D. Boon was the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of the California punk group The Minutemen. The band was known for their intelligent, yet radical, songs and minimalist approach to music. A typical Minutemen live performance would cram 50 songs into less than 40 minutes. The Minutemen released a series of albums and EPs between …
This week’s challenge word on the Monday Artday website is “family”. Years before Joseph Jackson was humiliating his kids into pop stardom, there was Murry Wilson. As a young man, Murry Wilson desperately longed to be a songwriter. He worked at a Goodyear factory and even suffered the loss of an eye in an industrial …
“Iceberg right ahead!” Those famous words were spoken by lookout Frederick Fleet aboard the the RMS Titanic on April 14, 1912. Just after seven bells, Fleet saw a black mass in the ocean ahead. He immediately struck three bells and telephoned the bridge. His report received the standard “Thank you” reply. While still on the telephone, the ship …
This week’s challenge word on the Illustration Friday website is “hatch”. “Hurry up, Ma! Hurry before they hatch!” A little background… I was at a total loss for this challenge when it was announced early on Friday morning. My mind was blank. I had no ideas at all. That afternoon, I went to lunch with my …
The current challenge on the Monday Artday illustration website is “frog”. “This is what the Lord says: Let my people go, so that they may worship me. If you refuse to let them go, I will plague your whole country with frogs. The Nile will teem with frogs. They will come up into your palace …
This week’s inspiration at the Inspire Me Thursday website is “handmade holidays”. I have been creating a holiday card every year for almost thirty years. Here is my card for this year. Hey Everyone! My annual compilation of eclectic Christmas music is now available! That’s right! 23 songs (and a bonus track) plus a custom color cover …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge word is “crunchy”. “Um, are mashed potatoes supposed to be crunchy? ” “They are when we don’t remove the bones.” Hey Everyone! My annual compilation of eclectic Christmas music is now available! That’s right! 23 songs (and a bonus track) plus a custom color cover in PDF format to print, …
Dora Gerson was a singer and silent film actress in Berlin, Germany in the early 1920s. She was performing in an ensemble troupe when she met film director Veit Harlan. They married in 1922 and divorced in 1924. Harlan would eventually direct anti-Semitic Nazi propaganda films on orders of Nazi Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels. In …
1965 was a tumultuous time. The country was still healing from the wounds brought on by a presidential assassination. Alabama state troopers clashed with civil right activists in Selma. The first wave of US Armed Forces was being deployed to the jungles of Viet Nam. In 1965, I fought a demon of my own. My …
This week’s Illustration Friday challenge is “entangled”. Margie didn’t want to get entangled in the madness of Christmas shopping. So, this year, everyone got a homemade gift. Hey Everyone! My annual compilation of eclectic Christmas music is now available! That’s right! 23 songs (and a bonus track) plus a custom color cover in PDF format …
