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Monday Musical and Artful Treats

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Hello there keyboard, nice to see you again today! I think I’ll spend today’s post sharing a backlog of some finds that perhaps will brighten up and inspire someone’s day. I’m going to share these willy nilly in no category or chronological order so have fun having a poke through these.

The Penny Black Remedy
Back in January, The Penny Black Remedy were in the studio at Total Rock Radio’s Anarchy on the Airwaves over in London to do an acoustic set, and the program unfurled as one of the most enjoyable and funniest interviews I’ve tuned into. Truly. It’s worth listening for some great insight into the band both mentally and musically, and you can listen here via the Anarchy on the Airwaves: The Penny Black Remedy podcast.

kudu-lah critters
Just last week on a jaunt through the streets of New York City (a 16+ mile excursion on foot over two days from Chelsea to SoHo, to the East Village, and from Madison Square Park to Central Park and everything in between), with no real destinations but rather full exploration in mind, we stumbled upon an artist market in Madison Square Park. Twice. On the second jaunt through the market I ended up standing next to a booth that was the home of the crazy fun kudu-lah critters (which are on the loose in the streets of New York City). I subsequently ended up bringing home a mason jarred Maverick Snail, a little guy who speaks to me on many levels, from his nomadic tendencies all the way down to his chuck taylors. Thanks to kudu-lah creator Kenneth for allowing a photo to be taken for the blog so I could share his work here, you need to have a look at what he’s up to! Maverick Snail, by the way, now happily lives at the top of my desk hutch in the engine room/office of Tulip Tree Studios!

Kudu-lah critters can also be found at the shop here!

 

The art of Ian Felice
Continuing on in the world of visual treats, I was delighted and also totally blown away to recently discover the artwork of Felice Brother, Ian Felice. Not only is he an amazingly gifted songwriter, but his paintings, some of which are up for sale, are just as inspired and beautiful. You can check out his work here. I’d post an image link from here, but I think it’s better viewed when you see the body of his work together to get the full scope of feeling his work emits. And then there’s the music of The Felice Brothers here. A whole wonderful world of images and sound are contained within those two links.

Photography from Argentina
From a totally different realm altogether (not music, not art, but perhaps we’ll classify it as earth art), blog friend, collaborator and Mondo Instante co-creator Mecha who resides in Argentina, has been posting images of the ashes of the volcanic plume from the Peyehuen Volcano erupting in Chile. The image of the car is one she shared on our Mondo Instante page on Facebook, and is a photo she took of an Argentine vehicle covered in Chilean volcano ashes. The other is the clouded sky where she lives. She also reports that school has been closed where she is as a safety measure. Hopefully she will continue to photo document through the whole process (and stay safe as well!). Thanks for the window into South America Mecha!

I’ll leave it at that for today, a handful of some great stuff for to be plundered. As for me, I’m breaking out the ink pens again today, so much inspiration abounds!

Song of the Day: THE PENNY BLACK REMEDY – Don’t Count On Us

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httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LUg3GT_blo

Word on the streets (and in cyberspace) is that one and only The Penny Black Remedy are currently working on their second album…I will keep you updated as information rolls in, or you can keep up on your own via their website. If you sign up for email updates, I promise you will receive some of the funniest and best news updates from a band ever.

Wednesday roundup, including mondo instante dreams

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Well hello again! I’m here, without any sketches of pistachios or angry flowers, but with some music tidbits that may be of interest and a smattering of other things to write about on this slightly flaky (snow that is) Wednesday.

First off, I just heard word that tomorrow none other than The Penny Black Remedy will be taking over Anarchy on the Airwaves, a program out of London, England that streams out of the internet radio station TotalRock. TPBR are listed as appearing from 18:00-21:00 GMT, which translates to 1-4pm EST. You can find more information here. I’ll surely be tuning in to listen.

In the meantime, if you head over to The Yalla Yallas website, they are streaming both their first album, Act of Defiance, and their most recent, Diamond In Dirt, in their entirety. I’ve written a lot about them in the past here on the blog, so if you poke around you’ll turn up an interview I did with Rob Galloway last year, as well as a review of the Diamond in Dirt demos when the album was in it’s early stages. I’ll be talking with Rob again soon and will have another interview with him on the blog in the near future.

matthewAnd now on to project business. The countdown to Mondo Instante #4 has begun! From the looks of it over on the Tulip Tree Facebook page, we’re on track for another record number of participants in the event! With every Mondo event we gain new people, and it’s great to see the word spreading slowly! Evidence that it’s becoming an institution? Last night I had my first dream that involved the event. I dreamed that I was at some remote beach surrounded by cliff walls, and I was standing in what appeared to be a cove. Some friends, and even my grandma Maxine (my bass playing, free spirited grandma that was and always will be a huge influence on me) was there. We were set to take the photo and I realized I had lost my clock in the water. My grandma fished it out for me, but it was someone else’s watch. When I looked at the time, we were 6 minutes late, and I panicked. At the last moment, a friend and I took photos of each other, but the photo of me turned out nothing like it should have and I was perplexed. And then I woke up.  Ah, Mondo Instante, inspiring distress, via a dream, over missing that singular moment in time we are set to take photos around the world together! It’s definitely becoming a part of the psyche  over in my household, hopefully yours, too!

Mondo Instante reminder sign up
 To help alleviate any stress, I’m still trying out different ways to alert participants with reminders, as the group event over on Facebook has caused some confusion (the event requires a time of at least 30 minute duration, does not allow time zone information, and does not adjust time for people in different parts of the world). I have set up an email reminder group, and if you wish to be part of that let me know, and make sure I have your email address if I don’t already. I’ve sent out the first reminder today, and another will be sent tomorrow, and again 1 hour prior to the event (Friday, January 21, 2011). I will send out a Tweet as well, so if you wish to receive notification that way you can find the blog there on Twitter by seeking out @tuliptreestudio .

T’is all for now, at the moment I am immersed in designing the program for my daughter’s play, which I am doing as well as some assistance with set design as we did last year. That said, the Angry Flowers and Pistachios are still beckoning me, but may not come as quickly as they have in the past several days.

PS – yesterday’s Trash City Radio Show is currently uploading to the archives, check back shortly for that!

Image taken from Mondo Instante #3: by Matthew at 9:30pm GMT taken in Brixton, England at the Brixton pub Hootananny beer garden.