Wednesday, December 28, 2011

re: vancity show

Hello friends, fans, foe, and lovers,

here's some info on an upcoming show in vancity, we're having the opening reception this friday, if you're in the area, come have a visit.

http://www.helenpittgallery.org/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/ill-repute/chris-bose-the-apology/



i'm also publishing a chapbook in conjunction with the show, so do come check it out, the film i finished for the show is being projected onto Pender street, downtown eastside, in chinatown. sweet. 

hopefully it'll disturb people. 

cheers,

cb

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

re: apology video.....

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

so, here's the video i just finished, it's not really finished, but for this week, it's finished.....i'm certain i'll peck at it all week into the new year, tweaking it and trying to make sure it's as best as i can do.

it represent 3 years of my life creatively, and the last 3 decades dealing with the non-native people of canada.

if at times you twinge and feel shitty, about a joke you heard about native people and didn't have the guts, balls, or ovaries to say something, or you yourself said something stupid, colonial and ignorant, or you have that drunk uncle who's a racist prick, or in high school you bugged the native kid, or kids, or didn't stand up for someone indian when you had the chance.

i want you to suck it up. wallow in it. feel it. that post-colonial guilt. enjoy it. savour it. bake at 350 degree without rotating and stuff it in the deepest, darkest corners of your, uhm psyche.

this short film is dedicated to canada and all my relations,

the prime ministers words say enough in this video.

until next time lovers and i'm sure, haters,



cb.


Monday, December 26, 2011

re: happy holidays from mr. bigglesworth II and me!

hello friends, fans, foe, and lovers, ex's too! haha.

the holidays are upon us, we're half way there, christmas is behind us, new years ahead, and another 365 days to get it right.

i've got a ton of art in the works right now, and i just finished my installation video for my show in vancity, and i feel it is the culmination of nearly 3 years of struggling to creatively express my disdain, delight and disgust with the Apology from Stephen Harper on behalf of the Government of Canada and it's lumpen proletariat. oooh, did that sound snobby? like i give a shit, because i've toured across this country more than 12 times in the past couple years since the Apology and in NDN country, it had the significance of time standing still. our world stopped that day, and we gathered in band halls, kitchens, living rooms, class rooms, offices, and conference halls to watch what i'm sure each and everyone one of us was thinking; that we'd never hear an apology in our lifetime.

in the rest of the country, it had the cultural importance and resonance of a wet fart. it was a gamble, it came, it went, left a bit of a mess, and that was about it. i've lectured at high schools, galleries, universities, coffee houses, theatres, festivals and just about everywhere else you can think of, and other than the teachers, administrators, organizers, and NDN students, NO ONE HAS EVEN HEARD OF THE APOLOGY. what a bunch of dumbasses in this country. yeah, i hope you feel guilty, wallow in that post-colonial guilt, because every day, every other day, every week of my life, i've had to justify and stand up to the ugly, ignorant Canadian about First Nations rights, land and title.

"yes we pay taxes, no my schooling wasn't free, i don't have free land, or a house, i didn't get a hundred grand when i turned 19 from the government, and on and on," you stupid, ignorant racist canadian swine.

oooh, my apologies if i sound jaded, bitter and harsh, but you try justifying yourself as often as i described for nearly 30 years to canadians, who have the nerve to trash talk NDN's. it gets pretty damn tiring. and you have to stand up and say something, because silence is justification, and justification is acceptance, and that is just ignorant.

anyway, the Apology, it happened, it was heavy, it was emotional, i cried, everyone around me cried, it felt like a powerful victory in the slow, but steady slog to regain our rights and title in this country that was totally stolen from us. for nothing, look around you canada, the middle class, and the wealthy elite, none of you wouldn't have a damn thing if it weren't for the land, the resources, the minerals and the oil you extract from this country you stole. period.

there is no middle class in NDN country, only the poor and the wealthy elite who are administrators and the like, some no more than white collar criminals. there is a thin, very thin veil of a blue collar working class, but it is not like the rest of canada.

think about it, until 1961, we couldn't vote, couldn't leave the reserve without permission, couldn't speak our languages, couldn't practice our ceremonies or other cultural activities, couldn't work off reserve, couldn't sell whatever we could grow on our reserves to white people, couldn't own farm equipment, couldn't go to anything but residential schools, and to top it off, since 1870, First Nations children were stolen from their parents at the age of 6 until 16, forced to move far away from their families to attend Residential schools, to "kill the Indian in the child," and on and on.

and white people have the gaul to talk shit about us.

yeesh.

anyways, i'll post my video later this week, it kicks ass.

in the meantime, have a safe and happy holiday from Mr. Bigglesworth II and myself,


cheers,




cb.

