Legare's

SPS: Matt & Alex

2009-01-30T18:14:00.000-08:00

Matt showed us examples of his decades of martial arts training. Matt and Alex showed us chinese lion drumming. All were awe-inspired. It was like watching perfect dancing.

SPS: Geof Dorn

2009-01-30T18:11:00.000-08:00

Geoff Dorn talked about insurance (the basics) and then taught us the major ways to tie any type of tie. He wasn't lying when he said he's taught more people to tie a tie than anyone in the world!

SPS: Larry Yes

2009-01-13T09:29:00.000-08:00

Soul Journey by Larry Yes with his Audience

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For the first in the Special Presentation Series at Legare's, Larry Yes presented his story of coming to be a song writer, how he writes a song, and how to use a four track to record a musical moment. It was awesome and moving. Many joined Larry in recording a vocal and drum jam (we will post soon). Thank you Larry!

Better Living Through Chemistry

2008-11-14T10:59:00.000-08:00

Mind and machine merge in the 1822 invention of the espresso machine. The machine age motorcycle of the mind. Is it a coincidence that from the belles lettres age of tea and lace that "Realism" bursts onto the scene at the same time with novelists like Balzac, Dickens, Flaubert, and Zola? Coffee is the lubricating oil of music, art, and other revolutions. The world was asleep and Balzac drank the blackest of coffee he could find and woke up. He saw the world for the first time with all of its many surfaces shining and reflecting into one another. Its darknesses darker, its light, a scintillating patina dancing over all. The City now breathes with life, every stone once a palace and now, a future barricade; each man pushing a cart intertwined by history and economy into the lives of the least and the greatest.
Balzac would rise in the late afternoon like a tide, eat a light dinner, sleep until midnight, and then write and work for fourteen hours. His life, work, passions, and person were all colossal. I don't understand why critics call a man who believed in ghosts, the monarchy, and failed at every business venture a Realist. He reminds me at times of a child who won't go to bed when there is company over for fear that they will miss something. What did it mean when we could not put that book down when we were children? We knew that the book was not going to change over night, it would still be there, we could still continue it but we would rather spend the next day tired than put the book down. Balzac saw the world as a book he couldn't put down and set out to write about the whole thing. For this, he would need to stay awake. He wrote, published, and edited in all the media of his day: newspapers, magazines, books, plays, and an opera.
The history of coffee in the West follows the rise of industrialism. The early machines are still used and made today - things of steam, pistons, and springs that are works of art in themselves, The semi-automatic espresso machine was developed after World War II and the fully automatic espresso machine invented in the 1960s - coincidentally another time of social, political, and artistic revolutions.
I was asked a few weeks ago about how I reconcile work and art. How can we work in a college, write and research in education, teach and also write fiction or produce any art? I began to think about all the ways that my work informs my art and vice-versa. Balzac was in on the multimedia boom of his time, the modern printing press. He was a newpaper, magazine, and book publisher. He was not successful at any of these because he still had a huge foot in the previous century. We see ventures like this all the time today - internet ventures that act like paid subscription libraries in an age of open content. And I love the derision that is directed towards blogging in the "traditional" academic media (Chronicle of Higher Ed and New York Review of Books); they can't stand uncontrolled, non-tenured, non-vetted, non-peer-reviewed amateur scholars daring to publish. They should celebrate the return of the penny pamphlet - it is even cheaper now! The pamphleteers fed the imaginations of Shakespeare and Thomas Paine. Many of the world's greatest ideas came from the chemically-altered imaginations of the self-published. I like blogs because I can start a piece in the third person and end in the first and there is no one here to stop me.

I am no Balzac but his huge embrace of all media and forms of writing, his enormously polymathic output, is an inspiration. So my answer to the question about work and art in the Age of the 60 Hour Work Week is to love the world, live passionately, and be prepared to drink lots of coffee! -- Geoff Cain

Costa Rican Coffee

2008-06-21T01:12:00.000-07:00

Legare's Has It!!! Costa Rican Coffee grown by Pedro--the same stuff used exclusively by Olga at Olga's Cafe in Tamarindo, Costa Rica. We're offering it as one of the specialty French Presses, come in, try it, live it.

