But what I do like about this job, is that there’s no one standing around, to bring me down

» Help name the new Douglas Coupland park

Cool. Stubbies & Corn Syrup park? Doug & Kathy’s? jPark? Don’t Fear The Gum Thief Greens? The Eleanor Rigby Memorial Park? All Families are Psych– ok ok… that one is a bit of a strecth.

Title credit: The Rheostatics, Secret Red Canoe (my vote for the park name)

Beards of Summer 2009

The previous Douglas Coupland image made me think of this…

Too cool for school…

Goddamn it Mr. Coupland – does everything you touch turn to primary-coloured-gold?

The giant Downy bottle… the white miniature replica CN Tower… Mousetrap as sculpture, for chrissakes? Even your pizza box looks intentionally brilliant.

I’m almost as excited about your new book as I am about the Mad Men season 3 premiere.

If you wanna take the long cut, we’ll get there eventually

The book design is DONE! Get your very own copy here:

How to Stylishly Fall From Grace on Amazon

Seems like the Frutiger vs. Bell Gothic debate started so so long ago –yes, these are the kinds of things that keep me up at night. Serif, slab serif, and so on.

Congratulations to Felicia on her first novel!

Title credit: Uncle Tupelo, The Long Cut

And a sun to maybe dissipate shadows

Look what I designed!! Few more corrections to make, and it will be officially “in stock.”

This is my neighbour’s first novel, and I’m excited I had a chance to help her put the finishing touches on it.

Title credit: Fleet Foxes, Mykonos

Thanks for the book now my table is steady, is this a library or a bar?

One more link, then back to work.

Stacks.

Reminds me, I’ve gotta return some digital video discs before I head ootta town. And blast through three books before I start my infinite summer dot org.

http://infinitesummer.org/

Title credit: Paul Westerberg, Dyslexic Heart

Forget your acid free paper and glass

Register today!

The line-up is stellar. Take a workshop. Or five.

Title credit: Superchunk, Art Class (Song for Yayoi Kusama)

I seen pretty people disappear like smoke. Friends will arrive, friends will disappear…

I have been posting in an awfully negative way, lately. Time to reread Franny & Zooey and humble myself, again, again.

Some positivisms, to get me through my distraction spell:

-I found my thesis starting point on Sunday and photographed the hell out of it. Probably won’t use those images (abandoned buildings… so so done) but seeing that font, that Labelon sign above the door, made me chest skip a few. I’m a scavenger at heart.

- a friend of mine recently sold a book of his to the Library of Congress — pretty cool and a way bigger deal than he and his brilliant wife (who is also making her mark all over the map) are makin it out to be…oh, modesty. Will post links and stuff once it is official, or at least announced on his online message board.

- the Monroe branch of the library has Dexter AND Mad Men on dvd! AND 32 Short Films About Glenn Gould… bring on the summertime lazy movie watchin…

- afterimage 37.1 is *almost* done. And I’m sneaking in some new design stuff… we’ll see if it lasts the proofing stage…

See? I don’t have to stomp all over everything I find.

‘If you want me, honey baby,
I’ll be here.’

(been stuck in my head since Sunday)

Title credit: Bob Dylan, Buckets of Rain

The sky’s doin fine, just got dust in his eye.

“But if I lived somewhere else, I’d probably think it was boring as shit.”

{Seth on his Canadiana collection}

Seth – Canada’s Comic-Book Hero – video

Title Credit: Danny Schmidt, Neil Young

Spacesick does Ghost Dad

via suburban sprawl music blog, en route to flickr