tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22413043492267452572024-03-12T20:08:00.505-07:00the owl and the octopusUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger120125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-46181548228660722042018-06-14T16:53:00.001-07:002018-06-14T16:53:08.173-07:00Soundwalk tomorrowTomorrow I will go on a soundwalk. Not a traditional one but one where I will collect objects to be used as instruments, along with collecting field recordings.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-83573037111924588782012-10-20T10:50:00.001-07:002018-06-14T16:58:22.221-07:00Digital vs. Analog vs. Spacesaving<div><p>These past few months I have felt the need to downsize my life.  I started throwing away a lot of stuff and rethinking how I approach my life, art, music, and job.  This sounds rather silly.  I have come to acouple of conclusions, 1) it's harder than it looks to downsize and 2) my approach to art and music has switched back to creating art on a smaller scale and creating music on a smaller scale.   </p>
<p><b>ANALOG vs. DIGITAL</b> </p>
<p>So i've had this internal struggle about analog vs. digital, as most artists do, but i'm thinking digital has partially won this fight. I say partially because my love for the tactile experience of creating analog art can never be swayed, but digitally sketching is okay to me. Music creation for me is just as natural, if not more, digital as it is analog. Another problem I have with digital is if your outside in the sun it's hard to view the screen.   </p>
<p>I have grown quite attached to my Galaxy Tab 2 7", Galaxy III, and to a certain extent my iPad. I would even say more attached than to my sketchbooks and laptop, well maybe not to my sketchbooks.   </p>
<p>Android apps I use: <br>
Sketchbook Pro <br>
SPC Pocketband Pro <br>
Hi Q MP3 recorder <br>
Sythe Free <br>
Polaris Office   </p>
<p>Apple apps I use: <br>
Sketchbook Pro <br>
Tabletop <br>
Thicket   <br>
Buddha machines<br>
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<p>I think I will explore digital art creation and music creation further.</p>
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<a href="http://www.monocromatica.com/netlabel/releases/tube127.htm">jin men ju "01122008"</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.monocromatica.com/netlabel/releases/tube161.htm">blind umizato "as the evening descends; two rivers"</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-61562874828614136742012-01-28T09:20:00.000-08:002018-06-14T16:58:21.985-07:00CatI had a weird experience this morning. It was about 6:15am and I was sitting in the living room, surfing the 'net. It was pretty quiet so I wouldn't wake my wife up, and as I was sitting there I heard a cat "vocalize" in the back room. I looked around for Jazz, our only cat, and he was right behind my head on the back of the couch. Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-79087490500484871682012-01-23T07:17:00.000-08:002018-06-14T16:58:22.162-07:0001.23.2011I. Altered guitar project. Picked up a very used Six Flags guitar w/Superman symbol on it, a broken nut, no tremolo bar, and a chip on the neck. Also, I have yet to try it out to see if the electronics in it works. <br />
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Sat down yesterday and took out all the frets and filled the slots in with super glue. Giving that about a full 24 hours to dry and will sand that down. The neck had some rough spots where I pulled the frets out from so sanding may be a job. Next:<br />
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<li>Kill switch.</li>
<li>7th "bass" string made of wire stretching above the top string. </li>
<li>New paint job.</li>
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II. Decided to use old films, "Searching For Something" and "A Gift Giveth", for two upcoming art shows. One is at Fort Worth Community Arts Center, affectionately known as FW-CAC. Finally getting a piece in there, was hoping to get a new film in there but not quite finished with my newest one, "An Ode To An Idea". However, I built this new "box" to hold my iPad in in order to show the film. Still trying to decide how to present the audio portion of the film. The other show is at CUT Salon, a pretty cool hair salon, this one is put on by F6 Gallery.<br />
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III. "An Ode To An Idea", came about as a lesson plan for my students. We were/are going to start doing stop motion animated films and as an example I was going to make a film about how the star of my show was looking for an idea for his film. It has grown "legs" and taken off from that idea. I love how you can take a simple idea, as searching for an idea as a lesson plan, and it becomes this being that is "An Ode To An Idea".Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-40503110324420635012011-12-30T11:45:00.000-08:002018-06-14T16:58:21.752-07:0012.30.2011<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Review of my visit to the museum today. <br />
