Today was the day I fell off a chair that I was tippy toeing on that was under a ladder leaning on a tree. As a slam poet at nuyorican cafe probably spit out obnoxiously last night.. “VISUALIZE”!  Anyways.. this caused me to be sympathetic to why it’s such a big deal when old people fall.. M said “yeah they break their bones” and that was that.

We were walking down to explore for scrap metal on the way to the camera shop.. when I remembered that one particular exhibit at the Multicultural Arts Center in East Cambridge. Stepping in .. this was one of my first memories in Cambridge… having no idea what Inman Square was all about or how small our city was. Serious Q&A after a film on Korean Adoptees during the 70’s and effects of The Korean War.

My main memory is fixated on this one installation of a dish I so often saw my drunken-you would think they were famished- friends order at every bar in Queens. BOODAECHIGAE. That must have been the first time I felt some sort of shame being a Korean-American… a naive, foolish and very young human being to the eyes of my Origin.

“During the Korean War, extreme hunger forced people to abandon shame, and eat garbage and contents of discarded C-ration cans purchased at U.S. military bases. In Korea, BooDaeChiGae, which embodies the memory of this hunger, has become popular among the post-war generation. In a way, BooDaeChiGae can be read as a phenomenon of the post-modern era because it embodies different cultural elements. But, BooDaeChiGae is actually a distorted relic of the drastic social upheaval caused by U.S intervention and the Korean War while Post-modernism is a product of post-capitalist relations, and its circulation in the West. Although the Armistice Treaty was signed over fifty years ago, this food is still on the Korean dining table, reproducing the memory of the War in present-day Korea.”

-FROM: http://stillpresentpasts.org/boodaechigae

So I got over it eventually. I think we ended up getting a few overseas beers and american cheese burgers at Bukowski’s and forgetting our existence in translated blood once again. Just half kidding.

This was in it’s replacement today. It was quiet and empty upstairs.. the director let us see and opened the doors with a several pairs of keys..

So this guy traveled, took photos, pondered on this one concept and came up with these. Genius. It’s like a couple of great snip snaps of his work all in one.

“Embracing the Chinese Buddhist concept of Yuanfen(predetermined binding force), and the controlled order of the grid, Chak’s large-scale photomontages construct unexpected relationships between architectural, human and environmental elements. ”

Till August 3rd..

Well.. so after that little mental journey I came home and started it.. which caused me to collapse, relate and look forward to things… just things.. the fine things.

Since this happens to be the Land of Approvals – here is the best version of Landslide:

With Passion Pit:

Wait.. one more… this kid is the best choir member:

(Do people even respect blogs with lots of ripped off youtube videos anymore? LOOK AT THEM JUST LOOK I HADDDD TOOO DOOO IT)

PS22 CHOIR !! They even do slight hand motions with each song. Standing ovation.

Man… the coolest song we ever got to perform in junior high school Glee Club was Winter Wonderland. Zzzzz. I remember us getting real excited when the “in the meadow we can build a snowman..” line was up because it was a little more upbeat. Then I realized the line after that was “and pretend that he’s a circus clown..” and it was ruined FOR-EVER.

New Album: Still Night, Still Light
DREAMY, GIRLY AND THEIR OWN.

MODERN DAY FRIDA KAHLO
INSIDE TORO’S TOILET ROOMS

Diego Neck Tattoo OMG FORREAL?

UFO VEHICLE ON STATE STREET

MY SWEET NEW BMX GT MACH PRO 24″
VS.
MY TIMELESS FOLDING DAHON

Just watched Buena Vista Social Club over again the other night. The talks of these guys at Aubergine Cafe seem like yesterday. When we sought out to be apart from our neighborhood childhood crowd. Changes weren;t an option in our heads… little did we know… so little.
Anyways ..although waking up to Jorge Ben’s Mas, Que Nada is a nice pick me up… Cuba is the winner with the all star gang of heart breaking musicians. How do you not shed a tear for Ibrahim Ferrer… that face, those eyes.. that voice.

Time has come to start packing up this room of mine. Moving to a different square in Cambridge. Figured I’d post a few of my recent favorite things within this place:

karen barnicle picked these from her new farm. SWEET LOCAL FARM!

c-water for these spring hot mess days.

weekend yard saling bag finds.

monster from yui and san antonio.

nut’s suprise package from merchant4 of “hand soaps”.

tall red umbrella from green street.

Is it necessarily a fresh new start if you are waiting for a whole month to make that first move? More delays. More anticipation. More “just talk”. I’m not waiting anymore. Decided to make it happen starting today. Mark my word..

HUGGABLE SPACES:

WARNING: SUPERFICIAL POP CULTURE INFLUENCED POST

Solid Colors with No Outer Logos– none whatsoever. That’s what I dig in clothes. Serious talking.. I’ve always been sort of jealous of people who wear shirts with text on them. It doesn’t matter if you are 12 or 40.. chaperoning at a 18+ show or under a flannel.. people chuckle when they get a look at what it says on your chest and it just seems bold in a self obsessed tactic sort of way.

I … just…. cannot…. do….. it.

These are some from threadless/typetee.com (this is where people create and sell those things right? still in the know you know) that I would probably wear.. if only life for my wardrobe was meant to be that way…

Overload (2x).  SBT.

Not sure what to make of the The Generational:Younger Than Jesus exhibit going on at The New Museum. Artist Specifications included only ages of 33 or younger… which would make going to a contemporary museum way more literal.

Here’s the one catching the public’s attention:

“Chu Yun, ‘This is Lacy,’ 2006, a living sculpture installation with sleeping person at The New Museum Triennial.”
Photo: Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

I am no square but I don;t think this is one of those “don;t knock it till you try it” cases. It is what it is. Don’t wake it till you buy it. BA DUM CHING.

You may still have a chance to be installed -http://www.idealist.org/if/i/en/av/VolunteerOpportunity/164126-75

Things like this though:

Bashing Rome In A Day

“In a live performance that actually happened before the exhibition opening, a team assembled a replica of ancient Rome in the museum’s lobby and then destroyed it, all within a single day.”
Photo: Chester Higgins Jr./The New York Times

It reminds me a lot of THOMAS HIRSCHHORN. Oh hirschhorn — that man’s junk has no beauty in my eyes.

Here’s a glimpse of this once very memorable MOMA installation that had me for a good few weeks in 2006:

Floating screen in dark room. Flat Screen. No noise except the video running. You were able to walk up to each visible but invisible man and watch them blink in a lineup. The point was to make you uncomfortable. It was the best thing ever! haha..

If it’s going to be “modern”, stimulate. Now unto bed like our lady inspiration up there! Thanks.

Due to a simultaneous few days off.. Yui and I have somehow ended up in Montreal. This should be an interesting few days.. should not be surprising .. knowing the spontaneity of what happens when you put us together. The drive up was quick and beautiful!

This is us trying to finish up some work before heading out into town guilt free:

Please feel it in your bones.. the urge and necessity to wish us much luck and good times. BBL.