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May 25, 2006

 

save gas (or Warren Oates' America)

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } save gas, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. everything in faux-Galax looks just like this...
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May 21, 2006

 

ode to a dead medium

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } ode to a dead medium, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. the set up is pretty, even if the results are often ugly...
Posted by xtop at 03:45 AM | Comments (0)
 


May 12, 2006

 

through a glass, drunkly

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } through a glass, drunkly, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. Reposting for posterity's sake. I can't even remember what I said the first time I posted this, but I think it accurately represents my point of view while on vacation. Golden, fuzzy and through vast amounts of liquor....
Posted by xtop at 08:56 PM | Comments (0)
 


April 26, 2006

 

the greatest stencil ever

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } m y t h, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. finally, graffiti is awesome and educational...
Posted by xtop at 10:33 PM | Comments (1)
 


April 22, 2006

 

buildings on buildings

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } buildings on buildings, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. I always forget what it was like, to be totally swallowed up by infrastructure....
Posted by xtop at 10:36 PM | Comments (1)
 


April 19, 2006

 

across the bar

weird hybrid post from Flickr, 'scuse the shoddiness .flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } My new must-drink-there stop when in Chicago is The Edgewater, which is not only the best designed bar I've been to in a long while (a bar that you can actually sit at all the way around but once you're...
Posted by xtop at 10:57 PM | Comments (2)
 


April 16, 2006

 

me in the bean

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } me in the bean, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. going back in July, it seems...
Posted by xtop at 03:35 PM | Comments (0)
 


April 14, 2006

 

the parents' permission slips

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the parents' permission slips, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
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April 12, 2006

 

alpha column

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } alpha column, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. it's a lot of conflict and nights on the floor and bad scenes and worse breakfasts...
Posted by xtop at 11:31 PM | Comments (0)
 


March 22, 2006

 

old wheels in the river liffey

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } liffey bike 13, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. when i'm stuck for momentum, I automatically type out the phrase "the end of the world"...
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March 21, 2006

 

hugz

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } hugz, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. it's a good life, if you don't weaken...
Posted by xtop at 12:34 AM | Comments (0)
 


March 17, 2006

 

half full

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } half full, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. troubled sleep, packed timetable, tired, unfocused, slightly determined...
Posted by xtop at 06:50 AM | Comments (1)
 


March 10, 2006

 

the straggler

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the straggler, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. enlightenment eludes me for now...
Posted by xtop at 03:07 PM | Comments (1)
 


March 05, 2006

 

ask

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } ask, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. Productive day. Sleep is my enemy....
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March 01, 2006

 

swipe

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } swipe, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. February feels like April around here....
Posted by xtop at 11:18 PM | Comments (0)
 


February 24, 2006

 

half moon teeth

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } half moon teeth, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. analog inspires analog...
Posted by xtop at 01:51 AM | Comments (0)
 


February 23, 2006

 

best 4 out of 5

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } best 4 out of 5, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. My head wound flaked off like a sunburn; only, you know, if the sun was my bathroom floor....
Posted by xtop at 01:27 AM | Comments (0)
 


February 22, 2006

 

is it wrong to feel bad that you're not blogging?

Hi, hi, sorry about that. Hi, internet. I feel sort of bad that I haven't posted anything in forever. Like that's something I should be shameful about. I guess I should, because the more I don't post, the fewer entries show up here and the sadder it all seems, in the scheme of the great big tapestry of sad I'm fond of. I'm still photographing for the Pitch, which has provided for...
Posted by xtop at 11:52 PM | Comments (2)
 


February 07, 2006

 

two bros

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } two bros, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
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February 06, 2006

 

thinkin' about the subway

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } thinkin' about the subway, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
Posted by xtop at 01:16 AM | Comments (2)
 


January 16, 2006

 

the hobo's medicine chest

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the hobo's medicine chest, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
Posted by xtop at 11:54 PM | Comments (0)
 


January 09, 2006

 

day the first

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } day the first, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. from the first page of the Decameron...
Posted by xtop at 11:07 AM | Comments (2)
 


January 07, 2006

 

pretty little crucifi, all in a row

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pretty little crucifi, all in a row, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
Posted by xtop at 12:19 PM | Comments (0)
 


December 29, 2005

 

the truckers of america keep it frighteningly real

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } the truckers of america keep it frighteningly real, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl. As promised....
Posted by xtop at 07:24 PM | Comments (2)
 


December 24, 2005

 

magical thinking

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } magical thinking, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
Posted by xtop at 02:59 AM | Comments (1)
 


December 22, 2005

 

rooted

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } rooted, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
Posted by xtop at 08:28 PM | Comments (0)
 


December 17, 2005

   


December 15, 2005

 

pointy pointy

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } pointy pointy, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
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December 12, 2005