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*Update - In the past I have dismissed Kaws artwork as bad mixes of Warhol and graffiti but after seeing the black canvases and the two fiberglass sculptures at the museum today, I have a new appreciation of his work.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-37298733681606117322011-11-28T04:29:00.001-08:002018-06-14T16:58:21.723-07:00Soundtrack for week 11.28 - 12.02<h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}" style="font-weight: normal;">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">"Finally Confident" - ~topic</span></span></h6>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-82976783794305795072011-11-15T19:05:00.001-08:002018-06-14T16:58:22.191-07:00New illustration for upcoming Hentai Improvising Orchestra show.<br />
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<span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;">"Love In the Age of Circuitry" - <a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=105512549513392" href="https://www.facebook.com/AndySpainMusic">Andy Spain</a> </span></h6>
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<span class="messageBody translationEligibleUserMessage" data-ft="{"type":3}" style="font-size: small;">"Shobaleader One: d'Demonstrator" - <a href="http://squarepusher.net/shobaleader-one/">Squarepusher</a></span></h6>
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I have two new songs about ready to go. Both, "09.06.2011" and "09.11.2011", sound very electronic. Instruments used:<br />
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New image for Stone Machine Electric t-shirt design. A combination of a human skull and foo dog.<br />
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foo dog/human skull design<br />
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2. "Disintegration Loops II" - William Basinski<br />
3. "Disintegration Loops III" - William Basinski<br />
4. "Disintegration Loops IV" - William Basinski<br />
5. "Wake Up!" - John Legend/The Roots<br />
6. "The Message" - Dem Southernfolkz.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-4470012284262047792011-09-03T07:55:00.000-07:002018-06-14T16:58:21.810-07:0009.03.2011; Works in ProgressSome "works in progress":
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<br />Lately, I've really gotten back into painting. Photography and video has kind of taken a back seat to painting.
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<br />Need to start thinking about instruments to build or find for an upcoming project with our wonderful dancer friends/collaborators with the Home Made Dance Project. With electricity issues we may find ourselves playing acoustic a lot.
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-51160614342769441312011-08-06T02:45:00.000-07:002018-06-14T16:58:21.867-07:0008.06.2011; An early morningI suppose the pain meds have worn off from my recent surgery. It's early and I can't sleep. All I can think about is cats with human bodies, a man made of concrete wandering the streets, men with bizarre beards, a film I'm working on called "Exile on Montgomery Street", the music of Phill Niblock, and coffee.<br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17597688?portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/17597688">CHINA '88 Excerpt</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5258774">Phill Niblock</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/17062372?portrait=0" width="400" height="300" frameborder="0"></iframe><p><a href="http://vimeo.com/17062372">Brasil '84 Excerpt</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user5258774">Phill Niblock</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com">Vimeo</a>.</p><br /><br /><iframe width="560" height="349" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/jRqj2PsQoPE" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-63114468016287972342011-07-25T12:51:00.000-07:002018-06-14T16:58:22.014-07:00New and Improved "exile on montgomery street" excerpt<iframe allowfullscreen='allowfullscreen' webkitallowfullscreen='webkitallowfullscreen' mozallowfullscreen='mozallowfullscreen' width='320' height='266' src='https://www.blogger.com/video.g?token=AD6v5dzGvts4mekdQdDvSbgRiQYG_vtv-Nmt3WrQaq40hfF440dZtdIvTkFid4reKOidUDjtGmHACJOFRLG-eXlucQ' class='b-hbp-video b-uploaded' frameborder='0'></iframe>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-6524693879835720652011-07-21T10:29:00.000-07:002018-06-14T16:58:22.074-07:00Roadside memorials<div><br /></div><div>A new series of photographs of roadside memorials. 