Im obsessed with musical genres, OBSESSED. I love how a new “wave” appears out of nowhere and you see it and say WHOA that’s incredibly stupid but so cool!
Folk is dead, man. Now its “rural-wave”, bro.
Rural-Wave, just like this Bon Iver track that Ive been enjoying over and over again, all month long. #soft folk?
BON IVER, Holocene by izzybusybee

Salish beeman

Pull out the skull-candies for this one, its got alot of undercurrent and subtle layers. Im bone tired, been working non-stop and this track warms an already melted mind. Syrupy yeah, I don’t care; I like it’s viscosity.

Lofticries by PURITY RING

I’ve been hanging out around alot of LA/Hollywood/Vegas blogspots for a few weeks now and not sharing them, I might show you guys where I’ve been lurking in the free time…..they are good timekillers, blogs just like this one and like this one, they are geared to what each owner wants to focus on and they are all………hard to turn away from.
Does that make sense? Should I even be at the wheel right now? The funny thing about that sentence burning out of my fingertips is it reminded me that I dont have a drink nearby. Vodka/lemonade is the order of the month.
lets get one now, Im in bed by 9 tonight, watch me.

The Whitest Boy Alive – Golden Cage (Fred Falke Remix) by Fred Falke

Sunday really was June 5, 2k11. Sunday really was a shred day, we went to Crystal and ripped around the mountain all day, just killing it in the Spring ski Mtn vibe, it was exactly what needed to happen. About ten of us went up, the whole crew was really tight so it made the day even better. I peeled off mid afternoon and hiked up a ridge to get some freshies that Id spotted earlier in the morning, it was blazing hot up there, I took my shirt off at the top and chilled in the snow/sun, watching everyone below me, the mountains around me and just taking it all in, the air tasted so freaking good. I realized what a crazy time 2k11 has been, I dont know that Id really stopped to think about it all before Sunday afternoon up there all alone……its insane, whats been accomplished in the past 5 months.
The website is done, my attorney has finished up his stuff, the accountant is dialed in and working on what needs done, the bank is pleased to see Shipwreck money coming in but bummed I had all the capital already mustered to start everything up comfortably. Shoulda seen the branch manager’s face when he got my answer to his question: how did you fund all of this, Daniel? That moment will be one of those times you wont ever forget, it felt good…never felt better in fact, when that little word comes out my mouth: cash.  Everything is finished, there’s contracts coming in for next year and for some reason Im not tired. I think I should be dead…I certainly went through moments when I wanted to be dead, or was certain Id end up dead from all this effort….but here I am, standing tall at the Helm again.
Feels good.
Snow is good for people, its good for me. Mountains are good, motorhomes in mountains are even better.

After the sessions in the snow we sat on the patio at Crystal and had a few pops, checked out the band and told our stories of last season to each other before heading down to the Naches Tavern to throw back some red bull/?’s. Horseshoes, nachos, red-bulls, stories, crazy assed biker dudes and drunken loggers were the order of the night, we all had one hell of a time.
Thats whats up, its nice to write about even if it is poorly written……We will be heading back at the end of the month, anyone wants to come is more than welcome to join the party. You only live once, may as well make it count.

Daniel.

oh hey guys, check it out: Shipwreck dot com is up and running.

The Press release went out this week, that was exciting. It feels really good to have this project out loud finally. Does that make sense? So long its been so hushed, its great to see it unstoppably in motion at last. My phone went nuts the day the release went out, lots of people didnt know and were caught off guard when they saw it on the news or wherever they picked it up at. From Harbor Avenue to Alki Point I am known as the Beeman, my 5 minutes of fame was about that long but it felt good, awkward at times but overall very good. My grandma was the funniest, I dont know if she didnt really think I was doing this….but she was floored when it all came out. Cute, she is.

The new Hives are all very strong and doing really well, the first batch of eggs have been laid and this is the only time in the history of these colonies that I will be able to predetermine and premanage the first hatch. I have roughly 2 week before I get my first big clutch of bees, clutch/hatch whatever. Its going to be nuts when they all drop at the same time. Afterwards it will be all bees, all the time in every stage of brood or larvae imaginable. I sat in the yard today reading a book, soaking the sun and enjoying the gentle roar of the honeybees that are flying back and forth, I cant wait for the first big hatch, the sound of the Hives will be….magical; an organic symphony awaits.

Ive been having a serious problem this Spring with line-cutters, I have always been too fast and too loud for this town but with the business now I have been making a huge effort not pointing out my grievances in real time. I have all these planned responses now for jack-wagons and yard-birds who cut me off in line, PARTICULARLY AT STARBUCKS. Heres a few:
What a nice day, your _____ is adorable. (puppy/baby)
Wow its really raining out today.
Sure do love that salt air.

All of this through clenched teeth Im sure but its a start. I got into it really bad a few weeks ago at a Starbucks with a complete toolbox who was standing 10 feet away from the order window, I was at the window myself, behind a random girl whose order took forever. She finally got her foo-foo whatever with extra whip and took off, I stepped up and placed my order then toolbox cut right in front of me and ordered his. I called him out immediately and told him to get in line, he reminded me he had been in line. I asked him just how in hell all the way back there was “in line” and he said he was stretching his calves, I laughed derisively and said no you werent stretching your calves, your were texting your boyfriend. He didnt like that. The situation continued, the halfwit Starbucks barista MADE HIS DRINK FIRST!!!! It really torqued me so i gave him more nuggets of social wisdom the entire time. I was wearing a big Carhartt jacket that had a Mine logo emblazoned on the back, he noted I “lived in Idaho” and curtly said it was surprising someone from Wallace would be so fast on the draw, I pressed him when he said he’d been there, many times. I told him he had never been there once and if he had, he wouldve been beaten down then strung up in the center of town for being such a prick. None of that would have happened of course, but it had the desired effect as he whimpered away. Today I got cut-in again, at Starbucks. I left my wallet with my girlfriend and went outside, a marked success if you think about it. Also been behaving in traffic, another incredible victory…particularly with the cabbies.
Dont get me wrong, Im a stand-up guy but like anyone, I dont like being walked on, if somebody doesnt take a stand for personal rights then this will continue unchecked and as we all learned in the Big Lebowski: this aggression will not stand, man.

Thats all Ive got today, there’s plenty more in queue, see you guys in a few days.
Thanks for reading and remember: dont let the d-bags cut you off, they can wait in line like the rest of us.

Sonic Youth – Teen Age Riot (Cracks remix) by Cracks

Then and now, I like em both.

Japandroids:

Japandroids :: Wet Hair (Teen Daze Remix) by Beachtapes

A friend and I have had an ongoing conversation for years where we speculate the joys of the mentally bereft and thier incapacity to entertain cognizance vs. the joys of being aware and able-bodied. Today reminds me of that.

Heavy rains in the Mountains means is Avalanche time up high, methinks.
Gonna lay low all weekend and work on secret projects that I cant talk about yet, but are driving me nuts b/c I want too.
Build the remaining Hives, drink tea to cure the scourge in my chest, listen to folk music and pour a few drinks even.