Tweets for Today [September 7th Sunday 9:03am] brianwood 11:48 @digitalyn yum! # 18:25 Khepri reminds you they have all Local singles, even the out-of-print ones: khepricom.livejournal.com/242026.html # 23:37 another Saturday night, another seven hours of work to do. # 23:38 Montell Jordan's "This Is How We Do It" is forever the jam # Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter I think you lost yourself too...

Notebook for 2008-09-07 [September 7th Sunday 1:00pm] warren_ellis (Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.) I think you lost yourself too...

Katelan Foisy [September 7th Sunday 12:58pm] warren_ellis (Air I Breathe) (Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.) I think you lost yourself too...

Let's go to the movies [September 7th Sunday 7:26am] washingtondc [selenityk] [ music | the hum of the computer ] Does anyone know of any dollar theaters/cheap movie theaters around the DC area? Thanks! 3|I think you lost yourself too...

The Ghost Train [September 7th Sunday 10:15am] theinferior4 [lucius_t]  Last night I took the train over to La Chaux du Fond to have dinner and drinks with friends, the sculptor-rock musician Jean Pierre Vaufrey, the band Joec (a young couple who make great music), Patrick Gyger and his girlfriend Honor, a Kiwi engaged in festival production, and others.  After the meal, we went to see the Ghost Train, which is the most extensive and among the most fantastic pieces of outsider art I've ever seen.  The Ghost Train takes its name from work Jean Pierre did with legendary Swiss artist HR Giger on the movie Species, creating a tecno-environment of detritus for the Ghost  Train featured in that movie to pass through.  The work consists of a house, a very large house, five stories (some of it has been closed down, having been declared unsafe), many of the rooms subdivided into smaller rooms.  The rooms are, well....indescribable, really.  The sitting room, for instance, is furnished with antique chairs and sofas, lit by a variety of odd lamps.  A large snakeskin and a leopard skin are spread out on the ceiling; several of Jean Pierre's techno-organic sculptures are embedded in the walls and ceilings.   I could not possibly enumerate or list the objects in the room--everywhere your eye turns, it;s met with some oddment of culture.  Stuffed owls, old fashioned vacuum cleaner parts, an acient victrola, mannequins, etc etc. The walls are nearly totally obscured with framed photographs,  Magazines and books everywhere, most fifty and sixty years old. Tracts on subjects such as fossilizing fountains and 19th century etiquette.  The overall effect is of having stumbled into some insane, magical thrift shop.  In what is called The Grandfather's Room, the ghostly image of a woman stares at you from a glass panel in the door ("A special effect," says Jean Pierre) and within is a hospital-type cot with rumpled sheets and the scatterings of an old man's life.  You expect him to come stumbling back from the bathroom at any second.  Other rooms are disturbing--the dungeon, for example, and the children's lesson room.  Some of the rooms are tiny, the hallways crammed with arcane objets d'art, and after one has squeezed through them for fifteen minutes or so, it's easy to become disoriented and to lose track even of which floor you're on.  Jean Pierre has pulled most of his sculptures out of the house.  He no longer is in charge of it and says that  the house has changed in character since he gave up running it, becoming more sinister and not as much fun.  In one corner of the sitting room there used to be a singing Xmas tree whose batteries had run down so that it's carols sounded like lugubrious tunes in an unknown language--now it has been replaced a more gothic set of objects.   Like I said, you have to see it--it can't be described. I rather like the idea that the house goes through changes, but to Jean Pierre it's a sad eventuality. Whatever your view, it's truly an amazing experience and if you're ever in Switzerland, I highly recommend a trip to La Chaux du Fond.  Just ask about the Ghost Train, Le Train Phantome, and someone will point you in the right direction. They don't really do it justice, but here are a few images: There are more and better lit images on Jean Pierre's website: http://vjp.skyrock.com/3.html The Large Hadron Collider in Geneva goes active this week--Wednesday at 7:30 AM, I believe--and, prodded to do so by my friend, Katherine Dunn, I've applied to take a tour of the place.  Being a science fiction person, I'm told there's a very good chance I'll be accepted.  In any event, here's NPR's take on the collider, if you don't know what it is: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6545246 And here's the collider's home page: http://lhc.web.cern.ch/lhc/ I guess the first work of the collider will be to determine the existence or nonexistence of the Higgs boson and to test theories that involve supersymmetry and gravitons.  Naturally a number of conspiracy theorists are predicting the end of the world this Wednesday.  Stay tuned. 3|I think you lost yourself too...

