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John

I am here for Networking

About Me

i'm not getting older, i'm getting better

i am rented for 8 hours a day to do this

I take pictures and every few days put them up.......... here

My Interests

ethiopian & mexican food, daytrips, editing video & sounds, the wissahickon, pennsylvania road trips, avocados, outsider art/music, non-fiction, the jersey shore, archivists and hoarders, maps and photos, sounds and buttons, social geography, bowling, burritos, npr and sports radio, keeping shit interesting

I'd like to meet:

a clone


"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." George W., Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

Music:

everything's so lucid and so creepy

Movies:

jonesin' for the chris marker dvd

Television:

phils, birds and network news

Books:

The Cold War Era

Heroes:

My 'pop-pop' and moms, The Rowhome, Revs, The Rittenhouse Hawk, , Hunter Thompson, Ira Glass, Ed Bacon, John Coltrane, David Cohen, Herman "Sun Ra" Blount, Albert Maysles, Brian Dawkins, MF Doom, those who are civic-minded, the provincial, the people, and anyone fighting the good fight

My Blog

union pride

Here's an old video from my union forwarded to me. I'm in love with it. Union pride just ain't what it used to be........ '.....we'll put away your shitty old pictures........'...
Posted by John on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:25:00 PST

films and more films

The First Person festival had a competition called 'Object of My Affection' for documentary filmmakers. A filmmaker was partnered with a person that had an object important to them and had five days t...
Posted by John on Mon, 05 Nov 2007 12:19:00 PST

playlist 10/16/07

Joined by Owen Langston........ Sonny Sharrock- "Peanut" -- Black WomanCharles Mingus- "Better Git it in Yr Soul" -- Mingus Ah UmPatty Watters- "Song of the One (I Love) or Love, My Love" -- College ...
Posted by John on Wed, 17 Oct 2007 11:36:00 PST

jazz on gtown

In a few weeks i'm going to regularly dj on gtown radio twice a month playing a lot of free jazz, hip-hop, prog, dub, weird indie, etc. More to come on all that.For now though I'm playing jazz music t...
Posted by John on Tue, 16 Oct 2007 08:11:00 PST

I spy.........

Lazarus aka 'the lza'...
Posted by John on Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:55:00 PST

urb arc in the news

Here's the thing that's been gobbling up my time/energy lately........... InquirerThey'll be coverage on channel 3 at noon and later tonight if you wind up catching this today. Maybe my mug will wind ...
Posted by John on Wed, 26 Sep 2007 05:59:00 PST

lunch trucks

Whether rational or not, I've completely convinced myself that eating at lunch trucks everyday is going to lead me to an earlier demise. It's time to start packing lunches.
Posted by John on Thu, 06 Sep 2007 06:38:00 PST

iggs

After three years of frustration I finally landed Eagles tickets. Versus the NY Giants on Dec. 9th! Hopefully they will not be the walking dead by that point in the season. I am now viewing my summer ...
Posted by John on Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:01:00 PST

spring/summer '07....

in work: process my first collection, get the image database running again, start a 'featured photo' blog? transfer selected 2" video, get the warehouse in order, rehouse the 16mm film, set-up the fil...
Posted by John on Wed, 09 May 2007 09:16:00 PST

pettit vs. pdx

It's a done deal. Portland, OR. May 30- June 10th. If anyone has any good suggestions for things outside the city lemme know as I'll probably be traveling around the area a bit. I'm going to have to w...
Posted by John on Mon, 30 Apr 2007 09:28:00 PST