The Mountain Fold

Announcing the Banjo In Fridge Project

To submit you images you must place a banjo in a refrigerator and take a picture.

For all of you who would like to participate the “Banjo in Fridge” photo collection is now accepting submissions, please send your pictures to:

banjoinfridge@gmail.com

Kudos to the person who can get the most banjos in one fridge.

If you do not have a banjo, you can always borrow one from a friend or your local music shop. If you do not have a fridge, the same applies (check the back room). If you do not have a camera, you can draw a picture of a banjo in a fridge (blue ink please).

While living in Iowa this summer I was glad to stumble upon the great Hobo Days. The events was located in Britt, Iowa and the lasted form August 6 to 10th.

The Convention has been held since 1900, marking this the 108th year. Each night there was music at “The Jungle” where all of the HOBO’s stayed.

Below you will find some of the songs that were performed, alongside some pictures. For more information on the convention check the following links.

HOBO.com | HOBO days FAQ

Click on the plus sign to listen to the audio:

Boomer Bob and Mama Pipes - Let Me Ride Your Train

Jeff - Train Slowing

West Hill Jack and Cherokee - Oceania Roll

Serenity Sisters - House of the Lord Will upload a better mp3s later not sure what happened here!

(when I was trying to find the title of this song, google found this, click the audio button) ((looks like the song takes some inspiration from Psalm 122:1))

*note I am not sure about the titles and artist of these songs, the Rose Tattoo song only features two of the members fixed, is is boomer bob and his wife Mama Pipes, but I am not sure of the name of the song so I took some liberty in naming it. Jeff was what he was called onto stage with, and he did not title his song. Also “The Newly Weds” is not a band name I lost their name in the Hobo Jungle, but they did get married at the convention so that is how they are identified here. Fixed they are West Hill Jack and Cherokee.

I started a photo journal of interesting things that I see in Iowa. The subject matter changes, it’s basically a collection of things that you should look at that I have already seen. Also I am working on a wind farm, so you will see lots of photos relating to the construction of wind turbines.

One photo is published each day starting 7/8/08. I plan keeping this until the end of August, or until I run out of Iowa photos. Check back every once in awhile to see what you are missing by not living in Iowa for the summer. Link HERE

Thanks to Crystal for the Iowa a Day logo!

Over the course of one week my eye care got quite out of hand. I received corneal transplant surgery on my right eye and a new type of hard contact (scleral lens) in the left.Below you can see all of the drops and auxiliary equipment used to keep my eyes  together.

Starting in the Front, Left to Right: contact case, tape for eye patch, different tape for eye patch, large eye plunger for scleral lens insertion, small suction cup in case for removal of scleral lens, eye patch worn at night to prevent sleep eye scratching,

Back Row, Left to Right: Soap, preservative free* saline, conditioning solution, cleaning solution, backup cleaning solution, synthetic tears, steroid, antibiotic, and finally protein solution.

Yea!

There is now a gallery of some of the prints that I did in 2008.

Inside you will find several different techniques (Screen, Intaglio, Lithography, and Relief). Also the stories behind each image created and some pictures of the process that went into making each them.

Prints By Paul Sobczak

The Fargo Zombie Pub Crawl is coming on May 10th!!

So grab your zombie costume or make one and come on out.

The initery is as follows

2:00 -3:00 Gathering in Island park (around the gazebo)
3:00 Duffy’s
4:00 Sports Bar
5:00 Rooters
6:00 Sidestreet
7:00 the Bismarck
8:00 the Empire
9:00 Dempsey’s
10:00 the Aquarium

Zombie Pub Crawl Concludes with:

Lucha Libre Label Release Party with
~Green Green Yellow Blue
~Manchester Buldge
~OKFox
~the Blue Fairy Godmothers
~Console Enemy
~Lava Proof Boots
~GhostHandPunch

21+ ID
Cost : ZOMBIES GET IN FREE!!
(everyone else $3)
show starts at 9:30 at the Aquarium

Check out ZombieFargo.com for more info and other stuff like a picture of George Bush sucking the brains out of a child.

