I was saddened to see that the archives over at Hands Free have been infected by the dreaded comment spam—however, I did find in there this particularly entertaining bit of dada verse:

Insipid vegas casinos loose slots.

Slow-growing power betting.

Actual freeware slots pc.

U.N.-chartered free 7 line slots.

Cholesterol-rich video lottery casino.

Mutilated superball keno slots.

Action-packed reel game slots.

Sundry zodiac gambling casino.

Fatal free texas holdem download.

Twenty-three piii slot 1.

Nectareous ride gambling casino.

Tuesday, June 29, 2004
10:33 AM
0 comments

"The imagination; that is, the way we shape and use the world, indeed the way we see the world, has geographical boundaries like islands, continents, and countries. These boundaries can be crossed."

—Guy Davenport, "The Geography of the Imagination"

Sunday, June 27, 2004
9:38 PM
0 comments

Thinking about lots of stuff, most of which doesn't fit comfortably into the format of this weblog.

Reading Robert Graves' The Greek Myths and having strange dreams.

Finishing up the packaging for the third Number None CD, Ways of Sleepers, Ways of Wakers, which will be available next month.

Also, there's this:

Elastic Arts Foundation
Elastic Revolution Productions
3030 W. Cortland Chicago

Monday, June 28th
Another Chicago Magazine
43 : music + sound issue
Release Party

7PM $10 suggested donation (includes magazine)

words by : Jim DeRogatis, Jeremy P. Bushnell, Mary Biddinger, Kristy Odelius

sounds by : Josh Hight w/ Ryan Rapsys; David Boykin

For Directions and more Information :
www.elasticrevolution.com

Hope to see some of you Chicago-area Raccoon readers there. I'll be reading an excerpt from my short story "Lo-Fi" (which appears in the new issue of ACM) and one of the music or sound-related entries from Imaginary Year.

Labels: personal

Friday, June 25, 2004
4:48 PM
0 comments

"Abandoned to the whims of others, we must wander daily through the wish to be loved and the fear of rejection before we can be productive. Categorized 'good' or 'bad' from birth ... we become so enmeshed with the tenuous threads of approval / disapproval that we are creatively paralyzed. ... Having thus to look to others to tell us where we are, who we are, and what is happening results in a serious (almost total) loss of personal experiencing. ... Approval / disapproval grows out of authoritarianism that has changed its face over the years from that of the parent to the teacher and ultimately the whole social structure (mate, employer, family, neighbors, etc.). The language and attitudes of authoritarianism must be constantly scourged if the total personality is to emerge as a working unit."

—Viola Spolin, Improvisation For the Theatre

Monday, June 21, 2004
9:35 PM
0 comments

Photos from the Spring event are here. Clicking on a thumbnail will get you a larger version in the traditional manner.

Saturday, June 19, 2004
10:52 PM
0 comments

So I get back from two incredible life-altering weeks in the Northeast only to learn:

• that I've been invited by ACM to read next week at 3030

• that due to some sort of error my tax refund checks were even larger than I thought they would be, and

• that UIC's giving me a $2500 raise next year

So I'm back from the hiatus and doing well. More on the vacation soon, including photos.

Labels: personal

Thursday, June 17, 2004
11:47 AM
0 comments

Expect updates to this blog to be scant for a while, as I will be spending the next two weeks at the Spring Conference in rural New Hampshire and the Young Adults Conference / Liberal Religious Adults Conference on the beautiful Star Island in the Isles of Shoals. I should be back on or around June 16th, and although I'll probably update the site between now and then, you should expect those updates to be little tweaks rather than big chunky blocks of new content.

Labels: meta

Tuesday, June 01, 2004
12:00 AM
0 comments