A throw-back to the 4th.

These hippies keep showing up all around the city, blockin off perfectly good parking lots and lighting stuff on fire to juggle & swing and whatnot.

It’s not all bad, but they just seem to take it very seriously.  I guess they are playing with fire, but still.  DONT PLAY WITH FIRE AND GET HIGH!!

Some lights in Westport.

A gas lamp outside Stuart Hall in the Crossroads.

I could tell when you’re mad at your past
because you tend to take them turns just a little too fast
I could tell how you pushed your foot on the gas
that you already knew that you were gonna finish last
slow it down and take a little time
to look up at them clouds with that fake silver lining
up in a tree knowin damn well you’ll never reach the top
but you don’t stop.. you keep climbing
well O-K it’s settled
no more nights in this weed and thorn infested meadow
from this day forth, only forward I pedal
get the memo I’m cutting the strings Geppetto
shuffle the cards and let’s argue
rooted in between the computer games and cartoons
stop it, watch us all get lost
between God and a shot of scotch

Courtney’s shirt.

A saddle’d contraption of some sort created by Russell Bellamy during the Final Friday art walk in Wichita.

The picture does not does not do it justice, as usual.  This horse could actually be ridden and was way cooler than any real horse I’ve ever seen.

Last night I went to the Grenada in Lawrence to see Atmosphere, one of the greatest Midwest hip hop acts of all time and probably my favorite crew.  I got there and took two pictures of the opening act to get my camera ‘locked in’ on the light and the venue.  I was promptly whisked outside by three bouncers, the lead knucklehead of them and I had the following conversation:

“You cant take pictures in here with that camera.”

“Why, are you afraid it will steal part of your soul, because that’s really just an urban myth from the early 1800s”

“No, it’s too big and nice.”

“Are you being serious?”

“Yes, if you had a small ‘normal’ camera then you could use it, but that camera takes too good of pictures.”

“Well, I’m here taking pictures for a newspaper.” I lied.

“There are only two press passes here, and you dont have one.”

“Dude, there are people out here videotaping this shit for YouTube and you’re telling me I cant take pictures?!”

“Sorry bro, but I will kick you out if I see that camera again.”

“Ok, but you’re an asshole ‘bro’.  Good day.”

I still managed to sneak about three pictures later when no one was looking and this is the ‘most in focus’.   About 90% of the lighting was provided by all the cell phones and digital cameras you can see in the crowd.

Sorry Slug, it’s because I like you guys.  Screw the Grenada.

Also, Mac Lethal is the freestyle master of the city.