Mysterious Cottingley Fairies

"The Cottingley Fairies are a series of five photographs taken by Elsie Wright and Frances Griffiths, two young cousins living in Cottingley, near Bradford in England, depicting the two in various activities with supposed fairies. In 1917, when the first two photos were taken, Elsie was 16 years old and Frances was 10. In 1981 the two women admitted to faking all but one of the photographs, but insisted that they really had seen fairies."

Read more at Wikipedia

And see the rest of the remarkable photos here

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Hokum Music

I just posted some Hokum Scorchers songs to a myspace page where you can download them if you want to:

LINK

I will upload new ones periodically.

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The Hokum Scorchers Perform Mississippi Sheiks' Song

Mississippi Sheiks image from Wikipedia

Listen to "Please Don't Wake It Up" (original version by the Mississippi Sheiks 1931) performed by The Hokum Scorchers for our "Feed the Kitty" tape of 1992. Lou Reimuller is on the National guitar w/ vocals. I had fun playing a snare drum and singing on this one. Yazoo Records says that the Mississippi Sheiks were the "most popular blues artists of the 1930's" .

Follow this link and scroll down for the song:

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Photo of the Day

Click to enlarge- "Miss Time"

Thanks to Steve Chasmar on FLICKR .

Follow the link for a whole set of "notable portraiture".

I could not resist blogging this one.

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People I Met in NYC at My Show

"Black Sheep" painting by Jenn Porreca

"Megan" painting by Esao Andrews

"Stasis" painting by Martin Wittfooth

Martin Wittfooth standing in front of Jenn Porreca's paintings at our show in Brooklyn
Esao Andrews and Jenn Porreca on that hot, summer night
Speaking of NYC - while I was visiting over the summer, I was lucky enough to meet three very special painters at my art opening in Brooklyn: Jenn Porreca, Esao Andrews and Martin Wittfooth. Jenn, of course, was part of my show at Ad Hoc. Meeting Martin and Esao was an added bonus. I greatly enjoyed seeing Jenn's work in person. It has an art nouveau flavor and a whole lot of soul. I hear she likes Lotte Reiniger's silhouette animations and so do I. Not a bad influence to have!
Esao arrived on the scene minutes before closing time and the gallery director, Andrew, brought out a wonderful painting by him to show us before the gallery closed for the night. I have been a fan of his for some time now. You never know where his art will take you, from fantasy to reality and back again. His paintings of women are among my favorites. His pure talent is endless.
At the end of the evening, a group of us made our way over to Martin Wittfooth's studio where we all got to see a sneak preview of the paintings for his show, "Sandcastles in the Tide", just before he shipped them to Santa Monica. That was a thrill. His paintings are dream-like and surreal, victorian and modern all at the same time.
What a great group of people. Have a look at their websites to view more art. I am still blogging my NYC stories. My trip was so fun-packed that it's hard to remember them all.

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Jad Fair at Cake Shop

Heads Up: Jad Fair's papercuts are on display for the month of September in NYC at Cake Shop, 152 Ludlow. It looks like he will be giving a performance as well on Sept. 26.

Jad Fair

That reminds me, I received the best stuff from his brother, David Fair, in the mail not that long ago and I've been meaning to write a special post about him, too. These brothers are both so talented at paper cutting, it must be in the genes! David is also a great writer of clever stories.

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Tiny Little Top Hats

Creepsuela has a sweet little assortment of tiny little top hats on etsy. These hats get the Hokum Rag Seal of Approval.
Creepsuela Switchletto

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