Costa Rica Update: June 12, 2008; 7:14 p.m.

2008-06-21T01:11:00.000-07:00

J.L. here, I can´t read the spanish on this computer to and a new posting, ergo I´m adding a post as a "comment" and will resent such as a post when I get to another terminal, here it is: The expedition to Costa Rica is nearing its end. Thus far I´ve discovered what a star fruit tree looks like, eaten soursop/guananbana as large as my head, met Olga the owner of Olga´s Cafe, got punched in the mouth by my surfboard, went diving at 2 sites that translate as "the tits" and "dangerous" (on one dive using my skills as staying calm while running out of air and using Ellie´s back-up regulator to breath, and on the other dive using my skill of puking while breathing through a respirator since I got massively sea sick between dives and during my second ascent), ate so much passion fruit
that my urine turned painfully acidic, and today took a mountain bike through a local rainforest preserve while dodging grey iguanas that darted across the road. Tomorrow I will attempt to further develop my surfing skills and connect with Olga again in an attempt to procure some coffee from her private source to offer at Legare's--stay tuned regarding a future post on Costa Rican coffee procurement.

June 12, 2008 7:14 PM

J.L. Update.

2008-06-05T23:28:00.000-07:00

Jonathan is off to Costa Rica for a bit to inspect various coffee plantations, search for Miracle Fruit and encounter "stuff." Travel updates will be posted as is possible.

Wheat gluten free waffles will continue to be offered on Sunday while J. is away, but the Sunday evening free wine event will be on hold until 6.15.08.

Dinner

2008-03-26T18:09:00.000-07:00

Hello!

Just so everyone knows Jon is making a special dinner tonight. The menu will be wild boar paired with wild rice. "It's really wild." said Jon with so much enthusiasm I almost couldn't stand it. Hope to see you all tonight.

- E

Pomegranate Sodas Are Back!!!

2008-03-16T17:11:00.000-07:00

Yay! Whatever ethnic war was coming between me and my sweet sweet pomegranate soda has finally come to an end. Long live the current occupying republic of where ever the fuck it is. Now I can go back to drinking me some pomegranates.

Here are some fun facts about pomegranates:

pomegranates are not actually vegetables but rather fruit.

The name "pomegranate" derives from Latin pomum ("apple") and granatus ("seeded")

they grow on shrubbery called Pomegranate Trees.

In the global functional food industry, pomegranate is included among a novel category of exotic plant sources called superfruits.

a great online pomegranate resource is called "wikipedia.org".

If you don't know, now you know

Zombies À La Carte

2008-02-28T01:09:00.000-08:00

There may be a new tradition forming at Legare’s. This Saturday night, for the second week in a row, there will be a dinner and movie theme night. Last week it was The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover paired with a portion of Jon’s amazing black menu. This week, keeping with the idea of pairing unappetizing movies with food, Legare’s will be showing both 28 Days Later and 28 Weeks Later. Per usual, Jon is secretive about the menu he will be serving, however he has been making subtle requests for me to “acquire” items from my job. Nevertheless I’m sure whatever he prepares will be delicious and as appropriate to the theme of virus infected zombified humans as food possibly can be. The evening’s events will begin around 7, or whenever they get their act together. Hope to see you Saturday.

- Erin

Narcissism is the New Black

2008-02-27T00:12:00.000-08:00

Legare’s Community Resource Center is starting a narcissist club. While the meetings are currently scheduled for Mondays, they will most likely take place whenever the opportunity arises. Just in case there is any confusion, here is the Legare’s working definition of narcissism.

