so I am deleting this post. It was just mean.
18.6.04
Here comes the Sun
It's that time again, Solstice, which means only one thing, the Republic of Freemont's Solstice Parade.
According to the PI:
"The parade will follow a new route this year -- the longest ever -- and begins with an entrance through a grand archway. Sponsored by the Fremont Arts Council, the longer route will allow the hordes of visitors to spread out more, allowing for better views."
Hm, I'll believe that when I see it, as hordes descend on Freemont
Here's a map of the new route.
I can hardly wait!
According to the PI:
"The parade will follow a new route this year -- the longest ever -- and begins with an entrance through a grand archway. Sponsored by the Fremont Arts Council, the longer route will allow the hordes of visitors to spread out more, allowing for better views."
Hm, I'll believe that when I see it, as hordes descend on Freemont
Here's a map of the new route.
I can hardly wait!
10.6.04
Ray Charles Died Today at 73
Many folks, even here in Seattle don't realize that Ray Charles sort of got his start in Seattle, where he met Quincy Jones, and also where in 1948 he formed the first black group to have a sponsored TV show in the Pacific Northwest, the McSon Trio.
The BBC has set up a page where people can send a little tribute to the memory of Ray Charles. Many of them are quite touching, and they are from all over the world-- of course the UK, Ethiopia, Bulgaria, the Canary Islands, and this one from daftjack, South Africa:
"I remember travelling 200 miles from Manchester to London just to buy a Ray Charles record (in the 60s). I would still have gone had it been a thousand. Great singer, great voice, great man. The heavenly choir will have some competition tonight."
Ray Charles was truly a great American: optimistic, hard working, and sincere.
I will refrain from sullying his memory by comparing him to Ronald Regan; a man who began his political life being an FBI informant for the McCarthy Committee, and ended it with the blood of Nicaragua, Guatemala and Grenada on his hands, not to mention arming the Mujahdeen in Afganistan....wait I said I wasn't going to bring all that up.
The BBC has set up a page where people can send a little tribute to the memory of Ray Charles. Many of them are quite touching, and they are from all over the world-- of course the UK, Ethiopia, Bulgaria, the Canary Islands, and this one from daftjack, South Africa:
"I remember travelling 200 miles from Manchester to London just to buy a Ray Charles record (in the 60s). I would still have gone had it been a thousand. Great singer, great voice, great man. The heavenly choir will have some competition tonight."
Ray Charles was truly a great American: optimistic, hard working, and sincere.
I will refrain from sullying his memory by comparing him to Ronald Regan; a man who began his political life being an FBI informant for the McCarthy Committee, and ended it with the blood of Nicaragua, Guatemala and Grenada on his hands, not to mention arming the Mujahdeen in Afganistan....wait I said I wasn't going to bring all that up.
9.6.04
David Sedaris is on KUOW today
Today at 2:00, David Sedaris will be on KUOW to promote his new book, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. and I plan on reading it despite this horrifying review:
"Sedaris is the J.K. Rowling of American humor writers....This summer release is not recommended for beach reading. Laughing so hard will cause everything to jiggle." Colleen Kruse, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Ahem. Thankfully, Mary Brenan, the Seattle Times book reviewer also liked it.
"Sedaris is the J.K. Rowling of American humor writers....This summer release is not recommended for beach reading. Laughing so hard will cause everything to jiggle." Colleen Kruse, Minneapolis Star Tribune
Ahem. Thankfully, Mary Brenan, the Seattle Times book reviewer also liked it.
3.6.04
I am a geek
I was reading my favorite gurly mag, the fabulous BUSTMagazine, that my equally fabulous friend Laura Nooney introduced me to, (she just made producer! Yay Laura!) when I noticed a little ad for SEW FAST SEW EASY! they offer ON LINE sewing classes -- and offer super cute patterns, including this great 1/4 circle skirt! I need this skirt. really. Here are pictures of real people wearing it. I get paid tomorrow -- I can hardly wait!
2.6.04
FOUND Magazine
A friend of mine, Jay Rothschild, alerted me to the fact that the amazing FOUND Magazine folks are going to be in Seattle next week. It seems they will be performing on 6/9 at Elliott Bay at 7:30 and & at 6/10 U Bookstore at 7.
We went to montana this last weekend, and they have the best flea-markets in the world.
We went to montana this last weekend, and they have the best flea-markets in the world.
