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Summer 07 Inventory

Published at September 5, 2007 in Art, Artist's Process, Books, Culture and Video. 2 Comments

Here’s a list of the most notable events and accomplishments of my summer.

I read three Books:
“Wild Town” by Jim Thompson
“Siddartha” by Herman Hesse
“Dombey and Son” by Charles Dickens (Still have 100 pages left of it’s 900)

The most memorable movies I saw for the first time:
The Original “Scarface”
“Public Enemy”
“The Roaring Twenties”
“Angels with Dirty Faces”
“Little Caesar”
“The Quiet Man”
“My Darling Clementine”
“The lives of Others”
“Perfume”

I wrote “A Flower of Discontent” A screenplay for a short film I plan to make.

Did the titles for a few movies:
“Girl in the Park”
“Awake”
“Tenderness” (still in the works)

Bought a compound bow to play with up at my mothers place in PA. (She would not allow me to have a gun so I had to compromise. It’s a lot of fun if you are into precision sports. And with it, I think I might go hunting this up and coming season but not sure if I want to deal with the carcass of a dead thing)

Went out to Oroville CA to visit my good friend Niels and see his new property and boat. (Slept in a tent and also there was no pluming. You do the math.)

Wake boarded for the first time.

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Click on picture for video

Attended my good friend Julia’s wedding

Attended a graffiti mural painting event in Trenton NJ with my friends Bee and Jay.
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Tattoo Gun Rumba

Published at April 28, 2007 in Art, Artist's Buisness, Culture, New York and Video. 1 Comment

Tattoo Gun Rumba screenshot

Last Sunday my latest tattoo was finished. Bee of Tattoo Edge, a friend of mine since I was 3, has been tattooing in NYC long before it was leagalized. It was a 3 stage process. So on the last session I deceided that I would film it and make a little movie. Yes, it’s me holding the camera. I also decided that I would compose a soundtrack to cut it to. Taking a base loop from the late great Tito Puente, I added a little guitar riff to compliment it and recorded a bongo solo over it. Bee provided the buzzing sound of the tattoo gun. And also was an influence in my education of latin music when I learned to play the bongos.

Click Below for movie:
Tattoo Gun Rumba

Durration: 00:01:50

Down by the River

Published at April 23, 2007 in Artist's Process, New York and Video. 1 Comment

Self Portrait by the Hudson1

I’m sitting here at one of my favorite spots on the Hudson. It’s a path that was constructed and opened by the NYC Parks Dept about five years ago. It runs between 102nd to 125th St. I like it cause the rocks take you right up to the waters edge. When go there it helps to refresh my perspective and recharge the creative batteries in which I depend on to motivate me into my next endeavor.

Here is a little movie I made from this latest visit:
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Duration: 45 sec.

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