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Beautiful aerial 360 degree panoramas – taken with the aid of a kite. Check out McCaigs and Slains Castle.. wow. Seen at Coudal.

An interesting method of diagramming song structures visually – The Shape of Song. It’s based solely on repeated phrases of notes though, I believe. Via Coudal.

Beaver overthinking dam.

“I’m more of an integration-minded postmodernist. I don’t believe that form should follow function, like most of my colleagues do. On the other hand, a dam is a celebration of beaver culture, and that is what it should reflect.”

I spent all day yesterday over at the offices of United States Artists, where I oversaw the installation of a large digital mural I created in collaboration with Pablo Maida. Pablo is the architect for the space, a very nice interior buildout, and he worked with the client, USA, to get me the commission to create this permanent installation. Ed and Tracy over at Warner Center Signs cut the vinyl and installed it. Its huge, and very lovely. 30 feet wide with half-inch tall text, cut out of gold/bronze vinyl. When you step back from the wall, or as you step into the office space, it resolves into an image of trees and foliage.

Photos are up at our flickr page.

I’ll meet your Leningrad and raise you some Red Elvises.. Russian flavored surf rock that I have witnessed my very self down at Santa Monica Pier. Very nice, and they have a big red bass!

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Get ready for the slew of stupid, fake articles traditionally appearing on websites in order to weakly celebrate April 1st. Here are some real pranks of years past – I wholeheartedly endorse trying to pull off something big this year. I got no ideas yet though. I bet my brotha Nate could whip up something quick though.

Red House Gallery is pleased to present Random Perspectives, a group show including works by Marcos Alvarez, Sharon Ben-Tal, Julie Cannon, Jessica Curtaz, Mimi Drop, Asuka Hisa, Tom Houlden, Julie Hughes, JC Jaress, Robin McCauley, Bobbie Moline-Kramer, Jeremy Quinn, Michele Jaquis, Lorcan O’ Herlihy, Paul Pitsker, Masami Tsuchikawa, Miller Updegraff, Susie White, Luke Whitlatch, Leslie Yagar, and Michiko Yao. The opening reception will take place on April 1, 2006 from 6 pm – 10 pm.

An exhibition of new and accomplished artists, Random Perspectives is a space where one is free to contemplate perceptions and question their source. It explores the effect of perspective on perception. Engaging the sensual and the intellectual, Random Perspectives is where the abstract exists with the concrete, and the geometric evolves from the organic.

This exhibition is curated by Evelyn FitzGibbon and Ashley McLean Emenegger of McLean Fine Art. Access to the studio of resident artist, Trek Thunder Kelly, will also be available.

The gallery is located at 1224 Abbot Kinney Blvd. Venice, CA 90291. Gallery hours are 11am – 6 pm Monday through Friday and 1 pm – 5 pm Saturday and Sunday. For further information please contact the gallery at 310.452.3264 info@redhousegallery.com

This one comes in from the “Duh” file:

Study: Prayer doesn’t affect heart patients

Text of an Edict by the Mayor of Lawrence Kansas (where William S. Burroughs is from, unless I am mistaken) proclaiming International Dadaism Month. Please note the dates on your calendar and celebrate accordingly.

For a more info on Dada, see this article.

Wow. Electro pop is so in right now, but have you ever seen any band mix it with Italian-style Opera, moogs, synths, and shiny metallic outfits? Then you might have seen UV Protection, too.