lost & found vintage toys

fall library sale

yesterday i hit the fall friends of the library sale downtown here in portland ~

it's book nerd heaven ~

& it's like my xmas ~

wonderful old fashioned & vintage books ~

i always scoop up the dover coloring books ~

kittens & butterflies ~

vintage wonder, elf & little golden books ~

this dr seuss story was/is still my son's favorite ~

when i saw it was glow-in-the-dark i had to bring it home ~

thanks mr dad, for manning the book cart ;) ~

pop-up oz & kids' vinyl too ~

i found these pokemon guides for raven, as well as a world champion pokemon card in the free bookmarks box too ~

i'll be posting these books up individually soon ~

p.s. you still have time to get to the sale today, but it's also the pdx marathon today so.. just sayin' ;)

bren

cd sunday ~ ben cooper

it's another cd sunday ~

today i'm focusing on ben cooper ~

he's the lead singer & musician of the group radical face ~

some great radical face cds are the roots, the branches & the leaves ~

all part of the family tree ~

we're old fans of ben cooper here at our house ~

i discovered his music way back as a regular on the elliott smith forum sweet addy that i've posted about before ~

here's the ghost cd :) ~

ben cooper also has a band called electric president ~

also very good, just a different more electric, less acoustic sound <3 ~

i've used ben's music paired up with many of my own albums ~

& have had the pleasure of commenting & emailing back & forth with him in the past ~

over at my other blog ;) ~

& as part of his patients project ~

which i posted about here once before while covering some of his cool vinyl ~

he took trades for this cool personal collection ~

so my son & i sent him a great big vintage plastic godzilla.. lol ~

which he loved! he wrote back saying he named his earliest band monster zero.. lol :D ~

anyway he's a great guy & a very gifted & talented musician ~

you may have heard some of his songs in the background of tv shows like csi & others ~

if not be sure to click the links in this post & give him a listen ~

i got his old junkyard chandelier on sweet addy, years before it was officially released :) ~

such wonderful music <3 ~

bren

vinyl friday ~ music for reading

it's vinyl friday ~

back in september i posted about my signed first edition copy of colin meloy's new bestselling book ~

the stars did wander darkling ~

well here's the cool limited edition vinyl to listen to while reading it ;) ~

bren

cd sunday ~ more smashing pumpkins

it's another cd sunday ~

& more smashing pumpkins ~

starting with this cool box set ~

the aeroplane flies high ~

containing 5 different singles ~

33 ~

with rares ~

this extended version of the aeroplane flies high with billy's opening lines is my favorite ~

cool shots of the pumpkins ~

1979 ~

toxic had these exact roller skates btw ;) ~

zero ~

i have these lyrics written all over my old artwork at the ghost gallery ~

tonight tonight ~

mysterious scribblings ~

rotten apples ~

bullet with butterfly wings ~

cool cover art ~

this set also comes with this booklet ~

chock full of pix & info ~

in black & white ~

some more ephemera i picked up over the years ~

from the smashing pumpkins fan club ~

order form ~

i picked this up at a guitar center shop ~

featuring a sp track at the top (sorry it cuts off a bit) ~

billy corgan ~

zwan ~

look for more cd sundays to come here at the lost & found ~

or just click music in the category list in the sidebar for more like this anytime ~

bren