drawing by dangerman scanning by hewitt packer 

this s drawing of my uncle recieving an award in his name at the fort garry last week. Dr. (kippy) Lertzman is responsable for Winnipeg smoking ban and is a long time teacher of respritory atthe U of M  

Christmas Penguin, by Lea Turenne, age 3

Divinity Eats

InsideOutside

facing east

24 hours ago, there was no snow at all. by 4:30 yesterday aft, it had begun to snow, by 7 pm everything was covered, and by this morning the whole city was under a blizzard.

despite what this pic may appear to show, the snow is neither as high as the stop lights, nor is it waist-deep.

but i think we got like 25 cm or something. it's a pretty serious old-school peg city blizzard (and not of the l-blizzard variety). now aren't you glad you're in Mtl, TO, korea, etc???

facing west

Stylus Covers that Almost Made it!

Stylus Cover 2 - Funny story, since stylus is on topic, I did these two proposals for the old editor and he was really keen on them. Then they changed editors and I've tried contacting them, but with no luck. These were for the mag last winter season. Some of my favorite people have done covers for them (Oakes, Mctighe, Prieur,Western). I was hoping these would be in time for the unveiling of the refurbished building. Are they done fixing that thing yet?

Where is Pinky Pankerton?

Outside

hee hee...

this is denis prieur's latest.

my photo of it is gonna be on the cover of stylus for dec/jan.

the letters come off, and he's going to do something else w/ this piece.

isn't it great? he used saran wrap to create the watery look around the seal.

Carlos with Reverb

Two Pen Instruments, 2002

What's let loose

It wants to know
the secrets embedded
in your nails

The information
secreted from
the crevices of
pleasure

It wants to know
where no light
escapes

Unless it
slips loose
the quantum
knot of truth

Nutrient

Intercede

Seeds where
nothing grows
to plumpness
only the
passion thin
you allow

No fleshy
bursts of
moist because
they soften
the dry bead
of your heart

The veins are
filled with
wine that does
not nourish

But one good
season will
fill the baskets
and replenish
the black earth
rich in nutrient

for the rev. dr. dr. dr.

waiting
to recover
scattered dreams of
summer

hearing
the silent repetition
of the
three-score beat
of emanation

and static-y phone calls
from dim bars

to friends far away
that we miss

waiting
to recover
the scattered dreams
of summer

the other option?

behold the terror that is knackerplisck

a blast from the past, and a preview of what we can expect the offspring of knackerplishk to look like.

yeesh... this kid better be one great painter.

Breakfast @ Mel's

Seven Seas Jim

PICT0063_3, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

if only every day were like this...

...visiting friends in distant cities, nothing better to do than hang out and take pictures of each other striking various all-canadian poses.

you tawkin' ta me???

reedah gets mean, wearing the "art matters" pin. this is on moanez' back porch, overlooking a lovely backyard full of trees, squirrels of divination, etc.

t-dot art fair # 1-A

heeheehee...

t-dot art fair #1-b

here's the article that ran in the FP today about the art fair. better images below.

T-dot art fair part 2

a full view of the Micah Lexier work-- for those who haven't been Peg-side in a while, these, in life-sized form, were in bus shelters all over the city this summer. pics by blizzo.

Toronto art fair

sorry about the vickar ad, etc, but here's the pic of paul butler.

Goldstar's Helmet (the screen)

PICT0074_2, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

Nothing is as it seems. I continue to study the universe.

Captain Goldstar is trying to break down the mysteries of the universe with a concept called the holographic principle. He stumbled on the idea while studying black holes. It is a concept, which ultimately questions whether the third dimension exists.

"There's a real conflict between the way that we're thinking about the world right now, which is a very local way where everything happens independently in different regions of space and the way that we're going to have to think about it," said Goldstar

The holographic principle uses the optical concept of holograms to try to visually explain the complex idea. Holograms are images that look three dimensional, but they exist on a two dimensional surface.

"You have to keep in mind that we're just using that name as a sort of metaphor for something that we're specifying quite precisely," he said.

The recognition is a step of progress, but Captain Goldstar doesn't know where it will ultimately lead.

"It may be a major step, it may just be one piece in a very big puzzle, but I think it's definitely progress towards that goal," he said.

Although there is practical way to use these principles right now, Goldstar said he and fellow super heroes are driven to understand nature at the most fundamental level.

Albert Einstein didn't have any practical applications for his theory of relativity when he first discovered it, but now the concept is woven into today's technology with things like global positioning systems, he said.

"It happens to be true that sooner or later these types of progress have not just had practical applications, but they really underlie almost everything that we can do technologically today," Goldstar said.

Ultimately, Captain Goldstar wants to find the origins and the implications of the holographic principle.

He said the principle has given insight into physics concepts that scientists have understood for years.

"It gives us a preview of some of the unifications and the explanatory power that the quantum gravity we're seeking is going to have,"

Maximo's Jewel: picture by Maximo

Soundscape Duo

NOW

captaingoldstar, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

Captain Goldstar riding the smoky tiger waves the Guitar of Face Ripping Wonder and the Korean Flag.

The dark haired blind Athena stands in judgement.

have a good time

pepero day, originally uploaded by The Stranger.

i cast a spell on you so that you will have a good time

Rhyming Lament

this is a drawing of my buddy sleeping on the couch on football sunday. the 88 is a harrison jersey 

On closer inspection....

Rhyming Experiment (On occasion of lightning)

Lightning slams
and sounds
the shatter

Something tells
of loss
and stutters

Lightning slaps
the things
inside

Forever reach
the strings
of mind

Time

this is saidmans drawing for thexxxmas show in TO. it is called basic instict put it is along way from finished.enjoy 

arcade fire

moanez got me into these cats this weekend in TO. if you haven't heard them yet, consider yourself only a partially informed writer/artist/human being. it's (yes, comparisons are odious) the talking heads meeting opera, epic balladry, and divine rage all at the same time.

The Legendary Legend: Matt Monsoon and His Riffriders

The Hunch

Us and Them

Thus they came
Thus they went
To the great divide
Wonder laden sense

Ultrasound Pictures!

Reach Divine Reach

Reach the pulpy moist
fleshed open bursts
intent reached next again
reach the pulpy moist
fleshed open bursts
intent reached next again
reach the pulpy moist
fleshed open bursts

Right around the corner

Maximo and the Tiger survey the battle 2

Maximo and the Tiger survey the field of battle.

It Grows Like A Tree Through The Ages