I woke with this Cat Stevens song in my head as the rain gently falls on the Roman ruins outside my room, the wind howls, and the morning traffic honks. Voices murmur outside my room in Portuguese and English. I open the curtains and the sun flashes on the dark wet ruins and white plaster [...]
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Saturday is 350 Day: what will you do to raise awareness about the calamities of climate change?
This Saturday, October 24, around the world people are engaging in various acts to raise awareness and to encourage people to take action about climate change.
We’ll be taking our bikes that day wherever we go. It’s the ArtWalk around here so it should be fun.
Around the corner, we’ll probably drop by VCCOOL’s Rachel Morris is [...]
We’ll be taking our bikes that day wherever we go. It’s the ArtWalk around here so it should be fun.
Around the corner, we’ll probably drop by VCCOOL’s Rachel Morris is [...]
Blog Action Day 2009: Focus on Climate Change
Blog Action Day is an annual event that unites the world’s bloggers in posting about the same issue on the same day on their own blogs with the aim of sparking discussion around an issue of global importance. Blog Action Day 2009 will be the largest-ever social change event on the web. One day. One [...]
2009 Burning Man Timelapse Video: day & night from atop a rickshaw
Now that WordCamp LA is over, it’s back to posting more about Burning Man 2009! This 2009 Burning Man video montage comes from the on-high vantage points of an airplane and then from atop a rickshaw. It’s edited from a day to night perspective. Check out the dust storms! From the shots of the fireworks [...]
Burning Man 2009 video makes YOU wish you were on playa dancing!
The videos and photographs are starting to show up online as peeps get back from the playa and starting sorting through their materials. I’ll add the ones I find that are worth watching here. This one begins and ends with a plane ride and offers a nice overview of the city form different perspectives, high [...]
Flying Yoga Playshops with Sarah & Whaka: in Center Camp at Burning Man & LA area
Last night, we had the joyous pleasure of participating in a Flying Yoga Playshop (similar to the video above) with Sarah and Whaka at the ArtBarn. And, we’re happy to note they will be playing and sharing this joyous yoga practice in center camp during Burning Man!
When we arrived at the ArtBarn last night, about [...]
When we arrived at the ArtBarn last night, about [...]
How to Fur Your Burning Man Bike, How To Turn Your Bike Into a PlayaFly & other ArtBikes & ArtRides to go on!
I just got a kick stand for my bike!! Now to put a tennis ball on the end so it doesn’t sink into the playa! If you have some old tennis balls, hey, be a sport, and bring them–they’d make a great spontaneous gift!
Now, what, where and when will we ride?
I hope we get out [...]
Now, what, where and when will we ride?
I hope we get out [...]
Download Two New Radiohead Songs: “Harry Patch” & “These Are My Twisted Words”
On Weds. August 5, 2009, Radiohead released the song “Harry Patch (In Memory Of).” I love Radiohead, so I immediately stopped what I was doing when I heard on KCRW’s Morning Becomes Eclectic that they’d just received a new song. It took my breath away.
The video above offers a slideshow of images, mostly from [...]
The video above offers a slideshow of images, mostly from [...]
I Can’t Go To Burning Man Lame Excuse #1002: Homer says no, Marge says go
Simpsons Family Burning Man from Aung T on Vimeo.
Funny for non-Burners, hilarious to Burners.
Aung also did last year’s Hitler Plans Burning Man. Here it is again, just in case you missed it.
Posted in burning man, burning mom, cultural events, literary arts, video Tagged: Homer says no to going to Burning Man, The Simpsons Burning Man [...]
Funny for non-Burners, hilarious to Burners.
Aung also did last year’s Hitler Plans Burning Man. Here it is again, just in case you missed it.
Posted in burning man, burning mom, cultural events, literary arts, video Tagged: Homer says no to going to Burning Man, The Simpsons Burning Man [...]
I Can’t Go To Burning Man Lame Excuse #1001: I don’t have a BIG art project! 5 To Do Tips
Here it is the last few weeks before Burning Man and you really want to go, but you know everybody there is doing some way-cool art project, and well, you don’t have a tuba, you think you don’t have anything to contribute and no time to make that Art Car aka Mutant Vehicle, that special [...]
Burning Man Evolutionary & Revolutionary Art 2009
Why go to Burning Man?
What’s the big deal? Isn’t it just a big rave? Isn’t just a bunch of naked high people? I am frequently asked these kinds of questions, and I answer:
I go for the mind-blowing art and the soul inspiring people who make it.
In the video above, a 5 minute time lapse of [...]
What’s the big deal? Isn’t it just a big rave? Isn’t just a bunch of naked high people? I am frequently asked these kinds of questions, and I answer:
I go for the mind-blowing art and the soul inspiring people who make it.
In the video above, a 5 minute time lapse of [...]
