New Lamp from Mary's Seat

New Lamp from Mary's Seat, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Here's how the new lampshade looks from where Mary sits. It might need a little tweaking, but I think it could work.

New Lamp Installed

New Lamp Installed, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

It's actually a new shade for an old lamp that I inherited from my parents. The old shade was a heat-trap, and would fry the wiring after a few months' use. Then the lamp would flicker and eventually cease to work.

I made this new shade out of 4" heating duct, and left it open at the top to allow the heat to escape.

SloMo Video Festival Poster

SloMo Video Festival Poster, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Dagmar & I went to Kinko's & printed up a bunch of posters for the SloMo Video Festival today. Here's one in the window of Taqueria del Sol. Details below, with the following caveat:

I just stopped by the Lobot Gallery space at 18th & Campbell in West Oakland. It's just a couple blocks from my old studio. The neighborhood's, eeeeh, a little bit gritty. Like, don't ride you bike there. Like, lock you car, set the alarm and post an armed guard. Like, if you're a woman and you're alone, don't. Just don't.

That said, please come for the show. I'll be there (onscreen, anyway), breaking glass in slow motion.
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May 20th -film festival
Lobot Gallery
1800 Campbell St
Oakland
$5 - doors @ 8
at loooonnngggg llllaaaassssttttt....

THE SLOMO VIDEO FESTIVAL
Premiere and Slowdance Party!!!
Sizzurupy slow JAmz by OonceOonce (tigerbeat) and DJ Ray Liotta (sneakmove)

SLOMO Video is a unique compilation of 100 one minute slow motion videosby 85 video artists and filmmakers from the bay area and beyond. This festival will stretch you through a molasses-tinged warp of catastrophic visual and audio beauty. See what your mind usually misses!

featuring notable slowness from artists such as:
LoVid // Matmos // Bec Stupak // Mudboy // Pea Hicks
Scott Arford // Lew Baldwin // Wiley Wiggins // Yoshi Sodeoka Keith Fullerton Whitman // and many dozens more!

Curated by Ryan Junell

FREE BEER // B.Y.O.Robutissin

Doors at 8pm // Screening at 9pm // Slowdance Party til Late!!!

Gee, Bruce, what do you look at every day as you're peeing?

Gee, Bruce, what do you look at every day as you're peeing?, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

This is the view outside my bathroom window.

Tactile Paint

Tactile Paint, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Closeup detail of one of Al Green's recent canvases.

Welcome Mat

Welcome Mat, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Now repeat after me:

• "I'm not going to say anything. I'd like to see a lawyer." and
• "I don't consent to this search."

This photograph is dedicated to Katya Komisaruk

"Would You be Free from the Burden of Sin?"

"Would You be Free from the Burden of Sin?"

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The Shut-Ins recorded live from Judy's Place, San Francisco, on Derby Day, May 6, 2006

Words and Music: Lewis E. Jones

Camera and Editing: Paul Schmitt

Post Production: Bruce Bortin

A Farewell to No-No Land

A Farewell to No-No Land

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"The International" was performed by the New Singers

Carpeting

Carpeting, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Outside the office of an insufferable putz.

Civilization and Its Discontents

Kim Hung Jewelry, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Replace watch battery. Five dollars.

This was after the place two doors to the left sold me a battery that didn't work. Well, it worked part of the time. It just didn't always work.

After some dealing, they agreed to buy the bad battery back. No, not for two dollars. No, even though it's no longer in the package. I bought it for five dollars, and I'm selling it back to you for five dollars.

Thank you.

After the A's Game 2

After the A's Game 2, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

The score was a set of two integers. Something to something. They were both positive integers.

After the A's Game 1

After the A's Game 1, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Well, after a number of innings. The number was an integer.

--From the Coliseum BART platform

Pearl Admires My Handiwork...

Pearl Admires My Handiwork..., originally uploaded by dumbeast.

... on a tiny crochet hat. But she's not going to go all overboard about it or anything.... Nope, that is one cat who is able to control her enthusiasm. Neither willy nor nilly, that one. Unless there's a problem with her water glass. Or the closet door is closed, and she can't go in for an inspection tour. Or her brother looks too comfortable or something.

*Squaaauk!*

Ray Hoisted

Ray Hoisted, originally uploaded by dumbeast.

Photo by Mary Jane Foran, who would like it to be made clear that Ray enjoys this game. He's not being abused. Honest.

Billing

Billing

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The back of my neck always knots up, first week of the month. This most boring flip movie you'll ever see doesn't begin to explain why.