Back to Back Show Happenings!

i've had the pleasure of setting up these two special shows next week... with tours schedules to account for, the show dates narrowed in on each other and ended up cuddling up for a cozy double header:

SHOW #1

TUESDAY, July 15th, 2008

*Michaeal Hurley*
*Avocet*

@ Triple Base Gallery
24th and Treat, SF
8pm, $5-10

SHOW #2

WEDNESDAY, July 16th, 2008

*White Rainbow*
*Rob Walmart*
*White Fang*

[this show is in an abandoned area along the Port of San Francisco...it is right by the Bay, all the way east at the edge of SF...it is an incredible spot with an old cement factory and massive dirt pyramids looming in the background. Jesse Schlesinger and I will be creating a stage of sorts along the water around which the White Rainbow crew will perform, it should be quite something...music starts around sunset, come early to explore this amazing spot. email with any questions about the map.]

Drawing the Dark pt II

this long weekend offered a much needed and appreciated breath of away time thanks to the invitation of Jesse Schlesinger to come down to Dirty Girl Farm just outside of Santa Cruz. It was a true pleasure to have a night out wandering the fields, picking strawberries in the dark for midnight snacks and in the misty morning for breakfast. Here's the second installment of my series of night time camping drawings.


It was a night of clarification and refocusing, and I realized a couple things, like what I'm meant to be

I also realized that I look like a professional surfer named Rob Machado. I went surfing the next morning and all these serious dudes kept calling out at me...one guy even asked to take my photograph. I assumed they were just making fun of me, but later realized that it was not the normal "Screech" references that my skinny frame and curly hair were stirring up...it was this guy:

and here's a picture of me surfing (not that poser rob machado)

Babies

today was dear friend's Conor and Anne's baby shower. here's a little drawing I made from their 'bout to be born. Conor runs forthrite printshop and anne makes beautiful garments, and their child is going to have amazing design sense and style. I saw the baby clothes and was totally jealous.

Jump Buddies

daniela and her man dan jump for their upcoming performance of Long Live for a Toronto dance company, while Frank and I jump for ourselves, nearly to california after a cross country drive 3 years ago (that photo was taken just moments after walking into the little cabin eatery in the mountains of Nevada and being stared down by three giant men dressed completely in camo with their rifles ready....we stared at each other in amazement for about 20 seconds until frank and I left laughing, realizing we were dressed completely in primary colors. worlds collide. the photo was taken on self timer with the 'roid prompted on a rock. you can image our delight when the timing worked out like a dream...catching not only our double jump, but auras as well).

Also, of note and of reference in this new jump shot just sent over from daniela is the cliff's of rodeo cove in the background. This was the first place I went surfing when I reached the Pacific, just days after that Ship jump shot, and I made this cove drawing after getting out of the water. The drawing was featured in the first Ribbons release called "Sea Past Landscapes" a book of some of my drawings with an EP of Ship songs, and a poem by Andy Connors. Many firsts come to mind with this poster. Good luck Daniela and Dan!

And if you didn't get to catch our last Snowblink shows or get a copy of the new album Long Live...go for it here.

Drawings for Friends

Among other things, it's the season for leaving, and I've been having lots of occasion to make little drawings for friends moving on towards the next place. I like to look through my collection of treasures and think of what the person reminds me of, or what reminds me of the person...are you a crab kinda gal or a dead moth? an acorn or peapod? it's my zodiac.

here's a few recent farewells:

ode to daniela
ode to becca
ode to barbara and lila
ode to clarence
ode to frank's family (not leaving, but still an ode)
ode to my family (again, not going anywhere, just for my dad)

School's Out

remember the last day of school? we just had ours and I still have a stomach ache from all the cookies, cupcakes, and ice cream. I'm getting old, my sugar tolerance isn't what it once was. Behold the gateway to summer.

playground relfections



dance madnesss (I had the pleasure of DJing the dance party....wild...I pretty much had a kid on my back or hanging off my legs at all times, it made for some exciting new dance moves, lots of dips, lots of laughing) check out Sela peaking in from under the curtain, wary of the dance fray.




sometimes you just want to play with Legos.

An Island on the Horizon

stay tuned...