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[mybeingthere]

Welcoming the spring with Alexandra Eldridge, a friend who always gives me a feeling of joie de vivre and positivity.

Born of artist parents, received her BA in Art and literature at Ohio University. She then continued her education at Cambridge University, England, Santa Reparata Graphic Workshop in Florence, Italy, Penland College, and most recently The Photographer’s Formulary in Montana. She co-founded an establishment for the arts, Golgonooza, based upon the philosophies of William Blake.

[ladybugmeat]

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The first of the preceding images is a collage of the Franco Manca floor-plan and a Paul-Henri Chombart de Lauwe style plotting of my movements within the span of a week. The plotting displays a whirring triangular circuit between front desk, bar, and kitchen porter. I have taken aesthetic properties from Wyndham Lewis’ BLAST: War Number in order to convey the narrow and mechanical quality of my traversing. With no deviations, only iterations, my activity stands in stark contrast to the whimsical premise of the Dérive. The hand of the Vorticist opposes sentimentality. The serrated edges of the woodcut are designed with sheer violence. Lewis desires to convey an exact quiddity of the modern world. The Vorticist does not pursue simulacra, only aggressive substantiality.

To some degree, the restaurant emulates battle. The serving hatch defines two separate spheres: Front of house and Back of house. The two parties are kept in a state of near conflict. When carrying the collage to photograph at an upstairs window, the pieces reconfigured to form alternative compositions. The two latter images depict the collage’s resultant organisations. Without manipulating the shapes myself, the collage reverted to a vortex.

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PROVOCATION PIZZA : BIN BAG BANALITY

FORMULARY IN THE SPIRIT OF IVAN CHTCHEGLOV

Mierle Laderman Ukeles: Sanitation Celebrations: Grand Finale of the First NYC Art Parade, Part I: The Social Mirror, 1983, garbage collection truck.

I tie the bags, carry them out into the rain, and drop them at the curb. ‘Presented with the alternative of love or a garbage disposal unit, young people of all countries have chosen the garbage disposal unit.’ Whilst maintenance is a fundamental fixture of Capitalism, it is a facet carefully concealed. This heaped street-side installation only appears at night - only at closed-doors.

One Autumn night when the collection truck didn’t show and foxes chewed through the bin bags, the morning’s passersby were enraged. They stopped at the curb, looked down into the spilled contents of chewed crusts and beer bottles, and went online to write their martyred diatribes. Faced with the messy by-product of consumerism, the people responded with pointed fingers. They recognised their reflection in Franco Manca’s glass front but not in the littered gutter.

If a new pizzeria were to be formulated, one might forefront and hijack the establishment’s hidden maintenance and service work. In Chtcheglov’s sardonic tone, I might announce the appointment of a new management team. Staff would no longer serve under the elusive figure of Franco but instead the transparent moniker Frankie - Manky Frankie. Inside the restaurant, entropy would reign supreme. Fungi would grow in thick shelves from the walls but also the tables, stairs, and utensils. Bouts of watercress, spinach, and peas would grow in deep-set, water-logged motes running along each wall.

The menu would solely list produce cultivated and foraged within the restaurant. Neighbourhood rodents must be caught and carved if a customer has a preference for meat. A single septic tank and a simple hydroponic system would keep all nature in balance. The menu would move with the seasons. In winter, the interior’s crop might entirely perish. This would reintroduce the acumen of the hunter-gatherer, a ‘forgotten desire’. Everybody pitches in, society thrives. Customers would no longer sit down to their private dinnertime spectacles but would engage in a situation of invigorating, albeit nauseous, uncertainty.  

Artist Zeger Reyers engages in a near identical form of Situationism. With a desire to humanise the domestic sphere, Rayers planted mycelium within everyday objects. The mushrooms were then prepared and served during the exhibition finissage. Through consuming from the furniture, the objects were reestablished as secondary - as tools and accessories. The furniture became wood, glue, and damp again - No longer confined to the trappings of a feminine realm.

