My pal Anne Alvergue produced this fantastic video about milliner Kim Dye for Etsy’s Handmade Video Portraits series that I work on as well. Anne and her hubby Michael Isabell headed to Oakland, CA and got to know a whole lot about the art of handmade hats.
Here’s another installment of the Etsy Handmade Portraits series shot in Nashville. Etsy found Rob Kalin wrote a lovely essay about meeting James Peters, the maker of his handmade guitar. The video is a short verite piece of James and Rob talking shop.
A short film that I produced a number of years ago called Behind the Glass is now available on DVD. It was shot on 16mm and the print looks gorgeous. Here’s a synopsis written by the director Gabe Rhodes:
Total running time: 21 minutes
East Nashville artist Agnes Barton-Sabo aka Betty Turbo is all about cupcakes and moustaches! Agnes grew up in Alaska with an artistic family. Mom was an incredible seamstress who made matching outfits for Agnes and her dolls. Dad was an art history professor fascinated with animal spirits and great grandma was an interior designer in the 30′s. Agnes took inspiration from her family and went on to college for photography.
In college I studied a Japanese body movement/martial art called Shintaido. My teacher Jennifer Hicks is now a Butoh performer as well. Here is the performance by the originator of Butoh, Tatsumi Hijikata.
Geez there’s a ton of great shows coming up at the Knitting Factory starting tomorrow night with Trans Am, my pals Knyfe Hyts and Talk Normal. Then the Brothers Bishop take the stage Sunday June 22nd for a tribute to the Sun City Girls and Charles Grocher (r.i.p.). Tuesday June 24th is the Silver Apples! And Thursday June 26th is Grails and my pals Spectre Folk. Good times.
Endless Boogie plays Mercury Lounge on June 17th with Meg Baird of Espers and Arbouretum. Followed by a show Friday June 20th at the Glasslands with Coconuts and Lights. Right on.
I was recently mesmerized by my pal Theo Angell’s video vignettes Hillybilly Modern, created during his 2006 residency at Caldera. It’s full of snowglobe worlds, electric rainbow dancers and hillbilly happenings… Since it is not available online I thought I’d share another of Theo’s brilliant body of video animations. Deerling is a collaboration with Finnish psychedelic folktress Jonna Karanka of Kuupuu.
This weekend Oneida plays their 2005 record The Wedding accompanied by a string quartet and backup singers at The Kitchen. With the Might Robot AV Squad setting the scene and Nick Hallett stage directing the show is sure to be prog/psych rock opera blowout.
Etsy founder Rob Kalin and I headed to Nashville a few weeks ago to meet luthier James Peters of Armor Guitars. We had a fine time visiting with James and his family. Drank a bunch of whiskey, played music and took in the beautiful scenery of their private little Shangri Las.
Check out the rest of the Armor Guitars videos on Etsy here and here.
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