#tyvek

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Hussein Chalayan, Airmail Tyvek® dress, 1999, United Kingdom

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Rosa

Tyvek

As regular visitors to this blog might remember, my house is up for sale. So far I've given away two roses but they were in pots. The three roses in today's post are too deeply rooted to permit transplanting so, unfortunately, these roses are probably destined for the bulldozer. I've had multiple showings but, so far, no one seems interested in keeping the garden.

My little house is under 1400 square feet but the new place next door is probably well in excess of 4000. As you can see, this 'monster house' is up to the Tyvek (building envelope) stage. Next comes paint and siding. I have a contest going with my friends to bet on what the finished color will be: beige or gray. From what I've seen in my neighborhood, only these two colors are permitted in new houses. By the way, I've put a dollar on beige. It's such a 'woody' color.

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🌿✨ Eco Friendly Wearable Art ✨🌿

Handmade from recycled materials + vintage finds, each piece is transformed into one-of-a-kind jewelry that’s bold, lightweight, and artsy. 💙

This truly unique art jewelry statement pendant necklace is made from upcycled textiles, fabric, lace, and string scraps. It showcases a mes

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Dirty road chair

Bit of care

Quilted Tyvek

Black thread

New arms

Tung oil

Bums not slippin’

Office drippin’

For real though, a Tyvek-6mm foam-Tyvek sandwich makes an incredibly tactile quilting material. It’s not slippery like you might think, feels fresh, but not cold and you can easily wipe off the inevitable ramen soup droplets with a wet cloth.

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Winged Wheel - Cactus Club, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, May 12, 2025

They were awesome to begin with. But Winged Wheel seems intent on just becoming more and more awesome as the years go by. Now a sextet with members of both Water Damage and Sonic Youth in the fold, their second LP Big Hotel from 2024 remains in constant rotation, a perfect blend of motorik experimentalism and hazy melodies.

As you can see from their pedigrees above, these are very busy musicians with an array of other projects — so a tour is a rare and special thing. And saints be praised, the mighty Milwaukee Taper was on hand to record a sparkling tape of Winged Wheel earlier this month. The jams run free in fine fashion — it says something about the considerable chemistry between the players here that the exploratory 11-minute improv might be the high point, as Steve Shelley takes everyone to one beautiful plateau after another.

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Listed: Outer World — Part 1

Outer World is the psychedelic partnership of Traci Wilson (of Dahlia Seed and Positive No) and Kenneth Close (also Positive No), born when Wilson had to work her way through the changes that long COVID forced in her singing style. In her review, Jennifer Kelly called the title track to their debut album, “a hands-in-the-air, hips-on-a-swivel psychedelic bop along the lines of Os Mutantes’ ‘Bat Macumba.’”

They've provided us with a supersized Listed, saying "We just completed the final show of spring dates and it feels like we should share some of the things that were playing in the van relating to the cities we traveled through." The second part is here.

Hard Copy — Torpedo 

Easily our favorite Richmond, VA band who joined us for our tour kick-off and record release. An incredible art-punk quartet who have mastered space and tension. Every time we see them they morph into a unique version of themselves and it was such a treat to have them be part of sending us off.

The Sewerheads — Man of Finite Sorrow

Our old band, Positive No, befriended and played many shows with The Gotobeds from Pittsburgh, PA. When putting together our show in that city, it was natural that Eli's new band The Sewerheads would be involved. We are big fans of anything he does, and The Sewerheads are no exception. They are brash and dive into a dirge feeling that's rooted in nostalgia but fresh all at once.

White Noise — Love Without Sound

Our dear friend Sam Richardson had the grand opening of his new record store, Feel It Record Shop (sharing the same name as his most excellent record label) the day we were playing in Cincinnati, OH.  As a record-collecting band, that was our first stop upon arriving in town. There were many goodies procured and finding a pristine copy of an Outer World favorite, White Noise was simply tops.

Clickbait — Sundae with Peanut

Jen Lenmasters came to our attention via her always informative and very cool IG account She Bop which focuses on women in rock/punk in her record collection. She and her husband Nick own Bric-A-Brac (record shop) as well as the Brewed (coffee shop), which we put on our short list of places to visit in Chicago. They also happen to play in an exciting art punk band called Clickbait who have a new record coming this July. It was a no-brainer to ask them to share a bill with us. 

Tyvek — Wayne County Roads

En route to Michigan, we were blasting Tyvek in the van and we all were bopping our heads to this song as it played. Such an anthem and great driving music to boot! Shelley, who is among the current line of the band, kindly helped us put our Detroit show together and we also shared the bill with another current Tyvek member’s band Deadbeat Beat who earned band most worthy of a record deal award of tour.

Randy Carlos — Satellite U.S.A 

Our first stop in Detroit was Hello Records where some of the Tyvek crew also works. We procured this beautiful Latin comp that looks like a stereo sound test record, but it is filled with goodies including this magical Randy Carlos song. 

The Makers — Don't Challenge Me

Kevin and Shelley from Tyvek DJ'd our Detroit show — seriously the best DJ set of all time. They played some of our all time favorite records to DJ, and this killer single was among them.

Winged Wheel — Grief in the Garden

We played Tubby's in Kingston, NY after a few days off (Earthquaker Devices, tiki drinks, and Niagra Falls - oh my!). Tubby’s is one of the coolest and most artist friendly spots on the east coast and is co-owned by Cory of Winged Wheel,Spray Paint, and Rider/Horse. The new Winged Wheel record came out a few days later and we not only played it on release day on tour, but it has lived on our turntable ever since we got home. A best of 2024 alert! 

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