The Rubber Baron

Yeah, I'm straight. I don't know why all you gay guys are so quick to make everyone else gay too. We straight guys, well we invented the circle jerk. Get it? It doesn't make us fags. It doesn't make a difference. Because you know what, I used to jack off whenever I walked my dog. And don't even start saying I'm into dogs now. Just because you're chewing gum while you're watching TV, doesn't mean one's making you do the other, right? I don't chew gum to watch TV, right? An' I don't mind guys fantasizing about me. I dig that kind of thing. 'Cause, I'm building sexual karma.

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Caboladies|Atomic Weekender|Digitalis, LP, /100
Lula Cortes|Rosa De Sangue|Time-Lag, LP, /1000
Metal Rouge|Republican Trees|Digitalis, LP, /100
Rahdunes|Rahdunes|Emperor Jones, LP]

(photo two)
[L-R:
The Doghouse|Roll Over Rover Presents A Night With...|Roll Over Rover, CDR, 5/20
Sean McCann & Dave McPeters|Rover Encyclopedia Vol. I: Fishing|Roll Over Rover, CDR
Ajilvsga|Silver Crow|Digitalis Ltd / Peyote Tapes, CS
Ajilvsga|Purple Crow|Digitalis Ltd / Peyote Tapes, CS
Altar Eagle|Judo Songs|Digitalis Ltd, CS, /150
Charlatan|Masquerades|Dial Square Tapes, CS, /18
Cheek|Hollow Mosaics|Dial Square Tapes, CS, /14
Cold Cave / Prurient|Stars Explode|Hospital, CS, /150
Dreamers Cloth|Total Descent To Mind Beach|Sloow Tapes, CS, /70
Dream Safari|Buried Mics|Excite Bike, CS, /70
Sam Goldberg / Body Morph|Vs.|Soundesign, CS, /90
Grave Committee|Now It Has Stopped|Dial Square Tapes, CS, /22
Sean McCann / Black Eagle Child|New Molluska|Roll Over Rover, CS, 71/100
Sean McCann|Haven|Holy Cheever Church, CS, 36/70
The North Sea|Electioneering|Excite Bike, CS, /70
The North Sea|Sweet Boxing|Teosinte, CS, /32
Kane Pour|Wand In The Beak Of The Yellow Bird|Housecraft, CS, 11/50
Rahdunes|Drink & Drive or Smoke & Fly|Bum Tapes, CS, 8/40
Sky Limousine|Undetected Paradise|Blackest Rainbow, CS, /40
Sky Limousine|Midnight Heat|Excite Bike, CS, /70
Treehouse People|Crystal Limbs|Bum Tapes, CS, 15/25
Tulasi|Huomen Tuone|Bum Tapes, CS, 7/35
Tuluum Shimmering|Longhouse Spirits Gather For Fragrant Island River Dreams|Housecraft, CS, 33/50
Keith Fullerton Whitman|Taking Away|Digitalis Ltd, CS, /200]

A beginning,

of other sorts.

Two packages in the mail today...Roll Over Rover & Excite Bike. Definitely not the most exciting of things that I've got on the way, but kinda nice nonetheless. Actually the Excite Bike package was cooler than I was thinking. Dan really blew my mind. About 6 weeks ago, I placed the order..just for the North Sea "Electioneering" and Sky Limousine "Midnight Heat" tapes. It seemed like it was taking a real long time, but I decided for once to not ask the person about it. So today the package shows up with 2 extra tapes in it. Not really a big deal, lots of small-run tape/CDR labels add little bonuses in. It's actually what these bonuses happened to be that was really cool. First up was the Dream Safari "Buried Mics" tape. I'd never heard the project, but obviously the very name "Dream Safari" appealed to me heavily. When I was first placing my order for the 2 tapes, I also had this one in my cart at one point, but decided to not get it. So I was totally excited to get it in the package, especially since now I see that a new Dream Safari tape is due out on Digitalis Ltd this week. The second bonus is the one that really gets me...I placed an order with Tomentosa recently and it included something like...2 CDRs, 1 DVDR, and 5 tapes...it was a confusing order and in the midst of the confusion, one of the tapes was forgotten in the package...I didn't bother Josh about it because I knew it wasn't intentional, and it didn't seem worth it. The forgotten tape? Samuel Goldberg vs. Body Morph on Soundesign. Well as it happens, Dan from Excite Bike is in Body Morph, so he threw one of those in the package. Totally awesome and unexpected.
Last weekend I went to Ikea and got another 2x4 Expedit since I ran out of room on the one I bought the year before. I finally got around to putting it together this past weekend, as well as putting together a newer, smaller bed so that I have more room in my bedroom. It worked out well and I'm totally excited about this.