28.5.04
Going on a roadtrip
Scott and I are going on a roadtrip. we don't know where we're going -- just east basically. Weather is expected to be so-so, and we thought about staying home, but we never do anything but work on the house. Those pictures are old, we have done even yet more work since then. Specifically, scott replaced the beam in the living room, so we no longer have a scratching post holding up the ceiling.
Good Lord, we could use a break.
27.5.04
Boy, there's some cool stuff out there
I love the internet. Really. With all the crap and spam and crashing, sometimes I wonder if it is all worth it. Then someone forwards me a link to David Shrigley and I realise yes, I will keep pushing the little lever, because sometimes the electrode directly connected to my pleasure center gives a spark. And the thing with cool sites is they usually have links to other cool sites; and the next thing you know, you have been watching excellent little animations and thinking "I could do that" but the fact remains, YOU DIDN"T, and why don't you get your butt in the studio already, huh?
25.5.04
Coffee and Cigarettes
Went to see Coffee and Cigarettes on sunday with Kelly and Daryl. It was really great -- I especially liked the one with Alfred Molina. Besides, coffee and cigarettes hold a warm place in my heart.
13.5.04
Kurt Vonnegut
Another famous U of I former resident, Kurt Vonnegut, has a piece on the In these Times website.
I have always appreciated Mr. Vonnegut's perspectives, and this is no excepton:
"For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere."
His Article, Cold Turkey jumps around a little, it is mostly a collection of salient observations. But brilliant, nonetheless.
I have always appreciated Mr. Vonnegut's perspectives, and this is no excepton:
"For some reason, the most vocal Christians among us never mention the Beatitudes. But, often with tears in their eyes, they demand that the Ten Commandments be posted in public buildings. And of course that’s Moses, not Jesus. I haven’t heard one of them demand that the Sermon on the Mount, the Beatitudes, be posted anywhere."
His Article, Cold Turkey jumps around a little, it is mostly a collection of salient observations. But brilliant, nonetheless.
6.5.04
More Guston
Things have really picked up at work, so there has been no blog time (which has never been very much time...). I am still enamored with Philip Guston, currently reading Night Studio by Musa Mayer, his daughter. This inside view, slightly removed, is fascinating.
Guston was a huge influence at the University of Iowa, where I went to grad school, because he was a visiting artist there for two years, in 1941-42. Even now, those two years reverberate through the program. Most notably, through a fellow U of I grad alumni, Hamlett Dobbins. There was this other guy named Gary Kormarin who muscled his way into a visiting artist gig at U of I with a 30-year old letter of recommendation from Guston.
It's strange, when I was there, I could hardly care less about Guston; and now that I'm nearly six years out of grad school, I'd give my eye teeth to look at the Guston collection the museum there has.
Guston was a huge influence at the University of Iowa, where I went to grad school, because he was a visiting artist there for two years, in 1941-42. Even now, those two years reverberate through the program. Most notably, through a fellow U of I grad alumni, Hamlett Dobbins. There was this other guy named Gary Kormarin who muscled his way into a visiting artist gig at U of I with a 30-year old letter of recommendation from Guston.
It's strange, when I was there, I could hardly care less about Guston; and now that I'm nearly six years out of grad school, I'd give my eye teeth to look at the Guston collection the museum there has.
4.5.04
Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs
Drudge Retort: Red Meat for Yellow Dogs I don't have any time today, I am super busy, what with that crappy virus yesterday. So, enjoy the Drudge Retort instead.
29.4.04
Woo Hoo! Our new Car!
We bought a new car (to us) it is a 2002 Kia Rio Cinco, in Blueberry! I will be taking my lunch to work for the rest of my life. I am so excited, I think we will just drive around all weekend.
27.4.04
The Office
Ok, so Scott and I watched the first season of The Office and you should too. The first and second seasons are out right now, and available at Scarecrow video! This show is brutal genus.
20.4.04
Make sure you aren't taking a drink
when you go Here. I nearly had Diet Coke come out my nose.
This weekend I went to Lisa's house, I'll have pictures soon. So, Watch This Space.
This weekend I went to Lisa's house, I'll have pictures soon. So, Watch This Space.
16.4.04
Air America
I want to make sure everyone knows that Air America, the Liberal Talk Radio Network is on the air or at least on line. Which is how I have to listen to it, because it is not on the air in Seattle. Go figure. But make sure you tune in or listen on line, we gotta support this thing. And besides, Al Franken and Janeane Garofalo both have daily shows that are great.
