Ben Franklin’s Diary

Maira Kalman on Ben Franklin in the NYT I love the image of Ben Franklin’s “Diary”: Kalman also makes a wry admission: I had heard of the Rubber Band Society from copies a friend sent once of the Komar & Melamid– (and Christian Lorentzen)– (and Emily Votruba)–edited RBS Gazette. It’s unlcear if the society still [...]

Bai Yun

I can’t believe this fucking panda is pregnant again

muted & immutable

early Wallace story available as pdf  (via ed) also via breadstixx: this via quoinstone: teeth-nashing via big plebs: david simon testifies

Against Film Crews

Hey Thank You The Rumpus and Stephen Elliott Enterprises For Giving This Webiste Another Vote of Confidence! Welcome, Subsistence Farmers! (??) There was a film crew setting up on Valencia & 20th st this morning, 9:30ish. It provoked immediate resentment, does every time. Not sure why. [Notes: Obese Tom Stoppardesque/Wildean artist/novelist/writer envisions a scene for [...]

a moving post from Kathy Grayson re: Dash Snow

Shopping Cart

this is supposed to be a fantastic comp. Also, these guys are awesome (via efd) looking fwd to reading this, once I take this hellraiser mask off. Kevin Killian’s been “killiang” it on the sfmoma blog. funny fotos of r. pettibon what else, whatever, work is bonkers, in “its own way” lunch: brought two sandwiches, [...]

index

fury, blindness, of 19 jealousy, potato 19 grab, selfish 408 grab, food 214-19 grab (grub), money 544 grab, power 112-130 rage, blindess 334 rage, ponytail 188 selfishness, good news made bad via 523-45 hate, seething 108-10 politics, alcoholic 200-221 duty, money’s absolvement of its holder from 400-441 Zeitgeist, bikes and 113-14 Spain, as fortress 12 [...]

nostalgesic

childhood wet leaves pants wet pants shorts short pants van morrison omelets books must musk science math weeping ketchup sugar carob a scalpel stitches fishing fish swimming blankets posters leaves trees clouds spider webs hair brushes combs computers window-pane Sorry! Life Candyland Loderunner Kung-Fu Nintendo seatbelts McDonald’s New York City I was the first child [...]

Lunch

One sheet of blotter acid One bale of 1960s-grade marijuana (far less potent than contemporary hip-hop marijuana, 1960s-grade mj allows one to smoke cheech&chong-size novelty joints and not get so stoned. contemporary marijuana you take one half of one puff and it is the equivalent of smoking the all-marijuana car from Up in Smoke) One [...]

new “LAB O” movie!!

FRITZ “THE SCIENTIST” O. AUSTRONAUTE: What is this, a Spinal Cone? HIS ASSISTANT: A spinal comb, I believe, sir. FRITZ: Neat! Bag it. ASST: Yes. Very good. “I’m on it.” F: Lemme see those spinal cones you bagged earlier. A: Earlier, sir? F: The ones I mentioned. A: I don’t recall your… F: You cunty [...]