december 5th , 2005

my top ten songs for 2005:


(not in any particular order..it was hard to find things just from 2005 only!)

1. imogen heap- hide and seek
2. brian eno- and then so clear
3. m.i.a. pull up the people
4. broadcast- the black cat
5. animal collective- (all of feels)
6. goldfrapp- ooh la la
7. bjork- bath (from matthew barney's drawing restraint soundtrack)
8. katie jane garside- roadkill
9. akron family (seeing them live!)
10. M83- teen angst


this next one never was released but it was in 2005!

11. marty casey- mr. brightside (his cover of it on inxs rock star tv show :)

this didn't come out this year but i have to include it:

12. muse- sing for absolution

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Blixa Bargeld


Blixa Bargeld, lead singer of the German industrial band Einstürzende Neubauten, does commercials for Hornbach, a home improvement superstore.

Mosquito killer:
http://www.epica-awards.org/assets/epica/2004/finalists/film/flv/22012-1.htm

Paving stones:
http://www.epica-awards.org/assets/epica/2004/finalists/film/flv/22012-2.htm

A power drill:
http://www.epica-awards.org/assets/epica/2004/finalists/film/flv/22012-3.htm

Paint:
http://www.epica-awards.org/assets/epica/2004/finalists/film/flv/22012-4.htm

11:54pm

it's ZERO degrees.

11:33pm

handbags and purses and autographs


i have never been one to get obsessed over handbags or purses.
i mean sure, i want one that looks cool and meets my needs, but when i find one, i just use pretty much that one for years until it wears out.
for about a decade i used the german army map bag that i had people autograph the inside of it when i would run into people who i wished to have their autograph. it just happened that way because i never had paper and so the inside flap of my bag was perfect.

autographs in it are:

mark e. smith of the fall
chris isaak
ian mcculloh of echo an the bunnymen
fabio
anna sui
bryan ferry

and then 2 signatures that , for the life of me, i cannot remember! but i know they are god ones! aaa!
i keep trying to figure out who they are!
one is really avant garde and i remember when the person signed it i thought it represented them so well....
and i remember telling them i loved their signature....
but i cannot rmemeber who this is! why?
it's driving me crazy!
it looks like another alphabet. a long | and then a dot and then an angular A and then another dot, and then a big U with an = sign in the U. and then underneath that a heart with an arrow through it.

the other autograph is small and looks like a t or an R and then it blurs into line and then another T and then just another squiggle and then a big line under lining it all.

i can't stand it that i cannot remember! i go through every memory in my brain of everyone i ever met!
argh.

anyway..used that purse forever then it got a hole in it.
so a switched to a hello kitty metal lunchbox.
and then i lost that.

and then i switched to a hello kitty purse that jacqui gave me.
and i use that one mostly.

and then i have 2 other dressy purses and a few others i never use.
and now i've also been using the identical german map bag that i got in case the other one broke..which i'm glad i had 2.
and mark from negativland autographed the inside of that one in a big happy way.

but never got way flipped out about handbags. i never got bit by the handbag bug in the way i was bit by the obession for shoes.

so shoes..yes, but handbags...i like them to be really rugged and fit a lot of things and last for years.
i never aquired a huge handbag fetish. maybe someday i will.
i just don't know.

yes, this has been a shallow and rather uninteresting post.

i'm just passing the time....trying to figure out who are these 2 other mysterious autographs. i rack my brain...

oh wait i think i remember the avant garde one!
the lead singer from the legenday pink dots???
yes! i think that is it!!! i remember him being really sweet about it.

*ding ding!* (if anyone can find his signature online so i can compare,let me know...but i'm pretty sure i am right)
it does look like ka-spell. the U is actually 2 L's and then that = sign in them. and the dots...

ok, now i just have one more to figure out.

speaking of autographs now.
i have this great jacket autographed by all the members of stereolab.
a very special jacket signed by tori.
a HAD a jacket signed by robyn hitchcock but i lost it.

and then just on paper i have prince, sheila e, jimmy carter's mother, and pinchas zukerman

on records i have the pretty things, radiohead all autographed my "the bends" cd.
john entwhistle of the who autographed my cake and eat it cd because i cover his song "boris the spider" on there.

i know i have other autographs but i can't think of them now....

what autographs do you have?

i have been around people who i was too intimidated to ask for their autographs.
and i have been refused once by someone (michael stipe of r.e.m. said he doesn't do autographs, i was so sad)
and been around people who i would have loved their autograph but it just wasn't an appropriate time to ask them.