[mobileroids]

Fotografia de gran formato, 20x25 (8x10"), large format photography from Ledicia Audiovisual on Vimeo.

luisplacido.com ledicia.org Lúis Plácido nos muestra como hace y revela por contacto una fotografía en 20x25, todo un arte que cada vez menos gente practica. Datos técnicos: WISTA 8x10 Cherrywood Large Format Field Camera Nikkor-M 450mm F9 lens Sekonic lightmeter Kodak Tri-X pan professional sheet film (expired 1990!!!) ABC PYRO FILM DEVELOPER Weston's Dilution ( PHOTOGRAPHERS' FORMULARY ) Fomalux SP 111 contact FB paper ( FOTO-R3 Spain´s photo supplier) Kodak T-55 selenium toner facebook.com/lediciaaudiovisual

[foma-creature]

the darkroom setup around january -- note the little cow and frog creature

times for foma 100 @ box in HC-110: 8 minutes, 1+63 dilution, invert first 30 seconds continuous then four times at the top of each following minute. arista odorless stop at 1+31 and photographer's formulary TF-5 fixer stock.

[affinityeducation12]

How do mbbs in the Philippines affect your medical career?

As we talk about today's generation nowadays overgrowing or progressing very fast. All the required techniques and facilities provided to the students or an individual by the particular department where he/she is working or studying make successful changes or progress in the respective field. Talking about the education of every field knowledge or curiosity of that particular field needs to be required.

There are so many courses provided in the field of education that enhances the career of an individual in the right direction, especially for those who are looking to do courses like MBA, MBBS, M-Tech, etc. 

Talking about the MBBS course, which provides the doctorate degree to the MBBS course applicants is very much essential for the purpose so that they can treat anyone in the chosen country. So for that, they need to complete their education or get a doctorate degree from highly ranked universities or colleges around the world. There are so many developed countries in the race of being developed provided this degree. Out of these countries, the Philippines is one of those respective countries where candidates can study MBBS outside their country or study MBBS abroad.

While study MBBS abroad especially helps those students who are not satisfied with their country's education system or want to study abroad. It enhances their skills as much as it is in their own country.

MBBS in the Philippines is a combination of BS+MD. The universities are accredited by WHO, NMC, FAIMER, etc. Doing MBBS in Philippines helps those students also who are not financially stable or developed.

Some of the points which tell how MBBS in Philippines is important for financially weak candidates:

a)  MBBS in Philippines fees are the most cost-effective and are paid on an installment basis also. 

b) Affordable living and accommodation expenses.

c) Highly skilled and highly experienced faculty or staff

d) There is no language barrier also for those who study MBBS in Philippines as classes are provided in     the English language also. So, there is no demand to learn the local language.

e) Philippines exports the maximum number of medical graduates in the world.

During the study of MBBS in Philippines,

a) MBBS in Philippines fees: Explaining MBBS in Philippines fees its full program fees start from 19-30 Lakh.

b) To study MBBS in Philippines Entrance Criteria: Minimum 50% score in 10+2/Physics, Chemistry, and Biology as compulsory subjects. Students must qualify NEET exam.

c) Climatic Conditions: Monsoonal(wet-dry)

d) FMGE Passing Rate: 20%

Talking about a few of the best mci approved medical colleges in Philippines, two of them are

a) Bicol Christian College of Medicine (Fees need to be paid: INR 23-24 lakh)

b) University of Perpetual Help System Dalta(Fees is need to be paid: INR 29-30 lakh)

MBBS in Philippines Admission Process

a) Registration

b) Admission

c) Admission Letter/Letter of Recommendation

d) Documentation

e) Letter of Invitation

f) Visa Formularies

g) Ticketing and Departure

For MBBS in Philippines Documents Required

a) Certificate and/or mark sheets showing that candidates have the required percentage in 10+2

b) In case the student has completed graduation before, a certificate showing the same.

c) Letter of the invitation given by the concerned university

d) Passport-size photograph

e) Scorecard of the NEET examination

f) Medical test reports (Covid and HIV)

g) Valid Passport

h) Letter of Admission

So, after completing all the above formalities, a candidate or aspirant is able to start their study in the well-known or one of the highly ranked universities or colleges of the Philippines. By completing their education from these highly rated universities, anywhere in the world they will get placement and be settled. Hence, last but not least for study MBBS abroad especially MBBS in the Philippines is the right place to enhance their career and be settled.

