Newsletter, Jan. 29, 2010

by | Jan 29, 2010 | Audio Podcasts

Riding The Wild Bubble
Up to the minute news as we ride over strange, uncharted lands, every month or, often, every two years.

Happy New Year! No … wait … Happy Valentine’s Day, it’s closer.

Well, I was supposed to send this email about two years ago, but I always think, “Well I’ll send one right after I do x, and then I will have something to actually share with people.” And then we go around the sun twice. Which is fine, because I am actually very excited about both of the main items herein … (more…)

The Reason That I Am Alive (from the sunpopblue.com archives)

by | Dec 27, 2009 | Audio Podcasts

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Claude Michel Celse, Seaside Town, 1948

the reason that I am alive

By Boris Vian

the reason that I am alive
the reason that I am alive
for the tanned leg
of a blonde woman
propped against the wall
beneath the round sun
for the billowing sails
of a sleek schooner
at the mouth of the harbor
the iced coffee sipped through a straw
for the caress of sand
gazing at the watery deeps
turning so blue
descending into the deeps
with the fish
the tranquil fish
they calm the bottom of the ocean
fly above the seaweed hair
like slow birds
like blue birds
the reason that I am alive
because it is beautiful

Translated from the French by Joseph Suglia, corrected by me.

Memo to the person who is posting the comments

by | Dec 14, 2009 | Audio Podcasts

It is far too late. You are so far out of the loop it isn’t even funny. Where were you when I spent four days power-washing the bricks and the decks for the one-year?

And I can assure you it is NONE of your business.  Life goes on. We are having fun. We are happy.

In any case, please leave us alone now. For your own sake, because you have pissed me off.

Or we could meet for coffee if you would like. Name a time and a place.

Call for submissions for gallery show of iPhone photography

by | Dec 7, 2009 | Audio Podcasts

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Dark Flower by kb

This is a call for submissions to the iPhontography/Giorgi Gallery “iPhotography – Pixels At An Exhibiton” gallery show, opening January 30th at the Giorgi Gallery in Berkeley. It is simple to enter!

  1. Read the Submission Guidelines
  2. Register
  3. Email iPhone photos.
  4. Tell your friends, have them vote!

Yes, this is another case where an obsession of mine got out of hand, but this one involves other people! I, along with Rae at the Giorgi Gallery in Berkeley are hosting and curating a show (the first that we know of) comprised entirely of images made with the iPhone.

I’m obsessed with it. I know other people who are. So it’s “let’s-put-on-a-talent-show-in-the-barn” time!

Visit iPhontography.org for all the details.

To Kiss Blue Violets, by Mirabilia Images

by | Nov 28, 2009 | Audio Podcasts

By Luciano and Mira Marino, Mirabella Images

By Luciano and Mira Marino, Mirabilia Images

Here is the original photo I licensed from Luciano and Mira for use as the cover of  “Flight of the Atom Bee.” I am, frankly, still wondering if I made a mistake cropping out her nipple—it add such an intense erotic jolt to the image. But my brain-trust was unanimous about it. I do not, however, mind being wrong sometimes. Oh well, what is done is done. Here is the full picture, including nipple.

You can visit their website by clicking here. It is one of my favorite sites I have yet found for artistic nudes. And they are very nice people, as well,