New Orleans
April 21, 1999
I sang to a cat named Tamayo.
We were housesitting on my first visit to New Orleans.
April 22, 1999
I played an open mic at Checkpoint Charlie.
This was my first visit to New Orleans.
July 31, 1999
I saw a musical group called Squab Teen.
It wasn't my kind of music but I found the show memorable.
September 15, 1999
I painted a figure study.
November 5, 1999
I saw ZZ Top.
I learned about my new boss as well.
November 15, 1999
Betty got on my shoulder.
Date very approximate.
February 9, 2000
Stacks played Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge With Final Solutions.
Except...I'm not sure this show really happened.
April 20, 2000
I had a bachelor party.
I guess it was lame except that I had fun.
April 22, 2000
Ernie K-Doe sang at my wedding.
He did a couple of numbers with the band.
April 23, 2000
We got the strangest wedding present.
If you can't tell, it's supposed to be a pelican.
May 7, 2000
I saw Betty Wright at Jazz Fest and got blown away.
I'm writing this on May 11, 2020, having just heard the news that Betty Wright has passed at the age of 66. I saw Betty Wright at Jazz Fest on May 7, 2000. It was one of the best shows I ever saw.
June 15, 2000
Dirty Knives played our first show at Mermaid Lounge.
We opened for The Bruisers and The Bullies.
June 16, 2000
Dirty Knives played a house party near UNO.
We opened for The Bruisers and The Bullies.
August 18, 2000
Dirty Knives played Checkpoint Charlie's with Dinteen.
August 23, 2000
Dirty Knives played Tipitina's with The Forty Fives.
We recorded the show.
September 27, 2000
Sleepy Heads played Mermaid Lounge with Zoom.
I tried out for Zoom at one point, it didn't go well.
November 15, 2000
Dirty Knives played with Rock*A*Teens at Tipitina's, I think.
I honestly don't recall playing Tip's twice but I guess we did.
February 24, 2001
Dirty Knives played Rock n Bock with Lowerline.
We got to this lonely place and Dan said "This is like being on tour in North Dakota."
March 1, 2001
Dirty Knives played Mermaid Lounge with Westbury Squares and Astroblast.
March 30, 2001
Hi-Balls played the Strathmore Ballroom.
May 1, 2001
I interviewed for the job of running the Offbeat magazine web site.
It was one of the least worthwhile job interviews I've been on.
May 16, 2001
Dirty Knives played the Mermaid with Fireballs of Freedom.
June 9, 2001
Dirty Knives played the Mermaid with the Quaalords.
July 13, 2001
Attended Ernie K-Doe's funeral.
July 21, 2001
Dirty Knives played El Matador with Sugar Tank.
At the end of our set Trey hopped down the little steps at the side of the stage, smashing them to bits.
August 1, 2001
Dirty Knives played Checkpoint Charlie's.
I hurt myself a little goofing off on their stage fence.
August 1, 2001
Dirty Knives played Dixie Taverne.
The cops took all the money.
August 6, 2001
Sleepy Heads first show at Circle Bar.
August 30, 2001
Dirty Knives played Mermaid Lounge with Hip Replacements and 66 Goat.
I think both 66 Goat and Hip Replacements were power duos.
August 30, 2001
Sleepy Heads played a birthday party at Mermaid Lounge.
September 7, 2001
Dirty Knives played Checkpoint's with The Wednesdays.
September 20, 2001
Sleepy Heads played El Matador with Hip Replacements.
I do remember this show happening. I have no evidence that it did though.
September 29, 2001
Dirty Knives played at El Matador with Fontanelles UK.
September 29, 2001
Dirty Knives played at Mermaid Lounge with Finishing School.
October 6, 2001
Sleepy Heads played Circle Bar.
November 2, 2001
Dirty Knives played Mermaid Lounge with Immortal Lee County Killers.
Immortal Lee County Killers' drummer J.R.R. Tokin' used his floor tom strictly as a coffee table.
December 7, 2001
Sleepy Heads played the Circle Bar.
December 21, 2001
Sleepy Heads played the Mermaid Lounge.
December 29, 2001
Sleepy Heads played El Matador with Supagroup.
December 31, 2001
Sleepy Heads played New Year's Eve at Circle Bar.
This turned out to be our final show.
January 18, 2002
The Sleepyheads played at Mermaid Lounge.
January 26, 2002
The Sleepyheads played another show at Circle Bar.
April 23, 2002
Dirty Knives played Strathmore Ballroom.
June 10, 2002
Dirty Knives played Dixie Taverne again.
