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“where is my stuff?”

sometimes i am wondering if the moving process lately has changed my perspective on things. the things in the house are not all mine, like the washing machine, the fridge and the sofa, the nice lamp lighting the table where i’m typing now. these things i’ll have to give up once i move again. other things i can see that i probably should get rid of, not being the nicest and having way too many of them (dining chairs, this means you). why do i necessarily want to keep everything forever? in a really bad example, if i had to keep ikea furniture forever i think i would scream.

and yet also why would i want to keep the “744 artists, 30 days, 75.01 GB” of songs in itunes until my hard drive died? blah. maybe the absolute out of print, can’t find a download anywhere kind i would backup somewhere like that icloud concept, apart from the spare hard drive.

i’ve been trying on booki.sh as an online e-book reader, since i don’t have an actual e-reader or an ipad. the interface looks cute enough and the fonts and spacing are just as adjustable as an e-reader, and i can read books bought from readings straight away, or upload ones i bought (but broke the drm, shhhh). because i can’t stand clunky adobe digital editions…

online music has got me hooked too. copyright notwithstanding, i am currently indebted to pates tapes. right now i’m listening to the “cafe: music to dine talk and read to” tape (click the ye olde analog tapes on the menu) and have a series of js bach concertos harpsichording away. besides being effective to write a blog entry, to, it made me get up and finally do the dishes too. a lot of the stuff he has uploaded there i would never download to listen to separately in a hundred years, but that’s where mix tapes win, right?

Posted by r in daily. Tags: #blogjune

sunday roundup

19 Jun ’11

- sad day, noticed wesley classics is closing, and indeed confirmed by their website. no wonder a friend lost his job there a few months back. music retail biz in perth, how do you get by when others are forced to close? with regards to other stores of the cultural ilk, vultures still descending upon borders on the other side of town, not much left there. staff have taken to scrawling on the blackboard asking for jobs and publicising their own blog, as they look to pay the bills after closing…
- toy piano looped and reversed through a loop pedal looks like the way to go for next saturday…
- these ecco boots i bought are well worth the money, a few weeks on. comfortable as anything and warm, hooray! i’ve been wearing them everywhere and feel about an inch taller, haha.
- time to move some pictures around the house again.
- see told you i’d been playing around with instagram. on some things it works, on others it just makes it look hackneyed and lazy. in two minds about it, although i don’t have an iphone anyway.

Posted by r in daily. Tags: #blogjune

noise

18 Jun ’11

ah saturday, where did you go? spent the day procrastinating, messing about with instagram, watching another japanese series, changing my desktop wallpaper a hundred times, finally doing something useful like vacuuming the house, going back to the computer… instead of hooking up pedals like i’m supposed to…

next saturday aka june 25th i’m playing solo at analogue to digital, an event curated by claire pannell and held at scitech. besides listening to experimental music acts in the theatre you can also play with the exhibits at night, no kids allowed! also i am looking forward to checking out the awesome sounding (literally) sound chamber. as per usual i leave preparation for these kinds of things to the last minute, and basically it will be me making as much noise as possible and hoping it will annoy the less hardcore kind of people. that is the usual theory i stick to anyway.

Posted by r in music. Tags: #blogjune

glasses

17 Jun ’11

my glasses collection – with a predilection for dots. i remember holding out for a long time until the cath kidston set were on sale at david jones, i was so happy to drink tea from it! the glass tumbler is from the op shop near work, which on a good day is a treasure trove of fifty cent plates. i don’t think i’ll ever buy a whole match set of dinnerware for this reason. a few of my favourite cafes have taken this approach to plating up food. don’t worry if it breaks, and mismatched is more interesting. as much as i like something like the kate spade plates, there would be hell to pay if they were even so much as chipped. so let’s leave it alone.

Posted by r in daily. Tags: #blogjune

one thing i like, and one thing i hate

16 Jun ’11

this is evidence of a pumpkin burrito eaten today, with feta cheese, spinach and corn salsa, at the premises with the dubious name of little willy’s. i could eat a burrito for breakfast, lunch or dinner. the tortilla wins as the yeast product of choice.

not much to report other than i am sick of the computer, and want to read some more. i need a media purge! having said that i have been staring at a screen for a couple of hours. the cinema that is. dragged boyfriend to see bridesmaids, but under my influence of watching saturday night live, that was easy. kristen wiig is much less of an overactor in this film than on snl, that when it came time to do the over the top ripping the engagement party to shreds, i fully enjoyed that moment. it is exactly what i want to do when i’m faced with such a situation. oh sorry, spoiler alert. i just realised i’ve watched too many judd apatow movies, and this one i could recommend without cringing. so please let kristen wiig write some more films.

Posted by r in food. Tags: #blogjune

reading

14 Jun ’11

Tonight, I came home and made chicken noodle soup with somen and cheat canned sweet corn soup, then decided I didn’t want to touch the computer in favour of just reading on the couch with the heater on. Also to relax and celebrate getting a smiley face note from the real estate agent after the rent inspection yesterday. Also my first day back at work after two weeks holiday. So relaxed… and tired…

Posted by r in daily. Tags: #blogjune

autumn blooms

13 Jun ’11

taken on a sunny autumn afternoon. it might be getting colder, but at least camelias are blooming!

around the streets, spotted (and scared) this poor cat:

it was a bit frozen with fear, sniffing my hand but not letting me pat it but yet not quite bolting away…

there’s a house on the corner with lemon trees out the front loaded with fruit. i really wanted some for cakes or something like hollandaise sauce, so picked a few off the tree. behind us was the guy walking his two nice siberian husky and shiba inu dogs (first person i’ve seen who actually owns a shiba). he said to me, ‘you can get a bag or box and take as many as you like!’ and turned the corner into the front door… hahaha. glad he approves.