Narcissists are an elusive breed, hard to spot, harder to pinpoint, impossible to capture. Even an experienced mental health diagnostician with unmitigated access to the record and to the person examined would find it fiendishly difficult to determine with any degree of certainty whether someone suffers from a full fledged Narcissistic Personality Disorder – or merely possesses narcissistic traits, a narcissistic style, a personality structure ("character"), or a narcissistic "overlay" superimposed on another mental health problem.

Narcissism is regarded by many scholars to be an adaptive strategy ("healthy narcissism"). It is considered pathological in the clinical sense only when it becomes a rigid personality structure replete with a series of primitive defense mechanisms (such as splitting, projection, projective identification, or intellectualization) – and when it leads to dysfunctions in one or more areas of the patient's life.

Pathological narcissism is the art of deception. The narcissist projects a False Self and manages all his social interactions through this concocted fictional construct.

When the narcissist reveals his true colors, it is usually far too late. His victims are unable to separate from him. They are frustrated by this acquired helplessness and angry with themselves for having they failed to see through the narcissist earlier on.

But the narcissist does emit subtle, almost subliminal, signals ("presenting symptoms") even in a first or casual encounter.

These are:

"Haughty" body language – The narcissist adopts a physical posture that implies and exudes an air of superiority, seniority, hidden powers, mysteriousness, amused indifference, etc. Though the narcissist usually maintains sustained and piercing eye contact, he often refrains from physical proximity (he is "territorial").

The narcissist takes part in social interactions – even mere banter – condescendingly, from a position of supremacy and faux "magnanimity and largesse". But he rarely mingles socially and prefers to remain the "observer", or the "lone wolf".

Entitlement markers – The narcissist immediately asks for "special treatment" of some kind. Not to wait his turn, to have a longer or a shorter therapeutic session, to talk directly to authority figures (and not to their assistants or secretaries), to be granted special payment terms, to enjoy custom tailored arrangements - or to get served first.

The narcissist is the one who – vocally and demonstratively – demands the undivided attention of the headwaiter in a restaurant, or monopolizes the hostess, or latches on to celebrities in a party. The narcissist reacts with rage and indignantly when denied his wishes and if treated equally with others whom he deems inferior.

Idealization or devaluation – The narcissist instantly idealizes or devalues his interlocutor. This depends on how the narcissist appraises the potential his converser has as a Narcissistic Supply Source. The narcissist flatters, adores, admires and applauds the "target" in an embarrassingly exaggerated and profuse manner – or sulks, abuses, and humiliates her.

Narcissists are polite only in the presence of a potential Supply Source. But they are unable to sustain even perfunctory civility and fast deteriorate to barbs and thinly veiled hostility, to verbal or other violent displays of abuse, rage attacks, or cold detachment.

The "membership" posture – The narcissist always tries to "belong". Yet, at the very same time, he maintains his stance as an outsider. The narcissist seeks to be admired for his ability to integrate and ingratiate himself without investing the efforts commensurate with such an undertaking.

For instance: if the narcissist talks to a psychologist, the narcissist first states emphatically that he never studied psychology. He then proceeds to make seemingly effortless use of obscure professional terms, thus demonstrating that he mastered the discipline all the same, as an autodidact – which proves that he is exceptionally intelligent or introspective.

In general, the narcissist always prefers show-off to substance. One of the most effective methods of exposing a narcissist is by trying to delve deeper. The narcissist is shallow, a pond pretending to be an ocean. He likes to think of himself as a Renaissance man, a Jack-of-all-trades. The narcissist never admits to ignorance in any field – yet, typically, he is ignorant of them all. It is surprisingly easy to penetrate the gloss and the veneer of the narcissist's self-proclaimed omniscience.

Bragging and false autobiography – The narcissist brags incessantly. His speech is peppered with "I", "my", "myself", and "mine". He describes himself as intelligent, or rich, or modest, or intuitive, or creative – but always excessively, implausibly, and extraordinarily so.

