happy halloween

well, though we didn't make it out this weekend, we did go out Monday to enjoy the Halloween atmosphere


Emily as Velma!


Scott as—and this is great—the Supreme Court nominee


Haley, as a Toulouse-Lautrec can-can girl


Alito and Velma


our halloween crew--Haley, Deron ('KU parents' weekend guy'), Mimi, Scott, and Yancy (no costume, just a guy who wants a filibuster of the supreme court nominee--I mean, what is there to lose at this point? Five years of going along with Bush has just ended with more and more shit, so the democrats might as well, at this point, just say fuck it and bring the senate to a standstill--at least that would be something . . .)

ah, and one more attempt to bring the magic of fall to the small screen:

a tree near our place

some fall

we've been doing our best to enjoy the season here in Lawrence

a tree by spooner hall (24.10.2005)


on KU campus, 24 October 2005

Emily spent Friday afternoon in Kansas City at the site of the original Unity headquarters, which was built in 1906
Emily says "the building is being renovated—many of the original features (maple floor, stained glass windows), luckily, still exist"

original Unity building, at 9th & tracy in KC, MO


window at original unity building, at 9th & tracy, in KC MO

later, she met me on campus for the KU soccer team's final home game, against rival Missouri

at the KU/MU fútbol game


KU vs. MU, 28 October 2005


KU's soccer team celebrates its double-overtime victory over Mizzou

TSU SHI MA MI RE!

well, I meant for this to be a longer post about this incredibly awesome band, but instead I'll just briefly say (so that I can put it online & get back to what I should be working on) that we saw this band, Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re, the other night & they were just amazing--I spent their whole set just smiling and saying things like 'fuck! this is so good!'
I don't know how exacly to describe it--pop? metal? ska? who knows what it was, but those three Japanese girls sure can rock
& when you lead into an incredibly nutty rock song involving much head-banging by saying 'this is dancing song,' then you've got me . . .

we went to see the suicide girls live show (sorry, no link for that, I'm just not sure I can promote them (the show was a bit disappointing--of course, anything would be after seeing Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re)), and were at first disappointed to hear there were opening bands (it was Monday, after all), but this band took us completely by surprise, and completely stole the show

after their set, I called Merrica so I could have a couple of Japanese words to say to them--the drummer seemed impressed, & then responded with like 3 sentences in Japanese . . . but, anyway, I bought a t-shirt, so it all worked out

anyway, the album's not out in the US until next week, but I highly recommend it; and if you ever hear of them coming anywhere near you, you really need to go see them

their site has some sample mp3's, and some photos (I have none, since the suicide girls show had a no-photos policy)--just click on their name, Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re

okay, here's a link to (most of) a song they played the other night, called Ebihara Shinji
enjoy!

happy birthday KJ

so the greatest radio station ever, KJHK, is 30 this week, which has led to some good fun around town--on Wednesday we heard Chuck D deliver a lecture (or 'vibe session,' if you prefer), which was pretty cool
and then, on Friday they had a free show at the Bottleneck, featuring a few local artists.
I put up a couple of photos below; there's no shot of Reach, an mc from KC, but he's also pretty cool; feel free to check out this track, The Arrival


Superargo performing for the KJHK 30th birthday party, with Skull-Face helping out with some dancing
for a good Superargo track, just click on the track name, Straight Out the Cubicle


The Harvey Girls
to check out my favorite of the Harvey Girls' songs, click on the track name, Good Morning

In any event, KJHK plays some excellent music, and has terrific variety--I promise that a look at their Now Playing page will almost always point you to a variety of interesting stuff that you and I have never heard before; there's also a link on their page to listen, so anyone regretting their lack of fun songs is advised to take a look . . .