Expedit 1


Expedit 2


Tried to combat my farmer's tan this year by wearing sleaveless shirts to work on Thursday & Friday last week...



Sunburned Arm Of The Man


Anyway, one new thing I'm going to do is keep track of what I've ordered on here.
I've been keeping track of it all via a Xanga journal for years now, but now it will be moved to this BLOG.
So, here it is as of today, 5/27/09:

LPs
Alesehir|Torment Of The Metals|Important, LP, /500
Alumbrados|Monorchord|Important, LP, /500
Bardo Pond|Gazing At Shila|Important, LP, /1000
Caboladies|Atomic Weekender|Digitalis, LP, /100
Cave|Psychic Psummer|Important, LP, /1000
Lula Cortes|Rosa De Sangue|Time-Lag, LP, /1000
Expo 70|Psychosis|Peasant Magik, LP, /500
Heavy Winged + Inca Ore|Ring Mining|Not Not Fun, LP, /500
Metal Rouge|Republican Trees|Digitalis, LP, /100
Moon Phantoms|Moon Phantoms|Important, LP, /500
Raglain|Web Of Light|Kvist, LP
Rahdunes|Rahdunes|Emperor Jones, LP

11"
Prurient|Rose Pillar|Heartworm, 11"LP+Book, /500

7"
Cave|Made In Malaysia|Important, 7", /500
Ducktails / Julian Lynch|Split|Underwater Peoples, 7"
Max Elliott|The Nature o' Nature|Sacred Bones, 7"
Vibes|Psychic|Not Not Fun, 7", /400

CDs
Ducktails|Ducktails|Not Not Fun, CD, /500
Merzbow|13 Japanese Birds Volume 5: Uzura|Important, CD
V/A|Underwater Peoples Records Summer Showcase|Underwater Peoples, CD

CDRs
Bjerga/Iversen|Magnetic Colours Of The Electric Rainbow|Stunned, CDR, /120
Carl Calm|Dayglo Port|Smooth Tapes, CDR
E. Caminiti|Digging The Void|Students Of Decay, CDR, /80
Celer|TBA|Students Of Decay, CDR, /80
Ducktails|II|Future Sound, CDR
Elektronavn|Distorted Ecstatic Love|Students Of Decay, CDR, /80
Everyday Loneliness|TBA|Students Of Decay, CDR, /80
Expo 70|Live In The Pit|Peasant Magik, CDR
Steve Hauschildt / Raglani|Tour, May 2009|Pegasus Farms, CDR
Predator Vision|Predator Vision|Future Sound, CDR
Rambutan|Broken Infinity|Stunned, CDR, /100
Sarah's Charity|TBA|Students Of Decay, CDR, /80
Sea Zombies|TBA|Students Of Decay, CDR, /80
Vakhchav|In Embers|Stunned, CDR, /100
Wretched Worst|Street Fire|Smooth Tapes, CDR
Zola Jesus|New Amsterdam|Sacred Bones, CDR

