"The outrageous is the reasonable, if introduced politely..." —Charles Fort,
Book of the Damned
Post hoc, ergo propter hoc―"...it happened after so it was caused by―a confusion of cause and effect." OneTinLeg.com's
epigraph, "Somewhere, something incredible is waiting to be known,"
is the handiwork of Carl Sagan, astronomer (1934-1996).
Dr. Sagan is reported to have said: "They laughed at Einstein. They laughed at the Wright Brothers.
But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown."
Hip-hop, the West Coast urban scene, overpass art and social protest, to
fashion shoots that feature people much too beautiful to live in
her pop's
neighborhood―Jennifer (Claire) Hunter and her camera get to go there.
You can, too. Have a credit card ready. Jenny's album cover work with
the late Tupac Shakur is featured on the 2Pac 4 the People! project
T-shirt here.
Tahi's husband, Clyde and Lila's pop. Charlie Hunter
may be heard on the Telarc, Ropeadope and Bluenote labels. A Tuesday's child: "...somebody said, 'You need to check out Charlie
Parker and Charlie Christian and John Coltrane,' and it was like boom!" Charlie represents the author's foothold on the DNA Ladder of Fame.
CBC Radio's weekly one hour science review—it
has been part of my Saturday mornings for the past 20 years. St.
John, New Brunswick, while a brisk downhill run even at the speed of
Planck, is my nearest station. A comfort while my home brew PBS
stations are serving up a weekend palette of grand opera (gack!). Yes, I ante up my $35.00 a year for Maine Public Radio
and will defend to the death the right of anyone who isn't me to
listen to opera on the radio on an otherwise inoffensive Saturday.
Quirks boasts a
podcast archive and, for those far from Canada, downloading is
encouraged.
Dreamwalk
Special thanks to Passamaquoddy flutist Rolfe Richter, whose haunting evocations of Native spirituality are the signature of the spirit-priest in
Chimaera Constant and The Red Sneaker Zones. The music is from Mr. Richter's CD
Dreamwalk and used by permission. Dreamwalk is a limited edition. You may get
a copy from Rolfe Richter P.O. Box 88, Perry ME (USA) 04667.
A banjo player's banjo player―performer
and composer of "Soddy Daisy," the setup and closing music for "Scope
Virgin." Tony's avant-garde banjo sylings have inspired a whole generation of progressive bluegrass musicians;
he is not only considered among the very best pickers, he is also one of
the instrument's top teachers. On October 4, 2007 Tony won his three nominations at the International Bluegrass Music Awards―Instrumental Album of the Year, Recorded Event of the Year and Banjo Player of the Year.
Jazz Manouche, Gypsy Jazz―the music cues for "A
Pass on the Tabouli." The Hot Club of San Francisco is an ensemble of accomplished and
versatile musicians celebrating the music of Django Reinhardt and Stephane Grappelli's pioneering Hot Club de France. The ensemble borrows
the all-string instrumentation of violin, bass and guitars from the
original Hot Club, but breathes new life into the music with innovative
arrangements and original compositions from the group's
superb lead guitarist Paul Mehling. Into its eleventh year, the Hot Club
of San Francisco tours extensively in North America. You are invited to
browse their offerings.
onetinleg.com's sometime cover image, "Two of Swords,"
is the creation of this antipodean artist and banjo player. Anna W's brilliant, sardonic pen and ink characterizations seize the essence of any situation. When I first feasted eyes on "Two of Swords" in her gallery,
I figured there had to be a story in the works. There is; watch for it here.
Her "Feathered Hermit" is also the MP3 cover art for "The Red Sneaker
Zones." From her home base of Sydney, NSW, Australia she works "...more or less full time at a cartooning company by day, cobbling together a few works for exhibitions by night, and plying my trade as a party cartoonist on the weekends." You are invited to enquire about her work.
Empirical oddities. You are cordially invited to use any idea here strictly
at your own risk: "Who lacks wealth, cunning, office, brawn, beauty, charm or brains must
live by sheer dumb luck alone..." As author, Marty Langeland claims first refusal on the words. If you figure out how to make money with them,
he wants some. Astrology, Newtonian physics and fine dining.
Such as Molly Ivins' Texas bean recipes―"The most amazing part of cow college was meeting the cow whisperer..." You are welcome to quote, with attribution.
Pia Van Ravestein (also known as Ravenari) is an illustrator and artist
who works primarily in ink, watercolor pencil, acrylic and pastel, and her
work reflects an animist spirituality: "...we ARE nature. And as aesthetically
unpleasing as it may seem, our buildings, our cars, our
plastics-that-last-millions-of-years, our condoms and trash and medical
waste and concrete and 'refined' uranium wastage is a part of nature.
It's a destructive part, it's not a pretty or wanted or very romantic
part of nature. But it is nature. Because WE are a part of nature."
Ravenari hangs her hat in Perth, West Australia; Ravenari's painting "Teddy" is the graphic signature for the tale
The Last Teddy Bear.
Anna Haferman is the proprietrix. Outsider Art, Nashville Moments,
Food & Drink, Celebrities Are Smarter than You and Me, Mrs. Butterworth and Mr. Sneekers.
And― "...what's a unicorn gotta do to get a drink around here? Seriously, it must be hard to and drink out of a shallow puddle, especially if by virtue of your mythic species you possess a certain footloose and fancy-free spirit.
This must be why unicorns are 'extinct.' They all died of thirst."
Scientific American, National Geographic Kids' Magazine and cover art for a
myriad of Sci-Fi and Fantasy book jackets―all the illustrations on this site are
available as archival quality prints signed and numbered.
There's a new illustration every Monday so check back, or e-mail Kenn and Chris and
be added the MondoMail
list. Receive your weekly reminder to cool thought provoking artwork.
One of God's gentlemen. Dave and I palled around in Greenwich Village in the 60's folk scare; we carried guitar cases and loved the blues. The
blues loved Dave better and I became a radio engineer. Dave is still playing. "He (David) was one of the pioneers of the era on electric keyboard. The sound of his keyboard defined the
Country Joe and the Fish sound."
―Joe McDonald
Elizabeth is a sculptor who resides on Moose Island
(Eastport), Maine. "I think of my sculptures, paintings, and collages,
as connections and conversations between reality and fantasy," she
trills. She is the creative engine behind the originals of "Francie's
Song to the Birds," the cover art and MP3 links for the tale
Facelift, and dean and docent of the Ostrander Studio
Gallery and Sculpture Garden, a world of mermaids, goddesses, green men,
and other joyous beings celebrating nature, myth, and spirit.
contact
Rob Hunter
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