re: this chaos is boring me.....haha.

Hello lovers, friends, foe and fans,

the night and only in the night do i find myself thinking about the past. music has played important roles, life changing events and more in my life. as i get older i fight electronic music in some ways and embrace in others. i like loud amps and live guitars along with electronic music and stages and audiences so much. i've dedicated my life to it since i was an awkward kid 16 years old strumming out the first chords i learned Am-Em-G and looping into Am to repeat the chords.

that was when i was a homeless punk kid in vancouver, pulled off the streets by my prostitute cousin who showed me those chords and gave me that guitar and some money and a chance to prove myself. all these years later i still wonder what the hell i'm doing with my life?

anyway, ten years after i started playing the guitar and finally started touring the globe, i remember the first time i heard this track:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHSe4N1tRQU

by none other than david bowie, whom i hadn't really paid a lot of attention to at the time, i mean i heard his neo metal clamberings with "tin machine," which were cool, but weird. and before that all i could remember was "china girl," whom stevie ray vaughn played guitars on! still!

in life you don't remember a lot of things, but as you get older, for some reason a song, a photo, a video, a movie will bring you back to those moments in time to the point you remember the light in the room, the smells, what you ate, what you drank and how it all happened.

i had been traveling for years nomadically across the globe, asia, america, europe, central america and trying to obliviate a lot of memories in my life. it didn't work and after many years of wandering i came home. a lot of my old friends were dead or in jail, which inspired me getting on a jet and leaving the country in the first place. the remainder who were here, musicans or artists i contacted the old fashioned way and phoned them up and said "hey! guess who's back in towwwwnnnnn!!!!???"

i did some couch surfing until i got back on my feet and was working two jobs, dish pit in the day at kamloops' first organic grocery store and restuarant, "the zone," with my buddies rob roy and paul liddy, the first one of my favourite illustrators ever, and the second a poet who influences me to this day, both brilliant madmen who deserve their time in the lime light. the nights i ran a 12 table pool hall downtown that has sadly become the old people bar downtown, the gross sounding name "the grotto."

back in the day we had an awesome sound system and were the place to be downtown. loud music, plenty of pool, fresh java, food, beautiful staff of girls and me and an young armed forces guy who helped me run the show at night. he was my pitbull. ryan was his name and we ran the game. the couple years that place was in business were some of the best times of my life. i was young, in my mid twenties, had returned from traveling the world and running the hottest night spot in town that wasn't a bar? hello?! good times were had by all!

i used to play slayer, anything from there really, and white zombie "astro-creep 2000" album and watch the place go crazy! the front quarter of the place was a coffee shop, bistro type place, food, coffee and what not, and the last 3/4 were 12 pool tables, 2 were full sized billiards. we had an amazing sound system that we kicked it's ass every damn night with metal!!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKBhWWaI6BQ

i remember ryan would show up in army fatigues and sneak a couple bottles of good wine, and this is 20 years before it was cool to drink wine like these days, back then it was expensive as hell and everyone thought you were a poof, anyways, we'd drink them with the day staff, all gorgeous girls, play pool, and play heavy metal and watch the place go insane. when shit got out of  hand, people getting rowdy, fights and madness we'd put on leonard cohen's album "the future" and especially this song, "waiting for the miracle," or "dance me to the end of love," always chased them out, except the goth and emo kids. haha. they loved it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXvG0SMP7tw

and the place would empty out!!! haha. which was hilarious and perfect, because i loved it and we never had a shortage of street kids wanting free time on tables so they'd clean up the place for us and we'd rock and roll all night. damn i miss those days.

i remember playing a lot of this album too! kyuss! blues from the red sun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq9H99J1ntQ

when the first song started, everything got quiet and every lit up a smoke and got ready to get down and heavy!!! i'd look across the massive room and everyone would be headbanging and high fiving and air guitaring on the pool cues.

damn the good old days......

i miss them.......

until next time lovers,


Horatio Cornblower, i mean, Chris Bose. hahahahahah
Ps: i saw Kyuss play live in amsterdam 2ice! as well as rob zombie in various places around the globe back in the day. ahhhh. to be young again.

re: when i get out of here.....

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i've been playing and singing this song for years. for some reason tonight i find myself playing it on repeat. why? chances, changes, opportunities i've blown? taken? lost? developed? misplaced.

this song doesn't represent my reality, it represent places and times. perfectly.

the older i get the more i love and hate this song.

enjoy.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=maW38NckYPQ

I miss the stage, but all the world's a stage if you get into it i suppose.

no, not really. hahah. i miss being on an actual stage and performing. 

those days now seem like a distant memory. 

d'oh.

until next time lovers, stay cool

Chris Bose.

re: Nlaka'pamux language and words.

Hello lovers, friends, fans and foe,

I hope all is well in your world, things are going according to plan in mine, whatever plan that may be, i'm trying to be open and receptive to the universe and the directions it has for me. go with the flow i guess i'm saying, but don't be afraid to guide your direction as needed.

here are some photos for various projects i'm working on. i think the one with the girl and the steelhead is pretty funny, because she doesn't look like a fishing fanatic, steelhead fishing is often in the colder fall and winter months, so you've got to be a fanatic, haha. learning lots about the land, the water and the life cycles of salmon. 

until next time,

CB.

