our mentors in the lost art of pumpkin-carving, Dave n Sarah, have left their j-o-bs to travel around the world in 365 days. yep, sucks to be them ; ) Dave left the following words of wisdom for his colleagues at RealNetworks after 7 1/2 years working down on Elliott [taken from his blog, davethegrinch.net]:…
Category: art
Growing up with Newsweek
Newsweek loves to feature articles about Autism. People love to buy Newsweek and read articles about Autism. If the following cliche’ is true [about Autism] then most of the world is Autistic only they don’t know it yet: Work is play and play is work Sound like anyone in YOUR neighborhood? When was the last…
Halfmoon’s full sound
when i last knew Mr Lund he was a bass savant with the potential to be anything he so chose. well, he obviously still is, only now, evolved, he and Nico blend an assortment of instruments, she on keys, he on [gasp] guitar and effects, into this most original sound = HALFMOON. am i surprised?…
INLAND EMPIRE will debut in US in December
When asked about Inland Empire, Lynch responds that it is “about a woman in trouble, and it’s a mystery, and that’s all I want to say about it.” Most of the film’s details have been kept under wraps. It’s set in the Riverside/San Bernadino, California area just east of Los Angeles, which is also known…
Tideland
If you’re not angry, they say, you’re not paying attention. Mad hatter Terry Gilliam has been accused of a lot of things–directorial self-indulgence (The Adventures of Baron Munchausen), professional self-sabotage (Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas), creative accounting (Brazil). But one could never blame the Monty Python alum and native Minnesotan for failing to reckon…
Ladies and Lords, we present Black Blondie
This morning where i work a very cool thing happened. instead of the usual mid-week ughs around eightish Black Blondie set up and played one of their earliest-in-the-morning gigs ever and ever so slowly, hypnotically melted and rendered the sleek yet somewhat stiff corporate environs into one that had me thinking of how subtle the…
Modern Times
What better way to follow up David and Sarah’s wedding than with a review of Dylan’s new album? If Bob Dylan’s 31 studio albums have taught us anything, it’s not to take his words at face value. The title of album No. 32, Modern Times, is a typically mischievous Dylanism. For one thing, it’s a…
Open Letter to Creators of Publicly Published Playlists
Taken from DaveTheGrinch.net… We (me), the undersigned, respectfully request that the technology enabled, power granted 15 minute fame seekers please stop clogging up the internet with their badly conceived and predictably executed user created playlists. Just because technologies such as Rhapsody allow you to create and publish your own playlist of tracks doesn’t mean you…
Ben’s Machine
check out this of a kinetic wood sculpture with aspects of steam technology that my cousin made in Bellingham, WA. you wondered if being a bit “odd” was a family trait? here’s proof! seriously, tho, that is COOL, Bennie. nice work, cuz. next stop, perpetual motion sculpture through the eyes of the proletariat. ; )…
Bradley Bergey
Bradley Bergey is our good pal who paints like mad. No one is more biased about the work than I am. I generally think contemporary painting is l a m e but I think Bergey’s work has vision. Bergey currently teaches history at an international school in Barcelona. Check out his work via www.crywonder.com =…
Beautiful Bodies
“Did you like it? ” he asks, licking his lips. He’s a large man, with waxy skin and a light haze of sweat on his brow. He invites me to McDonald’s, but I decline. – c