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Friday, June 18, 2021
Friday Night Videos
I fell in love with Cynthia Erivo in Bad Times at the El Royale for her stunning performance and magnificent voice. She's go a new single out, "The Good," that puts her vocals front and center where they belong.
Previously on Friday Night Videos... Michael Nesmith.
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Friday, June 11, 2021
Friday Night Videos
I liked Michael Nesmith's work with the Monkees, but never really followed his solo output. I'm thinking that may be an oversight on my part. The video for "Cruisin'" is surreal and trippy as all get-out, and the song itself would be right at home on a Frank Zappa record, or maybe covered by Warren Zevon. What more could anyone want?
Previously on Friday Night Videos... Ìxtahuele.
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Monday, June 07, 2021
A Moment of Tiki: The Wall Is Lava
Episode 29 of A Moment of Tiki is now live on the YouTubes! This time out I walk viewers through a build of a faux lava accent wall. I spent the bulk of last summer building out this project in the Lagoon, and it was more of a time-consuming than I'd anticipated. Editing all the footage taken over the course of several months proved a challenge unto itself.
Still, this is a vision I had way back when I started this whole crazy home tiki bar build project, drawing on the "transition" motif popular in tiki as well as mid century modern design elements in the stonework. The wall is lava, folks! How very Mid Century Modern of me! This should've been a simple, straightforward project, but finding artificial lava façade in the continental U.S. is far, far more challenging that one would imagine.
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