Skelep, 

"the coyote."

c'eqwa?=qin-m

"salmon turn red after spawning"

s/c'uwen

"dried salmon"

not your average steelhead salmon fanatic.

respect for looking fabulous and fishing!

S/tukw=cn

"scoop net, dipnet"

Stein Valley Pictographs

re: the Nlaka`pamux and the Nkempci`n of spences bridge..

Hello Lovers,

I am learning more about my people and where i am from on my mothers side of the family, who are from Spences Bridge, BC. Check out this old photos. 

until next time,

Chris Bose. 

The chief`s head mountain

Before the landslide which was in 1913?

3rd bridge in Spenceès Bridge, BC?

This bluff is across from our land.

still there, a little smaller. 

5 men looking bad ass traditional style

my great great grand pa John Tetlinitsa

is second from the left. 

I can`t remember the name of this boy, i`ll find it and post later!

Nlaka`pamux facial tattoos or painting. 

The owl dreams bring success to a hunter under it`s wings. 

lighting rolls and the running man. 

Unknown real old photo of North side of Spence`s Bridge, or

Nkemtci`n. 

Some of our face tattoos

My great great grand pappy

John Tetlinitsa from Spatzum

re: Arthur`s seat, or the Chief`s Head.

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here`s the photograph i took of Arthur`s seat, a steep mountain in spences bridge for my band`s signage. and there`s Arthur`s seat in the winter and the sign and the mountain together. I`m trying to track down it`s Nlaka`pamux name, if you know it, holler!

In the meantime, cheers big ears, 

Chris Bose. 

re: new photos

Hello Lovers,

here are some photos from my mum`s festive house from the holidays. happy new year to you. i`ll be back before you know it!

Cheers,

cb

re: the most indian art ever part 1

hello lovers,

recently i was in a couple galleries showing some of my art and they flat out said "that's not indian art," and,"that's not indian enough." hahahahaha.

so i decided to work on some new art and call it the most indian art ever series! all cliches, stereotypes and what have ye are on!

here is part one.

enjoy,

cb.

re: perspective.....

Hello lovers,

i'm contemplating a lot of big decisions in life, getting my teacher certification, pursuing a Master's in Fine Arts, all manner of large decisions.....

the problem i see with pursuing an MFA in the arts, when you're young, as in under 40, is because you become institutionalized and your art weakens and gets more mainstream and palpable, and acceptable to society. you haven't formed a body of work to pull from and you haven't lived enough to even do so. i believe a person needs to live before having authority and influence upon others.

it's all aboot perspective i guess?

anyway. just a thought. haha.

until next time,

cb

re: new mural images!!!!

Hello Lovers,

it's been awhile and i apologize, i've been busy working on a variety of projects and life in general. here are some images from a mural i did with several TREC youth at a building called the "Emerald Centre," here in Kamloops, BC. It's an emergency shelter for men and women and they wanted something positive, with roots, balance, and vibrant and bright.

Legal walls and murals are a strange beast in this town, to get this project off the ground from concept to completion took over three months. the actual work on the mural took 10 days. weird eh?
But at least we did it and it was great fun, and the first time i've ever worked with a crew of all boys, or teenage boys.

so, here are some images for you!!!

cheers,


cb.

re: new video poem for the book "Stone the Crow."

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's a new video poem called "Tonight," on page 30 in my book "Stone the Crow," published by Kegedonce Press. I hope you enjoy it, it's meant more as a visualizer video, with water from the Thompson river flowing beneath the now gone bridge in Spences Bridge, BC.

I wrote the music a week or so ago and thought it fit the water theme perfect, so here you go, enjoy!

until next time,


Chris Bose.
ps: this is my 17th video poem!

video link here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ype_lk1xpRE&index=1&list=PLrLZoyxEG0csuYFVXscOZ8mtjpQyKsjYy

re: new song, and video poem

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

here's a new video poem from my book "Stone the Crow," published by Kegedonce Press in 2009. check it out and support aboriginal literature by going and picking up a copy of the book or ordering it online, you'll love it!!!

enjoy the video and i'll keep them coming!

cheers,


chris bose.

 

video link here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=137&v=sPv3A1jMSUw 

re: mountain song......

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i've made another new music video, i'm on a roll, this one features electric guitar and is more ambient and dark, or perhaps it is peppy and upbeat?!

either way, have a listen and feel free to comment or share or whatever, thanks for dropping by,

cheers,


chris bose.

