Fall Update

Listening to Ricardo Villalobos - Fabric 36

"You call your music minimal, but it I call it simple. Push the button!"

(Written like family updates at Christmas time....with sarcasm)

Dear INSERT YOUR NAME HERE,

I hope you are well! Things have been so busy and hectic around the Kimball household! I can barely even keep up with myself. Between graduating and moving into a new home, I have no time for anything on my TODO list. As fall begins to grace us with its wonderful crisp air, I feel it is time to reflect back on the year 2007.

Upon graduation, Cappress and myself began our search for a new home. Do we look in Sandy or Draper? What about West Jordan? Lehi? We just didn't know. After the great help of Joe, we found a townhome we liked in Lehi. A few papers signed later and deadlines being moved up, we moved in on my birthday. There were some kinks along the way, but we got them worked out.

A few days after our move, we went to Comic Con with our friends Peter and Will. A few stormtroopers and drag queens later, we found ourselves talking to some artistic inspirations - Brian Azzarello (100 Bullets Author) and Brian Wood (DMZ Author). Fantagraphics had many books that I had never seen before, and they were definitely my favorite booth (albeit a simple one). We went to some different panels like the WB fall movie preview, Futurama, Vertigo Comics, Battlestar Galatica, Joss Whedon, Gays In Comics, and Sarah Silverman. The Sarah Silverman Program cast was hilarious and made humor of the terrible questions asked by show attendees during the Q&A. I got to ask Mr. Brian Posehn about his experiences with TaB, and luckily, they didn't make fun of me.

After returning home, we found ourselves becoming accustomed to our new life in the home. Caprice had recently got a job at Saans Photography, and was driving to South Salt Lake, while I have retained my job at Cluster Resources in South Provo.

Through her connection at the studio, Capri has her first gallery show up at their gallery location on 300 South. At her artist reception, many family and friends showed up. See my previous blog post about it.

The rest of August was spent furnishing our home and getting ideas for future projects with the home. Thanks to the personal direction of Ikea and the wonderful whirlwind with gift card companies via Modern Materials, we were able to get most of our downstairs furnished. Painting and replacing the flooring remains....

Other festivities include paying for random things that aren't enjoyable. Both Capper's car and mine started having problems at the same time and I recently chipped my tooth playing basketball. We pushed through and hopefully are done for now.

Mike and Chenele (of Dixon fame), opened their Twin Falls home to our motley crew. A rodeo and caffeine addiction later, we Wii-ed ourselves back home to usher in the fall.

We hope happiness and health find you during this fall season.

With love,
The Boy Wonder and Captain Capreece

Sunday Music Recommendation: Porn Sword Tobacco

Sunday is a lazy day for me. In order to gift wrap my laziness, I listen to appropriate music. Something that I keep finding myself coming back to is Porn Sword Tobacco.



Porn Sword Tobacco is a guy from Gothenburg named Henrik Jonsson. His music sounds like music from lost 1970s movie soundtracks, or a lost memory, or something cliché like that. His sound isn't simply melodies played on synthesizers - he really makes things interesting with the noise that he places through each track. Whether he uses the sound of a record that has finished, tape hiss, or the motor from some unknown machine, each sound complements the sound of nostalgia bursting through a broken radio in slow motion.

Some links to preview his tracks:

U.S. Saloon Props
En Hyllning Till Cyckeln

Guns and Ammunition

Beware: Orem Police

Crazy News Article

Moving Through The Void

Now listening to Listening Garden by Christopher Willits and Taylor Deupree. I love installation recordings like this for their simplicity of intent. Further information about it can be found here.

Capree's show went off without a hitch. Preparations for the event pushed all the way up to when the reception began, but kudos to everyone for their great work to make the gallery's artist reception a success.

Being Capree's first show, it seemed to generate quite an interest. Many people from family and friends showed up (thanks everyone!) to complete strangers keeping a look out for new artists during the gallery stroll. It was rewarding to hear the positive support given to Capree as the road to get from conception to being placed in a gallery was not an easy task. If I recall, the black and white photos were shot late 2006/early 2007, and I remember speaking with Capree about the Seven Deadly Sins shoot a year or so ago. Through changing implementations of the basic concept, she was able to create something really quite beautiful.

For my own personal enjoyment, I saw many people lost to my nostalgia in the flesh who, along with myself, have found our paths crossing yet again. It's a beautiful experience when it occurs, and I never want to take it for granted. For those I spent time with, thank you.

For those who couldn't be there, you were missed. There are a list of people that I have in mind that I would love to see again soon if busy schedules would allow it. Mostly congratulations and also a few grievances are in order to those missed. I would love to see you soon.

As I attempt to juggle and fill in the various voids of life, I hope to be able to have people into my home once we have things somewhat in order. Expect an invite!

Dusty Groove

Continuing along the line of recommendations, here is a record store/record label that everyone needs to check out once: Dusty Groove

They pretty much have the rare soul/funk/r&b thing pegged down. They just started a record label branch for stuff that was sadly out of print. Anyway, have a look around...

To Lick Old Wounds

The sediment that has been sifted is left to drift and settle where it pleases. Or so it seems for now. The world has gone to seed waiting for the Fall's imminent daily slumber post-career. Asphalt and flashing lights; the Solo weary from tasks only each can bear itself. Ashen eyelids show neglect and hide the waning resolve of dreams found in Venice or Cairo.

The pulsating hum of useless inventions keeps the Modern modest. And yet, rarely has rhythm been locked in step with man so well. Gapless - not one - snapshots of durable minutes keeping the Strings taught. Vibrating with fear and worry and doubt. Stone washed moments tried and true. The United States of Americans have never gone so suddenly still.

It burns.

Flavor Paper

Being a culture mutt, I like to channel other peoples' passion into some sort of recommendation. Here we are: Flavor Paper

Scratch and sniff wallpapers, funky designs, and installations to inspire your new home.