Friday, August 31, 2012

re: new poems.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

some new pomes for you, my love starved fiends......


The illusionist:
The illusion is that
Reading this poem
Won’t bring you closer
To me
And I won’t win you back
And you will not forgive

And the wolves howling at night
Are hungry for our blood
The stars falling
The earth shaking
The volcanoes erupting
Spewing hot molten lava
Will not heal our wounds

No
We will die alone
And you will never forgive
And the illusions I labour
Will only make the dark
That much heavier
And as the leaves
Fall from the trees
So too will every
Last secret I held from you.












Rockets against the sky:
A bullet in my left ribcage
A knife follows it
Followed by a fist
That punches through
All the way to my back
Blood, bone and gristle

As my kids demand
We go to the fair
The pool
The puppy store
And suddenly
I notice a jet stream
High above
And I point it out
To momentarily
Distract them
Telling them it’s a rocket
And that I was on one last week
And somehow
This amazes them
And I’m able to climb
Back up into the mountains
And become a god again to them
Even for just a few minutes. 



until next time lovers,


cb

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

re: assorted road images.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

assorted images from the road.



jeremy, he owns "Fall Down Gallery"
in Ottawa, Ontario. 
cool guy, great gallery/live space.
i've got art there right now.

opening night at the fall down gallery.
outtasite eh?!

sugar skulls baby!

the loops. 

i love this place. 
when she's good to you, she's the best.
when she's brutal to you, she's a beast.

KAST
awesome graffiti artist.
so jealous of this guy's mad skills.

the art of marvin strange. 
awesome.

the fine art of Rhan Fu!


Rhan Fu!

until next time,

cb


re: new songs

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's a sneak preview of some songs i'm working on. i'm stoked, a couple of them have been kicking around for 20 years. yeesh. but they're still dope. the 1st image shows how many takes a song might have to go through before you get a decent take. plus, i changed keys, and deleted a bunch of cuts. 




the image below is a rough cut of a song, i posted it so other friends can download it and collaborate on it. as it is such a pretty song, i ain't gonna sing on it. haha. there'll also be strings and other cool things on it when it's done. stay tuned here: 



until next time lovers,


cb



re: Nkemcin: Voices of the Valley

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i can't believe what a crazy, awesome month August was, and now it's nearly over! damn!

i feel honoured and fricken lucky to have been a part of so many cool, fun and slightly insane things in the past month. i survived. 

now i'm getting stoked and busy again! 




big thanks to my bro Nacoma George of CrazyCutz for helping making this event happen, Graham How for doing an amazing job on the sound and lights, and David Walkem and the staff and council at the Cooksferry Indian Band for making this happen!

woohoo! next year we're gonna go for the weekend and more fun things to happen!

cheers,

cb

re: official denial: the art of the apology

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

you simply must go see this show. 





click on the photo for a larger version.


big thanks and hugs to everyone listed on the poster for making it happen. it's really strange when the things you dream about start to happen. it gives you faith, hope and some confidence.

cheers,

cb

re: new things.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

it's been an insane month. i curated "official denial: the art of the apology" a show in kamloops, bc, at arnica artist run centre. it features the art of Adrian Stimson, Cease Wyss, Bracken Hanuse Corlett, and Tania Willard. it runs until sept 15.

then i was in Ottawa, Ontario for about 10 days. give or take.

then i programmed the Nkemcin: Voices of the Valley festival with the awesome Nacoma George of Crazy Cutz records and it kicked mighty ass. totally fun day/evening with Niska Napoleon, Garrett Stevens, Blackout Artists and Skookum Soundsystem. Graham How rocked the sound like a professional and it was all sponsored by the Cooksferry Indian Band, big shout out to David Walkem, not too mention the staff and Council of the band for helping making it happen!

then i was on Galiano Island at the Gulf Islands Film and Television School, or G.I.F.T.S helping out with 5 films in 6 days. i met great new friends and had an amazing time. i love that place.

and now i'm recording 8 new songs, making new art, and preparing for a new workshop series with the Arbor Collective in Kamloops as well as plotting next years activities and events.

plus i'm on my own, my own place and i'm fucking stoked and happy as all can be about it.

which is probably why i'm firing on all cylinders again.

anyway, i'll be posting a shitload of photos and posters accordingly.

peace out y'all, and thanks for coming.


cb

Monday, August 13, 2012

re: Galiano

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i'm on galiano right now, the island is amazing. doing some work here. we just the Nkemcin Voices of the Valley festival this past saturday, the exhibition "Official Denial: the Art of the Apology" and now i'm down here for a quick trip to do some filmmaking mentoring!

i'll post fotos soon!|

until next time lovers,

cb