pixelsound

days of old

2011-12-31T10:20:00.001-05:00

from August, 2010. Underhill (Poker Hill Road), and Jericho (Rte. 15).

VT in BW

2011-11-23T18:46:00.001-05:00

shots from August 2011.

summer turns to fall

2011-11-03T21:51:00.003-04:00

from early July Lexington, MA carnival, and from Lincoln, MA (Gropius House and Decordova Museum) in October.

Thank You!

Tilt-a-Whirl Trailer

Carnival Silhouette

Emptied Nightly

Well Illuminated Nature Series, no.4

Carnival Sky

Please do not touch nature

Decordova Stack

Broken Tree

Gropius House, back steps, after photo taken by Gropius in Japan

Hull, 8-11

2011-10-04T22:33:00.002-04:00

very early morning, returning from Buffalo

2011-08-11T07:51:00.001-04:00

Saw the sun rise over Batavia and LeRoy
Clyfford Still clouds and water towers
Ol' 55 and Good Old Neon in my head
Aerial towers and blown out tires
Past crustaceans and the lumber yard
Slower traffic keep right and free call
Vines growing up the guy wires of the old wooden power line pole
76 on 90; 4 on 6, Montgomery
Roadside crows curious
remain silent

Buffalo Central Terminal (3)

2011-08-03T09:30:00.004-04:00

Buffalo Central Terminal (2)

2011-07-16T09:12:00.005-04:00

Buffalo Central Terminal

2011-07-13T07:56:00.001-04:00

visited last weekend. many more pix to come...

take 3, Sarasota 2/11

2011-03-03T07:14:00.005-05:00

tribute to Waits Oil Stains 1 - Valentine

tribute to Waits Oil Stains 2

fire and ice

take 2, Sarasota 2/11

2011-03-03T07:12:00.003-05:00

take 1, Sarasota 2/11

2011-03-03T07:04:00.006-05:00

vacation in Sarasota, February, 2011

shapes and shadows

2011-01-24T06:32:00.000-05:00

from this fall

but wait...

2011-01-22T08:34:00.005-05:00

there's more...

before the show

2011-01-21T06:32:00.003-05:00

taken 12-19-10 at Brandeis

contemporary

2011-01-20T06:25:00.002-05:00

trip to the Boston ICA last weekend yielded these images, and more to come...

ICA corner

smoke minus stack

sugarcone

recent shots

2010-11-27T10:10:00.004-05:00

all taken with Canon G11

smoke/cloud

2010-10-10T12:23:00.002-04:00

ok, i know this is very unoriginal, but here's a recent shot.

across my desk

2010-10-02T10:51:00.003-04:00

these are some screen captures of images I've worked on recently. Created new compositions by extraction. Click for larger image.

Demands

analysis_distribution_dispersion_termination

ennui

passed drawing [now] own up

Regret and Disgust

thesis

Amer. Boredom

Synth

video test

2010-05-02T08:55:00.003-04:00

Sample video of some GJG rhythm playing, edited. Recorded in different areas of the house to sample the different acoustics.
Blogger compresses the size of the video, but the audio seems intact.
Please pardon mistakes and sloppiness. I tried to edit most of that out...

bananas

2010-03-11T06:24:00.001-05:00

a couple years ago... Johnny's.

2010-01-15T09:48:00.001-05:00

detail of Selmer Maccaferri guitar plan. 12 fret to the body, D hole. I won't be including the internal resonator - most of the originals have been removed anyhow...

it has begun...

summer portrait

2009-08-28T09:33:00.001-04:00

Alex at the sublet apartment, July 09.

lamppostalley

2009-07-17T07:00:00.003-04:00

feels to me like a portrait, or a place to take one.

birdcluster

2009-07-15T18:34:00.003-04:00

'94. I could shoot the natural clustering/patterning of birds - in the sky or perched - for a long, long time... I like this one, not just the birds part...

road signs

2009-07-15T18:25:00.003-04:00

both from TX, '94. both while driving, of course.

well, I wouldn't necessarily put them together...
I guess they met in Texas... That's a scene from Jarmusch's Night On Earth, right? Roberto Begnini describing his idea of the Hotel Genius - "James Thurber meet Charles Mingus..."

who knew it was so easy to get there?!