Sunday, December 25, 2011

re: merry christmas!!!

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

it's christmas eve, the kids are asleep, the gin and milk are by the tree for santa, the kids are asleep, i'm contemplating drawing moustaches and goatees on their faces as they sleep. we built a fort in the living room because they wanted to catch santa. haha!

anyways, i'm finishing a video installation piece for a show in vancity next week, it is here:

http://www.helenpittgallery.org/exhibitions/current-and-upcoming/ill-repute/


in the meantime, i wish i had told santa i wanted this for christmas!!! damnit! maybe next year!!??



well lovers, now that the munchkins are asleep, i'm going to put on my southpark christmas dvd and chill out before the fat guy in red comes over, santa, not my neighbour.

until next time, happy holidays and merry christmas and all that good stuff, enjoy it, do something fun, crazy, unexpected!!!

see ya real soon kids!!!


cb

Friday, December 23, 2011

re: holiday song and vegan black metal chef.......!!!!!!

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers, ex's too....

so, the holidays are about us, are you ready?

i am, and i got in the holiday spirit too!

anyway, i've got a show coming up next week in vancity, will post more details as i get them, i hope you are well, and i'm posting two videos for you. One is a reworked version of a film i did 2 years ago, and recently rediscovered it. it's a sad video, and i wasn't in a good space, but nonetheless, i'm happy to have found it.

in fact, it's been weird lately, and at the end of the video, there's a girl shuffling away, i recently ran into her again, and she's alive and well, and looking good. i wrote about here in my book "stone the crow" it's on page 43.

enjoy.



and here's vegan black metal chef showing you how to bake a vegan yule log.....because over the holidays, yyyyyyuuuuuuullllleeeee neeeeed aaaaaaaah caaaaaaaaakeeeeeee!!!!


just click on the link below for your black metal recipe!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=2HuU_m0hi1w#!

until next time lovers,


cb

Thursday, December 22, 2011

re: the apology series.

greetings friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here are four new works based on the apology by stephen harper to the first nations, inuit and metis people of canada. they are 11 x 17 in diameter, and i'm making them available to institutions, educational facilities and organizations as a means furthering the education about the Residential schools and the importance and significance of the Apology. 

After traveling across the country the past few years giving lectures and talks about aboriginal art, and it's frightening how little impact it made in this country, so i figured creating a series of art might be able to help make people aware of it. i always say, born a native, born an activist. because, for the rest of your life, you have to justify your existence to the rest of canada.








the image above, is based on the photo of St. George's Residential school in Lytton, BC.
it burnt to the ground because of arson. my mother and father both went there and were
never the same. i think they never left in some ways.


in the meantime, keep you posted on new work coming soon, happy holidays,

cb


re: new pomes.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here are a couple new pomes. haven't been writing much lately, been pursuing other creative activities, and i suspect my brain can only accommodate so many things at once. getting a bit older you know?

anyways, here they are, enjoy my lovelies.


The skeetch Indian:
On the public transit heading
Downtown
I meet an Indian dude
Who tells me he’s heading
To the oil rigs soon
As he just passed the
Physical and drug tests
Even though he ripped a couple
Big fat rails a couple days before
The tests
And he told me about smoking crack
And how it never got it’s claws
Into him
Which made me think of scabby
And that girl I wrote about
A long time ago
And how I recently saw them both
Scabby looked the same
On and off the rock and heroin
The girl look good
Healthy and happy
Glowing even as she picked up groceries
Where I most recently saw her
And as the bus weaved through town
Me and the Skeetch NDN
We talked about work
And how much
We both hated this town
And how there was no money here
And this was a place where people came to die
And then he was gone
Off the bus
And I was staring out the window
At the grey skies
Wondering what I was going to do next
With my life.

















A pipeline to god:
In every needle
In every crack pipe
In every bottle
In every cigarette
In every city
There is a pipeline to god.

At least
That’s what they think
And that’s why
They keep chasing it
Down every city street
Every dark alley
Every whorehouse
And dime bag
Again and again

I don’t know if it’s addiction
Or malnutrition
Or capitalism
Or a poor upbringing
By fucked up parents
In a fucked up society

But I do know
They are on a pipeline
To god

And I don’t judge them
On that
Because I’m on my own
Pipeline to god
And there is nothing
You can do about it.


and in case you were being a paranoid fuck, ART is my pipeline to god. yeesh. 

cb

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

re: oh canada, or kanata!?

hello lovers,

it's been a week or so, sigh, never enough time and best laid plans and all that.....i've got 6 new works on the go. yes dear fan, foe, friend and the like. in my daily rummaging on the internet i found some cool art, and searching for inspiration. also, been doing some work on my technique. dave mckean was doing stuff 16 years ago on a mac i can't figure out today.

