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Joie de Vivre

Battles at Ram’s Head

My daughter got me a ticket to see Battles at Ram’s Head. They were opening for Mr. Bungle. I really like Ian Williams, and I’m so happy I got to see him/them live. I can’t help wonder how long they will keep doing this. It was a relatively short set, and was long enough, at that. Two men fill up a lot space together, and John Stanier has two modes: off/110%.

Battles on stage

We had to leave before Mr. Bungle went on (it’s a school night). I’m not sad about it, either.

Battles on stage

I missed El Ten Eleven when they came to DC. I’m curious as to how these bands manage complicated loop cycles. I was impressed, and also a little happy to see that even the mighty battles can flub a loop (Mirrors).

I would have liked to see them as a trio, and very much want to have more Ian on guitar time, rather than just Ian doing everything at once time.

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Film

Self Defense

Self-defense (self-defence primarily in Commonwealth English) is a countermeasure that involves defending the health and well-being of oneself from harm.

Film
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Animation

Short Loops

I made a few short animated loops as warm-ups while we were traveling.

Us on a train

The first one was drawn on a train from Lisbon to Porto. It was very bumpy, so I had to just be loose and go with it.

I’m just keeping things moving.

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Music

S.Ex no. 20: Walk Good part 2

Filmed in Cap Code when we were visiting the Edward Gorey house, part of my “Walk Good” series.

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Music

S.EX. NO. 19 FARMER’S MARKET

Sound experiment no. 19, at the Baltimore Farmers’ Market.

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Music

Creativity Grant

I have been awarded a creativity grant by the Maryland State Arts Council! This is truly an honor, and much needed.

Maryland State Arts Council

I used the grant to create physical copies of my album entitled Found and Chosen, which I will be giving away at my upcoming show at the Hamilton Gallery in Baltimore.

I finished all the work for the grant, and awaiting the arrival of the recordings. I’ll talk more about them in a different post.

This ended up being A LOT of work – more than I had originally calculated. I loved every minute of it, and I’m full of gratitude and happiness.