sixth annual, off white linen
six to ten pm saturday august 7th.
1061 Camp Street
New Orleans, LA
in the new orleans arts district.
art by Will Smith Jr, Margie Ayres, Mardi Claw, Jennifer Dettinger, Clara Diaz, Rachelle Obrien, Shmuela, Amanda Sibley, Mike Stabile, tamar, Kathryn Wheat, and more
fashion by Kendra bonga, Howlpop, Tora Lopez, Cree Mc Cree, Miette and more
dj Lingerie, Jazzholes, Jim O and the Sporadic Fanatics, Micah Mcgee, Missy Meatlocker and O.L.D.
snacks by holly tamale...
after party at the circle bar with country fried.
miguel and big queen
anba dlo parade
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
fourth of july
one holiday that as a child? I loved. as an adult? I've had good ones, I've had bad. lately in the last few years? I just don't get too excited. Maybe its cause I see things changing, and so much innocence lost, or maybe its cause I just am angry with the way politics are, or maybe its cause I'm not a flag waving, patriotic person. Not to say that I don't support the troops, but I don't support the troops going to war, so somebody can profit from it.
Since that fateful day that I went through that Hurricane, I've changed my views of government, and the response to the people. I've seen a new president arise, and then fall down and submit to the "powers that be"... in other words, I voted for change, and instead, got another politician. Seems like Louisiana is still a "colony" of the US... and they don't care if they kill the entire state, to get that precious oil.
I felt that the response to katrina, in many ways, reflected the fact that we are an oil state. they care about the oil, but not the people. Well, now they've really reassured me of this, by not responding to the gusher from the get go.
BP gets to hire mercenaries? WTF? I feel like a wave of refugee coming on again, in the country that I was born and raised in, only the third world of the US, (meaning louisiana) still isn't treated with any respect... OR revenues, from the rape of this beautiful state, so that a bunch of Oil Hookers can get rich.
I can only imagine the price of gas, if we had allowed McSame and Palin take over our country. That thought still frightens me...
I see James Carville come out swinging. I see Bobby Jindahl spewing a bunch of BS, and pretending he's doing something, while his friends profit from a sand berm, that won't last more than a few hours if we get a "big one". I see Billy Nungessar speak great lengths of truth, yet shuffled into a corner, and used by big corporate newstations, to make him look silly. When in fact, he has some legitimate things to say. I see Anderson Cooper standing in the quarter showing the country a bunch of drivel over and over, much like katrina footage, soon to become oil spill fatigue. I see the news crews spinning this, I hear that Haley Barbour claims there's no oil on his beaches, I see the pictures of the same beaches, and now hear that they're fining folks for taking them. cover up? yes... how DO you cover that up? Ask anyone in Alaska about the Exxon Valdez...
So much negativity, even the christian network is using it to sell the end of the world, the oceans on fire, the sea has turned black. Hmmmm. Is oil the antichrist? or are the oil barons of the earth, the antichrist?
Rachel Maddow is about the only one I've seen who has said anything honest... and has gotten in a boat and shown america. Hardball touches on it. John Stewart, and Steven Colbert, touch on it. Even Bill Maher, has come out swinging.
yet... its still gushing. its still killing... and now? its getting closer to Lake Ponchartrain.
What kind of response effort is this?
anyway, back to the fourth of july.
kinda hard to be patriotic, when all you see is people who don't give a damn about the very people who drill for this, who fish the oceans to provide food for your dinner table. Killing an ecosystem so fragile, that we become even more vulnerable to storms...
but the one patriotic thing I can do? Is speak my mind.
and there you have it. I'm very unhappy about the last five years. I've seen a country that cannot respond to the very people who make it what it is.
Next time I vote? I hope there's someone new out there, I hope the revolution will be televised, I hope people wake up... but somehow? I think Louisiana fatigue will have replaced the truth. A truth that the "idiot box" "big brother" has hidden from the modern day couch potato american.
happy fifth of july.
