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Month: February 2006

  • H.o.p. still blithely unaware of the attitude it takes to run with the herd

    H.o.p.: I wish I had a t… dollars. Me: You wish you had what? H.o.p.: I wish I had a t… (mumble) dollars. Me: You wish you had what, a trillion or ten dollars? H.o.p.: I wish I had ten dollars. Me: Oh, OK.

  • Not that I don't care about politics anymore

    Some are asking why I don’t blog about politics any longer. Why? Several reasons. For one, I happened on the Hanford archive and started doing those digital paintings. Which to me are both human interest and political. At least to me they are. And that was eating up a good bit of what would have…

  • Tony Prince, the Atomic Clown, with clock nose, declassified

    Tony Prince, the Atomic Clown, with clock nose, declassified

    Tony Prince, the Atomic Clown, with clock nose, declassified 2006 21 by 16 in h Digital Painting Based on a photo from the “Hanford Historical Photo Declassification Project”. © copyright Jk Lightbox enlargement Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings Tony Prince, the Atomic Clown, was also the subject of a…

  • Howard Hughes and his Kleenex box shoes?

    OK, so the night before last we finally watched “The Aviator”. And afterward I went around the net reading up a little more on him, most all of which turned out to be the same few facts repeated over and over again. Seems no one could give an account of his four plane crashes in…

  • Tony the Atomic Clown, and his Prince Sisters Miniature Circus, declassified

    Tony the Atomic Clown, and his Prince Sisters Miniature Circus, declassified

    Tony Prince, the Atomic Clown, declassified 2006 Based on a photo from the “Hanford Historical Photo Declassification Project”. © copyright Jk Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings An employee at Hanford, Tony Prince, the Atomic Clown, came from a carnival family. His father was a clown with Ringling Brothers. His…

  • Fire Prevention Week Meets Them, Declassified

    Fire Prevention Week Meets Them, Declassified

    Richland was just another word for kindling Fire Prevention Week Meets Them, declassified 2006 20 by 16 in h Digital Painting Based on a photo from the “Hanford Historical Photo Declassification Project”. © copyright Jk Lightbox enlargement Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings Them, a movie in which ants, mutated…

  • The Cadence Chamber Duet – Just in case you think Baroque isn’t exciting

    At the moment I’m listening to the most extraordinary CD. It’s the Cadence Chamber Duet. She is Olena Yergiyeva, the violin part of the team. He is Ivan Yergiyev, and he plays the accordion. I don’t always listen to music while writing because though music can fuel it can also falsely substitute mood which isn’t…

  • Miss Flame, Declassified

    Miss Flame, Declassified

    She was a human torch, run away! Miss Flame, declassified 2006 15 by 12 in h Digital Painting/photo collage Based on a photo from the “Hanford Historical Photo Declassification Project”. © copyright Jk Lightbox enlargement Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings This is Hanford Fire Prevention Week’s Miss Flame of…

  • La Gulde Declassified

    La Gulde Declassified

    La Gulde, Declassified 20 h by 15 inches w Digital Painting Based on a photo from the “Hanford Historical Photo Declassification Project”. © copyright Jk Lightbox enlargement Read the introduction to the Remixing the Hanford Declassified Project paintings The Bearded Lady and The Ape-Man, in the days before television reigned supreme, when quality fare walked…

  • Not-so-instant furniture (perhaps)

    Well I’ve now in hand the “Instant Furniture” book the landlord was telling me about.  Published 1976.  It’s actually by a real arechitect/designer, Peter Stamberg, with designs by such people as Enzo Mari.  Using these designs, it’s said one should be able to make easily cheap furniture with only precut wood, glue and finishing nails. The designs are…

  • LSD not good for war

    Well, I’m glad I checked out Boing Boing today. They’ve a lilnk to an old film showing what happens when Britsh troops are dosed with LSD. They forget how to operate equipment and collapse in laughter. They become incapable of making war and start climbing trees to feed the birds. My faith in humanity is…