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Shadow got in a rose bush. And I found a strange beehive.

It was cute, everything she does is cute, but an angry bird didn't think it was so cute.

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I found some lost or thrown-away books on the bank of the Industrial Canal.

These are past saving, which is too bad, because I remember really liking Henry Reed Inc.

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Calling Dr. Love.

A bit more Weird Al than I intended but I guess that’s okay.

cartoons karaoke KISS Calling Dr. Love

I participated successfully in an arts market.

I made one sale, which is one more than I was expecting.

art painting Louisiana Arabi St. Claude Avenue Many-Eyed Monster Aimee S. Arts Park signage, lack of

I'm going to be in an art market April 11 at the Arts Park in Arabi, Louisiana.

I don't believe I've ever participated in an outdoor group show like this.

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I had to look for a place to sleep.

They've never done this before.

cats Buddy Shadow

Burn rubber on me.

The GAP Band could make a great video with a hundred-dollar budget, or a hundred-thousand-dollar budget.

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I saw The Wedding Present and Mark Robinson.

The Wedding Present was the draw, but a few people had to be excited to see "Mark Robinson plays Unrest". I was.

shows New Orleans Gasa Gasa The Wedding Present Rachael Wood David Gedge Christopher Hardwick _Seamonsters_ (Wedding Present album) Mark Robinson Unrest Discogs Melanie K. Wade Hammett Alec V. guitars capo

I made, and illustrated, a short shopping list.

I made this whole fancy shopping list, and I went to the store, and you know what I _didn't_ get?

sketches cabbage groceries

I found my "lost" ratchet straps; that's pretty exciting.

I did have to untangle the ones I found, which worked for two out of the four.

notes trucks ratchet straps Lowe's failure

Drew a tribute to Jersey.

I've never been to this place but it sounds romantic.

cartoons karaoke Frankie Valli My Eyes Adored You Barnegat Bridge and Bay

I dreamed I went for a hike in the woods, with an unsettling denouement.

You won't believe how it ended.

dreams hikes woods Greek salad

I dreamed I was an architect whose client had robotic AI assistants.

The assistants were indistinguishable from people, except their feelings were more easily hurt, and they had to be in physical contact with the person they were assisting at all times.

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I saw Chef Menteur, Spaghetti Heist, and Brewing Means at Holy Diver.

Also found myself standing between two of my exes for a while.

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Cartooned an R.E.M. song.

I bought a copy of Fables Of The Reconstruction for $5 but it had a lot of invisible skips.

cartoons karaoke R.E.M. Fables Of The Reconstruction Can't Get There From Here skipping records

I took a little walk in Arabi.

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I like the sketches I do while I'm busy doing something else.

Doodles, really.

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Buddy took to sleeping in the bathroom sink for two days.

I'll just post one picture.

cats Buddy bathrooms

Saw Shonali and Marcellus at Anthony DelRosario's gallery.

rock shows Anthony DelRosario Nola 'Nacular signpainting Shonali Bhowmik Marcellus Hall Jasper Patch

I added a t-shirt to my Cotton Bureau store.

I like their shirt quality better than Redbubble, I think.

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Eleventy is changing its name, among other things, and I don't love it.

Maybe it's just gatekeeping, but I'm not looking forward to an Eleventy ecosystem that caters more to the end clients than the developers. Catering to clients is the developer's job!

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Rel and Melanie hosted a birthday party for me, with karaoke.

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I made a new 'zine, Let's Go Karaoke 4: Karaoke Sketches Mar 2025 - Jan 2026.

You can just ask me for one, or sign up for my newsletter.

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I saw an incredible sunset on the levee (as frequently happens).

It's too hard for me to edit these shots, so here come all of them.

The Levee sunsets Rel

Buddy and Shadow shared the bed on a cold morning.

And Shadow pulled the blanket over herself.

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I need photos of people doing karaoke, you got any?

The sillier the better, but I guess that's obvious.

crtoons karaoke pleas to readers

I dreamed I was the point person for a secret intra-office sports league.

I knew all there was to know about the sport, except for what it was.

dreams imaginary sports Spelling Bee Queen Bee pasta

I painted a painting called "Stop Laughing".

Painting called "Stop Laughing" by David Rhoden of boy wearing a shirt bearing the number 69, and a cartoon word balloon staying stop laughing.

paintings laughing 69 numerology

I found a record I'd been low-key hunting for: the Bugsy Malone soundtrack.

I didn't really have to have it since I know most of it by heart. I'm glad to have it though.

records crate-digging thrifting New Orleans Bugsy Malone Paul Williams Jodie Foster Freaky Friday Discogs

I went to the Mardi Gras.

I never remember to take pictures. Please don't consider this the definitive Mardi Gras experience.

New Orleans Mardi Gras Yip Yips curly-haired cats googly eyes Caesar Meadows

Buddy and Shadow posed for their school pictures.

A somewhat rare detente.

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Cartooned a bit from a Wings song that has been inhabiting my ear.

cartoons karaoke Paul McCartney & Wings Nineteen Hundred and Eighty Five _Band On the Run_ A Super-Spectacular Day

Stop laughing at my sixty-nine t-shirt.

Who let this happen.

sketches cartoons sixty-nine

I made a box to tidy up my comics, zines, and 7-inch records.

It didn't tidy them much. Trey said "corralled, maybe".

315 Tricou furniture DIY records comic books zines

Collecting up some sketches.

Just posting some sketches that don't belong anywhere else.

sketches gnomes Chuck Taylors sighs xeroxlore DILLIGAF?

I made a small table out of lumber scraps.

My new cat Shadow instantly adopted it.

tables furniture DIY cats Shadow

Shadow wore a collar for the first time.

It wasn't that hard to get it on her. Maybe she understands what I mean by it.

cats Shadow 315 Tricou Street collars Walmart

Cartooned a woman in seasonally appropriate clothing depressing everybody at a party.

Fools, said I, you do not know.

cartoons karaoke Simon & Garfunkel The Sound Of Silence

I painted a chap.

I don't know what else to call it. Or him.

paintings Chap

I dreamed I got a flat tire on my bike but it worked out O.K.

At this point I had to put my bike on my back and climb up a narrow, slippery metal thing, like an air duct.

dreams climbing things bicycles Pop hobby shops

Took a lot of pictures of my cats.

I'm sure I did other things too.

315 Tricou Street cats Buddy Shadow porches

My artwork got vandalized, but I repaired it.

art skeletons vandalism repair work Ninth Ward Rel

I went to a party.

The occasion was "Mari Lwyd", a Welsh holiday where someonw wears a cloak and a horse skull on their head.

parties Ariel Mari Lwyd horse skull Ninth Ward

My skeleton art got wrecked by a deranged person.

I think I have it almost put back together.

art vandalism Rel skeletons

I saw a beautiful thing today.

I saw a man on St. Roch avenue, near St. Claude. He was pushing a yellow Dollar General shopping cart full of unidentifiable junk.

stories cats Christmas St. Roch Avenue

Christmas is the time to say I love you, and to draw cartoons.

I never take a vacation.

cartoons karaoke What Child Is This? Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town

Some people had a pretty good looking fire on the banks of the Mississippi.

They had some kind of shelter built down there, like somebody planned to stay overnight.

The Levee fire bonfires cruise ships walking

Thrill me to the marrow.

This song sucks enough for four songs.

cartoons karaoke C,S,N, & Y Suite: Judy Blue Eyes

Caught Don Wayne's act at Dodie's, a club I had no idea existed.

Don Wayne released a single on Swan Records in 1957.

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I made tuna salad with albacore tuna.

Albacore tuna is thought to be more elegant than the cheap kind (chunk light!) but doesn't taste as good.

food tuna fish albacore tuna chunk light tell-tale signs cats

Kind of a different direction, karaoke-wise.

The words took up all the room.

karaoke Doobie Brothers Black Water ponys

I went to see three jazz groups at Saturn Bar and I didn't even hate it.

None of them said what the names of their groups were but two of the three were quite pleasant to listen to.

shows jazz Saturn Bar Loyola

I installed a spigot in my backyard shed.

It's something I'd been contemplating for years I guess.

home improvement 315 Tricou Street sheds

She never lost her head.

cartoons karaoke Lou Reed Walk On the Wild Side

I thought that they were angels.

Set an open course for the virgin sea.

cartoons karaoke Styx Come Sail Away Margaritaville

On the occasion of Hallowe'en...

...and in commemoration of the expected catastrophic famine on Earth in 2038.

posts notes paintings Hallowe'en crop failure glow-in-the-dark skeletons Rel Farrar

Caught another possum eating the cat food.

I've been disturbing this possum nightly all week as he or she goes about the business of eating bugs and such in my yard, but tonight it decided to come bug me instead.

possums cat food 315 Tricou Street

Mars ain't the kind of place to raise your kids.

And there's no one there to raise them if you did.

cartoons karaoke Elton John misheard lyrics

I ran so far away.

Your store could use some fixin'.

cartoons karaoke A FLock Of Seagulls I Ran

Changes come around real soon.

Make us women and men.

cartoons karaoke Jack and Diane John Cougar

A two-karaoke cartoon day.

The Rolling Stones may be the world's most absurd lyricists. But so is "M".

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I painted my front porch.

I didn't take any before pictures, but I bet I have a couple by accident.

New Orleans 315 Tricou painting

I asked that my bags be zipperooed, without much prompting.

The fellow checking out in front of me at Canseco's brought his own insulated bag, for ice cream and the like, you know.

Canseco's groceries insulated bags zipperoo

Drew a karaoke cartoon.

It's magic, you know.

cartoons karaoke Pilot It's Magic

I did two more karaoke cartoons.

I decided to just turn on the radio and draw the next funny lyric I heard. I hope this one was funny enough.

cartoons karaoke The Rolling Stones Hamilton, Joe Frank & Reynolds It's Only Rock and Roll Fallin' In Love

Cartooned a song I'd just as soon never hear again.

It's easy to confuse one Air Supply song with another. They'll all stick in your ear though.

cartoons karaoke Air Supply The One That You Love

Heard a song in the car and cartooned it as soon as I got home.

I'm suddenly a fan of this song.

cartoons karaoke Rod Stewart Young Turks

I went to the shopping center in Chalmette and took a look inside Deals.

I was a bit interested in some bookshelf speakers but I opened the box and there was just a Conair hairdryer inside.

Louisiana Chalmette Deals shopping Zapato Shoe Boston Converse All-Stars Conair hairdryers

I drew a cartoon based on a lyric that suddenly seemed absurd to me.

Though all these karoke cartoons are of lyrics that seem absurd to me.

cartoons karaoke The Clash Straight To Hell

Coming back from this year's regatta was like evacuating in reverse.

I guess every car from New Orleans was on the way back, or else the new Buc-ee's on I-10 got people that excited.

Fourth of July regattas Mobile Spanish Fort Alabama traffic 1993 Ford Ranger Barnes & Noble Jurassic Park

I returned to Pensacola for yet another regatta.

And again, I didn't sail.

Pensacola Florida regattas

The fireworks on the levee were subdued this year.

I'd like to think the quiet night was a protest against the Fascist regime but it was probably because the cost of fireworks was high this year.

sunsets The Levee fireworks Fourth of July

Drew a guy and he kind of looked like a camp counselor.

He maybe looks sinister or weird, but looks can be deceiving.

sketches camp camp counselors Boyd-Buchanan Day Camp religious schools

Clean Is Safe.

On the Alabo Street Wharf

The Levee Alabo Street Wharf safety signage stencils walks

I sketched a guy sitting and thinking.

He turned out to look enough like me that I decided it was me.

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I dreamed I was talking with my pop.

I dreamed I was talking to my mom as well.

dreams Grady Judy parachuting boats Legos

I drew a cartoon about an imagined future.

Or maybe it's someone's unimagined present.

cartoons karaoke elderly people Procol Harum A Whiter Shade Of Pale

I washed one of my oldest paintings.

It needed it.

paintings luchadors

I drew a karaoke cartoon while I was supposed to be doing something else.

Life is what happens when you're busy making other plans.

cartoons karaoke Hey Ya OutKast Andre 3000

Owner Of A Lonely Heart.

Karaoke cartoon.

cartoons karaoke Yes Owner Of A Lonely Heart

I replaced the XTerra in Chattanooga with a 1993 Ford Ranger.

220,000 miles already, but the price was right.

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Said goodbye to my XTerra.

I was getting close to Birmingham when I started to hear a ticking sound coming from the right side of the motor.

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I dreamed I went to a "rock and roll weekender".

I met tons of cool girls who had boyfriends I didn't meet.

dreams cool girls Pavement (band) Stephen Malkmus WFMU credit cards

I did a cartoon about a song that has puzzled me ever since Manfred Mann wrote it.

I love the song, the Springsteen version anyway. We always wondered what "wrapped up like a douche" meant.

karaoke cartoons Blinded By the Light Bruce Springsteen Manfred Mann's Earth Band

I did a cartoon about family tradition.

You don't hear this one for ages, but you never stop hearing it. It's always around.

karaoke cartoons weddings Family Tradition Hank Williams, Jr.

The Stacks play with Happy Talk at Checkpoint Charlie's.

Happy Talk at 9, Stacks at 10

rock shows The Stacks Happy Talk Band Checkpoint Charlie's New Orleans

Buddy enjoyed the garden.

I don't know; it's just completely overgrown.

cats Buddy 315 Tricou Street

My new band, for now called The Unbelievables, played our first show at a house party in Destrehan, Louisiana.

We had to sing "Happy Birthday" to a little tyke (Andrew started it).

shows Destrehan The Unbelievables Scott Wagner Formosan termites Happy Birthday

I did a cartoon about a song I dislike.

I like "Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time" a lot. This one not so much.

karaoke cartoons Christmas Happy Xmas (War Is Over) John Lennon & Yoko Ono Simply Having A Wonderful Christmas Time

I saw someone's offering on the levee.

The Levee offerings flowers coins

I didn't vote and look what happened.

What difference could it make if I missed it?

elections sickness Orleans Parish taxes

I dreamed I went to New York City with a cat and a kitten.

I was traveling with some kind of group in a fifteen-passenger bus.

dreams NYC Japanese stationery Kosher restaurant cats Buddy sickness

Saw Josh Lee Hooker's Nite Nurse play a great show at Euclid Records.

Josh is a funny guy, very witty, but he takes the rock seriously as gospel.

Josh Lee Hooker Nite Nurse Nick Ray Euclid Records

I did a karaoke cartoon of a Slick Rick song that might be kind of obscure.

When I worked at Cat's Records (1985 or so) many, many people asked when the new Slick Rick was coming out.

cartoons karaoke Children's Story Slick Rick Cat's Records Doug E. Fresh

I drew a cartoon of a man singing an old R.E.M. tune.

I had the 12" single with the acoustic version, might have been the same one.

cartoons karaoke R.E.M. Don't Go Back To Rockville

Buddy was king of all he surveyed.

Just Buddy absolutely enjoying his princedom, or principality, or what you will.

cats Buddy 315 Tricou Street Holy Cross New Orleans

I drew a karaoke cartoon of a girl singing "Punk Rock Girl".

Your store could use some fixin'.

cartoons karaoke The Dead Milkmen Punk Rock Girl Mojo Nixon

I drew a karaoke cartoon of a Captain & Tennille song.

Young and beautiful, but someday your looks will be gone.

karaoke cartoons Captain & Tennille Love Will Keep Us Together

Went to Kajun's to do karaoke with Andrew and ChanDella.

Andrew knocked out the crowd with his (single edit) "Thunder Road".

karaoke Kajun's Andrew ChanDella New Orleans St. Claude Avenue Thunder Road To Love Somebody

Saw Silver Synthetic at BJ's Lounge.

It was a beautiful Saturday night, and there were twice as many people at the show than could fit in the bar at once.

Silver Sythetic Chris Acker BJ's Lounge New Orleans Bywater Beachwood Sparks Apples In Stereo

Saw a really good puppet show performed on the levee.

The String & Shadow puppeteers perfomred their original play _A Night At The Grand Opera_.

puppets String & Shadow Night At The Grand Opera (puppet show) revolutionaries The Levee New Orleans Louisiana

dreamed I moved to a friendly shared living space.

The biggest conflict was I didn't want to go to the hardcore matinees in the disused storefronts in our urban neighborhood.

dreamed communes lofts hardcore matinees

I painted a woman in workout clothes.

I wanted to have someone to talk to.

paintings loneliness women workout clothes

Drew a little karaoke hit by the Human League.

That much is true.

karaoke The Human League Don't You Want Me, Baby?

I painted a new purple organic form.

Another organic form.

painting organic forms purple

I went to a good gallery opening on Magazine Street.

It was for Megan Whitmarsh's "In The Year 2525". Saw a lot of people from my past.

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I figured out who's been digging all the little holes in my backyard.

He or she is a really fast worker. There are deadly little traps all over the place back there.

armadillos wildlife 315 Tricou New Orleans

I got some paintings back that I thought were long gone.

Eleven years later! I was thrilled to get them back.

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I watched the Super Bowl halftime featuring Kendrick Lamar.

There was an ad on the Super Bowl about Chevron drilling in the "Gulf of America" and I was too disgusted to leave the TV on.

Super Bowl Kendrick Lamar Samuel L. Jackson Uncle Sam Spike Lee NFL Drake Donald dance Oompa Loompas

Buddy went out in the snow for the first time in his life.

It snowed in New Orleans. I let Buddy out in it.

cats Buddy 315 Tricou snow New Orleans

I drew a karaoke singer I was really pleased with.

Not many people could identify this song, but that's not my problem.

karaoke America (the group) "Tin Man" (song)

I dreamed I went back to college in New Hampshire.

dreamed New Hampshire Manchester convenience stores swimming

I drew a karaoke of a man singing The Spy Who Loved Me.

Baby, you're the best.

karaoke Carly Simon The Spy Who Loved Me

I'm very disappointed about the election, and how the media lied to us and made us think Harris had a chance.

Apparently the Harris campaign thought that instead of motivating the base they could get fifteen million Republicans like this one pictured here to stand in line to vote Democrat.

2024 Election elections Kamala Harris Donald Trump media voter suppression voter turnout Elon Musk Vladimir Putin

I repaired my old red guitar.

For a guitar that was basically in the trash it's starting to look like an instrument somebody cares about.

guitars guitar repair Norma Masonite

Saw the sunset from the Mississippi River levee.

Sunsets seen from the levee are more dramatic when there are clouds in the sky but I felt like taking pictures anyway.

The Levee sunsets

I went walking on the levee and snapped a sympathy card-worthy sunset.

The Levee sunsets New Orleans

I found an adolescent possum in my kitchen.

I opened the front door and turned out the lights, hoping she’d be brave enough to leave before Buddy came home (though he has no interest in possums, no play value).

possums urban wildlife New Orleans 315 Tricou Street Buddy

We waited for Hurricane Francine.

This one knocked our power out for a day.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street hurricanes Francine movies

Buddy thought a package of books was food.

It sounded like food.

cats Buddy New Orleans 315 Tricou Thriftbooks Thomas Berger

Buddy got home from surgery very groggy.

Basically he couldn't stand up yet right after the surgery.

cats Buddy surgery recovery from surgery

The Stacks play Saturday, July 13, 2024, at Poor Boys Bar in New Orleans, Louisiana, opening for Mercyland.

End of the tour.

note notes rock Stacks New Orleans Louisiana Poor Boys St. Bernard Avenue Mercyland

The Stacks play Friday, July 12, 2024, at the Intracoastal Club in Houma, Louisiana, opening for Mercyland.

Our first time playing in Houma.

note notes rock Stacks Houma Louisiana Intracoastal Club Mercyland

Buddy was ready to go out.

He's ready, but I'm not.

cats Buddy eye surgery

Buddy's eye sutures still looked good.

cats Buddy eye surgery

I dreamed I saw a scary movie and then had a bad experience at a bookstore.

dreams Steve McQueen Roy Scheider computer books subway boogers

Buddy's eye is still healing.

cats Buddy eye surgery

Buddy's eye looked better.

cats Buddy eye surgery

Buddy continued to heal after his eye surgery.

He really refused to wear the cone at this point.

cats Buddy eye surgery

Buddy got in the bass drum again.

He looked pretty comfortable in there.

cats Buddy The Stacks drums 315 Tricou War of the Worlds

Buddy healed after his eye surgery.

He seemed to feel so much better after having his eye removed.

cats Buddy eye surgery

Buddy rested, three days after his eye surgery.

Buddy's acting more like himself, in that he's lying on the bed instead of under it (something he never did before).

cats Buddy 315 Tricou surgery

Stacks play Thursday, June 27 at Holy Diver with Luxurious Faux Furs and Blue Shades.

June 29, 2024. 9 - 12 p.m.

news music New Orleans Louisiana Holy Diver Luxurious Faux Furs Blue Shades shows

Buddy had surgery to remove his left eye and to remove melanoma from his right eye.

It was a scary and sad time but he'll be all right.

cats Buddy New Orleans Dr. Paul DaCosta surgery

Last picture of Buddy with his left eye.

This was so sad, and a dreadful time for us.

Buddy eyes cats New Orleans 315 Tricou Dr. Paul DaCosta

Stacks play a Saturday night in June at Pirogue's Whiskey Bayou.

June 15, 2024. 8 - 10 p.m. (Strictly observed.)

news music New Orleans Arabi Louisiana Pirogue's Whiskey Bayou shows

I read this very good memoir by Paul Sahre, "Two-Dimensional Man".

He's about my age. It inspired me to write a memoir, but I don't know if it would be as funny as this one.

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Buddy has glaucoma and melanoma in his eyes, but he'll be okay.

Close to a month after I took this picture, Buddy got a diagnosis. He has glaucoma in his left eye (the one to the viewer's right).

Buddy cats 315 Tricou vision Dr. Paul DaCosta

I dreamed I went to a beautiful courthouse.

Everything was nice and clean, everyone was nicely dressed.

dreams utopias

I saw Echo and The Bunnymen at the Joy Theater.

The band went on at least thirty minutes late, leaving us to just stand there while a stagehand tuned the guitars about thirty times.

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I got a big order of Japanese pens.

I love these (mostly) cheap Japanese pens. I have a few too many.

pens Japan bookmarks

Stacks played with Happy Talk at Checkpoint Charlie.

Excellent crowd, excellent sound.

rock shows The Stacks Happy Talk Checkpoint Charlie New Orleans note

Jane says she's done with Sergio.

He treats her like a rag doll.

cartoons karaoke Jane's Addiction Jane Says

I compiled a little booklet of my karaoke cartoons.

It's 24 pages, staple-bound. Laser printed on, let's see... 20lb copy paper. Good stuff. It's black-and-white, but so are the originals.

note note karaoke zines illustration cartoons

I dreamed I went to a remote cafeteria.

dreamed Dune biking cafeterias

A snake made itself comfortable in front of the house.

They're overall harmless but they will bite. Mostly they're good at getting away.

315 Tricou New Orleans snakes black racer Crystal note

Went to see Sunrise:Sunset at Siberia.

note shows rock Sunrise:Sunset Tom Beeman Ray Surinck Siberia Alec Vance Jeanne Stallworth

I saw the band Omni at Siberia.

Bands from Atlanta aren't usually as audience-friendly as these guys were.

rock shows Omni Siberia Alec Vance now

I saw another mystery kite in the same place as yesterday.

I took another walk on the levee this afternoon, and once again there was a kite being flown by no one.

kites The Levee notes

Saw a bird I couldn't name while walking on the levee.

I think it's a Missisippi Kite, but maybe it's too big for that?

The Levee birds walking New Orleans kites note

Buddy and Otter watched out for me.

Buddy has already accepted that whatever happens is fate. Otter, on the other hand, never learns anything.

cats Buddy Otter 315 Tricou New Orleans

Got a picture of Buddy and Otter being friends.

Gina always said they're more like frenemies, but look at this.

notes cats Buddy Otter 315 Tricou Street

Buddy let me see his cloudy eye.

Buddy finally let me get a picture of his cloudy eye.

cats Buddy eyesight veterinarians 315 Tricou New Orleans note

Shadow was camouflaged on the roof of my car.

She lives down the street, but she eats food here.

Shadow Blackie Redondo Beat Holy Diver notes cats

I just need the exact date something changed. Is that so much to ask from a computer?

The computer could easily tell me the exact date, but the people programming the app want it to seem friendly.

noates date formatting relative dates gripes CloudCannon Sublime Merge

A few words about Dexter Romweber.

If you go listen today, please note how a lot of it is garage/rock/rockabilly, but a lot of it isn't.

Dexter Romweber Flat Duo Jets Knoxville Arnold's New Orleans Hi-Ho Lounge All-Night Movers note rock

Dreamed: a trip to a thrift shop.

I was an adult, basically present-day me, but I was starting a new school and I had an advisor, and we went to the mall.

dreams thrift shops

The Stacks play January 25 at Holy Diver (the old Sidney's Saloon).

