100% Guaranteed To See God : Arcade Fire Is Playing The Henry Miller Library In Big Sur Oct. 2

Big Sur, as anyone who knows me knows, is my favorite place on the planet. I got married there. I go often. I cry when it's time to leave. The Henry Miller Library is the reason I went there in the first place. I'm a little worried about it's getting over run with hipsters, but it's hard to keep a place that cool hush hush forever. Since working with FOLK Yeah, things have gotten deliciously way out of hand at the library. I saw Chris Robinson do an acoustic set there a ways back & hope to be one of the lucky f-ers sitting on the grass, under the ancient redwoods, listening to Arcade Fire making their beautiful beautifulness this fall.

Libra - October 2009

"This will be a very active important month where you can make more impressive progress than you have all summer..."
(Libra - October 2009)

Fabulous! I hope Susan Miller is right, because, financially & professionally, it was a very dry summer. I'm never at a loss for creativity. In fact, I suspect I'd be a lot further up the ol career ladder if I could tame my creative urges and get them to flow up one consistent path for more than half a second, but I just don't work that way. So, I guess I have to accept that it's going to take me longer to climb. And where exactly is it that I'm headed? Illustration heaven? Rock & Roll Xanadu? I dunno, but, wherever it is, I hope it involves a lot of cash.

My Henry

Mines! And, NO. We can not share.

Obedient Waves at Old Towne Pub in Pasadena

I told you- it's HARD to adjust to life post-Big Sur. Case in point, look at this poster Billy & I just made for our upcoming show at Old Towne Pub. That's none other than Big Sur alum (and one of my personal heroes), Henry Miller, playing some table tennis with a lady friend. They still have a ping pong table set up at the Henry Miller Library in his honor. We just watched a very heated game of it from the patio there this weekend. Ahhhh- good times at the sur...

KOSHi Luvs... Big Sur

It's hard to come home after a trip to Big Sur. It requires a period of adjustment. I miss the redwoods and moss, the clover and dirt, the birds, the rocks and cliffs and metaphysical books, the seemingly infinite species of flower. I miss the fog rolling in and out every morning, the fickle sun. I miss the way that the old-pro-locals light up at the tourists, because it's all too beautiful to abide a bad mood. Children blow bubbles and braid each other's hair. Grownups practice partners yoga and take in the view. There are many views to take in. Choose a direction, any direction, and you will find one. Mountains. Waterfalls. Rolling Hills. The Ocean.

L.A. is so grey by comparison. Traffic. Helicopters. Too Many Buildings. We've been back little more than 48 hours, and I already need a vacation. Since that's not going to happen anytime soon, how 'bout you join me for a lil mental vacay- say to Billy & Jo's Top Five Big Sur Destinations...

1. Deetjen's


2. The Henry Miller Library


3. The Spirit Garden and 4. Big Sur Bakery (side by side)


5. Nepenthe (GREAT gift shop downstairs)


BONUS GOODNESS: I can not do a list of favorite places to frequent in Big Sur without including the Flying Fish Grill in Carmel. It's a bit of a drive, say 40 scenic minutes North, but the atmosphere is so delicious and the food's to die for!

***Of course these selections are not counting the many awesome things to do outdoors (which is really the point of going to Big Sur in the first place) like riding horses through an ancient redwood forest to the beach, catching the waterfall that spills into the ocean at Julia Pfieffer State Park, gawking at the California Condors hanging out along the PCH, Esalen (which deserves a post of it's own), or any of the wild nature hikes and campgrounds to explore till your heart's content. I recommend it all, but you'll have to go find it yourself!)