>> WILD NOTHING - "Vultures Like Lovers" - makes me happy to no end.

DRAWING ASSIGNMENT #3b: Draw something from inside your refrigerator, 2012.

DRAWING ASSIGNMENT #3c: Draw a fish (Expressive Fish With No Expression), 2012

----------------WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE - "Kelly"

ASSIGNMENT #2a: Draw a kitchen utensil, 2012

ASSIGNMENT #2b: Skeleton Key (original,) 2012 - ball-point pen on paper

Skeleton Key Sketch (inverse,) 2012

PRETTY LIGHTS - "Future Blind" As described by the band itself, Pretty Lights "gives the people what they want; electro organic cutting-edge party rocking beats that fill venues with energy and emotion and send dance floors into frenzies." I'm in.

WHEN SAINTS GO MACHINE - "Fail Forever"

GRIMES - "Symphonia IX (My Wait Is U)" - (Live on KEXP) - heavenly.

THE CHEMICAL BROTHERS - "Close Your Eyes"

MORRISSEY - "Everyday is like a Sunday"

In The Age of Light And Shadow: Phantasmagoria I (Arthropoda), 2012

VAMPIRE WEEKEND -- "Giving Up The Gun" -- Love it.

Now Is All We Have To Stop Looking And Start Seeing, Collage on Panel 2012

Another good one..

ACTIVE CHILD - "I'm In Your Church At Night".. Finally able to locate this video...... So beautiful and quite humorous

"Ask" --- THE SMITHS --- one of my favorites.

Don't mind me.. Just getting ready for the hustle and bustle of the work week.

Tokyo Hotel, 2012

Tokyo Nightlife, 2012

TWIN SHADOW --- Such a great voice - I like this better than the album version.

I had a dream last night that i submitted a drawing that looks quite close to this one to the Whitney. I was invited to the VIP opening because it was accepted and I was having the time of my life. I woke up to realize that it wasn't true. Who knows, maybe I will go back tonight.

3 Dancers, 2012

My kind of dance club.

Solitary Figure III, 2012

Solitary Figure II, 2012

Solitary Figure, 2012

Now Is All We Have II, 2012

Now Is All We Have III, 2012

Now Is All We Have IV, 2012

PATRICK WOLF - "The Falcons" ----- Keep your fingers crossed that things will be looking "up .. up .. up .. for you."

This made me laugh out loud... I never realized that there were different reasons to eat foods from different backgrounds.. The link below will give you other ideas as to when the right time would be to say eat.. tacos...... -------When You Just Don’t Give a F***!-------

Ethiopian Cuisine Do you ever want to go out to eat and NOT have to worry about proper table etiquette? Are there days when you are so hungry that you just want to dive into your food face-first, but you are afraid people will take pictures of you from their iphones and immediately shame you to the world on Facebook? Or do you simply have those day where you just don’t give a rats ass about cultural normative and you say ‘f*** a knife and fork’? Try Ethiopian cuisine. It’s spicy, stewy goodness that you can eat with your hands and feel accepted. Try the different types of wats, or stews with your favorite meat and a side of lentils. Feature Photo Courtesy of atlantic-newspaper.wikispaces.com >>>>>>>>>>>>>http://nomadiknation.com/5-nomadik-food-ideas-for-hangovers-sickness-and-sex/

PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART - "The Body"

Now Is All We Have To Live Forever, 2012

"OSAKA LOOP LINE" by DISCOVERY - a duo formed by lead singer of RA RA RIOT, and guitarist of VAMPIRE WEEKEND.

People scouring the interwebs for music by pianist Rachel Grimes, of post-rock band Rachel’s fame, or better yet, people looking for some grime, the U.K.-based hip hop genre that peaked a few years ago, are likely to suffer a small shock if they inadvertently stumble upon local artist Grimes. What they will experience does not sound like much they—or most people, for that matter—have heard before. Grimes is 22-year-old Claire Boucher’s stage name. She recently joined the excellent roster of Arbutus Records, a local label headed by 2010 Noisemaker Sebastian Cowan. In her short time with the label, the prolific Grimes has already put out two full-lengths: Geidi Primes, a limited-edition cassette, and Halfaxa, a gatefold CD. The dominant feature is her astounding vocals—ethereal and haunting glossolalia, like an alien siren song. These are generally enhanced with a variety of effects and set to very atmospheric syn­thesizer- and sample-driven tracks, crafted entirely by Grimes and ranging in style and tempo from gentle tropicalia to pulsating industrial beats. In her own words, the end result is “something escapist that’s dance-oriented and references industrial, R&B and organum [an early medieval vocal style].” ★ - Montreal Mirror, Jan. 6, 2011

Saw NEW CASSETTES at "The Space" last night in Hamden. They sounded great --- it was just nice to see some live music for a change..

