treasures from the library of congress

one night only

one night only, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

the boom boom bap

the boom boom bap, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

furniture-mattresses

furniture-mattresses, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

portland, OR

how i learned to love the bomb

how i learned to love the bomb, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

from the filmstrip "it's magic," produced by Studio Girl, a Hollywood company that I think sold cosmetics.

i'm burt lancaster and i approve this makeup

how to purchase and apply makeup, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

from the filmstrip "the professional studio girl makeup," produced by a Hollywood company that I think sold cosmetics. I don't have the audio for these filmstrips so I don't know what Burt Lancaster had to say about the product line but I'm sure they're a fine American company peddling the best in American-made consumer goods.

no. 13

no. 13, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

i'm a girl

i'm a girl, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

source: somewhere on bibigreycat.blogspot.com/

oooh oo yeah yeah yeah

bedrock rockers

return to the picture is dead

return to the picture is dead, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

SATURDAY OCTOBER 28, 2006
8 pm

The Picture is Dead

with The Parlour Scouts

Art Outlet
Danville Body Shop 1415 North Danville Street
Arlington, Virginia 22201
US
Cost: Free
artoutlet.org


The PICTURE IS DEAD are BRYAN CORNELL, SAM SERAFY, and JAMES WOLF.
Pat Padua will project images.
To hear what we sound like, visit www.pictureisdead.com or
www.myspace.com/thepictureisdead.

whiplash girlchild no. 39

whiplash girlchild no. 39, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

this album was among the spoils from Jackpot Records in Portland, along with a really keen Velvet Underground bootleg that I presume is the acetate somebody found in a Chelsea garage sale for 75 cents; the version of "Venus in furs" sounds almost like an audition for a hootenanny. anyway, I chose this as my first subejct with my new spread: a light stand, swivel-adapter and umbrella that arrived today.and a hastily hashed-out d.i.y. softbox. after 38 tries I almost got rid of the glare. not pictured is the eureka moment where I move the camera at a higher angle above the subject, finally achieving something like perfect light. but I prefer it when you can see the struggle. I'll work on, like, depth, later.

fais-moi mal johnny johnny johnny

fais-moi mal johnny johnny johnny, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

The Princess and Johnny Depp templates from the Disney Pix Micro's bundled editing software fit together too well to be a mere coincidence.

yeasty, yeasty, let down your hair

yeasty, yeasty, let down your hair, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

From the Disney Pix Micro (the Pirates of the Carribean model, present background notwithstanding), a $20 bauble which takes 40 lo-res images in a teeny tiny lcd-free plastic cam sans. Not Mac compatible, alas, and I can't get the jpgs from the bundled Disney Pix editor to show up in any program *but* their editor, so screen-caps will have to do until tech support gets back to me.

oregon artificial limb co

oregon artificial limb co, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

lounge

lounge, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

from the morrison bridge, portland, oregon.

hawthorne

hawthorne, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

portland, or.

r.i.p. giants camp restaurant

r.i.p. giants camp restaurant, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

closed last week after 60 years in business.

winco foods

winco foods, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

pk. gers, 9c

pk. gers, 9c, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

battery x-change

battery x-change, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

memento maury

memento maury, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

yeasteanara

-- from sfrances

american legion hall

american legion hall, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

dancer in gold and black

dancer in gold and black, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

lady nose d'voidoffunk

Oh Honey, Why, It's Just PERFECT!, originally uploaded by the atomic housewife.

Portland

Portland, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

convergences

convergences, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

convergences

convergences, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

poet laureate

poet laureate, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

jeans on (rated r)

madison avenue

madison avenue, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

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branding

branding, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

bronson. man dom.

new york

, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

he asked me if this bus was going to what sounded like "west palms." I said, er, it's going east. he nodded and thanked me and i have no idea what he said but he said a lot of it.

tension

, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

the penguins who make the cigarettes

whiskey picnic - directed by chad

woodland creatures gather besotted by the clear clean taste of PM whiskey

Superstar

Superstar, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

shopping with cy

shopping with cy, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

found in the coffee shop a few years ago.

"it's naked -- it's brutal -- it's who we are"

"it's naked -- it's brutal -- it's who we are", originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

the front element fell out of my lomo fisheye and shattered. it seems to have something to do with focus.

match your mood

party

party, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

stress release

stress release, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

From the May 24, 2006 issue of a Florida Keys free weekly. The pullquote goes, "It's a stress release. It helps me deal with a lot of problems."

the long legs of the law

the long legs of the law, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

If vertical stripes signify the watching eyes of regulators, and the human gam is a flesh-and-blood manifestation of similar design principles, are leg-men inexorably attracted to the code of good sportsmanship? and does the elaborate tat subvert the signage and make the would-be transgressor uncertain whether his departure from written law be met with punishment or reward? Should the charm city roller girls find themselves in need of a dramaturg, do let me know.

human being

human being, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

thin wild mercury music

thin wild mercury music, originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

houdini at the wintergarten

Houdini at the Wintergarten, from the Prints and Photographs collection at the Library of Congress

コマネコ１

happy sad

happy sad
Originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

if you squint real hard you can imagine that yellow car is a ball of fire he's conjured up from the depths of hades. I think my old, lower-res cameraphone could have worked such digital alchemy but I can stare at this and pass out and dream.

i dig a pony

i dig a pony
Originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

the zoppe family circus performs on mulberry street in little italy, nyc. related tags: pony, cleavage, punishment and reward.

great wall

great wall
Originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

I was walking around Chinatown and through an open doorway saw a pair of big-eyed puppy cut-outs hanging on a wall. I went in to investigate what turned out to be a kind of storefront Buddhist temple. A donation table was set up where you could pay a dollar for a fortune (see above). The temple matron sat at a reception desk across from the donation box, so I paid for my fortune and asked if I could take a picture. She said yes, but when I took aim at a pair of wall-hung big-eyed monkeys she said no - I could take pictures of Buddha but not that. Hmm.

me and my protective circle

me and my protective circle
Originally uploaded by a nameless yeast.

at the strange powers exhibit, in a lower east side building supposedly haunted by Federico Garcia Lorca. I asked about the jar of sidewalk chalk on the reception table. It's an adjunct to Peter Coffin's wall drawing, where anybody who asks about it gets to have a protective circle drawn around them anywhere in the gallery. I picked a spot near the healer.