Since that fateful day that I went through that Hurricane, I've changed my views of government, and the response to the people. I've seen a new president arise, and then fall down and submit to the "powers that be"... in other words, I voted for change, and instead, got another politician. Seems like Louisiana is still a "colony" of the US... and they don't care if they kill the entire state, to get that precious oil.
I felt that the response to katrina, in many ways, reflected the fact that we are an oil state. they care about the oil, but not the people. Well, now they've really reassured me of this, by not responding to the gusher from the get go.
BP gets to hire mercenaries? WTF? I feel like a wave of refugee coming on again, in the country that I was born and raised in, only the third world of the US, (meaning louisiana) still isn't treated with any respect... OR revenues, from the rape of this beautiful state, so that a bunch of Oil Hookers can get rich.
I can only imagine the price of gas, if we had allowed McSame and Palin take over our country. That thought still frightens me...
I see James Carville come out swinging. I see Bobby Jindahl spewing a bunch of BS, and pretending he's doing something, while his friends profit from a sand berm, that won't last more than a few hours if we get a "big one". I see Billy Nungessar speak great lengths of truth, yet shuffled into a corner, and used by big corporate newstations, to make him look silly. When in fact, he has some legitimate things to say. I see Anderson Cooper standing in the quarter showing the country a bunch of drivel over and over, much like katrina footage, soon to become oil spill fatigue. I see the news crews spinning this, I hear that Haley Barbour claims there's no oil on his beaches, I see the pictures of the same beaches, and now hear that they're fining folks for taking them. cover up? yes... how DO you cover that up? Ask anyone in Alaska about the Exxon Valdez...
So much negativity, even the christian network is using it to sell the end of the world, the oceans on fire, the sea has turned black. Hmmmm. Is oil the antichrist? or are the oil barons of the earth, the antichrist?
Rachel Maddow is about the only one I've seen who has said anything honest... and has gotten in a boat and shown america. Hardball touches on it. John Stewart, and Steven Colbert, touch on it. Even Bill Maher, has come out swinging.
yet... its still gushing. its still killing... and now? its getting closer to Lake Ponchartrain.
What kind of response effort is this?
anyway, back to the fourth of july.
kinda hard to be patriotic, when all you see is people who don't give a damn about the very people who drill for this, who fish the oceans to provide food for your dinner table. Killing an ecosystem so fragile, that we become even more vulnerable to storms...
but the one patriotic thing I can do? Is speak my mind.
and there you have it. I'm very unhappy about the last five years. I've seen a country that cannot respond to the very people who make it what it is.
Next time I vote? I hope there's someone new out there, I hope the revolution will be televised, I hope people wake up... but somehow? I think Louisiana fatigue will have replaced the truth. A truth that the "idiot box" "big brother" has hidden from the modern day couch potato american.
happy fifth of july.
Saturday, June 19, 2010
Oil RIG paintings
I've gone on a mission. so far, the avenue pub, the hi ho lounge, and the corner muse all have oil rig paintings... the one at the avenue pub? will be part of their benefit in august for shrimpers and fishermens families... the one at the hi ho? will be for sale on my new website, coming on line here within a week or so. The one at corner muse? is for viewing pleasure, if you'd like to purchase it? show me a donation to the gulfrestoration network for $100, and its yours. The Verti Marte benefit for employees, will be this week, go to antoines annex 513 royal, to purchase raffle tickets, or make a bid on it.
up and coming viewings, NOLA brewing will be receiving one, st roch tavern, schiro's, and of course, THE SKULL CLUB already has one.
If you'd like to display one of these, please leave me a message, and we'll work it out. As long as the money collected goes to my charities of choice... tri state bird rescue, or gulf restoration network. thanks... scroll down to see one of them. OIL RIG / FLAG of louisiana
up and coming viewings, NOLA brewing will be receiving one, st roch tavern, schiro's, and of course, THE SKULL CLUB already has one.
