an elegy for midge.

for all of you that knew and loved the great midge, our little old pug who was blind and deaf (not to mention courageous) and had only one eye, i am very sorry to announce that she passed away today.

I loved Midge because she defied all laws of nature. We think she was born sometime circa 1994, and while her early years remain a mystery, and we have no idea what happened to her right eye, she came into our life via the guy that runs the gun shop/pug rescue center in Livermore in sometime in 2004 and she spent most of her days foraging for food in our living room with her heightened sense of smell (it really was her only sense that functioned) and sitting on the couch making fun pig noises while my mom knit and watched Law and Order. She was loved by all who met her and leaves behind a lifetime of memories that will no sooner fade from our minds then her pee stains from my parents carpet.

Im pretty upset about this, I think we all are. She was a warm and fuzzy little bitch with a heart of gold and was unlike any other dog on earth.

RIP Arrow Midgery Lucky Princess Muldoon c.1994 - 10/18/2007
Lil dog, I dont think we could forgert you if we tried.

Rooftop show, The Opera House, 9/9/07

So this here is a photo journal of the amazing show that happened on my roof on 9/9/07. its also a little bit of me showing off my digs here in brooklyn, The Opera House:
heres my flyer:


this is my living room/kitchen/hallway and Tory of Cartoon Monster.

the show begins on my roof, with The Blanket Truth. check out the skyline, the projects, and old glory in the backround:


this is the Blanket Truth, from Seattle/T.O. with Hoshwa on drums:


Rebecca and Josh as Watercolor Paintings, strait outta Thousand Oaks/Isla Vista, CA:


next was Cartoon Monster of Portland OR, playing behind a barbeque:


This is the Peach Colored Jog Smugglers, from all over CA, specifically "the Chad Shack" note that the boy on the end is not in fact playing air guitar, but rather, the spoons.


more of that fine spoon action:



this is madame flodd: two amazing girls, from Eugene, OR playing klezmer/gypsie music on a fiddle and accordian



they also brought the dance party:


this is Brooklyn's own The Lil Hospital, playing a killer set in my living room. about ten seconds after this picture was taken 'The Man' made us stop the music and break up the party. Boo Man. regaudless they were great.


afterwards everyone hung out in the courtyard of my building and had a fine time:


that night nine extra people slept in my tiny house. my four roomates are pretty amazing to put up with me, at the time of this show id only lived here a month. here we are hanging out with my new york bff, and fifth roommate, vinyl the dog


she got a little vicious... check out those beautiful teeth!


and then in the morning we went to the soul food buffet down the street (its 4.59 a POUND! for good food) and then we took this picture and said goodbye!


and that was it! hooray. it was pretty much the best night ever. hooray music, friends, and brooklyn.