"Nuclear war, it's a motherf#@*er"- Sun Ra

Long time. Sorry- just quite busy over the last 2 months adjusting to some new changes. Also suffering from a severe case of writer's block.

Went to Hiroshima last weekend. Wow- what a powerful place! Checked out the A-Bomb dome and moved over to the memorial museum. I wasn't quite emotionally prepared for it. Some really shocking stuff in there. Brutally detailed pictures of badly burned victims, images of black rain, and a glass case containing the skin and fingernails from the hand of a 12 year old boy. Learned some new interesting facts, but mostly wandered around the city spacing out about how quickly it can all end.

Pictures to be up later this week.

All throughout the day, that Sigur Ros video kept running through my head all day-

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7586880205583288243&ei=sA0dS-P5LoXIwgPUsdHIDA&q=sigur+ros+track+1&hl=en&client=safari#

Glad to talk to everyone on Thanksgiving- looked like everyone had a great day. Can't believe it has been almost a year since I've been gone. Looking forward to a break for New Year's. Also excited to learn the new Jim Jarmusch movie is playing down the street from me next month. Talk soon

-ian

Words

1) Black Spring (particularly 'The Angel Is My Watermark" by Henry Miller

Jamz

1) Dragon Turtle- Almanac

2) Leyland Kirby- Sadly the Future Is Not What It Once Was

3) Akatombo- Unconfirmed Reports

4) Pan Sonic- Aaltopiiri

5) Jim O'Rourke- The Visitor

6) Edward Williams- Life On Earth Soundtrack

7) The Slits- Cut

8) Art Ensemble of Chicago- Les Stances A Sophie

9) La Dusseldorf- Viva

10) Funkadelic- Cosmic Slop

11) Liars- Drum's Not Dead