Rad Thing of the Day: Trifecta!

Skip the add for the mp3s and this page is all love:  kelly hogan writing about lynda barry next to the artwork for the new yo la tengo album.

two nights ago i was thinking about lynda barry.  can't remember what brought her to mind.  i might have been looking at some of her books on the shelf.  as i am meant to be cutting in "impressionistic sound effects" to play against slow motion footage of someone shooting craps i will leave off with my commentary and post this link to ms. hogan's piece on lynda barry over at magnet magazine.

kelly hogan is guest editing at magnet and has written about 10 pieces as of this post (don't look to me for accuracy on this one, i counted as i scrolled down this page of essays! bonus link!)

 here is where you see the 3 other posts mentioning l. barry on this blog..

fun facts:  kelly hogan's album "i like to keep myself in pain" is my most listened to album this year.
snack of note:  double cappuccino
t-shirt of note: the hideout
and: the new yo la tengo album is stunning! love love love it
plans for tonight:  bernie worrell at the mint!

shabby-dig-it-freddie!

last night at about 11:30, i put down the endless striped blanket i was knitting and thought to go to bed. then i noticed the unfinished glass of beer: celebrator. in my top 3.
so, i picked up lynda barry's "the freddie stories" to read while i finished my beer.

i don't know if these are strips from lb's strip, "ernie pook's comeek," or only in this book. they are so beautiful and crushing. i didn't want to stop reading until i could finish with a story that had a hopeful ending. finally got to bed at 1am.

lb stands alone.

there she is.

:)

lynda barry is soul sista #1

**trying something new: with any luck you'll see the cover of lynda barry's "what it is." i can't overstate how much i love this woman's writing and drawings. in trying to come up with some words to describe her work i couldn't come up with anything that didn't sound a bit cheap.

so.

if you've not read her panels or books, but are at all inclined, i encourage you to check them out. "one hundred demons" is fantastic.

i was reading this book today when i wrote this card to my friend, m. also a fan of l.b.
**

1.5.2009
it's 1:40p sunday. am sitting at a neighborhood bakery reading Lynda Barry's "What It Is." Much of the book is collage: paintings, her writing & printed text snipped from books, letters, etc. the following are some favorite snippets (snippets!) from the book:

"little ghosts come a-knocking with hands like these"

"now perhaps you'll give up this wild idea," grumbled the old stove, "and stay where you belong."

"what happens when we keep words apart? the suspended animation of things still in pieces"

that last one is reverberating in my bean as i've been wanting to write some notes on my holiday travels, but have been putting it off. alas.

much love from sunny & clear los feliz :)

**the first two appear to be from found materials, but the last was written by l. barry.**

HAPPY NEW YEAR! a return to prolificity!

i'd had the phrase "return to profligacy" in my head all day. i just looked up "profligacy" in the dictionary. a real, hard bound book. turns out i was WAY off base. the word i was looking for was "prolificity."

from webster's unabridged dictionary:

prolificity, under prolific: 4. characterized by abundant production

profligacy: 1. shameless dissoluteness, 2. reckless extravagance

whew.

**note: i'd dated this card jan 5, not 4th b/c the date on my watch isn't set correctly. especially funny when you read about my confidence about the correct date on the card. pfft.

written on a postcard featuring chicago's merchandise mart**

1.5.2009 -- A new year! how about that? 1st postcard written in the new year.
1st time date written. please note: the correct year was written without error. probably as i was conscious of the "first" quality of it.
am sitting in a sunny patch @ cafe los feliz (heart) w/a dbl decaf cappuccino & apricot cookie.
today is my first day home from a 9 day trip to chicago & new york. i never quite acclimated to the time diff, waking up at about noon everyday while there.
so today i was up @ 8:30 a. hooray!

I feel as though i might be coming down w/some end-o-long-travel cold. trying to burn it out with sun & mobility. grrr!

the end of the year is always a time to reflect on the year, take stock of things...i've been so occupied the last week+, i'm just getting down to it. Many "this time last year" sentences rolling around in my head. i'm hoping to spend considerable amount of time w/those thoughts today. tomorrow i'm back to work. such a foreign idea at this point: hallmark of a quality vacation. :)

for now: this cappuccino + this lynda barry book + this sunny spot = excellent

Happy, Happy New Year! xo-

ps. have made much progress on your scarf. knit in chicago, nyc & across the u.s. on virgin america!

**note: the scarf ref'd is something i'm knitting by request by this card recipient. :) **