the worst sentence ever written

Don't ask me why, but i was lead to the Gloria Estefan wiki page.

This page is contains the worst sentence ever written. Read it for yourself:

"Estefan became in the headliner of the open of the new venue of the MGM Grand at Foxwoods Resort Casino, her three-days concerts, including one at the Memorial Day are the last on the United States..."

Wow.

And can you believe she has a number 1 album in Holland? It's like your band being big in Japan.

New Photos

Here are some new shots from the past couple months. click photo to enlarge.
-me

Scott Anderson (This Holiday Life)

Marco Benevento and Reed Mathis
Live at the Boulder Theater

"Etron" & "Juice"

(click photo to enlarge)

I had the pleasure of shooting some photos of friends and music producers ian fitchuk and justin loucks while visiting Nashville last year. Look out for these guys in a record store near you... you just might run into a De Novo Dahl, Griffin House, Landon Pigg or other artist's CD and see that these two Nashville sound gurus were twisting the knobs. Don't be surprised, you'll be hearing a lot more from these guys. You can check out my images and their music on their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/ianfitchukandjustinloucks

day 4: beauty in recovery. now out of paper.

here is the last installment for now, i've used all my paper. this one is a little smaller than my kitchen table. this was was inspired by a psalm... 27, 5-6.

peace.

day 3: beauty in recovery

psalm 125 has been encouraging to me. this was the inspiration for this pastel. notice my feet on the chair... gives you perspective how big this thing is. i like it.

psalm 125
those who trust in god
are like zion mountain:
nothing can move it, a rock-solid mountain
you can always depend on.
mountains encircle jerusalem,
and god encircles his people -
always has and always will...

beauty in recovery

It's been a while for blogging, but it's been a traumatic couple weeks with my health. Thankfully, I'm back on the road to recovery. Some moments great, some still challenging. But God is helping me move forward. If you'd like to know more, just call me.

Here's some stuff I've been doing in the past couple days. Maybe call it art recovery.

The first one BIG ENOUGH TO HOLD US is inspired by a waterdeep song, the second one I AM, THE VICTOR is inspired by finding strength in trial, and the Peter Tosh song of the same name. They're big pieces, and cool like that.

In other news, I am starting an MFA in Graphic Design in June. It's with the Academy of Art University in San Fran, but I will be doing the off-site learning option for the time being. Rock & Roll!

Peace & Love.

check out my MUXTAPE!

http://rustafari.muxtape.com/

lee scratch perry interview '07

On the topic of reggae and youtube, please check out this interview of Lee Scratch from SXSW '07. This guys exists on a different plane. The end of the interview is priceless.

Joe Gibbs - one of the Father's of Reggae

I stumbled across Joe Gibbs today, an early reggae artist and profound influence on the sound of Bob Marley and the Wailers. Jimmy Cliff, where Sitting Here In Limbo is from, called him the "Father of Reggae". It's not often that one finds true heartfelt music, and I think i just found a winner. I just got his 1975 album, Life Is A Contradiction. 

You can check it out HERE and read reviews HERE and HERE.

I must say, it's very honest music... full of hopeful tunes and real songs about heartbreak and love. It's just very honest, and the band is so cohesive it couldn't mesh together any better.

Check out the youtube video above. Don't let the mismatched audio and video distract you. Listen to his voice and appreciate the depth and lyrics. Sometimes the album sounds like soulful old-school R&B, sometimes straight roots reggae, and sometimes it has a swing to it. 

This is definitely a find, dig into it. Send me an instant message and I'll send you the album.

prototype for cover of my berlin wall book

here's a prototype for the cover of my berlin wall book. we'll see what it ends up looking like. it's called "THE ART STOPS HERE" because only one side of the wall was free... so one side was covered with graffiti and the other side was blank because you would be shot. we'll see what the final version ends up looking like... this might take a couple weeks to finish but it's going to ROCK!

New Photography Website!

Check out my new website here:

http://rustyralston.com

Thomas Campbell

Since I am on a youtube kick and felt a little Sprouty today, 

here are some new videos. The first is an art exhibition

called "The Happening" and the second is a preview

for T.Mo's next film, "The Present".

As Thomas Campbell says at the end of Sprout, "Enjoy all the 

possibilities you have available to you and definitely 

enjoy your moments, because in the end that's all we have."