Of all the comics I saw at bumbershoot, Kate Berlant was my favorite. Her show was so utterly confusing and unique. She would threaten us that if we weren’t up for staying for the whole three hours we should just get up and leave right now! I also loved that she steals makeup as a radical feminist act.
Khadija Hassan was quite funny too! There were so many women and people of color at the shows, I really appreciated that.
I was invited to a private party where bands played inside a living room. These bands are so delightful. Era Coda plays accessible mathy rock. Its delightful.
Jor-Dan plays electro rock. It’s huge and loud and sounds shimmering!
Saffron plays heavy grungy rock. It’s catchy, but has a sharp edge.
Ghost Tour plays pop with keyboards and sometimes horns. some songs are sung by Olive and some are sung by Andy.
A friend reached out to me on Facebook and asked if I could email her a track I recorded way back in the day called “William H Macy.” It was a silly song, but some sort of a hit, and parts of it have been recycled into a performance piece I do today. Here is my 2006 album “Great Alaskan Laser Tag Company.” it has many songs on keyboard and many songs recorded by my friend and mentor Lester Smiley (the Moon Knights). I remember Planar Chaos was coming out soon when we recorded it… sigh. I remember that his bunny would rub his scent glands on me in between recording tracks. Here you can find such hot tracks as “the anthropic principle lullabye” and “annabelle” as well as some awkward clunkers like “lies” and some that weren’t recorded very well. I also have two covers on this album, both songs recorded by Frank Sinatra and that appeared on the Muppets show “Slow boat to china” and “I Wont Dance.” William H Macy is a Bonus track not on the list below.
I’m sorry, I dont have any video of me playing a song on this album, but here I am playing with The Bacuntry Bruthers, Bernie Bousa and Rebecca Menzia back in 2008.
Oh what am I talking about, here I am playing with Nessa on drums at the Marlin!
And here is one called “Leave Me Alone.” I didn’t put this song on an album. Not sure why… I do remember I played it in New York City at the Sidewalk Cafe. They didn’t like me.
And finally, performing “every time a credit card is maxed out…”
I don’t really expect you to listen to these old songs, but hey, if you do and if they put a smile on your face, maybe you could donate. The songs are pay what you want!
I enjoyed this woman’s songs and bird like voice. Look her up on Spotify or her website here.
I got to perform stand up comedy and poetry alongside these slam poets and MCs at the Oregon Country Fair Chez Rey’s stage. It was a wonderful event tucked away in the trees. It was so special having ASL interpreters there!
Here is a video of Me doing the animal jokes. (It does cut off right before the final punchline)
Grayson and Susan!
Eleven Eyes.
I also took these photographs of people having fun, in costume, being themselves out there in the woods, with clowning, juggling, music and great food all around.
The Green shape on the right is a person in costume.
These costumed performers were on stilts. Here she is down on the ground so you can see her makeup.
A giant chess set!
A GIANT backgammon set!
A marionette perfomance. 
I saw three pianos on the grounds that people were playing (and resting under).
This installation is known as the Pink Room
Incredible, the THE REAL Donald TRUMP with huge hands came to visit us.
Strongman Jon Deline!
Puppets!
Yogoman is from Bellingham Washington and I love them! Sweet ska and soul, with a violin! New Orleans style riddims! My favorite song is “Chakka chakka.” It’s so catchy and poppy!
Watch them play “Pass the O.” Songs like “Please oh please” sound thirty or forty years old, authentic reggae. Total booty shaking music. I caught them at the Oregon Country Fair and what a sweet smooth sound they have.
This young punk band played Old Nicks and kicked some ass. They played some tv themes and shed some ska rythyms in a few songs. Their bandcamp posts songs free. Check them out if you like nofx, mellincolin, less than Jake, etc.
The streets of Rio are filled with colorful art. Some recall comics style, others show an influence of Japanese Anime. There is so much Variety and character to these, much more than just graffiti, but murals, tributes, and city beautification.
Even candy is presented in an artistic way. These look like mosaics!
These colorful paintings decorate the beach at Ipanema.
These were decorating the walls in Leblon.
These hip skater pictures of Frida Kahlo were on the street in Porto Seguro. I noticed that Frida is a bit of a folk hero here.
Images we might consider “racist caricatures” were popular in tourist shops here.
These images decorate hotels and airports. You can see a romanticization of Native Brazilians and African people.
This Santa Cruz bluegrass folk band passed through Cottage Grove and played us some tunes. Joe Kaplow’s solo music is great too, but this was a full band, with washboard, harmonica, bass guitar and banjo.
In my travels I made a few drawings of locals and gave them away.
This was a waitress at a restaurant in Natal.
These were guests at a wedding.
Isaac and the Awkward Situations 