The venue was un-airconditioned.
July 26, 2002
All-Night Movers played at Jeff Pounds' house.
Jeff made crawfish etouffée.
August 3, 2002
All-Night Movers played a show at Sara Essex's studio.
It was downtown on Carondelet Street.
August 16, 2002
All-Night Movers played El Matador with Zoom.
I broke too many guitar strings.
October 3, 2002
All-Night Movers played to a crowded house at the Circle Bar.
This is probably the apotheosis of my New Orleans social life, back when I had one.
October 9, 2002
All-Night Movers played at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery on Carondelet Street.
It was insanely loud inside, so we took the show out to the sidewalk.
November 1, 2002
I got interviewed by Bunny Matthews for Offbeat.
I don't think the managing editor was too thrilled.
November 28, 2002
Red Hot.
We start a ritual regarding a sign in Laurel, Mississippi.
December 10, 2002
All-Night Movers played at El Matador with Mondo Topless.
We went out for fried chicken after.
December 19, 2002
All-Night Movers played Circle Bar. I jumped on a patron who somehow fell asleep.
Everybody said the guy was some sort of mafioso and I should expect retribution.
December 22, 2002
Dirty Knives played our last show at Mermaid Lounge with The Forty Fives.
We had a new drummer but the change didn't do what we wanted it to.
January 4, 2003
All-Night Movers played the Circle Bar in Santa hats, in January.
Looks like we had some festive and timely headwear.
January 13, 2003
All-Night Movers played at Jeff Pounds' house again.
It was Jeff's birthday I think.
January 22, 2003
Saw Charm City Brokers at d.b.a.
I guess I went, it's in my date book.
January 23, 2003
Saw VLADRM and Fontanelles at El Matador.
I feel like there was another band called Golden Showers on the bill but I dunno.
January 24, 2003
All-Night Movers played at El Matador with Demolition Doll Rods.
Dan Kroha (ex-Gories!) had a nifty "diddley-bow". I had forgotten we played on this show.
January 31, 2003
All-Night Movers played the Hi-Ho Lounge with the Bangs and Original 3.
The Bangs had a song called "Dirty Knives".
February 22, 2003
All-Night Movers played the Hi-Ho Lounge with the Ka-Nives.
The Ka-Nives said New Orleans shows were stiff and nobody came. This time they were right.
March 13, 2003
All-Night Movers played at Mermaid Lounge with Thee Shams and Cary Hudson.
I definitely remember the show.
April 17, 2003
All-Night Movers played at El Matador with Scott Carpenter and the Real McCoys.
These were our friends from Buffalo.
May 23, 2003
All-Night Movers played El Matador with The Detonations.
I went walking around Decatur Street before the show.
June 5, 2003
Stacks played One-Eyed Jacks with Doctor-a-Go-Go and Pocket Foxx.
Got out my black and green inks.
June 20, 2003
Stacks played a reunion show at the Circle Bar.
I don't remember why we called it a reunion.
June 20, 2003
Stacks played at the compound on Rendon Street.
Was this a Hallowe'en show?
August 8, 2003
All-Night Movers played at Dixie Taverne with Preacher's Kids and Original 3.
I was just a huge fan of Preacher's Kids. Wish I could have been in the band.
August 30, 2003
All-Night Movers played the Hi-Ho Lounge with Dex Romweber Duo.
A huge handful of people came.
September 6, 2003
Stacks played the Mermaid Lounge.
I don't remember it, somebody remind me.
October 4, 2003
I went to Gretna Fest and saw two favorite acts on the same day.
It was as if they designed this show specifically for me.
December 4, 2003
I had an art show with Mimi at Circle Bar.
Back when the Mod Dance Party needed some support, I guess.
December 31, 2003
Stacks played New Year's Eve at Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge.
I think this was the first of three New Yearses we played there.
December 31, 2003
Stacks played New Year's Eve at Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge with Lottie Collins, Ka-Nives, and Jimmy and The Wolfpack.
We had nothing to hold the kick drum in place so for a while I sat in front of it.
February 7, 2004
MAXIMVS! played a Mardi Gras type party at Trey's house.
Actually our first show.
February 12, 2004
MAXIMVS! played our first show at the Big Top.
I said I would only be in the band if I could play drums. The thing is, I didn't know how to play drums.
February 14, 2004
I saw Andre Williams on Valentine's Day.
Had to be at Circle Bar or One Eyed Jack's.
February 17, 2004
We built columns for MAXIMVS!
We thought we really needed these.
February 18, 2004
MAXIMVS! played at the Big Top again after the Muses parade.