Monday, September 8th [September 8th Monday 12:02am] day_on_earth [daily_poster] you can publish your photos as a comment to this post, if your photo was shot on: Monday, September 8th to publish your photo (please choose one and resize it to 700 px!) just copy this text: <img src="### url of your image ###"> comment and click here: http://community.livejournal.com/day_on_earth/175722.html?mode=reply don't forget to write the location and country in the subject of your comment. [yesterday] [year ago] I think you lost yourself too...

[September 7th Sunday 4:07am] marry_a_ljuser [kibums] junepeach, my cute little cow loving bully. ( you are the sun, the moo ) 1|I think you lost yourself too...

IBK update [September 7th Sunday 5:05pm] itsacountry After some vet love and some TLC, it makes me happy to know that the kitty is doing well. Allow me to demonstrate, by giving you a before and after. Cat in the hat Before Itty bitteh kitteh no fitteh After Still comfy, though Yay look at my 1TB server in the background! Even though at times her energy can be very annoying, it makes me happy to know that she is a happy cat with a good home. And that her favorite place to sleep is still my cover. :) 2|I think you lost yourself too...

Take Action Now! 19 Days Left! [September 7th Sunday 1:00am] 1amongthelost [ mood | angry ] http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/6/161324/6723/561/589293 Any of those who have heard about the Bush Administration's idea to label contraceptives as abortion, it is passing in 19 days unless we stop it.  PLEASE ACT NOW -- This regulation could undermine good state laws that require hospitals to provide emergency contraception to rape survivors and ensure that pharmacies fill women’s prescriptions for birth control. -- The proposal could allow health-care corporations (hospitals, HMOs, and health plans) to refuse to provide services or make referrals for birth control. -- The proposed regulation could affect Medicaid and the Title X family-planning program. For instance, staff at clinics or health-care plans that contract for Medicaid services could refuse to provide contraception. Currently I have ovarian cysts (much like endometryosis) and need to take birth control to keep me from having painful, ping pong ball sized cysts on my ovaries, that burst and feel like appendicitis.  If this goes into effect. My health insurance could refuse to offer any sort of coverage for birth control. This could mean that the necessary medicine I need to take, will now cost me 300$ a month. From the article: Adolescent girls and young women are frequently prescribed oral contraceptive pills for irregular or absent menstrual periods, menstrual cramps, acne, PMS, endometriosis, and hormone replacement therapy. For example, girls diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) (a hormone imbalance which causes irregular menstrual periods, acne, and excess hair growth) are prescribed oral contraceptives to lower their hormone levels back to normal and regulate menstrual periods. Girls with acne that is not responding to simple measures are often prescribed hormone pills. Girls whose ovaries are not producing enough estrogen (because of anorexia nervosa, excessive exercise, or damage to the ovaries from radiation or chemotherapy) often take oral contraceptive pills to replace estrogen. Girls with endometriosis are also often prescribed oral contraceptives, in cycles or continuously, to suppress the condition. Adolescent girls and young women are frequently prescribed oral contraceptive pills for irregular or absent menstrual periods, menstrual cramps, acne, PMS, endometriosis, and hormone replacement therapy. For example, girls diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) (a hormone imbalance which causes irregular menstrual periods, acne, and excess hair growth) are prescribed oral contraceptives to lower their hormone levels back to normal and regulate menstrual periods. Girls with acne that is not responding to simple measures are often prescribed hormone pills. Girls whose ovaries are not producing enough estrogen (because of anorexia nervosa, excessive exercise, or damage to the ovaries from radiation or chemotherapy) often take oral contraceptive pills to replace estrogen. Girls with endometriosis are also often prescribed oral contraceptives, in cycles or continuously, to suppress the condition. Adolescent girls and young women are frequently prescribed oral contraceptive pills for irregular or absent menstrual periods, menstrual cramps, acne, PMS, endometriosis, and hormone replacement therapy. For example, girls diagnosed with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) (a hormone imbalance which causes irregular menstrual periods, acne, and excess hair growth) are prescribed oral contraceptives to lower their hormone levels back to normal and regulate menstrual periods. Girls with acne that is not responding to simple measures are often prescribed hormone pills. Girls whose ovaries are not producing enough estrogen (because of anorexia nervosa, excessive exercise, or damage to the ovaries from radiation or chemotherapy) often take oral contraceptive pills to replace estrogen. Girls with endometriosis are also often prescribed oral contraceptives, in cycles or continuously, to suppress the condition. PLEASE HELP US PUT AN END TO THIS.   I think you lost yourself too...

