friday fryday

this morning i made a serious business decision to choose a range of descriptors and dynamically select the most appropriate.

gonna be mighty warm today, sunny and all that. there was a moment of sheer panic earlier this week when i realized that my tan was prematurely in the fade. immediately i headed to the park, disrobed, and burnt the shit out of the ol' shoulds. by now the red has subsided enough to head back out into the blaze and catch some serious solar action.

it's incredibly easy not to eat meat in this town. even the middle eastern food cart has veg options. a lot of times when it's food i'm after, i've put eating off long enough to be crazy hungry at exactly that time, and i mostly don't feel like waiting. you know when you heat up oil, and then you put things in it, and they taste real good real quick? i'll be surprised to make it through the day without any sort of furaido poteito.

hence, the duality of friday fryday.

today i offer some solid island grooves in the spirit of hot weather, sunshine, and, well i guess not really fried food.... maybe just the hotness and the sunshine. and pineapples.


"Fever", by Susan Cadogan - Trojan Upsetter Box Set

"Clear De Road", by SuperBlue & Fayann - T & T Soca 2004

"Young, Gifted, and Black", by Bob & Marcia - Trojan UK Hits Box Set

"Murder She Wrote", by Chaka Demus & Pliers - The Story of Jamaican Music: 1982-1993 Dance Hall Good To We

"Singer Man", by The Kingstonians - Trojan Originals Box Set

"Hot Like A Melting Pot", by Dennis Brown - Reggae Roots Vol. 4

"Rudy, A Message To You", by Dandy Livingstone - Trojan Originals Box Set

"AIDS", by Yellowman - This Is Crucial Reggae: Yellowman

fence fruit.

que buen día

man, you know how sometimes you just wake up and know that things are generally going to kick ass that day? this is, without doubt, one of those times. unbelievable sleep last night giving way to crisp air this morning, plus the clouds burned off already! suppose one might say i'm megahellapumped to live this one out.

time to escape the grips of this wonderful machine and get in some solid L-I-V-I-N. well, maybe after a solid 'net fix. first up, some audio supplements:

"Kiss", by Prince - The Hits/The B-Sides

"Three Day Night", by The Books - Music for a French Elevator and Other Short Format Oddities

"Ya Mama", by The Pharcyde - Bizarre Ride II

"Hotel California", by The Gipsy Kings - ¡Volare! The Very Best of the Gipsy Kings

"Albee Square Mall", by Biz Markie - Goin' Off

"Joppa Road", by Ween - Chocolate and Cheese

namesies

back when i was like 3, simply learning proper english was exciting enough. after about 10 years of that bullshit, however, i realized how much more fun it was to derive and use slang, abbreviations, and alternate pronunciations of otherwise boring words. one way this has manifested is through the days of the week. let's face it, saying "today is tuesday" is totally your mom's way of doing things. instead, try using the more illustrious "it's tuesday-boozeday mu-fucka! whoo!" see that? way the f more exciting. others include:

-Sunday Funday (probably a bit cliché these days)
-Wednesday Friendsday (admittedly a bit lame, but totes soash)
-Saturday Fatterday (it's a stretch, i know, but it's probably my least healthy day of the week.)

now, my fave day of the week is friday, hands down. this is mos' def' a throwback to my pre-2009 lifesteez. these days friday simply signals a time in the week when i'm about to have a lot more folks with whom to rip shit up. it occurs to me this morn' that i've not yet come up for a decent alter-nomer to describe this most spectacular time in the 7-day cycle. this is truly a case of creative dragonass.

i was never much for smoking on drogas, otherwise i'd probably just go with "friday-highday" or something. i'll also not accept "friday-guyday", due to it's implication that hanging out with women is a sub-par experience. if anyone has any good ideas, maybe you could help me out maybe? winner gets to choose the genre of the next musical selections.

and now, just for the sake of switchin' it up, please find brief collection of solid inspirational tracks below.

"Sunday Part II", by Cibo Matto - Stereotype A

"Friday On My Mind", by David Bowie - Pin Ups

"Like Clockwork Springs", by Daedelus - Denies The Day's Demise

"Groundhog's Day", by Primus - Frizzle Fry

"Summer Days", by Phoenix - United

"One Day", by RJD2 - In Rare Form...Unreleased Instrumentals

aaaaaasshole.

hot streak

so you head out for the night, it's all dry and whatnot. then maybe there's a bit of rain, just enough to give the streets that fresh summer tar scent. you wrap things up and head back to your designated city quadrant. you know that little strip of dirt you get on your pants while biking sans fender? pretty sweet looking eh? even better, apparently, on white linen. what an idiot! otherwise incredible riding weather we've been having. now to find some..... soda water? baking soda? fountain soda? shit. it's something in the soda family. i'm sure of it.

emission volition commission

F climate change. apparently we can just keep on truckin', then engineer nature back to the way it was intended. says so right here. wonder what it will take for people to realize that we aren't actually in control of the natural world, we're but a small part of the whole.

now, all over the planet, people are constantly monitoring the populations of other species. we determine how many of a certain type of animal there should be, when there aren't enough, and when there are too many. overpopulation we call it. then, as generally prescribed, the hunt is on. i wonder if anyone out there has put a number on us? we clearly can't keep going at this rate, but i guess procreation is mighty instinctual. there's a fairly interesting debate you can find here. the "background reading" section is particularly informative.

at risk of sounding redundant, it seems to me that rather than trying to tackle population/consumption driven problems at a macro scale, maybe some simple consumer education is in order. portland's one of the greenest places i know, but could still come a long way. what does that say about the rest?

check this story out. maybe it's old news for some. there are these groups around town that campaign for people's surplus lawn space, cultivate it, and pay said people in harvested goods. awesome. it's always nice if you take the growing initiative on yourself, but this is an effective way to motivate the other folks. 'twould be supertits to get something like this going in japan and wherever the hell else i end up. i really only see two main hurdles:

1. i don't speak much japanese
2. the only people with lawns are farmers

the first is really just a motivation issue. the second is a testament to their efficient use of space. maybe i could just pass out city friendly planters with translated watering instructions.

hope everyone's enjoying the jams. two new ones this morning.

bulk action

just got back from this money coop. seems there isn't a damn thing you can't get unpackaged in this town. well, maybe potato chips, but there were like seven types of honey, laundry detergent, and various nut butters. and as i was perusing the wares, i was all like "man, now i just need like 17 more containers." negative! they had a whole drawer full of recycled containers donated by loyal patrons. after stockin' up, i found a bread shop full of unbagged loaves. all around, i'd say a pretty good shopping trip.

in the spirit of tributes, two spankin' new jams for all you socially responsible mofos.

sunday funday!

today's musical selections are meant to improve attitudes and promote cardiovascular health. basically, if these tunes don't invoke some sort of movement, you should probably accompany me to dance class.