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drinking again...
Fair warning: my mother is dead and I'm in full on processing mode. It feels better to post this somewhere than to just write it and not show anyone. So, that's what I'm doing. I may be posting more in the coming weeks. To be messy and anal expulsive is a totally fitting tribute, considering who she was.
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Bernal Hill
gloom is good for the skin
let the rain fall for months on end
may the fog suffocate the cities
may the grasses grow green
all winter long
in California -
Kicking Ass
I was commissioned last week to make a promo video for Yerba Buena Center for the Arts' Christmas party/fundraiser. I got the gig cause they had seen a rough-cut I had made for a CHRISTRAPER SINGS video. They gave me no budget, really, and just a stipend for pay. I came up with this idea in a day and pulled it out of my ass ahead of schedule. Shot ( Read more... ) -
Wisdom of the Ancients.
O' what mystery and wisdom has been laying dormant for millenia?
What can the remnants of the earliest civilizations' art and literature tell us about ourselves and who THEY were?
BEHOLD!
Page 973 from "Before the Muses - an Anthology of Akkadian Literature"
a translation of a Mesopotamian cuniform clay tablet that went lost for 3000 years:
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Nebuchadnezzar, Wotan/The Wanderer, the priest of Nana, Nana...
I made a ritual mask prototype for my show tonight with Philip Huang which is part of Home Theater Festival.
Loving it. I feel like sharing, so here.
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Werner Herzog reads...
These here aren't really Werner Herzog reading Mike Mulligan and his Steam Shovel and Curious George, but they makes me want to see every movie Herzog ever made and read every word he ever wrote. I relate to these interpretations probably more than I aught. It's no secret that I need therapy. Still, no matter what yr worldview, how could one not ( Read more... ) -
From a 1998 Interview with Andre Cymone
Andre Cymone was Prince's foster-brother when he was a teenager and he ended up playing Bass in the Prince's band up until he quit before the 1999 tour. He went on to produce hits for Jody Watley, but since then he has more or less disappeared. I found this interview with him today from '98 discussing the names of his and Prince's high school band ( Read more... ) -
The Pornographic Imagination
I've been slaving on this for the last two weeks. This song will be somewhat re-worked when it comes out on DEMO. Listen here or download for free in all formats via Bandcamp.
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Laughing at the CROSS!
I realize i should have joined this post to the last, but whatevs.
Here's the inside cover of the CHRISTRAPER SINGS demo
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