Cassettes
Abelar Scout|Nep Quiz Contra|Agents Of Chaos, CS, /35
Ajilvsga|Silver Crow|Digitalis Ltd / Peyote Tapes, CS
Ajilvsga|Purple Crow|Digitalis Ltd / Peyote Tapes, CS
Altar Eagle|Judo Songs|Digitalis Ltd, CS, /125
Altar Eagle / Pillars Of Heaven / Caligine / High Wolf|Essential Elements|Stunned, 2xCS, /100
Black Eagle Child|Black Lodge White Lodge|Offices Of Moore & Moore, CS
Black Eagle Child|Seeds That Sprout In The Summer|Stunned, CS, /100
Charlatan|Masquerades|Dial Square Tapes, CS, /18
Cheek|Hollow Mosaics|Dial Square Tapes, CS, /14
Cold Cave / Prurient|Stars Explode|Hospital, CS, /150
Jason Corder / Darin King Group|Live At CPR|Smooth Tapes, CS
Cyquoia|Age Of Aquarians|Digitalis Ltd, CS
John Davis|Vines Go Roaming|Digitalis Ltd, CS
Disguises|Aeolian Hookers|Digitalis Ltd, CS, CS
Dream Colour|Spiritual Celebration|Not Not Fun, CS, /100
Dreamers Cloth|Total Descent To Mind Beach|Sloow Tapes, CS, /70
Dream Safari|River Submersion|Digitalis Ltd, CS
Early Tunnels|Aerial Caves|Digitalis Ltd, CS
Excavacations / Nick Stone & Clovis Heald|Split|Offices Of Moore & Moore, CS
Generals & Such|Quixote|Digitalis Ltd, CS
Grave Committe|Now It Has Stopped|Dial Square Tapes, CS, /22
Hanging Thief|Hanging Thief|Digitalis Ltd, CS
Matrix Metals|Flamingo Breeze|Not Not Fun, CS, /125
The North Sea|Sweet Boxing|Teosinte, CS, /32
Kane Pour|Wand In The Beak Of The Yellow Bird|Housecraft, CS, /50
Rahdunes|Drink & Drive or Smoke & Fly|Bum Tapes, /40
Secret Abuse|Ripeness|Callow God, CS, /50
Silver Bullets|Free Radical|Stunned, CS, /100
Sky Limousine|Undetected Paradise|Blackest Rainbow, CS, /40
Tiny Fights / Jovontaes|Ransom Themed|Smooth Tapes, CS
Treehouse People|Crystal Limbs|Bum Tapes, CS, /25
Tulasi|Huomen Tuone|Bum Tapes, CS, /35
Tuluum Shimmering|Longhouse Spirits Gather For Fragrant Island River Dreams|Housecraft, CS, /50
Keith Fullerton Whitman|Taking Away|Digitalis Ltd, CS, /200

Sex Ads

i've been answering the sex ads
and sometimes the people are quite interesting
and sometimes they aren't
and sometimes we meet
and sometimes we talk
and sometimes we don't
and sometimes we do
and sometimes we please each other
and sometimes we tease each other
and sometimes there's cameras
and sometimes there's blindfolds
and sometimes there's handcuffs
and sometimes there's freedom
and sometimes they're men
and sometimes they're women
and sometimes they're both
and sometimes they're ghosts...

they're usually ghosts

Decorational Rugs

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Maniacs Dream|Die, Learn, No Way|HP Cycle, LP, /420
Sunburned Hand Of The Man|Fire Escape|Smalltown Supersound, 2xLP, /1000
Tangerine Dream|Ricochet|Virgin, LP
Zola Jesus|Soeur Sewer|Sacred Bones, 7"
Tamaryn|Weather War|Hell Yes, 7", 26/250]

