Kick-Start the Weekend
Posts to kick-start the weekend, usually with musical content.
Musical Bat and One Last Guitar
A few stories, one about a violinist creating a musical bat and another about an engineering professor creating Coil an electric guitar that can produce a customized sound, and another that I stumbled upon about a guitar maker losing his hearing as he builds his last guitar recently captured my attention in the Washington Post as being very attentive to the arts. A Swing and a Hit for Violinist by Anne Midgette is about Glenn Donnellan, a classical violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra, who has fashioned a bow instrument out of a baseball bat for children’s musical outreach programs. His video below not only Kick Starts the weekend but…
Art & Palate
Going from discovering an Australian blogs to Australian artists who paint food images…These artists featured in the book The Artist’s Lunch also have submitted recipes for this opulent book. Here’s a fantastic painting of Quinces by Jeffery Smart. And the cover of the book is equally as splendid — a feast for the eyes! That rooster’s tail feathers could be angel hair pasta. I like the artist, Salvatore Zofrea’s quote, “I see the dish on the table as the link that brings everyone together to become one.” Here’s a blog to check out, Feasting on Art. I like the way it’s set up to pair artwork with actual recipes. Very…
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Polka Dot Psychedelic
See the Birthday Balloons post on Slipcovers for Your Walls along with below — both appropriate for an upcoming 4th of July celebration. This is a bit psychedelic but too happy not to post. Artist Yayoi Kusama has an obsession with polka dots. Here’s another look at one of her earlier installations. I like jazz and rhythm and blues, being from New Orleans, how could I not, so here’s a non-traditional patriotic song in time for the 4th of July, Freedom ’90 by George Michael. A bit descriptive of the 80’s (with all the top models of the time) but fun and danceable– perfect for Kick Starting Your Weekend. George…