With Redondo Beat and Luxurious Faux Furs.

note rock shows Holy Diver Redondo Beat Luxurious Faux Furs

The Stacks played with Mercyland in Athens, Georgia.

It was a good show

rock shows The Stacks Mercyland Georgia Athens Nowhere Bar note

Did my once-a-year poster design.

I had just one day to do it so, if you find it derivative of my early works, maybe that's why.

note note Gina Phillips Sister Street Fest show prints shows posters

Can I still call myself a painter?

note note One Fat Summer Robert Lipsyte painting shaky hands

I visited Splash 'n Chill island.

I spent the weekend of the Fourth in Pensacola.

note note Perdido Bay Pensacola Florida Fourth of July Dana D.

I took a picture of Daisy.

We would go on walks and I would give her quarter-pound balls of hamburger meat.

dogs Daisy hamburger

Buddy relaxed on the work table.

Buddy looks like he's thinking about work, but, like me, hes mostly wondering when lunch is.

cats Buddy 315 Tricou

I did another karaoke cartoon eperiment.

I found this lost cartoon in a box of paint tubes on January 5, 2026.

cartoons karaoke The Go-Go's Our Lips Are Sealed

I drew a karaoke cartoon, and promptly hid it from myself.

I found this in a box in 2026. I think this might have been one of the first ones.

cartoons karaoke Simon & Garfunkel The Sound Of Silence gouache

I did a new painting, of a critter saying "Aah".

Aah not pictured.

New Orleans 315 Tricou paintings notes

I saw St. Lorelei at Siberia.

Very good band, soon to be replaced for some reason.

rock shows St. Lorelei Siberia Alec Vance Marcus Bronson

The first cold day of the year.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street The Levee Buddy cold weather

I went to a bonfire and sat with a dog.

Early November, cool enough for a bonfire.

Gina Daisy bonfires

Notes for September 9, 2022: I kept up my two-mile walks for another day.

I found some artifacts on the levee.

note note New Orleans bullets The Levee walking Gina

I've been walking two miles a day now for a week.

note New Orleans The Levee sunsets PAC Achernar Carnival Valor ships earphones

I hung out with Happy Talk Band and other friends at Pirogue's.

rock New Orleans Arabi Pirogue's Whiskey Bayou Happy Talk Band Gina

I painted a typical man.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street paintings

A cat slept in my bed. It wasn't my cat.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street cats Otter Buddy

I dreamed I saw a sandpiper try to eat a frog, and other things.

dreams New Orleans Hank's Saloon sandpipers frogs guitars sexism

I had a late summer fire. Nature decided to come in the house.

note New Orleans fires frogs mantids

I walked Daisy and we found an offering of rotting fruit.

note New Orleans Gina Daisy dogs The Levee

I dreamed my car rolled into a river.

dreams Ford LTD restaurants Sara Chattanooga

Buddy got in the bass drum.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street Buddy cats

I had possibly the most intense dream of my life.

dreams art the end of the world seven enormous gray cloud-balloons Korean food SSRIs cousins dental problems New York City Long Island

I used photo editing software to create a Nancy comic strip.

Nancy Sluggo Affinity Photo photo editing Facebook

Buddy slept in the sunlight.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street Buddy cats

I took pills that made my dreams feel very real.

dreams Zoloft depression drugs school Philip Seymour Hoffman

I dreamed I went to a gun shop in the mall.

dreams guns Jack White Bread (the group)

I tested positive for COVID.

I would say I had a mild case, but it also seemed to last for a month.

note New Orleans sickness medication anti-depressants Zoloft COVID tests

I found a bird's nest partly made of tape.

Perfect nest, no egg inside.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street birds nests Chalmette Goodwill thrifting

I dreamed my sister told me web work was now a professional business, and I wasn't qualified to do it.

dreams Beverly Pop web work education

An anole came in the house.

Maybe Buddy brought him in. Anyway, he escaped unharmed.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street wildlife lizards anoles

The Stacks played the Saturn Bar on a rainy Thursday night.

New Orleans rock Saturn Bar The Stacks

Stacks played the Saturn Bar on a stormy Spring night.

New Orleans Saturn Bar The Stacks weather Covid-19

I caught Buddy.

This big ol' scamp is growing on me.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy

I developed a pretty good Absurdle strategy.

note games Absurdle Scrabble strategy

The Stacks and Rabbit Hatch play at Sidney's Saloon.

It's a reunion for Rabbit Hatch, who last played in 2005.

rock The Stacks Rabbit Hatch Gina PJ Christie Ross Karsen Jakob Rosenzweig Zach Sidney's Saloon New Orleans

Buddy brought home a friend to play.

I caught and released the friend.

New Orleans Buddy snakes

Went for a bike ride with Gina.

We went about ten miles.

New Orleans bikes Industrial Canal Gina

Gina and I visited with Ben and Kathleen.

I tried on Kathleen's Mardi Gras mask.

New Orleans Gina Ben E. Kathleen K. masks

Went with Gina to the Bon Temps and played pool with friends from Florida.

New Orleans Gina Dana D. Jon Le Bon Temps Rouler bars pool

Went with Gina to see Lonnie Holley at the Music Box Village.

New Orleans Gina Music Box Village St. Claude Bridge Lonnie Holley

Happened on a train-trailer collision in Arabi.

trains accidents Arabi Louisiana

We had a great return to Mardi Gras.

I hurt my foot though, and couldn't really walk the next day.

New Orleans Mardi Gras Gina Tyvek suits Great Stuff The John

We saw Whiskeybutt.

New Orleans rock The Compound Whiskeybutt John Calhoun Gina

I tested negative for COVID.

I guess I got the symptoms for nothing.

New Orleans Covid-19

Gina and I played analog Wordle.

I had misplaced my phone but it was Wordle time so Gina set me up with the analog version.

New Orleans Wordle games Gina

Golden Ray played a house party on Magazine Street.

We were supposed to play on the front porch but some lady freaked out.

New Orleans rock house shows Golden Ray Magazine Street Greg D.

finally finished this painting of a Unimog.

The more I worked on it the simpler I made it.

New Orleans paintings Unimog

I got some dwarf bottlebrush shrubs for Gina.

The lady who sold them looked at me like I was too dumb to care for a plant.

New Orleans Gina stories birthdays plant stores

We went to the Michael Aaron/Billy Ding Memorial in Bywater.

I knew and liked Michael a lot.

New Orleans Bywater Egg Yolk Jubilee Silver Synthetic Malevitus Happy Talk Band Luke Allen Marcus Bronson John Thiry Vaughan's Billy Ding Michael Aaron

Another bonfire at Gina's, with our little friends.

Oscar (who's not quite four) threatened us with "yummy soup and yummy alcohol".

Gina Oscar Sylvie S'mores fires bonfires

I misspelled a word, and it surprised me.

I'm really questioning everything now.

spelling New York Times

I dreamed I went for a walk in my tube socks.

I was walking on a slushy Brooklyn Street.

dreams Alan Matt Leslie Brooklyn tube socks

Gina gave buddy a cardboard scratcher for Christmas.

Gina Buddy cats Christmas cardboard

We had a Christmas bonfire at Gina's.

New Orleans Goldie Gina Christmas fires

Gina put up the traditional Christmas bamboo.

Gina Christmas bamboo

Gina and I visited Holt Cemetery again.

It's one of the most interesting places in New Orleans, though I guess you could say that about every graveyard.

New Orleans Gina cemeteries Holt Cemetery

Another look at my place on Tricou Street.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street panoramas

I saw two movies last week.

note note movies Charles Durning

Golden Ray practiced.

Recorded for the sake of an uncaring posterity.

New Orleans music rock Golden Ray

I'm 20,000 days old today.

I should have planned the party a little better.

age

My mom got out some old family photos.

I didn't have a scanner, this was the best I could do.

family photos Reeves family Jackson family Chattanooga Tennessee

Our lodgings were across the street from a neglected cemetery.

I climbed through a lot of briars and such to get up there and look around.

photos cemeteries Buck Knob Cemetery Dartmouth Street Chattanooga Tennessee

Saw Quintron and Miss Pussycat in Arabi.

The cops shut it down, it's a peaceful neighborhood.

rock New Orleans Quintron and Miss Pussycat Arabi Pirogue's Whiskey Bayou Bailee B. Gina mini muffulettas

Saw a house fire in the neighborhood, on Caffin Avenue.