Less than a week after our first show.
February 23, 2004
The Stacks played the Big Top on Lundi Gras.
I wonder if it was actually MAXIMVS! that played this gig, though.
February 24, 2004
MAXIMVS! walked around and played all over on Mardi Gras day.
We stopped at Buffa's and played a short set, uninvited.
March 6, 2004
The Stacks played the Big Top, I think for the first time.
March 17, 2004
I started taking Lexapro.
They said it would take two weeks to work. It took one week.
March 23, 2004
I saw The Fuse and The Ponys at Circle Bar.
I liked the Ponys until I got thoroughly sick of the singer's voice.
April 3, 2004
I saw Cousin Vickie at the Art Brat party.
Cousin Vickie later played keyboards in The Stacks.
April 23, 2004
Stacks played Lounge Lizards with The Sophisticats, I made a special flyer.
The paper color was really important.
May 1, 2004
i did the cover illustration for Where Y'At magazine.
It's a magazine that covers events and listings in new Orleans.
June 21, 2004
The Stacks rehearsed at Eli's place and took photos on the roof.
June 28, 2004
Stacks played the Circle Bar again.
July 11, 2004
MAXIMVS! played the Circle Bar.
Not sure who took all these.
July 17, 2004
Stacks played Dragon's Den with Bipolaroid and Ratty Scurvics.
The venue gives me the willies but it was a fun show.
July 17, 2004
Stacks played Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge with Whiskeyfoot.
A summer saturday.
July 24, 2004
MAXIMVS! played the Circle Bar without our actual guitar player.
Thanks, anonymous photographer.
August 7, 2004
The Stacks played a party. It turned into a struggle.
The gig itself wasn't remarkable but the aftermath was.
August 12, 2004
The Stacks played Lounge Lizards with Ka-Nives and Spinns.
There have to be pictures from this.
August 23, 2004
Free like the wind sketch.
I enjoyed that date stamp.
August 31, 2004
The Stacks played the Circle Bar on a really hot night.
September 4, 2004
The Stacks played at Dr. Cliff Davis's garage.
I think this was the first time playing the garage.
September 10, 2004
The Stacks played a happy hour show at the Mermaid Lounge with Black Bonnets.
Black Bonnets had Andrew Donaldson, who'd later join the Stacks.
October 8, 2004
The Stacks played Lounge Lizards with The Sutures.
I'm sorry, I don't remember The Sutures at all.
October 12, 2004
The Stacks played the Bridge Lounge.
I remember having incredible suicidal/elated mood swings on this day.
October 29, 2004
The Stacks played another happy hour show at the Mermaid Lounge.
I guess we tried the Happy Hour thing again.
December 3, 2004
Stacks played the Circle Bar.
December 3, 2004
Stacks played the Circle Bar, another Friday.
January 9, 2005
The Stacks played the Big Top with This Bike Is a Pipe Bomb, Dinteen, and Narcissy.
We looked good in front of those velvet curtains.
January 9, 2005
The Stacks played the Big Top again.
What happened to the velvet curtains?
January 9, 2005
The Stacks played Cafe Istanbul after The Goodnight Show.
It probably wasn't a great idea.
January 15, 2005
The Stacks played Lounge Lizards with Paradise Vendors.
Paradise Vendors weren't like any other band in town, good stuff.
March 12, 2005
The Stacks played Balcony Bar with Zydepunks and Narcissy for St. Patrick's Day.
We tore it up at this show to a well-oiled crowd. I also saw something remarkable on the way to the gig.
April 30, 2005
Stacks played Ernie K-Doe's Mother-In-Law Lounge with the Interlopers.
Interlopers had a good new record about to come out.
May 27, 2005
The Stacks played at The Big Top with Jeremy Lyons and The Deltabilly Boys.
Jeremy Lyons was really busy in New Orleans until one day he was just gone.
June 4, 2005
The Stacks played at Dr. Cliff Davis's garage again.
The second of a couple of excellent garage shows.
July 5, 2005
Jimmy and The Wolfpack played Circle Bar.
First Wednesday of a four-Wednesday residence.
July 8, 2005
Stacks played the Circle Bar and took pictures.
Thanks, anonymous photographer.
July 10, 2005
I met Gina Phillips at a party at the Truck Farm.
We met under amusing circumstances.
July 30, 2005
Saw Gina Phillips and her band at the Big Top.
I remember really liking her harmonica playing.
August 13, 2005
Stacks played at B.J.'s Lounge.
August 15, 2005
I worked at a law firm with miserable people.
It was miserable. I made it a little bit fun though.
