re: upcoming art show.

hello lovers,

how are you? i hope you are well. i mean it. like, super well. awesome in fact. haha.

i am, there's all sorts of chaos around us, it's epic, but all we can do is soldier on, keep moving forward, because what's the alternative? thumbs receding, eye's closening, teeth getting longer, hunches in our backs!?!?! hahaha.

so, i've been listening to the new "Queens of the Stone Age," quite a lot and really dig it.

why?

because, it's fresh and new, and unlike a lot of the shit out there these days, but how long have we been saying that? forever. probably since mozart, beetlejuice and rammstein.

anyways, it's a great, dark, brooding, sexy at times album.

i read interviews or some shit like that where the ginger-haired singer Josh Homme (french for "dude." how perfect?) said most of it was written after he flatlined on the old operating table for a knee operation. sounds serious and whack!? and overkill.

now, i'm not a doctor, but that should/could have been local anesthesia? or like played by the spirit of cliff burton?

haha, kidding. poor taste joke for a musician i love. cliff burton. not josh "man."

cha-ch.

well, back to the review. great album. dark as fuck. but has some great shagging moments. as every Queens of the Stone Age album should.

shagworthy vote? 7.5 out of 12.

why 12? coz fuck you that's why.

ass.

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