The narcissist's biography sounds unusually rich and complex. His achievements – incommensurate with his age, education, or renown. Yet, his actual condition is evidently and demonstrably incompatible with his claims. Very often, the narcissist lies or his fantasies are easily discernible.

Emotion-free language – The narcissist likes to talk about himself and only about himself. He is not interested in others or what they have to say, unless they constitute potential Sources of Supply and in order to obtain said supply. He acts bored, disdainful, even angry, if he feels that they are intruding on his precious time and, thus, abusing him.

In general, the narcissist is very impatient, easily bored, with strong attention deficits – unless and until he is the topic of discussion. One can publicly dissect all aspects of the intimate life of a narcissist without repercussions, providing the discourse is not "emotionally tinted".

If asked to relate directly to his emotions, the narcissist intellectualizes, rationalizes, speaks about himself in the third person and in a detached "scientific" tone or composes a narrative with a fictitious character in it, suspiciously autobiographical.

Seriousness and sense of intrusion and coercion – The narcissist is dead serious about himself. He may possess a subtle, wry, and riotous sense of humor, scathing and cynical, but rarely is he self-deprecating. The narcissist regards himself as being on a constant mission, whose importance is cosmic and whose consequences are global.

The narcissist is easily hurt and insulted (narcissistic injury). He interprets even the most innocuous remarks or acts as belittling, intruding, or coercive. His time is more valuable than others' – therefore, it cannot be wasted on unimportant matters such as mere banter or going out for a walk.

Any suggested help, advice, or concerned inquiry are immediately cast by the narcissist as intentional humiliation, implying that the narcissist is in need of help and counsel and, thus, imperfect and less than omnipotent. Any attempt to set an agenda is, to the narcissist, an intimidating act of enslavement. In this sense, the narcissist is both schizoid and paranoid and often entertains ideas of reference.

These – the lack of empathy, the aloofness, the disdain, the sense of entitlement, the constricted sense of humor, the unequal treatment and the paranoia – render the narcissist a social misfit. The narcissist is able to provoke in his milieu, in his casual acquaintances, even in his psychotherapist, the strongest, most avid and furious hatred and revulsion. To his shock, indignation and consternation, he invariably induces in others unbridled aggression.

He is perceived to be asocial at best and, often, antisocial. This, perhaps, is the strongest presenting symptom. One feels ill at ease in the presence of a narcissist for no apparent reason. No matter how charming, intelligent, thought provoking, outgoing, easy going and social the narcissist is – he fails to secure the sympathy of others, a sympathy he is never ready, willing, or able to reciprocate.

These ideas are taken from Dr. Sam Vaknin's book Malignant Self Love http://samvak.tripod.com/narcissismredflags.html

2008-02-22T16:35:00.000-08:00

Tomorrow night (Sat. Feb 23rd) Jon will be showing one of his all time favorite films The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover. He is also talking about preparing a dinner from his black menu. When I inquired what was on the menu he replied "that is all you need to know" and refuses to elaborate. Regardless of what he prepares I have no doubt that it will be both extremely fancy and amazingly delicious. Tomorrow night is also the low-res film festival. Hopefully more details about that event will be provided soon. I look forward to seeing you all tomorrow!

- Erin

Weekly Street Art and Graffiti Forum

2008-02-07T15:42:00.000-08:00

Howdy Folks!
I intend to start a weekly street art and graffiti forum Saturdays at Legare's. I will be hosting a preliminary meeting this Saturday at 6 pm. We will be discussing meeting times, format ideas and overall goals of the weekly forum. My ideas are to show highlights from the week in terms of national, international and local street art as well as discuss ideas for collaborative projects around the city. Hope to see you all there!
-Bryce

Grey Gardens

2008-02-05T15:41:00.000-08:00

Grey Gardens fever. Catch it! This Thursday at Legare's

This Thursday: Gray Gardens

2008-02-02T14:09:00.000-08:00

So you might've heard last Thursday I was MIA for Legare's Movie Night. After I announced Gloria as last week's movie a look of... I would describe it as glassy eyed indifference threatening to spill over into out right hostility came over the audience.
We'll apparently I misread the cultural climate as I can not step outside in this city without someone asking me where I was on Thursday. I had no idea that a) anyone even knew about the existence of film night and b) anyone cared. Now that I'm aware that Film Night is the social event of Thursday I'll be sure to take it more seriously from now on. Let this be my personal Legare-antee that I will never miss any Film Night ever again.

