Greta and Kristy

I've never been to a real live legal lesbian wedding before and this one sure was classy and perfect. A thousand billion blessings on the new california wives and their four cats.


School of Seven Bells - Face to Face on High Places


The Organ - Love, Love, Love

Not Burnt

I survived the fires of LA quite nicely, thank you, and returned to my beloved damp Portland where I am safe from such disasters. Ahhh. Although I do not think I will be able to grasp or raise my arms tomorrow because I was tortured at my gym, my feet still work so I'm going out dancing tonight. One of the big highlights of my trip was the plane ride down to California from a connection in Seattle. The pilot took us directly over Mt. St. Helens and it was SO COOL to see that, after a first dusting of fall snow. You couldn't see any volcanic activity but the enormity of the last eruption in the 1980 was very apparent from up there and just amazing to behold.

But now I'm back and I have Jolie Holland and Herman Dune tickets for this friday which I am super looking forward to. They are playing at the Doug Fir which is about the best place I have ever seen a show. No bad views and the sound is perfect.

Los Angeles, I'm Yours until Monday

Just got to my hotel after a harrowing trip on the 110. LA is real different than Portland, but the weather is beautiful, I saw the hollywood sign, and I'm about to get my rehearsal dinner on. I even brought my cowboy boots.

Led Zeppelin - Going to California

The Decemberists - Los Angeles I'm Yours

Tim in the house.

What I would have given to see Tim Gunn on a tandem bicycle in Laurelhurst Park.

Man on Wire

The Living Room Theater was hosting the debates tonight and I watched that for a while (and maybe because it was a movie theater, people were so politely quiet). But then I went and saw Man on Wire which makes me want to do the rest of this post in a french accent. Starting now.

Man on Wire is the story of Phillipe Petit, a crazy frenchman who did an unauthorized guerilla tightrope walk between the two towers of the world trade center in 1974. "These Americans, they ask me why, why did you do this Phillipe?" "Because it is magnificent!" Lots of crying compatroits, goofiness, and derring-do.

Ohio Show

i got an email from the webhost that said I posted material that violated a copyright in my sunday report. odd. blogger.com erased my weekend.

But I'm feeling kind of jealous today of my Ohio peeps, seeing how the Deal sisters are going to fight for Obama on fountain square. I almost got arrested on fountain square about 13 years ago for trying to take down a kkk cross with a bunch of rowdy refuse-and-resist kids. good times. would have been better if the Deal sisters were there though.