If you'd like to display one of these, please leave me a message, and we'll work it out. As long as the money collected goes to my charities of choice... tri state bird rescue, or gulf restoration network. thanks... scroll down to see one of them. OIL RIG / FLAG of louisiana
Friday, June 18, 2010
imagine that
WOW, what a day of reading blogs, and information. From the callousness of that jerk from texas saying that President Obama is sticking it to the wrong folks, and apologizing to BP, to Michelle Bachman standing behind him. What is up with people who think like this? I know, I know, they're funded by big oil. But really? To be so clouded by greed, that you can't see the sky through the clouds?
Who works these rigs? "The Little People". Without them, do you think you'd get a piece of the pie? By not being responsible, ya think its okay to "enslave" people for your greed? To leave things a mess? I mean, as a bartender, I leave things the way I'd like to find them when I come in. Is that a philosophy of bar etiquette? and not in daily life? Really, anyone who thinks like this? Has a BIG OILY TEET they're sucking on. They suck, so does BP.
Then there's the idea that so much oil is being taken from the ground beneath, that it will all collapse and cause a HUGE tsunami, taking out the entire state of florida, and parts of the gulf, and large parts of the world. really? All this done on purpose because someone thinks the footprint of humans needs to shrink? WOW... thats rich.
How bout the terrorists posting that they'll send bombs to set the sea aflame? Aren't we already lighting those fires? How bout those who believe that this is the end of the world? I mean really!
WOW all that from one little oil spill that could.
I seem to be in places where things happen. They have always come out positive, no matter what the odds were. I think the state of Louisiana is screwed on so many levels, mostly economically, then environmentally... I dread finding out that we won't see CASH MONEY for all the wrongs by a system of OIL thieves... leaving us vulnerable, leaving us polluted, leaving us EVEN poorer than before.
I pray for the revenues, and hope some lawyer sues for back revenues... I pray that BP and Halliburton and all those who think they're search for oil, was worth more than the living culture of Louisiana, all find an oily end to their greed... as in a new green energy for everyone to participate in...
Is it the end of the world? I thought there would be tons of suffering worldwide. I watch tv, seems like thats goin on. I wonder whats next. tornadoes, flooding in the midwest, hurricanes, tsunami's, and global financial crisis. War, famine, pestilence... wow... all kinds of good things on the horizon.
Personally? I think we're about to see a new beginning... and an end. Those who see a new beginning, know what I'm talking about. Those who believe in this? aren't sitting round with a tea bag on our hat, we're sipping tea, and talking about solutions. We also RANT, but in the end, its all for the greater good of mankind. This answer that the generation behind will save us? doesn't work for me. What works for me, is being proactive, and trying to make change, or do something good for people.
take heed. the world is changing. sometimes we see things getting worse before better. so in these times of change... remember that.
Who works these rigs? "The Little People". Without them, do you think you'd get a piece of the pie? By not being responsible, ya think its okay to "enslave" people for your greed? To leave things a mess? I mean, as a bartender, I leave things the way I'd like to find them when I come in. Is that a philosophy of bar etiquette? and not in daily life? Really, anyone who thinks like this? Has a BIG OILY TEET they're sucking on. They suck, so does BP.
Then there's the idea that so much oil is being taken from the ground beneath, that it will all collapse and cause a HUGE tsunami, taking out the entire state of florida, and parts of the gulf, and large parts of the world. really? All this done on purpose because someone thinks the footprint of humans needs to shrink? WOW... thats rich.
How bout the terrorists posting that they'll send bombs to set the sea aflame? Aren't we already lighting those fires? How bout those who believe that this is the end of the world? I mean really!
WOW all that from one little oil spill that could.
I seem to be in places where things happen. They have always come out positive, no matter what the odds were. I think the state of Louisiana is screwed on so many levels, mostly economically, then environmentally... I dread finding out that we won't see CASH MONEY for all the wrongs by a system of OIL thieves... leaving us vulnerable, leaving us polluted, leaving us EVEN poorer than before.
