It is no secret that I think the best donut shop in the entire world is Peter Pan Donut & Pastry on Manhattan Ave in Greenpoint.  This place is just a short walk from my house, and currently my favorite donut is the Sour Cream Glazed….but this might be changing…

This past Saturday was a brew day (beer, we made a rye ipa), so klk and I picked up a dozen before Jerry and John got over to the house.  But as we walked past the window a single tray of donuts caught our eyes, and as we turned in the door our eyes stayed glued on that tray.

The color of the donut was red with glaze, as pictured above.  Our initial thought was Red Velvet!  But Peter Pan had never had that flavor of donut before.  The girl behind the counter assured us that they were Red Velvet, and that they were still hot!  Of course we got three of them.  Not only did we get to try the new flavor, but we got to try it in it’s most delicious state…immediately after it was glazed.

I will assure you that Peter Pan’s Red Velvet Donut is delicious, and that you should try it.  I was doing really good staying away from the donuts (I love them, but they don’t love me), but this might break that cycle…I even had to stop and get another one this morning…if they happen to be gone, I can always go with my old favorite Sour Cream Glazed…but sadly those typically sell out too.

Day 4 of North Side Fest. June 14th, 2009.

North Side was finally winding down, but there were some interesting things going on…after doing the normal Sunday morning routine, I headed over to Bruar Falls, but first was a stop at Academy that produced Zork’s Tape Bruise (I thought the first press was out of print, but this copy was on clear wax…I guess I win!).  If you get a chance to snag this Oh Sees album you totes should.  It is basically John’s 4 track recordings, and a cd of all of the out of print eps.  I was happy to find it, although the number of Oh Sees records I have is becoming exceedingly large.

I considered buying Enter the Vaselines, but didn’t…and then headed to see the Browns play.

When I got to Bruar Falls I was one of maybe 5 people there for the show…but more people trickled in slowly, and the Browns ended up playing to a decent sized crowd at 3 in the afternoon.  They were tight, and the singer played on the floor.  I caught them at Market Hotel sometime last fall, and I can say they have grown as a band quite a bit since then.  I really enjoyed their set.  They are making 90’s influenced indie rock…you can see bits and pieces of your favorite bands in their music, but at the same time it still feels fresh.  I haven’t picked up their album yet, but I have been digging on these tracks that found in the mp3-o-sphere:

[mp3] The Browns- “For the Saints”
(off of the 1928 Label Sampler. Out of Print)

[mp3] The Browns- “Two Of You”
(off of Family History.  Buy it here.)

Enter the Vaselines was still sticking around in my head, so I headed up to Permanent Records…and just as expected it was a couple bucks cheaper than the other shops in Williamsburg.  So I snagged a copy of it…and well worth it too.

I met up with klk at Studio B for a totally packed out performance by the Dodos.  I really enjoyed Visitor, and the first two times I saw the Dodos…but this time it wasn’t the same.  Maybe it was that I was in the back of Studio B, but they didn’t have the same effect.  The sound was boomy, and I just couldn’t get into it.  We left after about three songs, and headed to The Diamond…which was a good decision.  I am interested in hearing the new Dodos album when it comes out though.

I didn’t do much else for the rest of the afternoon except listen to my new Vaselines collection (which is totally awesome…thanks Sub Pop!).  I headed over to Shea Stadium a little later than I was planning to, and unfortunately missed The Gutsies, but I did catch most of Knight School’s set and I was very happy that I did.    Knight school totally rocked.  I’m not going to say much more about them because I’m going to dedicate a post to them soon…but be on the look out.

Next up was So Cow, and as ya’ll probably already know his record on Tic Tac Totally has pretty much been my obsession of 2009.  These guys were in California earlier that morning…traveled all day…showed up to Shea Stadium during Knight School’s set, and played about an hour later.  Even though the three men that make up So Cow were exhausted from traveling they still managed to play for almost a full hour, and killed it.  So Co is just one of those bands that doesn’t have an off night, or that was the impression I got from them seeing them play a hand full of times in NYC over the past two months.  I also caught them again at The Bell House the following night.  I’m a little sad that I won’t get to see them play for a while, but I’m sure they will be back.  Oh and if you didn’t already see, So Cow’s album got a rad review on Pitchfork! (buy it here!)