[garyquayphotography]

“Cedar Creek Grist Mill, October 2022” ©2022 Gary L. Quay I was out with the Deardorff at the beginning of October, and we stopped at the Grist Mill to see how the fall foliage was coming along. It was not. This was a late blooming Autumn. Many of the leaves still had not started to turn as of early November. Still, I had some 8x10 film along, and this is the result. I cropped about 1/4 from the bottom of the picture to emphasize the mill. Camera: Deardorff 8x10 Lens: 12" Goerz Dagor Film: Bergger Panchro 400 developed in Photographers Formulary FA-1027. #pnwexplored #deardorff #washingtonexplored #pacificnorthwest #garyquay #cascadiaexplored #washington #onlyinwashington #viewfromhere #YourShotPhotographer #pnwcrew #8x10 #largeformat #viewcamera #cedarcreekgristmill #1889magazine #blackandwhite #filmphotography #film #berggerpanchro400 #goerzoptics (at Woodland, Washington) https://www.instagram.com/p/CkmevBhp0JW/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[entropieogchaos]

Got some new developers to try out. Been using Pyro PMK, so I'm curious to see how the Pyrocat-HD compares; supposed to require less agitation as it doesn't have the tendency to leave bad streaks the way PMK does. Shooting a roll of ISO3200 this weekend with the ol' Box Tengor, so I grabbed some of this Ilford developer to try with that. Thinking the Perceptol might be a good choice. Want to try the Microphen for pushing other film. I've tried several developers over the past few years, but have yet to give Ilford a go. Figured I should since I like their films quite a bit.

[photosyntax-derive]

Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer

Earth Screaming by Esther Iverem

EcoArts on the Palouse (Inspired the idea for this project)

expedition to the chimacloud by Saya Woolfalk

Formulary for a New Urbanism by Ivan Chtcheglov

How To Draw Mushrooms On An Oscilloscope with Sound by Jerobeam Fenderson

How to grow liveable worlds: Ten (not-so-easy) steps for life in the Planthroposcene by Natasha Myers

How to Make a Spore Print by Caine Barlow

Mushroom Bloom Timelapse Set to Trippy Music by subwaysurfer

Notes Towards a Manifesto of the Biotariat by Stephen Collis

Questionnaire on the Psychogeography of Les Halles (Some field exercises inspired from here)

Starter Kit by Phil Smith

Theory of the Dérive (Inspired the idea for this project)

Walking by Linda Hogan

Watering Plants – ASMR by Claudia Paul

All photographs included as part of this project are my own, as are the uncredited poems.

[rlfsoso]

Finally got some raw chemistry from Photographer‘ Formulary. The Xactolux Developer is afaik available only from them, the raw chemistry I will get from local source next time. Next week some mixing of D-23 (divided) probably using Tim Layton’s formula for the accellerator bath. Some sheets with especially high contrast scenes are waiting. #analogphotography #darkroomphotography https://www.instagram.com/p/CKYyQxSHyPp/?igshid=1spdm4f4t1wyy

[editingxpert]

5 Frames… Of pre-US election day 2020 on ILFORD FP4 PLUS (Nikon FE / 35mm Format) – by Todd Shorack

5 Frames… Of pre-US election day 2020 on ILFORD FP4 PLUS (Nikon FE / 35mm Format) – by Todd Shorack

5 Frames… Of pre-US election day 2020 on ILFORD FP4 PLUS (Nikon FE / 35mm Format) – by Todd Shorack When I develop a roll of film, I always look forward to seeing the faces of people I have just met on the street, but masks and street portraiture do not mix well. My self-assignments have been stymied. Still, after ordering a new developer – Photographer’s Formulary FA-1027 – I needed to kick…

[2whatcom-blog]

Diabetes Drug Reduces Kidney Illness, However Might Price You $600 a Month

A standard diabetes drug used to assist management blood sugar ranges has now been discovered to decrease the danger of kidney failure, in keeping with a brand new research. Diabetes is a number one reason for kidney failure. About with diabetes has some type of kidney illness. The brand new research examined the drug canagliflozin, which is bought beneath the model title Invokana, to see if it may decrease the danger of kidney illness when used alongside normal remedies. Specialists welcome this and different medicines that focus on the problems of diabetes, however warn that prime prices could restrict wider entry to those medication.

