damn

why dont i look like this anymore??:) this is when i need it, right? or maybe not but it would sure be nice to have the few muscles i have left, uncovered like that... me and matty (matt pyburn, a friend of 20 years) are roomies again for the 5th time. a short stay this time, as he just moved into my pink house here in denton... its alot of fun hanging out with matt like the old days, im sure he'll be sick of my ass soon. the pic is when i lived in pensacola florida back in 95' you gotta love the locks on p-burt.

doc dude

its been a while since my last indie/documentary film review... this week i had the pleasure to watch two very thought provoking doucumentary films... the first "be here to love me" the story of townes van zandt.. and incredible singer song writer who like many of us was way out there, but couldnt seem to come down. he was kind and gentle, loved his whiskey and his music more than... man he could tell a story. you'll want to emerse yourself in your music or art after this inspirational piece... the next was " the mushroom club" http://www.farfilm.com/films/mushroom-club/ does anybody really know why we bombed hiroshima? i like how we have conveniently forgotten that:):( well we fucked those people up. this film shows the grace of the japanese people in moving forward... they knew that they were ultimately to blame for letting their goverment take them to that place. this film really does a good job showing the "impact" of this bomb, the people who were vaporized and the ones the left behind. is there any race we havent screwed?? watch this one, we all need to pay attention and remember how these things get to such a point!

return to eden

it is groovy sometimes when your past comes back to greet you and in my case i have so many pasts, it happens often. this time was particularly special. in tulsa when i had my art gallery, mother tongue, i also bartended at the snooty fox. at the end of my stay there, before i moved to L.A. there was a group that started playing at the bar "eden" two young, talented and beautiful girls who were dong some newage/world music with a christian kick. well the later part, im sure, shut me down to it, but supposedly i still invited them over to my gallery and into the back space.... " the almighty ass":) well i was very lucky to have met back up with sharla pember, the younger sister, in tulsa a few weeks back and then get the opportunity to hear her play again this past week. watch out tulsa for this voice and talent, it is right on..... remember the pember!!

SIMPLIFY

sittng on a bucket with my computer atop the box it came in... the 15' moving truck (still proud i can fit it all in 15') is packed and ready to go 250 miles north to be then unpacked.. all of my stuff is in boxes and will be missing me for 8 months. is there liberation somewhere inside this anxiety of not having my belongings? if so i will find it and am glad im leading this next step of my life with the foot of simplicity.

babes o' plenty

so this was the week... as i blogged earlier victoria and andrew gave birth to dante, who i will get to know quite well soon, and my good friend smt and his gal gave birth to frankie this week. i have hopes to see frankie this weekend when i move my stuff back to tulsa... the top pic is baby dante and the bottom frankie, they are beautiful, right?? here to the future wave of thoughts and actions:)

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.