I pray for the revenues, and hope some lawyer sues for back revenues... I pray that BP and Halliburton and all those who think they're search for oil, was worth more than the living culture of Louisiana, all find an oily end to their greed... as in a new green energy for everyone to participate in...
Is it the end of the world? I thought there would be tons of suffering worldwide. I watch tv, seems like thats goin on. I wonder whats next. tornadoes, flooding in the midwest, hurricanes, tsunami's, and global financial crisis. War, famine, pestilence... wow... all kinds of good things on the horizon.
Personally? I think we're about to see a new beginning... and an end. Those who see a new beginning, know what I'm talking about. Those who believe in this? aren't sitting round with a tea bag on our hat, we're sipping tea, and talking about solutions. We also RANT, but in the end, its all for the greater good of mankind. This answer that the generation behind will save us? doesn't work for me. What works for me, is being proactive, and trying to make change, or do something good for people.
take heed. the world is changing. sometimes we see things getting worse before better. so in these times of change... remember that.
Thursday, June 17, 2010
sundays at the hi ho lounge...
well, treme is coming to an end, and I can say that its been a fun run. I've been raffling off a painting each week, which... has kept me on my toes. This sunday will be the last episode for the summer, and should be the final episode with more of my mardiart! Its been a hoot seeing my stuff in the background of episodes... vaughns, and the cocaine scene in the last two episodes...
I'd love to bring my copies of treme to my parents, but SOMEHOW don't think they'll find the humour in all of it. LOL
Anyhow, I've already found another louisiana HBO series, to take its place, although its not entirely filmed here in nola. That series would be True Blood. I will be showing episode number two this weekend.... AFTER treme.
Last week's episode ended with a bummer, and then I ran through five pieces of art raffled, and right into true blood... No One sat round and cried, although I think this week? will be some sadness in the house.
AGAIN, I will have the mardigras Indians in the house, and again, raffle.
Its been tons of fun, and keeping with the tradtion of the raffle? I will continue this new challenge for the summer, by continuing to raffle off NEW works, in line with true blood... afterall, a skellie with fangs? not so much of a stretch...
I'd like to thank all who have been coming out each week. regulars on the tv series, miss carrie... (unknown stripper number two), jeffrey holmes, jaybird, wildman john, and a bevy of friends who I keep seeing in the background scenes, and artists alike! WOW, we've had a fun year getting ourselves out there.! I'm curious what the rest of america thinks...
SEE YOU THIS SUNDAY... and don't forget... I'm collecting pet food for the residents of the gulf coast who are having a hard time feeding themselves, and their pets... every sunday I'll be taking donations...
I'd love to bring my copies of treme to my parents, but SOMEHOW don't think they'll find the humour in all of it. LOL
Anyhow, I've already found another louisiana HBO series, to take its place, although its not entirely filmed here in nola. That series would be True Blood. I will be showing episode number two this weekend.... AFTER treme.
Last week's episode ended with a bummer, and then I ran through five pieces of art raffled, and right into true blood... No One sat round and cried, although I think this week? will be some sadness in the house.
AGAIN, I will have the mardigras Indians in the house, and again, raffle.
Its been tons of fun, and keeping with the tradtion of the raffle? I will continue this new challenge for the summer, by continuing to raffle off NEW works, in line with true blood... afterall, a skellie with fangs? not so much of a stretch...
I'd like to thank all who have been coming out each week. regulars on the tv series, miss carrie... (unknown stripper number two), jeffrey holmes, jaybird, wildman john, and a bevy of friends who I keep seeing in the background scenes, and artists alike! WOW, we've had a fun year getting ourselves out there.! I'm curious what the rest of america thinks...
SEE YOU THIS SUNDAY... and don't forget... I'm collecting pet food for the residents of the gulf coast who are having a hard time feeding themselves, and their pets... every sunday I'll be taking donations...
good news.... new website coming soon!