Superman, Mardi Gras & Omar Faruk Tekbelik: All at the Skirball in LA
What do Superman, Mardi Gras and Omar Faruk Tekbelik have in common? They’re all at LA’s Skirball Center this August!
Thursday, August 6, at 8pm enjoy the Mardi Gras music of The Wild Magnolias See New Orleans’s acclaimed Wild Magnolias in action, showcasing irresistible, upbeat music and stunningly ornate costumes. More…
Listen to Sample All Skirball galleries [...]
Thursday, August 6, at 8pm enjoy the Mardi Gras music of The Wild Magnolias See New Orleans’s acclaimed Wild Magnolias in action, showcasing irresistible, upbeat music and stunningly ornate costumes. More…
Listen to Sample All Skirball galleries [...]
On Sound Poetry with Bill & BP
You can watch this, the traditional way, by hitting play and watching and listening.
Or make your own sound poem. Start one video, then start the next one about 10 seconds later, so they both play at the same time, creating a new sound poem.
Posted in poetry, video Tagged: conceptual poetry, concrete poetry [...]
Or make your own sound poem. Start one video, then start the next one about 10 seconds later, so they both play at the same time, creating a new sound poem.
Posted in poetry, video Tagged: conceptual poetry, concrete poetry [...]
Poet Walt Whitman Sells Levis 501 Jeans in new ad campaign & Ellyn Maybe on Being an Artist
Whitman wears his Levis well to inspire a new generation, the millenials, the “Os” (for Obama) generation: http://goforth.levi.com/newdeclaration/gallery
OR hear here:
“America” (in MP3 format)
Bypass the Levis site and its accompanying ad campaign by clicking the link above to hear Walt Whitman’s original 36-second wax cylinder recording of what is thought to be Whitman’s voice reading four [...]
OR hear here:
“America” (in MP3 format)
Bypass the Levis site and its accompanying ad campaign by clicking the link above to hear Walt Whitman’s original 36-second wax cylinder recording of what is thought to be Whitman’s voice reading four [...]
Celebrating Independence
Above is a Muppet version of celebrating Independence Day. Below are a few of the many thousands of families who walked on Main from near our house to the July 4 street fair downhill in downtown; this photo is close to the tail end of the parade–the Big Monkey and the small boy are wearing [...]
Burning Man by Bike plus TARP for the Playa Bound & for the Do Lab
Ahh yes, getting warmed up for playa bike rides with the First Friday ArtRide tomorrow night! Meet up with us at the Son Jon Road City yard parking lot before 5:30 or from 530-6pm, OR outside or inside the Artists Union Gallery or the bar at Aloha or C St restaurant along the Ventura Beach [...]
Here’s to you: MJ, FF, Ed McMahon & Sky Saxon “You’re Pushing Too Hard”
You’re Pushing Too Hard
My friend Ron Wells writes:
Amidst the passings of the King of Pop, the poster icon for Charlie’s Angels, and Johnny Carson’s sidekick, few will notice or mention the death of Sky Saxon, lead singer and songwriter for the mid-60’s garage band, The Seeds. He died on June 25 in Austin, Texas. [...]
My friend Ron Wells writes:
Amidst the passings of the King of Pop, the poster icon for Charlie’s Angels, and Johnny Carson’s sidekick, few will notice or mention the death of Sky Saxon, lead singer and songwriter for the mid-60’s garage band, The Seeds. He died on June 25 in Austin, Texas. [...]
Hardy Wallace aka Dirty South Gets A Really Goode Job
So his wasn’t the prettiest face on the page, I am sure he’d be the first to admit.
But anybody who knows Hardy, or gets to know Hardy, knows he’s a really Goode guy.
No surprise that Murphy-Goode snapped up the guy who flew across the country to be first in line in San Francisco to sign [...]
But anybody who knows Hardy, or gets to know Hardy, knows he’s a really Goode guy.
No surprise that Murphy-Goode snapped up the guy who flew across the country to be first in line in San Francisco to sign [...]
Ojai Music Festival Opens Tonight in Libbey Bowl
My whole life I have been hearing and reading about the Ojai Music Festival which takes place every June practically in my backyard (OK, Ojai is about a 20 minute drive away) in one of my favorite places, under the oaks and sycamores of Libbey Bowl, an outdoor amphitheater. The Festival opens tonight and features the musicians [...]
Bike Blenders: for Burning Man & First Friday ArtRides!
We’re gearing up for tomorrow night’s First Friday ArtRide, the Ventura SantaCon(vention!). We’ve got our Santa suits out, and plenty of Santa hats which we’ll sell you for $1! And I’m trying to figure out how best to attach the hats to helmets.
The Big Monkey is pumping up low tires so new Venturan but long-time [...]
The Big Monkey is pumping up low tires so new Venturan but long-time [...]
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