Vinyl Therapy: 1950s - 1980s

A variety of recent acquisitions...

LPs, 7 inch and 12 inch singles from 

eBay, thrift stores and the odd estate sale.

Gallery. Studio. Road. Stage.

I visited my alma mater and former workplace, 

Parsons School Of Design (New School) and saw

an exhibit by Richard Barnes and Amanda Krugliac

called State Of Exception. The exhibit contained an

installation of items left in the terrain at the border of 

the US and Mexico in the Sonora Desert of Arizona.

A walled off space with video projections of 

rocky terrain and discarded items laying in state

gives the visitor something of a wobbly, disoriented 

feeling as they step through it. The effect seems to

emulate the footsteps of migrants traveling on foot.

Late winter brought us a frozen 

blast of snow, ice and deep chill.

I still stand on the shoulders of giants

and follow in the footsteps of former students.

Things are still colorful and alive in the studio.

Town and country, things keep moving on.

I got to enjoy seeing my friends Steve

and Tracey in a wonderful adaptation of 

Neil Simon's Rumors at Somerset Valley.

Gotta love the quaint basement lounge...

The play included stunning set decoration.

And, of course, I got to have

some fun with the cast afterwards.

Canal Street gave me yet 

another picture in picture moment.

And, as always, there have been

great things to watch and listen to...

At work and on the roads to and from

home, spaces held their many moods...

Neither cloud nor clover was visible

on the chilly morning pictured above.

New York City skies and surfaces

carry their own textures and reflections.

The same holds true for its structures.

Another visit to The Met

means visiting with old favorites

and sometimes seeing them anew.

Here's to every great space we enter.