Hollow Tree Mailbag

Hollow Tree corporate headquarters has issued a new policy. From now on, when we get something in the mail, we will scan it (if possible) and post about it on the appropriate blog. I hadn't mentioned it, because I hadn't gotten any mail in a while. Today, though, I retrieved this delightful item from the post office.

The pictured items were include along with two 3" discs. Each disc had a track of abnormal sounds on it. The package was sent all the way from London, England from Crap Last Tape.

Thank you CLT for enriching our lives with your tangible materials. I think I might start telling people that I am a 'secular animist' from here on out. I'm going to put your music on permanent rotation. I'd stick these pieces of mail art up on my bulletin board, but I still haven't bought any thumbtacks. Instead I'll tuck the delicate little things safely into one of these two giant crates I have set aside for just this purpose.

I might as well mention my archiving project right here. I've been collecting mail art, kook literature and other ephemera for almost two decades now. Mail culture is a non event anymore, but I still keep a post office box open. Anyone is welcome to submit items to my archives. The system is very informal. I keep anything that seems interesting to me, or that I think might be interesting to someone a hundred or so years down the line. Everything else goes into a collage pile, a reuse pile, the recycle bin or into the landfill. I usually keep anything that is handmade, or looks like it might represent a certain amount of speculative effort on someone's part. These types of things tend to be interesting.

If you want to send something for the archives:

Carey
PO Box 161
Asheville, NC 28801 USA

Be sure to address it to "Carey". It's a cooperative mailbox, and we're still trying to get my name on the addressee's list.

And now that I've figured out my disc burner there's no telling what I might fire back at you.