i’ve got a new kind of insulin

i think i’m excited

sinoatrial node

pinboard

pinboard at the new cross inn on the 14th, that’s a thursday

come on

muxtape

i updated my muxtape

i pretty much do it once a week actually

tea

i’m working 45 hour weeks right now, and drinking as much tea as i can surreptitiously brew behind the bar.

>telescopic text

by joe davis

pretty lovely narrative unraveling.

>ted lights by domestic construction

la loteria

A lovely old mexican game. It’s like bingo, but with pictures.

Each tabla has 16 images on, when one of the 54 cards is pulled up, you put a counter on the corresponding image. These are the ways to win:

¡¡Lotería!!

But what’s extra lovely about it is the verses that are ’sung’ when the cards are picked

37. The Merman
Aunque seas un pescado, siempre seras mi hijo
(You might be a fish, but you’ll always be my son)

38. Freedom
Aunqur la jaula sea de oro no deja ser prision
(Even if the cage is made of gold it is still a prison)

44. The Pomegranate
Y despeptio todo como una Granada
(Spitting gossip like seeds of a pomegranate)

47 The glow in the dark Virgin
Ella esta en todas partes en plastico y en oracion
(She’s everwhere, in plastic and prayer)

I was given a set as a birthday present from my madre.

I’ve been pretty much spending my time throwing things away, working a lot and drumming since my housemates are away.

>leveling

theatres of war

Theatres of War. Stills from WWII US Navy training films.

I get waves of Pacific war fascination. Mostly because of it’s role in propelling tiki culture. American thirst after prohibition, (Tales of the) South Pacific – the book, then musical and then the film.

Escapism from the horrors of war, a kind of safe way to process recent history.

The Tiki revival happening now has been credited in part to terrorism and economic crunch. Tiki was always about non threatening, easily accessible, easily consumable fantasy. Adult Disney.

Don the Beachcomber opened up a massive tiki place in Waikiki, kind of amplifying and actually creating the aesthetic that drew Americans to Hawaii in the first place. There were something like 38 Trader Vics around the world, with 27 still open or reopened today. No Don the Beachcombers remain. One did open up in Disney’s California Adventure Park, but was short lived – it didn’t serve any alcoholic drinks.

of pressure cover

record in

record out

radiophonics

The Alchemists of Sound. Part one of a documentary from 2003, about the BBC Radiophonic Workshop.

“Radiophonic workshop was born out of a desire to create new sounds, for radio initially, and later, television. they were the sounds of nightmares, the sound of nervous breakdowns…”

I love the machines, proper physical things. I love the sounds too, the experimentation, and the aesthetic. Washed out black and white, everything is so close.