i was not in your arms for long
john parish
from the album
how animals move
LISTEN/absolute beauty is an absolute curse
LISTEN/stable life
it's thursday nite and the oc has been bumped in favor of the major league baseball playoffs. no new episodes until november. my heart hangs heavy.
oh, did i tell you about last weekend? brother tom, rose, and the kids came out to visit. tom was part of this big group art show in the east village. each artist was given a blank circus punk, those furry bowl pin shaped things that you throw balls at, and asked to do their creative good on them. tom's can be seen here. i think his was one of the best, in my unbiased brotherly opinion.
this was also the first time any and all of the family clan had ever been to new york. thay all had a great time, elie even said she wanted to stay another two weeks(!). pj and i had a blast showing them around. i like it when i have the chance to play tour guide, a revived sense of enthusiasm and wonder for the city takes hold, feelings i often lose sight of living here on the day to day. good to keep things fresh.
the picture above was taken at the natural history museum. it's a posed picture, i had an exact idea of what i wanted, which was a copy of the album cover for 'how animals move' by john parish, this weeks post. i put this on a few weeks back when zach was in town after having not listened to it since it came out a few years ago. it sounded fantastic, kinda filling in a certain void i've been having with music lately. an emotional one, i guess. something to do with the beautiful weepy violin that begins each side and the impact of lines like 'when everything came tumbling down/hold onto the stable life she said' when sung with such moving nonchalance. also reminds me of my time in san francisco, living in my little studio apartment in the loin, playing this quite a lot, damaging it a bit, giving my slightly warped copy to tony, and buying another because i liked it so much. filling that void.
posted by troy @ 10:17 PM
2 Comments:
a really beautiful photo troy... i remember that record and when it warped...i remember going out and buying it because you liked it so much...
thanks myleen.the dioramas at the museum are my favorite part.the deep dark wood and warm dim lighting makes for good photograpy.i'm glad they haven't replaced the dioramas with some virtual interactive digi screen bullshit.
john parish has a new record out that i'm anxious to hear. he's also touring, playing here on the 10/27,the knitting factory LA on 11/3,and cafe du nord SF on 11/4.
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