pants on my head, pants on my legs

so today was Crafty Bastards.

what?

yes.

crafty bastards!

which was, predictably, full of people.
lots of people.
some with dogs.

i made a couple of purchases.
- a neat shirt from barry's farm.
- this awesome print from bendependent (mostly for mr pants. holy crap!)
- some cool wooden art things featuring goofus and gallant.(and now for a long aside about G&G)

i grew up reading highlights magazine. i mean, who didn't. (if you didn't, you're pretty fucking sad really. highlights was awesome, and educational. i had a subscription. which came in MY name. fuck yeah!) and goofus and gallant were one of my favorite features. and of course, i wanted to be like gallant. to quote:

(Goofus panel) Goofus climbs up to get his daddy's gun.
(Gallant panel) "That's Daddy's Gun. I Don't touch it."

Seriously. being like goofus would get a man killed. and at 5, just learning how to read and have social skills like a human being... no. i was not about to subject myself to that kind of life, let me tell you. Not that Gallant was cool - he was a little bit like those obnoxiously cloying sweet, "good" children in Dickens who usually ended up getting some ridiculously fatal disease, or at least being horribly crippled. other than, i guess, oliver twist. while the dodger - certainly the Goofus of victorian literature - pretty apparently gets it in the end (him and his buddy master bates), little Oliver gets to live all in one piece (though, maybe asking for MORE qualifies him a little goofus-like quality... yes... little oliver is in a lot of ways like Gallant gone a little wrong here and there. but enough comparing highlights magazine to high victorian literature...

Goofus looks at many of the comic books at the drugstore without buying them.
(Gallant) "My daddy says I must never read books in a store unless I have bought them."

Yes, as a bookstore employee, I am a big fan of Gallant's gallantry. but at the same time, i completely was Goofus as a kid. and really, why does Goofus's abhorent behavior get an omniscient third person narrative, whereas Gallant is speaking for himself? could Goofus obviously anti-social attitudes towards life, his family, and his friends really be the product of a frontal lobotomy? yes, i know there are strips where he talks too but my recollection is that the majority of them go this way, with Gallant showing the good while Goofus is someone's puppet. we see what he does, but is he really doing it because he wants to? or has all of his free will and good decision making been erased for a creepy experiment used to teach children proper behavior? and how do we jump from reading comic books in the drug store to grabbing daddy's gun? is this kid a sociopath in waiting?

mcsweeney's take on the pair is also a distinct possibility.

(and now to our regular scheduled ramblings)

- also, there was a guy with cigar box guitars and amps. i want one. apparently, you can get them online, though the website function seems lacking...

afterwards, we trecked down U street for some cake love/love cafe cupcakes. but, my love for warren brown's buttercream recipe is fodder for another post...

anyway. been a while. won't be one again.

holy crap!

ok. so i lack houseplants but i want one of these now!

i mean, who wouldn't want to know their houseplants innermost japanese secrets?

http://www.kilian-nakamura.com/catalog/hanakotoba-plant-communicator-p-131.html

it's been a while....

it's still gonna be....

but yes. i still exist....

pile of craft, future plans, etc...

so pile of craft was amazing. seriously, one of the most amazing things i've ever been a part of and possibly will be - at least until the holiday show... even just dj-ing it without a booth was just... phenominal... i love how all the vendors have had nothing but wonderful things to say (ok, one called the music loud and annoying... but they're jerkfaces...). anyway. ann and i got there a little later than we wanted though certainly not late and as we had nothing to do for setup... it was so amazing watching people just crowd in. the info booth was hopping! and the smiles on people's faces... when the guy said we were better than squidfire and better than crafty bastards, i swear, i almost screamed with joy...

i got me a cotton monster! and a little crocheted trojan warrior! and a plush egg and a plush strawberry. yes. i'm odd. pictures of them soon... on one blog or another... anyway...

our set lists:

DJ Set #1- Ann

Looper- The Treehouse
The Shins- One By One All Day
Belle & Sebastian- The Gate
April March- No Parachute
Candypants- Dishy
Little Name- I Always See The Sun Rise
Camera Obscura- The Sun On His Back
The Gentle Waves- Sisterwoman
Hefner- I Love Only You
Violent Femmes- Prove My Love
Descendents- Bikeage
stellastarr*- No Weather
Pixies- Gigantic
The Pogues- Turkish Song Of The Damned
Tilly & The Wall- Rainbows In The Dark
The Cure- Fire in Cairo
Public Enemy- Final Count Of The Collision Between Us And The Damned
Lilly Allen- LDN
Le Tigre- Deceptacon

DJ Set #2- Dave

Kid Koala- Nerdball
Metric- I.O.U.
The Divine Comedy- The Pop Singer's Fear Of The Pollen Count
France Gall- Poupee de Circe, Poupee de Son
Nancy Sinatra and Lee Hazelwood- Some Velvet Morning
Azure Ray- If You Fall
Rainer Maria- CT Catholic
PiL- Public Image
Heavenly- P.U.N.K. Girl
Gang Of Four- At Home He Feels Like a Tourist
I Am The World Trade Center- California Dreaming Again
Liz Phair- Stratford-On-Guy
The Velvet Underground- All Tomorrow's Parties
All Girl Summer Fun Band- New In Town
Jimmy Cliff- The Harder They Come
Franz Ferdinand- Darts Of Pleasure
The Aislers Set- Mission Bells
Madness- House Of Fun

DJ Set #3- Ann

Belle & Sebastian- Your Cover's Blown
The Rapture- Pieces Of The People We Love
Blur- Girls & Boys
Le Tigre- Hot Topic
Ladytron- Evil
Aluminum Group- Love Action (I Believe)
Baxendale- Keep Feeling (Fascination)
Elvis Costello- Pump It Up
The Clash- Clampdown
Pony Up!- The Truth About Cats And Dogs (Is That They Die)
Kiss Me Deadly- Dance 4
Black Box Recorder- Sex Life
Call And Response- All Night Long
The Stone Roses- I Am The Resurrection