Posted by r in daily. Tags: #blogjune

where is malaysia?

12 Jun ’11

pasteup taken between two telephone boxes in subiaco. not sure if this was one of those which had a blank speech bubble for a passer by to fill out later. i know where malaysia is! and more pasteups in perth please!

a slightly better view (click for larger):

awesome footage from the gig a couple of nights ago, filmed by lyndon. you can see the sheet antics of chris clearly here.

Posted by r in art. Tags: #blogjune

today’s menu

11 Jun ’11

lunch today at the subiaco markets – vietnamese beefball noodles, and on the other side, vegetable tempura with a difference, fried into strips. even better than my meal though, was the holder my ordinary disposable wooden chopsticks came in:

see the detail:

a haw haw haw, glorious historical cultural practice carried through thousands of years, going in the bin after your meal.

last night was up until 2am after playing a launch gig at the bakery. that venue often has support acts a mile long, so we found ourselves playing after the headliners, about a quarter to one. eep. was worried that most people would shuffle out quickly and leave after that, but there was still a decent crowd about. highlights included being blasted out of oblivion by matt’s new fuzz pedal, and chris pinching the “ghost” sheet from the stage and draping it over his own head whilst drumming. i love my band.

Posted by r in food. Tags: #blogjune

love like pop

9 Jun ’11

just a sign made for fun with washi tape, the stuff sitting to the left of the pencil box. also the name of my zine.

last night at the ruins alone gig – man can that guy drum. i hope our drummer wasn’t cringing too much as yoshida tatsuya smashed the crap out his skins for the good part of an hour. as far as i could tell, he had a mac playing his backing tracks, with probably some program feeding off the drum signals. i could be wrong about that though. plus there was a simple sampler pad and kaos oscillator next to his laptop setup. but that was pretty secondary to the DRUMS. there was a b&w camera above the kit so you could turn to the right of the stage and see on the screen whatever he was doing, because it tended to be so damn fast. drumming worthy of three encores, though i think that was the fault of the enthusiasm of some guys up the front. what i got from that gig was, why are perth kids making music with the aim of a record deal? they just emulate their counterparts’ sound in other parts of the world. don’t shy away from playing “difficult” music, create it.

tonight’s links:
- trying out wunderlist. you can print out the to do lists too, which came in handy today. or when i’m in a more technological mood, use my itouch and save paper.
- cake rule stipulates that when i go on holiday i need to bring a cake or similar to work. i still owe one. i think i’ll try this one.
- blogs vs zines. i couldn’t articulate it better than this post.

Posted by r in daily, music. Tags: #blogjune

seven things

8 Jun ’11

yay, memes. too tired after gig to write post. irrelevant picture taken at the museum in macau.

Seven things that scare me
- huntsmans
- lung sarcoidosis
- fast moving cockroaches
- airplane turbulance
- the piracy ads at the end of dvds
- forgetting appointments
- those bloody trolling youtube videos that people insert a scary woman with a loud scream

Seven things I like
- making lists
- my coffee machine
- midcentury modern
- dumplings/gyoza
- carrie brownstein
- mary janes
- neighbourhood cats

Seven random facts about me
- i became an aunty this year (no not the old meddling type)
- i moved out of home for the first time this year also
- i appear in a local film called three hams in a can
- right now i have ridiculously long hair, the longest it has ever been, as i haven’t cut it for at least six months.
- i didn’t date for seven years until i met my boyfriend.
- i’ve been making zines for ten years
- my brother and i were banned from watching the simpsons when we were kids.

Seven things I want to do before I die
- visit sweden and finland
- learn simple printmaking
- get married
- release a noise album or 7″
- form an all girl band or play guitar AND sing in a band
- travel to the states, mostly for new york and portland
- own an eames chair

Seven things I can do well
- play in a band (high school orchestra drudgery helps)
- make collages
- cook recipes by the book
- general computer and web all rounder (probably why i am in my current job)
- research & plan
- take photos
- um…

Seven things I can’t do but wish that I could
- play drums
- write a five thousand (or more) word essay pronto
- survive on very little sleep
- read korean
- sightread music well
- handstands
- perform comedy

Seven phrases I’m known to use
- blah blah blah
- geezus
- hey guys
- and then?
- your mum
- let me look that up
- no ar

Posted by r in daily. Tags: #blogjune

red velvet

7 Jun ’11

pictured before i took it apart and ate it, a red velvet cupcake from sherbet. slightly influenced choice from other bloggers, and cupcake style for portability. i’m not particularly crazy about cupcakes, and sodden heavy ones send me running. this one was just right, though maybe over generous with the icing. i don’t have to eat it all, but there was cream cheese involved. and the red velvet part looks good and makes a very good chocolate cake like the name suggests!

also, random question, if anyone has seen a cursive typewriter anywhere in town, i would very much like one. the font looks a little like this:

(image from this etsy listing)

tomorrow night, we’re playing support for ruins alone aka crazy drummer yoshida tatsuya. band leader has been worrying about breaking even on ticket sales, as he brought yoshida over, but i think he needn’t worry. it’ll be like our japan tour again, having our ears pumelled by avant garde musicians every night, and then almost missing the last train! except i’ll be driving with my gear but you know what i mean.

Posted by r in food, music. Tags: #blogjune

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