Tuesday, October 30, 2007
I have a customer who recently went to a unicorn-themed Halloween party. He made a wonderful unicorn costume (see top picture above). He made the unicorn's rear end and hind legs which he strapped behind him. His real legs were the unicorn's front legs.
Below is an Avenging Unicorn toy which is shown impaling a mime.
Sunday, October 28, 2007
Saturday, October 27, 2007
Thursday, October 25, 2007
We went to see the Joseph Cornell show at SFMOMA. My favorite artist! Back in 1980, I went to a big retrospective of his work at the New York MOMA. Today's show had a lot more source material, including writings, commercial design he did, and even a funny spoof newsletter of farm news that he did for his relatives. The best thing was a case containing tools and materials from his studio. Amazing.
Tuesday, October 23, 2007
Saturday, October 20, 2007
Tuesday, October 16, 2007
Monday, October 15, 2007
Jamaican instrument
This instrument, belonging to a longtime customer, comes from Jamaica and is carved from a single piece of bamboo.
Sunday, October 14, 2007
Thiebaud, Wiley, etc. at UC Davis
UC Davis show: Thiebaud, Wiley, Arneson, de Forest, Neri |
Saturday, October 13, 2007
Friday, October 12, 2007
Last night the Philharmonic called me about a trumpet concerto. At the rehearsal they realized that the orchestra parts were in E minor but the soloist had learned the concerto in F minor. He has perfect pitch so playing it in another key sounded really wrong. They asked me to enter the whole concerto into the computer and transpose it. I worked on it for about three hours and realized that there was no way I could finish by Saturday at 1 (the last rehearsal). So I returned the score to the Philharmonic office (in a trendy new part of Oak Park!) Later they called me back and asked if I could just do the string parts. I said I thought so, and Katie Cannon (the operations manager, who I knew as a stage hand at Best of Broadway and Music Circus) brought it over to the house. But just as she was standing at the door, the soloist called Katie and told her he had figured out a way to play the piece in E minor. Hooray! And I'm also going to get four concert tunings out of it.
Sunday, October 07, 2007
Thursday, October 04, 2007
Monday, October 01, 2007
Kitchen done
Kitchen remodel |
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