New Orleans Caffin Avenue fires house fires

The Stacks and Unsound Check at Sidney's Saloon, November 19, 2021

New Orleans Stacks Unsound Check Sidney's Saloon

Just another bonfire.

I don't know why, I just like making a record of these.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street Gina fires bonfires

I made a new improved animation setup.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street lightbox animation

The Stacks played the Saturn Bar with Bad Misters.

rock The Stacks Bad Misters New Orleans Saturn Bar Chan Melanie Koch Aleksey Nelipa

Buddy turned on the lightbox.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy lightbox

Gina built a fire.

We've had so much stuff to burn.

New Orleans Sister Street fires bonfires

A raccoon tried to crash our bonfire.

fires raccoons Toyota Prius Hallowe'en jack o'lanterns Gina

I attended a bonfire on this date, but I'm not entirely sure where.

Are those somebody's jack-o'-lanterns in the distance?

bonfires Hallowe'en jack-o'-lanterns Gina

Gina went to City Hall and sent me a picture of a map.

The street names around here have changed since 1893.

note note Gina New Orleans maps City Hall 315 Tricou Street studio project Buddy

I took a picture of Buddy on the bed.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy

I had a solo bonfire.

Still getting rid of Ida debris.

note New Orleans 315 Tricou Street fires bonfires hurricanes Ida

I put new strings on my guitars.

I watched YouTube videos and now I don't know how to put the strings on anymore.

note New Orleans 315 Tricou Street guitars YouTube

I lost my leaf.

Gina and I were eating breakfast at Satsuma on Burgundy Street, and she said "You have a leaf on your shirt." I saw that it was true, it was perched on my left shoulder.

now leaves stories biking Gina New Orleans Satsuma Cast Away Wilson Tom Hanks sentimentality

I photographed a standing tire in the Holy Cross school parking lot.

Saw this lonely tire while biking around.

New Orleans Holy Cross biking photography

I made a pizza with ricotta and basil.

I was out of mozzarella.

New Orleans food pizza carbohydrates

Found some dumped tires, got my labs done, got lunch, and watched a Bengals game at Markey's Bar.

St. Bernard Hospital labs bars Markey's Bar Gina Cincinnati Brian Powers Chris football restaurants Jeanfreau's Paris Road Chalmette St. Bernard Parish 315 Tricou Street

We had a Monday evening bonfire at my place.

fires New Orleans 315 Tricou Street Gina Daisy

I saw Bipolaroid at Sidney's on a Sunday.

Also FR and a band from Brooklyn called TDA.

New Orleans shows Bipolaroid TDA FR Sidney's Saloon St. Bernard Avenue Saints

Our trash got picked up and we were excited about it.

Gina's trash hadn't been picked up since August 25, before Hurricane Ida.

New Orleans 819 Sister Street Gina Chesh cats garbage cops hurricanes Ida Sister Street Stage The Levee violence crime fires bonfires

An average day for Bubba.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy

I saw Julie Odell and Alex MacMurray at BJ's.

I don't know why it took so long for BJ's to start putting on shows in the yard.

New Orleans shows BJ's Lounge Julie Odell Alex MacMurray

We had a big bonfire to burn up the post-Ida fallen limbs.

I wanted a big fire and I got one.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street fires bonfires Gina Adam Farrington Nick Istas Hurricane Ida

I got started on a painting of a Unimog.

I took a picture of this wonder truck in Chattanooga last Thanksgiving.

paintings New Orleans 315 Tricou Street Buddy depression Trey

Buddy tried to help me with my Unimog painting.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street Buddy cats paintings Unimog

I dreamed about looking for a movie to watch.

The movies weren't the ones I'm used to.

New Orleans 315 Tricou dreams Cher

Gina and I played Mastermind.

We remembered most things the same.

New Orleans Sally

Buddy napped with me.

He fell out first.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy

We came home after Hurricane Ida to survey the damage.

There wasn't much.

hurricanes Ida 315 Tricou Street New Orleans Louisiana

Had lunch downtown with Beverly.

Took a little tour of her office afterward.

Chattanooga Beverly carbs

I got a catfish plate at Uncle Larry's in Chattanooga.

Tennessee Chattanooga Uncle Larry's Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard fish lost and found shoes

Trey and I went to Riceville, Tennessee, and stopped a couple places on the way.

We went to Ankar's, which had barely changed since 1985.

Chattanooga Tennessee Riceville Trey Ledford Tom Beeman Noy Souriyavong Eve and Chris H. Highway 58 Liquors saltpeter caves hiking Ankar's Hoagies delis Cat's Records Grady box wine stories

I took pictures of a wig shop on Market Street that looked about the same when I was in high school.

Back then we wouldn't have felt comfortable taking pictures.

Chattanooga Tennessee Market Street downtown Soul Man Shop wigs photography Judy Gina Bev Trey Ledford

I found a shed snake skin in my fire pit.

Which probably means there's a snake in my fire pit.

snakes bonfires New Orleans 315 Tricou Street

I dreamed I fell a hundred feet into the sea.

I had to climb a hundred foot ladder, then stand on the top rung with my other foot on the rig to reach the part I was working on.

dreams falling swimming

I dreamed I wanted to eat a basketball.

It worked out about as well as you'd expect. Maybe better.

dreamed basketball

Buddy and Otter went to the office.

I guess they got tired of working remotely and wanted to get back to the office.

New Orleans cats Buddy Otter

Saw Sunrise/Sunset at Portside Lounge.

It was part of Creepy Fest.

New Orleans Sunrise/Sunset Tom Beeman Ray Surinck Jay Steigner Portside Lounge Creepy Fest

Stacks played Sidney's Saloon with The Drupes.

The Drupes are just great.

rock The Stacks The Drupes Sidney's Saloon New Orleans

I went to the regatta in Pensacola but it rained.

It was nice to see everybody.

regattas Pensacola Florida fireworks barbecue Dana D.

Some of my art is in North Carolina.

Guarded by a cat.

cats painting Meeko North Carolina

I went to Tom and Noy's wedding.

I was sure it would storm, but it turned out really nice.

weddings Tom Beeman Noy Souriyavong

We took the bachelor out, and Gina found a kitten.

It would be a great story if they had happened in the same place.

weddings New Orleans Tom Beeman Pete Beeman Ray Surinck Noy S. Gina cats kittens Kentucky

Found a snazzy nest in Gina's yard.

Had some of the same striped tarp fiber that was in the last snazzy nest I saw.

Gina mockingbirds found nests Lower Ninth Ward Sister Street

The Stacks released the recordings we did with Andre Marquette.

Andre played drums and also engineered the recording.

New Orleans rock The Stacks Anything Helps Andre Marquette recording Bandcamp Covid-19

First flight in years.

I hate flying, especially Delta. Hard crosswords help, but only to a degree.

flying Chattanooga Atlanta puzzles crosswords animation

I took a walk around downtown Chattanooga.

It was a really hot Sunday, so somewhat deserted.

Tennessee Chattanooga downtown pavement Krystal Sara Nucleus

Dreamed I had some tasks to do in Paris, France.

I went to Paris with my family and boy what a mix-up.

dreams Paris

Saw some of Gina's work from college at the Ogden Museum Of Art.

She made this in 1993.

New Orleans Gina painting Ogden Museum of Art

Went to a bonfire in the Lower Ninth Ward with a horse.

Our friend is moving away but she had a little bonfire to let people say goodbye. And her horse came.

New Orleans bonfires horses Gina Maria L. Kathleen K. Ninth Ward

Attended Goatstock at a neighbor's house.

Stoo Odom was joined by a friend from San Francisco, Allison Lovejoy.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward Holy Cross Stoo Odom Allison Lovejoy goats Tom Lehrer

I dreamed a religious group took over my home to make a worship show.

I also punched some people.

dreamed Chattanooga Tim Allen

Buddy liked to rub his chin on an iPad.

He's about half my height when he stretches out.

Buddy Apple Computers

I cut down an old clothesline support and it was a lot harder than I thought it would be.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street labor power tools Buddy

Otter napped on my keyboard.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street keyboards Otter cats

I cleaned my Stratocaster.

Try to do this every ten years or so.

rock guitar Fender Stratocaster

My new band Golden Ray makes its re-re-scheduled debut.

Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps, only rescheduled.

New Orleans music rock Golden Ray George Wilde Lo Amps Sister Street Stage Andrew Donaldson Brian Tyranny Anthony Donato Tracy Kennan Gina

My new band Golden Ray makes its rescheduled debut.

Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps, only rescheduled.

New Orleans music rock Golden Ray George Wilde Lo Amps Sister Street Stage Andrew Donaldson Brian Tyranny Gina

Buddy found a new place to sleep.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy

My new band Golden Ray makes its debut.

Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps.

New Orleans music rock Golden Ray George Wilde Lo Amps Sister Street Stage Andrew Donaldson Brian Tyranny Anthony Donato Tracy Kennan

I made some shelves.

I made these specifically for unread books and charging electronics.

books making things New Orleans 315 Tricou Street

Another bonfire in my yard.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street fires bonfires

My neighbor Stoo has some goats.

He treats my house like it's his workplace.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward Holy Cross Stoo Odom goats

The debut of Golden Ray.

A new band rising from the ashes of the Stacks, who haven't actually burned down.

rock Golden Ray Brian Tierney Andrew Donaldson New Orleans Magazine Street Bandcamp Greg D.

Buddy and Otter stopped fighting for a minute.

These two generally torment each other all day.

New Orleans Tricou Street cats Buddy Otter

Otter came over for a nap on my work table.

This cat lives next door but he doesn't know that.

cats Otter New Orleans 315 Tricou Street

Dark sky in Arabi.

We've had a lot of cold strange weather.

weather Arabi Louisiana

Walked with Gina and Daisy on the canal bank.

Wearing our warm coats, kind of a rare thing in New Orleans.

Gina Daisy winter Sister Street Lower Ninth Ward

This was the extent of my beard.

Just before I shaved it.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street beard

I realized I hadn't read a lot of the books on my shelves.

The first step is admitting you have a problem...

New Orleans Tricou Street books

Gina's show, Shape-Memory, officially opened today.

Gina art Jonathan Ferrara Gallery Mike Smith

I animated a face.

Made with Procreate.

animation Procreate New Orleans Sister Street

What did this note mean?

I have no idea what this note-to-self meant, but I'm not looking for any pork rinds.

pork rinds Louisiana 315 Tricou Street

I painted a football player.

Kind of silly but I felt like it.

New Orleans 315 Tricou paintings Saints

I read a Charles Willeford book out loud to Gina.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward Sister Street books Charles Willeford New Hope For The Dead

Blender practice makes...?

I can learn this software a lot faster than my computers can.

animation Blender MacOS MacMini MacBook Pro software New Orleans

Painted a reporter.

A small one, about eleven inches high, the height of GI Joe or Barbie.

New Orleans paintings

Otter's been hanging out on the utility shelf.

He treats my house like it's his workplace.

New Orleans cats Otter

I finished painting a Rayco stumpgrinder.

New Orleans paintings stumpgrinder

Consider the stumpgrinder.

I think it's finished.

paintings stumpgrinder New Orleans

Organic form painting, again.

A small painting from a long weekend.

paintings pink organic forms New Orleans 315 Tricou

I dreamed about a strange thrift store.

The bat, which we had mistaken for a stuffed toy, came to and started chasing me around.

dreamed record player bat borborygmi

Animated metamorphoses.

Started drawing and didn't stop.

animation Rough Animator New Orleans

Burned Altima on Alhambra Street.

Being at the end of the parish, our street is often used as a garbage dump.

New Orleans 315 Tricou cars crime

Animated a clock face.

Might also be considered a current self-portrait.

animation Procreate New Orleans

I doodled on a banana tree.

The tree fell down in Hurricane Ida.

sketchbook hurricanes Ida

Painted a painting called Seriously.

Just something I was thinking about.

paintings New Orleans

Gina and I went to the Chalmette Battlefield.

I can't believe I'd never been.

Gina bikes New Orleans Chalmette

Gina got me exactly what I wanted for Christmas.

She heard me talk about More Zingers From The Hollywood Squares, I didn't know I was dropping a hint.

New Orleans Gina Christmas books Zingers Tony Arrieta

I saw an old Datsun driving around New Orleans with Japanese plates.

New Orleans cars Datsun 510

I dreamed a new Rod Stewart tune.

A classic record gets a new track.

dreamed Rod Stewart Choco Taco

Buddy posed for a picture.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy keyboards

Watched a sunset with a dog.

Gina's dog Daisy doesn't have a lot of fur.

Daisy Gina Sister Street Louisiana New Orleans

Painted a monster.

They said the quarantine would be a great time to get work done.

paintings monsters New Orleans quarantine

Buddy Long Legs.

He's available to model any hosiery you can get him to wear.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Buddy cats

Dreamed I was on tour.

I dreamed I was on tour with my band. We had a gig at a women's college. Also Betty.

dreams R.E.M. college Betty

Made an exhaust fan for Buddy.

I'm sad to say that this was necessary.

New Orleans cats Buddy

Saw a nifty slasher truck at the grocery store.

Saw this nifty but off-putting vehicle at Canseco's.

New Orleans Arabi Canseco's cars

Unimog!

Saw this great high-water truck in Chattanooga.

cars Chattanooga Unimog

Buddy on the porch.

Documenting the exciting life of an animal who puts up with me.

cats Buddy New Orleans 315 Tricou

Second COVID test.

I got exposed.

New Orleans Covid-19 urgent care Geoff Gauchet

Gina put on the Holy Cross Music Hang.

Gina put on a socially-distanced live music show.

New Orleans music Gina Malevitus Regenerator Gina Phillips and Friends Souvenaires Stoo Odom

First COVID test.

I got exposed.

New Orleans Covid-19

Gina was part of a small show at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.

First art show I'd seen druing the pandemic.

Gina art New Orleans Jonathan Ferrara Gallery

Couldn't sleep on Election Eve.

Just like on Christmas, or the night before a big trip, I stay up too late, supposedly getting organized.

Election 2020 sleep anxiety Lower Ninth Ward

Buddy and I learned a hard lesson about discipline.

In which I teach Buddy a lesson, but you know what? I learned a lesson of my own.

New Orleans Buddy cats biting discipline

I dreamed a trip home to Tennessee.

I was in Tennessee watching the New Orleans Saints play a team I didn't recognize.

dreams

Nature TV, featuring Hurricane Zeta

Gina and I watched the storm come in; it was beautiful.

New Orleans Gina hurricanes Zeta Sister Street

Sketched my feelings.

I doodle while I'm on the phone, a lot (if not always). Sometimes it's my better work.

New Orleans sketchbook drawing mental health

Otter in the garden.

Otter is the most entitled cat I've ever known, and that's saying a lot.

New Orleans Tricou Street Otter cats

Dreamed I learned something about fuel siphoning.

I learned an astonishing fact about Diesel fuel and its alternatives.

dreams

Found a free organ.

Imagine the planning that went into dumping this load in somebody's yard.

New Orleans Holy Cross organ

Buddy on the desk.

Just a good looking animal for your enjoyment.

cats Buddy New Orleans 315 Tricou

I grew a beard.

Report from the hermitage.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street beard

I made a little animation.

Just fooling around.

animation

I liked this brown truck.

Seen in Holy Cross. Gina knows who it belongs to but I don't.

cars New Orleans

Goodbye Froggy.

I really feel for this frog.

note note Gina TV Kentucky Happy and Froggy

Fooey.

fooey.

note note sketchbook fooey

I grew some nice jalapeños.

I couldn't use them up fast enough.

gardening jalapeños 315 Tricou Street

I painted a lighter.

Several commenters thought it was a golf bag.

paintings New Orleans

Buddy and Otter are frenemies.

Buddy is very patient, despite being the most food-motivated cat I've known.

note New Orleans Tricou Street Buddy Otter cats

A mystery is solved

My neighbor's odd behavior is explained, but it's more than that.

New Orleans Buddy Mr. Cuddles neighbors stories

Gina made some videos about her art.

Gina New Orleans Jonathan Ferrara Gallery

Oh my (and notes on Grand Theft Auto IV).

I'm doing all right, despite the pandemic. I am okay not seeing too many people. Saving money, I guess.

note note pandemic The Stacks Andre Marquette Grand Theft Auto IV

What's happening right now?

The Pandemic Reboot Independence Day Edition

note note Milton Glaser Grand Theft Auto IV static site generators Eleventy Wordpress Gina Phillips

Got my keyboard fixed.

Lewis d'Aubin got it done in an hour.

rock Lewis d'Aubin Consortium of Genius Casey MacAllister piano New Orleans

Influences: Milton Glaser.

