soothing beans

nothing to say. i just love this picture. what are the first three questions you ask yourself when you see it? i wish that was my dad in it. it was taken the year i was born. or at least an uncle or something.

say it to my face

late summer rain and sonny rollins circa 1957 seems to be an unbeatable combination. like warm summer nights and blackstar's "respiration". or coffee and pablo casals. or saturday mornings and prince.

home sweet home

you know why stockholm is a real city, and helsinki just a collection of old buildings and overpriced retail? stockholm has a Footlocker. granted, stockholm is so expensive you start thinking you're in a season ending episode of punk'd and they've gone around and changed all the price tags in the whole city, but still.