(photo two)
[L-R:
Cold Cave|Cremations|Hospital, CD
Astronaut|Early Peril|Insult, CDR, 59/120
Crystal Dragon|The Crystal Demos|Earjerk, CDR, /45
Dolphins Into The Future|Voyage Shopibo Coast|Pacific City, CDR
Fragments|Synthetic Spremulli|Everyone Else Has A Record Label So Why Can't I?, DVDR
Bee Mask|No Mutant Enemy|Pizza Night, CS
Bee Mask / Astronaut|The World Is Transformed And All The Heavens Sing For Joy / Will They Remember F-Zero?|Deception Island, CS, /100
Joe Breitenbach|Sing It From The Mountain Top|905 Tapes, CS, /50
Bruant Des Marais|Swamps|905 Tapes, CS, /50
Dlx Othr|Nineties Youth Experience|Deception Island, CS, /100
Exercise|Exercise|905 Tapes, CS
Fragments|Ambrosial Filiments|Soundesign, CS, /90
Fragments|Retching Sunshine|Pizza Night, CS
Futuresport|White Chimneys|905 Tapes, CS, /50
Matt Hill|Acidape|905 Tapes, CS, /44
The Reel Deel|Marked For Death|Deception Island, CS, /100
Second Family Band|East To West|Earjerk, CS, /99
Second Family Band|Weird Sword / Seers Word|Earjerk, CS, /45
Second Family Band|Whose Wave We Ride|Earjerk, CS, /99
Second Family Band|The Eternal Lag, Pt. 2|Dark Age, CS, /66
Second Family Band|The Heathens Return|Jerkwave, CS, /75
Sky Limousine|In A World Of Discovery|905 Tapes, CS
Starla Dust|Aquila Monastery|Skybound, CS]

This entry is kind of a lie. Fifteen of the tapes and all three CDRs just showed up today, meaning they should not really go in this entry. BUT..that would've been a pretty weak week then, eh?

An ending,

of sorts.

ROSE PILLAR

I cannot believe I just dropped the $100 on this.
But I think it's exactly what I need at the moment.

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Dolphins Into The Future|...On Sea-Faring Isolation|Not Not Fun, LP, /375
Ducktails|Ducktails|Not Not Fun, LP, /600
J.D. Emmanuel|Wizards|Dreamtime Taped Sounds, LP, /300
Expo 70 / Rahdunes|Split|Kill Shaman, LP, /500]

(photo two)
[L-R:
James Ferraro|Clear|Holy Mountain, LP
James Ferraro|Discovery|Holy Mountain, LP
Ganglians|Ganglians|Woodsist, LP
Grouper|Cover The Windows And The Walls|Root Strata, LP, 2nd press /500]

(photo three)
[L-R:
Infinite Body / Emaciator|Split|Monorail Trespassing, LP, /500
Wooden Shjips|Dos|Holy Mountain, LP
Emeralds|Fresh Air|Soundesign, 7", /420
Expo 70 / I Am Seamonster|Split|Small Doses / Short Forest, 7"+3"CDR
Real Estate|Fake Blues|Woodsist, 7"]

(photo four)
[L-R:
Ilyas Ahmed|Goner|Root Strata, CD
Expo 70|July 18th, 2004|Self-released / Kill Shaman, CDR
Expo 70|Surfaces|Self-released / Kill Shaman, CDR
Expo 70|Exquisite Lust|Self-released / Kill Shaman, CDR
Expo 70|Center Of The Earth|Self-released / Kill Shaman, CDR
Expo 70|Audio Archive 003|Self-released, CDR
Emaciator|Appease|Monorail Trespassing, CS, /125
Fragments|Underground Ocean|Hanson, CS
High Wolf|Animal Totem|Not Not Fun, CS, 74/100
Marble Sky / Earn|Split|Pathetic Legends One, /46
Mark McGuire|A Pocket Full Of Rain|Pizza Night, 2xCS
NASA|Diamonds & Wood|Not Not Fun, CS, 65/100
Robedoor|Exorcist Blues|Monorail Trespassing, CS, /150
Stag Hare|Black Medicine Music|Demo/Forever Tapes, CS, /100
Terrors|Inequipoise|Monorail Trespassing, CS, /125]