Sunday Secrets [September 7th Sunday 1:08am] postsecret http://postsecret.blogspot.com/2008/09/sunday-secrets.html PostSecret is an ongoing community art project where people mail in their secrets anonymously on one side of a postcard. PostSecret Events 2008 9-9-08 . . . Wake Forest University, NC . . . (facebook event page) 9-11-08 . . . Old Dominion University, VA . . . (facebook event page) 9-16-08 . . . East Carolina University, NC . . . (facebook event page) 9-18-08 . . . West Chester University, PA . . . (facebook event page) 9-23-08 . . .Univ. Southern California, CA . . . (facebook event page) 9-30-08 . . . University of Maryland, Balt. . . . (facebook event page) 10-2-08 . . . University of Wisconsin, MI . . . (facebook event page) 10-7-08 . . . University of Virginia, VA . . . (facebook event page) 10-9-08 . . . University of Buffalo, NY . . . (facebook event page) 10-10-08 . . . Vanderbilt University, TN . . . (facebook event page) 10-14-08 . . . University of Vermont, VT . . . (facebook event page) 10-16-08 . . . Clarion University, PA . . . (facebook event page) 10-27-08 . . . Mercer University, GA . . . (facebook event page) 10-30-08 . . . Florida Gulf Coast Univ., FL . . . (facebook event page) 11-5-08 . . . Univ. of Missouri, St Louis, MO . . . (facebook event page) 11-6-08 . . Univ. of Missouri, Columbia, MO . . (facebook event page) 11-10-08 . . . James Madison Univ., VA . . . (facebook event page) 11-12-08 . . .The College of Charleston, SC . . . (facebook event page) 11-14-08 . . . Illinois Wesleyan Univ., IL . . . (facebook event page) 11-17-08 . . . Eastern Michigan Univ., MI . . . (facebook event page) 11-20-08 . . . Louisiana State Univ., LA . . . (facebook event page) If there is an event scheduled for a school, or state, where you have a friend, please give them a heads-up. More events are being planned now. Contact: Keppler Speakers. See More Postcards Here. 91|I think you lost yourself too...