 

wobbly lights and blue flames

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } wobbly lights and blue flames, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
Posted by xtop at 01:57 AM | Comments (0)
 


December 10, 2005

 

dinner for none

.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } dinner for none, originally uploaded by xtopalopaquetl....
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November 13, 2005

 

a silent prayer

On my way home from the Taxidermy....
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July 26, 2005

   


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June 16, 2005

 

the hawk of floors 6 and 7

This is our pet bird at work. He likes to hang, chill, peep the scene, you know how we do....
Posted by xtop at 09:00 PM | Comments (0)
 


May 06, 2005

 

330

photos uploaded to Flickr. Including the Shellac show I went to at noon on a Saturday in Chicago....
Posted by xtop at 10:48 AM | Comments (1)
 


April 28, 2005

 

late to the party

I'm now on Flickr. So, this site should go back to being word-heavy any day now. Anyone else on there I haven't linked virtual arms with yet?...
Posted by xtop at 02:42 PM | Comments (0)
 


April 26, 2005

 

dank, dark, doom and gloom

actual, genuine content coming soon....
Posted by xtop at 10:59 PM | Comments (0)
 


April 18, 2005

 

chicken in the car and the car won't go

i went to chicago. i got really drunk. we got locked in a cemetary. i saw shellac at noon. i ate tons of horrible foods. i cheefed. i slept good, i slept rotten, i took doctor prescribed medication. i walked all over, i slept on the red line. i finally figured out energy drinks. i floated at the sensory deprivation tanks. i am utterly exhausted. i took a shitload of photos...
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April 09, 2005

   


March 24, 2005

 

because it's 40 different shades of black

here are 40 photos....
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March 09, 2005

 

sleptwalked

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February 20, 2005

 

filler

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February 01, 2005

   


January 20, 2005

 

12 in a row

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January 07, 2005

 

normalizing

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December 30, 2004

 

rush hour

and here is the last photo roll for public consumption of the year. i'd daresay it's almost optimistic....
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December 05, 2004

   


December 04, 2004

 

xmas in abstract

christmas! lights!...
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November 08, 2004

 

holiday pies

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October 07, 2004

   


October 01, 2004

   


September 29, 2004

   


September 24, 2004

   


September 21, 2004

 

feeding geese (and a duck or two)

launch 'geese (and a duck or two)'...
Posted by xtop at 09:14 PM | Comments (0)
 


September 18, 2004

 

the black keys // lawrence, ks // 9.17.04

black keys picture show...
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September 02, 2004

 

here is a picture of san francisco

tired, beat. hoo-lord, I'm bushed. tomorrow stuff goes back to normal(ish) and then the story can be told. until then, bliss out on this shot from tire beach, where half-naked hobos can peacefully co-exist with trespassing photographers...
Posted by xtop at 01:53 AM | Comments (1)
 


August 30, 2004

   


August 18, 2004

   


August 14, 2004

   


August 06, 2004

 

thing thing

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July 25, 2004

   


July 08, 2004

   


June 23, 2004

   


June 17, 2004

 

fyi

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June 04, 2004

 

drive by photography: mr. blue sky

do i still have to explain the concept of clicking on the pictures to elicit larger versions?...
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May 29, 2004

 

drunked

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May 27, 2004

 

three weeks. no focus.

clicking = bigger...
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May 02, 2004

 

granddad

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April 27, 2004

 

see thru

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March 18, 2004

 

four first days

click them, they will grow...
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February 27, 2004

   


September 12, 2003

   


September 11, 2003

 

happy patriot day

the happiest image i can offer on this day which lacks glee. taken by my boss somewhere in santa fe....
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September 08, 2003

   


June 07, 2003

   


June 02, 2003

 

kc: cramps: 5.29.03: frontncenter

Shot on cheapjack disposable number. Lux's sweat kept dripping through the holes in his skintight vinyl number. He smelled like vinegar. That's my friend Jeff's head he has his hand on. I got annointed a few times. Staring up into the face of Lux Interior just inches from yours is a fairly life-altering image to keep stored in your cells for future horror/nostalgia reference. An amazing show by anyone's standards, moreso...
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May 17, 2003

   


May 09, 2003

 

tornado alley

this week has produced more tornados in a single week than ever before in recorded american weather history. here in kc, we just get the afterbirth and the precum of each superstorm churning along to go fuck shit up in Kansas and level another poor town in Oklahoma. the lightning is so strong and so close, there's a wave of pain and itching that courses through my fillings right before the...
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April 22, 2003

   


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April 15, 2003

 

poppoppop

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April 13, 2003

 

ham bingo

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March 14, 2003

 

town topic

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March 09, 2003

   


an empty telephone Products

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