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please pray for our marvelous friend, ben. he was badly injured this week in a motorcycle crash and today had an 8-hr surgery to begin repairing a crushed pelvis, fractured knee and fractured foot.

we love him dearly and would move the earth to be with him now if we could.

jeff cain channels what it is to drive the deserted city streets where humidity and heat and melancholia hang precipitously on a moonlit night when the surrealists, led by manray and rose selavy, happened to take a time machine to tomorrow and picked up a discarded new wave cassette tape along the way.

exactly one year ago cain’s ‘deadsnares’ was released as a vinyl-only album. its a beauty, and has just recently been released for download via itunes. i stayed up too late tonight listening to it while staring bleary-eyed out of the window, pining over a heart about to be broken as the streetlight slow-danced across the neighbor’s yard.

happy birthday to my son, marvelous charlie, who turned 1 year old today. his grandpa made him his own wooden motorcycle. he wishes his dad would get the cash and the balls to get his own. uncle marv will be glad to know his first word was “book” (several months ago). his second was “rauschenberg”. here’s his birthday party invitation/poster… happy birthday buddy!

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