 

9:42pm

i'm so bad. i found in a place in australia that had the single for sale. it was only 7 bucks but with postage to the usa it came to $17.
but it's a limited edition 7" with only 1,000 copies with a B side i've never heard and it's on clear vinyl with trains and sewing machines!
and it's one of, my favourite songs EVER.
i can just tell it's one of my favourite songs ever.
and to own it and see it with the squiggles in the vinyl, such a beautiful song in such a beautiful form....JOY :)

i hope i get to meet her someday so she can autograph it and i can thank her for such a beautiful song :)

i know i am going to feel this financially.
i need to sell stuff!
and it's xmas coming up, too!

i need some MOOLAH!

oh ya, my dad always gives me money (usually somewhere between $40 and $100), so i will say that is my xmas present from my dad.

thanks dad, in advance, for my yummy clear vinyl single from imogen!
i will treasure it!

 

9:11pm

i must must MUST MUST MUST have the imogen heap clear vinyl 7" record of my fave song of hers "hide and seek"!!!
http://eil.com/shop/moreinfo.asp?catalogid=338113

gah!!!
it has trains and sewing machines on it and it's CLEAR!
*hurt*

*hurt hurt hurt*
*eyes watering*

must. have.
must.

 

6:52pm

spray painted pieces of the goose spine silver.
silver goose spine beads.
when it dries i'll spray the other sides.
it think i will use the bones for decorations in hats.
i hope it will turn out cool.

6:38pm

listening to juana molina and painting goose bones with metallic pink nailpolish. i think i wish i had with silver.

i'm SO glad that i keep getting spam email every 5 minutes telling me how to make my erections last longer. so helpful.

5:47pm

thank jenni for the 2 lavendar bath bombs!
and thanks marcus for the books!!!

i also received 11 keys for my movie from people and 42 buffalo nickels :)

and i think i received the "lost horizon" VHS cassette but it is not labelled as such...it is labelled as "truman capote's a christmas memory??
so i hope to god they just mislabeled it and did not send me the wrong thing!

yep...it is the wrong thing! bummmmerrrrrrrrr.......

 

5:19pm

dragged a big heavy box from my hall to the p.o. and sent it off. i had to stop every 1/2 a lock to rest! my arms feel like noodles now.
just 2 more to go and then i am done mailing the heaviest of boxes.
i just have to keep on keeping on. do one a day. clear my hallways. get this stuff done and out of here.

went to the store and got some cokes and trash bags and dog food and dishwasher soap.

it was weird to walk in snow today.
it was very squeaky.

12:00pm

it's 9 degrees and sunny.
i'm listening to muse.
i woke up with a splitting headache still.
i had 2 take 2 excedrin instead of just one to get rid of it so now i am all buzzy from the caffeine in it.
i know i should work on my taxes but what i really want to do is crochet and work on music.
checked robont's lj journal and i am not the 10th babe of xmas, so i was not up today.
maybe i will work on the photos more today later on since i still have some time. dunno.
this headache thing has me feeling a bit out of sorts.

Horoscope for Aries (December 5 2005)

You can do anything you set your mind to. Make a point of letting the people in your life know how you feel and what your intentions are. A financial opportunity looks promising.

and

Emotional confrontations
During this time you turn your attention to your most personal relationships, in which you express yourself in a much more emotional manner than usual. This influence will affect a marriage, relationships with opponents, or any other inherently emotional confrontation. Loved ones and partners are much more important to you than usual, for they provide you with a feeling of security and support. And to be fair, you have the same interest in proving these elements for your loved ones. But if you are in a negative emotional state now, this influence will tend to make you excessively jealous and possessive, or you may act unconsciously or automatically with your loved ones. Confrontations with women, both positive and negative, are likely to be more intense that those with men.

and

Your excitement may get you into a bit of trouble, especially if you don't pay attention to what is going on right in front of you. Your current tendency is to focus on your unformed dreams of the future. Keep in mind that nearly everything looks better to you now, so your goals may not be as realistic as you think. Go ahead and let your imagination roam, but don't forget to take care of business.