February 28, 2006
Mardi Gras 2006 non-costume.
This picture really expresses how I felt at the time.
July 21, 2006
I visited my mom and took this picture of Betty.
She was a great poser.
September 24, 2007
I painted these four luchador heads while I was in New Orleans.
January 11, 2008
Headless Hookers played at The Saint.
I stayed up all night to catch a morning plane.
January 20, 2008
We went to Jacques-Imo's for Melanie's birthday.
January 21, 2008
Stacks played the Saturn Bar, without any rehearsal.
I think it was the Stacks. It was probably a sort of Stacks/Wolfpack hybrid.
July 31, 2009
Walked on the levee with Rosa.
I wonder about the date on this though.
January 7, 2010
Watch your language or else I will.
If you want to start the game with ANUS, you better hope I don't have MOTIF.
July 20, 2011
Sally did a facepalm.
4e loved this elevated front porch.
November 6, 2011
I saw Sebadoh at One Eyed Jack's.
I went with Dan. They were good.
February 11, 2012
I saw Chef Menteur at the House of Misconduct.
April 4, 2012
I had a nice office on Orchid Street.
I just gave the drawing board away, eventually.
April 19, 2012
Sally played on a boat.
She made a good cap'n.
June 29, 2012
Stacks played at Allways Lounge with The Parishioners.
Fun club to play.
July 5, 2012
Sally relaxed.
July 12, 2012
Sally on the porch at Orchid Street.
This was a fantastic porch for man and cat alike.
August 9, 2012
Stacks played at Allways Lounge with Redondo Beat.
Attendance was sparse.
August 28, 2012
I hung around the compound during Hurricane Isaac.
My power was out for days.
September 2, 2012
Riding bikes before Hurricane Gustav.
Riding bikes in fifty mile per hour winds.
September 11, 2012
The Stacks played at the Big Top another time.
We went on real late if I recall.
October 5, 2012
Stacks played the Saturn Bar October 5.
I drew a luchador.
October 5, 2012
The Stacks played the Saturn Bar.
November 18, 2012
Stacks at Siberia with Happy Talk and a play.
a very quickly drawn flyer
January 20, 2013
Saw Jon Spencer Blues Explosion at One Eyed Jack's.
Good show. Mike Edison was in town.
February 11, 2013
The Stacks played Allways Lounge on Lundi Gras with M.C. Sweet Tea.
Paul Caporino from M.O.T.O. was on this bill as well?
March 20, 2013
Stacks played at Allways Lounge with Lynn Drury Band.
Another birthday show for me.
May 1, 2013
The Stacks played the 8th Annual Chazfest.
The Stacks played the 8th Annual Chazfest, in the yard of what was known as the Truck Farm, on St. Claude Avenue.
May 21, 2013
Fixed up an old beater bike.
I bought this beater for $20 at a yard sale.
May 26, 2013
Went to a crawfish boil at the Bomb Factory.
She made this in 1993.
May 26, 2013
Sally lived with me on Orchid Street.
She was happy here, with lots to climb on and catch.
June 10, 2013
Driver needs kidney.
Seen and photographed in Bywater.
July 27, 2013
Sally made friends with a three-legged cat neighbor.
He lived downstairs, and his name was Angus.
August 3, 2013
The Stacks played the Saturn Bar, with Mystery Girl, I think?
Was this the show with Mystery Girl?
November 9, 2013
Painted a luchador.
November 20, 2013
I admired a unique automobile.
A car I saw while walking around the business end of New Orleans.
November 24, 2013
Painted "Slow Your Roll".
December 26, 2013
I sang two songs on The Goodnight Show.
Thanks to Steve Walkup and The Goodnight Show Orchestra.
December 28, 2013
Stacks played at Circle Bar.
January 25, 2014
Stacks played Siberia with Settly.
Good show for us.
February 14, 2014
Stacks played the Saturn Bar on Valentines Day.
I made a gaudy online flyer.
April 4, 2014
I photographed an old sign in New Orleans.
I can't get enough of rusty old signs.
April 5, 2014
Gravestones in the cemetery on Spruce Street.
Not quite like Holt Cemetery, but sort of.
April 5, 2014
We had a benefit for Lauren's dog Rose.
The Stacks played.
April 6, 2014
I sold this orange squiggle.
Looks nice on this fence, though.
April 14, 2014
The Stacks played the Hi-Ho Lounge with Lauren Oglesby and Laugh In the Dark.
Lauren Oglesby brought all the people.
May 21, 2014
I got to be in the 'tit Rex parade.
