Daniel Johnston

"We don't need reason and we don't need logic,

We got our freedom and were dang proud of it"

speeding motorcycle

I want to see this film, has anyone seen it?

Old paper mill

Before

After

The restored, water powered, ancient machinery:

All at Bevagna.

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Bevagna, Italy

They are all wearing the priesnt's hat.

Reserved for some serious sitting on the street action.

Scary stuff on a church

Our hotel, L'Orto Degli Angeli.

One of the rather grumpy ladies of Bevagna.
Shooting.


"Lucello the bird is dead"



It's art, innit




Yummm, Burrata cheese.

Fantastic food at Ottavius, some of the best Italian I have ever had.

All images mine.

Put on my dress

I love the lyrics:

Put on that dress
I'm going out dancing
Starting off red
Clean and sparkling he'll see me
Music playing make it dreamy for dancing
Must be a way that i can dress to please him
It's hard to walk in the dress, it's not easy
I'm spilling over like a heavy loaded fruit tree

If you put it on...

It's sad to see
Lonely all this lonely
Close up my eyes
Dreamy dreamy music make it be alright
Music play make it good for romacing
Must be a way I can dress to please him
Swing and sway everything'll alright
But it's feeling so damn tight tonight

If you put it on...

"You purdy thang,"
My man says, "But I bought you beautiful dresses."
"You purdy thang,"
My man says, "But I bought you beautiful dresses."

Filthy tight, the dress is filthy
I'm falling flat and my arms are empty
Clear the way better get it out of this room
A falling woman in dancing costume

If you put it on...

Unearthen

I really like crystals, even though I'm not sure I believe in their powers, but I wouldn't rule it out, maybe the power of semi-belief could make my mind and body self heal...
These necklaces from Unearthen are beautiful, I saw them in NYC a few years back and loved them, but they didn't have the colour I wanted. Now you can get them at Bona Drag, and for more info about the different crystals special properties check out Unearthen's website.
Whether one believes in it or not, they are really nice necklaces.

Howlin' Wolf

One of, or possibly the best voice I have ever heard.

Anish Kapoor at The Royal Academy of Arts

I found this exhibition shook me quite a bit, between feeling uncomfortable to laughing and interacting with the installations. At first encounter with "Svayambh", picture 3, I got nightmarish associations, like a huge brick of blood has been moved along tracks through 3 huge rooms, but then we started examining the materials it was made of, wax and oil based paint, and began imagining how much fun it must be to create something with that texture. The colour and scale of it was very effective, to say the least.. My favourite part was the mirrored sculpture room, which was like a ultra twisted magic mirror, like the ones at fun fairs, except that some of these actually made me feel dizzy and sick. But they also created some of the best reflections I've seen. Good fun. I really enjoy installations that we are invited to interact with. "Shooting into the corner" pic 5, is also worth mentioning; a very big cannon, loaded and charged every 20 minutes by serious looking dude, then red gloopy stuff shot at 50mph into the room next door, leaving red splatter all over the classical room and ceiling. Albeit it being another violent and uncomfortable situation, again the childish thought of the fun of playing and throwing gloop around made it very enjoyable. Worth checking out if in London, on until 11th December.

Watch "shooting into the corner" here

Halloween

I love Halloween and dressing up. We went to a fantastic party at Jane and Jonathan's, where they every year have a horror maze, with real actors and set design, so you are made to confront all these terrifying characters from movies etc in a dark maze where there is no escape! It was quite amusing seeing all these comedians in costumes, and I thought seeing Jarvis Cocker with son in matching Dr Death outfits was very sweet. My outfit (see above) was all very last moment, just piled on a ton of makeup. My man went as zombie Sebastian Flyte from brideshead revisited, teddybear an all. Loved it! What did you all do for Halloween?

Check out this cartoon, its so funny, I miss old school cartoons:


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