the reality tunnel

So I was ranting in the lobby at Bullwinkles, and the person I was talking to said, “If it wasn’t for IU, Bloomington would be another Spencer”.  This is completely true.  The same thing that makes Bloomington a frustrating place in the years since I’ve moved here is also what has made it pretty sweet [...]

Midwest Pages to Prisoners Project: Mylo Roze will be interviewing representatives of Citizen’s for Effective Justice on tonight’s (8/29) interchange program on WFHB. Mylo writes: Rev. Hal Taylor & Vid Beldavs, the President & Secretary (respectively) of Citizens for Effective Justice, an advocacy group for prisoners in Monroe County Jail that started up in reaction [...]

Someone just sent us this flickr set which contains this photo that I really like.  It’s from this day when we played three shows in one day around New York City.  This show was in the basement of a house in a suburb just north of the city. Link

I distinctly remember my parents once getting mad at me and saying something like, “the whole world doesn’t revolve around you.”  The thing that I hate about visiting friends in Williamsburg, Brooklyn is that when I’m there, this idea of the world not revolving around me, or at least, people like me, just doesn’t ring [...]

The Von Lee Theater on Kirkwood Ave. in Bloomington is getting turned into an upscale bar/restaurant, maybe some offices. With a lot of development, I think there’s always this horrified idle speculation that feels like an urban legend when it comes to understanding what it is that’s being developed. For a long time, there was [...]

This is how I wish the conversation would have ended … There are the things that you see in the world that you just hate.  We hate them because they are ugly – an ugly way for people to treat each other, ugly things to value given so many more beautiful options, and we hate [...]

I really enjoyed this show. Cathy set it up and it just felt like a nice time. I stopped by the show in between working on a bike at the Community Bike Project to try to help them get ready for the fall rush. Neil Cain – Are You Ready? Neil Cain – The Suffering [...]

I updated the new_order form so that textbooks from MBS and Nebraska are automatically entered in as used: Private Sub Form_BeforeInsert(Cancel As Integer) Me.datestamp = Now() If Me.distributor = “MBS Textbook Exchange” Or Me.distributor = “Nebraska Book Company” Then Me.book_state = “Used” Else Me.book_state = “New” End If Me.status = “On Order” If IsNull(Me.Order_date.Value) Then [...]

Prisoners Shift Gears at the Indiana Department of Correction: Commissioner J. David Donahue is pleased to announce another exciting work skills development program that will benefit offenders and communities. The Department of Correction is partnering with The Bicycle Garage Indy, and Volunteers of America to collect donated bicycles from the general public and refurbish them [...]