[September 6th Saturday 10:31pm] jenniferreed "Oh and what's your name?" "Jenn" "NO. WAY." "What??" Bars. Are. Ridiculous. Other than that, I've got another 2nd job at a place called Big City Burrito. It's the shit. And so are our burritos. I've gotten into fights with people (hey I was drunk) about which is better, Big City Burrito, Qdoba, or Chipotle. And of course, there's just no contest. The people I work with are pretty cool and working there makes me want to learn Spanish. I've been thinking about going to school for Nursing and also Spanish then getting the fuck out of America. Do some traveling. Help some people. Take some travel photos. I still have no idea what I want to do. I feel really jealous of all the kids going back to school right now but then I wonder... why? My life could never be like theirs. I don't have rich parents who will pay for everything so I don't even need a job. Instead, I work 2 jobs, most days are 12 hour days with 2 days off a week if I'm lucky. Most weeks I have only 1. It's getting old and I've only just begun with the 2 job deal. It just sucks that I have to have 2 jobs just to be able to afford rent and bills. I want a real career with normal hours and obviously, more money. But, really, how many people my age take the initiative to get a 2nd job when they realize only having one just won't cut it? Most people would cry to Mom and Dad. And even though I couldn't afford rent and haven't had groceries for weeks, I just can't bring myself to do that. They've helped me out enough. /pityparty. TOUR DE FAT was today and I missed it. It put me in a shitty mood all day seeing sooo many people in ridiculous costumes riding their bikes around town having fun. As much as I wanted to go, it wouldn't have been fun because I don't have any [bike riding] friends because all I do is workkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkrkrkrkrkr. Ah fuck it. /pitypartyforrealz I think you lost yourself too...

der Professor spricht Deutsch [September 7th Sunday 10:33am] professorlayton [cyen] Apparently the rumor of Professor Layton and the Curious Village being localized for Europeans is true. You can seen the German screenshots at this German site. I wonder if they'll redub the voices into German or keep them in English/Japanese. It would be awesome if Luke and Layton speak German. :D The Europeans are getting a rather nice looking boxart. What I really want to know is when will the second game will be localized for North Americans. 8|I think you lost yourself too...

Edwin Cripps [September 7th Sunday 2:37am] warren_ellis Absurdist painter Edwin Cripps is exhibiting at the Riverside Art Center in Sunbury-on-Thames from, I believe, September 12. I own several Cripps pieces — none of which, it seems, were photographed and put on the web. The stuff that’s on the web (as below) isn’t really representative of the genuinely freakish stuff I own and expect to see at the exhibit. Sunbury’s less than an hour out of London via Waterloo (which I know is the wrong side of the river, but one must make sacrifices for art). (Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.) 1|I think you lost yourself too...

Trixie Bedlam On The Road [September 7th Sunday 1:25am] warren_ellis They appear to have seen her coming. (Automatically crossposted from warrenellis.com. Feel free to comment here or at my internet church at Whitechapel. If anything in this post looks weird, it's because LJ is run on steampipes and rubber bands -- please click through to the main site.) I think you lost yourself too...

Salons in DuPont [September 6th Saturday 8:05pm] washingtondc [larkfly] I was just wondering where is a good place in DuPont to get a reasonable haircut?  Places to avoid?   I want nothing too crazy/or fancy, but I would like quality.  Any suggestions would be marvelous!  Thanks. 4|I think you lost yourself too...

Hi! [September 6th Saturday 7:01pm] chronotrigger [endoh_michiyo] [ mood | bouncy ] Don't mind me, I'm just introducing myself, and gifting you with icons! HI! Here's the teasers: 48 icons @ my icon journal, endmi_icons ! I think you lost yourself too...

