These are from the October 7, 2005 performance at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco, CA.
Stephen Kent is a very talented diggery doo artist who also plays a ton of other cool percussion and wind instruments. Paul Horn is a jazz flute player who dabbles in a host of other genres.
These are little 30 second clips taken with my little Casio EX-S3. All I was trying to do was capture the essence of what it sounded like to hear a diggery doo in Grace Cathedral. I was amazed at the quality of the sound.

Stephen Kent At Grace Cathedral

Stephen Kent and Paul Horn together at Grace Cathedral

Ron Turner of Last Gasp Comix just sent me an invite to this cool book signing going on today in San Francisco. You should come by and check it out if you are so inclined. See you there!

LOWLIFE PARADISE & EYESORE
Glenn Barr and Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company
This Saturday, September 13, 4-6pm
@ VARNISH FINE ART
77 Natoma St. (between 1st & 2nd St. and Mission & Howard)
SF CA 94105
And now, a bit about the artists…
Glenn Barr’s robots, creatures and vixens live in a seedy yet swinging 1960s universe, drenched in the haze of a post-industrial hangover. Working out of the burgeoning lowbrow movement in Detroit, Barr uses elements of pop culture to infuse familiarity to an otherwise parallel reality, where angels and devils alike share the same urban playground. With a nod to pulp art and cartooning, Barr’s paintings are mesmerizing in both their simplicity and depth.
“Lowlife Paradise,” co-published with La Luz de Jesus Press, is the first ever collection of Glenn Barr’s work. A special edition of the book will be for sale at the signing.
Lowlife Paradise: http://www.lastgasp.com/cgi-bin/results.cfm?author=Glenn%20Barr
The artists of the Firehouse Kustom Rockart Company, aka Chuck Sperry and Ron Donovan, have created posters for numerous major rock bands (Pavement, Pearl Jam, the Beastie Boys, Hole, and the Rolling Stones). But they’ve maintained their street credibility by furnishing posters for such events as Incredibly Strange Wrestling, which mixes punk bands and Mexican wrestlers.
A 100-page full-color book, Eyesore contains a rich sampling of their signature silkscreen technique that blends splendid artistry with impeccable craftsmanship — an eye-popping collection of the rock and roll posters and ephemera that made this studio famous.
Eyesore: http://www.lastgasp.com/cgi-bin/details.cfm?bookid=19645
The venue: Varnish Fine Art is located in the heart of downtown San Francisco at 77 Natoma Street, between 1st and 2nd St. and Mission and Howard. The gallery has a fine wine, beer and sake bar.
www.varnishfineart.com
www.lastgasp.com

Laura Splan is one of the Illegal Art artists I’ve been working with making my movie.
Of course, not all the art she creates is illegal. She’s got an opening tomorrow night with another artists, Philip Ross.
Hope to see you there.
Artists Presentations – Philip Ross & Laura Splan
Tuesday, August 26, 7:30 pm – Gallery opens at 7 pm
SF Camerawork
@ New Langton Arts
1246 Folsom Street (between 8th and 9th Streets)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Local artists Philip Ross and Laura Splan both make work inspired by life and life science. Whether it’s human or non-human life, growth or decomposition, ecosystems or HMO’s, each artist works in a variety of media to present provocative work unveiling traits of the world around us. Artist Philip Ross uses living organisms and life support technologies as the inspiration and the means by which he makes his work. This process has yielded a series of highly manipulated living organisms and a number of sculptural structures specifically designed to support, confine and protect them. Laura Splan’s work explores how our surroundings and experiences mediate our perceptions of the human body. Believing that interaction with objects can leave a mark on our psyche via their form and function, Splan examines the dynamics of these interactions through visual metaphors, visceral materials, and images that challenge our perceptions of beauty and horror. The artist frequently uses medical science and technology as a point of departure to question categories of what is natural, what is normal, and what is desirable.
Gallery & Bookstore opens at 7 pm
$6/$4 members, students, and seniors
http://www.sfcamerawork.org/events.html