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Minyard; .25 miles east of Eastchase exit, Fort Worth, TX"</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-8583186538904998442011-07-16T10:43:00.000-07:002018-06-14T16:58:22.279-07:00Fun with Voice to Text<b><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">1.</span></b></div><span class="Apple-style-span">-Email to mother:</span></b><div><br /></div><div>"Mom can I get Betty Brown's, Betty Morgan's, Michael's and Sister's phone numbers?".</div><div><br /></div><div><b>-What Voice to Text created:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Mom kanye gay betty brown bedding orange michaels and sisters phone number.".</div><div><br /></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">2.</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span">-Video idea spoken to Voice to Text program:</span></b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Video idea for training birds</div><div><br /></div><div>Number 1 toy monkey wind up banging symbols.</div><div>Number to banging wind up monkey catches on fire.</div><div>Number 3 hold me out of stuffed animal carcass outside.</div><div>Number for birds fly down and eat car games. "</div><div><br /></div><div><div><b>-What the video idea was supposed to say:</b></div><div><br /></div><div>"Video idea for reigning birds</div><div><br /></div><div>Number 1, toy monkey wind up banging cymbals.</div><div>Number 2, banging wind up monkey catches on fire.</div><div>Number 3, pull meat out of stuffed animal, hang carcass outside.</div><div>Number 4, birds fly down and eat carcass. "</div></div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-65583631196408482802011-06-23T04:28:00.000-07:002018-06-14T16:58:22.103-07:0006.22.2011; sketchbook pages<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Wxj9w8iIWixV_JPOc0MAD9ZVGlr0HdyD-mc6_EKxFtYGg_idEcmQI7gxeN5Qw2lZkTeVIAD551WFLLXr9EDjvRpanO6CfTnB9AY2h2nQ-y7xZPoqpIvQS7wrpXCdkIibbF4-JHe4D8jB/s1600/06.22.2011%252C+pg+1.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 205px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5Wxj9w8iIWixV_JPOc0MAD9ZVGlr0HdyD-mc6_EKxFtYGg_idEcmQI7gxeN5Qw2lZkTeVIAD551WFLLXr9EDjvRpanO6CfTnB9AY2h2nQ-y7xZPoqpIvQS7wrpXCdkIibbF4-JHe4D8jB/s320/06.22.2011%252C+pg+1.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621383538766710194" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIs4gr88NXbnFbmYDtEbaVdFcWniB_rFFpdLrJanJpIy9wwviZFSopA65iMiPWrpHVj9_ppOo5ZJVhfXTK0CqCGiAn0gGfupM79hNGDYYvXomS1PsjQqzCbFKMWgJvI5x9r_Yo7S3Rus2/s1600/06.22.2011%252C+pg+2.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVIs4gr88NXbnFbmYDtEbaVdFcWniB_rFFpdLrJanJpIy9wwviZFSopA65iMiPWrpHVj9_ppOo5ZJVhfXTK0CqCGiAn0gGfupM79hNGDYYvXomS1PsjQqzCbFKMWgJvI5x9r_Yo7S3Rus2/s320/06.22.2011%252C+pg+2.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621382052066839106" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7XJ8E6-7FIG_yjArK6QsmslMMZ3eN-H29hOAmy7XCntkUPMg0hNK2sPJ2JUVCuyiVImcQRrt_TgDtDRd7UGGfaO0hj3jBqvdU66gRd1RUjKBhpzh4G0-u4VDyl-jqlx1Ydj2tC_YCvYB/s1600/06.22.2011%252C+pg+3.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 206px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv7XJ8E6-7FIG_yjArK6QsmslMMZ3eN-H29hOAmy7XCntkUPMg0hNK2sPJ2JUVCuyiVImcQRrt_TgDtDRd7UGGfaO0hj3jBqvdU66gRd1RUjKBhpzh4G0-u4VDyl-jqlx1Ydj2tC_YCvYB/s320/06.22.2011%252C+pg+3.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621382040169731938" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTEPO7eCAoJJYSTlw8ymhgZPwHdb7SrfUeKaZ5zFB8Fu3tw2HR9VjP05nJjMP7w-QK_jjAKGm_k51GKae4wX-FB9LXGtjBVFpt7zpJXNMe2XNXaTA1-4gRmJ8XYuleAxRmxSfa1Np9JUj/s1600/06.22.2011%252C+pg+4.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 208px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOTEPO7eCAoJJYSTlw8ymhgZPwHdb7SrfUeKaZ5zFB8Fu3tw2HR9VjP05nJjMP7w-QK_jjAKGm_k51GKae4wX-FB9LXGtjBVFpt7zpJXNMe2XNXaTA1-4gRmJ8XYuleAxRmxSfa1Np9JUj/s320/06.22.2011%252C+pg+4.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621382035902763218" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCITNn_MEu9KAvmtLWy0dfz06wkEuu4RpPKIzw5GQ0RV-AzEOSaSrbaMq1Z8nh7rGQa-wu-GdyLLr_UZpy25ahRFZhJsaxKjf8gZPiN0w8hOGy2ctGHOGBnmP0t2bwIpa1lxEDYhGXljnM/s1600/06.22.2011%252C+pg+5.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 204px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCITNn_MEu9KAvmtLWy0dfz06wkEuu4RpPKIzw5GQ0RV-AzEOSaSrbaMq1Z8nh7rGQa-wu-GdyLLr_UZpy25ahRFZhJsaxKjf8gZPiN0w8hOGy2ctGHOGBnmP0t2bwIpa1lxEDYhGXljnM/s320/06.22.2011%252C+pg+5.