logan reminded me that dave chapelle was on the treatment this week, an archive has the show, along with a ton of other good interviews that i need to do some catching up on, including errol morris, peter jackson, sofia coppola, and francis ford coppola.

we went to the getty yesterday, and i’d never been. my first impression was the sheer amount of white when you walk into the tram area, and then i was, as all kids are, stoked on the tram ride. too bad it was hazy, though, because we didn’t get much of a view all day, at least not of the los angeles area.

the architecture, on the other hand, was spectacular. there’s a sound sculpture that lead to the main garden that starts near the top of a walkway, basically a river of water flows from a pump about the size of two fists down a long, narrow canal down this vase shaped opening, into three separate sound-altering rock formations and then down into the middle of the garden.

we also checked out the exhibit photographers of genius that was there, which had quite a few interesting photographs– i tend to get bored with earlier photographs and skipped a lot of the scientific stuff and early photography prints and went over to the modern stuff. i liked the hine prints, the weegee stuff, and some others, but the i think it was the albert renger-patzsch photographs that were fucked up. let’s see, there was a chicken head, an amputated foot, and something else weird.

anyone in the bay area been to ferry plaza farmer’s market? it’s listed as one of the top 25 of the world’s best food markets. that’s right: WORLD, suckas.

i don’t care what you say about his films, or his adeptness at filmmaking, but just from sheer and simple actions, you have to admit robert rodriguez is a badass, no compromise and no stepped on toes.

since none of you bastards have bought me a car, flat-panel television, either camcorder, and or has sent me to sxsw, i have to read about all of them. here’s austin 360 on subpop and drag city:

But the past few years, Sub Pop has made a remarkable comeback. Three changes turned the red ink black, says Jasper. Costs were gotten under control, the label discovered the Shins — a mighty lucky break, that — and the company made a conscious effort to reboot its A&R department. “Almost everyone who does A&R also does marketing,” Jasper says, “so we have more well-rounded conversations about how we market a band.”

excellent interview with will oldham on recording technique, classic tapeop informational style and adds a touch of mystique to the WO enigma.

when not dreaming about flat panel tvs and cars, i’m dreaming aboutpalm sized 16mm film cameras and hd digital camcorders.

when not dreaming about buying a car, i’m dreaming about buying a flat panel tv. wal-mart’s coming out with some that’ll probably be in the sub-2000 range. too bad i’m never shopping there.

man, some punk rockers are just plain stupid.

this video of rumsfeld looking like a self-assured asinine idiot is fucking awesome. i SOOOOO hate that guy.