Archive: December 2005

• Missour-ah signage in street art, visual · Dec 21, 19:12

  I was in Springfield, Missouri for work last week, and I was really surprised and impressed with the number of old, unique signs. Over on Flickr, you’ll be amazed by two shots of some amazing Glo Laundromats signs, and a strip mall called “Country Club Plaza” that has an old orange sign with an analog [...]

• On the trail of the Meth Capital in law & order · Dec 16, 01:49

  Meth is known by many names — speed, ice, crank, crystal, glass — and, by many accounts, it continues to spread throughout the US. Whenever a conversation turns to the subject of meth, someone inevitably identifies some American city as Our Meth Capital. Others in the conversation usually disagree — “Des Moines? I thought Fresno [...]

• Art / Say it isn’t so, Gocco. in visual · Dec 13, 20:41

  Nooooo! Print Gocco, the ingenious, addictive Japanese home screen-printing press, is (apparently) being discontinued. Gocco supplies have been scarce lately (at Pearl Paints on Market, anyway), so I called Welsh Products. As I was ordering some bulbs and screens, I commented about the scarcity, and the woman on the other end said, “Well, they have [...]

• Dust it off / XTC, Skylarking in dust it off, music, tip · Dec 9, 02:56

  Here’s my question: How did this become the “Dear God” album, considering at least half the songs on it are as good or better? Damn you, Sarah McLachlan. I hadn’t listened to it since maybe 1995, when Ted and I played the shit out of it. We both loved the Beatles, and I had a [...]

• Dust it off / Sleater-Kinney, All Hands on the Bad One in dust it off, music, tip · Dec 8, 03:21

  Most of my records, CDs and tapes sit idly in crates and on shelves, so here’s what I’m going to do: Every so often, I’m going to dust one off and see what it sounds like. Dredge the archive, and take a good long listen to something I haven’t heard in 2+ years.
  Tonight, I [...]

• Art / Robert Adams at SFMOMA in inside art, the ancient past, visual · Dec 7, 15:12

  I’d never heard of Robert Adams before I saw his show at SFMOMA. Called “Turning Back,” the photos document the destruction of the old-growth forests that Lewis & Clark passed through on their journey westward. The title refers to the implications and complications of westward advancement. When Lewis and Clark reached the West Coast, they [...]