Case 'o' the Neko's

Getting to go to a Neko Case show made me wish i had synesthesia. Just watching and hearing her at the same time somehow wasn't enough. It was so good I wanted to be able to taste it and feel it on my skin too.
I'm prepared to make the statement, that she is my very favorite musician.

Pics from the Archaeology project I'm involved with at Stenton in Germantown, PA

Rawr

"you could say it’s my instinct
yes, I still have one
there’s no time to second guess it
yes there are things that I’m still so afraid of
but my courage is roaring like the sound of the sun
cause it’s vain about its mane and will reveal them to no one
and I’m an animal, you’re an animal too
pick up that rock, drink from that lake
I do my best but I’m made of mistakes
yes, there are still things I’m still quite sure of
I love you this hour, this hour today
and heaven will smell like the airport
but I may never get there to prove it
so let’s not waste our time thinking how that ain’t fair
I’m an animal, you’re an animal too
you’re an animal too"

Middle Cyclone

As with all Neko Case albums, I'm still digesting this album. It's taking me a while, but a pleasant while. Like savoring every bite of a meal from beginning to end with no where to be next.

30-rawk

Pic from By 30th birthday. Click on image above to see full size slides.

Via Chicago

Ok so the thing to do here, is click the image (slideshow) above, to see these pics larger. This is a slide show of pics from here in Chicago, Days 1 and 2. They are on Picasa instead of Flickr, cause their upload limits are much much higher and much easier to interface with blogger since it's all google. It' a google world my friends.

*If you're looking for touristy pics, just move on to the next web page. Yes I went to see the bean, but didnt even bother to take pics of it, because, ya know, everyone does. Perhaps it's the contrarian in me that causes me to be this way. But more accurately, I'm just not having a very tourist experience here. But rather one more just form the point of view of someone who lives here, which is precisely how I prefer to do when traveling. Oh, and we have spent alot of time busting around the city on the L too, which shows up alot here.

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February Snow in the Dark

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"It's a crime, it's a crime what people don't know about their history. And we have not only to learn history, but I invite you to that other excitement, the excitement of unlearning history, unlearning the history that you learned."
-Malcom X