re: busy.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

hope all is well in your world, i'm a little crazy busy right now, but will savour it. in the back of my mind, i've been thinking about our country, the economy and the art scenes in this nation of canada. it's kind of a pity that there are pockets of arts scenes throughout the country, but things really flourish in the major centers of toronto, montreal and vancouver.

i've been to those cities many times and i'd have to say montreal is my favourite.

vancouver and toronto, both have become disgusting, yuppiefied, gentrified playgrounds for the rich and shameless. the douchebag and bimbo ratio with spray tans, glitter, cheap sweet smelling perfume or impenetrable chachi spicy cologne is intolerably high in both those cities as well as the stinking hipster douchebag, especially on commercial drive in vancity. everyone, and i mean everyone male and female has huge bushy beards and skinny black jeans with those big buddy holly glasses or shades. ground zero is cafe duh soleil. my buddy AEM (also a bushy beard guy come to think of it. however, he's far beyond skinny jeans and is chill) and I both read at the cafe duh soleil and tried in vain to tear it a new a-hole.

AEM ready from one of his books, which he tore up after his reading, it was awesome, a spectacle i have never seen before, and i read from my book "the apology" written expressly for a show at the UNIT/PITT gallery. he was a tough act to follow, but i stomped around on the stage and had them cheering and a couple boos. which is always fun. we were invited back by the owner, whether or not it was from us drinking copious beverages or because we were so bad, we were good. one can never tell if it's the beverages or the badness at a certain point.

ANYWAY, i digress from a healthy rant. uhm, oh yeah, i like eggs.

besides that, where was i going? i notice whenever i do a specific type of work, my art suffers. it doesn't suffer, i just don't do it. and that work is soul-destroying administration work. it's hell, especially when it comes to budgets. but, thankfully i am better at balancing work and creativity. i think about the future now that we are already, yes, ALREADY approaching the halfway point in this year. fcuk. what the hell happens? why does time go faster when you get older? why does it take so long to find your way? what the fuck!?! argh!? spittle spreck! argh!

frustration aside, i just wanted to say hi and rant a little bit, until next time lovers,


CB.

a herd of manta ray.

road is closed.

galaxy space stuff? 

the transit is so weird

anywhere you go.

one day we will all be like this guy.

spooky.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

hope all is well in your world, i'm trying to kick my world's ass. things are going quite well, just not as fast as i'd like, you know, the fortune and freedom thing.....but i keep trying. 7 long years ago i was a construction worker, busting my ass and abusing my body pouring concrete footings and foundations.

all these years later, i'm an artist, which is what i wanted to be, because i was sick of seeing others claw their way ahead of me with shitty art. or what i perceived as bad art. haha. it's still around and so am i, pimping out my own art and stuff. now i'm setting my goals and sights on music, because originally i was a musician and had a lot of fun touring, recording, writing songs and such.

now to me, the music scene can kinda get a wee bit incestuous, perhaps that's too strong and graphic a way to describe it, but, you know what i mean, the same people getting the gigs over and over again.
i should be happy for them, and in a way i am happy for them, but the blood gets pretty thin at the top, and once that happens, mediocrity is never far behind.

i mean, i'll never stop doing art, or writing or making films, but i wouldn't mind recording some kick ass songs, making a kick ass album and doing some touring before i feel too old! haha. and don't hand me that "you're only as old as you feel" bullshit!

after many years of construction, my body is sore, and it makes me feel old. i'm exercising and mountain biking, which helps, i need a gym pass and then i'll rock it out. now that i'm a teeny bit older, i can honestly say i wish i knew then what i know now.

eat right, take your vitamins when you're younger, exercise your body and your mind, coz when you hit you're late 30's and early 40's, you'll see the difference. i'm sure of it. haha.

even now, if i am too lazy to go shopping and just let my food run out and eat whatever i can, i notice it affecting my mood and work/creativity. i can't sit still, i can't focus, and i never get anything done.

when i eat properly, bam, i mean BAM! i get it done and done proper. haha.

anyways, i gotta go get some exercise, adios,


cb

last summer. 

i am kinda bad at promoting my own gigs! 

d'oh!

places i wanna go.

re: eye of the beholder......

