shanghai style
as modelled by ms annie soga.
how many memories
as requested
nice boots
seen in oakland
whoosiwhatsits
hoppz as bedouin, snail race by dark, heroes need a plasma
the golden hour
seaplane is a rad store here in portland, they sell my little shrinky dink pin charms (not pictured) and they make and sell gorgeous clothes. I am the lucky lucky girl who gets to dj their fashion shows. This year the direction given was "beautiful but creepy". I could spin 3 days worth of records when you ask for that. Maybe more.
hair balls!
KRS stretch!
models chilling before the show. mellows calls those her "tall pants"
I don't have photos of the actual show, since I was busy with the records. But you can check out www.e-seaplane.com and www.urbanhonking.com/seaplane for more info.
he found it in the gutter
(the ribbon not the reindeer, silly)
tour report
here it is, as promised, guest blogger DB with Merch Girl Adventures:
anyway, tour is going okay. this is what we do:
we get on a bus at night and get to a new city the next morning, swim in the pool, take showers, go to the venue, unload, hang out for a couple of hours, sell some shirts, load everything up, get on the bus, hang out, watch bad movies, smoke, get into the bunk, wake up the next morning. new city.
i think i'm getting used to it. attached is a photo we took last night from my laptop. we're in the back lounge of the bus. thought you might like it.
there is no reason
lately I am very into Things That Look 8-bit But Shouldn't.
example A: Internet Squash
n'est pas?
sandwich to go, satanic egg for here
yet another reason to love the Half n Half
dudes, come kick it
hey all
I am still wiped out from the (not over) festival season but come and hang on saturday!
I love this place it has a nice mellow vibe and plenty of space for dancing...see you there
lots to see, do
hey there
can I be totally annoying and tell you about cool stuff this week you should see?
first off, Split Cities collection at...Valentines!
all work by portland and brooklyn photographers
Brian Slaughter and Sarah Meadows pictured above. Sarah organized the show, Brian and I helped her hang it.
also featuring Mikael Kennedy, Mike Powsner, Oriana Lewton-Leopold, Yoni Kifle, and yours truly.
I am very excited because in addition to some photos from Shanghai, I also got to hang my window show...I'm calling it the "dokuchan series" because most of these images originally appeared here in my photoblog....shrinky photos!
lauren you better come visit me soon
pure rock! and on that tip, witness me start jumping into the ocean just before sunset:
this photo taken by dana b, who has promised a special report for dokuchan on her upcoming adventures as merch girl for the m. ward tour - stay tuned
so there have been many fine festivals of late (CTBIII, Halleluwah) and I haven't told or shown you anything about them...it's a little overwheming to be honest. Two more are currently ramping up, TBA and MFNW.
I dj at the Works next tuesday night, should you be free, and I am also djing for MFNW tomorrow, then on friday you really should come and see my band riddenpaa, also many other fine bands, at holocene. here's a poster I just made for it ten minutes ago:
UPDATE: I messed up the poster it should read SEPTEMBER 8 not august (thanks brian!)...TOMORROW!
also I am djing the seaplane fashion show tonight, if you're going I 'll see you there! and check out the new show at Reading Frenzy, I (heart) portland, I have a photo in it. If you don't live in portland, I am sorry to rub your nose in stuff you can't go witness.
state fair
are you somehow in town (portland, for you faraway readers of the blog) and have nothing to do this long holiday weekend? I suggest a quick drive to salem and a visit to the fair.
goats wearing goofy outfits! (to keep them clean before judging) I love a goat.
check out the horse pavilion, super contrast-y photo booths, livestock, and especially the 4-H and expo pavilions. If you avoid the madness of the demo/selling pavilion these areas are so much mellower than the carnival area and showcase the many talents of oregonians like table setting, quilting, baking, and seed grass growing. I was impressed and humbled.
don't forget finger puppets for your friend's kids
pickle n jam contests! next year claire and I will enter our "hot n sweet apocalypse radishes"
presented by...whaaaa? enjoy the weekend! oregon state fair's last day is monday....