We shall build another

Weird times we are living in. Will we make history or will we be history? This is America and we shall build another..........

The Play

Closer you get your cheese wheels to that little feather the better off you are. When I head we were going Feather Bowling I got this picture in my head of a huge feather stuck in the ground. When I got there I was a little surprised with the size. One more picture to go in this little series of Feather Bowling photos.....

The Form

Form is a must for Feather Bowling. You have to have good form to be a successful Feather bowler. Mind you, I have never heard of feather bowling nor have I had a single lesson. I just showed up and well...look at the form

The Roll

The roll, in Feather bowling they use these wooden cheese wheels to roll down the lane. The lane slopes on both sides, you'll need a little bit of muscle and a lot of skill to reach the feather at the other end, 60 feet total, which is the same length as a bowling lane here in good old America......

The Rules

The rules for feather bowling, I got a kick out of reading them. I want to meet the guy that decided that you have to be at least 12 years old to bowl, and the No High Heels Rule. Who in their right mind would wear high heels to anything that has to do with bowling? Make sure you check out the Cadieux Cafe's website.

Feather Bowling

Cadieux Cafe is proud to be the only place in the United States where you can go Feather Bowling. Let me tell ya, its some kind of fun! I'll post pictures all week of my wonderful time at the Cadieux Cafe, located in the beautiful Detroit area. Check out the website and if you in Detroit its a must see....

Friends & Baseball

Kevin and Kristy Frew came into town on Sunday to hang out with us. We took in some good eats and then caught a spring training game. Its always fun going to a baseball game with friends. The game was great. The Marlins held the Tigers to a no hitter. We still saw some great plays and had a great time. What a weekend!

i'll be dancing

Dancing for the weekend to get here..dance my friends dance, the world needs to dance.........
iphone #709

Stumbling

This happens to me from time to time.....

Danny Bolye

I have followed your movies for sometime.  Each and everyone of them takes me to a place where I feel like i've been transported into a different world. I have always wondered when you would get the recognition that you deserve.  Well, I finally got to see it.  I am so happy for you.  The movies you have picked and the progress you have made as a director, in my opinion displays a clear vision of the times and a understanding of our culture.

This may seem weird but until the Oscars, I had never seen your face.  I saw all your movies but never a picture or an interview, nothing. Once I started to think about this, I couldn't believe it! I started to ask myself why? I still can't figure it out but I picked a perfect time to put a face with the name Danny Bolye.

Seeing you for the first time I could tell that you were man of fine character, a person filled with tons of joy!  I could also tell the people around you had a great deal of respect for you. Mr. Danny Bolye, I would like to say thank you and if you happen to read this consider any photo or Polaroid Collage yours. Mr. Danny Bolye, keep doing what you love and keep bringing that Danny Bolye Vision because without it movies would be so damn boring. As the "great" writer of this blog I declare the month of March Danny Bolye Month.

Whats GoinG on?

I read this book during my fist year of college and I was going through an old box of stuff at my studio and there it was. I thought it was long gone. Its a great book and if your a visual artist you really should pick it up. I'm going through it again. Here is a quote from the book. "Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak.""But there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world; we explain that world with words, but word can never undo the fact that we are surrounded by it. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled." John Berger

We have set a date for the wedding and its 7•11•09 in the Great Lakes State. We are in full-born planning, but for some reason I can't find a yellow tux? If you find one out there drop me a line.

I've been listening to
Animale Collective Merriwearther Post Pavilion. I'v never been a fan of this group. Most of their albums I've heard but nothing really clicked with me. Not the case with this album, one time around and I was hooked. The melodies running through Merriwearther will keep you coming back and wanting more. You guys have found something special and I do hope you keep it up! Go Animale Collective go! I have a feeling we will be hearing from these guys at the end of the year.

I have taken a liking to Racquetball Ball, its a great sport and fun to play. If my skills keep improving, which they are everytime I pick up the racket(!) I might just look into joining a league. Only been playing for about 4 weeks and one of those weeks I had to take a break for beer and darts, well mainly beer. I've heard that drinking beer after you run a lot is good for you, but my friends don't believe me.

Oh this is not so funny(well maybe just a bit) I'm shooting a wedding last weekend and its going great. Got a couple of really good keepers, winners as I like to say. Well i'm at the reception and I go down to take a picture of this little boy dancing and I hear this clenk inside my camera!? I"m like that is weird what could that have been? Take off my lens and pop there goes my mirror right on the ground! I"m like &%$@! Yeah, so the rest of the night I couldn't see through the camera and I couldn't auto Focus. Come to find out Canon knows about this problem and will fix it for free, just send me a whole new camera for my trouble..

A Mission

In this Polaroid you will find:Yukio Mishima, Thomas Bailey Aldrich, Jackueline Kennedy, Princess Margaret(twice) Marilyn Monroe, Nick Cave, Ike, and Mickey mouse. Your Mission is to find all the people. Don't look to hard because you might get stuck in the lubrication..........

Fatherfigure

Hello and welcome back to Rapidview. I just got this one done. Its all framed up. The piece is 17x10 1/2". Framed 22x28". An example is below, I used the backs of the polaroid film for the backing. I'll be posting some more Polaroids soon. I would love to hear your thoughts. This is Rapidivew, until next time good day and good night now....

