Jan 21, 2012
Hello Music Lovers,
I just got back from Las Vegas this afternoon. I spent the week the week for the opening ceremony for the new Chuck Jones Gallery and Creative Center located at Circus Circus off the strip. I recently signed on with Chuck Jones/Warner Brothers to do pop art portraits of Looney Tunes. Its been a great collaboration so far and am looking towards the future. I was primarily in the casino for most of the time until I got to hang out with two friends, one being Daryl.. a resident of the city.
While I loved 'The Strip', I was primarily fascinated with the run down chaos beyond that area. The area not even a block away deteriorates into this massive whirlwind of destitute people in the throes of their addictions among crumbling buildings. ... and then it just wings into endless strip malls containing run down shops and liquor stores. Granted this is only the general area, and there are nicer areas.. however I was just so intrigued with the sketchy areas that I just became mesmerized and lost in time.
Las Vegas is a mirror split into two different worlds, and the fancy lights and glittering showbiz is ... entertaining, but the real beauty is in the wreck of the sinking shiip... the other side of the looking glass. Here is to Las Vegas, ... a one I'll be back in many many times. .. not only for work.. but for more exploration of that glittering skeleton in a dress town.
- Radiohead- Codex (Mojib Mix)
- Flying White Dots- You Can't Drop Bombs
- Tom Waits- Alice
- Burial- Gutted
- Portishead- Roads
- Massive Attack- Live With Me (Stripped Back)
- Trentemoller vs. Eagger and Stunn
- Underworld- Sola Stism
- Boards of Canada- Hi Scores
- Cocteau Twins- Alice (Sam T Remix)
- Gus Gus- Blue Mug
- The KLF- Six Hours to Louisiana, Black Coffee Going Cold...
- Ricky Nelson- Lonesome Town
Stay Beautiful,
Tennessee
Next Week: Beauty and the Beat Anniversary Set