Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.
Every day. All the time. Sometimes I think nothing else ever matters but the things that get left behind.
I’ve been from here to Lawrence, Kansas
Trying to leave my state of mind
Trying to leave this awful sadness
But I can’t leave this world behind…
Some prophecies are self-fulfilling
But I’ve had to work for all of mine
Better times will come to me, God willing
Cause I can’t leave this world behind
-Josh Ritter, “Lawrence, KS”
1. In honor of his appearance tonight in Charlottesville, in spite of the fact that I’m too frickin poor to afford the Paramount tickets. I encourage all my rich friends (not that I have any rich friends) to go see David Bromberg. This man and his songs are a delight.
Don’t let the glasses fool ya
Stand beside me when you measure my size
Don’t let false estimations rule ya
So even you might come to realize
I’ve been a wizard since my childhood
And I have earned some respect for my art
I rule the spirits that live in the wild
And every evening I talk to the stars
-David Bromberg, “Demon in Disguise”
2. The annual Monday-after-Kentuck City Cafe artist picture. Tim, Jeannie, Andrew, Craig, Linda, Linda, Harold. Northport, Alabama, Monday, October 22, 2007.
We missed you, Fred.
Charlottesville
Got back home late Monday night - it was a long drive, but not that bad really - I was surprisingly un-tired, at least til I got home and hit the bed.
I stayed in Northport til almost noon on Monday taking pics and wandering around. The highlight was an abandoned lumberyard office that I found. I’m always drawn to the leftover minutiae of people’s lives and work. This place was filled with decades of forgotten paperwork and records. You walk through the mess, wondering about the people who worked there every day, and the people who bought all those building materials, and all the projects those materials became.
Northport
The show was good. Leaving for home sometime tomorrow. Though I may hang out in Northport and take some photos before I hit the road.
My favorite art at Kentuck this year were these great totems, made of shredded tires and other found objects, by Birmingham artist Randy Gachet:
Northport
The show is great. In most ways. A great day.
And now, posing in his Alabama ashtray, Bob the turtle:
Northport, Alabama
Got here this afternoon and set up. I love being in Alabama.
From the drive today. Etowah County, Alabama.
Cleveland, Tennessee
1. On my way to Northport, Alabama, for the Kentuck Festival of the Arts . The best show of the year, my favorite show of the year, the most fun trip of the year.
2. You know about my dislike for the New York Yankees. This is based more on my dislike for George Steinbrenner’s smarmy ownership style than for any lack of respect for any particular players, or for their first-rate manager (and fellow cancer survivor) Joe Torre. So it made me smile when the well-respected Torre quit rather than take the Yankees offer of a $2.5M pay cut. Joe Torre is one of the good guys in baseball, the Yankees front office is the poison of baseball. Let the dismantling of the dynasty begin.
3. Check out this great local history blog by Sweet Briar College Professor Lynn Rainville: LoCoHistory. This is a very cool site if you’re interested in Charlottesville/Albemarle/Virginia history.
4. In case you’d forgotten, yes, I do have a birthday coming up. Since I know that you’re at a loss for gift ideas: A Hello Kitty AK-47 assult rifle! (From Boing Boing).
5. Interstate 81, southwest Virginia:
1. From about.com, a nice article about why shelter dogs are the best dogs.
2. From our why I love the World Wide Web department: For the nerd in all of us… as seen originally on Boing Boing, The Online Pocket Protector Museum. “I’m not just a collector, I am also a wearer,” says museum curator John A. Pojman
3. Also from Boing Boing: Wondering what to go as for Halloween? Too bad you’re not 2 years old, you could go as a woopie cushion or a Little Tree air “freshner”.
4. The always politically aware and correct folks at maxim.com have come up with some much-needed “enhancements” to everyone’s favorite Jew-hating, attention-starved, freak-of-nature crazy-bitch bigot: Perfecting Ann Coulter.
The foaming-at-the-mouth extremist garnered much of her current attention by saying that she thought this country should be all Christian, and that she wanted “Jews to be perfected, as they say.” Keep on talking, Ann. The left couldn’t ask for anything better than for you to keep on showing your ass.
5. Photo.