SnowBlowing in Wisconsin

Only my third time seeing snow. It was a blast visiting with all of Alison's family. But by far my favorite thing was snow blowing. Everybody should at least do it once! Yeah, once is enough for me!!!! Sorry about the back posting, I don't usually do that but December flew by like a flash and I wanted to share my favorite albums for 2008.......

The #1 Album of 2008

Tv On The Radio - Dear Science. This album will take you to a different world. It has so much depth to it. I'm not a super fan of their past albums but this one is a home run. Trust me if you need to get away and there is no where to go put this album on. Listen to the lyrics of "Family Tree" it will change your life..........

#02 Born Ruffians - Red Yellow & Blue

"If I were going to start a county I would use Red Yellow and Blue." and the capital would be in Auburndale, I added that last part! These guys are my new find of the year and I can't wait for my albums to come out!

#3 Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend

A debut album for this guys. The whole album flows great. You can't go wrong with Organ's and drums! For a first album its unreal and has a mix of sounds that you will enjoy.

#04 Santogold - Santogold

This chic will rock your socks off. Some say its the future of music. Her singing sounds smooth but so haunting. She has vision and she mixes and writes her own stuff. I have a feeling I'll be listening to her for a long time.

#05 The Hold Steady - Stay Positive

By far their best album to date there is even a mention of parting down in Ybor City, which is like 30min from my house. A great Southern rock sound that makes you proud to be an American.

#6 Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds - Did!!! Lazarus Dig!!!

Each song is like a mini movie and demands your attention musical and visional. The lyrics are some of the best in todays world of music. If this album doesn't get you rock'n then I don't know what will.

#07 Kings of Leon - Only by the Night

This album has one of the best songs of 2008, 'Sex on Fire.' The main thing I like about these guys is their sound keeps changing. They are hitting the big time, its just hard to say which album put them on the map this one or their last album, Because of the Times?

#08 MGMT-Oracular Spectacular

This album is hard to describe but you can tell these guys are looking for some purpose as to why the world is so screwed up. Its almost a coming of age album for the forgotten youth.

#09 Bon Iver - For Emma, Forever Ago

This guy left his band and his women and found a cabin in Wisconsin. Pretty much broke free from everything he knew and after a year long stay, he came out with a beautiful poetic album that will take you through a state of disrepair but by the end you will feel alive again!

#10 GirlTalk-Feed the Animals

This album will blow your mind. It is composed almost entirely by samples taken from other songs. It flows like one steady track and was released online for a price of your choosing.

Frog

can you imagine these things falling from the sky.......I did see it in the movies...Can you name the movie?

Look

What do you see....... I know what I see. Go Gators all the way to the national Championship game. Don't come to Flroida we like to eat and we might just eat you!!! Gator Nation

Alison and i

We were in Orlando last weekend and took this at one of the Bars. Its from one of those old-fashion photo boths. We put our money in and I was excepting a count down but no, it just started snapping away....

Look

what do you see.....

Look

what do you see.......

Washers

played washers this weekend, A great backyard game for all types of folks. For the rules and how to play check out this Washers

Look

what do you see.....

Its Time

Today is the day......

Elevator Madness

I was at a wedding this saturday. Congratulations to Tex & Suz. I"m so happy for both of you guys and excited for you both. You guys are so cool and truly a joy to hang out with. Second, I'm really upset that I didn't get to blow bubbles at you guys. I was looking forward to it all night and come time to do it, i hop into the ELEVATOR, and what do you know....it gets stuck! Yes we were stuck between the 4th floor and the bride and groom were long gone. This was a first for me and hopefully the last but I do have to say it was really funny. There were about 12 people including the mother of the Groom in the Elevator! We all made it out alive, here are a few iphone picks from the madness........

nightsmoke

sometimes you need one and sometimes you don't.......

Elus1v.com

Brandon McLean has a new website up, some really great art work to look at. His work is very thought provoking to me and it has a feel stright out of the old'n days. I hope you guys enjoy, get on his site and give him some love.....

Voting for Caribou

Today I voted, thank the lord for early voting here in Florida. It took me 30mins to go through the whole process. While I was waiting to vote I was jamming to Caribou, The Milk of Human Kindness and it took me to a world where we really cared about each other, where honesty matter, a place where you walk down the road and say hello to everyone passing by, a place that never heard of Voter fraud, terroism, youtube, Republican, Democrat, a place that values "we" and not "me", yes I was there standing with my ballot in my hand watching time flash and flicker, then a Machine sucked my ballot up and I wondered when we stop being Great.......

Alison @ zoo

Went to the zoo this weekend, it was lots of fun. I'll post a few pictures, hope you guys come back for somemore.........

Beer

I drank a few of these this weekend while watching the Bucs kick the dip*&%$ out of the Carolina Panthers. It was great. I hope you enjoyed your weekend...I Know I did!

Freedom Turns

words to come...i've said enough

Selling Products

Today the DOW is down another 388 points. The problem has been going on for sometime. The heart of the problem is GREED. Last week will go down in history. Where it ends and how it ends no one knows. How did we get so far away from our core values here in America? Values that made America great, values that made people travel around the world just to live in this great Nation. You think Change is what we need in Washington? We need to get back to the VALUES that made this country great. You can find them on a piece of paper called the Constitution...........