lonestar

that title has seemed to take on many meanings for me... first was the obvious, being in texas, it seemed an appropriate name for a show. then i had it called to my attention that being the only artist in the show, i was the lone star... well after the show dealing with the usual let down after such a build up, my mind felt a little "lonely" when this happens to me i have a tendency to think it is b/c i have done something wonderfully meaningful but have no one to go home and decompress it with... it is just abruptly over ( it happended to me big time after blaid aid) yesterday i spent the evening hanging out with the dog trying to see if i could find outher reasons for it?? still working on that, but feeling more level today. btw, the show was a great night with lots of people, friends and family. i showed 12 pieces and sold 6, my best turn over to date.

disco inferno

its a boy.... victoria and andrew had a healthy 7lb. baby boy early sunday morning. his name is Dante J. Saldino and he has no idea the fun he is about to have with his parents and manny in the next few months:) this is his first pic to be published on the web, toe in nose and all... (that will be the last time his toe fits in his nose) i guessed he was a boy from this pic, pretty good huh? the lonestar show is going up tonight, and the showing is tomorrow night, looking forward to hanging out with family and friends.. pics of the show and work will be up on the appropriate blogs soon.

showtime

have been a busy bee getting ready for this show... ill have about 10 new pieces, some way out there, some simple, all affordable:) no big news, got a bad taste in my mouth after the al gore interview on the daily show... fear is the word for all, bastards:( getting very weary listening to the extremes.. we as citizens need to wake up soon and tell these goverment fear mongers to "fuck off"... all they do is try to seperate us, the people, who actually live in a very diverse grey reality. going to hear an athens band (my soon to be, getaway) monday night, somaybe ill have some groove insight soon.

obese vegan

well that makes 3 in a row for ole SMT... after pinback and mward im not sure why i would have any doubts... the sound sucked so bad for the first band, i almost didnt hang on for "The Constantines" (a band from canada) they were on fire and played right through the terrible job by the sound guy, some hack... to put on a groovy show. sean put on a show himself, in rare form he was...the boy loves his music

my turn

for what??
to write a book.. to say nothing of worth.. to lay down or sell out to the corporate wheels like she has been doing forever, since her days of marketing the gay community for coors beer? i guess she learned from a pro? arent we all wanting equal rights here, but she markets a shitty beer, made by a company who use to be on the forefront of gay discrimination... to a group of society, based not on there spending/drinking/sporting habits but their sexual orientation... hmm. then she gets mad at any of the democrat that uses/d her sexuality to market their agendas?? it seems that terry gross, on "fresh air" (NPR) was trying to point out such hypocracies, but to have her on the show was just a mistake, a terrible interviewee for a terrible cause, a book that will surely say nothing just as she has. not to mention being involved with one of the most anti-gay administrations in recent history??? if anyone reads this book and im wrong and its a good read... please let me know, as we know i can surely have gotten this wrong:)

a smattering

my last post, including a poemesque entry, was a flop but maybe for the content?? so ill try again with a smattering of thoughts from my pink journal, some of you may remember when i carried that one around:)
-"dont speed, if you enjoy your weed"
- if you know what pherimones are...here is an attempt to name that layer of the female atmosphere...
pherosphere or farrah'sphere.
-"whoever seeks the truth, deserves the consequenses"
-"paralyzed by the western son, i search for a deeper shade.
realizing the existing darkness of my heart, i struggle to move into true light"
-" love, romance, hope...
a fabrication of my will, to hold a hand that fits in mine"

lantana

i love that word and could just stop there:) but as some you know i have an ironic thing for flowers, ironic in that i dont have green thumb when it comes to frivolous plants/flowers, im ok in the garden:) and ironic in the fact that im not big on picking/purchasing flowers... but here is this plant i inherited and planted in my front flower bed, that is mostly bushes and sage varietals.... (im not into watering much either:() anyways this plant (lantana) struggles in the 100 degree heat of summer (my house faces west, which is great feng shui but terrible for a flower bed). so the leaves of the plant are wilted, bug eaten etc.. but its flower persists and fights thru the heat to bloom in such a beautiful way it over comes you...you cant loose your awareness or you'll miss it for it only lasts one day and its gone... such beauty, such determination to live, to see the sun and then to die. im sure for the plant it was well worth it and im honored.

springs preserve

i am so proud of my brother and his work with whole foods... he started as a cheese cutter fittingly:) but know he is at the top of the game, doing very well in vegas. as for wholefoods.. we all know that success story. whole foods had a booth at the springs preserve, once an ancient tribal land that the state of NV is preserving... www.springspreserve.org
my bro, is hoggin the lens:) come on man you can merchandise better than that!!