, i was thinking they named that beach and area after ol' nasty FB.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy getting cozy with R's Mac(mines is in the shop).
And how YOU doin'?

octopus? bagpipes? huh?

Hello.
R met Shellac for breakfast at the Phoenix. Bob Weston told a joke. Bob, u r so cute!
No tour or shows or anything...2busy celebrating the first day of summer.
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dream baby dream

Hello.
Well, u dont see THIS picture of Suicide very often! In fact, i dont recall seeing it ever. And speaking of Alan Vega and
Marty Rev, does Marty have a Puerto Rican accent here?
No tour or shows or anything...2busy walkin' tall.
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stop and smell them

Hello.
Tis the night b4 summer .
No tour or shows or anything...2busy reading about roses.
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might as well jump

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Is it just me or r the dazes getting longer?
No tour or shows or anything...2busy.
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hot wings

Hello.
The file name for this picture is "chicken jacuzzi". U dont hear those 2 words 2gether very often.
The other day i was fooling around at subservient chicken. I asked him "Chicken, u love me?" He walked to his sofa, picked up a big pillow and held it to his face, kissing it passionately. Then he put the pillow back on the sofa, faced the camera, and blew me some kisses. I love that chicken.
Been wearing a bright yellow tshirt;I'm into yellow these days.
No tour or shows or anything...2busy doing sun salutations at the beach.
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