At Shea Stadium…someone threw a chicken at So Cow (my first gif!?!):

I forgot to mention (therefore I’m adding this after I originally posted this) that the So Cow show at Shea Stadium was just about the most fun show I have been to in NYC…everyone was dancing (literally), having a good time, and just happy to be there.  I was really glad that I got to be part of it.  The chicken was thrown, but it was in good fun.  A great end to the fest.

Lots of pictures of So Cow can be found here.

North Side Festival Wrap Up:

Overall North Side Fest was pretty cool, and I commend L Magazine for taking on something so ambitious.  It brought lots of great music to the neighborhood, and overall I’m sure it helped out local businesses by bringing large groups of people out at all times of the day.

I think it was a great idea for there to be North Side Fest Badges, but I just feel like it didn’t give the badge holder enough benefits.  And here is why:

• The Badge didn’t guarantee entry to all of the shows.
  • Only 20% of the venue capacity was reserved for Badge holders, and if you weren’t there in time you didn’t get in.
    • There was also no effective way for the festival to track badge holders coming and going
      • Statements like “No Re-Entry for Badge Holders” were common, and I felt that it just wasn’t a fair way to treat people who had invested money in the whole weekend.
  • This was the main problem.
    • In order to get your moneys worth out of the badge you have to jump from show to show (it’s just not cost effective if you don’t), and not being guaranteed entry is lame.
    • Even if a show wasn’t sold out to the public…if 20% of the capacity was filled by badge holders, no more could get in.  This created problems with buzz bands like Real Estate.
  • Also it was really hard to take advantage of the “free drinks” that were available…you had to try really hard, and in the end I only got two.
    • I would almost like to see more drink specials at venues, rather than free drinks or drink specials at non-venues.

All in all, I think people would be willing to pay more for a badge if it ensured that they got into the shows they wanted to see.

My last questions about the Badges is how do bands get paid?  I know that North Side Fest people are at all the venues to count how many badge holders enter…but how is this money distributed?   I assume money got thrown toward Real Estate from North Side Fest because the badge holder capacity was sold out…but what about smaller shows that don’t attract that many badge holders?  Is any money given to those bands?  It is in the music lovers interest to buy the badge, especially if they are planning on seeing lots of shows…and while I wasn’t a fan of SIN way of dealing with NSF…their flier did raise some questions. I’m not siding with SIN (they knew what they were getting into when they sided with North Side Fest to begin with), but it did make me wonder where the money from the badges went.  One would hope that some of your money from the badge purchase is going to the bands you actually got to see.

These were all thoughts that came up during the festival, and since I have a blog I feel that this is as good a place as any to air these opinions.  I think a little better planning could go into pairing bands with venues of appropriate size (ie Real Estate, The Van Pelt, and the Beets could have all used a larger venue).

These things will all be worked out with time.  I hope to see more national acts at the Festival next year (this year was a little bit heavy on the local, but there is nothing wrong with that…we have a great scene), but overall I congratulate L Magazine, and North Side Festival on a successful first year.   Lots of great bands played, and I felt that it was really good to see all of the venues, bands, promoters, and local media working together to make this happen.  North Side brought people out to Williamsburg and Greenpoint that might not normally venture into North Brooklyn to see bands play and be part of the festivities…we even got calls from friends asking what shows they should go too. because they wanted to check out a North Side event.  Basically what I’m trying to say is: YR doing a great job, and I look forward to it next year.

Links:

More on So Cow here.

More on Thee Oh Sees here.

More on Permanent Records here.

All of my North Side Festival Coverage can be found here.

This concludes my North Side Fest coverage until next year.  Now back to normal posting.

As we are getting further and further away from North Side Festival I am finding it slightly less relevant to be posting about it…so I’m going to try kick these last two (maybe three) posts out this week.

I had a busy Saturday June 13th: farmers market, going away picnics, and North Side Fest.  And I did pretty much everything I wanted to do too.

After the market and the picnic we headed over to Spike Hill, and caught Anamanaguchi.  I knew very little about them other than hearing their cover of Wavves’ “So Bored” which is actually really good (see below).  We got there right as they were taking the stage at around 3:30, and the first thing I noticed was that the drummer was wearing an Ink and Dagger shirt (something rare these days), then the bass player made sure his base was in tune by playing a Piebald bass line (just notes…and it makes me wonder where they are originally from).  Anamanaguchi played a 30min set of intense Nintendo fueled mostly instrumental rock.  They had video being projected behind them, and were very enjoyable to watch.  My only complaint was that someone in the crowd yelled out a song and they didn’t play it.  I understand when a band hits a level of popularity that they don’t play all requests, but I just felt that these guys are young enough of a band to fulfill the one request shouted at them.  They were entertaining…and I wouldn’t mind at all seeing them play live again.

