Tuesday, February 10, 2009

broadway nest


in terms of bird real estate, this is an exciting spot. you have to deal with the gas fumes, but every night there's a headlight/taillight laser show going on.

makes a great funeral gift


got a request through eBay today from a girl whose dad just died to make 5 Jif honey peanut butter stash safes for her siblings and her because their dad loved honey peanut butter so much and she wants to give them all a memorial present. i said absolutely no problem.

Monday, February 09, 2009

torched christmas trees


brian fire, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

went to a party in the woods where we burned a couple hundred christmas trees. the heat was beautiful.

Friday, February 06, 2009

1 love


1 love, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

irie bob marley day everybody.

let's get together and feel alright! free michael phelps!

Wednesday, February 04, 2009

snow dogs!


snow dogs!, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

we finally got a little more than a dusting in asheville. on the one morning of the winter that i needed to be at the doctor. the office was open and less than a mile away and i made it driving there and back with no trouble, and everything is fine. it's pretty amazing how there are no sanding or salting trucks going by, the streets are a big frozen mess. hot chocolate time!

Monday, February 02, 2009

thanks Dgold



http://dgold.info/radio/webcast2009/music409


in the first few seconds of Obama Inauguration Tunes Hour 4 my friend Dgold says hello to skippy haha and vintage vantage and proceeds to play an outright incredibly eclectic mix of music picked thoughtfully and specially to commemorate obama's inauguration day.


SET FOUR: Yes We Can Can, For What It’s Worth, Being A President Is Like Riding A Tiger, Blue Hawaiian, Changes > Without Hope You Cannot Start The Day, Chicago, Change Of Pace, Done Change My Way Of Living, Already Free, Grandma’s Hands, This Land Is Your Land, Funky President, Big Brother, All The Black And White Children, Change Gonna Come, Change My Ways Part 2


Artists "Obama Inauguration Tunes Hour 4"
The Pointer Sisters, Mavis Staples, Maserati, Pavement, Yes, Sufjan Stevens, Albert King, Taj Mahal, The Derek Trucks Band, Bill Withers, Sharon Jones & The Dap Kings, James Brown, Stevie Wonder, Bettye LaVette, Otis Redding, Galactic


in his words,
This is not a political radio show, it is a music radio show that is current with culture and news events around the world.

As an American music radio show based on the campus of the University Of Arkansas, I am broadcasting a collection of songs of hope for the world, music of change for the listeners, as Barack Obama becomes President of the United States on this historic day.

thanks for all the honest tunes, Dgold.

Sunday, February 01, 2009

this would suck

SC skydive instructor dies; 1st-timer lands safely
The Associated Press
Posted: Sunday, Feb. 01, 2009

CHESTER, S.C. Authorities say a skydive instructor who was sharing a parachute with a first-time jumper apparently died of a heart attack in the air.

Officials say the instructor was identified as George C. "Chip" Steele of Sumter, S.C.

The first-time jumper was able to parachute to the ground safely Saturday in Chester County. He tried to revive the 49-year-old instructor after they had landed, but the coroner's office says it was too late.

They were skydiving in a tandem jump, where instructors are strapped to the backs of their students.

The first-time jumper was described as an active member of the military in his 30s, but his name was not immediately released.

Steele worked for Skydive Carolina and had made thousands of jumps over a lengthy career.


i jumped out of a plane in henderson north carolina in 1996. it was weird. it was a tandem jump like this one, with a guy wearing sweatpants strapped to my back. you do the math. as miserable as it was i'm glad he didn't have a heart attack.

Friday, January 30, 2009

orange peel


orange peel, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

does this appeal to your prurient interest?

waiting for phish tix


waiting for phish tix, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

people have been camped outside the asheville civic center for a couple days now, waiting for phish tickets to go on sale at 10 AM today. they have a frisbee golf goal set up. i'm going to try to get tickets online, i'd love to see the show but i'm not going to camp on concrete in freezing temperatures for it. if i get shut out of tickets, i have faith that i know enough people who will be coming from out of town for it that one of them will need a place to stay and will be able to give me a ticket. this is probably delusional.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

throw paint at a tree


throw paint at a tree, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

or pepto bismol vomit

Monday, January 26, 2009

repainting


repainting, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

we've been wondering will we ever know the truth, what it's like washing windows when you know that there are pigeons on the roof

as fast as they can paint this wall, there's graffiti on it

burn yer $

Friday, January 23, 2009

tea leaf green


tea leaf green, originally uploaded by skippy haha.

everybody in this picture is STOKED

go see live music

tea leaf green is rolling right now