independence day eve

plump buttons

group art

freedom!

4th of july 1983

i still don't know what is right - carin and me at the beach or carin and i at the beach - carin and i were at the beach, but it's a picture of carin and me - right? they're both right? they're both wrong? happy 4th of july!

first ever asheville modelfest

huge success! the models showed some excellent moves right out of the gates













all this and much more coming soon to a website near you!

angels bowling

irie brah

my brother painted this portrait of bob marley a few years ago by looking at a picture upside down so it was all just abstract colors and shapes.

meow

i don't mind dumb cats
it's the smart ones are nasty

insomnia, an anti-nursery rhyme

up from the day before
the sun rose & birds sang
like you'd been sleeping
but the bed is still made
the garbage men came
the neighbors went to work
through the darkest stretch
scavenged
for spurts of adrenaline
while everything slept
was racing
disrupted cycle
bitten fingers
bloody whites
stumbling down mounting to-do lists
on a too fast hamster wheel
the surface and the source
giving each other
synchronized
indian sunburn

should've been my grandmothers

june 23, 2007

smashing pumpkins first of 9 shows at the orange peel, lined up down the block 10 minutes before doors

slip to the dark side

i went hiking at black balsam knob in pisgah national forest to see the longest latest sunset of the year last night. it's right near cold mountain. it was really effin cool.

brian & megan

the shadow of the bald we were on in the valley

this was all elizabeth's great idea

megan!

fin

it's all uphill from here

barring tragedy, this is my least favorite day of the year. the days are just getting shorter and shorter, the fireflies will start to fade away, it's almost like black thursday



hope everybody gets outside to appreciate all this light

best video ever!

"roses and clover" title track from ALO's new CD - video made by guadalajara joe!

nursery rhymes

cotton candy thunderbolt
hasn't cried in a hundred days
at the end of his rope's a sailboat
ready to float him away

mopsy topper rufflekins
always plays but never wins
at the end of her rope's a speedboat
ready to zip her away

happy father's day!

i hope you go out there and fire another 72!

kitshicker union reunion

heading to racine, wisconsin this weekend for the wedding of the mighty norwegian wood and the beautiful prima beccarina!


CONGRATULATIONS!

i can't wait to see all the kitshickers, dairyland funfest!

RIP mr. wizard

fittest

only the strong survive
and some of the strong
get cut down in their prime
and all of the strong
get weak
and die
so teach all you can
while you're able
and learn it all over again

they all said yes and she said no!

the littlest triolo!

major congratulations to erin & chris on last week's arrival of casey!


from this

sprung this total cuteness!

photos recentos 3

old lady

she thinks i'm a
bad influence
is jealous of time spent
but i win her over in person
like it's a mission

i know they're played out

AMJAM photos

festival!


pounding rain, trees down, lightning on the way to deerfields








michael franti sun salutation behind the stage


he is the man


the bridge was funktastic


pony grazing in the parking lot


tijuana city of tomorrow




avett brothers jumping around breaking banjo strings

AMJAM = LOVE IT!

AMJAM!

there's a music festival in my own town this weekend, how lucky am i?

asheville music jamboree

it's supposed to thunderstorm which just raises the level of electricity & washes the sweat off.

here's to making it back without ending up on passed out wookies dot com

mr. freeman

happy birthday wheels chipotle!

here's to you, wills! hope your day is really great, free from knee injury, and full of red hat ladies & fajita burritos.i didn't take that picture, but i did take this one -

memorial day

went to hear derek trucks band at the visulite on saturday and was amazed at how good he was. playing with some funk soul bruthas, he was calm, cool & collected & totally in control while doing mind-blowing stuff with his giant monster hands, making the guitar look like a kid's toy.

(found this picture on google images)

next day went to lake norman for lots of holiday cheer and a mini modeling shoot with these friendly folks


also at brunch sunday lisa's silverware was sticking together magnetically for some reason

this is your brain on drugs

happy memorial day everybody!

not longing haiku 77-83

sell it to people
who don't know the meaning of
words you are saying

make them buy two in
case this breaks an extra can't
hurt to have these days

keep them in fear and
you keep the high hand and you
rule all this damned land

doesn't matter your
name you're the one i will blame
when anything breaks

try as you might to
keep it alright the screws will
fall down to the floor

how do you lose a
bunch of trivial pursuit
cards? i don't get it

fat rubbery it
all bounces off but the ones
that cut deep stayed deep