Ukulebilly??!!!

Saturday night I went out to Puckett's Farm Eqipment to hear Mad Tea Party open for Jem Crossland & the Hypertonics. I've heard Mad Tea Party before and was not unimpressed then,...but Saturday her vocals were up way too loud. That's not a good thing. I had to stand outside for most of their show to keep my ears from bleeding. Loud, High Pitched & Nasally,... not a good combination. Sorry MTP but I think Old dogs, miles away, were probablly howling in pain.
Jem Crossland & the Hypertonics did a couple songs I haven't heard them do before. ABOUT TIME!
A couple swing dancers hit he floor once or twice or thrice.
I left with my clothes wreaking of cigarette smoke. But a drive home at 2am from Puckett's without that lingering stinch just wouldn't be the same!

Myspace U SUCK!!

"Blue Angel" and "Woman With Bowl" by Brian K. Raynor. These TWO images were deleted from Myspace for being offensive!!!! ? Who would report this as VULGAR???!!! There are photos of REAL men and women on Myspace being MORE sexually explicit with their clothes on than these PAINTINGS!!!!!

"Contentment of Fury" by Brian K. Raynor

I painted "Contentment of Fury" several years ago. Still haven't sold it. Although a couple angry and/or bitter women have enquired about it.

"No. 13" by Brian K. Raynor

"No. 13" was sold to Mike (Grease Monkey) & Chellie from Concord, NC. They bought it and a few others at the Rockabilly BBQ. Met them in 2007 at the BBQ and run into them from time to time at Pucketts Farm Equipment or downtown Concord.

AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

The FIRST DAY OF AUTUMN began this morning. After the day I've had at work I'm wondering if there's not a bloody FULL MOON inducing the chaotic atmosphere. Very busy and short handed!! I spoke to Autumn in NY earlier today. She was heading into work.

"Pirated Booty" by Brian K. Raynor

Shiver me timbers!!! Today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day!! Therefore me Mateys I'm posting this painting I did ARRRR of a sailing wench that makes me billows roll! AC bought "Pirated Booty".

"TV Tiki" by Brian K. Raynor

ToddV has a series of tiki paintings that look like this. In fact I own one of his tiki paintings. This is my attempt at copying his style.

Don't Wasabi & Drive

I picked up some Royal Orchid brand Roasted Wasabi Peas yesterday evening to munch on my way home. So i'm driving along and AC calls. She's was telling me about her apartment ordeal and things going on at her job. At a stoplight I popped a few wasabi peas in my mouth and BAM!!! It was like acid driving through my brain! I moaned and tried not to black out. "What's wrong?" , AC asked. "Wasabi peas! I thought I might black out." She laughed. I've had Wasabi peas before and have tried Pepper Palace Nasal Napalm but YOWLCH that was some powerful WASABI!!!

"Pretty In Pink" by Brian K. Raynor

"Pretty In Pink" was an attempt at painting a 50's Pin-Up style nude. Didn't want it to be too racey. Sold it at the Rockabilly BBQ 2008. The hotty that bought it said she'd be hanging it in her bathroom. Appropriate.

Quiet Drive

On my 45 minute drive into work this morning I decided not to listen to the usual radio ("Bob & Sherri", "John Boy & Billy", "Bob & Tom") nor CDs (here lately Reverend Horton Heat). Just time to think quietly. Nothing profound popped out of my brain. I did try to remember the last book I read all the way through. I decided it was American Gods. That was perhaps 3 years ago. I have tried to get through a few books since then but just couldn't get into them. I know that I've allowed tv to occupy too much of my time. Sadly, I don't see myself doing anything about that anytime soon. :(

"Jungle Tiki" by Brian K. Raynor

I painted "Jungle Tiki" a couple years ago. Maybe 2006. Sold it to a guy from Kannapolis, NC.

Wild Turkey Sleep Over

Yesterday evening as I was heading out the door for church I was greeted by 8 WILD TURKEYS at my car. I had just woken up from a nap and thought my eyes were playing tricks on me. I went back in & got my camera. For wild birds they were pretty tame. I herded them around and into the old dog pen. Fed them some corn and then I went on to church. After service Doug, Amy, Jacob and Charles, Darlene, Elizabeth & Hannah and Frank & Barbara came by to see the birds. Only one was left in the pen! So I let it out and it wandered around searching for it's fellow gobblers before fluttering it's way to the roof of my house where it spent the night. I could hear the other gobblers were up on the wooded hill behind my house- not nearly as safe from vermon as the WILD TURKEY that slept over my house Sunday night!

"Rockabilly Red" by Brian K. Raynor

Sold "Rockabilly Red" to Mark Rosen of Charlotte, NC in 2007. Painted it in 2006.