I made some miniature throws. I thought they had to be Roman-themed.
June 15, 2014
Stacks played at Siberia with Scott H. Biram.
Pretty fun show. Austin Lucas was bossy.
June 28, 2014
I went to Banks Street Bar with Barbara, Trey, and Becca.
Nothing indicated this would be a remarkable date at the time.
August 18, 2014
I painted this blue luchador.
September 8, 2014
New picks are here.
I got an endorsement deal.
September 9, 2014
I bought my truck, Goldie.
A 1999 Ford Ranger.
November 26, 2014
Welcome to Hempstead.
Lynn Smith rode with me from Austin to New Orleans.
May 24, 2015
The Stacks played the Saturn Bar on this date, I think.
October 21, 2015
Sally yawned.
Lovely dentition.
November 1, 2015
Bev and Pete took me to the Superdome.
The Saints beat the Giants 52-49.
August 7, 2016
I painted this yellow squiggle.
July 22, 2017
Clark Street flooded. My neighbor came in the house to wake me up and tell me.
July 27, 2017
I took a picture of Gina holding her dog Daisy.
August 31, 2017
Sally got in the weeds.
This yard was hard to control.
September 9, 2017
I had a good shed on Clark Street.
I actually lived like this.
September 19, 2017
I took pictures of my shed at 321 Clark Street in the rain.
Nice place to work. Too bad it flooded so much.
October 21, 2017
Sally enjoyed an AC/DC record.
Actually I think she's enjoying the sunbeam.
October 27, 2017
Saw Huey Lewis and The News at Gretna Fest.
All Access, baby.
November 19, 2017
Sketched Daisy, sitting on the couch with me.
Daisy is a skinny little pit bull Gina found on the levee.
December 5, 2017
A gloomy shot from my backyard.
Captured my mood exactly.
December 5, 2017
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.
December 14, 2017
Sally keeps watch at 321 Clark Street.
I liked living here until I got the light bill.
February 13, 2018
I costumed for Mardi Gras 2018.
I forgot to try hard.
March 2, 2018
We had a little pickin' party.
For my birthday we had a campfire and a pickin party.
March 25, 2018
Saw a cruise liner in my backyard.
Pretty common view when the river is high.
March 30, 2018
Holy Cross Neighborhood Association.
This Holy Cross Neighborhood Association t-shirt has had a long run.
April 19, 2018
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.
April 19, 2018
Went with Gina up on the levee.
Just silhouettes, but you can tell who it is.
April 19, 2018
Gina made a little bonfire.
April 19, 2018
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.
April 20, 2018
Black racer on the fence.
A very long, very fast, dark gray snake.
May 14, 2018
Sally stretched on the bed.
Just looking at this picture reminds me how high my utility bills for this house were.
June 9, 2018
I showed some paintings at Treasure Tattoo.
Nice place to show work.
July 20, 2018
I painted some rings.
The fluorescent paint? Very expensive.
August 11, 2018
The Stacks played at Gasa Gasa.
Great show. Really loud.
August 17, 2018
I found some marbles in my firepit.
I wonder if these are from the '20s or the '90s.
August 20, 2018
Sally investigated zinnias from our garden.
Gina asked me to plant these.
August 30, 2018
The Stacks played Siberia.
Here's the recording from that show.
September 14, 2018
The Stacks played the Circle Bar.
link to (excellent) Bandcamp recording in post
September 29, 2018
Stacks played at Siberia with Rubber Maids and Egg Yolk Jubilee.
I made an animation to advertise the show.
October 22, 2018
I started working at Online Optimism.
I was about twice as old as all the other kids there.
November 13, 2018
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.
March 5, 2019
I attended Mardi Gras 2019, probably my last.
This was probably my last Mardi Gras.
March 16, 2019
Funnin' around with Gina.
April 14, 2019
Had a happy bonfire at Gina's.
Sorry if there are too many pictures of fires with no people on here.
April 16, 2019
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.
April 19, 2019
I saw this anti-Trump truck in New Orleans.
Tailgate as billboard.
April 20, 2019
I animated a sasquatch.
I built a kind of a rig to put a camera above my work table.
April 27, 2019
I made an animation rig.
I haven't used it enough.
June 12, 2019
Saw a speckled king snake in the road.
Harmless, as long as you don't pick it up.
July 12, 2019
I found a snazzy nest.
Found out front under the cypress trees.
September 5, 2019
Sally caught up on reading.
Those white socks.
September 24, 2019
Bus.
This took forever to paint.
September 28, 2019
Did some sketching.
Yuh huh.
