"An industrial capitalist society that does not recognize ecological limits but only perpetual economic expansion and has the profit motive as driver, will eventually consume and destroy itself."
... it's a beautiful silver Holton. I'm pretty sure it's an American Baritone horn, which is sort of a conical-cylindrical bore hybrid (so neither and both a bartione and a euphonium.. hence, as Becca has named it, a bariphonium, or euphitone if you like). however, I'm sort of researching into it... mostly I found out that Holton started in Chicago...
however, instead of getting my gig bag... I was sent a wireless mic instead...
posted by Erini CS @ 10:01 AM0 comments
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Recipe for Quesadillas
This was brought to my attention,  originating on the label of a can of Spam:
"On a tortilla, place chopped Spam.  Top this with slices of cheese, then with guacamole/salsa.  Next follows this comment: 'Do not be  fooled by the simplicity of this recipe.  Yes, it is easy to make, but the flavor is complicated and exotic.  Like something that fills your senses  and pulls at your heartstrings and then  flies away, wanting to be chased.  And you will chase it, oh yes, you will.'" 
There also further evidence that the people who market spam are a few slices of cheese short of a spam quesadilla.
posted by celestial @ 10:27 AM0 comments
Monday, July 28, 2008
kate + julia
(still awaiting approval, check back in a few hours, of check facebook)
posted by meg @ 1:18 AM0 comments
Thursday, July 24, 2008
Pittsburgh: the Chicago of Western Pennsylvania
So, that would be the slogan I came up with while making cucumber-salad-out-of-whatever-is-in-the-fridge.
posted by weiss @ 10:21 PM0 comments
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
the most exciting story, ever!
it's 10:05 p.m., we've just finished playing a little katamari damacy with the drummer for our wedding thing. we've worked up a bit of an appetite, we down 2 ears of corn but we still need chocolate, dark. so i grab two hand fulls of change and rain jacket and head to the giant g. first thing i see is snak pak, grab them. then the bakery section. chocolate cake? to expensive. brownie? looks nasty. ah ha, the candy isle. organic dark chocolate, score! in the same isle as the candy is the cereal, i pace the isle looking for something on sale - nothing. some of the lights in the store shut off, it's closing time. i get a $4 box of cheerios. on the way to the register i see i cereal display, 2/$5! giant brand frosted mini wheats. nice. on to the self check out. scan the snack pack, scan the chocolate, scan the cereal, punch in my phone number. save $1, score. finish & pay. $5.20! i start tossing coins in, not making much headway with the pennies, i just toss in the silvery ones, i'm through with one pocket $2.35, on to the next. all i've got left is pennies and $.77 to go. returning an item at closing time would be embarrassing. i find a nickel left in my pocket and start tossing in the pennies. 10¢, 9¢, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2¢, 1¢ 0¢!!!! yess! i make it! all that's left are two pennies, 5 centavos from republic de guatemala and 10 won piece from south korea.
btw, we've been married for 1 month this morning
posted by kate @ 10:41 PM0 commentsmy most visited page
i've been checking this like every 5 minutes
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
The best part about this article is how the subjects are identified in the photo captions. The sad part about the article? Everything else. Or, if not sad, horrifying.
Okay, on to happier topics: watching 'Battleship Galactica' and making up your own lines! With TimN and Jim Beam!
posted by weiss @ 1:46 AM0 comments
Thursday, July 17, 2008
as predicted... I had already forgotten about wordle.. well, I remember it's existence, but lacked any care to use it again...
my new toy: Finale NotePad... and my new casio keyboard... which needs a usb cord so I can actually use it as a midi controller rather than just a stand alone keyboard.
Also... calling all Oedipus Funkers: ... 1) did you have sheet music/scores? 2) does anyone have copies they'd be willing to share with me so I can then share them with the (advanced) reading band that I've joined. (started by Mucca Pazza leader/organizer, Mark Messing.) we're mainly all brass right now, but that might change... and if you're alright with it, I might arrange whatever piece(s) I'm given to suit to reading band.
posted by Erini CS @ 5:20 PM4 comments
Wednesday, July 09, 2008
a ... unique representation of this blog.
this is a new favorite toy of mine... it's glory will probably fade in a day or so.
posted by Erini CS @ 4:07 PM0 comments
posted by kate @ 1:43 PM0 comments
I was working on this icelandic movie last week and we spent a day on a farm upstate somewhere. Made this movie while playing with my new toy, the Flip