FYI
it will be www.mardiclaw.net.
my previous website was being run by unscrupulous folks, who misused my "checking" account for their "own" paypal account. This made Mardiclaw very angry. I scuttled the boat, and ended the business and friendship part of this venture. Occasionally, I spew up vile commentary regarding the callousness and carpetbaggery of these two individuals... but today... with lawyer in hand? will be soon outing them, unless they remove my name, and quit using my photo's to make money in the country they live in. If you see mardiclaw's picture on other websites? particularly ones where I'm skeleton? then you shouldn't pay any cash amount to these folks unless you speak with me.
In the meantime... good news is now you'll be able to buy prints from me. I will have pages with works for sale, and where to buy them, and prints... I'll even have some oil spill art, for sale, and will be kicking BACK cash to the gulf restoration network...
This is all exciting news... look for my new website here in the next week.
Mardiclaw.
it will be www.mardiclaw.net.
my previous website was being run by unscrupulous folks, who misused my "checking" account for their "own" paypal account. This made Mardiclaw very angry. I scuttled the boat, and ended the business and friendship part of this venture. Occasionally, I spew up vile commentary regarding the callousness and carpetbaggery of these two individuals... but today... with lawyer in hand? will be soon outing them, unless they remove my name, and quit using my photo's to make money in the country they live in. If you see mardiclaw's picture on other websites? particularly ones where I'm skeleton? then you shouldn't pay any cash amount to these folks unless you speak with me.
In the meantime... good news is now you'll be able to buy prints from me. I will have pages with works for sale, and where to buy them, and prints... I'll even have some oil spill art, for sale, and will be kicking BACK cash to the gulf restoration network...
This is all exciting news... look for my new website here in the next week.
Mardiclaw.
Wednesday, June 16, 2010
wow, dead fish in bay jenny.
really? yeah... the bottom of the big fish food chain just started floating to the surface. In the meantime, people make videos of birds who AREN'T going to make it. So WRING their necks you sicko! they're suffering, and your giving me suffer fatigue. I'm all about saving the birds? but the ratio? is very small for those who live, after trying to save them. ONE PERCENT! those that still live, mainly die from injesting the oil, or have liver failure, or more. Its really enough to make you just want to WRING a BP exec neck!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
treme episodes, down to two more!
this last episode featured mardiclawart in the background.... of all things... the cocaine scene with sonny and the Hooker? anyhow, my flambeaux guy was right there, and with only two more episodes, Wild man John and Juan Pardo will be in the house, for the final shows. I have three more pieces in the series, John has another scene or two, st josephs, and super sunday. Both of us invite you to come early, get a seat and enjoy treme with us.
nothing like Indians in da house.
for summer, I'll be switching over to true blood, which airs tonite at seven pm. Season opener, and plenty more to come. I'm thinking of keeping the art tradition going, by continuing to raffle art, after true blood. let me know what ya think.
nothing like Indians in da house.
for summer, I'll be switching over to true blood, which airs tonite at seven pm. Season opener, and plenty more to come. I'm thinking of keeping the art tradition going, by continuing to raffle art, after true blood. let me know what ya think.
now showing at...
the skull club, although its by appointment only. go to www.skullclub.com
the hi ho lounge 2239 st claude avenue.
the avenue pub 1732 st charles avenue.
look for a new website at the end of this month. many of the bird paintings Ive been doing? will be for sale on this site, and partial proceeds will go to the bird rescue and animal fund for the gulf states.
A new show at the end of the summer at scarlett o hara's
Off White Linen in august.
thanks for taking the time to check me out on blogspot.com
the hi ho lounge 2239 st claude avenue.
the avenue pub 1732 st charles avenue.
look for a new website at the end of this month. many of the bird paintings Ive been doing? will be for sale on this site, and partial proceeds will go to the bird rescue and animal fund for the gulf states.
