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Subverting my friends

Some video stuff I’m dubbing off for Scott & Jolie:

  • John playing with Chestnut Station on Chic-a-Go-Go and Metromix Chicago
  • Me on Chic-a-Go-Go and Artbeat
  • Public Image Ltd. on American Bandstand and Tom Snyder
  • Music videos by Alexei Sayle, The Fall, Tim Buckley, Captain Beefheart, Wire, Palace, Smog
  • Live music by Wire, The Clash, Butthole Surfers, Half Japanese, Lush, Sonic Youth
  • Talking dogs

I value my good eye

Note: This is a journal entry — it was written on paper or on my computer, then transferred to my website, maybe years later.


Clacker picture from the Wall Street JournalI spent the entire day yesterday thinking it was Wednesday and how that typing lady was supposed to call me back and give me the job-or-no-job verdict.  Well, now it really is Wednesday and she never called anyway.

Anyhow, Melissa finally called me today, and now I’m not so sure.  She’s definitely coming back for the first week in September, which seems just around the corner.  She’s all enthusiastic about us working together in the music department, really kicking some butt.  And Danny totally wants me to stay, it’s like unthinkable for me to leave.  So I told him flat out that I needed to know, one way or another, and soon, so I can "start" (ha ha) to look for something else.  I also said I needed more money.

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