Halloween Art and Music, Thing, Etc

My friends and I are having an art show / music happenings. 

i've shared a lot of the arts via social networkings and i'll do more on that later. 

i'm very easily distracted and feel like i've been staring at the screen forever

but then i remember i was staring out the window at the sun coming down on the trees,

those shiny yellow leaves still greatly outnumbered by the green

 and smelling the fresh autumn air.

i gotta focus. i have to get on a bus and get to my friend's house to watch this debate. 

So yes. Musics! 

I've started working on this project with my friend Tim Craft called acorn season.

I got a little snippet? is that a word?

anyway a snippet from a song we wrote called "bucket".

i'll ramble on that soonly, also.

there will be other musics too! 

music is a special kind of sanity i can't explain at the moment.

singing songs and sharing art on my favorite holiday!

it's going to be fun!

eek! bus!

be free

-abc

A snippet from a 3 song EP in the happening. more info sonly.

Question

I've been working on a 3 song demo to be released by Halloween with my friend, Tim Craft. I've got a rough demo of the first song. 

Some of the words and melodies are still being worked out. So the question is.. Should I post it now or do you guys wanna wait and here a more polished product? 

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Hundred Dollar Plates

i live in the united states of america. 

i'd like to think i live in a small republic called Cascadia.

i actually don't know the literal interpretation of republic. 

anyway.. i like the idea of a group of folk gathered under the ideals of living in harmony and protecting the forest and rivers. 

but i do not. i live in the united states of america.

run by a corporate machine.

not the liberty of which she sings.

there's crazy drought in the western united states.

the east coast is getting dumped on with rain. and snow. 

::there is no such thing as global warming::

and now i've lost my attention span. 

pay attention.

take time to wander. 

take time to pander.

be free...

-abc

Last night I met a guy named Tony Rose. Actually I met him one time before. At the same bar, Nobby's. The time before I acquired a free slider from said fellow.

Tony Rose is from New Orleans... San Fransisco? Let's keep it vague. He had a similar look and persona to Father John Misty. Loud personality and great clothing style on both occasions. He played some sick saxy. 

I also met a guy named Reese. He was in his 40's. We talked about cigarette smoking, music, insanity, and life... to name a few things. 

Tony Rose showed me an awesome song by Louis Armstrong called Black and Blue. 

I'll leave you guys with that. 

Year: 1965

"I'm hurt inside, but that don't help my case
Cause I can't hide what is on my face
How will it end? Ain't got a friend
My only sin is in my skin
What did I do to be so black and blue?"

-abc

Happy October

Here's a toast to my favorite month of the year.  

I know climate change has made the Pacific Northwest dryer, but here's to hoping for a misty, grey October 20 (my bday) (also Snoop and Tom Petty's).

I'm working on some really exciting endeavors I hope to share real soonly.  

The thing with magic is you can't give away all your secrets.  

Anyway.. Pick up some yellow leaves and acorns. Eat some candy corn and pumpkin loaf.  

Here's to October. The most wonderful time of the year!  

be free!

-abc

Sometimes I suck at keeping up at a blog.

There's so many things I hear/experience that I want to share but my attention span is horrible or I'm just go go go. 

Firstly a delayed toast to Fall and her follies. To Fall and her leaves. 

another thing.. I wrote my first song since Nausicaa days last Wednesday.  

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Also watched that lunar eclipse. That was pretty rad.  

I feel a wave of interesting things happening.

 

Not just in my personal life (But yeah) but for the planet as a whole.   

I'll ramble more nonsense later.  

and more often.  

but pay attention and be involved.  

Most of all... Be free.  

-ABC

Confession

Once upon about a month and a half ago I lost my backpack.

My friends told me to stay patient.

That'll it'll show up soon. 

It's not the first time I've lost some sort of stuff item.

you know? the physical objects that you place relentless emotional value on

with that in mind i knew it was gone

i didn't want to believe but i knew 

there are very few objects i hold as dear as a backpack

this one was waterproof and a rolltop

this one had a notebook of words i've only shown to a few

words that i've continually added to for two years

"follow the yellow leaves, go wherever they roam"

my favorite coffee cup. some palo santo sticks.

a lot of pens. good pens. pens are magic wands. 

also a huge chunk of art i've been saving

waiting 

to scan?

to make bigger prints?

to make duplicates?

to make more finance?

truth is i don't know

i know i began drawing as a meditation

an escape

to remember a moment

whether consciously or subconsciously 

to cope with writer's block

since losing my backpack 

i've began writing again

and the art is stacking up again

so what do i do with all of these scribblings when i'm currently drawing multiple of per day

they're my comics, my songs without words,

my story

moment by moment

a magic spell

i give it away

or i sell it

i would rather sell someone a piece of "art" for a flat $20

then keep hoarding it to myself and it possibly getting lost again

it's first come, first serve. hand signed and sent out every thursday.

so if this is kind of thing you're interested in: 

  1. find the picture you like at zzzwalking.com/abcorduroy
  2. email me (abcorduroy@gmail.com) the name of the comic (ex: sleepwalking moment sw156)
  3. if it's available i'll paypal you an invoice

if you read this far, thank you for your interest. email me if you have any questions. be free.

-abc

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