You see a painting in a window and think...WTF?
No, it can't be? N'uh...but it was, really and truly, the owner of the Vault Martini bar in Portland had this painting especially commissioned. It was from a photo originally taken only for Cocteau Twins artwork.

The logo and his extensive martini menu were designed to look very V23 envelope. He also thanked Tori Amos, Jane Siberry and Maria McKee for their lyrics and inspiration. It's just to sweet to be a smart ass about it. I can't tease ... read more

Supertime and I left the house ahead of schedule, but when we went to pick up my friend's car to use as our teamsters transport option - the duped key she left for us - not only didn't work - it got stuck in the ignition. After trying for a half hour we finally got it out. We would have been so screwed if we had to deal with some car repair!

Then some friends called back - we had someone to pick up the make-up artist to and meet us in the Presidio as planned - then our goblin actress show... read more

Someone asked me to show them my some of my favorite stuff. Since I was going to type it out, I thought I'd post it.

We'll start with Frank O'Hara:

Benjamin Franklin
or Isadora Duncan

It seems that I'm carrying a cloud
in my arms, and it's crying. Do we
only live to be fifty so we can say
"His silver cranium, heart! bursts,
doesn't, o' children, do you love him?"
Anxiety, they say, never knew him,
he was like basket before it.

Ambassadors! are you allowed to be
elegant ... read more