There will be unchaperoned activities earlier and throughout, including (but not limited to) swimming in a choice of ponds: one in a wooded glade for those of the Rupert Graves/Simon Callow/Julian Sands skinny-dipping scene from A Room With A View persuasion, the other in an open meadow for those of a more ambidextrous Glenda Jackson/Jennie Linden Women In Love bent. There will also be a good-sized bonfire ’round midnight in case any of the chaps wish to continue the theme by stripping down and oiling up in Oliver Reed/Alan Bates Greco-Roman stylee. Children are a critical ingredient, please bring them. Given their tendency to band together in feral packs to giggle at the naked hippies or lock people in the portajohns and rock them to-and-fro (and bearing in mind that there will be no roaming battery of child-minders) parents are asked to keep a generous and watchful eye on their progeny. There are bodies of water as well as tall things, sharp things, heavy things, hot things and some peculiar things any of which could be the genesis of deep therapy in later years.

Rule of thumb is camping. Other than for band members, there won’t be any place to sleep in any houses (honestly, there won’t). But there will be a twin flowering of tent cities: one in a field (with its own firepit) adjoining the one with the music-barn and another at the (similarly pitted) treehouse site a short walk away. Bring tents and camping gear; sleeping bags, something soft to lie on … stoves are also useful for the establishing of multiple coffee/breakfast/lunch/dinner-making outposts. There is a single hydrant for cold potable water at Juliette’s, but no such thing at the treehouse (so think drinkable water). There will be a couple of portajohns, come early. No showers, but good clean ponds. It does get dark and when it does it sometimes gets chilly, so think flashlights and late-night hoodies and a pair o’ pants. If freak showers are forecast, plastic poncho. For the daytime, significantly less clothing is prescribed, but a towel is handy if you don’t want to publicly air-dry. If you’re going to bring a dog be certain it is poultry, cat and other dog friendly. All three roam the site and would prefer to do so afterwards. If you’re not sure whether your dog will chase a chicken or a duck, don’t bring him (because he likely will).

oasis falafel sandwich & red velvet babycake. check, check. pm we're on for angelica tomorrow eh? sunday lil frankies? priorities. went & looked at this.

veggie chicken lunch special and minca veggie ramen. check & check. clinton st. bakery, little frankies, angelica kitchen, oasis falafel, little lads left to go.

chonto, every day, every week. listen to more here. more movies here.

"happy man" by lake. congratulations dude.

m.gonzales at half gallery. "yellow sunbonnet" & "into the nada" by karl blau

michelle, we are blessed to have you. thank you so much for bringing us all together. first few photos are noah's. "vacation" by beach fossils.

"sun was high (so was i)" by best coast & "desert fun" by the mayfair set

so good. rent it here. starts around my bday and goes up to the year i arrived.

today was spent lizard like. thank you jen! thank you karen! 2 years in nyc.

bradford gregory getting free with karl blau. mollusk has a secret vinyl stash.

won this rich jacobs drawing at cinders' silent auction last week.

HSA MIX TRADE 2009

right here is john trippe's may mix. i think it is great. i think he is great. looking forward to seeing he & ms. trippe's new gallery in person. track list is top secret. sorry dudes. here also is a mix i made last month & posted for a day and then took down for some reason i can't remember why.

HSA MIX TRADE 2009

cinders is to me what skate shops were. i know sto from lurking too hard, reading zines i should probably be buying. here's his mix for june. the track list gives short explanations as to why he chose each song. i like the perspective & put it in the comments section. thank you sto! isaac lin and andrew jeffrey wright open tonight.

HSA MIX TRADE 2009

(realized last night i never pressed publish on the april mix. here's what i wrote a couple months ago) kelly lynn jones made this mix in april. she also made 1/2 this show at park life, got through the end of a semester & continued to run little paper planes. kelly you are awesome. thank you so much! track list: akron/family | bon iver | dr. dog | dirty projectors and david byrne | bell | woods | the mae shi | sam amidon | new villager ← | new buffalo | glass ghost | herman dune | horse feathers | ladyhawk | husker du | minus story | passion pit | why? | (3 songs didn't fit)

the screens are back with a new line up. good stuff. here's an older set.