[mp3]Anamanaguchi- “So Bored” (Wavves Cover)

Next up was Bishop Allen at Studio B.  What I have heard of Bishop Allen’s music I have enjoyed, but I have to say if it wasn’t for the North Side Fest badge I would not have payed the $17 cover charge that Studio B had to see them play.  We got there kinda early to take advantage of the free Heineken open bar, but sadly the 150 bottles of beer (yep there weren’t that many) that they had to give away were gone before we got there.  The crowd at the show wasn’t totally packed, but very crowded.  Bishop Allen put on a totally entertaining show, and engaged the dorky audience.  When I say dorky this is in an entirely different dorkiness than the crowd at Franklin Bruno.  All in all Saturday at North Side Fest has been fun so far.

Next up was a quick stop at home, and then off to see Woods at The Shank.  At the Shank I was finally able to secure my first free drinks of North Side Fest…two Colt 45s.  Gross, but it was free.  We got to see Woods play…they sounded good as always, but then again if it wasn’t at the Shank it probably would have sounded better.  I got some good pictures though:

A couple more photos from Woods’ set can be found here.

At the point it felt like the heat death of the universe had set in.  Cigarette smoke had filled The Shank from the sold out crowd that was there to see Woods, and temperature had risen so high that we had to get out of there.

We headed up to see The Van Pelt at CoCo66.  The cool night air was welcomed.  When we got to CoCo66 the capacity for badge holders had not been met yet, nor had it sold out for people paying to get in.  I showed my badge and walked into the room in the back of CoCo66…but that was as far as I got.  I could literally only take two steps into the room.  More people were trying to fit in, but the room was so packed that people just started to stand in the door way.  At this point I could only see Chris Leo’s face in a mirror on the wall, and I said fuck it.  It wasn’t enjoyable to be in there, and while I’m sure The Van Pelt were great…stopping at the Diamond for a good beer was better than standing in a room where you can’t see anything. Oh if I hadn’t already mentioned it…North Side Festival was full of shitty beer.

Now it was back to the Shank.  We caught Blues Control…a band that I have been grooving on since December…and as expected they were good, but again one of those bands that I think I like better on the record player than live.  I really enjoyed their set though, and am looking forward to the new album on Siltbreeze.

Blues Control:

After Blues Control we hung around the extremely hot, humid, and smokey  Shank until Kurt Vile.   I think I can safely say that The Shank is now my second least favorite venue in the city.   Because of the conditions inside we were hanging out in the park, and noticed that someone fell asleep on Leah’s bike:

The show started to drag on really long.  Kurt Vile played in the War On Drugs earlier in the evening (thanks McG)…and not all of the Violators were there for them to start playing at 1am.  Kurt Vile and the Violators finally went on at around 2:30am.  At this point I was exhausted from the heat, and the Violators turned Viles lovely psychedelic folk in droney noise.  I’m totally down with droney noise…but what I really wanted was for Vile to be cranking out the folk.  What I really love about Kurt Vile was essentially lost in the full band live format that preformed.  Not to say that they sounded bad, they did not…it’s just not what I wanted to see.  We stayed for about 20 or 25 minutes until we decided to head out.  I wouldn’t mind seeing the Violators again if I was in the right mood.  What it comes down to is that I long to see Kurt Vile solo again, but I’m not sure if that will happen anytime soon.

Links:

More on the Van Pelt here.

More on Woods here.

More on Kurt Vile here.

More of my North Side Fest coverage can be found here (including Day 1 and 2 wrap ups).

Day 2. Friday.

I had a schedule all planned out for this evening, and overall things went as expected (with one mishap).

We started the evening off with a wonderful dinner at Diner, and then headed to Pete’s Candy Store.  I was kind of asking myself: “If I have a badge why am I going to a free show?” but the answer was easy: Franklin Bruno.

Franklin Bruno played about a 45 minute set which included songs spanning his entire career (even one written for his band when in high school).  The crowd wasn’t huge, but extremely attentive.  Bruno holds a place in my heart, and his lyrics will stick in my head for ever.  And “no, I won’t wear that flag pin” either.  It really surprises me how few people know who Bruno is without out jogging their memories (even music writers), but that’s ok…Franklin, thank you for playing Pete’s it was a pleasure to see you preform.