Today was his ninety-first birthday but also his last day.

art influences Milton Glaser Lightnin Hopkins

Painted a lighter.

Inspired by a trip to Birdie's convenience store on Broad.

paintings New Orleans

Buddy on the backporch.

He's a gentle giant, except that he bites.

Buddy cats New Orleans

Found a levee offering.

Seen a few days after the death of George Floyd.

New Orleans The Levee offerings

Gina looked like a valentine.

Pink popsicle time.

New Orleans Gina

Stacks recorded in the studio.

Our drummer is moving away so we're recording while we can.

The Stacks rock recording Andrew Donaldson Andre Marquette New Orleans

Buddy interfered with my work.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward 315 Tricou Street cats Buddy keyboards

Bonfire.

burned up a lot of yard trash.

New Orleans Tricou Street bonfires fires

Buddy getting in a bucket.

Ignoring the peligro.

Buddy cats New Orleans 315 Tricou Street danger

Hot legs Buddy.

He's an enormous cat.

cats Buddy New Orleans karaoke Little Tokyo restaurants Georgia Satellites Rod Stewart stories

I grew a beard for the first time in my life.

Last time I got close was when I was laid up in the hospital in college.

New Orleans signs

Cats on a car on Douglass Street, Lower Ninth Ward.

This wouldn't be remarkable except when I see these cats I always look for Sally.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward Sally cats

I made some half-sour pickles.

Look out, Mr. Heinz!

New Orleans pickles food

Here are ten or twelve albums that really influenced me.

These aren't even necessarily the ones I listen to the most. These are the ones that "influenced" me.

rock records Chattanooga NTC

Standing on the levee near the sugar plant.

Showing off my pandemic facial hair and walking on the levee in Arabi.

The Levee Arabi

Mr. Manners.

Post-It sketch.

sketchbook Post-Its t-shirts

I got robbed, probably by some shady women.

they were living in a U-Haul van in front of the house; hindsight says I should have been more suspicious.

New Orleans crime Lower Ninth Ward Holy Cross Fender Jazz bass

Buddy offered a headbutt.

He's quite serious about it.

cats Buddy New Orleans Tricou Street

Our band had just started recording when the stay-at-home order came.

We're recording at our drummer's house. He's stuck living with all of me and Andrew's gear for a while.

The Stacks

We had a bonfire for Gina's birthday.

We burned up a stinky knifeblock.

New Orleans Sister Street Gina fires bonfires

Here's a picture of the inside of my house in New Orleans.

I seem not to change much in how I live.

New Orleans 315 Tricou apartments

Technicolor Gina.

Pretty typical palette.

Gina Harrison Avenue Lakeview New Orleans Louisiana Cerberus lunch coronavirus

Saw Tyler Keith and Redondo Beat at Santos, our last show before the pandemic.

rock New Orleans Santos Tyler Keith Tyler Keith and The Apostles Redondo Beat Gina Christine Gladney

I listened to Before The Next Teardrop Falls.

Once when I was a teenager, maybe fifteen, I answered the phone. It was my mom's mother, Grandma Vada. She asked me a question.

stories Freddy Fender Grandma Vada

We had a backyard bonfire.

We do a lot of these.

New Orleans Tricou Street bonfires Gina

This is in the warehouse across the street from me.

It's spooky in there even when you're alone because the wind blows the loose corrugated metal around.

street art Tricou Street New Orleans

The last picture of Sally.

I miss her so much.

New Orleans Sally

Morning fog on the Industrial Canal.

Gina and Daisy and I took a walk.

New Orleans Gina Daisy The Levee

I dreamed I found a scholarly brochure.

It told me something I didn't know about Houston.

dreamed Houston toasts

Buddy got in the dryer.

It was still pretty warm.

Buddy cats

The last good picture of Sally.

I have more recent pictures but this is the one I like.

cats Sally 315 Tricou Street Buddy

The Stacks played the Circle Bar with Chef Menteur and Good Sugar.

This was Court Batson's first appearance with Chef Menteur.

rock The Stacks New Orleans Circle Bar Chef Menteur Court Batson Alec Vance Dan Haugh Good Sugar

I made a pizza with brussels sprouts on it.

Brussels sprouts were trendy at the time.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street pizza Brussels sprouts

I played bass with Fore Day Creep at the Circle Bar.

Last time playing that bass on stage, it turns out

New Orleans Fore Day Creep Andrew Donaldson Brian Tierney Circle Bar

Buddy making biscuits.

Doing what he does best, or at least does most.

New Orleans Buddy cats

A soft daddy long legs, for lack of a better description.

A soft daddy long legs, for lack of a better description.

painting

A walk by the Mississippi in December.

Took a walk with Gina and P.J. to the riverbank. I guess the water was very low.

Gina Daisy New Orleans

I took a picture of a sign.

This was a kind of sign you could still see in downtown New Orleans in 2014.

New Orleans signs

I went to Chattanooga for Thanksgiving.

Joanne is the one taking the picture.

Chattanooga Thanksgiving Judy Beverly Pete Matt Joanne Trey Ledford Becca Gina

Went to this throwback diner in New Orleans.

I stopped in the Please-U Diner on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans.

food restaurants New Orleans

Found this offering on the levee.

An offering on the mississippi River levee in Holy Cross, New Orleans.

The Levee rituals New Orleans

Sally slept on the desk, as usual.

We were so happy then.

New Orleans Holy Cross Sally cats

Went to Kukhnya with Gina, Trey, and Becca.

A night out with Trey and Becca.

Gina New Orleans Kukhnya

Did some sketching.

Yuh huh.

New Orleans sketches

Bus.

This took forever to paint.

paintings New Orleans

Sally caught up on reading.

Those white socks.

New Orleans Tricou Street Sally cats books

Family Feud is the ultimate game show.

The gameplay is so perfect, and you always learn something about human nature.

Family Feud television

One day you're all yeah, the next day you're like no.

These cheery balloons spelled out "FUCK YEAH" for a day.

co-working Online Optimism

I found a snazzy nest.

Found out front under the cypress trees.

wild animals New Orleans 315 Tricou Street found nests Melanie Koch

I went to the 2019 regatta.

regattas Pensacola Florida

Saw a speckled king snake in the road.

Harmless, as long as you don't pick it up.

New Orleans Holy Cross snakes

Gina and I went to see Felice Brothers at Gasa Gasa.

They played the Undress album, pretty much in order.

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I made an animation rig.

I haven't used it enough.

New Orleans 315 Tricou Street animation

I animated a sasquatch.

I built a kind of a rig to put a camera above my work table.

New Orleans animation

I saw this anti-Trump truck in New Orleans.

Tailgate as billboard.

New Orleans trucks politics Trump

I went to open mic night at Old Arabi Bar.

I usually go with Andrew but I think I was on my own this time.

New Orleans shows Old Arabi Bar

Had a happy bonfire at Gina's.

Sorry if there are too many pictures of fires with no people on here.

New Orleans Gina Sister Street fires bonfires

Dreamed a movie trailer.

The film was called Knuttin' Bowl.

dreams movies

Funnin' around with Gina.

rock New Orleans Gina Sister Street

I attended Mardi Gras 2019, probably my last.

This was probably my last Mardi Gras.

Mardi Gras Gina Kathleen New Orleans

Showed some paintings at Bywater Bakery, sold one.

Shared the space with Karen Ocker.

paintings Give Me Your Money Law Stay Away Dominante Bywater Bakery Karen Ocker

I went to Galatoire's for an office Christmas party.

Kind of a strange place, really.

jobs parties Galatoires Online Optimism

Took a picture of a mosaic on the ground in the Garden District.

Seen on the sidewalk in front of a mansion on Jackson Avenue.

New Orleans walks

I started working at Online Optimism.

I was about twice as old as all the other kids there.

jobs Online Optimism New Orleans

Stacks played at Siberia with Rubber Maids and Egg Yolk Jubilee.

I made an animation to advertise the show.

New Orleans rock Rubber Maids Egg Yolk Jubilee The Stacks Siberia

The Stacks played the Circle Bar.

link to (excellent) Bandcamp recording in post

rock The Stacks Tom Beeman Andrew Donaldson Steve Walkup Circle Bar New Orleans

The Stacks played Siberia.

Here's the recording from that show.

rock The Stacks New Orleans Siberia St. Claude Avenue Tom Beeman

Sally investigated zinnias from our garden.