October 25, 2019
Went to Kukhnya with Gina, Trey, and Becca.
A night out with Trey and Becca.
October 25, 2019
Sally slept on the desk, as usual.
We were so happy then.
November 10, 2019
Found this offering on the levee.
An offering on the mississippi River levee in Holy Cross, New Orleans.
November 19, 2019
Went to this throwback diner in New Orleans.
I stopped in the Please-U Diner on St. Charles Avenue in New Orleans.
November 28, 2019
I took a picture of a sign.
This was a kind of sign you could still see in downtown New Orleans in 2014.
December 7, 2019
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.
December 18, 2019
Buddy making biscuits.
Doing what he does best, or at least does most.
December 29, 2019
I played bass with Fore Day Creep at the Circle Bar.
Last time playing that bass on stage, it turns out
January 4, 2020
I made a pizza with brussels sprouts on it.
January 4, 2020
The Stacks played the Circle Bar with Chef Menteur and Good Sugar.
This was Court Batson's first appearance with Chef Menteur.
February 5, 2020
Morning fog on the Industrial Canal.
Gina and Daisy and I took a walk.
February 7, 2020
The last picture of Sally.
I miss her so much.
February 9, 2020
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.
February 24, 2020
We had a backyard bonfire.
We do a lot of these.
March 8, 2020
Saw Tyler Keith and Redondo Beat at Santos, our last show before the pandemic.
March 27, 2020
Here's a picture of the inside of my house in New Orleans.
I seem not to change much in how I live.
March 27, 2020
We had a bonfire for Gina's birthday.
We burned up a stinky knifeblock.
April 4, 2020
Buddy offered a headbutt.
He's quite serious about it.
April 20, 2020
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.
May 25, 2020
I made some half-sour pickles.
Look out, Mr. Heinz!
May 26, 2020
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.
May 27, 2020
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.
May 28, 2020
Hot legs Buddy.
He's an enormous cat.
June 2, 2020
Buddy getting in a bucket.
Ignoring the peligro.
June 2, 2020
Bonfire.
burned up a lot of yard trash.
June 6, 2020
Buddy interfered with my work.
June 6, 2020
Stacks recorded in the studio.
Our drummer is moving away so we're recording while we can.
June 11, 2020
Gina looked like a valentine.
Pink popsicle time.
June 14, 2020
Found a levee offering.
Seen a few days after the death of George Floyd.
June 17, 2020
Buddy on the backporch.
He's a gentle giant, except that he bites.
June 20, 2020
Painted a lighter.
Inspired by a trip to Birdie's convenience store on Broad.
June 30, 2020
Got my keyboard fixed.
Lewis d'Aubin got it done in an hour.
July 12, 2020
Gina made some videos about her art.
July 13, 2020
A mystery is solved
My neighbor's odd behavior is explained, but it's more than that.
July 14, 2020
Buddy and Otter are frenemies.
Buddy is very patient, despite being the most food-motivated cat I've known.
July 19, 2020
I painted a lighter.
Several commenters thought it was a golf bag.
August 1, 2020
I liked this brown truck.
Seen in Holy Cross. Gina knows who it belongs to but I don't.
October 1, 2020
I grew a beard.
Report from the hermitage.
October 6, 2020
Buddy on the desk.
Just a good looking animal for your enjoyment.
October 11, 2020
Found a free organ.
Imagine the planning that went into dumping this load in somebody's yard.
October 21, 2020
Otter in the garden.
Otter is the most entitled cat I've ever known, and that's saying a lot.
October 28, 2020
Sketched my feelings.
I doodle while I'm on the phone, a lot (if not always). Sometimes it's my better work.
October 29, 2020
Nature TV, featuring Hurricane Zeta
Gina and I watched the storm come in; it was beautiful.
November 2, 2020
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.
November 7, 2020
Gina was part of a small show at Jonathan Ferrara Gallery.
First art show I'd seen druing the pandemic.
November 13, 2020
First COVID test.
I got exposed.
November 14, 2020
Gina put on the Holy Cross Music Hang.
Gina put on a socially-distanced live music show.
November 21, 2020
Second COVID test.
I got exposed.
November 25, 2020
Buddy on the porch.
Documenting the exciting life of an animal who puts up with me.
November 30, 2020
Saw a nifty slasher truck at the grocery store.
Saw this nifty but off-putting vehicle at Canseco's.
December 5, 2020
Made an exhaust fan for Buddy.
I'm sad to say that this was necessary.
December 6, 2020
Buddy Long Legs.
He's available to model any hosiery you can get him to wear.
December 13, 2020
Painted a monster.