Sonic Circuits Experimental Music Benefit - Sunday Sept 14th [September 6th Saturday 6:52pm] washingtondc [enlightened77] Sunday, September 14 Doors: 6:30p.m. Music: 7:00 p.m. sharp admission: $5.00 at the door PYRAMID ATLANTIC 8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD 20910 301.608.9101 located three blocks south of the silver spring metro station (red line) INFO + DIRECTIONS: www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org BEN MILLER uses Alto and C-Tenor saxophones as source material for electronic and tape manipulation. Incorporating multiple foot pedals, tape decks and analog synth, he sets up a wall of dense frequencies through feedback and slow-paced improvisation. In 1977, Miller played alto sax in the art-punk band Destroy All Monsters (featuring Ron Asheton from The Stooges and Michael Davis from The MC5). He currently plays sax and composes for The Push-Pull Quartet having just released their first CDR “At The Stroke of Twelve” on Tiger Asylum Records, as well as being the composer/conductor for his 15-member ensemble, The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra. INFO: http://www.myspace.com/benjaminrushmiller N_DREW (Andrew Bucksbarg) creates audio-visual/VJ performances and interactive works, exploring organic and abstract forms, live A/V processes and participatory techno-culture, enthralling audiences with images, beats, ambient sounds and pixilated atmospheres. He is a media artist, experimental interaction designer, audio-visual performer and a professor in the Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University. As an experimental interaction artist, Bucksbarg concerns himself with technologies and social systems that support tactics of ambiguous, autonomous social creativity and exchange. His work appears in museums, galleries and festivals internationally. INFO: http://www.organicode.net/about.html Jonathan Zorn is a composer/sound artist/performer currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia. He likes to make sounds using his voice, double bass, guitar, accordion, modular synthesizer and computer. His compositions and electronic instruments involve systems of interaction that exceed the control of any single participant, creating unstable sonic terrains and ensemble dynamics. Jonathan maintains several ongoing collaborative projects with artists and performers around the country including Rachel Thompson, David Kendall, Andrew Lafkas, Bryan Eubanks and Katherine Young. INFO: http://rasbliutto.net/artists/jonathanzorn.html I think you lost yourself too...

Sonic Circuits Experimental Music Benefit - Sunday Sept 14th [September 6th Saturday 6:52pm] md_music [enlightened77] Sunday, September 14 Doors: 6:30p.m. Music: 7:00 p.m. sharp admission: $5.00 at the door PYRAMID ATLANTIC 8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD 20910 301.608.9101 located three blocks south of the silver spring metro station (red line) INFO + DIRECTIONS: www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org BEN MILLER uses Alto and C-Tenor saxophones as source material for electronic and tape manipulation. Incorporating multiple foot pedals, tape decks and analog synth, he sets up a wall of dense frequencies through feedback and slow-paced improvisation. In 1977, Miller played alto sax in the art-punk band Destroy All Monsters (featuring Ron Asheton from The Stooges and Michael Davis from The MC5). He currently plays sax and composes for The Push-Pull Quartet having just released their first CDR “At The Stroke of Twelve” on Tiger Asylum Records, as well as being the composer/conductor for his 15-member ensemble, The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra. INFO: http://www.myspace.com/benjaminrushmiller N_DREW (Andrew Bucksbarg) creates audio-visual/VJ performances and interactive works, exploring organic and abstract forms, live A/V processes and participatory techno-culture, enthralling audiences with images, beats, ambient sounds and pixilated atmospheres. He is a media artist, experimental interaction designer, audio-visual performer and a professor in the Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University. As an experimental interaction artist, Bucksbarg concerns himself with technologies and social systems that support tactics of ambiguous, autonomous social creativity and exchange. His work appears in museums, galleries and festivals internationally. INFO: http://www.organicode.net/about.html Jonathan Zorn is a composer/sound artist/performer currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia. He likes to make sounds using his voice, double bass, guitar, accordion, modular synthesizer and computer. His compositions and electronic instruments involve systems of interaction that exceed the control of any single participant, creating unstable sonic terrains and ensemble dynamics. Jonathan maintains several ongoing collaborative projects with artists and performers around the country including Rachel Thompson, David Kendall, Andrew Lafkas, Bryan Eubanks and Katherine Young. INFO: http://rasbliutto.net/artists/jonathanzorn.html I think you lost yourself too...