94.

2009-07-13T08:47:00.000-04:00

I stand corrected. My trip to AZ was in 94, not 92. Posts have been revised. Thanks for the correction, AO! Memory is a fickle thing...

chapter 11

2009-07-09T08:20:00.002-04:00

AO at the 11th Chapter, Somerville, MA. December 1994. You may recognize the same blurred bartender from a previous shot.

fencefield

2009-07-01T13:22:00.003-04:00

i believe this was TX or OK, again in late '94.

night scene

2009-07-01T08:02:00.001-04:00

Boston, outside Park Street station, December 1994. PK and AO, lower left.

grandma's basement lounge

2009-06-26T13:22:00.003-04:00

a stop on my '94 trek westward - at my grandmother's house - this shot in the basement with my uncle Ernie's old guitars and my grandfather's matchbook collection. Wait until you see the bar area and grandpa's pipe collection... Can't believe all the stuff that was discarded when she moved out - treasures!

new old

2009-06-24T13:18:00.003-04:00

new scans of old prints - photos taken on my cross country journey from VT to AZ in the winter of '94. Bartender going down the trap door behind the bar at the 11th Chapter in Somerville, MA and a shot from the lonely road someplace out west.

i love film

2009-04-20T08:16:00.003-04:00

this shot of Jack and Rob taken with film, underexposed, and despite some obvious problems, it is a favorite of favorites...

Gypsy Jazz Abstraction

2009-04-17T08:49:00.004-04:00

long time since last post... Here's a favorite abstract from the shoot for Sinti Rhythm - my pals who are a fine Gypsy Jazz combo. Check them out at myspace.com/sintirhythm and search for Sinti Rhythm on flickr.com, then follow into my set of images to see more from that shoot. Latcho Drom!

CBG1

2008-12-10T08:32:00.004-05:00

finally, I've decided to post this picture of the first Cigar Box Guitar I built. Mostly playing bluesy slide stuff on it, some other swingy stuff being figured out with the 4 string open tuning. Made a lefty 3 string tenor uke scale length one for/with my daughter through the summer, too. Working on a 6 string, more polished unit for a friend now... May post sound or video files in the future... Baby steps toward my long term dream of luthiery...

Za

2008-10-14T09:35:00.001-04:00

Thanks to all the folks at Za restaurant in Arlington, MA -
I have 11 images on display for October and November. I hope you all get a chance to see the show...

dune grass

2008-06-01T21:06:00.004-04:00

Sarasota, 4/08.

inclusive

2008-04-08T17:49:00.001-04:00

or divisive...

Alewife/Fresh Pond Mall, March '08.

tension and release

2008-04-05T17:40:00.001-04:00

behind a liquor store, about a year ago.

finally

2008-03-29T22:58:00.002-04:00

at long last... another image to share...

40 on a fall day - referencing a friend's album I don't own. Finding an image after the fact to fit a title...

prophetic

2007-12-16T10:18:00.000-05:00

a wonderfully condensed narrative, providing it's own prophetic subtitle or backstory. Disemboweled computer... rolled up carpet (what's in there?)... overgrown construction fence... hay bales (for what?)... seeping drainage... Oh, a saturated, rosy view of things to come...

industry

2007-11-18T14:09:00.000-05:00

South Boston, 8/07.

connected

2007-10-24T18:03:00.000-04:00

linear composition, perhaps containing my initals, which is no raison d'etre.

segments

2007-10-03T05:34:00.000-04:00

June '07, tent being set up for Harvard commencement ceremonies outside the Science Center.

flight

2007-09-10T03:12:00.001-04:00

while...

