this is the ceiling, towards the back of the store, above the “max korn” chair, hovering over the squid, to the right of where the planetarium was and the john wilson memorial languages of many lands (with receipts of many lands) bookshelf. i got all this styrofoam at the recycling center, where it had piled hell high. the ladies at the recycling center are very nice, but usually try to cut you off when you’re taking multiple armloads of anything in successive trips to your friend’s car. this time they just said “what are you going to do with all that?”, and then later, “oh.”, and then to each other “i don’t know.”.

big ups to everyone that chimed in w/r/t the foreclosure, or passed along my questions to more knowledgeable folks. it’s a fine warmth to hear your armies auto-assemble at the faintest rattling of sabers. anyway i’m calling around, get my options straightened out, and examining back-up plans. but for now (and, for what it’s worth, for always) it’s still full speed ahead, damn the torpedoes, and damn everything but the circus. although i did capitulate to my money manager, and i set up a little donation page– tuck into it if you’re so inclined.

anyway this friday come what may there’s going to be a great art show opening at the shop— western mass spell-caster joshua vrysen, aka tumble cat poof poofy poof, will display his precise line of sparse mythological forms in a series of drawings entitled “wheel of doom / we love doom”. the exhibition will also include a new zine / show catalog, and a limited edition bandana designed by joshua and printed by us. it’s this friday from 5 to 8, with snacks and beverages, and milling about, and shaking hands with each other, or being like “come on, we hug”. all welcome. fingers crossed this event will appear in the worcester magazine and the wine crowd will come.

Corey >> 28
Overshirt >> Perry’s Wild Rash
T-Shirt >> Earth Day
Point of fashion >> American Gnostic
Current obsession >> money

Trevor >> 26
Sweater >> Eagle Boilers
Pants >> Att’t'de
Beard >> Barely Regal
Point of fashion >> Proud shoveler
Current obsession >> Spaceballs

not trying to spook or beg, but HBML got a nice letter from the bank’s lawyers the other day saying they (the bank) now own the property, which is the story of the year (not in this case specifically but a million times around the country). anyway they’re holding a foreclosure auction this thursday at 11, if anyone of you fresh lords want a building you might want to check it out, and if you’re really interested i can show you around my section of the space before then.

i’ve sent out to various lists the question “what happens to me?”, and got a wide array of seemingly knowledgeable answers. my distillation is this: my lease transfers to the new owner, who can evict me but must do so through the courts, or could offer “cash for keys”. sso, i could be reading this wrong, but it seems not too too bad, and not super-imminent bad, but definitely “up in the air”. all advice welcome.

also, these past two months have been really awesome, and things are going really great.

blllllaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrr

this saturday at HBML there’s another nice silk screening day WHEREBY you bring in a garment and we silk screen an image onto it WHILE U WAIT. a few weeks ago we did an angler fish, with glowing LED attatchment (mine is still glowing). it ruled so hard. for this week’s silk screening, we are trying something really different. in honor of spring (which started either thursday or friday) our image will be a traditional japanese design of falling cherry blossoms.

i don’t know how many of you out there saw the samurai exhibit at the worcester art museum a few years ago, but it made a big impact on me- everyone wore lots of garishly colored, heavily patterned clothing in clashing layers, and all the patterns had some sort of meaning. the cherry blossom, in life, blooms suddenly and spectacularly, then falls to the ground. to the samurai, this signified the brilliant and transitory nature of life, and the ability to act in accord with one’s nature at all times, but especially at tense, crucial moments. i say
fuck yeah.

this will be a reverse image, which is to say, we are printing (in black) the negative space around the cherry blossoms, leaving the blossoms to be whatever color the shirt is. the design is pretty plain, it’s just a field of falling blossoms, evenly though irregularly scattered, and without any orientation. i think it might be nice to bring in a colorful or patterned garment, even something with a picture or a large stain, and put the design right on top. be creative!

this event is saturday (today) the 22rd, from 2 - 5, and prints are $5.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakura

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bushido

http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n70/sweetcryssy/sakura_hp_prod_shots_design1.gif

Clarice >> 22
t-shirt >> Salted Slug
Skirt >> ReGenE
Scarf >> Scarf City
Glasses >> New Wage
Point of fashion >> spring hero
Current Obsession >> Hero Cliks

Tennis Dreyfus >> 24
Jacket >> Jon Dhoe
Skirt >> Valid Joint
Shoes >> Devoe Flow Train
Hat >> Den of Equippage
Point of fashion >> chaotic good
Current obsession >> Drug Traffic

Tadashi>> 22
Jumpsuit>> Phone Book
Tie>> gift from my ex-aunt
Glasses>> Smeg Head
Hat>> Wet Boxing Holiday
Point of fashion>> working rabbit
Current obsession>> waiting

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this mirror allows you to see yourself in an alternate dimension in which you have a mustache. it comes in a few different styles: cop or ex-cop, arm wrestler, gunslinger, little richard, and uncle.

furthermore

so, last saturday, in celebration of our expanded clothing room, we had an open call fashion shoot at the store. little andrew set up hot lights, backdrops, and berets, and even though it was raining really hard, a good crowd of folks came out to participate, picking out excellent outfits and struttin’ they stuff. i’ll be dishing them out over the next few days…

Kaori>> 19
shoes>> Vivienne Westwood
pants>> at Underpant Stuffers
hat>> Beanie Babies
vest>> at Vested Interest
point of fashion>> plastic chicken aperture
current obsession>> typewriters

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