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

beauty is, as they say, whomever they are, beauty is in the eye of the beholder....

bullshit.

we're attracted to beautiful things, objects, people, objectified people and so on.....

anyway, here's some more art before i get all preachy and shit.

until next time lovers,




cb

it keeps uploading shitty, i don't know why

ooooh demons i guess......

haha.

re: leonard bukowski......

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i can't believe i've never posted this link.

it's to my spoken word stuff, though i hate that term, it's lame, how about, this link is to my finished songs.

sound good? and they're free! download them! share them! burn them to discs and listen to them in the car!

good roadtrip music.

play it at night and i'll sing you to sleep.

do whatever you want.

if you make some dough, send some my way.

cheers,


chris bose.

http://soundcloud.com/chris-bose/

click on the link above for your sonic adventure!

the best comparison for the first 9 songs is music

from the bastard love child of Leonard Cohen, Tom Waits and Charles Bukowski.

weird eh?

leonard cohen is so damn cool

back in tha day!

fat, disgusting and probably quite smelly

charles bukowski

and some girl.

tom waits

and his infamous quote 

"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me

than a frontal lobotomy"

awesome.

re: skies....

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

more art. i'm on a roll.

enjoy.


cb

new art for you my lovers.

contact me for info on workshops!!!!

re: crow crazed.......

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers and evil doers,

i salute you all.

life is good, i'm busy making art and the world keeps on spinning.

check this one out, it's time for crows......

love'em.

cb

re: crow woman

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's a couple new images, one about crow woman, and the other, the statistics on my blog.

thanks for stopping by, enjoy!?

cb

Crow Woman

Stats on my blog.

26,000 views! 

holy moly!

re: images around town...

hello friends, fans. foe and lovers,

i've been biking around town and it's been great, although i'm a bit saddlesore, haha!

here's a few images to tide you over,

cb

the graffiti wall

more of the graffiti wall

a corner of graffiti

the loops.

my little herb garden.

this is my exact first camera

i got one like this in 1978

the start of my creative journey

i still remember the very first roll of photos i took 

with it!

my little garden. 

lots of tomato plants!!!

the loops.

i actually love it here

it's a very beautiful place to live.

more opportunities need to be created for artists

and not just fcuking jocks. 

millions of dollars for jocks

tens of thousands for arts.

people's concept of what "ART"

is needs to change.

those shitty paintings you buy

at XS cargo and Winners

are not art.

buy local, pay a little more 

and invest in a local artist

watch them grow

as a human being

and as an artist

creating better art.

and feel good about it

buying that shitty art at dept. stores

you are supporting an ugly soulless

godless corporation somewhere

and your money is pulled out of town

to some corporate headquarters 

far, far away

and i want you to feel shitty about it.

graffiti cans.

i always tell kids, take with you what you bring

so you don't get a mess like this

which only adds fuel the "dangers of graffiti"

and justify the bullshit agenda of the kamloops

graffiti task force.

sweet tags and colours eh?!

re: occult + the cult = southern death cult

hell-o friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i hope all is well in your galactic worlds. things are busy in mine, but i'm happier that way. when i was younger, uhm, much younger, i used to think that haggard, worn out cliche, "live fast die young," was cool.

well, now that dying didn't happen early, i'm much happier being alive. haha.

plus, technology caught up to what i see in my head, versus, what i could technically accomplish on my own. now i can make the art i want, play the music i want and make the films i want without having to be a millionaire.

not that i don't want to be a millionaire, because hey, let's face it, if anyone of us was given the option to be a millionaire, i don't think we'd turn down that opportunity. some of us would buy stupid, status symbol, expensive crap, i'd buy art supplies. and guitars.

haha.

well, this latest occult image that i've been working on, one of many, is an homage to cheesy 1970's occult movie posters. ah the 1970's, so bad, and so good simultaneously. i was just a wee kid back then, and i listened to AC/DC, Led Zep, Black Sabbath, KISS, Jimi Hendrix, Ted Nugent and the first Def Leppard album. my favourite album was "Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap." i was a headbanger back then, i'm a headbanger now. my dad listened to those albums, and i remember looking at the album art, and wondering "wow, what made them make such crazy album covers?"

sadly, this is something i think is lost in our modern age, unless you count video game covers as the new "album" for kids to check out. lame-cakes.

but i remember the Merritt theatre always had posters and i would also check'em out, and i loved the beautiful women in the 1970's posters, they were hot, busty and scantily clad. what boy or perhaps even girl wouldn't like those posters?!?!

