Its Alive

Dutch Kinetic Sculptor Theo Jansen builds beasts that with help of the wind propel themselves along the dunes.

Expedition to the South Bronx and Spanish Harlem

Pointed the car north to the South Bronx this morning to crawl through the exotic wood warehouse of Rosenzweig Lumber. Walked the corridors surrounded by planks of zebra wood, weng, mahogany, bass, walnut and cherry and chose a selection of walnut for its strength, affordability and dark wood grained expressions. We hauled the wood next door to Jose, master carpenter of the South Bronx to cut and join and rip and round the wood into a workbench. Lunch was a dark wooden spot for the truck drivers, police officers and EMTS that found their way to this short order cook and gravy haven that may have been called Mary L's.
Harlem was on the way home with a terrifying walk through Demolition Depot, being chased by the house cat, and wondering if the building crammed full of artifacts would collapse any second (like their former location "Irreplacable Artifacts" actually did.
Photographic Evidence below.

The Boy with the Pearl Earring

An Obvious Title for a not so obvious new Talent I came across. Johnny Quinlan, wearer of The Pirate Ship Earring with Pearl, possessor of a very strong, powerful voice and nimble piano playing fingers. Singer of a dark-post-punk-meets-synth-pop band, Revel Hotel, playing Don Hills April 20th at 10:00. For those who still enjoy a band that not only plays well but brings style to the stage, it should be a great show.

Photo by Emily Strange Photography

Sea Organ Croatia

Thanks to Carrie Barrett's world of curious wisdom for turning me on to the Sea Organ in Zadar Croatia, playing the sound of the Adriatic Sea meeting the land.

James Demaria brings his second Second Line To Coney Island

Shipwreck Furniture

Where land meets the sea, many gifts often wash ashore. From Rubber Duckies

inside capsized shipping containers to your life's calling. That was the case for Nic Kruger of South Africa, who came across the carcass of the shipwreck Kunene. While her bone- like boards were drying in the South African Sun, they spoke to him. He carried the ship skeleton home to his workshop. The Kunene was built for sea fishery patrols, but like all ships, her careers changed many paths before she sank in the ship retirement home that was her harbor. Now her boards, vessels of sea stories fashioned into tables continue their lives, revived by the craftsman of Shipwreck Furniture.

First Studio Visit

If the studio were a ship, and most everything can be likened to a ship, Yesterday I watched for my first passenger. From the iron railing on the downstairs street prowl I met the lovely and talented Daisy Press, Master Modern Vocalist, and welcomed her aboard. She purchased a Spanish Galleon Ring, of course, that she will wear as she tours with Chromeo. We rose to the crows nest and watched the suns light go down and the lower east side light up. We spoke of her unique childhood touring with her parents and Neil Diamond and discovered that we had most definitely been in the same places before as Neil Diamond was my first concert. We spoke of places never been and books to be read. Daisy's wide range of musics mastered can be experienced by all on her website, visit and be seduced by song

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