A Mad, Mad World

Arthur has been a friend and supportive musician of this crazy ensemble since the beginning.

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Juliana wanted to assist Johny Blood’s tuba going out of state for ten days

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Rick was our very first fueler at our RocketHub project this past March. Great friend and live music supporter.

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Martin / Wium altar 2011
photo: G. Wium

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Another art discovery by Death — he just loves this time of year!

Absolutely incredible sculpture by Ray Villfane

Here’s the Video Link if the embed code doesn’t show up.

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Our mascot, Death gives this stop-motion animation made of felt pieces a resounding two thumb bones up!

Spike Jonze: Mourir Auprès de Toi

Spike Jonze: Mourir Auprès de Toi on Nowness.com.

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These fine shots were taken by the aforementioned Paul (with parasol) at the Penngrove Parade yesterday, 7/3/11. Thanks, Paul!

That’s Roxanne Oliva with the beautiful blue Castiglione.
That’s Richard Cullinen, the Cotati Festival Master of Ceremonies and former mayor of Cotati in the front seat. Shelly, wife of Festival director, Scott Goree is driving.

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The previous three posts were tests using WordPress’ “Quick Photo” on my iPhone. It’s a way to grab a shot and publish directly to this blog. I was a bit awkward — takes time to add tags, don’t know how to select categories, need glasses to see if the shot is any good. I’ll get the hang of it.

I am going to enjoy posting instantly at gigs or from the road.

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So there I was researching Czech and Slovak tunes (honestly) and I come across this wayout b/w music film from 1964 Czech TV. Wonderfully strange, a bit corny but clever all the same. Dancing girls, befuddled scientists in lab coats, a gramophone, pop stars … Note this is 17 years before MTV launched.

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And I am definitely digging this Karel Krautgartner cat – clarinetist and saxophonist and director/arranger for the Prague TV dance orchestra in the early 60s. This is the only version of this tune I can actually listen to.

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Here’s a shout out to several fine radio stations which give our tunes airtime.

• The Wild Wilson Show
• Never Ending Wonder Radio Accordion Babes Hour
• KOWS FM
• Online Folk Festival
• PBS 106.7 FM “What the Folk” with Susi Lanagan
• WWUH
• KUNM

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