spinning wheel, got to go 'round

My humble stretch of E. Main St. is receiving a total makeover this summer and will soon be a real passable street again. New sewer and water service is done and all the concrete is poured. Soon the sound of beep-beep-fucking-beep will be heard no more! The end of - WHAAAM - at 7AM, road crew playing twiddly-winks with manhole covers. The foot of my driveway has a really nice new curb and gutter. Unfortunately there is no actual road to drive on yet - it ends in a sharp drop off down to gravel. Car is going to be sitting in the driveway unless I get all Evel Knievel. Started gathering wood for a ramp from the garage yesterday, but there just weren't enough big pieces. Hoping for asphalt soon, or one of those flying cars we should all have by now.

Plans afoot to see a longtime favorite noisy combo next week - King Crimson. They are at Park West in Chicago for 4 nights celebrating 40 years of beauty and mayhem. Thursday is a goer. Greg's gonna motor us down, bless him. My craptastic vehicle could never make it. Greg and I have shared some unforgettable experiences and this promises to be another. In September Gregory and I will have another chance to make with our super-fine duo on a stage again. More on that when it gets closer.


listen:
Melvins - Stag
Talking Heads
Fripp
müm -finally we are no one
Dub Trio, Czarbles live
the relentless sound of roadwork

read:
Milan Kundera - The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Tape Op
National Geographic

view:
Tideland
Mr. Show seasons 1 and 2
PBS Nature