Wednesday, October 31, 2012

re: sequence 13

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

had a cabaret type event at my place this past weekend. it was awesome. i'll do it again soon.

in the meantime, i'll post a few videos from that night and give you a break from my guitar playing.

until next time lovers, and have a happy halloween,


cb



Saturday, October 27, 2012

re: sequence 11

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

sequence 11, a new video for you. i'm going to record some heavier guitar stuff and upload it. too much acoustic is like too much sugar, it'll make you soft. 

in the meantime. i'll keep on keepin' on, and it's been fun making videos everyday. who knows where it'll end up. 

until tomorrow,

cb




re: sequence 12

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

a video, i'm getting things all messed up. too many videos. anyway, this one is trippy and i quite like it.

it's a bit dark, but don't be a sissy, it's got a beautiful ending!

until next time,



cb




Friday, October 26, 2012

re: sequence 9


hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here is a video from about a year or so ago. i didn't remember where i recorded it until i watched it a couple times. such is life.

adios,


cb







re: new video

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

back in the day, we used to record riffs or songs onto ghetto blasters and cassette tapes. mountains of them accumulated and then we got too lazy to go through them, so we'd just write new ones. the gems would prevail though, a good riff here or there, a melody, something. now it's cyber, and i've got mountains of riffs again because i'm bored and want to tour again as a musician. i miss the stage. 

next year will be that year, finished a new book, working on new films and new music.

see you on the road!

cb.






Thursday, October 25, 2012

re: sequence 8

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i hope you are enjoying these guitar videos.

they have been fun to work on, and this is pushing my filmmaking in new boundaries. 

enjoy this one. 

cb






Tuesday, October 23, 2012

re: sequence 6

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i'm home again and it's fricken freezing!!

in my travels i saw lots of NDN's chopping and stacking wood. so, with that logic, i'd say it's gonna be a cold winter. i asked them why they were chopping wood and and they had no real answer other than saying "it's cold and gonna be a cold one this year!"

to keep you warm, check this video.

haha.

cheers,


cb


Sunday, October 21, 2012

re: a new film

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here is an electric guitar video for you. 

try not to pee your pants.

adios,





until next time lovers,


cb

Friday, October 19, 2012

re: finger riff and traveling stuff....

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i'm back at it, on fire, or perhaps, "FIYAH!!!"

or something thereabout.

anyways, i've got tons of riffs i need to get out of my head and into the cosmos.

but i didn't just want to post boring old videos of me playing guitar. so, here's what i've done instead, make fruity, trippy, weird videos. so, enjoy?

cheers,





CB

re: sequence 5

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

a fresh new jive just for you.

all the bets,





cb.

re: a new film!

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

another exciting new video for you. 

for the next 30 days or so, i'll be posting new riffs, songs, ideas, ramblings and the like online. i travel a shitload, so i'm using footage i've accumulated over the past four years of cross country madness.

i hope you enjoy them.

all the best,


cb



ps: they will get stranger and more experimental as i go further down the filmmaking spiral. like this video, which is very david lynch. haha.

Thursday, October 18, 2012

re: enowkin jam sesh

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's today's "Riff of the Day"

recorded a couple years ago at the Enowkin Centre, an awesome place i love to go to and teach film.

enjoy!


cb








Wednesday, October 17, 2012

re: riffager

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

one more riff for the road.

adios,




cb

re: riffs and art for a month.....

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i'm planning on posting a riff a day for a month, as well as new art and stuff.

riff one, below is from october 26, 2008, the year it all fell apart and fell back together. the master plan.



so, kick back and let me entertain you, here you are now.

cheers,


cb

Monday, October 08, 2012

re: moments between salvation and hell.


hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

one more video before i get some rest. the kids must go to school and i must pretend i fit in this stupid game one more day.

even though i may bitch about it, i'm happiest on the road. if i can't see my kids every day, then i would rather be touring every day and seeing them every two weeks.

it beats sitting around tearing yourself apart in between those moments of salvation and hell.

until next time lovers,


cb
ps: dig my "O" faces in this video or what? hahahahah! heavy riffs, i shit them out. like a riff junkie. haha.

re: selling lies disguised as truth. or trust.


if i won ten or twenty million dollars i'd take some serious time off and heal my body.

over the past 4 decades or so, i've beaten the hell out of it.

i'm starting to notice it.

in this form, this reality, i'm not going to last forever.

and i'm getting real tired of jumping through all these bullshit hoops to just do what i want to do that i would do just to cover my bills. but i'm getting older now and think of my kids more.

sigh.

i work and slave to change the cultural landscape of canada and to provide for my family. while bankers get richer, businessmen get fatter and politicians lie deeper. sometimes i just want to say fuck it all.

until next time lovers,

cb
ps: obviously, by the video, i don't take myself that seriously. but i rock. haha.

Sunday, October 07, 2012

re: the dangers of art.....

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

just some deep thoughts from jack handy, in concerns with the dangers of the arts and art world. mainly, the lack of danger and sense of excitement. all too often lately, through my various travels, the artists i have met scare me in that i have a nearly jaw breaking yawn by hanging out with them. they seem like bean counters, dress like accountants, or business people, have become boring administrators and lost all sense of danger, enthusiasm, or excitement.

more often than not, i am the lone wild man, the lone wolf, or coyote, seeking adventures in new cities. they would rather go antiquing while i am drawn to danger, to death, to adventure and seek the thrills of discovering a new city or new places in an old city. while they look as though they would fold over in a windstorm because of the starch in their collars, i hoist the skull and bones and call out to others seeking adventure.

after several gatherings i've been to over the years, i've finally met my match, and it was on the other side of the country, at a symposium of national level artists, arts administrators, researchers, curators, educators and the like. it was mainly native or first nations, and the devil may care attitude was prevalent and refreshing. it felt so good to be surrounded by others cut from the same cloth of a pirate flag and we had charged dialogue, crazy adventures, fearsome hangovers, and amazing collaborations came about. the spirit of creativity guided us, and as a colleague suggested, "we all come from very solitary practices, so when we get together like this, of course it is going to get a little out of hand, it has to!"

i couldn't agree more.

other artists ask me how i got to where i am today in a very short period of time. (20 years!) and i have no definitive answer other than be bold. create the art that inspires you. don't care what others say. don't listen to them. don't be molded. be fearless. take chances. and be open to opportunities. this year i've had 5 exhibitions, 5 publications, organized a music festival and curated 2 exhibitions, as well as done countless workshops and an artist residency.

but this is what i wanted, and i sacrificed everything to get here. so really, there is no excuses to not accomplish anything.

until next time lovers,


stay dangerous

cb.


Friday, October 05, 2012

re: new art and stuff.

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

more art for you.

just finished a 212 page manuscript that i'm sending in to my publisher and hopefully they'll dig it.

organizing more workshops and getting ready to take the arbor collective to non-profit status recognized by the province of b.c.

life is good and busy. i love it.

until next time lovers,


cb

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a riff i recorded.