imagine the nervousness he must have felt in rendering files. get the art prepared, save it, and then hit render and wait until morning to see how it looked or if it crashed. nowadays, i wait 30 seconds i get impatient. technology spins us round and round, but is anything improving?

yes, no, maybe. haha.

well, i've got some work to do, hope you are ready for the holidays, and all is well in your world.

born a native in canada means you are born an activist whether or not you're willing to accept it, is another question. as an artist, i believe that i have an opportunity to kick in the door of oppression, and expose light and injustice into darkness and darker times. there's a lot of talk about what's going on in Attawapiskat, northern ontario. it's a native village, that's gotten national attention recently, but it's no different from a lot of reserves in canada. people don't understand an Indian Reservation was created to conveniently put us out of sight and out of the picture. we weren't allowed to leave without the authorization of the Indian agent. we couldn't own vehicles, or sell crops or anything to white people. we couldn't buy farm equipment. we couldn't get an education besides residential schools. we couldn't work off reserve. we couldn't vote. basically, we had no rights and were prisoners on our own land. and white people dare to bitch about us? yeesh. talk about official and collective denial.

here's a couple images of Attawapiskat reserve and the housing crisis they face, ironically, the de beers corporation have a diamond mine 90 km away. how bittersweet.

talk about remote living? i bet everything starts at $20 in a place like this.


money and poverty.

and now, check out this little gem of canadiana. nice.

words fail me.
what do you think?

and finally, a couple images, one of a residential school, and the other of stephen harper.




crazy hey?

well, i've been busy, sorting through a lot of art, film and stuff. doing some research and spending time with my kids as it is the holiday season. hope all is well in your world,

adios,

cb

Friday, December 09, 2011

re: deck your ass with boughs of bose!

haha,

hi friends, fans, foe, lovers drinkers, sinners, saints and the like,

here are some more deck designs i'm working on. guh, plenty of things going on in coyote bose country, it's been a weird, fucked up year. i watch young coyotes and cardinals rise, i do too, but my rise is slower and a perhaps a bit more steadfast.....i dunno.

in the meantime, let me do my work, enjoy some new deck designs. i've finally written out ten songs worth of material from my demo pages on soundcloud and will work on those songs for the new year, amidst fifty other things i'm working on.

christ.

anyways, much love and see you around lovers,


cb


It wouldn't be fair to let you know what's going on, coz i barely do, and there's more fun and adventure in it if you don't know! hahah, suffice it to say i'm kicking 2012's bitch ass.

hugs,


cb

Wednesday, December 07, 2011

re: dig it, coz i'll win!

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers, or, saints, sinners, drinkers and gamblers,

i'm working really hard these days, creatively, i don't know why. driven. bored. isolated. going crazy. sick and have cabin fever. not really sure, but enjoy the fruits of my labour.

gonna work on a seven deadly sins series over the next, you guessed it, seven days! omg!

here's the second one: pride.


the skull of jesus coyote all prettied up, kinda looks like a cake eh? yum!

anyways, i also found this dope song, by this dope singer!

http://www.hannielkhatib.com/



Hanni El Khatib.

dope!

well, i'll be posting a lot of stuff this month. wish me luck! i want to break last year's record for posts. yikes.

until next time lovers,

cb

Tuesday, December 06, 2011

re: love and lady

hello lovers,

just worked on this all week.

meet this babe.

until next time lovers,


cb

re: one more, coz it's so dope!

hell-o friends, fans, foe and lovers,

okay, one more deck, i just had to, it's the first time i'm excited about anything in awhile, and now i've got to figure out how to get them printed onto decks? i'll doing a lot more of these bad babes and you'll hopefully love them.

i should do a series of snowboards too, since we're in BC and it's snowboarding capitol and all that, and they've got cash. ooooh that was crass......haha, like i give a damn.

mouths to feed and all that,

whoa, deja vu......

in the meantime, enjoy this dope ass deck i call "deck the halls" in the capitalist christmas spirit.....

until next time young cardinals,


much love,


cb

re: skateboard colour options.....

