Wassily Kandinsky, an art superman

When I was younger, I took off on an interest in abstract art. I just loved the unusual material. I never will forget the first time I saw the work of one of my real heroic artists. Yes, the colors generated by Mr. Wassily Kandinsky truly bounced all over. Indeed, the action was very powerhouse in its electrifying bright colored tones. Kandinsky left the regular mode of representational painting behind. He was one of the first far out greats. It is still a huge joy to "dig" his work.

BB King review

I listened today to some fine sounds by BB King, the blues master. The man has that giant wild side voice that really draws the happy fans into his fold. Plus, like many super performers he has the great art of being a strong instrumentalist down pat. This powerful blues man of the Deep South is something else. What a super day it is to start with the smokin' blues of BB King, the blues master.

Japan Fest arrives 9-19, 9-20

All people in the metro atlanta area who love Japanese things are excited right now. Japan Fest is coming again to the Gwinnett Convention Center on September 19 and 20. All sorts of dance performances and good cultural activities are planned. Enjoy all the fine things of all Japan and of course Okinawa will be there. Japan smile times soon.

Rockin' good food art fun rockets in

Good warm day kicking in here. I was thinking about a fun subject of mine...the merry world of food. The artful display of fine naturally, tasty stuff like arugula, basil and roma tomato goodies can be so zinging, so cleverly right. A lucky soul am I cause the exuberant city of Atlanta and the N. Georgia scene has such a grand spectrum of super fab restaurants ranging from the fantastically delightful upscale to the vital and soulful downhome food art this grand place called the Deep South is all about. One time a long time ago I went to a Vietnam style place and its beguiling elegance was so smooth, indeed so calming. In a grand way, it reminded me of my times in Okinawa. Go out there, you happy groups of men and women. Latch on to flavor-filled salads, good red tomatoes, sleek seafood and of course the good old food art standbys of the powerful southern people, the great steaks and the wild burgers. I plan to get me some fun today studying the imaginative work of one S. Dali and also I plan to listen to good heady gospel and high energy jazz. Maybe get into some of that fine genius of the trumpet, Mr. Miles Davis. Eat real good all you art and great music fans out there.

Those groovin' lions of the word biz

Good writing is like sensational blues and jazz music. It enriches one's inner soul. A fun thing for me is to get into reading the shiny word artists like the groovin' Mr. Elmore Leonard and of course the bit of a powerful introspective one, Mr. Philip Roth. When I was a younger guy I went a little madly wild over the chuggin' along smooth prose art of Ernest Hemingway. About the same time I got into reading the elegant conversational work of John O'Hara. All these people are much like the zesty musical individualists. They got the real fire of fine art going. That means a lot just like the mystery art of Dali and Warhol. Reading Leonard now and enjoying the modal finesse notes of Milt Jackson on vibes...That is a delicious fun kind of cultural recipe, for sure. Getting in the track race with these literary lions...that's a good thing.

Bless the enormous Tenor Saxophone

I play saxophone, specializing in the big tenor. Also I manage some keyboard stuff and now I am trying my hardest at playing guitar. A long time ago, my teacher on the tenor saxophone kept harping on the importance of "tone." Later, I found out the crusty old guy knew what he was talking about. This afternoon, I got into listening to some of the extraordinary '64 stuff of Mr. Dexter Gordon who really knows how to put together some remarkable pulsing, huge saxophone grand sounds. Diggin' some pulsating, pumping good linear lines from D. Gordon has made my afternoon so wildly fresh and energetic and so dynamic. Lord bless the tenor saxophone great ones.

Johnson, Perkins, Lichtenstein... Wow!

Have Blues parties, you know super, get-togethers today. It is a fine one, this thing we all call Labor Day and Lord, it's here again, the 2009 model. Get yourself going just like me. This morning I listened to some style-loaded good southern men, the super, compelling wide-ranging sounds of the genius duo. First of all, I got into Robert Johnson, a smooth operator and then it was time for a vigorously vivid piano man, the guy called Pinetop Perkins. What a magnificent boogie-woogie keyboard fella Mr. Perkins is. All of you people, hello...? Yeah, get out there and purchase some great, joltin' big Blues and hard-drivin' jazz of every possible kind. Your brain will surely thank you. I noodled around some and got into loving the fascinating, grand colors of the elegant POP Art man, Roy Lichtenstein. His giant kind of bang, bang power art is so massively full of all the exquisite good feelings of the happy minds of the surely good times men and women of our fine working folks' country, the U.S.A. Lichtenstein and Warhol and Pinetop Perkins and Robert Johnson. What a grand bromide of joyful, gigantic joy. Fill me up, R.L. Stevenson. Put a whole lot of exciting lifetime experiences in my being, Dr. Jekyll. I remembered the time I went out and got some lovely Japanese art one day. I got extremely interesting Hiroshige prints and this clever glimmer of historic Nippon added so much flavor to my eager on a strong, intellectual quest soul. Indeed, get out there get all brands of art. For Lord, good art can put some really revved up 'hot' style in your home place. Sing a loud song of big triumph. God Bless the workin' folks all over our land. Listen to grand keyboards, guitars, super big Blues Shouters and as Jack K. might say, find a road ripping right on to the huge clouds of joy right here on this good Georgia and grand boppin' U.S.A. earth.