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621382036758335794" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4jSjb_7vYee70jzQVuYAcgeVGBkxeHznQHvt0K5U82LFywZY5LTJfYYARuKB5ZT4ViMW29ZhtPhWdlHan-R40nqz-JkzBJ3ylD2CKyZpPwpgQYmzK4zCb5sXWya1YQ1MbESlftwMeY4y/s1600/06.22.2011%252C+pg+6.jpeg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 210px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjU4jSjb_7vYee70jzQVuYAcgeVGBkxeHznQHvt0K5U82LFywZY5LTJfYYARuKB5ZT4ViMW29ZhtPhWdlHan-R40nqz-JkzBJ3ylD2CKyZpPwpgQYmzK4zCb5sXWya1YQ1MbESlftwMeY4y/s320/06.22.2011%252C+pg+6.jpeg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5621382025491853650" /></a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-59327746301875801502011-05-30T11:26:00.000-07:002018-06-14T16:58:21.955-07:0005.30.2011; a life simplyi've been thinking a lot lately about how to simplify my life without losing the things that I feel like I need in my life to be enjoyable. This is not some new agey idea or anything like that but I'm striving for a life that is a little more free, where I have time to finish work and do some other things that I enjoy like running more, gardening, and meditating. <br /><br />There are a lot of books, blogs, and tv shows out there that are supposed to help one with this but they don't take certain things in account like people with ADD, differing lifestyles, etc... Also, these things are a "demotivator" to me because it almost seems like simplifying your life is a fad and I have this mentality that if something is "popular" my attention for it won't sustain itself throughout. <br /><br />My challenge to myself and hopefully with my blog and my journals/sketchbooks is to document my steps to simplifying my life. <br /><br />A list of things to do:<br /><br />1) throw away all unwanted items and items that have not been used or looked at for the past 6 months.<br /><br />2) determine what things are important in my life and what I want to accomplish day to day, year to year.<br /><br />3) take time to read more:<br /> a) "<a href="http://www.happiness-project.com/">The Happiness Project</a>"<br /><br />4) reduce my web presence.<br /><br />5) run more/bike more<br /><br />6) eat better.<br /><br />This sounds like a New Years Resolution list but it has taken this long for me to get it in my mind that I want to do this.<br /><br />This site will be dedicated to this....Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-25485851400401700372011-05-28T09:26:00.001-07:002018-06-14T16:58:21.693-07:00improvfriday 05.26 - 05.28<embed src="http://alonetone.com/flash/alonetone_player.swf" width="250" height="20" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" flashvars="&file=http://alonetone.com/theowlandtheoctopus/tracks/albert-cullum.mp3&height=20&width=250&frontcolor=0x3C3C3C&backcolor=0xf3f3f3&lightcolor=0xFF944B&screencolor=0xFF944B&showdigits=false" />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-8650698658406569822011-05-18T08:40:00.001-07:002018-06-14T16:58:22.308-07:0005.18.2011<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLD5bOtgSJTACrl7AyMqokuq-0jipa9lEbWf0GXItTs3BB6zIrM3skmuF0HVm2LQnaTyabpjHhSu57zsTyhYFuCEmDTsqP7y_fhTPJk9NvjlEJAPIHIVKhm5FYoAqg3TSqehWEnmp-FZh/s1600/2011-05-18+10.36.23.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZLD5bOtgSJTACrl7AyMqokuq-0jipa9lEbWf0GXItTs3BB6zIrM3skmuF0HVm2LQnaTyabpjHhSu57zsTyhYFuCEmDTsqP7y_fhTPJk9NvjlEJAPIHIVKhm5FYoAqg3TSqehWEnmp-FZh/s400/2011-05-18+10.36.23.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5608081712399559506" /></a><br /><div>Page from a current sketchbook.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-64018767825825937842011-05-17T04:06:00.000-07:002018-06-14T16:58:22.044-07:00Soundtrack for the week of 05.16.20111. "Original Gangster" - Ice T<br />2. "Sang" - Tim Hodgkinson<br />3. "Pragma" - Tim Hodgkinson<br />4. "05.14.2011" - Hentai Improvising OrchestraUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-75589518947038007562011-04-25T04:30:00.000-07:002018-06-14T16:58:22.132-07:00WeekendEven though the Horn COO was out of town it was a very enjoyable weekend.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Saturday, 04.23.2011:</span><br />Jo left town to enjoy some time with her sis and kids. Spent most of the day trying to get ready for the <a href="improvisedchaos.blogspot.com">HIO</a> recording later in the evening. 2/3 of HIO arrived around 5:30. Sparky greeted them as they entered making sure everything was alright. After his approval, dinner was started and Hickey and Ken kept dinner lively with some guitar antics and a rousing guitar and balloon duet. The duet was approved by Timmy as he layed under the table as the noise went on.