yesterday joey and i showed you the collage for nate harbin's album cover. here is the whole 4 panel design. the front = the far right panel.

the marvelous collaboration

album art for nathan harbin's upcoming release, "beauty in madness," collaged, montaged and assemblaged via the www by joe and marv

a few weeks ago i photographed LIE IN WAIT, a hardcore band from griffin, ga. at the griffin hotel and pawn shop. here are some pictures:

*and yes, i really did say that I photographed a hardcore band in a pawn shop in griffin, ga. its was as ridiculous and fun as it sounds.

i see a darkness

this record sounds like what it would be like if black was in the rainbow, or if if creaking floorboards could compose. its by bonnie prince billy and i've had it for years, but i played it tonight for the first time in a while and it took me to a different summer where the night sings the sound of cicada and moonlight has a hard time getting through the magnolia trees. and there was a hammock there that summer, and the smell of must and pine mixed with nag champa under a string of loosely strung christmas lights. and there were little white chips of paint stuck to my dirty bare feet as i walked across an old porch toward a sweaty glass of iced tea over there on the fold out card table. that was a good summer.

13 pictures from an hour spent in a parking lot under I-395 on a saturday:

6-10

11-13

and the popcorn will have extra butter at no cost

in an email exchange today my friend chris roberts wrote this:

One of the best things about Heaven, I believe, is the theater in which you learn all the stuff you didn't know when you were here. I'll hit the matinee to see what Jonah saw inside the whale, or learn what Kay Harris was really thinking when she broke up with me in 10th grade -- in my brother's car on Homecoming, after I'd paid for the corsage, the game, the meal, etc.

Or imagine asking: "Jesus, what was the 43rd nastiest thing I ever ate? I'm pretty sure I can't handle knowing about the first 42."

"And He shall wipe away our tears," it says in Revelation, so I assume it means he'll work on my gag reflex, too.

because mr. ben gets weird when digital pictures are b/w, here is some colour.

this is my buddy chris. he likes punk rock.

last weekend he took me to the abandoned griffin, ga hotel and pawn shop. and yes, its the same building.
we had a good time.

here is chris looking out the window of the abandoned griffin, ga hotel and pawn shop.

the griffin, ga hotel and pawnshop...