They said the quarantine would be a great time to get work done.
December 17, 2020
Watched a sunset with a dog.
Gina's dog Daisy doesn't have a lot of fur.
December 18, 2020
Buddy posed for a picture.
December 20, 2020
I saw an old Datsun driving around New Orleans with Japanese plates.
December 25, 2020
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.
December 27, 2020
Gina and I went to the Chalmette Battlefield.
I can't believe I'd never been.
December 29, 2020
Painted a painting called Seriously.
Just something I was thinking about.
January 9, 2021
Animated a clock face.
Might also be considered a current self-portrait.
January 10, 2021
Burned Altima on Alhambra Street.
Being at the end of the parish, our street is often used as a garbage dump.
January 10, 2021
Animated metamorphoses.
Started drawing and didn't stop.
January 16, 2021
Organic form painting, again.
A small painting from a long weekend.
February 1, 2021
Consider the stumpgrinder.
I think it's finished.
February 2, 2021
I finished painting a Rayco stumpgrinder.
February 10, 2021
Otter's been hanging out on the utility shelf.
He treats my house like it's his workplace.
February 11, 2021
Painted a reporter.
A small one, about eleven inches high, the height of GI Joe or Barbie.
February 13, 2021
Blender practice makes...?
I can learn this software a lot faster than my computers can.
February 15, 2021
I read a Charles Willeford book out loud to Gina.
February 24, 2021
I painted a football player.
Kind of silly but I felt like it.
March 5, 2021
I animated a face.
Made with Procreate.
March 8, 2021
I realized I hadn't read a lot of the books on my shelves.
The first step is admitting you have a problem...
March 9, 2021
This was the extent of my beard.
Just before I shaved it.
March 24, 2021
Otter came over for a nap on my work table.
This cat lives next door but he doesn't know that.
March 26, 2021
Buddy and Otter stopped fighting for a minute.
These two generally torment each other all day.
March 30, 2021
The debut of Golden Ray.
A new band rising from the ashes of the Stacks, who haven't actually burned down.
April 1, 2021
My neighbor Stoo has some goats.
He treats my house like it's his workplace.
April 7, 2021
Another bonfire in my yard.
April 9, 2021
I made some shelves.
I made these specifically for unread books and charging electronics.
April 17, 2021
My new band Golden Ray makes its debut.
Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps.
April 18, 2021
Buddy found a new place to sleep.
April 24, 2021
My new band Golden Ray makes its rescheduled debut.
Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps, only rescheduled.
April 25, 2021
My new band Golden Ray makes its re-re-scheduled debut.
Playing on Gina's stage with George Wilde and Lo Amps, only rescheduled.
May 5, 2021
Otter napped on my keyboard.
May 8, 2021
I cut down an old clothesline support and it was a lot harder than I thought it would be.
May 24, 2021
Attended Goatstock at a neighbor's house.
Stoo Odom was joined by a friend from San Francisco, Allison Lovejoy.
May 25, 2021
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.
May 28, 2021
Saw some of Gina's work from college at the Ogden Museum Of Art.
She made this in 1993.
June 15, 2021
The Stacks released the recordings we did with Andre Marquette.
Andre played drums and also engineered the recording.
June 19, 2021
We took the bachelor out, and Gina found a kitten.
It would be a great story if they had happened in the same place.
July 10, 2021
Stacks played Sidney's Saloon with The Drupes.
The Drupes are just great.
July 18, 2021
Saw Sunrise/Sunset at Portside Lounge.
It was part of Creepy Fest.
August 3, 2021
Buddy and Otter went to the office.
I guess they got tired of working remotely and wanted to get back to the office.
August 21, 2021
I found a shed snake skin in my fire pit.
Which probably means there's a snake in my fire pit.
September 5, 2021
We came home after Hurricane Ida to survey the damage.
There wasn't much.
September 6, 2021
Buddy napped with me.
He fell out first.
September 6, 2021
Gina and I played Mastermind.
We remembered most things the same.
September 7, 2021
I dreamed about looking for a movie to watch.
The movies weren't the ones I'm used to.
September 10, 2021
Buddy tried to help me with my Unimog painting.
September 10, 2021
I got started on a painting of a Unimog.
I took a picture of this wonder truck in Chattanooga last Thanksgiving.
September 10, 2021
We had a big bonfire to burn up the post-Ida fallen limbs.
I wanted a big fire and I got one.
September 17, 2021
I saw Julie Odell and Alex MacMurray at B.J.'s.
I don't know why it took so long for B.J.'s to start putting on shows in the yard.
