new art from Mockingbird Marketing

Release of Halloween Pin Designs Today

this is why I miss the high country!

this is just J and his friends in their back yard
...."season pass! we don't need no stinkin' season Pass!"
what up all my Leadville people past and present? Holla at a fool!

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Nekhbet the original Egyption God

The wings Go Back Farther Than Any Other Symbol in Egypt. "They are Short Hand for the Divine" said Dr. Anastasia Dakouri-Haild of the UVA dept. of Art History. Originally they stood for Nekhbet, the original Egyptian god In Vulture form. Very "popular" in early southern Egypt. Dr.Dakuri-Hald, is an expert in Egyptology. She was kind enough to take time from her day to help me more fully understand what this wing thing is all about. More research and study required, but it is obvious we are among kings when we fly in this land. The King as Dr Dakuri-Hald put it. Well here is some food for thought. Got your Wings Kids.

Thanks for the Inspiration!

Still no word on my camera that disappeared at Trinumeral. I did just get some pictures sent to my inbox. here is a picture that I asked someone with a camera to take for me. The guy on the right is the live painter Michael Garfield And Lexi. This picture is great because it reminds me of the inclusive vibe of the fest. I did not know either of these people before the fest but by the end they were both totally stoked about the pins and making friends. Lexi is wearing a Grass Roots Cali hat (look for some future calabs there) and our Trinumaral pin. She was great cause she just kept telling people about the pins then they would come find me. I totally thank everyone who spreads the word (plus its easier to listen to a cutie ain't it?). Michael is one of those artist who's work has percolated Thru the cosmos and reached me several times before. Maybe it was in a dream or at fest. Maybe it was one of the "cosmic bread crumbs" this guy leaves all over the place, but I totally resonate with the abstract mixed with the scientific in his work. I love ancient symbols and am inspired by the mystery of Geometry, plus he really reaches into the collective conscience with his work. Anyway one of the best moments of the weekend for me was when he passed me in the crowd grabbed me and said "Man your a total Hero, no I mean it!" I'm Not sure how he meant that but it felt good to be recognized by an other artist whom I have respected from a distance. On the same note lets not forget that Mark Hanson was wearing a scarab all weekend and had no problem talking to me candidly about the creative process, and living as an artist.
Oh, did I forget to mention that Jen from the Interdimensional Art Movement Unified
took our pins out west with her? That was quite an honor too.
Well got to go work on more pins.
peace in your middle crease.

the Bitter Sweet taste of Camp Bisco

I really did have a great time in the rain at Camp Bisco this year.
The real draw for us? getting to go to a Festy and hang with our friends..and finally see the band that our four year old discovered (Dr. Dog). and Damien Marley
(plus a set where bisco promises not to sing? Im in)

Bisco delivered even in the pouring rain.

Ok, I admit it, I'm "Skrimsaw as Hell". I've Heard It said "We become What We Mock." (that is from the King-of-Skrim Don Monocle)

It is true though, usually with, cats who have a sense of humor.
I do it all the time. Im a Rope-Head now, but, even in-between sets of dreads , I still have a cash of quips and teases to mock the dreadlocked.
I totally give my friends who love Electronica a hard time, especially if they discount Phish with out seeing them live. But lately, as many times as I have said "you cant truly judge or discount the worth of the Phish scene or its music without going...and getting in". I have had some Bisco head say the same thing. (and then I have to be like, "dude Ive scene them live too...)

But, if I want my friends to listen to me, I try to give them, and their tastes a chance.
I know it is trendy to rag on Bisco kids now...I have been making fun of "Schwilly Lot Kids" by flattening out my brim, cockin' it to the side and swirving , ever since....well Pre-Hiatus. Thing is that joke was funny on Phish lot 'cause I am a Phish-head.
Now, you can go to whole festivals filled with flat brims. boys, girls, hotties and band members. And the most successful vendors are selling stacks of flatbrims (and these other "stacked" thingys).
Check out the picture Cap't Crutch sent of Page in a Flat brim
you know what? I Like hats! Ive been saying I would be "famous hat maker to the stars" for years. Now it seems like there is actually room for all kinds of hats on lot . I have to thank the bisco scene for starting to make "Hatter" a true Lot-Profession.
And with that in mind I will also admit that I love Dub-Step, I will even go far as to say I like the Disco Biscuits, (when they are called Perfume.)

so I wanted to share with ya'll some of the bitter and the sweet from that weekend:

This first video is of us just getting there and catching the second song from Dr. Dog (the Breeze) we taped it for Conrad so it is a bit intimate. Choppy at first but I think you can see how much soul and effort these philly kids put into their performance just from this short video. (give it a minute I think its worth watching)

Dr Dog video for Conrad Camp Bisco from Professor Yagga on Vimeo.

Then to contrast the hard working indie rockers I follow this with a video I have been reluctat to post but it is so GOOD and So Real.
so Jr. Gong did not want to get wet...so he made us stand in the rain and wait for 2 hours.
this is what happens when you get a bunch of kids together, get them all riled up and then throw in some mud and Flat brims. and then dont put the music on (as a note: when we stop heckeling for a minute and tell her to do some thing with her keys.... I dont know why I care if the girl lands on her keys at that point but don't you think it would hurt?)

Mud Slide Girls Camp Bisco 2009 from Professor Yagga on Vimeo.