(people with a rant about sexism, exploitation and other important issues, please feel free to leave now.)

so, there you go, the inspiration behind this image, which isn't finished, but it'll do for now.

all the beast,


cb

re: moog synth...

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

today is robert moog's birthday, so google.com did a cool online syth for you to play with and even record and manipulate a moog synth. i did, check it out!!!

cheers,


cb

click the link below to see if it works!!

http://g.co/doodle/8qh7bg

re: new song for the old ceremony......

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

bumming around town this morning, actually, i wasn't bumming around, i was dropping off my kids, thinking as i stared out the window on the bus, that a) i'm lucky, but luck is a lot of hard work and being ready for when an opportunity strikes! b) life is what you make it! c) i wouldn't be where i am without the help and support of a lot of people.

now that i'm more awake, i am sure to acknowledge them, but their support either financially, spiritually, skillsharing, mentoring or just someone to listen to my 1st world problems in the painfully (at times) dramatic world of the arts, is and has been great.

don't kid yourself and think you're special, and the world revolves around you, because i know there are 10,000 kids out there who are better at what they do, and hungrier for it, so don't let it go to your head, whatever "success" you have right now. whoa, preachy eh? hahah.

anyway, here's a guitar riff for you to enjoy, i recorded it years ago. and just found it again. there are hours and hours of stuff recorded and stuck on a harddrive or dvd disc around my place. whole albums waiting in the can for the right moment, or the moment has passed and i'm not interested. whatever.

such is the way of art.

talk more soon,

cb

re: portals........

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

portals.

we either ignore them or go through them. right now, i'm screaming for a portal. life is and isn't going as planned. things could always be better, perhaps that is part of the human condition. the perpetual want.

anyways, here's a piece about portals. as to it's exact meaning, fcuked if i know. although i do know i made this after reading some backslapping bullcrap about native artists. people need to get back to earth, into the trenches. i am in the trenches all the time, in fact, i'm even literally underground making art, for art's sake. maybe that's part of the problem, i need to get out of the trenches. the trouble is, when i'm in a room full of backslapping phonies and people who way over-intellectualize art, to justify their MFA and PH.D's in art, or philosophy or whatever the hell people were selling that year, my ass twitches, my spine aches, my brain begins to get sucked dry from all the hot air being blown around and i simply either get liquored and freak out, or i have to leave before i vomit. i can only stand so much bullshit, and the older i get, the less i can stand. i've been doing this a long time, toiling away in obscurity. meh. that said, i am looking into getting my M.F.A. at a university. haha. watch me eat my own words.

haaaaaaaahaaaaaaaaanom nom nom nom.......

maybe now i'll get the attention, fame and fortune i so richly deserve.

bwahahahahahahahaha. kidding about the fame. stuff the fame. the money i'll always take.

haha.

until next time lovers,


cb.

i think this is about the 2face nature of the art world

perhaps, the world in general.

king for a day

fool for a lifetime.

re: the goddessesessesesssss

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

someone asked me i had given up on digital art. go to hell i replied, christ i need a break, and it ain't even a break because i've got a bunch of digital art on the go all the time. can't a guy experiment? haha!

truth is, i needed real time art, as in, "get your hands dirty," art instead of the clean world of digital stuff.

plus, i'm writing, playing music and generally working on a ton of other things. life is good and busy, and it's not even as busy as i want it to be, so there.

funny things happen when you get off the sauce, you rub your eyes, and see a lot of time has passed by in a blur. so, right now, i'm reading lots, writing lots, working on grants, projects, art, film, music and all sorts of good things.

well, all the beast to you then,


cb

the goddesseseseseses...

new art for you.

i think this is inspired by the art of "the shining"

and scatman crother's had 2 paintings 

of these african goddesses behind him

on his wall at his house. 

i wonder. huh huh.

1st world problems

affecting the rest of the world.

bart is right.

secret places.