Next up was Real Estate at Death By Audio.  This happens to be the mishap.  We took a little longer than we thought getting over to DBA, and when we got there we were told that the show was not sold out, that Real Estate was about to play, but no more badge holders were allowed in until some of them left.  I think this is a flawed system…how did the people at the door know if badge holders left?  I know I sure as hell wasn’t telling anyone when I left a venue.  Whatever…we moved on.

Next was Public Assembly.  Which I must say is a super strange space.  We walked in during Dinowalrus who I’m not sure I totally understand. Sat through Sisters…which wasn’t my cup of tea.  Then on the the main attraction: SCREAMING FEMALES!  As expected, after seeing them the week before, they blew out my ears, and made my eyes bleed.  Totes amazing:

Picked up the first two Screaming Females LPs (What if Someone Is Watching Their TV and Baby Teeth), and both happened to be on colored vinyl.  A delightful addition to the collection.

Since we had the badges we hopped on our bikes, and headed to Bruar Falls.  We got there right as The Beets were setting up around 1am, and that was our goal.  Honestly I have never seen Bruar Falls that crowded before…and I have been going there a lot lately.  The Beets played, and were really impressive. And graceful while undressing too (one of them took off his shirt in the coolest manner possible, almost theatrical).  They played the only song of theirs I knew too:

[mp3] The Beets- “Happy But On Our Way”
(via i guess i’m floating. off of The Beets Spit in the Faces of Those Who Don’t Want to be Cool (I think?).  Buy it here.)

The Beets were awesome considering no one should ever have to followed Screaming Females.  I’m looking forward to seeing the Beets again tomorrow when Screaming Females haven’t already set a benchmark for the night.  I really need to pick up that album…kind of can’t believe I don’t have it yet.

I have been covering some of these bands a lot:

More on Franklin Bruno here.

More on Screaming Females here.

More on Real Estate here.

Next up day 3, well maybe not next…

North Side Fest (NSF) pretty much made Williamsburg and Greenpoint explode this past weekend.  If I hadn’t already been aware of all of the happenings I would be asking questions like “Why the fuck is there a large group of people standing at Meserole and Banker wondering how the hell of get back to Bedford?”  But instead I was giving these people directions.

My NSF experience started by picking up a badge next to MHOW, and taking in the Heineken lounge (for bands, press, badge holders, ect) where gift bags and what not were being given away.  It wasn’t really the type of place I would like to lounge, but then again if I didn’t live in Greenpoint I probably would have found it to be a nice little stop during my days of music. And there was free beer.

After that I headed over to The Cameo to catch Ducktails and Julianna Barwick.  The Cameo is in the back of the Loving Cup Cafe…it is one of these random NYC spaces where it feels like you are walking into a secret club because you have to walk all the way though the cafe, past the bathrooms, and into a large room with a very high ceiling.  The room was black, cold, and had a crazy piece of art hanging above the stage.

Ducktails was as good as I thought he would be, and played for roughly 40 minutes.  A nice set of tropical noise to start the weekend.  While watching Matt Mondanile I realized that he basically plays in the same manner as many harsh noise acts I have seen…lots of pedals, electronics, etc.  Really pretty amazing.  I’m just glad that it was Ducktails rather than someone like Sickness (I have to be in the mood for that).  Also confirmed that the LP is not totally sold out yet, because he had them for sale.

It was actually a really great experience to see him play in such a cold room since his music gives me warm feelings inside.  Sensory overload.

Julianna Barwick followed Ducktails, and while being enjoyable I think that her music is something that I prefer to listen to on recording.  We stayed for half the set then headed to our next show.

(for mp3s of Ducktails and Barwick click here.)

Next up was Marnie Stern and Magic Markers…I’m not going to recap this, because I already did…if you want to know how this turned out click here for my post from last week.  Not fun…that about sums it up.

This was a slow start to the festival.  Only catching two bands on the first day…it picked up though.  Day 2 recap to come soon.

Disclaimer:   Once again…I’m not a Yankees or a Mets fan.  I like the Pirates.  We beat the Mets the past two nights, and I’m really happy about that.  But this isn’t about the teams…it’s about where they play.

You might recall just over a month ago I visited Citi Field (from here on out I will call it Shea Stadium) we sat in the nose bleeds, and had a grand time watching the Brewers clobber the Mets.  Just a couple weeks ago we finally made it out to the new Yankee Stadium (I’ve been meaning to post about this for a while).  While both are architecturally pleasing (they both look like classic ball parks, with visitor friendly design), and fun places to watch the game.  All in all as baseball stadiums go they both appear to be top notch.  It is just the little things that make me prefer Shea.

