Brad L's Fly Mix

This mixtape was created for you by one of Bottletree's amazing and talented sound engineers, Mr. Brad Lightfoot ... I was curious as to why he called this rather superb mix "Fly" and here's what he had to say:

"This is all shit I listen to when I'm on airplanes, in the order that I like to listen to them. Most of them help me sleep or are nice background music for looking out the window."

So, whether yer actually on a plane or not, get ready to TAKE FLIGHT cuz it's a real, real good'un!

Thanks, Brad!!!

Speaking of travel, Brad posted (on twitter) this crazy-real surveillance footage video taken on a cruise ship during really heavy seas ... makes me not wanna go on a cruise ... like ever! haha

woah:

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First up in home front news, RYAN'S BACK from his tour with Three Happenin Guys and I'm (we're) soooo happy!!!

And in the "let it grow" project saga, I impulsively caved in and gave myself a moustache ... but everything ELSE continues to grow!

Here's my beloved Charley about to attack what is known as her "crunchy":

And ... she GOT IT!!! :

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In art news, Art Walk has finally come and gone ...

here's a bunch of the stuff I made for it drying on the front lawn:

And ... voila! Here's a bunch of stuff I made for it all set up at Jason Wallis' photography studio, ready to $ell :

There was even some DJ action going on in the same space ...

Here's Jason's son learning all the tricks of the trade very early:

DJ no. 2 was called DJ Love Deluxe and this was her debut performance ...Here's some video of her spinning away:

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HEY KIDS! It's that time again!

what time???

VIDEO TIME!!!!!!

I really dig this'un by Surfer Blood ... it cracks me up in a sort of Pavement way:



And this one by How To Dress Well just sort of rules:

Hey wow! It's Bear In Heaven on the "Don't Look Down" show!

This one by The Bug makes me kind of glad to live in a relatively small city:



Wow ... Elise sent me this whacko-great animated thingy that is actually pretty tough to describe ... ya just gotta see it (thanks again, Elise!!!) :

And finally, for dessert, my brother Peter is treating us to two very bizarre but very hilariously tasty video nuggets ... cheers, Peter!!!

A. (he really NAILED the lyrics!!!)

B. (this makes me laugh so much! I don't understand it at ALL!!!)

Okay okay ... I HAVE to add this one at the last minute cuz it makes me laugh just as hard as the last one does (I have sore ribs from softball practice, so this is killing me! haha) ... thanks, Bo Hughins!!! :

Time Mix

This mixtape will be perfect for:

A. dwelling on the concept of time

B. ignoring the concept of time

C. waiting for an event to happen

D. celebrating the here and now

E. wanting time to stop

And HERE it is for the taking ... ENJOY!!!

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First of all, I wanted to share with you something one of my dearest friends, Elise sent me ... it's something I'm pretty astounded by ... if you saw last week's blog, you'll remember that the cover art for J. Whitson's "You Future, Now!" was pretty incredible and gruesome ... well, here's that cover IN ACTION!!! And it's astounding ... and chilling to view ... Thanks a ton, Elise!!!

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Next up, see how much more my hair has grown in a week!

Behold the "Let It Grow" project part 6:

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In Ryan news, his band, Three Happenin Guys left Saturday on a 9 day tour all the way up to New York and back and I'm missing him pretty badly ... Actually, part of the inspiration for the "Time Mix" was me dealing with his absence ... good luck, Ryan! Have fun!!!

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In home front news, what have I been up to for the past zillion years it seems? Art Walk!!! And I'm finally almost done with all of my pieces!!! If you'll be in Birmingham on September 10th and 11th (this coming weekend), during Art Walk I'll be located at the Jason Wallis photography studio (2nd Row Studio, 212 24th Street) ... come by and see me!!!

Here are some almost-finished Art Walk pieces:

Also in homefront news, as I was putting out some paintings to dry on the front porch, I moved some boards and discovered these adorable secrets nestled in the corner ... The amount of stray cats in my neighborhood has apparently increased ... again!

looky:

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This past Friday, my fellow Birmingham artist, Daisy Winfrey and I opened our "collaborative" show, "I'll Be Your Mirror" at Bottletree Cafe, where we imitated eachother's paintings ... it was a load of fun!

Here's some photographic evidence of the show:

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In video news, I have a few awesome thingies that I wasn't able to embed, so you'll just have to go to the links and view em from there ...

1st up there's this new video by Deerhunter called "Helicopter" which is a song from their upcoming record, "Halcyon Digest" ... can't wait to hear the whole album!!!

2ndly is this incredible documentary on one of my all-time favorite bands, Micachu and The Shapes ... dig it!!!

Speaking of incredible, here's a wonderful new one from Califone:

Harry Hosono (Tin Pan Alley) - "Carousel" (thanks, Bradford Cox!):

Another DYI video for a great Wild Nothing song:

This'un by Porcelain Raft simply rules:

Haven't been creeped out in a while? Just leave it to Golden Ages to do the trick!

And here's episode 1 of Belle & Sebastian's TV show ... the 1st single from their their new album, "Write About Love" gets released digitally TODAY!!!

My brother Peter posted this on facebook ... (thanks, Peter!!!) You gotta love some classic Queen ... just for being Queen!