Kick-Start the Weekend
Posts to kick-start the weekend, usually with musical content.
Danville
Danville, KY is a quintessential, small, American, Southern town with a Main Street and all. We were driving here to attend my Aunt’s memorial service. Fortunately, we were also able to attend the Brass Band Festival — one of its main tourists attractions. I had never heard of it before but it was a huge deal on Centre College’s campus. The music was a mix of traditional Sousa type brass, jazz and classical. Folks from Louisville attended setting up themed tables in which they competed for the best decorations. It made a somewhat emotional time enjoyable. We missed the hot air balloon part, but coincidentally I wrote about balloons last…
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Renault is printing artwork on its car seats and is introducing a new line of Twingo Art. BMW Art Cars as seen on German Car Scene Blog: And this seems like an appropriate place to post and update on my previous posts regarding fashion — from French and German cars to Berlin. Artwork from the Berlin Wall has inspired German fashion by Daniel Rodan. Honestly, although some of the pieces I like, it’s not really my thing but I thought the concept was very smart. I bet, however, that this “little” dress isn’t all that comfortable — especially to walk or sit in. Fortunately, they sell the matching coat. The…
Balloons
These modern day “art” balloons seemed appropriate to post for a Friday. I really liked this one of Van Gogh and the castle. Pretty cool. Since these were emailed to me, I’m not sure of the web source but it may be from this site: http://www.uphaa.com/blog/index.php/air-balloon/. Here’s an update to my previous post on Coney Island. Seems like the Smithsonian has acquired a piece of its history with the Star from Astroland — another fun up-in-the-air thing. Here’s a blast from the past to Kick Start the weekend — Up, Up and Away by the 5th Dimension:
