one million soaps, trophy bases, and knife blocks

more from the GARFO show

with mom and her favorite piece, made of marble trophy bases

a soap workshop room, in process of being welded with water to a pedestal

one million soaps and where they used to stand

my new soap piece from the show Oh So Material at the GARFO of VAI in SLC.

one million awesome unexpected combos of Mexican artists and temples

Martin Ramirez and the St. George Temple

(thanks to Ben Howell for delighting me with this)

one million pipes on a roof

After three tries this year (rain and tardiness thwarted my first two visits) i was finally successful in reaching the roof of the Met to mingle with this masterpiece of plumbing by a favorite of mine, Mr. Roxy Paine

one million spectacles

Dear Music,
I'm late, but i'm back with a new hero.


Last night Jeffrey (on Paul Jacobsen's urging and jealousy) obtained free tickets to Spectacle, Elvis Costello's TV show, about songwriting. Its filmed in the famous Apollo theater of Harlem. The following clip is just for an example the interviewing that went on in addition to the concerts (i did not see the police).

The line up: JOHN PRINE - LYLE LOVETT - RAY LaMONTAGNE
Theme: one man (singer/songwriter) alone in the spotlight.


This song blew me away.


Lyle, always the gentleman, looked very sharp and complimented others sincerely profusely.



Mr. LaMontange, possibly even shyer than Michael Stipe (was).


All four legends kept talking about this one legend:
Townes Van Zandt, maybe my next hero.

one million spokes on post

3rd street and Avenue B.
Across the street from Mama's Foodshop...where you will find me tonight saying goodbye to New York.

one million Millions of Unusual Small Creatures Lurking Everywhere that sometimes form bands

That Punky Brewster post is a nice segue into this next love of my eighties youth: M.U.S.C.L.E.s.
The characters in Collin's latest video are the very ones i collected as a 3rd and 4th grader in Ann Arbor Michigan with Alex Bigelow.
We coveted that "Hand" character so i'm glad he made the cut.
Thanks to Collin who just started grad school yesterday at Bowling Green, OH working on a degree in eighties toy animation.