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it's going to be an Aphex Twin kind of night

recently read...

1. Autobiography of a Stutterer- Joseph Cooper

2. The Death of Speedy- Jaime Hernandez

3. Transfer #9

4. Bombay Gin #32

5. Binbo Jim #2

6. Theories of Translation An Anthology of Essays from Dryden to Derida- ed. Rainer Schulte/ John Biguenet

7. Musee Mechanique- Rodney Koeneke

8. Sarx- Pascal Quignard trans. Keith Waldrop

9. 3x3 Eyes: Flight of The Demon- Yuzo Takada

10. To Set Your Mind at Rest- Heinrich Heine trans. Benjamin Friedlander

11. The 9/11 Report A Graphic Adaptation- Sid Jacobson/ Ernie Colon

12. Smoke- Dorianne Laux

13. The Last Temptation of Christ- Nikos Kazantzakis

14. Stepdown #1 ed. Lauren Kohne

15. Ape and Essence A Novel- Aldous Huxley

16. Wicker- Lyn Hejinian/ Jack Collom

17. Pussey!- Daniel Clowes

this blog is about Concord. this blog is a dream come true.

The City of Concord Redevelopment Agency Pays for those bands with tazpayer money and with the defense that it promotes retail shopping in the area, but the largest portion of the audience are retarded people who are bused in for the concerts, and the senior citizens who live in the Heritage House.

POD chapbooks?! lol right?

just wanted to say that the POD mania has got to stop.

suddenly we're at this place where certain "publishers" are choosing to publish *chapbooks* POD...WTF...POD chapbook is an oxymoron. why the ef' would a "publisher" want to "publish" chapbooks POD? oh yeah, so they can take credit as a "publisher" without having to do any of the work...

but isn't "the work" half the fun?...contrary to belief, collating doesn't suck, stapling doesn't suck, folding doesn't suck, mailing out doesn't suck...all these things are part and parcel to the process of making a literary object (and if you *do* think they suck then, full-circle, you shouldn't be making books)...POD (i'm talking about chapbooks now) is the masturbatory version of publishing, it satisfies the needs of the individual (the "publisher," to get his press name out there) yet demands little effort by way of creative thinking and human interaction ("just order a copy from Lulu, they have infinite meta-quantity...for meta-forever")...

hear hear to the Hot Whiskey's and the Chax's and the Cy Gist's and the Big Game's and the Transmission's and the Outside Voice's and the Hooke's and the Ugly Duckling Presse's and the Effing's and the House Press's and the Lame House's and the Taxt's and the and the...

so let me just say this, i think you're an asshole that probably shouldn't be "publishing" anything if you choose to "publish" chapbooks POD...



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this is where i'll be friday, Lauren Kohne is auctioning off a new piece, this is going to be a great show, that line up is sort of amazing...

Picture Progress 2007
Friday, June 15th 2007 7:30pm
San Francisco, CA USA

Join the League of Young Voters for the 3rd annual art auction Picture Progress.

The League is empowering young people nationwide to be players and winners in the political game. More than 100 artists will come together for one night to offer their work in support of young people creating positive change.

Come see familiar faces and new perspectives.
Picture progress on a local, national, and global level.

Main Event: 7:30- 11:00PM
VIP Reception: 6:30- 7:30 PM
General Admission: 7:30 PM
Silent Auction: 7:30-10:30 PM
Live Auction: 8:30-9:00 PM
Auctioneer: Alan Michaan of Auctions by the Bay.

Musical entertainment provided by the Jake Blackshear Quartet.

Refreshments and appetizers will be provided to enhance your viewing and bidding experience.

Artist include: Andrew Schoultz , Dave Eggers , Deborah Oropallo, Bean Finneran, Alan Finneran, Michael Gregory , Sirron Norris , George Pfau , Lucas Foglia, Jenn Porreca , Peter Max Lawrence , Jeff Key , Lauren Kohne, Denise Parsons , Fabio Sassi , Phillip Hua , Nina Berman , Jenifer Wofford , Keith Knight , Bihn Dahn, Liane Collins , Betty Kano , Sophia Bowart , Erik Hagerman , Bayete Ross Smith , Alexandra Hammond , Chelsea Ross, Amanda Boehm, Wythe Bowart, Minette Mangahas, Jessica Tully, Oaklandish, Paul Mitchell, Brad Kalder, Tahiti Pehrson, Rebecca Van Stralen, Kevin Haas, Frank Priscaro, Darren Delgado, Reanna Rubalcaba, Amy Woloszyn, Julian Davis, Heather Box, Julian McQueen, Lars Rasmussen and Julie Garvey.

All proceeds support the League of Young Voters to build power nationwide by engaging young people in the political process.



Location:
Red Ink Studios 1035 Market St (btwn 6th and 7th) San Francisco CA

Contact:
Heather Box
415-971-3523 http://www.indyvoter.org/art

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i think i'm going to try and detox this week...but then Shivshark

is playing at The Makeout Room on Wednesday...maybe i'll do a detox until wednesday night.

what else?

Friday night was fun. met up with Jessica,

went to Fly, imbibed sangria, met up with her friend, went to Delirium,
imbibed vodka, went to her friend's house where i failed as a man to start a fire using wet wood, fashion magazines and a bic lighter etc...

Saturday night went to the TL. met up with Logan at Whiskey, met up with Armand at Whiskey, went to the Castle

and had beers with Matthew, went back to Whiskey, went to Hemlock

to look at girls, no girls to look at at Hemlock, went back to the Castle, saw Ben with girls, talked to Ben but not girls, ate a burrito, went home and watched Deadliest Catch.



Sunday i didn't go outside to enjoy the weather...



but it's nice again today.

Erik Bailey 2007 (SF)

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even though Mark Twain never actually said "the coldest winter i ever spent was a summer in San Francisco"...it's actually true.

all my flickr friends in NYC are making me miss the seasons...in Boulder i experienced seasons for the first time in my life, and loved it...all my flickr friends in NYC who look so gorgeous and glossy and sweaty decked out in their summer dresses and short sleeve shirts and cut-off shorts and sitting in backyards drinking cold beers and eating BBQ and playing music and hanging out is giving me serious pause...