Outside of the irritating reunion/tribute band noise at summertime “festivals” (2 Dog Night, 1/5 of the Yardbirds, hey is that Dickie Betts or did somebody fall off the Blatz truck.. ..)..it’s stretching into a good one. The garden is exploding..the plants we worked at the last few years are happy; the tomatos, herbs, peppers, sunflowers, [...]
John Pazdan
The Great Reconstruction —
Category Archives: The Great Reconstruction
not so intelligent design..
“like an entertainment center in the middle of a sewage system”
Thanks Shawn..
Spreadin’ Freedom So Far, Parts 1 and 2
CASUALTIES:
_Confirmed U.S. military deaths as of May 2008: at least 4,085.
_Confirmed U.S. military wounded (hostile) as of May 30, 2008: 30,143.
_Confirmed U.S. military wounded (non-hostile, using medical air transport) as of May 3, 2008: 32,248…
Assassinated Iraqi academics: 371.
_Journalists killed on assignment as of June 2, 2008: 127.
CO$T:
_Nearly $525 billion so far, according to the National [...]
Corrente lays it down…
One of my favorite blogs is “Corrente, the stayed behind series“. I read it every day, as it serves as a fine example of …well…how to write a blog the right way. The Farmer, who is the genius behind this blog, writes with an amazing combination of insight and humor and …also gives valuable plant [...]
Art by Joe
Joe Gagnepain is one of our favorite humans..he’s a sculptor, visual artist, and lately has taken up ice carving..because the materials ARE PLENTIFUL AND CHEAP around here. He is “from the area”…and if you think it’s hard being an artist in NewYawk or Yourip or even… Seattle..shit..move out here to the Greater Fox River Valley, [...]
New Translator for Socialists in Den Hague!!
ok..there it is..and..it now has..you can..O Brave New Whirl! translate the page into Dutch, as well as all the other languages. Why? you say… Because two of my favorite artists live in Den Hague (Marco and Akbar.. linked to on the right), and though they can read and write in “english” (unlike me!) they often [...]
The New Renaissance..
No, it’s not about my new instrument..rather, it’s a piece I ‘ve done with a friend of mine, Perry Slade. (go to his site for more great photography, as well as the original images used here). Music is by me..saxophone by Ken Simon c/o my pal Bil Byrant and his fine company Powerfx in [...]
Further Down the Road…
I just finished and posted some new links, wrote and posted “About this site” and “About my music” pages, shoveled 10 ” of snow from all around the house and driveway, dropped Rena off at the gallery for the opening tonight of a very good artist, fed Scout and Ralph, posted amerikanski humor inflected shots [...]
