Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes.

Inspiration: Tornado dreams. Bowie.

Accidental narwhal.

I was testing out some colors and a narwhal appeared.

Of Great and Mortal Men.

My dear friends at Standard Recording are releasing an amazing album today. Of Great and Mortal Men was put together by songwriters Christian Kiefer, Jefferson Pitcher and Matthew Gerken and features 43 songs, one about each president. Many guest muscians have taken part in this project including: Califone, Rosie Thomas, Bill Callahan (Smog), Alan Sparhawk (Low), Mark Kozelek (Red House Painters, Sun Kil Moon), Marla Hansen (Sufjan Stevens), Steve Dawson (Dolly Varden), Vince DiFiore (Cake), Monahans, James Jackson Toth (Wooden Wand), and Tom Carter (Charalambides). Accompanying the set of three CDs is a 108 page color book featuring 43 artist renditions of the various presidents. I've been listening to this album for a couple months now and I can say that it's absolutely wonderful. One of the top 10 albums of 2008 for sure.

(J. Matthew Gerken. Christian Kiefer, Jefferson Pitcher featuring Marla Hansen - The Last Cocked Hat)

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Castle Oldchair.

Mmm. It's that time of the year.
(Castle Oldchair - Speaking of Diamonds)

I don't know where my musical tastes would have ever ended up without Standard Recording.

Hello fall.

Today is brisk, grey, rainy. I wanted to stay in bed longer and wrap up in my quilt until I didn't have to rely on my alarm to wake me up. I wanted to stay home, drink tea, and draw and paint all day.

Instead, I'm at work making Mother's Day cards for next year. Struggling to stay awake and sipping on a mocha.

I was disappointed that it didn't smell like fall when I walked outside today.

Broken Pop Cam.

I still have no idea what's wrong with this camera or why it seems to capture images that I never took...but it's wonderful.

INOON.

Andrew and I found a camera at Goodwill this past weekend called an INOON. It was cheap, never used (still in plastic shrink wrap), and looked like it would be fun so we bought it and shot a roll of film. The lens was pretty awful, barely anything was ever in focus. But these two images...mmm. I love the dreamy quality of them.

Weekend at the lake house.

Every weekend I get to spend with him is my favorite.