more from the marigold parade

"free haircuts for the 1%"

watching the parade from his backyard

this lady says we should boycott bueno foods because they do business with monsanto

marigold parade 11.6.11
albuquerque, nm

dia de los muertos marigold parade-- bicycle edition

making marigolds

juan on a tiny bike trailing a tonka truck w a cassette recorder strapped on top

young one says, "i ran out of candy to throw because i ate it all."

our crew

marigold parade 11.6.11
albuquerque, nm

el descanso de rachel ibarra

descanso for rachel ibarra
a few miles south of truth or consequences, nm

evil by rennie sparks

 

lyricist rennie sparks of albuquerque's haunted americana duo, the handsome family, has a new collection of thirteen creepy stories on kindle called evil.  the sunday times of london says the collection "balances emotive sincerity and detached black comedy with thrilling precision."  the philadelphia city paper says the book is "w.s. burroughs meets carson mccullers."  check it out.

buy the book.

albuquerque, nm

kerby's drum goes to heaven

 

on monday, november 15th, at 9pm, kerby of sabertooth cavity and tenderizor sent his snare drum to heaven in a fiery blaze.  the pyre was held at the drummer's home in albuquerque, new mexico.  in attendance were a few friends watching sexy music videos on youtube. 

kerby and the drum were first united six years ago.  "i found her while browsing through music world in hobbs (new mexico) and knew i had to have her," says kerby.  over the years, the two played with a variety of notable artists, including see you next tuesday, heavyheavylowlow, arsonists get all the girls, and the jonbenet.  

kerby and his drum shared many wild adventures.  recalls kerby, "i remember driving drunk and it fell out of the back of my truck in loving, new mexico, and i didn't even realize it till the next day.  i went back searching for about an hour and found her laying in a ditch."  

after a respected musical career, the snare drum enjoyed a happy retirement as a pot for a jalapeño plant in the backyard.

rest in peace, little tambor from hobbs. ashes to ashes, dust to dust, amen.  

tenderizor  http://www.myspace.com/tenderizor

sabertooth cavity  http://www.myspace.com/sabertoothcavity

albuquerque, nm

christopher clark memorial wall

my love, he died, and everything was so fucked afterward.  as just one example, i don't even know if christopher has a grave. so this memorial wall by defone means a lot to me.

i just met defone a couple weeks ago.  he says goes by "def one" because he doesn't listen.  but he heard my tale of sorrow, and kindly, kindly offered to paint a wall in memory christopher.  thank you so much, defone.  this wall is behind my friend ben's house, in the alley just south of eton st., across from where christopher used to live. thanks, ben, for sharing your space and being a very decent man. 

so my love is remembered on the street where he was a king, surrounded by flying war machines and the awesome specter of ween rising over the mountains. christopher, i love you so much.  be seeing you again someday. 
 

just like he had on many nights before, the night before he died, christopher left me a love letter on a scrap of paper on my desk. he wrote his beautiful, accidental last words on a checkstub from alibi. i didn't find it until after he was gone. 

 

his eyes are perfect-- blue and silver and dark and gold.  christopher was the most beautiful man i have ever seen in real life.

defone compares his work to a photo

ben has two wolves, naya and luna, who will be keeping christopher company, and ensuring this wall does not get messed with. 

this is luna-- she is a sweetheart, also gorgeous and ferocious.  so i admire her because i aspire to that as well.

alley south of eton, between yale and buena vista
albuquerque, nm

king clark @ ween 2009

 i wrote this when christopher and i first fell in love.

 
reprinted from Wig Wam Bam #92 October 2009 

WEEN @ Sunshine Theater 9/5/09
submitted by Black Cat Danger

 
 “Derelict as fuck,” is how my man tonight describes the teeming fans lined up for Ween: More than a few chicks in dreg spumoni colors, plenty men wearing t-shirts for the eleventh consecutive day. And my boy, himself in tatters and natural ermine musk, seeming to me like their King.   

r.i.p. christopher clark

my love, my heart
christopher clark
april 14, 1982 - september 10, 2010

afterlife remixed

reprinted from alibi  v.19 no.28 | july 15 - 21, 2010

Afterlife Remixed
Two Albuquerque artists take an unconventional approach to visions of death

By Samara Alpern

“Coronacion de la Virgen,” Maria Sena

The devil may reach out with bristled claws to grab your hair. But, then again, he may not. It may be that butterflies carry you into the ether. It’s hard to say what happens after this life. But, either way, momento mori: Remember, you must die.
In Momento Mori, an exhibition at the POP Gallery in Santa Fe, Albuquerque artists Brandon Maldonado and Marie Sena join Juxtapoz feature artist Daniel Martin Diaz of Tucson for nuanced consideration of the Great Exit.

black cat danger r.i.p.

black cat danger 2005 - 2010
my friend, you will be missed

brandon maldonado

art by brandon maldonado
albuquerque, nm