Our visit to the new Yankee Stadium was actually pretty awesome…it was free hat day!  Which doesn’t really matter for me since I’m only going to wear a Pirates hat, but it was nice to see a sea of Yankees hats (it would have probably been that way anyways…but the free hats I’m sure contributed to it a bit).  We got reasonably priced seats in the bleachers to watch the Yankees play the Twins.  We were right in center field, and really close to the action.

One of the most notable things about our visit to Shea was that the beer was more of less reasonably priced ($6.50 Brooklyn Lager was available everywhere), and there were even specially brewed beers by Brooklyn Brewery at all of the Danny Meyer owned restaurants in Shea.

Yankee Stadium on the other hand is almost a beer wasteland, and an expensive one at that.  There were no locally brewed beers at all, and the most exotic thing you could find was Peroni or Becks ($11).  The best deal is the souvenir cup of Bud Lite for $10.  The souvenir cup was a little bigger than all of the other beers they were pouring, but in the end it was Bud Lite.  No Brooklyn Lager in sight.  But there was a Retro Beer stand:

PBR, Ballantine, Schafer, and Schiltz were all available from the Retro Booth located right near the entrance of the stadium.  And believe it or not these 16oz cans were $9!  I mean as a person who prefers craft beer  Schiltz is the same as Bud Lite to me, but I know how much things cost in the stores and these beers are typically much cheaper than even Bud.  I guess they get most people on novelty…I know drank a Schiltz.

Food wasn’t as classy as Shea either, but still pretty expensive (as mentioned earlier Shea has four of Danny Meyer’s restaurants including Shake Shack).  We didn’t really sample that much of the food at the Yankees game, but I did eat a mediocre pretzel…I was really disappointed in it.  But there was a booth labeled Garlic Fries!  How could we not try those…and I have to say they were totally awesome!  Better than the fries at Blue Smoke in Shea.

I’m not quite sure why there is one of these in Yankee Stadium? We didn’t go in.

Even though the concessions were over priced  (this was expected), we had a really great time watching the Yankees beat the Twins.  There were like four home runs in the game (from what I understand this may be due to an architectural flaw…for more on this click here), including one by Alex Rodriguez to win the game in extra innings.  The ball went into the section right next to ours!  This is how baseball games are supposed to end.

I would totally go back to both Yankee and Shea Stadium again…it is just a little more affordable to get drunk at Shea off of better beer.

For more pictures of the new Yankee Stadium click here.

My past two evenings were spent with Karl Blau….and I really can think of a better way to start the week.  Monday night was a Zebulon, and last night at Bruar Falls (and might I say that Bruar Falls is a fine venue, and quickly becoming one of my favorites in the city.  It’s really nice to drink good beer at a show…I’m been digging the Sixpoint Mason Black Wheat).

Karl plays more or less by himself crafting songs using two microphones, a couple pedals, a guitar, and his vocal cords.  I have see artists use loop pedals before, but he is by far is the best…creating a entire song right in front of your eyes…it is just amazing to watch him add loop after loop.  The song starts out as one guitar riff, or one vocal beat box loop, and then in a matter of seconds turns into an amazing multi layered song.

I’m a pretty big fan of Karl Blau, and I have all of the LPs released in the past couple years…and if you have been following the GP I’m not the type of person that typically buys CDs.  Karl currently does a subscription service called Kelp Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society (KLAPS) and this is one of the occasions where I make an exception.  KLAPS:

follows the soundscape of audio artist Karl Blau– Kelps are sent out periodically in the format of CD: songs and sounds, orchestrations and field recordings.

Underscoring the committment to style exploration of the modern world as giant mixer of sonic cultures, Blau’s KLAPS–formed beneath the grey skies of the Skagit Valley– produce sonic landscapes of a new world. Karl Blau as crooner, as music producer, instrumentalist, as natural world observer, as collaborateur with artists from the NW and beyond. Kelp Lunacy Advanced Plagiarism Society above all shares Blau’s love of sound

It is important to note that part of the essence of KLAPS is the hand-packaging including screenprinting, letter-pressed, sewn paper, and often on recycled material. Sure, you can download Kelps here for cheap, but you won’t get the full flavor of Kelp Lunacy and the rush of treasure in the mail. (via kelplunacy.com)

Last July Blau announced that he would be putting a stop to KLAPS after issue #40, but you can still subscribe up to that point (currently on issue #29).  If you would like to I would email him first.  Info on this below.

