disutility function

Updated 7.12 with photos by The Buddha, himself

to be fair, i am damn near speechless attempting to describe the wonderful wonderful time last night at The Buddha Lounge. but lets just lay it all out: i had a fucking blast. all of the amazing people that came and hung out made last night just an absolute ball. thankyouthankyouthankyou!

for those just tuning in, last night the forces of Handmade Detroit and .waitinglinetheory. teamed up and brought on the full-frontal nudity, i mean assault, of Detroit’s rising tidal wave of creative (and fruit) juices. we had stunning photography, paintings and mixed media up on the walls, and there were handmade crafts of all types for sale on the tables. i even unleashed the debut of my new book of writings, T’tle: Throe in the towel.

and i must mustmust mention the fact that Bryan, the owner of the Buddha, is easily the kindest and funnest [fuck off, journamalism losers!] person we could have imagined. as an example, lets just point out that on, count ‘em, three different occasions he turned UP the volume on the music we were playing over the soundsystem; and one of those times he actually made fun of Justin and I spinning records too quiet, and he said it right to our faces — and justin aint no push-over, what with his big burly facial hair and snoop dogg t-shirt. but apparently Bryan’s no one to mess with either, eh?

anyway, shit, we all met some amazing people last night: artists, family members, friends of friends, people we’d already met but were too cool to remember the first time, you get the idea

and to top it all off, like chocolate syrup on my favorite ice cream, the boys behind Detroit’s newest revolutionary art collective, Bittersweet Dream, came out and blessed us with their amazing drunk drawing skills. oh, and they let me trade them for two of their recycled notebooks, ha! i win on that deal, suckaz! but ok seriously, i am totally in love with these guys (dont worry, its in a manly way), and we’ve only just met. i’m almost afraid of finding out what this group of miscreants are capable of, but rest assured, i plan on us all pushing everything to every conceivable limit and theres no turning back this time.

well, for those who missed out, much of the art will still be up on display at the Buddha for a couple weeks, at least. and we are expecting to have recurring events here for a long time to come. we are all so super excited abt this new prospect for the Detroit area. and, of course, so many many thanks to everyone who helped set up, its more appreciated than my lame-ass blog could ever express

and yes, i definitely plan to go back there again soon to hang out, so who’s with me?

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and for today’s appropriate stolen quote, im having a hard time deciding, so take these two and then go listen to all of your Silver Mt. Zion records.

The brightest night
I ever saw,
Across an empty parking lot
No stars

Let’s kill first the banker
With his professional demeanour
Let’s televise and broadcast
The raping of kings
Let our crowds be fed on
Teargas and plate-glass
‘Cause a people united
Is a wonderful thing