So this week everyone show up for Grey Gardens. It's the classic documentary about two reclusive women who live together in a gothic mansion.

The story was recently the subject of a Broadway Musical.

Directed by the Maysles Brotheres. 1975. 100 min.

Rogue Hackers take on Scientology

2008-01-29T09:06:00.000-08:00

Hello Legare's Bloggers!
Over the past week an online hacker group calling themselves "Anonymous" have been attacking the Church of Scientology in an attempt to shut them down. "Anonymous" has gone so far as to shut down the CoS website, mail letters to all followers world wide, and organized rallies outside the 700 Scientology centers around the globe. Of course, Legare's does not support terrorism, but we do support knowledge. "Anonymous" got quite a bit of media coverage in the beginning of the week, but recently less and less has been leaked. Fortunately, Zach is on top of it, and i will attempt to keep all you Legare's readers posted on the newsbreaks.
The following is a link to a Times article which talks about some issues around Scientology:
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,972865-1,00.html

These are all the messages that have been leaked to the public, from Anonymous themselves...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JCbKv9yiLiQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yozvaMGkDjo
http://youtube.com/watch?v=QubW_LhiqDY
Enjoy
~Zach

This Week's Movie Night Film Is...

2008-01-28T21:57:00.000-08:00

So, what's this week's movie?

Uh.. I don't know... GLORIA maybe...

GLORIA? Really GLORIA?

Yeah, that'll be good. Directed by John Travolta and staring Genia Rowlands as the titular GLORIA who goes on a pre- THELMA & LOUISE feminist advancing killing spree. John Cassavettes mostly famous as an actor for playing the husband in ROSEMARY'S BABY but as a director he's an underappreciated genius of American cinema. He's like a home grown, one man french new wave.

This Thursday at 6 pm GLORIA - she's out to beat the mob... at their own game!

1980. color. 123 minutes.

Official Announcement: Legare’s Proprietor, Jonathan Legare, Has Been Elected to the Division/Clinton Business Association Board Of Directors.

2008-01-28T01:20:00.000-08:00

At the 2008 Annual Meeting of the Division/Clinton Street Business Association held on 1.22.08, Legare’s Proprietor, Jonathan Legare was unanimously elected to the D/CBA Board Of Directors for a 2 year term. Excellent…

Kopi Luwak in Japan

2008-01-26T18:54:00.000-08:00

Regular readers of the Legare's blog might be interested to know that my local coffee shop — Hiro's Coffee — has started carrying Kopi Luwak. They're charging 3,600 yen for 100 grams, which is about $35.00 for about a fifth of a pound. Hiro's is, in fact, a chain, but each outlet has it's own roasting machine and they roast on site. They offer a wide variety of coffees, many of which are fair trade and/or organic coffees. The most interesting thing about Hiro's is that it still operates based on the older model of Japanese coffee shop and it serves no espresso drinks, only vacuum-brewed coffee (it does, however, stock espresso blend).

Thurs 24th of Jan: Legare's Movie Club - Macabe And Mrs. Miller

2008-01-17T20:34:00.000-08:00

Dear Sir or Ma'am,

Thursday Legare's Community Resource Center (if you haven't heard of it go to the blog. It's the one you're reading right now) will be screening Robert Altman's classic take of the Western genre: Popeye. Nope, just kidding actually the movie in question is MACABE AND MRS. MILLER. 1971. The film stars Warren Beatty and Julie Christie. Ask your parents.