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Bee Mask|Hyperborean Trenchtown|Weird Forest, LP, /400
Burning Star Core|Challenger|Plastic, LP
Hexlove / Faulouah|Free Jazz From Slavery|Weird Forest, 2xLP, /500
No Neck Blues Band|At 6PM We Become The Police|Locust, LP]

(photo two)
[L-R:
JD Emmanuel|Rain Forest Music / Ocean Music / Visions Of Life|North Star Productions, CD
JD Emmanuel|Solid Dawn: Electronic Works 1979-1982|Kvist, CD, /500
Hexlove|Want To Be Nice|Weird Forest, CD, /500
Mark McGuire|Stranger Than Paradise|Everyone Else Has A Record Label So Why Can't I?, 3"CDR, /99
Fragments|Cyanid Tendons|Tusco/Embassy, CS, /50
Joseph McNulty|For Warm Fire & Earth|Cabin Floor Esoterica, CS, 16/50
Second Family Band|Winged Stomp House|Cabin Floor Esoterica, CS, 13/50
Telecult Powers|Kiss The Viper's Fang|Obsolete Units, CS]

Wooden Wand

I've been listening to a ton of Wand lately. I've been wanting to gush about how great his new LP is, but have been too lazy to do so. But now I'll say it..new Wand LP, Born Bad, is great. I wasn't expecting much of it, honestly. I love everything he did with the Vanishing Voice, and I was a big fan of the Harem Of The Sundrum & the Witness Figg album, but other than that his solo efforts have seemed kind of hit-or-miss for me. James & The Quiet was nice enough, as was his contribution to Three Lobed's Modern Containment series. But last year's album under his own actual name (James Jackson Toth, of course), I found to be weak / boring / unmemorable. The thing is, after listening to Born Bad and loving it so much, I've gone back and relistened to all of his older stuff that I hadn't really been into, and really they're all pretty strong albums. Looking forward for the next one to drop which isn't too far off at all.

Weekly Friday Update

(photo one)
[L-R:
Akron/Family|Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free|Dead Oceans, 2xLP
Avarus|IV|Secret Eye / Ikuisuus, LP
The Bitters|Wooden Glove|Captured Tracks, LP
Malkuth|Sefirah Gevurah|Hospital, LP]

(photo two)
[L-R:
Noveller|Paint On The Shadows|No Fun, LP, /350
Nudity|The Nightfeeders|Discourage, LP, /600
Jesse Sykes & The Sweet Hereafter|Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls of The Soul|Southern Lord, 2xLP
Zaimph|Death Blooming Pleasure|No Fun, LP, /300]

(photo three)
[L-R:
Zola Jesus|Tsar Bomba|Troubleman Unlimited, LP, /500
6majik9|Solid Space|Tape Drift, CDR
Antique Brothers|Beneath The Dead Castle|House Of Alchemy, CDR, 48/123
Caboladies|Earth Canal|Students Of Decay, CDR, /100
The Doglands|EP\Stunned, CDR, 11/40
Kabyzdoh Obtruhamchi|Estcho|Stunned, 2xCDR, 50/100
Julian Lynch|Born 2 Run|Future Sound, CDR
Pulse Emitter|Meditative Music 3|Self-released, CDR
Real Estate|Atlantic City Expressway|Future Sound, CDR, 30/75
throughRoof|Throught The Book Of Lambspring|Stunned, 3"CDR, 56/80
Blessure Grave|Unknown Blessures|Night People, CS
Exercise|Field Of Dreams|Arbor, CS, /100
M. Geddes Gengras|Smoke Blower|Stunned, CS, 7/100
Sean McCann|Frame Of Mind|Stunned, CS, 2/120
Nodolby|Untitled|Stunned, CS, 9/100
Raglani|Classically Sprained|Arbor, CS, /150]

A return to form.