"Nothings Quite As Pretty As Mary In The EVENING..."

Last night I went to Rodi's in Gastonia. Mary ("MSM"), from VA called me. I guess she was my early teen crush. Hadn't spoken to her in a long time. It's been a few years since I last saw her when she was in Charlotte, NC at some seminar. Last night she called to let me know her grandmother died. She's been through alot over the past several years. We talked a long time. Reminiscing about places and people in Gordonsville, VA. That time in my life seems like a movie I watched when I was half asleep... I know I saw it but the details are fuzzy and don't even ask me about the plot!

"Scorn" by Brian K. Raynor

Scorn was painted specifically to hang in On Common Grounds (coffee house). Wilma the owner had the store front window area and lighting remodeled or whatever. She wanted a big painting to hang near the new window to catch passerbys attention on Union St. So I did "Scorn". Regardless of the title I figured the hand up implied STOP.

"Drinking & Bowling" by Brian K. Raynor

"Drinking & Bowling" is another painting I did specifically for the Rockabilly BBQ. Painted in 2005 or 2006? Oddly enough it hasn't sold yet. I did have it for sale at Open Door General Store in Concord. Now it's back at my house. I don't mind. It's one of my favorites.

"A Rooster" by Brian K. Raynor

"A Rooster" is one of the most realistic paintings I've done so far. It used to hang in On Common Grounds (coffee house) until they closed. I remember some kooky, hippie chick asking me, "What were you thinking when you painted this?" I laughed to myself. I wasn't thinking in terms of synbolism or whatever her half baked brain was wondering, I was trying to make the feathers look like feathers!!! It's "A Rooster", not "The Soul of Modern Man"!!! Anyway I sold this one to Jason. He's the bass player in the band Aqualads. Surf Music.

Wasted Days & Wasted Nights

Another crappy weekend over and out of the way. Thought I might make it up to VA for a family reunion of sorts. The hurricane weather missed us here and was moving over VA, so I decided to stay home. Waited around for a friend to call to go hit some golf balls but that never happened. So after wasting the day running around doing nothing I stayed in to do even more nothing!!! Chinese take-out from Dragon Palace (mmm, crab rangoons)and a bottle of wine and it didn't matter anyway. When it comes to alcohol I'm a real lightweight. Autumn in NY called me and I tried to conceal my mental state. I was very talkative and opinionated. Made it to a.m. church service Sunday. Sermon about marriage. NEVER about being single!!! If you're not married you don't seem to matter. You know JESUS CHRIST himself was single!!!! Maybe that's why sermons are not geared toward singles (We're already living so much like Christ).

"Metamorphatality" by Brian K. Raynor

This is a small painting I did after my 1st visit to Vegas to the VIVA LAS VEGAS ROCKABILLY WEEKEND. There were some busty vixens there with hair accessories that were butterfly wings centered with a skull. Autumn Carver bought this painting at the 2008 Rockabilly BBQ in Charlotte.

sexual innuendos

Was on the phone with AC and surfing the www when the computer started slowing down. When it seems to be stuck on a page I have a habit of tapping the mouse on the pad. So I'm rattling the mouse and she asks, "What's that noise?" "Oh, I'm just banging the mouse." It went down hill from there. "Banging the Mouse",... it might catch on. BUT I don't want to be accused of it!!!

"Black Cat Strut" by Brian K. Raynor

I painted and sold this one in 2006. Cindy from Charlotte, NC bought it.
Last night I thought I might get a new painting started but there is just so much nothing on tv to watch.

Labor Day

Long Weekend was a real LONG bore. I was determined to do something constructive or memorable but that didn't happen.
Friday I spent the evening in watching tv (flipping channels).
Saturday I managed to take an hour walk uptown and back. Ran into Scott Mills. He was out running. Scott was a Marine and is preparing to run a marathon in OH. His wife, Bethany, was home growing their baby and taking care of their son, Corban.
Saturday night I went out hoping a band was playing somewhere (Creative Loafing didn't offer much hope). All I found in the NoDa district of Charlotte was hippie crap. On my way home there looked to be 3 cars at Puckett's so I did't even stop. Ended the night with Chinese take-out and a rerun of SNL.
Sunday I went to a.m. service and had lunch at the Concord Hotel. Their Sunday lunch is catered by Plain or Fancy Catering. Real Good! Sunday night got together at Michael & Lisa's with Doug and Amy, Charles and Darlene and their kids. Pictures were brought out from a get together in April and July and I was thoroughly disgusted at pictures of myself. How many chins does one man need?
I watched a good movie on DVD yesterday; "Four Brothers". Guns, violence and profanity - a real feel good movie.