The White Archer is a gumby

[imomus]

I played my little show at the Belleville launch party in the role of The White Archer, my new alter ego. But when I got home and looked at the pictures, I suddenly realised that The White Archer looks like... like... like a gumby. Oh no, my brain hurts!

Right after the Belleville show a bunch of us scooted round the corner to see Anne Laplantine performing at the record store Staalplaat. It was a kind of live Summerisle: Anne played simple guitar parts, kicking a digital delay foot pedal to capture and loop and build phrases, and playing voices, some of them mine, over the top. The results were lovely; what can I say, Anne Laplantine is a genius transported in from the Middle Ages to weave spells of ancient magic with modern technology. One day the whole world will celebrate her; in the meantime it's just you and me. Here's a rough bootleg of some of the concert:

Anne Laplantine live at Staalplaat (4.57MB mono mp3 file, 9.58 minutes)

Comments

[theilybinilwys.livejournal.com]

Speaking of said eyepatch, did you get the favicons I emailed to you?

eyepatch followup questions: how many do you have? do you hold on to them forever or auction them off as you get sick of them? do you generally make them out of things, or have someone else do it, or usually find them as-is? if the former two, what is the creation process?

forbive the badgering, but I'm sure you know how enchanting an unexplored textile arena can be.

[imomus.livejournal.com]

Yes, thanks for those favicons, I'm sure the dick one will show up somewhere sometime...

How many eyepatches do I have? There must be between ten or twenty 'active' ones. When they get manky and tangled and smelly I chuck them out. Japanese women make them for me. But I take part in the design process: the last batch was made from purses bought in Yokohama Chinatown, some fancy silk designs, some more like shower curtains... Another recent batch was made with felt from a department store in Osaka. The great breakthrough recently has been transparent knicker elastic for the straps. This keeps its shape much better than normal elastic (which tends to loosen over time), is transparent and surprisingly resilient. And it's rather nice to walk around feeling like you've got a pair of panties over your head.