Q: What's it about?
A: The antics of a mining town. Set in olden times. It was a major influence on THERE WILL BE BLOOD (especially the cinematography) and PT Anderson who called it the best film ever (citation needed).

Q: Is it good?
A: Yes
More Descriptive A: Read this review.

Q: How long is it? Is it in Color? Are there Subtitles?
A: 2 hours. Yes. No.

Q: Why don't you show newer movies?
A: You've already seen 'em.

Q: I'm uncultured. Will it be down to my level?
A: No, it will elevate you to it's level.

Avalon's Low Res Film Festival III Sat. 19th 7pm

2008-01-17T20:15:00.000-08:00

Wassuppp ballazzz!!!!!!11 Question Markzzzzz,

This Sat. it's another addition of The Legares Low Resolution Film Festival III or LeLoReFiFe3 for short, or LEGARES LOW RESOLUTION FILM FILM FESTIVAL !!!!!!!!!!!!! for loud.

So bring by your poorly shot amateurish cell phone movies of your tedious, childish escapades and people will feel obligated to take a look at them. It's capital A Art! I've got an amazing entry staring a cup. I call it "A Cup of Joy, An Ocean of Tears" and it's awesome! Although the title's probably longer than than the movie.

This weeks theme is "Don't Force it, it'll come". or DoFoIt,ItCo for short. Please no videos of you on the toilet.

Hey, I just realized something. "Cloverfield" opens this week and it's the first ever low resolution monster movie. It's apt I say, APT!

Hosted by Avalon. Sat 19th, 2008 at 7pm (the one where it's dark) sharp. Only at Legare's.

More Movie Night: Stolen Kisses

2008-01-17T16:36:00.001-08:00

So I went to le video store to rent the second in Francis Truffaut's Antoine Dionel series which I thought was "Baise Voles". Turns out that's not the case; there's actually a short called "Antoine et Colette" that is between "Les Quatre Cents Coups" and "Baise Vole". Antoine et Colette" was part of a series of short films about early love called L'Amour à Vingt Ans (Love At Twenty).

So tonight's feature "Baise Voles" ("Stolen Kisses") is actually Antoine Dionel Part III. But I don't think it's in 3-D like most part III's. This follows young Antoine's adventures as a Private Eye, but it's also a love story. Will Antoine be able to solve the mystery of the stolen kisses? I bet Professor Smooches is responsible.

1968 directed by Francis Truffaut 90 minutes color.

Biosemiotic: A Workshop For Potential Literature

2008-01-16T20:06:00.000-08:00

Next Meeting On Wednesday, January 23rd

Come down to the Legare's Community Resource Center at 1532 SE Clinton Street and meet with artists in the community.

6:00pm Book Club: "Society of the Spectacle" by Guy Debord

7:00pm Film : Pollinate by Belief Studio

8:00pm Workshop: Writing and art jam.

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Mission

This group is a reading and writing center that provides a fertile context and community for research and experimentation. It is a lively incubator of creativity and thought, where artists and technologists actively engage with culture, addressing the issues and concerns of our time.

Methodology

The atelier model is fundamental to the concept of this project. The studio/workspace environment, in which the energies of artistic production, education and curatorial practice fuse, provide a unique, stimulating and vital working context for creating art. This tremendous energy, along with the dialogue exchanged between curators, artists and students of various practices and stages of development, can inform and inspire the creation of artworks that may not previously been imagined or produced.

This Thursday, DILLINGER Staring Warren Oates

2008-01-08T19:16:00.000-08:00

Trade in your dancing shoes for your watching spectacles because this Thursday at Legare's Community Resource Center it's time for Dillinger. Staring 1970's great Warren Oates (Race With The Devil, Two Lane Blacktop) and written and directed by John Milius (scribe of Apocalypse Now and director of right-wing paranoia classic Red Dawn).

The true life tale of a nefarious gangster and his epic bank robbing spree.

1971. 107 minutes. In Black and White and Glorius Color. The film will be projected on DVD.

