Made it back

We made it back from a whirlwind of holiday driving and visiting. Home sweet home. Loft sweet loft. converted industrial warehouse sweet conv– … you get the picture. I was in San Diego this morning at a Starbucks and I had one of those classic “Stepford Moments” where you just snap and run from the …

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Holidazed

So we went to Las Vegas for a Christmas present as a couple. Saw the Beatles LOVE at the Mirage and if it costs me any punk rock points I still must rave about it. The Cirque du Soleil is a grand combo of pretense and props, athleticism and artistry. If they called themselves Dada …

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Fifty Bucks

This is a YouTube Video of a short performance at a Downtown L.A. Art party in 1987. You can’t see me in the crowd, but I was there. The artwork being auctioned is a framed collection of 50 one dollar bills – the origin of the name 50 Bucks. The auctioneer is the late Todd …

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Sigmar Polke

I have always disliked the art of Sigmar Polke, but apparently (according to this story), it is quite popular among some German youth…

braggin rights…

Your IQ Is 130 Your Logical Intelligence is Below Average Your Verbal Intelligence is Genius Your Mathematical Intelligence is Exceptional Your General Knowledge is Exceptional A Quick and Dirty IQ Test The one logic question that I thought I got wrong I went back and changed thinking it would increase my score and I had …

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Question:

What does it mean when a goup of otherwise sane adults look at one of their own aghast when the fact that I have never seen Shrek – nor have any idea what it is about -is disclosed?

gigs

I have had a few writing gigs lately and a few more are on the way, no lack of work, no lack of bills, a good pace I guess, a good place to be as well. My mom told me that my nephew, who s about to turn six, is getting bumped up from kindergarten …

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Well, the Brewery Artwalk is scheduled for April 21 and 22, we had the big Board of Directors meeting last night, the budget looks fine, we have many of the roles set out, it all looks good and well-organized. I’m going to Gallery C tonight to see two artists talk abut their work, both are …

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Merry F-in Festival of Blight, L.A.

Two weeks ago, on a Saturday Night we were out at dinner in Los Feliz and my girlfriend goaded me into driving to the Festival of Light. This is a free drive-thru Holiday lights display in Griffith Park. You simply drive up Riverside Avenue (just past Los Feliz) and look at all the pretty holiday …

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gotta brag

My nephew designed and built this. Must be the genetics, yeah?

Miami

Here is an incomplete list of L.A. Participants in the various Miami Art Fairs next week. One oversight I noticed is that the new Bergamot Gallery Faufitown Projects will be at the Bridge Fair but is not listed on that L.A. list. Sometimes “NEW” is “Too New” maybe…

Here is the statistical map of what causes the deaths of people. A weird fact that I didn’t know, did you?