10E2637: That Archives Conference Look

Pumped like a Reebok sneaker - to be headed to an archives conference next week. An ultimate “worlds collide”... The ICA Section on Business Archives conf' references (NPI) my day job as I&E Librarian for DAM Image Relay, but even better it is being held at Levis with a stacked '10engines' style attendees list from Carhartt, Red Wing and more. Basically required to wear this Troy Mills blanket lined Type III jacket I found at the Thirty Attic (VT) about 30 years ago. hashtag#uniform hashtag#damlibrarian

10E2636: Combi Gingham

Jumpsuit tied at the waist.  Yup. From OMIL; "There's no such things as a bad gingham shirt. This is just science."  Haha 100%. Give me 2 ginghams and double your fun.  via Strato. 

10E2635: Wood's

James Wood & Sons, established 1890. Barber shop in Edinburgh, Scotland. Services schoolboys to skinheads. Heavy reliance on the clippers. I def make a point when travelling to visit a local barber, but haven't been here for over 25 years. Looks to have barely changed...

10E2634: The Lighthouse

Filmed in 35mm B&W in an old timey aspect ration, Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson star in The Lighthouse, from director Robert Eggers (The Witch). In Theaters October 18. 'American Gothic' filmed in Nova Scotia for coast of late 19th C Maine. Heavy nautical vibes.   They read from
Sarah Orne Jewett [I bet County of the Pointed Firs? - ed] for dialect inspo - some speaking parts of that pretty thick...

10E2633: Amanda Winterhalter - Gothic Americana Tunes

To quote my jazz singing sister in-law "Amanda Winterhalter. You might like her stuff too; she's working on getting her second album out." 

Also Mountain Man are playing at Seattle's Crocodile (The Croc to the locals apparently) next Tuesday.  Get tickets.

10E2632: Book Sale | Acton, MA | June 1

My volunteer gig is for a local "friends" group that has a unique function - not only granting raised money to the local town library [natch' - ed.], but also to every.single.school.library in town (there are 6 elementaries including the one in the town over), plus the jr high and high school libraries too. Pretty neat.

Just like your home town library book sale the materials sold are donated by residents - and gotta say this sale is stacked. Silly. Stocked to the gills. This is Acton (Massachusetts) not far from Walden Pond.  20 minutes from Alewife off the Concord rotary. Next Saturday. Come by.

 Hat tip to our high school volunteers who help us sort and carry all year round.