As long as we are on the subject, there are lots of good progressive radio programs in Seattle. the one I listen to most often, (because it is on every day) is Democracy Now! on KBCS FM 91.3. On Saturdays and Sundays at the ungodly hour(s) 6:00 to 9:00am KEXP airs Mind Over Matters.
As long as we are on the subject, there are lots of good progressive radio programs in Seattle. the one I listen to most often, (because it is on every day) is Democracy Now! on KBCS FM 91.3. On Saturdays and Sundays at the ungodly hour(s) 6:00 to 9:00am KEXP airs Mind Over Matters.
15.4.04
Phillip Guston
Phillip Guston on Drawing
I have been reading the new biography of Guston by Ross Feld " Guston in Time". At first the pun ( just in time ) sort of bugged me, but as I read it, I realized that the pun was an apt one. Feld uses Guston's letters and his own narration to emphasise Guston's desire to represent time by using space (pictorialism) to look inward, rather than seeing signs and gestures as proof of sincere inwardness, lke the French structurealists, and deconstructualists. I am not saying it very well so I will quote a bit of the book:
Catherine Pickstock is quoted: " ...Because the individual is all there is, and so paradoxically the individual is the universal; to the extent that there is nothing 'beyond' the individual."
" For Guston, however, there was plenty beyond ("...then you move into the next," he writes, " like a strange and new clock, warping time into becoming a frightening new other place, a land in which there is no rock and no 'nothing') -- and in calling forth his strange, funky imagery in order to "re-present" them, he insisted on seeing those things ( and himself) change." ( p. 76, "Guston in time" by Ross Feld)
As usual the Archive has a great mini biography -- scroll to the bottom for image links.
I have been reading the new biography of Guston by Ross Feld " Guston in Time". At first the pun ( just in time ) sort of bugged me, but as I read it, I realized that the pun was an apt one. Feld uses Guston's letters and his own narration to emphasise Guston's desire to represent time by using space (pictorialism) to look inward, rather than seeing signs and gestures as proof of sincere inwardness, lke the French structurealists, and deconstructualists. I am not saying it very well so I will quote a bit of the book:
Catherine Pickstock is quoted: " ...Because the individual is all there is, and so paradoxically the individual is the universal; to the extent that there is nothing 'beyond' the individual."
" For Guston, however, there was plenty beyond ("...then you move into the next," he writes, " like a strange and new clock, warping time into becoming a frightening new other place, a land in which there is no rock and no 'nothing') -- and in calling forth his strange, funky imagery in order to "re-present" them, he insisted on seeing those things ( and himself) change." ( p. 76, "Guston in time" by Ross Feld)
As usual the Archive has a great mini biography -- scroll to the bottom for image links.
14.4.04
link to the Obstruction to Drawing Group
I can't tell you how much I hate professional sports. Not only was the baseball stadium rammed down our throats, even though we voted against it TWICE, not only do our poor confused children mistake overpaid, over prividleged, steriod popping players for HEROES, not only are millions of tax dollars spent and deferred on luring and keeping sports teams in town, not only do the horrid suburb dwelling, buzz cut wastes of oxygen descend on the city in hordes on game days, BUT EVERY TIME THERE IS A HOME GAME ON TUESDAYS, IT STARTS AT 7:00, EXACTLY THE SAME TIME AS THE DRAWING SESSIONS!!!! (Schedule of the Enemy) so drawing only meets when the hypocritical brainwashed hordes do not.
8.4.04
Life drawing
I have Life drawing sessions in G110 every tuesday, and this tuesday the model didn't show. We all stood around and chatted, and that was fun, but I am finally feeling the disappointment of not drawing this week. I am surprised and pleased that this habit has become ingrained so quickly. I am a lousy drawer, if truth be told, but find it really, well, delightful. So anyway, I really missed drawing this week. And with baseball season, I am thinking of only having it every other tuesday, because "the game" (barf) starts on tuesdays the same time as the drawing session. So parking is impossible, and costs $15 when you can find a place. ( sigh ) I am worried that it will fall off the radar if it is only every other week.....
7.4.04
King County Reusable Building Materials Exchange
King County Reusable Building Materials Exchangeis my newest favoritest site. Need Dirt? come and get it! want some french doors? there here and may be free!! It is sort of like Craigslist without the perverts.
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