Ghost Towns

Everyone here at the snug, summery FSD office complex really enjoyed this article about the 10 Most Amazing Ghost Towns.

That’s why we are sharing it with you.

Who Watches the Watchmen Trailer?

You do, a day early no less.

Welcome Back Bader, Part Two

Way too long ago we promised you the second of our three part “Welcome Back Bader” trilogy of movies documenting the FSD/PHL Events of December ‘07. We apologize that it took so long. Actually we don’t. It’s summer now. Philadelphia on the verge of Christmas is a kind of interesting thing to watch, here from your comfortable Summertime Hotseat. Pop a straw into that Capri Sun and press play and find yourself transported to dark and foggy nighttime streets of Philadelphia on the crest of winter. There will be a third and final part, hopefully sooner than later. Thanks again for your Miltonian patience. As a convenience we’re including the first part, so you can get down with the continuity. We’re good like that.

PART ONE

PART TWO (NEW!!!)

As for Portland Movies, we’ll be sharing some of those very shortly. All with the kind of quality you’ve come to expect from the New, Improved, Summer 08 Daily Miltonian. We’re glad you stuck around with us, through these weird last few years. Honest, we are. We always told everyone how much we liked you. Now we’re telling you. Hey: we like you.

Sincerely,

Fort Saint Davids

HiRise Poems / Summer ‘08

BEACH

when yo
and yo pals
be mouving onto the same block
and yo
be wearing yo old buzzcokcz t
staraw hat
carrying yo watering can
into the gardne
ye shaer with yo pals
to grow the vebegatlbes
that yo might be grilling tonight
for vebegeatble fajitas
with homemenade ranch dressing
to pregame
befor enight falls
and yo and yo pals
be rolling cerw thick in th garden at night
throwing a straight up aparty
the grill
flames a rising
from the hickory
and mesquite
woods in yo grill
the woods remind yo all
that yo must go to beach
even though it be 9pm
yo can make it to the marketbefore they lcose
to ask the fellow beihind the cheese counter
“what’s a good beach cheese”
and pick up the staff of life
and yo make it to the beach
just in time to see the sotmz break
moon looks epic
then yo know
that’s hireise
so neway
nhoew much of yo summer
have yo plotted?

Endless Summer

Summer continues for all of us here at FSD HQ.  Some changes: for Springwater Corridor, please substitute Willamette Greenway.  For rootbeer, please change to cream soda.  Instead of “swam in the Sandy River” we now “swim in the Washougal River”.  When it’s late at night, the vibe is more the self-titled Fleetwood Mac record, not “Rumours”.

A word about the “Office Ambiance” here at Fort Saint Davids: anyone who has come over for a cup of coffee, a cream soda, a copy of one of our new short stories (we’re all writing ‘em), or just a general afternoon chit-chat, has immediately noticed that the only thing on the Office Turntable at any time is records from Portland’s own Mississippi Records.  To say we’re ‘obsessed’ is kind of like saying ‘I hear there’s a war going on.’  Meaning: NO SHIT.

All of the above records are vinyl only and pressed at extremely low runs, but the label themselves recommend illegal downloads or cassette copies of the stuff.  The couldn’t give a shit about the cash, they just want to make the Greatest Records of All Time and make sure you get to hear them.  FSD isn’t so savvy at turning vinyl into MP3 but you are always welcome to stop by and listen to one of these beyond-beautiful wax discs on our Vintage 80’s Super Hi-Fi System (we bought it from some ex-army dude in Camas, Washington for less than you paid for your iPod and it sounds really, really good).

Word.  We’re still hammering out the details on those FSD Summer Projects that we promised you.  In the meantime we’re watching Hellboy (we never saw it) to get psyched for Hellboy 2 (which looks, like, completely, bananas).  Excelsior!

The Daily Miltonian Asks…

Now that it’s July, why aren’t we swimming?

Public Service Announcement

Fort Saint Davids wants you to know: this summer we will be hosting two events in Portland, Oregon. At least two. Both will involve literature. Readings, to be exact. Both will be enjoyable. Stay tuned to these pages for details. When you leave your house, at night, things should happen. Not the same things, no, we mean different things. Things so different that when you return home, to your house or apartment, later that night, you are different. You’ve grown. Or you feel enriched. Maybe even smarter. Or wiser. Perhaps holier. Anyhow. FSD feels that our Events (the two that we have planned so far) should make you feel all of the above ways, and more. That’s the FSD Promise. That’s why we’re here.