The following playlist will show before the movie: Race To Beat The Devil original theatrical trailer. A seventies car movie staring Warren Oates; Dirty Mary Crazy Larry trailer. Another car "grindhouse" flick; Vanishing Point trailer. Another car movie that played as a trailer with Dirty Mary Crazy Larry; and finally a scene from Two Lane Blacktop staring Warren Oates and Hary Dean Stanton. Both of whom appear in tonights feature.

Biosemiotic: A Workshop For Potential Literature

2008-01-08T15:55:00.000-08:00

Next Meeting On Wednesday, January 9th

Come down to the Legare's Community Resource Center at 1532 SE Clinton Street and meet with artists in the community.

5:00pm Book Club Discussion: "The Politics Of Truth" by Michel Foucault

6:00pm Forum: Reflections on Jean Baudrillard's "The Violence Of The Image"

7:00pm Workshop: Writing, art and comic jam.

We'll be picking the next book for the book club this day as well.

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Mission

This group is a reading and writing center that provides a fertile context and community for research and experimentation. It is a lively incubator of creativity and thought, where artists and technologists actively engage with culture, addressing the issues and concerns of our time.

Methodology

The atelier model is fundamental to the concept of this project. The studio/workspace environment, in which the energies of artistic production, education and curatorial practice fuse, provide a unique, stimulating and vital working context for creating art. This tremendous energy, along with the dialogue exchanged between curators, artists and students of various practices and stages of development, can inform and inspire the creation of artworks that may not previously been imagined or produced.

Dakar Rally Highlights Will Be Shown!!!

2008-01-04T21:36:00.000-08:00

Paris - Dakar Rally Highlights!!!

Every Night, 7 p.m. Until 1.19.08

At approximately 7 p.m. every evening beginning Wednesday 1.9.07 until 1.19.08-ish Legare’s will present racing highlights from previous Dakar Rallys. This is being done because the 2008 race has been cancelled due to--as reported by the BBC--Al Qaeda threats against the race in the country of Mauritania, Africa.

Join Legare’s every evening in support of the most sublime sporting event in the world. A race where men and women from all nations compete at the same level on motorcycles to massive industrial trucks. A race where simply surviving and finishing the event lifts one to the status of demi-god.

Legare's Low Res Film Festival

2007-12-15T19:53:00.000-08:00

From the front lines of history.

It turns out Jonathan's oft mentioned friend Avalon is a good guy and Sat. night he graced us with a night of low resolution cinema. Compiled from friends associates and well wishers.
I remember years ago, before the current digital / video times of ubiquitous recording devices great directors used to actually look forward to the day that filmmaking would be brought down to the level of the common man who they figured (somewhat misguidedly) would do away with the tyranny of convention rather than giving us Chris Crocker and Two Girls, One Cup. I wonder if Francis Ford Coppola passes his nights with youtube and tears.

The theme for tonights festivities was Jonathan's favorite Emerson quote: “Who would be a man must be a nonconformist... nothing is more sacred than the integrity of one's own mind”

I'm sure we've all seen these words hanging in the bathroom and they've provided much inspiration and reassurance in these troubled times as we toil away in our cold meaningless lives.

Tina Rain – untitled
Something like Brakhage-esque Animation(?). It was silent but somewhere a child cried. It reminded me of phosphenes.

Sandy Sampson – Who So Would Be A Man
About a girl Named Who-So with a Hitler mustache.

Laural Kurtz – No title, in several chapters
Some guy's big red face stared down the barrel of whatever low res recording device it was that set it sights upon such a quarry. I think big face was talking about stuff. Staring “Colon and his signature baldness”.
The last chapter we watched several times, it was about a street corner that looked haunted

Cyrus Smith – No title
A color book + crayons and Elvis singing Blue Christmas. The subject of said coloring book was some dude hanging in the gallows. I think Mr. Smith cheated by not using low res media. Unless he thought coloring books count.