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers, as well as drinkers, sinners, gamblers and the like....

so, i'm sick at home with pneumonia, want to go out, know that if i do, it could get worse. feeling about 6 out of 10, like i might have mentioned earlier, i felt like 0 on the weekend.

anyways, listening to "Alexisonfire" album "Old Crowes and Young Cardinals," and love it!

inspired to do some skate art, which i want to have my own skate decks and apparel, but also a "jesus coyote" gambling kit. you know, deck of cards, table, chips, mugs and the like.

in the meantime, i've worked on these mock ups this afternoon of some deck ideas. I mean, the options are limitless, coz the colours of my art can be manipulated soooooooo easily!!! and endlessly!!

wait, didn't i just say that, see, i'm not all there yet. ugh.

in the meantime, enjoy!

the one deck series below could be called "everything goes to hell anyways."


cb.
ps: here's the album cover for the band i love right this moment, especially the song "young cardinals," coz i feel like an old crow in some ways, and i watch the young cardinals rising all around me, and i even got me own turn in at the hat. bastardos. 



great band, pity they broke up, i think it's coz dallas's band and chin got too big to be in the band. 
Dear friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's a card, i'm working on a deck, it'll be a long haul project. ace of spades "jesus coyote" style. i reckon a character, especially a hybrid character like "jesus coyote" would be a gambler, a bit of a carouser, and a bit dangerous. being a messiah and a trickster would do that to you. so, it only seems natural he'd have his own deck of cards for games of chance! haha!





i'll be posting them time to time throughout 2012. it's challenging maintaining focus and drive, it's the end of a tough year, and i want it to end quickly. sorting through things, next year will kick ass come hell or high water.

well, i gotta go, more art to do, i sort of feel i'm cheating if i don't bust my ass all day, every day doing art since i sacrificed everything to get here. be careful what you wish for kids, coz sometimes when you get it, you realize what you gave to get there.

big hugs,


cb
ps: still feeling sick from pneumonia, it really kicked my ass. part of the downtime, i'm watching lots of movies. i need to be inspired. one of the films i'm watching is bruce mcdonald's classic "hard core logo," and it's one of my faves. i love the scene when they all drop acid at bucky haight's place, trip balls and sacrifice a goat. epic! makes me laugh out loud every time. i love it, pipefitter the next day "i killed a fcuking goat!?" with this bewildered look in his eye, followed by billy talent saying to him, "pipe, we all drank it's blood!" haha, solid acting, production and directing.



I can't wait to see Hard Core Logo II woot!


in the meantime lovers, take care, the holiday season is upon, and i'm already apologizing for things i'll say and do over them....haha....




Oh yeah, i'm working getting my art onto skateboards, check it out!
will also be posting those randomly next year. 

Until next time lovers,


cb

Monday, December 05, 2011

re: jesus coyote......returns........


Greetings friends, fans, foe and lovers,

how goes it in your world? i've been sick as hell, went to the emergency room last thursday, difficulty breathing, blah blah. turns out i've got pneumonia, they did x-rays, the doctor showed me where the gross stuff was accumulating in my lungs. Been on anti-biotics since, and tripped out hard on this stuff called "emtec" which was totally wicked. I spent the past 4 days in a weird limbo state, catatonic, brutal stuff. 

Anyways, i managed to crank this one "Jesus Coyote" image, and am surprised at howmuch i got done even though i was sick. hell, i worked until last monday. did a poetry reading last wednesday. i'm bored as hell, but weak right now, hard to move and walk around much without running out of breath. you know, i need to get outta here, in some ways, an escape. i dunno. got work next week, make some cash, get ready for the holidays. i dunno, i'm bored in this town, i feel i ain't got no peers, or none to hang out with, and i ain't interested in any relationships with the fairer sex! haha! anyways, blah blah blah, enjoy the art.




below is a cd set for a mark ryden show called "Blood." i love the design.


Me reading at a gig last year in Prince George, thankfully i've lost some weight since then. 
construction work is good for something anyways! haha!


until next time lovers,

CB

Thursday, December 01, 2011

re: los amigos.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

had an interesting night last night, went to a reading/music/art event last night here in Kamloops. It was part of the John Freemont Smith building downtown, which is 100 years old. Ashok Mathur was the host, Trefor Smith played guitar and sang, Cecily Nicholson read from a chapbook she wrote during a day residency for the celebration, and I read at the "Art We Are" open mic night.

Actually Paul Liddy and I both read from our upcoming chapbook "No Soul Cellphone" and "A Moon Made of Copper." It was great fun, I read three new poems and then went upstairs to the art event. These events are rare and deserve to be attended because if we don't go out and support live events, they will not happen.

Anyways, have some new art to post, and a lot on my mind these days, the bills, the rent, the usual. I'm really wondering what I'm doing in this town, so, i've got to figure that out. What I really want to do is just hit the road, play live, read live and get paid for it. haha. dream job right? Well, i've got to go, enjoy the new art and keep you posted. The new "Black Keys" album is coming out, "el camino," is coming out and i look forward to it.

take care lovers,


cb


I'm not sure if I like the frame in the image above partially obscured, but thought I'd try it anyway.

and here are some cool photos of the Black Keys. Dig!