 

video link here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6h0mrOsxEXM 

re: shut up and play yer guitar

hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

i was asked to do a "beginner" guitar video, so here's what i came up with, actually it was like ten minutes long and kind of cheesy, so i cut the cheese and shortened the video down to 3:37. haha. cut the cheese. fart jokes never get old.

anyway, i might do some more beginner guitar videos, i get asked to do them now and then and they're fun to do. we'll see what happens.

until next time lovers,

cb

 

the guitar video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hn1QeYqZD8&feature=youtu.be 

re: heading home....

hello friends, fan, foe and lovers,

here's my new song and video, called "heading home," a music video about well, heading home. haha. i spent a lot of time this past summer in spences bridge on the rez, on my mum's side of the family. it was pretty cool to get to know people back home and hang out with my mum, i haven't done that in years. there was a healing element to it i think because i feel pretty good and grounded, and ready for the future and what lies ahead.

so, enjoy and until next time,


chris bose.

re: sunrise

Hello friends, fans, foe and lovers,

it's sept 6, 7:10 am and i'm greeting another sunrise, which is a miracle and i'm happy to be alive. it's been a hell of a journey and sometimes a slog, but ultimately it's been pretty damn amazing. i am feeling much healthier and better these days, going to bed early, getting up earlier, photographing and filming some really awesome sunrises. goodbye summer, you evil wretch! hahaha

the song i am listening to as i write this and first thing i heard this morning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-Pr6lTVTxs

anyway, the mornings in september are cooler in kamloops, and i love the first signs of fall after a scorching hot desert summer. the sun is evil now, hotter, meaner and burns you up fast than when i was a kid growing up here. i used the air conditioning this year for the first time since 2011 and loved it. i'm getting older, haha, and summers and winters to me are now "meh." i live for spring and fall, and if i could find a place to live where the weather is like that year round, i'd move there. i'd find a reason to move there, wherever that may be.

i think i've been getting down on myself lately because of the sheer exhaustion being on the road for so long, ten years in fact, and it felt like it was without end, and because i succumbed to being the non-stop party machine to cope with being away from my kids all the time that when i came back home, it ultimately resulted in crashing down in the dumps. self-sabotage, depression, anxiety and all matter of maladies can occur when you surrender. grounding yourself can take a long time from such highs of touring and fancy hotels, cars, and traveling by jet from place to place, and all the accomplishments, dreams coming true, where people are happy to see you and fun times never seem to end and then KABOOM!!!! back to the reality of the small town where you come from. haha. smashing down actually, like a wall, oppressive and depressive. haha. and no one cares or understands what you've done or accomplished, or is even happy to see you.      d'oh.

being back home can become very lonely when you're support network is on the road and in cities across the country. coming back home can suck. maybe it's because you represent the freedom, hopes and dreams people lose when they have given up themselves? maybe? possibly? who knows, but i quit telling people years ago what i do on the road anyway, because i learned early on coming home excited from different places and adventures, people quickly tire of hearing of your fun and exploits far away in other cities. plus, they give you that look that says "fuck you, you lucky bastard! i don't want to hear about it!"

 

so, i tend to stay home when i get off the road and end up trying to get more gigs to get away from home and that icky feeling i get when i get home, and only end up isolating myself more when i'm off the road because no one seems to give a shit when i do show up anyways, hahaha. ah cruel world. and isolating yourself is generally not a good thing to do, so don't do it. and don't drink, that's not going to help you through the hard times, trust me on that one. hahaha. create a support network at home that's happy to see you and enjoys being around you, and not just because you're buying the drinks hahaha! do something healthy, productive and fun. believe me, you won't regret it, because doing what i've done only leads to madness.

but, i'm finally feeling grounded and feeling good about myself and life for the first time in a long time. i go to sleep sober, sometimes bored as hell, and wake up feeling refreshed and happy, almost at peace really. i'm trying to take each day as it comes and trying to recharge my batteries and reconstitute my health and my resolve. being an artist, musician, author, filmmaker or anything creative, there's an awful lot of pressure to constantly come up with something new and fresh and to keep ahead of the pack and stay relevant. people will take and take and take from you and give nothing back in return, except maybe empty promises, vague lies and shallow vows. for the first time in ten years i'm saying no to gigs, trying to stay home and make things happen in my community more than ever. it ain't easy. arts education is critical, because sure, on the road in places where there is that infrastructure already laid down, it's too easy, you show up, do your gig, get the smiles and applause and after the after party you wake up and then leave on another jet to the next sunny day.

in small towns, and back at home, there often isn't the infrastructure and people don't give a shit and think the arts are a waste of time and that's a challenge.

staying home has been good for me, extremely challenging to pay the bills and put food on the table, but worth it. i'm feeling good about life am starting to figure out the next steps creatively and in my life i need to take and not worrying about what anyone else thinks. keep your hope alive my friends, foe and until next time lovers,


chris bose.

re: acoustic guitar time........

hello friends, family, foe and lovers,

it's been awhile, i think i'm going through some inner turmoil, aka, midlife crisis. haha. i've spent the past ten years on the road, and lost more than i gained. it's not worth it to me anymore. i need to seriously re-evaluate my life goals. the future isn't lost, it's just sort out of focus, hahaha. don't get me wrong, i had my share of good times on the road, more than bad, but still, at the end of the day you have to weigh whether or not it was worth it. i'm contemplating life and accomplishments right now and sorting out what my next steps are in life.

hopefully all is going according to plan for you,


all the beast,


cb
ps: new video i made one morning this week, just to let you know i'm alive and kicking!!!