I only got hip to kemp's work this year: better late than never!

"back when" regional noise box sets were happening, it would've been awesome if someone relocated from place to place so they could appear on each release. I'm imagining by the fourth release some labelboss would be like, "look, you have to have residency for at least a year to be included."

ski jumping is the power electronics of skiing.

how many times should he have frozen to death hiding in airplane cargo holds?

aside from the other leaps of reality that occur in the 1967-68 Speed Racer (and they are legion), at the very least Pops and Mom Racer should be charged with child endangerment re: Spritle.

last month I digitized three early vertonen releases, and then two days ago I learned that tomorrow is bandcamp friday.
so...incoming! vertonen.bandcamp.com
vertonen: sound knots & orchestrations c-90 (1991)
vertonen: anastasia c-60 (1994)
vertonen: there is peace in providence c-90 (1996)

be the exit you want to see

in the spirit of social media as a platform for confession, I will admit I intentionally (and thus deceptively) exited a Lowe's this morning through the "pro" door.

a bingo card highlighting the banality of an olympic commentator's existence. bingo-master's break out indeed.

even two years ago, we knew.

yes, right, but what I'm saying is, can you truly say the movie Titanic is the "biggest influence" on your life if your knuckle tattoos don't read "JACK / ROSE"?

...and when Mike Muir sues him for plagiarism...
www.ndtv.com/world-news/u...

masturbating furiously over the day's accomplishments

Dear Sir Mix-a-Lot,

To be fair, if Fonda *had* a motor in the back of her Honda, it could really only have been the Beat or NSX.
Warmly,

graffiti that says "love 4 all" on a utility box.

the same graffiti that says "love 4 all" on a utility box, but someone kindly added "except I.C.E." below it on a sticker.

it's nice to see chicagoans cooperating to clarify issues.

the SWANS cover of "Pink Pony Club" is 33'27"

GWAR cover “Pink Pony Club” by Chappell Roan YouTube video by The A.V. Club

point: the internet is a toxic cesspool.
counterpoint: www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5XR...

I'm gonna say....Burlington?

"You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge"

International Law and the U.S. Military and Law Enforcement Operations in Venezuela Experts survey the international law issues of Operation Absolute Resolve.

www.justsecurity.org/127981/inter...

If your top four music releases of this year aren’t:
-Vagina Dentata Organ: Concrete Music
-Misfits: CBGBs live 1977
-Misfits: Live at Eddie’s Lounge 1977
-Misfits: 1977 rehearsal
we should have a talk.

Kids covering Big Black Kerosene YouTube video by starball1

still great.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye5L...

what would have been toys for tots ride #20 ended a block into it. with 4” of snow overnight, I shoveled a path down a sidestreet to a clear main street...but the snow won and eventually the bike slid out from under me. two good samaritans later helped right the bike.
my only injury = bruised ego.

both/and

"We are holding our own", by vertonen track by vertonen

vertonen.bandcamp.com,
etc, and so forth, on this bandcampest of fridays
also recommended, top of head:
cranksatori.bandcamp.com
kanshiketsu.bandcamp.com
oxidation.bandcamp.com
pcrv.bandcamp.com

yes! I saw this on PBS a couple years ago!!!

Skate Witches YouTube video by plotbox

me, up until about two days ago: "skaterdater is the best skateboarding short film ever!"
me, two days ago: "well...."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Az-s...

just remember, negativland went 10-8 before *anyone* went 6-7.

"yeah yeah, and people in ice water want hell."