Drug lowers threat of kidney illness

The research included 4,401 individuals, at the least 30 years of age, with sort 2 diabetes and power kidney illness. Researchers randomly assigned individuals to take both canagliflozin or an inactive placebo. Folks have been handled on common for two 1/2 years. The research was stopped early when outcomes confirmed that the drug was serving to. In comparison with individuals taking the placebo, these on the drug had a 34 % decrease threat of end-stage kidney illness, worsening kidney operate, or loss of life as a consequence of kidney issues. Finish-stage kidney illness included a necessity for dialysis or transplantation, or indicators of kidney failure. Folks taking the drug additionally had a decrease threat of cardiovascular loss of life, coronary heart assault, stroke, and hospitalization as a consequence of coronary heart failure, in comparison with the placebo group. The drug did have some security considerations as nicely. An earlier research of canagliflozin discovered an elevated threat of leg, foot, or toe amputation in individuals taking the drug. The brand new research discovered that this threat -- together with the possibility of bone fractures -- was related for the drug and placebo teams. Nevertheless, the danger of diabetic ketoacidosis was greater in individuals taking the drug in comparison with these taking the placebo. This life-threatening downside happens in individuals with diabetes when the physique breaks down fats too rapidly, inflicting the blood to change into acidic. The research did not embrace individuals with very superior kidney illness or individuals with kidney illness as a consequence of circumstances aside from sort 2 diabetes. Extra analysis might be wanted to find out if the drug can cut back the danger of kidney illness in these teams. The outcomes have been printed April 14 in The New England Journal of Medication. The research was funded by the drug's producer, Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson. Most of the authors of the paper work for or seek the advice of for the corporate.

Medical doctors cautiously optimistic of outcomes

Over the previous couple a long time, diabetes remedy has shifted past simply controlling blood glucose ranges with insulin photographs, food plan, and train. "The prevention or delay of progression of complications and preservation of quality of life are goals of diabetes treatment," stated Dr. Lorena Wright, an endocrinologist with UW Medication in Seattle, who wasn't concerned within the research. "This requires glucose control but also renal and cardiovascular risk reduction." Medication like canagliflozin are a part of this new strategy to remedy. It is an SGLT2 inhibitor, which lowers blood glucose by rising the quantity of glucose that the kidneys do away with within the urine. Wright stated this research confirms the rising proof that SGLT2 inhibitors have protecting results on the kidneys. Different docs welcome medicines to deal with the problems of diabetes. "It is of tremendous value to have a drug option which may not only preserve, but also improve kidney function," stated Dr. Minisha Sood, an endocrinologist at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York Metropolis, who wasn't concerned within the new research. Dr. Theodore Unusual, affiliate chair of medication at Staten Island College Hospital in Staten Island, New York, identified that canagliflozin may cut back the variety of individuals with diabetes needing dialysis. Nevertheless, he stated ongoing follow-up of this and related medication might be wanted to make sure that their advantages are sustainable. "I'm always cautiously optimistic with these kind of results," stated Unusual, who wasn't concerned within the research.

Folks with diabetes face massive out-of-pocket prices

Wright stated sadly entry to new medicines for treating diabetes problems are for probably the most half restricted by price. Invokana prices about $500 to $600 a month in the USA, with no cheaper generic model accessible. Out-of-pocket prices for sufferers will range relying on their insurance coverage. Some plans, although, could not even cowl this drug. Caremark, a pharmacy profit supervisor for a lot of insurance policy, just lately eliminated Invokana from its drug formulary. Meaning individuals on these plans wanting to make use of this drug could find yourself paying the total worth. Folks with diabetes have already got excessive medical bills, spending about $16,750 per yr on medical bills, in keeping with a current research -- $9,600 of that is straight associated to diabetes. On prime of this, they've needed to take care of the skyrocketing worth and for insulin. Folks with out insurance coverage are hardest hit by the price of medicines. However even sufferers with insurance coverage could not have the ability to afford the copays for insulin and medicines they're taking for diabetes and its problems. In consequence, "Patients may skip medications or simply may not be able to afford them," stated Wright. Sood stated the hope is that "more meaningful data, such as this new study, will improve insurance coverage for this and similar medications." Higher protection of medicines to deal with the problems of diabetes may assist make a dent in the price of diabetes-related kidney illness. In 2011, this reached virtually , simply amongst Medicare enrollees. "Coverage for these medications will reduce costly complications, such as dialysis and hospitalizations," stated Wright, "and will lower morbidity and mortality rates." Read the full article

[pharmaphorumuk]

Amazon hires surgeon to lead US healthcare revolution

Amazon, Berkshire Hathaway and JP Morgan Chase aim to revolutionise the US healthcare system with a new company – and have hired respected surgeon and writer Atul Gawande to head the operation.

