Sep 20 2011
Whad’ya know?… Another “penultimate” drawing. This time, it’s my second-to-last Our Band Could Be Your Life-themed #PortraitNight drawing: Clint Conley, bassist for Boston post-punk (?) band Mission of Burma. I love love love Mission of Burma and as a former bass player, I had to go with Conley for this drawing. Did you know he …
Sep 19 2011
The yapok, also known as the water opossum, as a marsupial that lives in Mexico, Central and South America. You can follow the other “Y” entries as people post them to Twitter this morning by following the #AnimalAlphabet hashtag. To see all the entries so far, check out the Animal Alphabet Tumblr: http://animalalphabet.tumblr.com. Y is …
Sep 13 2011
Continuing my current series of subjects from Our Band Could Be Your Life, here’s Gibby Haynes of The Butthole Surfers. I’ll have to double-check, but I think next week will be the last of these: Beat Happening. If you’d like to suggest a #PortraitNight subject, you can do so either via the comments section here, …
Sep 12 2011
Well, I’m glad I held off on any dog breeds until now. I suspected I’d be glad to have the whole “arsenal” of breeds available for some difficult letter–and that for sure turned out to be the case. You may know this dog by the name “Mexican Hairless,” but it’s also knows as the Xoloitzcuintle …
Sep 08 2011
I used to do these roundups of music I’ve been enjoying pretty regularly, but it seems like it’s been ages since I’ve done one… so, here goes. I’ll add a comment or two to each, but you can certainly find thorough reviews and/or streaming samples for most of these. I’ll add a streaming audio track …
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