Slip and Fall, Don’t be Opposed to Mistakes (4/29/08)
1. Two Gallants - Steady Rollin’
2. Tunng - The Pioneers
3. Carol Batton - Intro
4. Kathy Smith - It’s taking so Long
5. The Pipettes - Guess Who Ran Off With The Milkman
6. The Go! Team - We Just Won’t Be Defeated
7. Psapp - Needle and Thread
8. Cibo Matto - Sugar Water

9. Jose Gonzales - Cycling Trivialities
10. Akron/Family - Don’t Be Afraid, You’re Already Dead
11. Juana Molina - Rio Seco
12. The Castanetes - Westbound, Blue
13. Woelv - La Petite Cane dans la Nappe de Pétrole
14. Alina Simone - Saw Edged Grass
15. Woelv - Tout Seul dans la Forêt en Plein Jour
16. Los Campesinos - You! Me! Dancing
17. Tiny Vipers - Swastika
18. The Gunshy - Last Songs Download
19. Man Man - track one
20. Man Man - track two

I am not sure what is going on with the audio recording, I was listening to some of the older downloads and there seems to be some sort of channel modulation that causes each channel to change volume rapidly, the effect is almost un-listenable. I am trying to get it fixed in the mean time you can fool around here, or check out this website.

Resonating Pipes and Generation of Heat Through Endothermic Reactions (4/22/08)

1.The Late Cord - The Late Cord
2.William Basinski - Because
3.Lady and Bird - The Morning After
4.Jaga Jazzist - I have a ghost, now what?
5.Juana Molina - Cúrame
6.Laura Veirs - The Ballad of John Vogelia
7.Mary Heekin - Lord Randolf (and interview)
8. Fleetwood Mac - The Ledge
9. Oh No! Oh My! - Walk in The park
10. Crooked Still - Last Fair Deal Gone Down
11. Sons and Daughters - Monsters
12. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds - Dig, Lazaurs, Dig
13. Infusion - Daylight Hours
14. Eddie - Pode Me Chamar
15. The Gossip - Coal to Diamonds (Live)
16. The Gossip - Jealous Girls (Live)
17. Bell Orchestre - Recording a Tunnel (The Horns Play Underneath the Canal)
18. Joanna Newsom -Peach, Plum, Pear
19. Jens Lekman - When I Said I Wanted to be Your Dog
Audio Coming on Thursday… thanks for waiting The audio is bad!

About the Corner and Round the Table (4/15/08)

1. Bon Iver - The Wolves Part I and II
2. Bon Iver - Blindsided
3. Nina Nastasia - Our Day Trip
4. El Perro Del Mar - Jubilee
5. Rio En Medio - You Can’t Stand
6. Rio En Medio - Heaven is High
7. Under Byen - Den Her Sang Handlerom at Faa Det Bedste Ud Af Det
8. Seekonk - Air
9. My Brightest Diamond - Live in Austin (new track)
10. Awry - Youkali
11. Amy Annelle - Idano
12. Herman Dune - Wish That I could See You Soon
13. Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Cursed Sleep
14. (the real) Tuesday Weld - Dreaming of You
15. Alias and Ehren - Lillian
16. Amiina - Ammælis
17. Jenny Lewis and the Watson Twins - Melt Your Heart
18. Jorane - Pour Gabrielle
19. Neko Case - I Wish I Was The Moon
20. Mia Doi Todd - What if We Do?
21. Palodine - Scar
22. Isobel Campbell - Over The Wheat And The Barley
23. Annbjørg Lien - Excerpt from Aja
24. Origami Arkitka - fjellmannjaenta
25. Brightblack Morning Light - a track off of their self titled album, Forgot which one!

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The first part in a collection of mixes called My Collection. The mixes will take a look at some of the music that I have in my musical collection. For the first installment April 2008, I have included stuff from the following artists as well as some field recordings.

In no particular order:

Kim Chi, They Might Be Giants, Mia Doi Todd, Nick Cave, Bowerbirds, 2 Hawaiian tracks, the outer rim of a vinyl record, some Bozoo the Clown track, Daniel Johnston, Man Man, A live Go! team track, an old Folk song, Jim Noir, and some others.

Have fun with this one guys!

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-Paul