Paintbox Mix

This mixtape will be perfect for:

A. getting a lot of unrelated stuff done all at once

B. painting like mad

C. missing someone

D. going on a late-night walk or bike ride around the neighborhood

E. colorfulness + randomness

and now ... HERE IT IS ... ENJOY!!!

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Welcome back to the unpredictable and quite random world of Psychic Tuesday! I think the 2 words that best describe both the above mix and this week's blog are random and colorful ... you'll see what i mean as everything unfolds ...

Well, Saturday nite I went to David Brown's birthday party, which was loads of fun ... there was hunch punch and everything!

There were also tons of balloons and somebody started drawing everybody there's face on them ... Sam Porter took the liberty of documenting them (thanks, Sam!!!) :

Michael:

Andy:

Michael M:

Sam:

Hayley:

David (the birthday boy!) :

Shannon:

Patrick:

Jamie:

Colin:

Weston:

me! :

Colin & the gang:

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In softball news, Bad News Bearons had their 1st practice of the "fall" season (even though it's hot as HELL out there! haha) ... and TONITE we will be playing our Fall Season kick off doubleheader!!!

We have 3 new team members, too ... Lance, Sunny and Nicole ... New blood! YES!

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On a random note, after my "Black Sheep" art show had opened, I completely shaved my head and face and started to photo-document the slow-but-sure growth of my hair ... well, 3 weeks into, I got cold feet and shaved my face again ... but now, a little more than one month later, I've decide to put the project back into effect!

Each week I'll add a new photo ... so once again, let it grow!

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Speakin of random and colorful, Friday evening I went to quite a phenomenal art opening at Lite Box Gallery ... The exhibit is called Lite Brite and was curated by fellow Birmingham artist, John Lytle Wilson ... here, here John! I should kick myself for not bringing my camera ... there is so much amazing art to take in! You should do yourself a favor and drop by Lite Box Gallery! It's a truly wonderful experience.

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Also in the random and colorful territory, I've been slowly but surely getting all of my tons of paintings for the upcoming Art Walk (which will be in downtown Northside Birmingham, Sept. 10 & 11th) ready ...

Here are a bunch of very primitive foundations:

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Welcome to the Random & Colorful Video Show!

I'm yer host, Paul Cordes Wilm and we've really gotta mixed bag of audio/visual treats for you today!

1st up is a closet classic from Pink Floyd ... yer guess is as good as mine as to why they named this song "Paint Box"! haha :

Speaking of closet classics, Lee Dunnie posted this nifty nugget on facebook by The Young Rascals (thanks, Lee!!!) :

Break out the vintage turntables and start those fingers snappin! Belle & Sebastian are gonna release a NEW album this October ... and I can't wait!!!

Looky:

For weeks now, this Avi Buffalo song has been stuck in my head (not complaining!) ... It'll probably be the 1st song on this year's "How To Listen To Now" mix ... me likes it lots:



And this clip by Perfume Genius is just purely beautiful:



From beautiful to silly, the videos just keep comin' ... like this 'un from Tennis:



Yikes ... Grinderman kind of frighten me:



This new new one from MIA is so ugly it's pretty:

And here are two videos I picked out for Ryan (who I'm gonna visit in Montgomery for the 1st time at his new place tomorrow!!!) :

The lyrics to the 1st one are quite entertaining!

1. Behold ... The Hidden Cameras:



2. Behold, "The Suburbs":

I was playing this record last night ("Terror Twilight" ... a bedroom favorite) by Pavement and after hearing this song, I suddenly wondered if there was a video for it ...

Well, there was! Yay :

Ladies and gentlemen, once more we have a double decker dessert in our midst!

Round 1 is brought to us by Brian Teasely (thank you!!!), who invites us to delight in the wit and humor of Robyn Hitchcock! enjoy! :

And today's 2nd dose of dessert is brought to you by the lovely Joy Barr ... (thanks, Joy!!!) and what a public access TV treat it is!!! Who can say no to Francine Dancer?! bon appetit! haha :

Charlie's MID SUMMER Mix (side b - "SUMMER NIGHTS")

This mixtape was once again created for you by seasonal veteran Psychic Tuesday mix-maker, the one & only Charlie Sanders and HOLY SHIT it's such a great one!!!

concerning it, Charlie says:

The MID SUMMER MIX - SIDE B "SUMMER NIGHTS" is perfect for night time festivities.

This will be my last mix for a while ... I will still come through with my fall mix and then bounce back with some mixes next year ... they will all have different themes.

