what day is it?.....

woo-hoo!!!

g. xo

retro spookytown photo

here's a photo aaron chapman sent me of my hood. it shows woodwards and a building i photographed the other day and posted on this blog.

thanks aaron.

g. xo

it's me, i'm back...

short trip.

i arrived at the ferry ticket thing in horseshow bay only to discover i had missed the 8:30 am ferry and that the next ferry was 10:30 am...fuck that. i told the woman i couldn't do that wait and got a refund...and quick. i'll, maybe, try again another day-after the big ball falls.

see the cost on that ticket. that's insane. i can drive to seattle, have lunch and back again for less than it costs to go to/from vancouver island. there is something really wrong with that. seriously. as it is, i hardly ever venture over there, and, if my father didn't live over there, i would never go. ever.

ok. so.

g. xo

and the rock just keeps on comin'....

last night DSK...tonight..or i guess last night..but the other last night, Married to Music...after a long wait we finally got to see the local boys perform at pub 340 on cambie street. very classy joint. i'll tell you about my shitty day, or weird day later-or maybe i won't-suffice to say, i kinda (almost) like it when something big fucks up rather than fifty small shitty things happen all day long..i had had a nap earlier in the day and i think that changed the course of the whole day...
but the rock was god last night...and we ran into andrew from topanga there...good times.

now i'm off to the island-vancouver island that is, to see floyd...more good times. i love the bc ferries...

g. xo

matt saves the day...muc in the distance.



a sign outside the queen's work. i like it. it makes no sense.



the brazilian-on the right- from topanga rocks out..



corie talks about the rock...



the married to music boys rock out...what corie was talking about...

homecoming queen...

dsk rocks out...squid on the bass guitar...



welcome back blair. and i have to say after all the dust settled...it was incident-free. the long storied history of blair dobson and his love-hate with this town and its rock and roll inhabitants is a wierd one...such a long story i can't really get into it all here and it would probably bore most of you so..let's just say this-i was sure someone was gonna knock his block off last night at the plaza and no one did...not even a whisper came his way. well that's not entirely true-women yelled things at him, men gave him the finger, mainly in jest and he responded in the only way he knows how-his razor sharp wit and straight-up putdown. and no one in exempt. i loved it. i love blair-even though he's kinda off his rocker and he has insulted, very seriously, a few of my pals...but, they can fight that battle. last night in all his glory, blair was the frontman-once again, for DSK...and if nothing else, it was a chnace to see some of the old guard, take a few pics and get the hell outta there.

thanks blair. call me sometime.

g. xo

oh melinda...



some young woman arron chapman befriended...i have no idea who she is..i like this photo though.



danny novak-formerly of the spores..now a bigtime director of photgraphy...



drummer dude...



me and rock and roller superstar ani kyd!



the queen of the universe's former date, jay...he formerly of sex with nixon...now throwing down for dsk...



aaron chapman-town pants, formerly with the real mckenzies...



blair in all his glory with chapman.



blair and ani kyd-did i mention she played guitar for thor!



blair, blair, blair



danny and aaron get ready for the big show...

now that's a sandwich...

today i have nothing to report, really... although i did get a toy i had been wanting but now that i have it i think i may just let it go...flip it. somethings just don't look as good in person as they do on the 'net. and there was a lot of hype surrounding it...i can make a quick trade so i may.
i had lunch on the island and the garbs had a huge sandwich...and now i'm watching desperate housewives...the full first season on dvd that the queen lent me...it's good...(did i just say that?...)

i may go out later on and see the reunited DSK at the plaza...it could be like watching a car crash....live and in person. here's hoping.

g. xo


since they've pulled down the building across from woodwards on abbott other buildings have become exposed. this one has some great old signage/painting on it.



and they keep on making that woodwards hole bigger and bigger every day.

sushi, cake and 60 dollar retro t-shirts...

i headed out on the town today with megan-who i don't see enough-and hit all the hot spots...we took garbs with us...
we went to miko sushi for some snacks. it's usually very good, and tyhe food was great but the service today sucked...like it was all in slow motion...then we headed for kits. garbs wanted to go to zulu and i wanted to have a little walk around 4th. megan and i left the garbs at zulu so he could listen to whatever he needed to rok out to and we headed up the street..which included a stop at rick rayburn or ray rickburn...hipster dufus clothing shitola...including 60 dollar retro t-shirts with team names on them. they look faded, old, etc...and they're expensive...i'm gonna go through my t-shirts and sell them to hipsters.
then i thought we needed cake or some sort of dessert...so off to picnic we went...like i need more treats right now...oh well..
it was nice to see megan...now the fire alarm is going off in my building and all i can think about is how to get the choice toys outta here if there really is a fire...i haven't even thought about leavingmy chair yet....i'll need a big bag i think..

have fun.

g. xo

megan enjoys the snacks..



more snacks..



even more snacks...

blurry, dusty, retro pics...

as i was cleaning out the upstairs, throwing away anything i hadn't used or looked at in years, i found these pics...they were on contact sheets and of a party i had here almost ten years ago. it was my housewarming here, i guess...i am going to get better transfers of some of the pics but for today, blurry, dusty and kinda fucked is how they come to you...

just because i can....

g. xo

don bull and jamie sinclair...



fawn and billie...



keith, me and jamie...having a well deserved smoke.



lara davis having a well deserved smoke.



marc and ike...pepe deluxe band mates.



more later...including mina shum and brent belke...young lovers.

HA! HA!

matthew good posted this on his blog....i was in one of his videos once...long ago.

http://matthewgood.org/

g. xo

i wish i had...

i wish i had more to report but i don't... i'm pretty sure my christmas fever has gone away...replaced now by something else-may be another neo citran night...
worked again today on senor cap't bed...it's all done, more or less..garbs helped out a lot and i thank him for that. i repainted the floor in the loft, got the door to the storage part of the bed all done, went to ikea (yes, today...) and bought a couple new el cheapo rugs for upstairs...
ate some tomato pie, watched some bad tv, drove garbs home...all good...but now i am feeling a little wacky...time to load-up on vitamins and call it a night-soon...

happy boxing day kids...i think i may go to an afternoon show tomorrow...

g. xo

box this!...

oh, actually that sounds bad...



nikki sent me this photo of her in her coolerator shirt...now that's a good present...
if you have any photos of you in big rookie gear, or lawn order gear, etc...send 'em in...
have a great boxing day...i'm off to cut wood i once again cut the wrong size...lovin' it...

g. xo

xmas ...part deux.

issy and me...




well, the dust has almost settled and another christmas is almost in the books. sure, i don't care for it much-the mass consumption, the driving around, the hype, the shitola...but i do like seeing my pals and having a few laughs, eating dinner at issy's, watching bad movies, thinking about people i'd like to/love to see...sure, i get a little sad as well as i think a little too much about things. then i stop thinking, have a limonata, watch the dumb movie and it's all okay.
i had a good day overall. i hope ypu did as well...
issy cooked a great meal and we-me, gary, glen, his girlfriend (who's name i have forgotten...sorry...) and kat are sure lucky to have her in our lives. thanks issy....enjoy the boots.

garn xoxoxo

here are some more pics from the day that was christmas 2006.

cookin'...



issy checks out her new polka dot boots...mishi had bought a pair that issy had picked-up for mishi in point roberts when they came in the mail. when issy saw them she loved them and made it known she would love a pair...so now she has a pair...



more ...



issy and her gang of misfits...



issy with her new garbs-made change purse.

another christmas facedown...merry xmas kids...

so says daisley...who is being placed on the blog today. he and i have an agreement that he will not be on the blog-well, in text only, no pictures. so my xmas present to myself is a picture of daisley on my blog. don't tell him.
so the grove was great as usual this morning. eggs florentine with an extra side of brown toast. every freakin' year since 1992 oe 1993. i love it. i really do.
today the network joined fawn, daisley and myself. every year it changes. sometimes more than six...or more. and sometimes just three...i didn't expect mina and brent this year as they have a new baby and i'm not sure he's ready for the grove.
last night the garbs and i worked a little on my new bed platform that i have figured out is too high...well, maybe. but as a thing that allows me more strorage and room upstairs..pretty good. time will tell. i need to make some sort of moveable stair thing to get into the fuckin' thing every night...oh well...a good idea taken a little too far perhaps.
a little later on i'll be making my way out to issy's for dinner and pie...then heading home to watch a stupid movie and work more on the new bed thingy...

here are some pics from the last day or so...

have a great xmas. really. i mean it.

g. xo

the netwrok and part of daisley...



the bed thing i'm making...and the mess that comes with it.



grove coffee kinda sucks but i love it.



brian bought a new sweater. it has zippers at both ends. neat!



daisley and the network.



fawn says 'get that fuckin' camera away..."



the garbs takes a time-out at the pickle.



more unfinished platform.