The big day of the election. Wasn’t able to go early since I had to do a little shopping, and I saw a few familiar faces in the supermarket who talked about politics, but ended up going there later in the night. I went down w/ Bev after work. Here is the ballot sheet.
Ballot sheet for Northampton 2009 election
Robin is gonna vote for whom?
One of the old guys @ the senior center notice I had a camera and called to “Florence” or “Dot” or whoever to watch me. I ended up seeing Robin on my way out. She wanted me to photograph her voting but I was trying to be inconspicuous. Above is a photo of her checking in. We’ll see who wins this one.
Segue to Wednesday morning….
Well, Higgins won again, as I heard from my grandmother. I also heard Gene Tacy on the news discussing the Landfill vote: Yes 3,107 – No 5, 482 (Tacy woke me up @ 7:30pm).
Landfill sign in closet
Here is an old Landfill sign I picked up during one of the protests. I keep it in Mimi’s litter box closet. Beside it is a painting I did of the mayor as Joey Ramone performing @ the Transperformance: Look Punk.
The Ventures - TV and movie themes
Grasshopper (soundtrack)
Went downtown to Turn It Up and picked up a copy of The Ventures doing TV and movie themes. It doesn’t say anything about it on the back or front, but w/ titles like “Hawaii Five-O,” Mission: Impossible” and “The Good, The Bad and The Ugly” you know what the rest will be. There’s also a version of “No Matter What Shape (You’re Stomach’s In)” which sounds identical to The T-Bones one. I also picked up the soundtrack to the film The Grasshopper just for the cover and insert design.
The day @ the job was quiet and lonely. No one showed up so I was working by myself trying to get some jobs finished ASAP. No focus today since I need life around me to work — most of the time.
Bardsley's headquarters no more
During my break I took some pictures of the old Michael Bardsley headquarters. Everything is down. I saw a guy loading some signs in the back of a truck on my way back to work. Very close and what an interesting race that was.
Mary Clare Higgins wins
After work I headed back to the supermarket to pick up the paper, but they were sold out. I had to get it out of one of those newspaper boxes by the liquor store. Here it is. I notice Sue Stubbs, the CEO of Servicenet, is congratulating Clare on her win. There’s the famous sculptress Lu Stubbs (Sue’s mother) with the white curly hair on the left.
Here’s a video I found on YouTube, part of my subscription updates. A Clare Higgins post-election chat conducted by the Daily Hampshire Gazette. Wish the sound was a little louder, people.
Ellery Eskelin - Green Bermudas
Hung out w/ Niles for a bit, listening to a few CDs. I wasn’t in the mood for anything poppy so I decided to put on Ellery Eskelin’s Green Bermudas. I’ve been listening to this for @ a week now. My favorite track is “Mary Jane’s Dilemma.” I remember talking to record producer/music critic Byron Coley about this album, who told me he produced this CD on his Eremite label. Eskelin is the son of “song-poem” musician Rodd Keith.
Rodd Keith Eskelin
I also put on Anthony Braxton’s “3 compositions of new jazz.” Niles really loved this one. I showed him some of the diagrams Braxton uses for naming his compositions. He doesn’t list them by names, just as symbols and figures.
The night ended w/ another show-and-tell of scrapbooks and Flickr pages. I haven’t done art for awhile but I showed Niles some of the past stuff. Eventually it will all be seen, when I have the courage and energy to scan, upload and post. Until next time.
Tags: clare higgins, day in the life, election, northampton ma, pop culture