Gina asked me to plant these.

New Orleans Gina Sally 315 Tricou Street cats flowers

I found some marbles in my firepit.

I wonder if these are from the '20s or the '90s.

marbles New Orleans Tricou Street

The Stacks played at Gasa Gasa.

Great show. Really loud.

rock The Stacks New Orleans Gasa Gasa Andrew Donaldson Tom Beeman Steve Walkup St. Lorelei animation

I painted some rings.

The fluorescent paint? Very expensive.

paintings New Orleans 315 Tricou Street

I showed some paintings at Treasure Tattoo.

Nice place to show work.

art shows New Orleans Treasure Tattoo Jamie Ruth Stacey Colangelo St. Claude Avenue

Sally stretched on the bed.

Just looking at this picture reminds me how high my utility bills for this house were.

Sally cats New Orleans 321 S. Clark Street

Gina and I went to a dog track to watch the Kentucky Derby in Birmingham.

The Kentucky Derby fell on the day we were there and we went to the city dog track to watch it.

Gina horses dogs strangers Kentucky Derby Birmingham Alabama stories

Black racer on the fence.

A very long, very fast, dark gray snake.

Sally Otter snakes New Orleans

Gina's work tent failed in a storm.

Gina has this wedding tent to work under but maybe it wasn't meant to stay up in real bad weather.

Gina New Orleans Sister Street tents weather

Gina made a little bonfire.

New Orleans Gina Sister Street fires

Went with Gina up on the levee.

Just silhouettes, but you can tell who it is.

Gina New Orleans The Levee fog Nicola Wolf

I lived at 315 Tricou Street in New Orleans.

I moved to the Ninth Ward. Most of my pictures from this time are out of focus.

New Orleans Sally

Holy Cross Neighborhood Association.

This Holy Cross Neighborhood Association t-shirt has had a long run.

Gina New Orleans

Saw a cruise liner in my backyard.

Pretty common view when the river is high.

New Orleans The Levee cruise ships

We had a little pickin' party.

For my birthday we had a campfire and a pickin party.

parties New Orleans fakebooks

I costumed for Mardi Gras 2018.

I forgot to try hard.

New Orleans Mardi Gras Gina

Dreamed I was one of the all-stars in the Taco Bell All-Star game.

Another football dream.

dreams

Sally kept watch at 321 Clark Street.

I liked living here until I got the light bill.

New Orleans Mid-City Sally cats

I painted I'm Over It on a piece of cardboard.

I really was over it as far as my landlord was concerned.

paintings cardboard landlords 321 S. Clark Street

The Stacks played Sister Street Stage for the first time, before we named it that.

It was cold and the people that were there stayed around the fire.

New Orleans rock The Stacks Gina Benjamin Arthur Ellis Sister Street Stage Bandcamp barbecue parties fires

A gloomy shot from my backyard.

Captured my mood exactly.

New Orleans 321 Clark Street winter

Sketched Daisy, sitting on the couch with me.

Daisy is a skinny little pit bull Gina found on the levee.

Gina Daisy dogs sketchbook New Orleans

Too soon?

I like a lot of Prince music, but I can't stand his mid-tempo hits.

Prince music

Saw Huey Lewis and The News at Gretna Fest.

All Access, baby.

rock shows New Orleans ferries Ray S. Tom Beeman Noy S. Gary Wrong Huey Lewis and The News Sports (Huey Lewis and The News album) Gretnafest backstage passes "Hey Baby" (Bruce Channel song)

Sally enjoyed an AC/DC record.

Actually I think she's enjoying the sunbeam.

New Orleans Sally AC/DC records

I took pictures of my shed at 321 Clark Street in the rain.

Nice place to work. Too bad it flooded so much.

art New Orleans sheds 321 Clark Street Mid-City

I had a good shed on Clark Street.

I actually lived like this.

New Orleans Clark Street paintings sheds

I took a picture of a pickle.

I took a picture of a pickle on the pavement, with unintended consequences.

stories Google the internet pickles

Sally got in the weeds.

This yard was hard to control.

Sally cats New Orleans Clark Street

I saw the Wayne White exhibit at the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga.

A really fun show.

Wayne White Chattanooga Hunter Museum art

I saw Wayne-O-Rama in Chattanooga.

I also saw the Wayne White museum show, but this might have been more fun.

Wayne White Chattanooga art

Goldie's radiator blew up near Poplarville, Mississippi.

I still made it to my mom's the same day, just about eight hours late.

Goldie Mississippi Poplarville Culpeppers goats car trouble Chattanooga road trips eclipses stories

My grandfather Percy Reeves, in about 1927 or 1928.

From a picture my mom sent me.

Tennessee Percy Reeves Judy grandparents

I took a picture of Gina holding her dog Daisy.

New Orleans Lower Ninth Ward Sister Street Gina Daisy dogs

Clark Street flooded. My neighbor came in the house to wake me up and tell me.

New Orleans 321 Clark Street floods Goldie neighbors sheds Sally

I went with Gina to see Cool Ghouls at Poor Boys'.

It was a school night but I'm glad I went anyway.

Gina shows Poor Boys Cool Ghouls St. Bernard Avenue boots

I sketched a guy running for a treat.

sketchbook fresh meat

I painted this Picnic Pal, or Corn Man.

Sold immediately.

paintings corn

I visited Smoker's Paradise in Toomey, Louisiana.

This country gas station has shoes and a topless bar in it.

Louisiana Toomey road trips

A warehouse caught fire while I was home for Thanksgiving.

Nobody was hurt.

Chattanooga Beverly Pete fires

Halloween 2016 with Mountain Shoutin'.

Our one gig was a house party in South Austin.

rock house shows Austin Hunt Wellborn Nathan Snyder Andrew Kreitz

Mountain Shoutin' played one show.

Really not trying.

rock Austin Mountain Shoutin Hunt Wellborn Nathan Snyder Andrew Kreitz Hallowe'en parties

Finished this painting of an angry woman.

I couldn't move it when I left Texas so I sold it for peanuts.

painting anger Texas Austin

A lunch hour disaster was averted.

I was walking down 6th Street in Austin one lunch hour when I saw a group of people with cameras out, looking up.

stories Austin Sixth Street cars danger

Sally stayed in the air conditioning.

Our house really was comfortable, we stayed in it too much.

Sally cats Austin Texas 8311 Hathaway Drive

I painted this yellow squiggle.

paintings New Orleans squiggles

I saw Tex Offenders at Carousel Lounge.

The guitarist was also in my band Mountain' Shoutin'.

rock shows Tex Offenders Texas Austin Carousel Lounge Hunt Wellborn

Sally sat on a sunny desk in Austin, Texas.

I don't know about Sally but I was lonely in Austin. Sometimes we made the best of it, though.

Sally cats Austin Texas loneliness

I painted an angry woman's calm face.

paintings Austin Texas

I played some shows with a band called Speedcrawler.

It was a lot of fun. Most tired I've ever gotten as a drummer.

rock Speedcrawler Badlands (Austin rock club) Texas Austin Mark Mona Dustin Harshbarger

My office put a piece of mine on the conference room wall.

Whoever picked the brown made a good choice.

Austin Sanders/Wingo painting jobs

Speedcrawler played Valentine's Day.

Fun club to play.

rock Speedcrawler Austin Mark Mona Dustin Harshbarger

I was bored in Austin, watching a lot of TV.

I continue to enjoy lots of media.

boredom media Song Of The Sea ELO Alone In The Universe radio WFMU Joe Belock

Sally got under the covers.

I know this is only cute to me, but it's really cute to me.

cats Sally Texas Austin

Saw The Mummies and OBNIIIs in Austin.

Couldn't stay till the end.

rock The Mummies OBNIIIS Austin Hotel Vegas

Bev and Pete took me to the Superdome.

The Saints beat the Giants 52-49.

New Orleans Beverly Pete Saints Superdome Drew Brees Kai Forbath ATMs

Sally yawned.

Lovely dentition.

New Orleans Orchid Street Sally cats

Check out this crazy amp I bought.

Austin Texas Burnet Road amplifiers Fender stories

I took a walk in the Lower Ninth Ward.

I think there are a dozen ways to get in the parking lot that this tangle of razor wire is supposed to be protecting.

New Orleans Holy Cross Lower Ninth Ward Dauphine Street barbed wire razor wire fences accessibility

Sally scowled.

Sally cats Austin

The Stacks played the Saturn Bar on this date, I think.

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