What i remember:

i was drunk.
i was in the kitchen.
i was lookin for something that
confirmed this conviction.

then i realized it was on the
screen

even worse was
a cartoon. but then i
told myself to breath. told
myself all them formats
all those books i’ve been readin
and have “read”
made me sure that everything
i’ve thought was “meaning”
was just shit i’ve done
thought bunch, but never said,
and never said cause who
says things nowadays –

broke my out-dated-pencil-lead
anyways.

who says those–
wait   true, to, themselves.

them –> things.
nowadays.

so tired from feelin this cause but not
without a cause. to keep on?
well, i know verses in our arms.

mail call

old tins & jim carroll

puffin food & pine cones, for the birthday girl

Mistaking dog barks for distant laughter. No, sirens? No. It was laughter. The first month here I mistook a bug zapper for wood sounds. If you are wood sounds, please come take me now. 12:46 AM 7/o1/09

01. The Walkmen – No Christmas While I’m Talking (Bows & Arrows, 2004)

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02. Ilyas Ahmed – Earn Your Blood (Goner, 2009)

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03. Spacemen 3 – Walking With Jesus (The Perfect Prescription, 1987)

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04. Lady Lamb And The Beekeeper – Until I Am Bones (Samples For Handsome Animals, 2008)

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05. Luke Rathborne – Dog Years (Unknown, 2007)

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06. Television – Marquee Moon (Marquee Moon, 1977)

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07. Discovery – So Insain (Discovery, 2009)

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08. Casiotone For The Painfully Alone – I Love Creedence (Etiquette, 2006)

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09. Red House Painters – New Jersey (Red House Painters 2, 1993)

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10. Luke Rathborne – Carousel (Unknown, 2008)

Unfortunately I don’t have a copy of this song. Too bad, really. It’s the perfect end note.

Enjoy.

Luke & Piano ‘08

Roby ‘08

11 Hope Street, (Self Portrait for L.C.) 2008

Glad to finally get this scanned.

Listening to Scott Walker: Scott 3 (1969)

More soon, enjoy.

Image Copyright © 2009 Levi Ward

Medical Gymnastics, by Agnieszka Polska

Listening to Scott Walker’s Scott (1969)

Friend and muscian Luke Rathborne was just written up in Filter Magazine. If you’re in the city, go see his show at Joe’s Pub tonight. If not, you can listen to one of his songs below. Enjoy.

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all images copyright © 2009 Richard Rothman

I posted a while back about a photography teacher I had while attending SVA, Richard Rothman. Not until now has he had a large collection of his images from the project, Redwood Saw, on his smartly re-designed website. Give them a look & keep an eye out for it to be published in print form. Beautiful work.

Great while listening to Red House Painter’s Ocean Beach (1995).