Thursday 4/16/09

It's an odd thing- the more I settle in here the more surreal it sometimes seems. I guess after a few months you automatically begin observing and analyzing things and people from an alternate standpoint. Everywhere I go there seems to be odd situations and characters that I cannot quite pin down and explain- at least not in a blog form. Not unlike a David Lynch movie sometimes. Not so much the dark side of his films but in the way that you often have to play connect the dots with your own imaginations to make sense of characters and situations. That's kind of what I'm working with here, only I'm one of the characters at the same time.

Another interesting feature that I've become fascinated with are girls t-shirts. These shirts seem to be leading an unintentional dada movement- people like Tristan Tzara and Hugo Ball would be proud. They are the most random English phrases plastered across the front of t-shirt. Most do not make any literal sense at all- as if a cut-up technique was used. However, I think it is just a misunderstanding of the language. It reminds me of when everyone thought it was cool to get Japanese or Chinese lettering as tattoos. I wonder how absurd those look to the Japanese or Chinese. I'm going to begin to compile a list of some of these phrases so you can get a better idea of what I am talking about. Should be more pictures on the way as well. Rock on-
ian

Currently Reading-
1) Dinner With Mugabe- Heidi Holland
2) Lynch On Lynch- David Lynch / Chris Rodley ed.

Currently Listening
1) Lewis & Clarke- Light Time EP
2) Tim Hecker- An Imaginary Country
3) KTL- IV
4) Tom Waits- Swordfishtrombones
5) Wipers- Box Set
6) Nocturnal Emissions- Drowning In A Sea of Bliss
7) Fela Kuti- Zombie
8) Durutti Column- Vini Reilly
9) Trees- On The Shore
10) Bee Gees- Odessa