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woke up at the beach on what all the San Franciscans said was the nicest day of the winter. warm and sunny, people flocked to the shore. we were all delirious with travel, lack of sleep, and a little too much the night before. inspired by matt feeding some birds, i drew this comic on a plastic jug. (little did i know that this was territory explored by Tom Lehrer many decades earlier. i later found out.) there was a group doing karate on the beach, many surfers, and lots of people walking the seaside esplanade yakking into their cel phones. what did people used to do before cel phones? listen to the ocean? borrrrring! a fog bank rolled in and many people immediately fled, but then the sun came out again. the whole day felt kind of blessed. eventually we drove on out to oakland, visited an old friend in ramshackle warehouse digs, then on to Heco's Palace, a loft space where our host spun 78s from India before a trio of bands played on the big living room stage. i was set up sweetly on a raised bed platform which i converted into a media nest complete with VCR, laptop, camcorder, and projector. the infinite regression video project came to a head here, with two layers of previous shows projected behind the live acts for a really cool fractal effect which confused some people. |