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JulyJul 26 Saturday 08
MP3 Saturday: Casey (song sketch) and Cotton Eye Joe
Just a reminder that you can download Return of the June Bug for free which has this rollicking good tune on it that I did with Red Eyed Johnny.
Cotton Eye Joe (download)
Also, here's a piece of a slower version of the Casey song we've been working on. I have a feeling …
JulyJul 25 Friday 08
Happy Birthday to Me
Hello to everyone coming over from Nothing Better!
Today just happens to be my birthday, so my present to you (if you haven't already gotten it last month) is my free download album of b-sides, alternate takes and demos.
If you haven't come from Nothing Better, I have a …
JulyJul 24 Thursday 08
Interesting Panels in Act-i-vate's "The End Is Here"
I am entranced with the second row of panels on this page from today's installment of The End is Here. I love how the panels get both progressively skinnier and taller as the eye moves further right.
Its a pretty good comic, too that's just starting out, so go check it …
An Illuminated Summer
I'm still too lazy to post lesson plans, but here's a picture from a summer art class I'm teaching at the local community college.
If you are interested in the specifics of this lesson, you can go over here and read about when I did this lesson this past winter with …
"I once received a letter from an old lady in California who informed me that when the tired reader comes home at night, he wishes to read something that will lift his heart. And it seems her heart had not been lifted up by anything of mine she had read. I think that …
JulyJul 20 Sunday 08
MP3 Saturday: Casey (song sketch)
Better late than never, eh?
Neal penned this rather poetic song the other day and Steve and I have been bouncing around arrangements of it.
Here's a junk band version I did of the first two stanzas. (For those of you following the Red Eyed Johnny blog, its a faster …
JulyJul 18 Friday 08
Ugly Stories
I was thumbnailing part of My Life in Records and I was working on a particularly ugly part of the story. Its a little scary to do this, because the strip has been dubbed autobiographical even though I have taken poetic license with the story. There have been a few …
JulyJul 16 Wednesday 08
Third Grade Retablos Gallery
Summertime's got me feeling too lazy to post a real lesson plan this week, but I will post a few pictures from the retablos we made this year.
For the full lesson you can go here and if you want to read more of my lesson plans go here.
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JulyJul 13 Sunday 08
Trouble-Shooting the Infinite Canvas Application
I made a prototype of the Cyclical Comic I've been meaning to make for about a year now. (Blogged about here and here) Its got a bit of a way to go on the images and I put a repeat in there to hold the place of one that's not ready yet, but I wanted to see how it …
JulyJul 12 Saturday 08
MP3 Saturdays: A New Version of Ode to the Concept Album
When I recorded the material for The Walter Boyd Band, I was learning as I went. As a result some of the songs I recorded in the earliest part of the project had some definite flaws and poor sound quality.
So now that I know (a little bit) more about recording and have …
JulyJul 11 Friday 08
Feast Day of St. Benedict
St. Benedict, Fra Angelico, 1440
Collect for the Feast Day of St. Benedict:
"Almighty and everlasting God, whose precepts are the wisdom of a loving Father: Give us grace, following the teaching and example of your servant Benedict, to walk with loving and willing hearts …
The First Harvest of the Summer
Since we are apartment dwellers, my wife has figured out how to have a vegetable garden using the limited amount of yard stole are alloted and many many large pots on our front porch.
Yesterday, we harvested our very first carrot! (Its actually supposed to be that …
JulyJul 10 Thursday 08
Anna Karenina- Leo Tolstoy
I've started this book too many times and always struggled with all the names, nicknames and family names that get thrown about.
So this time I listened to the abridged version and was able to enjoy the book instead of feeling like I needed to keep a copy of every …
JulyJul 9 Wednesday 08
Romare Bearden with Fourth Grade
Return of the Prodigal Son, Romare Bearden, 1967, Mixed media and collage on canvas, 50 1/4 x 60"
During student teaching, my cooperative teacher introduced me to this awesome artist named, Romare Bearden and every year since, I've done a project in some shape or form …
Pendelton Ward Animations make me smile
This has got to be the most feel good thing I've seen in a while.
Music by Casey James Basichis and animation by Pendelton Ward.
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