The three companies made waves in January when they formed a joined venture that aims to cut costs in the US healthcare system, which they argue is too expensive and is damaging economic progress.

Gawande (pictured above) practices general and endocrine surgery at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts, and at Harvard Medical School.

He is also executive director of Ariadne Labs, a joint centre for health systems innovation, and chairman of Lifebox, a non-profit organisation dedicated to making surgery safer globally.

Details are sketchy about how the new non-profit company will develop its new, leaner healthcare model are unclear, and the choice to hire Atul Gawande as CEO is the first indication of the direction of travel.

There is widespread speculation that the Amazon joint venture will attempt to cut out the “middle man” in the US drug prescription and reimbursement system.

In the US, pharmacy benefit managers have taken on the role of running formularies for insurance companies, and removing this link in the chain and doing deals with wholesalers and manufacturers is one way the company could reduce costs.

When the joint venture was first announced shares fell in pharmacy benefit managers such as CVS Health Corp and Express Scripts because of concerns, given the disruptive influence that Amazon has had in other industries such as retail.

Reuters reported that Leerink Partners analyst Ana Gupte said that the appointment suggests that the coalition is not just looking at the “drug value chain” in isolation, but at the overall healthcare system across payers and providers.

This tallies with the views expressed in Gawande’s writing in the New Yorker magazine – in this article he explores the American attitude towards health, and how the benefits of a healthcare system can be more widely shared in society.

Gawande speaks of the “generations-old error of yoking health care to jobs” – suggesting that the kind of reform he would like to see extends far beyond tinkering with the drug prescription system in the US.

Photograph: Amar Karodkar

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Manus medical team to stay on after detention centre closes

Refugees and asylum seekers on Manus will be required to ‘self-manage’ their medications during the transition. Photograph: Refugee Action Coalition/AFP/Getty Images

The healthcare provider for Australia’s offshore processing regime, International Health and Medical Services has been contracted by the Papua New Guinean government to stay beyond the closure of the Manus Island detention centre at the end of the month.

Under the recently signed contract IHMS will continue providing healthcare to refugees – who are expected to settle in the PNG community – and non-refugees in Lorengau and in Port Moresby, but it is not known how long for.

PNG’s general healthcare system is in crisis, with reported shortages of medication across multiple regions, including Manus province.

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Source: Manus medical team to stay on after detention centre closes

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Carbon printing workshop with Don Nelson, July 11-16, The Photographers' Formulary, Montana, USA

In the attached pdf is all background for Don’s Carbon workshop in July, from July 11 to July 16. The unusual nature of the Formulary with its three darkrooms, each with a dedicated purpose in the Carbon process, makes it possible to teach in hands-on fashion the various stages of highly demanding Carbon Printing. Carbon Printing requires many steps, all of which must be accomplished in specific…

[garyquayphotography]

“Sherman County, Oregon” . ©2021 Gary L. Quay I had the Twirly Camera out to Sherman County, Oregon a few weeks ago. There was some interesting lighting, and a lot of wind. I accidentally rated this film as 400 ASA, thinking that it was Rollei RPX 400. I made a correction in the darkroom, and it seems to have solved the problem. Camera: Noblex 06/150 Lens: 50mm Tessar Film: Ilford FP4+ Developed in Photographers Formulary FA-1027. #pnwexplored #noblex #oregonexplored #twirlycamera #pacificnorthwest #garyquay #cascadiaexplored #oregon #onlyinoregon #viewfromhere #YourShotPhotographer #pnwcrew #myoregon #twirlycamera #film #filmphotography #ilfordphoto #mediumformat (at Wasco, Oregon) https://www.instagram.com/p/CYQV7qsLdEV/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sinceileftyoublog]

Sir Richard Bishop Interview: Scattered

Photo by Alan Bishop

BY JORDAN MAINZER

Experimental singer-songwriter, composer, Sun City Girl, world traveler. Sir Richard Bishop listens and channels influences from all over on his first new album in five years, Oneiric Formulary, out April 17th on Drag City. Taking the same approach he did for Polytheistic Fragments, his drag city debut, Bishop employs a different sound for almost every track, inspired by music from a wide array of nations. There’s the atonal, shrieking opener “Call to Order”, flamenco meets surf rock of “Mit’s Linctus Codeine Co.”, baroque stylings of the appropriately titled “Renaissance Nod”, creepy “Graveyard Wanderers”, and country strummed “Enville”, among others. It’s all quintessential Bishop, using his guitar to conjure exactly what the title suggests, a certain dream-like state.