I was able to pick up a copy of one of these issues when I saw him about a year and a half ago, and when I saw him at Zebulon I asked if he had any copies.  He didn’t have any at Zebulon, but brought a copy of the most recent issue for me to Bruar Falls.  KLAPS releases are extremely limited, and he mentioned that he only has enough for the subscribers…so I feel really lucky to have gotten a copy:

This particular copy is made of sewn paper, and is comprised of downbeat R&B songs (or the beginning of it is…that is what I heard on my commute this morning).  Karl mentioned that some of the tracks were off of various compilations.  It was a great soundtrack to my morning.

To inquire about KLAPS email: “kelpmonthly” at sign “fastmail” dot “fm”

You can buy some of the physical back issues of KLAPS and Karl Blau’s other albums on CD here.

If you don’t mind not having the awesome packaging, or would like to hear back issue of KLAPS you can download them!  They are available for the extremely reasonable price of $8.99 each.

You can buy KLAPS digitally here.

In the mean time check out this out:

[mp3] Karl Blau- “Kill the Messenger” (Bret Lunsford/ D+ cover) (off Dance Positive! Buy it!)

If you don’t live in the US there is a chance Karl might be playing near you.  He seems to be touring most of the world right now. Check out his tour dates here. Lets hope he stops back in NYC on his way back to the West Coast.

More on Karl Blau here.

Photo via K Records, taken by Calli Stark

I spent this mornings subway commute reading the most recent Wired Magazine.  This issue just happened to have a guest editor…the notorious J.J. Abrams (if your in the dark…this is the dude behind Lost).  While at first I was opposed to the layout of the issue finding it hard to maneuver… while pleasing to the eyes it is difficult in  general.  At the recommendation of klk I started to sift through it again, and specifically to read the article titled:  American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse.

I was completely unfamiliar with this until reading this article, but it is truly an amazing story.  I’m not going to go into all the details, because the full article is available on the internet, but I will give you a little back ground on the  Georgia Guidestones.

The Georgia Guidestones were unveiled March 22,1980, and was commissioned by a man going by the pseudonym Robert C. Christian, and a group of Americans who seek The Age of Reason. Robert C. Christian went through great lengths to keep his true identity a secret, and is not known til this day.  Only two men are know to have met him in person, and the project was financed by money sent from various banks all over the country.  The monument was built with specific Astronomical specifications, and weighs 240,000 pounds.    These commandments are carved into the stone in 8 languages:

• MAINTAIN HUMANITY UNDER 500,000,000 IN PERPETUAL BALANCE WITH NATURE
• GUIDE REPRODUCTION WISELY — IMPROVING FITNESS AND DIVERSITY
• UNITE HUMANITY WITH A LIVING NEW LANGUAGE
• RULE PASSION — FAITH — TRADITION AND ALL THINGS WITH TEMPERED REASON
• PROTECT PEOPLE AND NATIONS WITH FAIR LAWS AND JUST COURTS
• LET ALL NATIONS RULE INTERNALLY RESOLVING EXTERNAL DISPUTES IN A WORLD COURT
• AVOID PETTY LAWS AND USELESS OFFICIALS
• BALANCE PERSONAL RIGHTS WITH SOCIAL DUTIES.
• PRIZE TRUTH — BEAUTY — LOVE — SEEKING HARMONY WITH THE INFINITE
• BE NOT A CANCER ON THE EARTH — LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE — LEAVE ROOM FOR NATURE

If you are as interested as I am you can read the article Here.

I read this while listening to Brian Eno and Harold Budd’s Ambient 2: The Plateaux of Mirror (I would have liked to be listening to Ambient 4: On Land, but didn’t have it available).  This was a completely appropriate sound track.  I recommend you do the same while reading.

My vacation this summer will be in the South (I guess you can say my homeland), and although it is short (well not that short, but a large portion will be taken up by Merge XX) I would really love to visit this site.  If I had known of it’s existence I’m sure I would have already visited it by now, but it was built to withstand the apocalypse so I’m sure it will still be there when I get there.

Again the article is titled: American Stonehenge: Monumental Instructions for the Post-Apocalypse and was written by Randall Sullivan

Photo/image via Wired Magazine.

More info on the Georgia Guidestones here.