Rubin Recommends

(Part of The Weekly Check In series)

I met Deth P Sun through my girlfriend and over the years I’ve really only hung out with him at art shows, food (Del Taco or Pizza,) or board games. I’m lucky enough to own an amazing piece of art he made that is now hanging on my wall. Oh, he also helped me finish my Silver Jews collection, which is amazing.

View his work on his website, life on Flickr, and things he has for sale at LPP.

RR: What are you currently working on or just finished that you’re excited about?

Sun: I’m working on a book that’s basically a reproduction of my sketchbook. That should come out in a few months. Uh, yeah. That’s kind of it for what I’m really excited about. I’m trying to learn how to cook. I’m doing it pretty badly. All I know how to cook so far in Corned Beef and Cabbage, Scrambled Eggs, Hard Boiled Eggs, uh, a Sandwich, and Pork Chops.

RR: Where have you traveled so far this month?

Sun: Well, I went to LA to drop off somethings. I don’t know if you could call that traveling. I got sick right before I got there so I ended up just wanting to do nothing. I watching “The Great Muppet Caper” with my friend Carolline and I got to briefly see some good people down there.

In the summer Marci and I went on a big East Coast trip. We were in New York for a few days, then we went to Providence and stayed at a friend’s place. We really like Rhode Island, for a lot good reasons, mostly the food and the funny accents. We also made our way to the Edward Gorey House on Cape Cod. He lived in this town called Yarmouth Port and we were there without a car and we somehow still had a lot of fun just wandering around town. We just hung out at the cemetery, Marci swam in a real East Coast pond, and we ate at the restaurant Edward Gorey ate out at at least twice a day. We got a book called “Haunted Yarmouth” and read up on all the houses that we walked passed (every house was haunted and they all involved New England sea captains). We also stayed in a kind of shabby B&B, but it was pretty cool in a weird way. It was the most haunted structure in all of Yarmouth. We stayed in the Carriage House where one of the stable boys hung himself back in the day.

RR: What’s your favorite music right now?

Sun: Uh, Doug Martsch and Stephin Merritt. Always and Forever.

RR: Best food you’ve had in your neighborhood lately or while you were traveling?

Sun: Yesterday I had a pulled BBQ pork sandwich at Rudy’s in Emeryville. It was pretty good. Actually the best meal I had in a while were these pork chops I picked up at Trader Joe’s. Marci sent me out to go grocery shopping and I brought back these $8 pork chops. She got really mad, cause I guess that’s a lot of money for just two pork chops. But then we fried them, and ate them with potato fritz and apple sauce, and it ended up being a really good meal. The best meal while travel was probably at Flo’s Clam Shack in Middletown, RI. Uh, I got a lobster hot dog there, and ate some chowder, and there weird clam things I don’t really know what they are.

RR: Anything Else You Want To Mention?

Sun: No. Not really. I’m trying to sucker someone to play Risk with me. I don’t really care if I lose, I just want to finish a game. Every time I play with someone they always give up or don’t want to play after 3 hours. I just need the satisfaction of completing something. I offered a neighbor a burrito to play Risk with me. He says he’s coming over in two Mondays. We’ll see.