takemehome issue #2: cast of strangers

so the second issue of takemehome, called 'cast of strangers', has just been made, photocopied and enveloped. i'll take 'em out of my room and into coffee shops and record stores sometime this week. it has been a nice outlet for my compulsive desires of letter-writing of late.

second on the agenda is to tell you all to visit http://www.dreamdamage.com/. it's an online music distribution run by these two guys at the ANU, who set it up to support and encourage local music. there are some really great bands on there - my picks are Jonny Telafone, Golden Buoy and The Fighting League. they're all about DIY ethic and stuff. i think i love it.

ah, other news?


here's a picture of a Chinese space baby.






it's one of my all-time favourite images, from this website: http://www.iisg.nl/landsberger/csp.html which has all these amazing propaganda posters of the Chinese Space Program. they're so creepily beautiful.

screaming genie

i went on an op-shop hunt a few weeks ago, and stumbled across this board game.

Screaming Genie: The frantic 3-D race game with the SCREAMING SOUND.

is it just me, or does this game market itself as evoking emotions opposite to those you want to experience in your leisure time. that, and the graphics look completely horrifying. i think maybe this game provided a source of those terrifying childhood memories for some poor kid. everyone seems to have at least one weird childhood memory where maybe they were just too young to process what was going on. one of the most vivid of these for me was watching a video of some cartoons that someone taped for us. my brother and i used to watch this cartoon all the time about some poor Russian boy called Julio who lost his father, and goes searching for him in a snow storm for Christmas. that shit stays with you.

takemehome, issue #1: MODERATION

hey there,
so i just made a little zine which will be hitting the streets tomorrow. they come in the form of a letter, inside horrible Black and Gold envelopes that i bought for cheap and hate because they're crap. this is the age-old problem for me. i'm attracted to cheap. my friend recently gave me the advice that i should always opt for the second-cheapest product. guaranteed success.

i'm trying to bring letters back. i bought stamps and (nice) envelopes the other week, and have so far only sent two. i remain optimistic.


good day, sir/madam.