Shameless

(Still image from Veritable Swings, 2009)

I've added a few of my still video images to my University run website... It's kind of ghetto, but it gets the job done. You can see all of the goodies here!

Start Over

RIP little guy... We had some good times.

My twin-reflex Seagull has gone to the great camera gods in the sky; it is officially the end of an era... Whilst shooting this morning I realized that its shutter had completely lost its will to live... so sad. So the question remains, where do I begin again? I've got six 35mm cameras loaded with half used rolls of film, expired Polaroids, and plenty of video footage to keep me company. Not good enough. Aimless in the studio on a Sunday afternoon.

Signs Taken for Wonders

PixPix and I went for a walk up a hill at dusk...this is what ensued

Response to Hal Foster's article writen for Art in American circa 1986...

Greatest Show on Earth?

Giving a mini lecture on P.T. Barnum's contribution to the marvelous freak show craze of the 19th century today. The itinerary includes : Zip, Millie/Christine, the FeeJee mermaid, Dog-faced boy, and many other fantastical human anomalies. Happy Monday!

Bones, Bones, Bones

Top 5 Favorite Childhood Costumes:

1. Gypsy (this was in heavy rotation for multiple Halloweens)
2. Dinosaur (although I really hated that one at the time)
3. Cleopatra
4. Tank Girl
5. Giant Grape (this costume is in honor of my dad, he dressed up with me every Halloween and took me trick-or-treating. This particular gem consisted of brown pants and copious amounts of purple balloons safety pinned to a purple turtleneck. Best costume EVER!)

Due to my laziness this year, I'm dressing up as the zombie form of a Eddie Vedder. Why? I'm not quite sure yet, I think mostly so I stay warm.

Update: Not so bad Tuesday

Beautiful bike ride + tasty breakfast + studio + mixed tape = a not so bad follow up to my crummy Monday.

Here is a list of a recently composed fall mixed tape I made (even though it's still in the high 80's out here in Tucson.)

1. Tous Les Garcons Et Les Filles Francoise Hardy
2. Little Garcon Born Ruffians
3. Heart of Chambers Beach House
4. New Partner Palace Music
5. My Angel Rocks Back and Fourth Four Tet
6. Gee, it's good to be back home Cass McCombs
7. Don't Watch me dancing Little Joy
8. The Rifle Alela Diane
9. The Clown Roy Orbison
10. House of the Rising Sun Cat Power
11. Smoke Rings Glen Gray and the Casa Loma Orchestra
12. Jukebox Babe Alan Vega
13. Old old Fashioned Frightened Rabbit
14. I'm a Coward Gino Washington
14. Bye bye bye Plants and Animals
15. Things will never be the same jj
16. Perfect Day Lou Reed

Worst Monday Ever

This guy is so happy...

Today begins the start my candidacy review week; I wake up with terrible nausea and a headache, just my luck. Working on every bit of energy I can muster up before I go teach a class and sit through a lecture (and the fact that my studio has an overwhelming smell of cleaning supplies is not helping.) Perhaps I can conjure up this image whilst teaching to keep me from throwing up.