A new show at the end of the summer at scarlett o hara's
Off White Linen in august.
thanks for taking the time to check me out on blogspot.com
summertime, and the livings FAR from easy
When Jazz Fest arrived right round earth day, we all were on a big high... Afterall, it seemed like it was gonna be a good year. We had rebounded, and we're coming into that five year window, that WE survived. As a city, as friends, as a community.
Then, that fateful blowout in the gulf, and the amount of BS, from BP, MSM, and the fed's. The lies, upon lies, upon lies, making it seem like Katrina all over again... only worse. Watching the news spin it, watching BP buy up huge lots for ads claiming they're doing all they can, and now FEMA, that four letter word, coming into play.
and just when it was safe to enjoy our summer.
I am horrified, discusted, and angry. I'm trying my best to put it on canvas, and I have a feeling, the country will be seeing OIL SPILL fatique, much like katrina, before summers end. Only that OIL? is WAY more than they ever said.
watching rachel maddow the other night, was one of the few reports I've seen that was accurate. Anderson Cooper stands in the quarter with James Carville, speculating... But Rachel? she gets in a boat, and takes you there.
John Voight decides to blast the president... Yeah, we live in the age of the blame game. Its all Obama's fault, cause thats how the republicans spin things, when they don't want you to see the real truth. A big Halliburton sign should be hung right there, where it says to blame Obama. This has more to do with Bush, and Cheney, than it does Obama. Those two made sure regulations were removed, and those two sold this country to corporations, and to big Oil, making us all slaves to the big oily man.
Sorry, but there will never be a day in my life that I forgive Dubya, and Darth Cheney. After eight years of wars we went into, so they could profit, to watching those two turn disaster upon disaster into more profits for them, I began to find the america I grew up in? A place of lies, greed and deceptions. Still is, I'm still standing here at ground zero, watching it unfold again.
However, I believe in being proactive, so I paint my anger, I doth protest too much, and I make damn sure that I collect dog food, for families who now can't afford to keep their pets... put together a benefit, to save the birds, and will continue to keep chipping away at the false american dream, for those that are glued to the corporate idiot box, brainwashed, and Oiled, by an american nightmare.
Then, that fateful blowout in the gulf, and the amount of BS, from BP, MSM, and the fed's. The lies, upon lies, upon lies, making it seem like Katrina all over again... only worse. Watching the news spin it, watching BP buy up huge lots for ads claiming they're doing all they can, and now FEMA, that four letter word, coming into play.
and just when it was safe to enjoy our summer.
I am horrified, discusted, and angry. I'm trying my best to put it on canvas, and I have a feeling, the country will be seeing OIL SPILL fatique, much like katrina, before summers end. Only that OIL? is WAY more than they ever said.
watching rachel maddow the other night, was one of the few reports I've seen that was accurate. Anderson Cooper stands in the quarter with James Carville, speculating... But Rachel? she gets in a boat, and takes you there.
John Voight decides to blast the president... Yeah, we live in the age of the blame game. Its all Obama's fault, cause thats how the republicans spin things, when they don't want you to see the real truth. A big Halliburton sign should be hung right there, where it says to blame Obama. This has more to do with Bush, and Cheney, than it does Obama. Those two made sure regulations were removed, and those two sold this country to corporations, and to big Oil, making us all slaves to the big oily man.
Sorry, but there will never be a day in my life that I forgive Dubya, and Darth Cheney. After eight years of wars we went into, so they could profit, to watching those two turn disaster upon disaster into more profits for them, I began to find the america I grew up in? A place of lies, greed and deceptions. Still is, I'm still standing here at ground zero, watching it unfold again.
However, I believe in being proactive, so I paint my anger, I doth protest too much, and I make damn sure that I collect dog food, for families who now can't afford to keep their pets... put together a benefit, to save the birds, and will continue to keep chipping away at the false american dream, for those that are glued to the corporate idiot box, brainwashed, and Oiled, by an american nightmare.
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