2007-08-23T23:17:00.000-04:00

Arlington, laundromat, 7am.

takeover

2007-08-23T22:19:00.000-04:00

shots from when a movie set recently took over a bit of my reality... a totem of some sort, perhaps...

camping abstract

2007-08-23T21:19:00.000-04:00

"pretend there's a sky above ya" -JH

pig wheel

2007-08-23T19:41:00.000-04:00

from a recent trip to the Decordova Museum...

This big pig IS a big rig.
(A Trojan pig - no fib.)
That's his gig.
Maybe he'd like to wear a wig, eat a fig, and dance a jig?
Now that's a gig he'd dig...
[ahem. pardon...]
That's my kid!

missing...

2007-08-21T22:38:00.000-04:00

those who are away...

campfire

2007-08-21T19:16:00.001-04:00

I think this was Alex spinning and swirling her glowstick with the campfire several feet away... could just be camera motion...

textural trees

2007-07-30T05:35:00.000-04:00

Sarasota, February '07.

tree monument

2007-07-30T05:12:00.001-04:00

several layers of textures...

man on the street

2007-07-27T09:34:00.001-04:00

perhaps a companion to/for previous post titled steps...

street composition

2007-07-23T08:07:00.000-04:00

Harvard Square. Three dimensions seen in two.

off the top

2007-07-11T14:31:00.000-04:00

Teddy's Barbershop, Arlington, MA. June '07.
Minutes after closing time.

steps

2007-07-09T04:03:00.000-04:00

Boston, spring '07.

now showing

2007-07-08T18:05:00.000-04:00

Overgrown Tracks and Construction Hole are on display at the Gutman Library at Harvard as part of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Worker's HUCTW Creates group show - July 1 through July 31.

URCOSPA6

2007-06-19T05:17:00.000-04:00

Minneapolis, 4-30-07.

bicycletree

2007-06-16T19:08:00.000-04:00

not staged. found.
please click on image to see larger version.

happy biking...

attendant

2007-06-03T11:51:00.000-04:00

Minneapolis, 4/30/07.

findings

2007-05-07T14:19:00.000-04:00

twisting pavement, neoplastic stone, and a wrapped hydrant... not necessarily in that order.

upon the rails

2007-04-28T13:59:00.000-04:00

among the weeds
i had a moment of
serenity

-title and text from Mike Doughty's "The Only Answer"

anniversary

2007-04-12T18:09:00.000-04:00

pixelsound is 1 year old today. thanks to all for visiting!
presents in the form of comments are greatly appreciated, as always.

verso

2007-04-08T13:17:00.000-04:00

triple double

2007-04-06T21:23:00.000-04:00

an homage to Bernd and Hilla Becher, found locally... (outside Teele Square)
I think I'll print the quadtone version in the center...

plastic.

2007-03-25T14:33:00.000-04:00

functional and functionless...

a depot

2007-03-17T13:27:00.000-04:00

something we all need. fuel... (for) thought... reflection... rest...

non-threatening

2007-03-04T18:29:00.000-05:00

ah, well illuminated nature! safe for the tourists.
lovely.

what'cha gotta do

2007-03-03T15:03:00.000-05:00

beauty is where you find it, how you find it...

unused but useful

2007-02-11T13:36:00.000-05:00

sleeper, worker

2007-01-28T14:34:00.000-05:00

from commuting... shots are a couple months old. "Threadworker" in dry cleaner's - "Behind the Cleaner's" can be seen in the previous "Street Views" post.

sites

2007-01-27T13:47:00.000-05:00

municipal

2007-01-15T14:24:00.000-05:00

Medford Municipal Garage & surrounding area, late 12/06. More to come...
(Thanks for the Holga fisheye lens, Alison!)

looking down

2007-01-07T13:19:00.000-05:00

circles and debris... ah, repetitive shapes

aside

2007-01-01T14:39:00.000-05:00

happy new year.