Hiked SLEEPING GIANT today in Hamden. Some steep rocky hills up bear.

A song which suits the weather today.

2 more inspiring posts from the blog "I Still Don't Know What Love Means." To view full blog, copy & paste the following link in your web browser>> http://www.istilldontknowwhatlovemeans.blogspot.com/

This was a photograph purchased on the last leg of my NEW YORK trip before going into the METROPOLITAIN MUSEUM OF ART. i had just crossed this bridge an hour earlier in CENTRAL PARK.

2 posts from a blog entitled "I STILL DON'T KNOW WHAT LOVE MEANS" The author of the blog explains that these are: "The pages of a 4 year ongoing art project. Photo journals (Volumes I, II & III so far) chronicling the struggle to understand love gained and love lost, and the everyday subtle heartaches and simple beauty that.. well, confuse me. And move me." Beautiful and inspiring. >> click the images to make them readable.

Now Is All We Have, 2012

TRAILER TRASH TRACYS - "You Wish You Were Red" ---- That sleek summer sound... Love it.

GRIMES - "Genesis" -- Love the asian influence with hip hop beats and ethereal vocals. When asked about her writing process Claire Boucher of Grimes states: "I don't necessarily make the music I want to make. It's the music i need to make."

the METROPOLITAIN MUSEUM OF ART can always be counted on for its ability to provide a walk through art history experience. I loved being reminded of art's roots and how it has impacted and shaped how we view and create work today, especially after leaving the uninspired Whitney Biennial.

new york's CENTRAL PARK is a sanctuary from the harsh surroundings of the city. what a perfect day to escape.

Mercury, the God of Commerce, adorns the front of GRAND CENTRAL STATION.

This year's WHITNEY BIENNIAL didn't have so much to offer in terms of works to ponder or even remember. Ironically, according to one label description, the work aimed to "serve no purpose, not even aesthetically." It seems that the performance pieces needed to be "caught" at the right time; as well as the artist in residence, for the piece "This Could Be Something If I Let It," in which the viewer witnesses the artist working in her studio space which contains "everything I own." Unfortunately, this piece had nothing to offer at the time i passed by. The artist had stepped out for a lunch break, and what was left was her counterpart checking the texts on his phone. Despite a sparse offering in concept and product where too much is left up to chance and time, there were a select few pieces that were worth the trip. From the ethereal, transcendent "Hearsay of the Soul" to the insanely executed "Component Obejects" made to look like artifacts, carefully displayed for intimate effect. all in all, the line between art and personal artifact is a thin one. when did the art world become less about meaning and aesthetic? The transient nature of the show doesn't work for those of us that are on a schedule. Let's hope this isn't a continuing trend downward, and that the next biennial has more substance. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PIECES I'M GLAD I SAW:

"Hearsay of the Soul" - A digital image installation by Werner Herzog. A review from the NEW YORK TIMES states: Another filmmaker who stands out is Werner Herzog, who contributes “Hearsay of the Soul,” a ravishing five-screen digital projection, to his first-ever art show. An unexpected celebration of the handmade by the technological — and a kind of collage — it combines greatly magnified close-ups of the voluptuous landscape etchings of the Dutch artist Hercules Segers (1589-1638), whom Herzog considers “the father of modernity in art,” with some justification. The shifting scroll-like play of images is set to sonorous music, primarily by the Dutch cellist and composer Ernst Reijseger, who also appears briefly on screen, playing his heart out. I dare you not to cry.

“Component Object” (2010) by Matt Hoyt. One of dozens of objects crafted to look like artifacts. In reality this piece is only an inch or two long. Many pieces resemble stones, shells and could literally fit in your pocket.

LUTHER PRICE creates work by destroying slides in a burial process. The result is quite beautiful. Images range from 60's portrait nostalgia, to religious icons, to the unknown faces of everyday society. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - PIECES I'M GLAD I MISSED:

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