Matt McCormick – Texting at the Beach, New Clogs
Indy film sensation Matt McCormick informs us “The woman was non conforming to the beach” by texting to someone (off screen)
some lady (fat) in a rocking chair. There was an absence of rocking. It sounded like it was filmed in a wind tunnel.

Avalon – Light Waves Mind
Our esteemed curator presents the culmination of years of work in LowRes(tm) media.
“I remembered the idea of the self as both relative unique self and the external social self. The mind is like a wave and also the ocean. The wave of the human being undulating at the frequency of life” - Avalon (loose transcript).

Legare's own Robert Burns gives us Roulette
“I have nothing to say about it besides.... it's kind of like some other one.” was Robert's Zen like introduction.
Robert's was all crazy, it was kind of like Tina Rain's one but on a much larger scope. He also produced the shit out of whatever it was he shot. The sound track dwarfed our collective mind.

Sandy Sampson - the integrity of my own mind
She threatened / promised to shoot herself on the toilet but it was all talk. Shot on the canon PowerShot Elph (but I don't think it's the same model as mine. Mine is probably better.) which was a popular choice among the entries.

The night was consummated by group humming accompanied by book flipping.

The next night of Legare's Low Res Cinema will commence Saturday, January 19th.
The theme will be Don't Force It, It Will Come.

Legare's epic fall out with Coffee Supplier

2007-12-14T21:47:00.000-08:00

as told to Daniel Lex Rockwood

Big news Legarettes. This week Jonathan had an epic disagreement with his coffee supplier, One A'Roma Roasters of Santa Rosa California. Back when he grew up in Petaluma Jonathan hated those Santa Rosa assholes and his prejudice was only reinforced by their shady business dealings. "They were acting douchy" said Mr. Legare while downing his port in fistfuls after hours, regaling the adolescents and feeble minded with his tales of woe. Jonathan was pissed "They lack honor and humanity, no scratch that just honor, they do posses humanity. In typical Santa Rosan fashion they are surrounded by a world class wine environment but lack taste," said the notoriously finicky and elitist community resource proprietor.
To put it plainly Johnny is fed up with poor consistency of product he's been getting from these jokers. “I'm just disgusted with their general mediocrity” he went on and on.
Noted customer Chase Von Something-Or-Another then walked in and regaled the crowd with his wayward antics of misguided amour run amok against god and nature. "I put my dick a box" the clueless suitor bragged.
The two shipments of rank beans will be available for free disposal in the form of tasting samples upon request. "I think I just found sixty pounds of Krivar, who wants it bitches!"

Low Res Video Night!

2007-12-07T11:55:00.000-08:00

Legare's
Low Res Video Night

7pm Saturday, December 15th

Videos by west coast people Matt McCormick, Tina Rain, Sandy Sampson, Cyrus Smith, Lawrence Rengert, Marc Fischer and others!

Jonathan says that in '87 he used to go to Marky's Cafe in Petaluma on Western Avenue behind the Saint Vincent's De Paul Catholic church. In the restroom, posted above the toilet, a there was a framed copy of a Ralph Waldo Emerson quote (pictured on this fliers). For about the next eight years, every time he'd stand at the toilet, he'd read the quote over and over, until it was burned into his brain, and became a personal mantra. shaping his personal identity, and thereby modifying others' personalities through his interaction with them. He says his community resource center (Legare's cafe) is a tangible manifestation of how that quote has evolved through him over time.

Legare's
Low Res Video Night

7pm Saturday, December 15th

bring your videos to the cafe,
or send files to lowresvideofest@yaho

Kopi Luwak

2007-12-06T00:16:00.000-08:00

Legare's offers a 6 oz French Press of Kopi Luwak for $12.50. Also available are numerous premium coffees and teas including coffee from the Galapagos Islands, Jamaican Blue Mountain Coffee from the Mavis Bank estate, a selection of blooming teas, yellow tea and 9 year old Pu'erh.