Pueblo Ave at El Camino Real
Atascadero
Pozole
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Farmer Boy Bat
Farmer Boy Bat, originally uploaded by dumbeast.
Farmer Boy was great. They'll give you albondigas for breakfast. All the waitstaff are hardbitten old broads who've been around the block, and they call you "dearie". It opened in 1958, and they haven't redecorated.
There are midcentury illustration-style paintings and murals which play up the Farmer Boy theme. Another artist did a painting of the Farmer Boy in the mensroom. The Farmer Boy is standing in the yard in front of the farmhouse, feeding chickens. He's barefoot, towheaded, looks to be about 5 years old. Except for the head, which looks like the head of a middle aged manager of a Dodge dealership grafted onto a boy's body.
People come in there with the automotive swap-meet catalog and talk about the trailer they want to get--I've seen a Volkswagen van haul this thing, it's so light and balanced. One morning there was a gathering of old guys in the back corner booth quietly reciting an AA prayer. Everybody loves the owner Ralph Karleskint.
Monday, June 29, 2009
Sunday, June 28, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Schematic
For a proposed piece for the corner of 15th and Jackson in Oakland. I was trying to get this together, first as a project for Oakland Public Art Program's Open Proposals 2009-2010, and then, when that became too discouraging and bureaucratic, as a piece of guerrilla drop-art. But, if I was going to do that, I'd want to have it together for Pride Week, and time's too tight.
I've never clandestinely affixed colored felt to pavement before, and there are too many bugs to iron out. Additionally, speaking to my attorney yesterday, he pointed out that if I got caught, and if the city decided that it cost more than $400 to clean up, and the if the DA and the judge wanted to be dicks about it, I'd be looking at the f-word ("felony") and never be able to vote again.
I hate having to rationalize myself out of what, on the surface of it, ought to be a fun and decent lark. It's a pretty idea. It would make people happy.
Stupid real world.
Saturday, June 20, 2009
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Adios, Megan
Megan made me this queer collage on her last day of work. Today's the first day of the rest of her life not working at HAP. I'm gonna miss that girl.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
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