Bishop answered some questions over email about his approach to making Oneiric Formulary. Read his responses below, edited for length and clarity.

Since I Left You: Why was it time to replicate the approach to Polytheistic Fragments on Oneiric Formulary? Richard Bishop: I had been working with a lot of different material that was a bit scattered as far as any identifiable themes or genres were concerned. A fair amount of that material was much more experimental and didn’t involve using a guitar. And though I had several solo guitar pieces ready for a record, I didn’t want the entire record to be that way. The previous album I did (Tangier Sessions) was all solo guitar, and it was done with one very particular instrument which had one particular sound or tone. The album before that (The Freak of Araby) featured mainly electric guitar, and while it wasn’t solo guitar (except for one song), it focused on one specific genre of music. So, the combination of solo guitar material with a few things a little more abstract and other odds and ends seemed to be the way to go for this one.

SILY: How did you decide what genres, aesthetics, or instruments to explore? RB: With the exception of the guitar pieces, it was somewhat random. Many of my recent sound experiments were originally designed to be used with some short films I have been working on, so the instrumentation varied quite a bit. There was a lot of piano and other keyboard instruments, as well as a midi controller which could produce a nearly unlimited array of sounds. Field recordings of mine were also thrown into the mix. What ended up on the new album was a small fraction of what I had gathered or assembled, but they somehow seemed to fit. SILY: How did you come up with the titles to the songs? Some seem to be more literal or representative of what's in the song, whereas others evoke something more abstract.

RB: Nowadays, I care less about song titles matching what the music sounds like. So yes, some seem to fit well, and others maybe not so much. It often gets to the point where because of deadlines you just scramble at the last minute to come up with titles without giving it much thought or worrying about it at all. In the end, the song title doesn’t really matter; its the music that’s important. SILY: What's the inspiration behind the video to "Celerity"? RB: I’m not sure there was any real inspiration involved. Due to the ever-increasing rise of short attention spans these days, it’s a good idea to give people something to look at in order to hold their attention, hopefully until the end of the song. It isn’t always easy for me to come up with the right visual to represent what people are hearing in the song. I have a lot of film footage from my many travels over the years, and I always try to source my own material before having somebody else make a video for me. So with the song “Celerity”, since the word relates to the idea of speed or velocity, I wanted to have something that moved at the same pace as the music. I stumbled upon this footage of a puppet show that I filmed many years ago, and with some creative editing and speed adjustments, it ended up complimenting the music in a pretty decent way. SILY: Thinking about the album title: Is there anything particularly dream-like to you about the record?

RB: Yes, but probably not in a way that would make sense to anybody else. Three of the pieces were certainly inspired by dreams I had, but that’s a very personal thing. Each song could easily represent a dream-like state if I let my imagination run with it. But it really doesn’t matter. It’s just an unusual album title.

SILY: What's the inspiration behind the album art? RB: I was searching through some of my old photographs, and I just happened to be a bit enamored with this particular photo. It was ambiguous, mysterious, and somewhat creepy at the same time. I spent a lot of time just staring at it, and it seemed to communicate with me as if it was alive. It was obvious to me that this was the one to use. Then I had Kate Widdows, a designer I have worked with on many occasions, take it from there. She gave the album a full antiquarian treatment, which was perfect, since I also work in the rare book trade. I am very happy with how it turned out. SILY: Are you playing these songs live? If so, how are you approaching them?

RB: The solo guitar pieces I will perform for sure, even though each one is in a different guitar tuning. Some of the others may require a bit of trickery in order to make them work. I’m trying to figure out the correct approaches on these. There are a couple of pieces that I don’t think I could do at all without help from others. But we’ll see how it all plays out. SILY: What's next for you? RB: Tour plans are in the works for the U.S. and for Europe in order to promote the new album. I will also being doing a handful of shows with Alan Bishop and Chris Corsano later this year (under the name The Clandestine Trio). I am hoping to hook up again soon with Chris and Ben Chasny in order to record a new Rangda record. And, I will continue to work on new solo recording projects. It will be a busy year. SILY: Is there anything you've been listening to, reading, or watching lately that's caught your attention? RB: No, not a damn thing!