DJ Set #4- Dave

Velocity Girl- Crazy Town
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone- Toby Take A Bow
Dressy Bessy- Flower Jargon
Automator- Cartoon Capers
Beat Happening- Indian Summer
Serge Gainsbourg and Brigit Bardot- Bonnie and Clyde
Tompaulin- My Life At The Movies
Dave Schult- Sullen Girl
Tuscadero- Latex Dominatrix
bis- Eurodisco
Bright Eyes- Drunk Kid Catholic
The Housemartins- The People Who Grinned Themselves To Death
Saint Etienne- Sylvie
Jawbox- Motorist
Steve Burns- What I Do On Saturday
The Dears- The End Of A Hollywood Bedtime Story

DJ Set #5- Ann

Pulp- Mis-Shapes
My Bloody Valentine- Soon
Low- Canada
Mazzy Star- Bells Ring
Lush- Lovelife
Mogwai- Kids Will Be Skeletons
The Magnetic Fields- 100,000 Fireflies
Tommy James & The Shondells- Crimson & Clover
Maria Taylor- Birmingham 1982
Morrissey- Every Day Is Like Sunday
Little Name- Orienteering
The Cure- Grinding Halt
Rondelles- Like A Prayer
Blondie- Atomic
The Ramones- Sheena is a Punk Rocker

DJ Set #6- Dave

Sonic Youth- Teen Age Riot
Dolly Mixture- How Come You're Such a Hit with the Boys, Jane?
Badly Drawn Boy- Disillusion
Francois Hardy- La Mer
Gil Scott Heron- The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Kaiser Chiefs- I Predict a Riot
Electronic- Get The Message
Cub- Pillow Queen
Shudder To Think- Just Really Wanna See You
Kraftwerk- The Robots
Mary Lou Lord- Some Jingle Jangle Morning (When I'm Straight)
They Might Be Giants- Hey, Mr. DJ, I Thought You Said We Had A Deal
Toots & The Maytals- Pressure Drop
Pretty Girls Make Graves- All Medicated Geniuses
Tender Trap- Face Of 73
Charlatans UK- Weirdo

DJ Set #7- Ann

Joy Division- Digital
New Order- Age of Consent
The Smiths- Still Ill
The Clash- Police & Thieves
The Jesus & Mary Chain- Head On
Pixies- Dead
Pulp- Sorted Out For E's & Wizz
Camera Obscura- Razzle Dazzle Rose

DJ Set #8- Dave

Fishbone- Ugly
Mates Of State- Ha Ha
Adult- Dispassionate Furniture (Reupholstered)
The Buzzcocks- Orgasm Addict
Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins- Handle With Care
Hepcat- No Worries
The La's- Timeless Melody
Broadcast- The Book Lovers
Billy Bragg- Waiting For The Great Leap Forwards

as for future plans thing, well other than the upcoming "crisis on infinite blogs" crossover event (ok. wtfuck am i talking about? i think this might be me making an elaborate geeky joke relating to the fact i have like a zillion blogs...)...

brains and hearts the bear will be coming full force, once i get some other shit dealt with in my life., it will start with clay versions, but once i get the notion of how or who to get to swe for me, i'm thinking plush! and maybe... i dunno... t shirts? something else... wheee....

so the fact is, i have 2 readers (well, 2 who get it fed via livejournal... i suppose it's possible people have other ways of reading syndicated feeds).

this really means nothing.

at least not right now.

more later....

ahh. the joys of being a geek

so comic books comic books comic books.

not this time (that post comes later with a double decker, and much more stream of consciousness comic book day X 2 post). this is for other nerdy things... i mean, i'm not just a comic book geek.

for those of you not in the know, i'm a member of the charm city craft mafia.

doing what, you ask? well, i am a part of the sleepy records/little mouse vintage team. as well, i have my own - under the little mouse vintage heading - thing called...wait for it.... "my inner geekdom." and yes, i;'ve made stuff (no pictures yet, and they're not up on the lmv site yet but soon kids, soon...). mostly i make... well... random stuff. i started out with some "girly" stuff - rainy day pins, tortoise and hare clips (get it? it's a play on words! oh so clever...), turtle rings... a necklace (i'm actually making a few more... i dunno... there's something kinda relaxing and mentally... whatever about it that i like. mostly my inspiration is annie though...

(btw. sleepy records will be DJ'inf the CCCM's "pile of craft" show on june 23rd.

but my next project is something a little more... me. i call them brain the bear and heart the bear (pictures.... eventually). intially, they are going to be polymer clay - my medium of choice - and... yeah. they may have a neighbor named bob the zombie. and, i know, it sounds kinda care bearish...

think, instead, spy vs spy, but with bears (though i don't plan as of yet to make them different colors... though that's an idea...). there will be a "rock em sock em robots" style set, as well as various individual bears. ultimately, i'd like to cast them in resin, handpaint them, and have some sort of mass produced version... but that's ages away... and face it, "one of a kind" is cooler.

and now, randomly, a recent procurement of mine from an antique store:
a pac man bank (it looks cooler with the mouth open). but, is it me, or does pac man look a bit... stoned? ok, more than a bit. those sleepy eyes, that lackadazical grin... what exactly ARE power pellets?

so what does the inner geek do now...

signs off.

the nerd is back

lots of stuff to talk about, comics and the like... but nothing right now... well... not much....



superman and santa claus totally humiliated toyman in a not terribly violent manner. pre-crisis sillyiness...

they really don't make comics like this anymore.