goin' back

2006-12-09T12:39:00.000-05:00

through some past scans...

image of Alex taken in backyard late May/early June 06.
image of wet leaves (cropped) taken in Sarasota, Feb 06.
image of break room (cropped, doctored) taken in Harvard Fine Arts Library, early 04.

compositon with red, blue, yellow, and rust

2006-11-12T15:06:00.000-05:00

beauty caged in decay, suburban style...

topographies

2006-11-12T14:18:00.000-05:00

the newspaper pile was shot in color, but I think it works better in black and white, subject-wise.

the oil stains look like a purposeful abstract painting. It reminds me of an interview with Soulages in which he mentioned falling in love with the shape and energy a brushstroke/splash of tar on a wall that he saw as a kid. This is a bit more ghostly, but I enjoy the tones and built up surface.

realities told with clichés

2006-11-11T14:19:00.000-05:00

stories and textures... ahhh...

street views

2006-11-05T14:18:00.000-05:00

recent shots...

illustrations

2006-11-04T15:08:00.000-05:00

I meant to have this up for Halloween, but time slipped away...

and a view of someone taking advantage of Harvard's Widener library for a larger purpose...

cornered

2006-10-28T17:33:00.000-04:00

well placed light leaks in this Holga shot of Alex taken in the Decordova Museum's sculpture park mid summer.

lines and angles

2006-10-14T13:26:00.000-04:00

ok, so they all have triangles top right and obvious vertical lines- I guess that unifies this group, if unintentionally... going through the backlog of negs - 3 Yashica shots here and 1 Holga image. No Photoshop doctoring here - only scanning decisions, although I played with the Holga image a bit - intentionally scanning it very dark after recently being inspired by seeing some of James Fee's work for the first time (tried a light exposure, too, but it didn't have this impact)... Otherwise, the street shot is surely inspired by Wols similar photos that I've been revisiting after seeing them in an exhibition at the Busch Reisinger years ago and now going back and reading the catalog... The shot of the exceptionally ugly new CGIS building is perhaps a continuation of the linearity and geometry of my earlier posting of the fire escape shot. And, of course, happy fall... enjoy the colors!

first Yashica shots

2006-09-24T19:55:00.000-04:00

a couple of shots taken with my "new" Yashica Mat 124G, from the first roll that I've put through it... picking up 2nd roll today!

exhibition

2006-08-10T14:26:00.000-04:00

omphaloskepsis (contemplation of one's navel as an aid to meditation) is one of my favorite words (fenestration is another... but i digress), but the narcissism of the act gets to me. i feel like looking at one's own artwork is like that, though i am quite guilty of this self-interest, not only to continue searching for definition and themes, but for stirring of memories and the inherent reflection about where i am and where i've been. please enjoy this selection of my Holga photography from the past few years, and contact me with any comments, suggestions, questions, desires to see more, or to purchase prints!

i would like to thank my amigo dan goldberg heartily and warmly for the invitation to appear on friedmayo.com as a special guest, which initiated this exhibition, and would invite you to listen to our interview and my music there.

thanks for looking and listening!

former signage, arlington, ma (2005)

heidelberg nexscan 4100 scanner (2005)

alison picking/tree devouring, sarasota, fl (2003)

timed fire drill, cambridge, ma (2006)

wheelchair, chelsea, ma (2003)

alley door, cambridge, ma (2003)

emotional portrait of a house's interior life, arlington, ma (2005)

pelican, sarasota, fl (2003)

fall raking, arlington, ma (2005)

memory: where dad died, underhill, vt (2003)

One Last Thing

less from more

2006-06-09T08:51:00.000-04:00

due to preparations for and installation of new imaging equipment in the imaging lab where I work (Phase One P45 (39 megapixel!) camera back, 40 x 60 TTI reprographic station, and Rollei Xact2 meduim format camera for 3D work!), and due to preparations for Alex's birthday in previous weeks(photo gallery coming on our .mac page), and due to preparations for an upcoming guest appearance on friedmayo.com (scanning film and preparing music - sort of a virtual gallery exhibit is what I have planned), I have been posting less here. Doesn't mean I haven't been being productive...

