Dirty Projectors in-store @ Other Music

The dudes - the girls were to the right

They played as a five-piece: Dave Longstreth on acoustic guitar (and singing), Nat Baldwin on stand-up bass, and Angel Deradoorian, Amber Koffman, and Haley Dekle singing. I was psyched for the show because it feels like the band is at a point where it will be hard to see them in a small venue anytime soon. (Longstreth was signing autographs after the show.) The ticket came free with a pre-order of the album. I think it is the first show they've played (in nyc at least) since the release of the new album. The audience was super sweet and stoked. The band opened with "police story' which, cursing and all, is staggeringly good when acoustic. It was warm (actually very hot) I mean warm vibes I guess. Teenagers (twittering as we awaited them to start) and grey-haired dudes, and all really happy. They played an encore (in addition to the set list below) of "stillness is the move" the jam, the single. With no percussion during the show (save Baldwin's bass and foot tapping) the audience clapped the beat. So good. You can listen to that song here. Nytimes compared the singing to Mariah, as in Carey. And the article has a shout-out to Olympia. Fuck yes.

set list & super-nice OM employee (she helped me pick out father's day cds for my dad!)

lady tribes

(pulp art book)

(courtney brooke)

lately

Brooklyn looks like this a lot:

Went to a Kyle Field show at Cinders:

These are posted around w-burg:

I also taught myself how to french braid my own hair, and came home one evening with a golden green unicorn painted on my face. I am getting an "A" at summer mid-terms, so I guess it is all pretty swell.

MOSS-LESS

Woo, I just bound up a bunch of copies of a drawing zine called MOSS-LESS. It collects drawings from my first nine months living in Brooklyn. It is my first foray into mass production. Most of my book forms of yonder past have been special editions of one. Still learning about copiers, but whatevs.
W o u l d y o u l i k e o n e ?

animal planet

I like this idea of animals invading, or at least just inquiring on, human space, cuz it's probably so weird to them. Rats are one of the few animals in the city, and they freak folks out, but I am always happy to see them as they found a way to live in our wacky concrete jungle construct. Animals are becoming this sacred novelty, like some throw-back to simpler times, except that we are totally fucking up their habitat. Their lack of easily interpretable language ups the mystery. I don't live in the realm of the beasts, probably haven't ever or will, but I want them to still be able to.