<br /><br />After dinner we decided to add a soundtrack to the movie "Restrepo", which only Ken watched as he played. It took roughly 52 minutes to draw the music to a conclusion, after which we moved the festivities into the living room to reminisce about the music and to watch the remaining moments of "Restrepo" with sound. After "Restrepo" we watched a bit of various B movies and the majority of Dario Argento's masterpiece, "Suspiria". I think I'm the only one who appreciated the bizarreness and campiness of the movie. Burned some copies of an Apollo 18 cd and this nights HIO music.<br /><br />Stayed up watching more Argento movies and listening to the thunder outside.<br /><br />More about the HIO tomfoolery:<br /><a href="http://stashdauber.blogspot.com/2011/04/4232011-ftw_24.html">Stash Dauber</a><br /><a href="http://grubbermeister.blogspot.com/2011/04/surprise-weekend-recap.html">The Grubbermeister</a><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight:bold;">Sunday, 04.23.2011:</span><br />Did nothing today but watch movies, worked on various HIO things, and played with the dogs. I sat around waiting for the rain to come but never did. Jo returned around 7:00'ish, well but tired.<br /><br />Movies watched:<br />"Black Sunday" - Dario Argento<br />"Black Sabbath" - Dario Argento<br />"Pelts" - Dario Argento<br />"Shock" - Mario BavaUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-15661115851889651502011-04-13T04:35:00.001-07:002018-06-14T16:58:21.634-07:00Oh, for the love of peopleLife would be so boring if it weren't for people.<br /><br />1. Yesterday, grumpy man was walking down the parking lane in front of Walmart going toward his vehicle. He was inbetween the back end of the cars and the middle of the lane, pushing me either right near the bumpers or the center of the parking lane, which is the part I chose to walk down. As I passed by him, we made eye contact, so I figured he was move over a tad bit so I didn't have to remain in the middle of the lane. He did not. Instead he chose to ram my shoulder with his shoulder and decided that a small "growl" and the evil eye would be a better response than an "excuse me" or "sorry". I could've been the bigger man too but as my grandmother use to tell me, "If you don't have anything nice to say, then don't say anything at all.".<br /><br />2. The same situation as above occurred in the afternoon except both we we're both in our cars. The other car was in the middle of the lane and the person was on the phone. As I drove up the lane, I chose to not move since I was on the correct side and at the last moment the other gentleman decided to move. His response was a smile and a small wave. I'm just glad he decided to keep his one hand on the steering wheel while he decided to wave to me.<br /><br />3. I watched people take things out of the shopping cart of others so they didn't have to go to the aisle that had the same product. I watched as someone cut in line at the restroom in order to go to the restroom first.<br /><br />Many other situations such as these occurred throughout the past few days.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2241304349226745257.post-48572090366382900282011-04-09T06:41:00.001-07:002018-06-14T16:58:21.839-07:00Funny how things happenFirst, Hentai Improvising Orchestra was sitting outside Hooligans in Denton this past Saturday night when we noticed a crazy group of people who we originally thought were cheerleaders but turned out to be dancers. Ken and I were frightened by said group as they ran towards us at one point only to stop to "pose" for a moment. We called them, "The Cult of Pastel People". The rest of the evening I thought of how we should have an improvising dance troupe join HIO for a show. I reached out via Facebook looking for a dance group to join us for Art Goggle and someone reached out to us. Turns out this someone may or may not be affiliated with the group of "Pastel People" that attacked us last Saturday night.<br /> <br />Second, and I hesitate to write about this, but after work me and a coworker went out for a cool beverage and a game of billiards. We wanted to try a new neighborhood watering hole. As we started playing pool a group of leather clad bikers entered and made their way to our table. We mentioned this to them and they made a few jokes about us wearing "TECH" and "KSU" shirts, but they seemed cool. Later in the evening the gentleman came up to me and mentioned that they had a daughter that attended our school, I asked their daughters name, and was amazed that I knew their daughter. We ended up talking to them for several hours after our introductions.<br /> <br />I mention this because it proves how small this world is. A lot of people told me not to take a job in the same area where I live and when I asked why, their response was that I needed separation from students after school. I have learned that this is not a reason. I love moments like these.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0