music weekend starts in t-5 hours. tonight we are catching grizzly bear at the moore theater. we bought our tickets what feels like months ago for what seemed like a lot of money. i know it will be money well spent. brian and i saw them once at sasquatch a few years ago however we were really messed up and i barely remember their show. tonight we will try to make up for that. although i didn't think yellow house was all that great of a record anyways and veckatimest is just so damn beautiful that this show will easily be memorable.

tomorrow morning we head off to portland with dave, michelle, lisa and maggie for a family vacation. we rsvp'd for a garage rock fest that is put on by Scion. yes, the car company. apparently they think will buy a car or think of their cars while we get our mind's blown by some serious garage bands old and new. garage has been my favorite style of music for a while now. it makes me think of blow-up by michelangelo antonioni. i know i have mentioed him here before but i just love the yardbirds scene towards the end of the movie and the crowd's cute, stoic, mod expressions.


at the garage fest i am looking forward to one band in particular, the intelligence. i saw them at SXSW this past year and although they are from seattle i have never seen them play here. damn! oh well, i will travel to see them if i can.

oh and on sunday night at SIFF cinema we are going to see a spanish film called Ramirez!

a movie about a serial killer that is looks modern and awesome. apparently the movie's budget was just about 50,000 euros but looks spectucular. i can't wait!

i'm amazed! i just got to work and was handed an envelope by the office manager. he said "happy new year" and in it a dual membership to the Seattle Art Museum. wow. that is really exciting!

tonight is my volunteer night at siff. they are showing amarcord. i have never heard of this movie. apparently it won best foreign film at the oscar's in 1974. brian and i just watched 8 1/2 last night so i might just be fellini'd out.

lawrimore project is playing blow up on thursday night. the movie that introduced me to the yardbirds

and showing again at western bridge, anthony mccalls's installation "doubling back". what an exciting new year.

Last night Rachel and I stopped by Hilltop Yarn to pick out materials for new projects. A scarf for her new mister man (as Kitsy would say) and for me, a beautiful rich purple rowan kid silk haze.

I am making a lace patterned scarf that joins at the ends so that it basically makes a large necklace and you can wrap around a bunch. The yarn is pretty and when I'm finished I imagine it will look a lot like cotton candy, purple cotton candy, around my neck. I can't wait to host craft night tonight, I just want to sit down and relax with my new projects and friends.

Afterward we saw a compilation of six French shorts at SIFF Cinema called, Paris Vu Par. The theme was oddly funny with strange domestic issues that wove throughout each film. I wish I spoke French. For now I will cure my wish with a "Speak French" podcast from Itunes. Click here for a clip from the beginning of the film.