stay tuned, pixelwatchers!

water, again

2006-05-08T20:43:00.000-04:00

'04's water/'06's water. Same pool. Thinking Hockney.

lush life

2006-04-28T07:49:00.000-04:00

...i find that although the darker and grittier visuals are more striking, many times the scenes of the "good" life are much more unsettling in the long run. That said, I'm enjoying the movement within these shots from February's trip to Florida.

preliminary space

2006-04-27T14:27:00.000-04:00

Track 23

here's another glimpse into an unfinished work in progress. (There should be some more finished/polished pieces coming up in the next 2 months or so... stay tuned!) This is another rough mix from the 06/03 session at the Red Sun Soundroom of stuff that I was working on with the Boss BR8.

Here's to the creation of audio spaces, and to hearing the spaces that we're in. Contact me if you're interested in what some of these sounds actually are. I used live mic'ing (with the sm57) on this track more than most...

Also, I like heartbeat-like beats... or ones that are close enough to that to influence yours.

khatanga

2006-04-26T09:20:00.000-04:00

Khatanga

this old favorite still tickles a special place in my brain every time. I get the same feelings of tingles and energy as when PK and I composed, recorded and manipulated it. Many, many fond memories of it's inception. (Samples include Stephane Grappelli, Morris Day, Meatball Fulton, and the BBC. Special thanks to DG for those little Radio Shack speakers I picked up from you.) I learned huge amounts with this piece, and am thankful to PK and the Red Sun Soundroom for the encouragement, pushing what could be done at the time, and the quality. I promise to post something more calm and soothing from my vaults in the near future...

chair consoles broken bench

2006-04-26T07:54:00.000-04:00

after reading Geoff Dyer's The Ongoing Moment, in which he remarks about photos of benches and what they mean (the overall "benchness" of a bench's situation, and why we use them...), I came across this scene with a different attitude. These implements of sitting seemed to be conversing about their duties to our behinds, and like the elders that abound in Florida, seemed to be remembering shared pasts... at least that's what I saw...

poolside

2006-04-21T18:24:00.000-04:00

more Florida, 02/06... Holga-style...

coiled rope

2006-04-21T14:26:00.000-04:00

another from Florida.

flower child

2006-04-21T13:24:00.000-04:00

this is a favorite photo of Alex on our recent trip to Florida. People spend lots of time and money with Photoshop and retouching and such to get photos to come out like this - the radial blur, with her face in perfect focus, the spontaneous moment, and composition... I suppose it could be cropped a bit here and there, but this is as it was taken...

trash fridge

2006-04-14T14:41:00.000-04:00

Our neighbor was discarding this old fridge last winter/spring. When their visitor's rusted car was parked near by, I knew I only had one or two exposures left on the roll of color film I had loaded in the Holga, and that I had to use them. I may crop this one a little, but I think it captured the scene pretty well.

right to left

2006-04-13T14:21:00.000-04:00

Right To Left

download this file (approx. 3MB) of craziness, and rock out with the fiercest growling drums and raw guitar that I could jostle out of the BR8 (and 424) at the time (probably 4 years ago or so)...

the title has to do with both the progression of sound from right to left channels, and from one's right to be left of center, so to speak, politically or otherwise... be afraid... be very very afraid... ooohhh....

(This rough mix was a part of a "live bounce-down session" held at the Red Sun Soundroom in June of '03 creating rough, on the fly mp3 mixes of these tracks I'd laid down previously.)

suburban dream

2006-04-12T14:43:00.000-04:00

this classic was taken when Alex was about 2 months old, and we'd just moved to the 'burbs...

therefore I am

2006-04-12T08:48:00.000-04:00

I blog, therefore I am. I'll post as frequently as I can. I'm open to comments and suggestions...