You might say I got a little carried away with the Guilty Pleasures theme at the latest San Francisco Mixtape Society gathering, “a quarterly event dedicated to the delicate art of the mixtape.” At the peril of my street credibility, I will post my track listings here. Just remember, it was all in the name of art and music, and in should in no way be held against me.

The first compilation is a Vertical Sampling with one track (plus some bonus tv show themes) from each year, spanning 1970 through 2008. The second compilation, “Breaking Up is Hard to Do,”  had to be edited down from it’s original version of two hours long! I traded in my mixes for three others, two of which ended with the same Backstreet Boys track. You can’t get much more guilty than that.

After a whirlwind weekend, I am finally getting a chance to download my pictures from the lovely book signing with Jennie Hinchcliff and Carolee Gilligan Wheeler, the authors of Good Mail Day.  Amidst a sea of cupcakes and friendly faces, lovers of mail art mingled and tried not to look at their iphones. It was inspiring, and even though I’m pretty sure the raffle was fixed, I took my new copy of GMD home and eagerly read every page. Why this could be a windfall for you: write me a letter and find out.

The sun and wind couldn’t keep the scrappy and resilient book lovers from enjoying another SFCB Roadworks Steamroller Print Fair. This was the first year I traded in my volunteer apron to be a vendor, and it was a lot of fun.  I was lucky enough to share table and shade space with the lovely Carolee of Podpost and Super Dilettante, and the talented “SFCB featured artist,” Michael Wertz. (his large cut linoleum was gorgeous!).  My little lino owl came out pretty well, though I think I will need to invest in some higher end carving tools (that’s right, I’m blaming my tools), for next year’s edition. There were so many incredible little linos, I literally wanted to buy them all. (if any of you are interested in purchasing these fine works of art, SFCB is having an auction in October.)