2005

Tuesday I met Rich in Chinatown at this bar. There was a guy rapping and playing his marimba (at the same time). Then we got pizza. Then we went to another bar! I’d had a long day of cleaning the craft room and inhaling dust. So that kind of knocked me out for a couple of days. This is a no duh, but I really hate being sick. Especially when it was probably preventable. I was really draggin ass all week.

Friday Carolyn and I went to Pepe Rosso! and then to see the guy from the Mountain Goats do a solo show at the Society for Ethical Culture Concert Hall. Nice place.

Saturday I walked around Brooklyn. Did some drawing. Was served chili (spicy!) by Kelly and Brock. Went to Greg’s birthday party.

Film
Harlan County, USA. Documentary about coal miners and striking and stuff in 1976. I can’t really take anyone with a thick southern drawl seriously & I find entire towns that rely on one business or industry to be always fucked. Is there a good example? Googletown?

Leonard Cohen, I’m Your Man. I stayed awake off and on for about 30 minutes of this one. It seemed to follow this format: The Edge and Bono saying some bullshit about Cohen, then someone who was about to cover a song saying some shit, then the performance of the song. I was more hoping for an actual account of who Leonard Cohen is. I guess I’ll just read his wikipedia.

Titicut Follies. 1967 documentary about a mental institution. Pretty awful place.

The Kite Runner. Very “dramatic.”