Tag Archives: Karthik

Oil Rigs Off Coastal California from The Pacific Surfliner

24 Thursday May 2012

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24 Tuesday Apr 2012

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To those about to light a toothpick,

the reverse end of an incense stick or

deliberating whether to forcibly divorce

a pair of chopsticks, by lighting one on the gas stove,

in order to light a smoke because you’ve no matches or lighter …

I salute you.

mtk 2012 Oakland

The Republic of Calipan

22 Sunday Apr 2012

Posted by in Asia, collage, conceptual art, elections, essay, protest, social media, travel

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California secedes from the U.S. and joins forces with Japan to become a non-aligned, pacifist, green economy, digital tech-producing powerhouse in global digital and computer science.

Here’s the flag of the new most prosperous nation on Earth.

I hereby announce my Candidacy for General Secretary of The Republic of Calipan to anybody living in Aztlan or the Land of the Rising Sun who agrees Calipan exists.

Dear Indugu at the ice cream shoppe

23 Thursday Feb 2012

Posted by in music video, North Oakland

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Jesse Strickman, of the band Dear Indugu, on guitar/lead vocal giving us a smileworthy eve at the ice cream shoppe (harmony, Leiya Mahoney).

oh and the DI website has downloadable music, a presskit and more.These lyrics to this sweet little tune are by no means authoritative, but …

“Let’s sleep together every night
any bed, any floor, any where’s all right
let’s let our bodies reunite
stay up on pills
just talking til daylight

“let’s whisper on train rides
and metal birds in the sky
let’s be madly honest
yeah, let’s keep every promise

“Let’s go out and see the world
and just try to understand
how this mess unfurled

“let’s make reality swirl
eating plants
drinking wine
laugh until we hurl

“You can teach me your languages
I can teach you chord changes

“We can just do whatever forever and ever
and never get tired whatsoever

“Don’t wanna have a brilliant ballad
’bout a girl who got away
I’d rather write a simple song
about a girl who came to stay.”

[is what I heard. and my favorite harmony is "ality swirl"]
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WARNING volume is loud

21 Tuesday Feb 2012

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but these flowers – shot at this exact time of year, late January and February in 2009, a year which was also a drought year – are super rico. I was just adding them to the flora tab and stopped to watch and listen to the crazy loopy sound and visual here.

I mean for this to be projected very large, on a big wall, and with the soundtrack loud, but of course, on your phone or home computer it’s going to be REALLY loud. so mind, okay?