Wow! Can't wait!!! FYI, Charlie's mix this week is a companion piece to his Summer Days Mix ... and I thought THAT was an amazing mix! But honestly, this one blew me away! It makes me wanna drive around with the windows down ... it makes me wanna throw a crazy late night party, complete with a huge punch bowl, confetti, streamers, costumes and party hats ... best of all, it makes me actually ENJOY these hot nights of August, which is a very rare thing!!! haha ...

Thanks, Charlie!!!

All right ... enough talk! Get set to truly celebrate some hot SUMMER NIGHT MAGIC!!!

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Uh oh ... here comes another Psychic Tuesday 1st ...

BONUS MIX!!!

Since we're all in a celebrational mood, I'd first like to say

MANY HAPPY RETURNS to my wonderful, beautiful mom cuz today is her birthday!!!

also

I wanna also wish a happy birthday to fellow Birmingham artist, Pat Snow ... This past spring he had a huge installation up at Lite Box Gallery and this part of it really stood out to me:

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Looking at the above mixtape song list made me want to actually make this mix and post it on here ... so to celebrate Pat's birthday, I DID! and it's a pretty epic mix to behold, too!

I asked Pat himself to explain the "back story" behind this mix ... this is what he had to say:

Well the back story...I was making a mix for my niece. She likes early punk and new wave so I was trying to make her a mix of what I listened to when I was her age. She really likes the Stranglers now! I also thought I would make the title really outlandish .. so that is how I came up with the title .. Music that saved my soul..

and now, with no further ado, you may now experience Pat Snow's Music That Saved My Soul Mix!

Thanks, Pat!!!

And here's a video of one of my favorite songs on the mix:

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In home front news, my twin brother Peter & I were featured photographically in this month's issue of B-Metro magazine ... It's an article about the phenomenon of twins ... You should run out and pick up a copy ... it's a pretty interesting read!

Thanks to Lisa Cole and Tony Rodio for inviting us to the shoot!

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On a bit of a random note, music-wise I've been going through a huge krautrock phase ... I find it's really good stuff not only to drive to, but to paint to, blog to, think to ... I could go on and on! ... Anyway, this fascination really all started way back in May when Brad Davis contributed his epic Krautrock Mixx to the Psychic Tuesday airwaves. (Thanks again, Brad!!!)

Funny ... remembering this reminds me that very soon after that May 11th blog, I met RYAN and history was forever changed! haha

Speaking of Ryan, he was here this past weekend, which was chock-full of good movies, chinese food, thriftstore adventures and crazy party games! weeee!!!

Before all that however, I got a lot of WORK done, which was mainly a bunch of commissioned stuff ...

witnesseth:

On another random note, here's my beloved Charley sporting her latest mid-summer sleeping position ... gotta love those glowing red eyes of hers!

Another great event that occurred this week was my wonderful long-time friend Tantra coming to visit for a few days ... I hadn't seen her in 9 whole months and it was superb getting to hang out with her and catch up ...

Here's me catching her sneakily trying to read one of my moon books ... Busted!

Speaking of great events, the great Chris Lawson dropped by, not only to see Tantra but also to attend the "premiere" of the final chapter of an insanely epic 10-years-in-the-making 6 part short film series we call "Where Is The Trilogy?" ... Peter, Tantra, Chris and I all "starred" in the series, so it was a reunion of sorts as well!

Happy days are here again!

Below you can see for yourself just how crazy the 4 of us can be! Warning: the movie probably won't make ANY damned sense even if you watch all of the 5 movies with it! (they're all on youtube, btw if you care to check em out):

"If I Was You" part 1

"If I Was You" part 2

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And now ... it's time for some videos!!!

1st up I'd like to dedicate these 2 craaaazy jazzy ones to my man, Ryan:

It's been dry dry DRY here in Birmingham lately, which is driving me mad cuz I actually LIKE rain and thunder and lightning ... so tell it like it is, Mr. Tom Waits:

And here's one by another new favorite band of mine: Candy Claws ... their new album, "Hidden Lands" is absolutely stunning!



Elise sent me this next one and oh how I love it! Thanks, Elise!!!



Jonsi can do no wrong ... this is hands down my favorite song from his album "Go":



Next up we have a new one from Clinic that is simultaneously cute and bizarre:



I remember seeing this one way back when on "120 Minutes" and being sort of scared by it ... haha :

Once again, we have a double-decker dessert!

The 1st course was sent to me by Roy (thanks!) and I could watch it over and over and laugh harder every time! I believe in David Lynch:




And finally, Joshua posted this one on facebook ... oddly, it makes me laugh AND somehow feel sorry for the washing machine! How very strange: