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I didn’t want to post here about it until everyone could see it in all it’s glory, so it’s technically old news, but a user theme I created for Subsonic Radio finally went live today. Subsonic Radio is a site that hosts and streams virtually every bit of Disney-related audio imaginable, with a very active forum for fellow enthusiasts and nostalgia-junkies. The site is owned and primarily operated by one Subsonic himself, who added an additional layer of user-interaction to his site by allowing visitors to develop and submit their own themes. The first link in this post should load the site with my theme in place.
Five years ago today, celebrated American writer Hunter S. Thompson, best-known as the originator of Gonzo journalism and “Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas,” took his own life by way of self-inflicted shotgun wound to the head, under the strain of numerous painful medical conditions. Five years later, his legacy continues to thrive in film like “The Rum Diary,” television like “The Venture Brothers,” journalism like “Rolling Stone,” and modern art like (among others) my own tribute piece titled “Bat Country.”
I’ve been watching ABC’s LOST since day one, and while I’m not always a step ahead of the story, I do consider myself a big fan — Especially of Terry O’Quinn’s Emmy-Award-winning character, John Locke. The last season started on the 2nd, which reminded me after the long break how influential a character he was. Not just in the context of the story, but myself personally. I’ve always identified with his uniquely conflicting outer solemnity and inner turmoil.
I just listed a new item in my Etsy store — Upcycled notepads. Constructed (almost) entirely out of materials destined for the wastebasket; I made 7 pads with approximately 75 sheets each, 3″x3″ (same size as Post-It notes), glue-bound, with a custom stamp on the back of my logo intertwined with the universal sign for recycling. All of them have similar content but are truly one-of-a-kind.
While I built the canvas for this piece at the same time as the corresponding 24″x24″ I completed early in October, I only just finished painting the 36″x36″ today. I wanted to come at the color scheme a little differently this time to solidify a conceptual double-entendre. The piece is subtitled “A Hazy Shade of Winter,” which reflects the monochromatic blue tones I used, the time in which it was worked on, and a track by the same name from the 1968 “Bookends” album, from which I derived the source photo.
Much of east central Florida (5 county area) was shrouded in a dense fog today. I took a bicycle ride around my neighborhood in Merritt Island and got some photos of the scenery. It was an unusual sight, which is a little surprising given how we’re (as the word “Island” implies…) totally surrounded by water. Where the fog really settled in, 15 foot tall tree lines on the road’s edge appeared as miles-tall mountains on the horizon, light-posts became illuminated needle-like monsters emerging from the mist, and as far as the eye could see down-river was shortened from several miles to just several feet.
If you work in traditional or handmade media, and you’re the tech-savvy type, then you’ve probably already heard of Etsy. If not, think eBay for artists, their art, and art appreciators. I set up a shop and listed my first item, a pop art portrait of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.
I took the first half of this Labor Day weekend to make good on at least one art project, and by Saturday night it was done. The idea was to take a contemporary standing lamp and make it feel a little less utilitarian and a little more personal.
This was my first time putting a genuine effort into photographing lightning. Only one of every ten pictures I took actually caught some lightning in the frame, but then again, I was on continuous-shoot mode.