Archive for April, 2008

My Earthday Pictures and Music

// April 21st, 2008 // Comments // Uncategorized

Yesterday (april 20, 2008) was the Nashville’s Earth Day festival featuring Jen Foster, Jypsi and Raul Malo. The turn our seemed to be less than normal due to the chillyness and rainy weather. But all in all it was a good time. I think i may sign up for a CSA this year.

Here is a slide show of the Pictures off my Flickr Site:

Created with Admarket’s flickrSLiDR.

Musical Stylings:

My favorite song of Jen Fosters is Taking Bob Dylan which is located on her MySpace Page.

Jypsi was an very good sounding country band and very nice to look at. Song is Love is a Drug.
[audio:http://www.fileden.com/files/2008/4/10/1860138/11-jypsi-love_is_a_drug.mp3]

Raul Malo used to be the lead singer of the Mavericks. His set was awesome. Song is It only Hurts Me When I cry

[audio:http://www.townofthedamned.com/music/09%20It%20Only%20Hurts%20Me%20When%20I%20Cry.mp3]

Songs are not hosted by me and are subject to being unavailable at anytime.

Toothpaste for dinner — 3.29.08

// April 18th, 2008 // Comments // Uncategorized

toothpaste for dinner
toothpastefordinner.com

Photographer Sophie Thouvenin

// April 18th, 2008 // Comments // Uncategorized

I saw a feature on Sophie Thouvenin on stainlesssteeldropings.com. Her work is stunningly beautiful, inspiring and amazingly beautiful.

Here are a few of my favorites form her website www.prismes.com with comment (all images copyright of Sophie Thouvenin) :

Notice the figure in the reflection in the eye

I love the amazing detail in this one

I love the subjects facial expression and how the over feel is the photograph is told in her looking up . Almost as looking for something.

I love how all but the two drops are in focus and the detail in the reflection.

I like how the subject seems to looking over her shoulder and dissolving into the background yet her hand seem to me touching that which hasen’t started to dissolve.

Please see more beautiful and amazing images at www.prismes.com

The Best Discovery Channel Commercial I have Seen.

// April 17th, 2008 // Comments // Uncategorized

I love the world:

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIoBXdQX_wY]

Isn’t it great to be alive?

Hitting the Nail on the Head

// April 17th, 2008 // Comments // Uncategorized

Tom Tomorrow has it figured ou. From Salon.com:

Photographer Eric Gustafson — Antilimit

// April 16th, 2008 // Comments // Uncategorized

This guy is fantastic.

I hope to someday be this good.

Below is a sampeling of his work but there is a lot more at his website www.antilimit.com

eric gustafson -- antilimit

eric gustafson -- antilimit

Photographer Gregory Crewdson..

// April 6th, 2008 // Comments // Uncategorized

A few years ago I saw an exhibit at the Frist Center for the Visual Arts called Twilight by Gregory Crewdson.

What strikes me with these it the way he is able to portray the eeriness that comes when light fades to darkness. The seemingly normal settings have something abnormal happening.

I hope to someday be able to do pull something like this with my photography.

A few of my favorites are below:



Links to more of Gregory Crewdsons stuff:

Google Images

Artnet link

story on NPR

Early morning, April 4 Shot rings out in the Memphis sky….

// April 4th, 2008 // Comments // Uncategorized

free at last, they took your life but the could not take your pride” — U2 Pride

Below is a video of his almost Prophetic Speech on April 3rd. Seems as if he actually knew something was about to happen to him. Notice how at the end he almost needed to be assisted to his chair.

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0FiCxZKuv8]

text:

“Well, I don’t know what will happen now. We’ve got some difficult days ahead. But it really doesn’t matter with me now, because I’ve been to the mountaintop. And I don’t mind. Like anybody, I would like to live a long life — longevity has its place. But I’m not concerned about that now. I just want to do God’s will. And He’s allowed me to go up to the mountain. And I’ve looked over, and I’ve seen the Promised Land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight, that we, as a people, will get to the promised land. So I’m happy, tonight. I’m not worried about anything, I’m not fearing any man. Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord.” — the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

Link to NPR site on this