Music
Follow up on FLIK
We attended the FLICK Interactive film festival and exhibit at Art Whino at National Harbor, MD. It was funky but I was pleasantly surprised. We first took a walking tour around National Harbor since my boys and their friend had not been there and then entered the gallery. They were the only three teenagers there and I thought they might feel a bit intimidated but their uniqueness didn’t seem to bother them. The interactive art exhibit reminded me of the tugging heart in my previous Toe Jam post, but there were a couple positive stand outs: the interactive video-screen art, similar to an Etch-and-Sketch by design and the computer motherboard…
Toe Jam & the Creative Connection
What does a creative David Byrne video, a controversial political art cover, descriptions of bad real estate, a German Pulse exhibit, Tom Wolfe, a young architect’s program, Garfield and NPR’s Ira Glass’ commentary have in common? Rosecrans Baldwin posts in the Digital Ramble of the NYTimes’ The Moment blog, that they are all examples of the creative process at work. This post had me in stitches because it clearly left it to the reader to determine what was in good taste — without saying a judging word about if these examples were or not. Without disclosing if I thought they were “good” or “bad,” I’ll just say that I thought…
Neville Brothers & Fireworks
We saw the Neville Brothers in concert at the Birchmere with our sons and some friends. They were excellent as always and made me feel like I was back home in New Orleans listening to their famous songs: Yellow Moon, Iko Iko, Fire on the Bayou, Party at Tipitinas and a few renditions of old classics that Aaron Neville has made his own like, Tell It Like it Is and Sitting Here in Limbo and Amazing Grace. Since I couldn’t take pictures, here’s a post of them playing on the David Letterman Show @ two years ago, but I think this recent concert was their first touring after Hurricane Katrina.…