Sonic Circuits Experimental Music Benefit - Sunday Sept 14th [September 6th Saturday 6:52pm] eastcoast_scene [enlightened77] Sunday, September 14 Doors: 6:30p.m. Music: 7:00 p.m. sharp admission: $5.00 at the door PYRAMID ATLANTIC 8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD 20910 301.608.9101 located three blocks south of the silver spring metro station (red line) INFO + DIRECTIONS: www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org BEN MILLER uses Alto and C-Tenor saxophones as source material for electronic and tape manipulation. Incorporating multiple foot pedals, tape decks and analog synth, he sets up a wall of dense frequencies through feedback and slow-paced improvisation. In 1977, Miller played alto sax in the art-punk band Destroy All Monsters (featuring Ron Asheton from The Stooges and Michael Davis from The MC5). He currently plays sax and composes for The Push-Pull Quartet having just released their first CDR “At The Stroke of Twelve” on Tiger Asylum Records, as well as being the composer/conductor for his 15-member ensemble, The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra. INFO: http://www.myspace.com/benjaminrushmiller N_DREW (Andrew Bucksbarg) creates audio-visual/VJ performances and interactive works, exploring organic and abstract forms, live A/V processes and participatory techno-culture, enthralling audiences with images, beats, ambient sounds and pixilated atmospheres. He is a media artist, experimental interaction designer, audio-visual performer and a professor in the Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University. As an experimental interaction artist, Bucksbarg concerns himself with technologies and social systems that support tactics of ambiguous, autonomous social creativity and exchange. His work appears in museums, galleries and festivals internationally. INFO: http://www.organicode.net/about.html Jonathan Zorn is a composer/sound artist/performer currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia. He likes to make sounds using his voice, double bass, guitar, accordion, modular synthesizer and computer. His compositions and electronic instruments involve systems of interaction that exceed the control of any single participant, creating unstable sonic terrains and ensemble dynamics. Jonathan maintains several ongoing collaborative projects with artists and performers around the country including Rachel Thompson, David Kendall, Andrew Lafkas, Bryan Eubanks and Katherine Young. INFO: http://rasbliutto.net/artists/jonathanzorn.html I think you lost yourself too...

Sonic Circuits Experimental Music Benefit - Sunday Sept 14th [September 6th Saturday 6:52pm] dc_rock_city [enlightened77] Sunday, September 14 Doors: 6:30p.m. Music: 7:00 p.m. sharp admission: $5.00 at the door PYRAMID ATLANTIC 8230 Georgia Avenue, Silver Spring MD 20910 301.608.9101 located three blocks south of the silver spring metro station (red line) INFO + DIRECTIONS: www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org BEN MILLER uses Alto and C-Tenor saxophones as source material for electronic and tape manipulation. Incorporating multiple foot pedals, tape decks and analog synth, he sets up a wall of dense frequencies through feedback and slow-paced improvisation. In 1977, Miller played alto sax in the art-punk band Destroy All Monsters (featuring Ron Asheton from The Stooges and Michael Davis from The MC5). He currently plays sax and composes for The Push-Pull Quartet having just released their first CDR “At The Stroke of Twelve” on Tiger Asylum Records, as well as being the composer/conductor for his 15-member ensemble, The Sensorium Saxophone Orchestra. INFO: http://www.myspace.com/benjaminrushmiller N_DREW (Andrew Bucksbarg) creates audio-visual/VJ performances and interactive works, exploring organic and abstract forms, live A/V processes and participatory techno-culture, enthralling audiences with images, beats, ambient sounds and pixilated atmospheres. He is a media artist, experimental interaction designer, audio-visual performer and a professor in the Department of Telecommunications, Indiana University. As an experimental interaction artist, Bucksbarg concerns himself with technologies and social systems that support tactics of ambiguous, autonomous social creativity and exchange. His work appears in museums, galleries and festivals internationally. INFO: http://www.organicode.net/about.html Jonathan Zorn is a composer/sound artist/performer currently living in Charlottesville, Virginia. He likes to make sounds using his voice, double bass, guitar, accordion, modular synthesizer and computer. His compositions and electronic instruments involve systems of interaction that exceed the control of any single participant, creating unstable sonic terrains and ensemble dynamics. Jonathan maintains several ongoing collaborative projects with artists and performers around the country including Rachel Thompson, David Kendall, Andrew Lafkas, Bryan Eubanks and Katherine Young. INFO: http://rasbliutto.net/artists/jonathanzorn.html I think you lost yourself too...

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