Faux Press Art Metaphrasty
Since acquiring the Inverness Rain Cape I've given up umbrellas.
It's spring and here in the northeast U.S., one of 3 rainy months.
I fold the hat into the pocket of the cape - which folds darned small - and keep it handy.
In combination with Outdoor Research's Seattle Sombrero anti-rain headwear (the brim's big enough to keep most of the rain from dripping down one's neck), and a pair of Neo over-the-shoe rain boots (fast on / fast off), one never need struggle with an umbrella again.
Especially helpful for those who like or need to keep their hands free.
As one who spends occasionally inordinate amounts of time outdoors in all kinds of weather, I can say without qualification, this is the best $180 I ever spent.
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Faux Press Road Node 101 Sturgis Rally
Topstick: for the closet.
Who says being an audio geek is unfashionable?
Nobody.
Topstick.
You gotta have it.
Even though you may only use it a couple times a year.
What is it? Industrial-strength double-sided tape designed to hold toupees in place.
In audioland, we use it to hold pieces of clothing together to reduce clothing rustle or even directly on a mic when we hide it in actors' clothes.
You? You use it to prevent wardrobe malfunctions.
Cyclone Opening Ceremony is this Sunday 3/20/05 at 11:30 a.m.
The first 200 on line ride free.
Astroland Amusement Park, 1000 Surf Ave., at W. 10th St., Coney Island
718-372-0275
Now that's good news.
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"Hair with Newsprint & Balloon Hat" 2000. This is a Polaroid taken on the night I met Breuk Iversen in a Williamsburg dive, traveling with the Toolkit of Love as Princess-at-Large.
NATURAL LIGHT
- for Joe DeSalvo
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Like some imagined waterfall
seen only in paintings and dreams,
strands cascade and settle
downwind of the girl
with the beautiful hair.
You would like to stop,
admire the effect,
adjust each strand just so;
invent the story
that brought her here
for this perfect moment
as an excuse to press the button.
But because, for you,
light is as much enemy as friend,
this instant of her hair made spectacular
is washed away with the passing of a four-by cloud.
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Four tiny films made with Richard Dooley:
1. Hair with clothespins
2. Hair with sunglasses
3. Hair with shadow
4. Hair with light
[NB: The "four-by" is a technical term commonly used in the film industry that refers to a four-foot by four-foot light amending device. There are variously sized flags, which are photographically black light cutters, silks and opals in various strengths used to reduce and soften the amount of light on the subject. The precise light cutting instrument is indicated by reference to its size (four-by, twelve-by, twenty-by) and its constituent material (silk, flag, opal). ]
"Princess-at-Large wardrobe with bustle and chain mail" 2002 as seen at The Hall of Art Gallery, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, County of Kings, USA
On a chilly latest spring day.
Fresh made by my own hand on toast whilst listening to Jonathan Schwartz on the radio.
Ah - singers.
Downloaded some Puccini and some E. Schwartzkopf today for listening.
Poetry & music.
"Ladies Hats" 2004 canvas
From left: rain hat, wizards' cap, bonnet & wizards' cap.
This is part of the studio where I work.