September 18, 2021
An average day for Bubba.
September 25, 2021
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.
September 26, 2021
I saw Bipolaroid at Sidney's on a Sunday.
Also FR and a band from Brooklyn called TDA.
September 27, 2021
We had a Monday evening bonfire at my place.
October 4, 2021
I made a pizza with ricotta and basil.
I was out of mozzarella.
October 5, 2021
I photographed a standing tire in the Holy Cross school parking lot.
Saw this lonely tire while biking around.
October 7, 2021
I lost my leaf.
October 10, 2021
I put new strings on my guitars.
I watched YouTube videos and now I don't know how to put the strings on anymore.
October 12, 2021
I had a solo bonfire.
Still getting rid of Ida debris.
October 13, 2021
a Stacks show later this month, a reason to watch TV
The Lemon Twigs are good on record but what really shines is the live show.
October 15, 2021
I took a picture of Buddy on the bed.
October 15, 2021
Gina went to City Hall and sent me a picture of a map.
October 23, 2021
Gina built a fire.
We've had so much stuff to burn.
October 28, 2021
Buddy turned on the lightbox.
October 28, 2021
The Stacks played the Saturn Bar with Bad Misters.
October 31, 2021
I made a new improved animation setup.
November 13, 2021
Just another bonfire.
I don't know why, I just like making a record of these.
November 19, 2021
The Stacks and Unsound Check at Sidney's Saloon, November 19, 2021
November 20, 2021
Saw a house fire in the neighborhood, on Caffin Avenue.
November 20, 2021
Saw Quintron and Miss Pussycat in Arabi.
The cops shut it down, it's a peaceful neighborhood.
December 8, 2021
Golden Ray practiced.
Recorded for the sake of an uncaring posterity.
December 20, 2021
Another look at my place on Tricou Street.
December 20, 2021
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.
December 25, 2021
We had a Christmas bonfire at Gina's.
February 11, 2022
We went to the Michael Aaron/Billy Ding Memorial in Bywater.
I knew and liked Michael a lot.
February 19, 2022
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.
February 20, 2022
finally finished this painting of a Unimog.
The more I worked on it the simpler I made it.
February 23, 2022
Golden Ray played a house party on Magazine Street.
We were supposed to play on the front porch but some lady freaked out.
February 24, 2022
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.
February 28, 2022
I tested negative for COVID.
I guess I got the symptoms for othing.
February 28, 2022
We saw Whiskeybutt.
March 1, 2022
We had a great return to Mardi Gras.
I hurt my foot though, and couldn't really walk the next day.
March 12, 2022
Went with Gina to see Lonnie Holley at the Music Box Village.
March 13, 2022
Went with Gina to the Bon Temps and played pool with friends from Florida.
March 25, 2022
Gina and I visited with Ben and Kathleen.
I tried on Kathleen's Mardi Gras mask.
March 26, 2022
Went for a bike ride with Gina.
We went about ten miles.
April 1, 2022
Buddy brought home a friend to play.
I caught and released the friend.
April 1, 2022
The Stacks and Rabbit Hatch play at Sidney's Saloon.
It's a reunion for Rabbit Hatch, who last played in 2005.
April 20, 2022
I caught Buddy.
This big ol' scamp is growing on me.
May 12, 2022
Stacks played the Saturn Bar on a stormy Spring night.
May 12, 2022
The Stacks played the Saturn Bar on a rainy Thursday night.
June 15, 2022
An anole came in the house.
Maybe Buddy brought him in. Anyway, he escaped unharmed.
June 19, 2022
I found a bird's nest partly made of tape.
Perfect nest, no egg inside.
July 12, 2022
I tested positive for COVID.
July 22, 2022
Buddy slept in the sunlight.
August 1, 2022
Buddy got in the bass drum.
August 9, 2022
I walked Daisy and we found an offering of rotting fruit.
August 16, 2022
I had a late summer fire. Nature decided to come in the house.
August 22, 2022
I dreamed I saw a sandpiper try to eat a frog, and other things.
August 29, 2022
A cat slept in my bed. It wasn't my cat.
August 29, 2022
I painted a typical man.
September 3, 2022
I hung out with Happy Talk Band and other friends at Pirogue's.
September 7, 2022
I've been walking two miles a day now for a week.
September 9, 2022
I kept up my two-mile walks for another day.
November 14, 2022
The first cold day of the year.
May 27, 2023
I did a new painting, of a critter saying "Aah".
Aah not pictured.
May 27, 2023
I did a new painting, of a guy saying "Aah".
Aah not pictured.
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