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the anticipation for the first beep goes the weasel is starting to feel like an old commercial from the 1970′s. last night we had a successful practice at the boulevard drive in as a train went by, and a full moon rose above the trees. only 3 more days until we turn into robots and start wiring up vegetables!

it was great to be back out on the sidewalk at 18th and baltimore for mondo beep last night. we met kurt, ricardo, brent’lee’s sister susan, and some folks who didn’t speak english. everyone loved playing the carrots. old friends also stopped by: jenny, roz, brent’lee, kristen, ross, kate, and mattie. we also passed out fliers for beep goes the weasel to promote our june 15 & 29 dates @ the boulevard drive in.

the latest weather reports show that thunderstorms are going to hold off until midnight, so that means mondo beep will be back on 18th and baltimore tonight for first fridays! we’ll have the usual mix of handheld synths, circuit bent toys, and musical veggies. i will also be handing out fliers for beep goes the weasel. our 2014 rocket grants project just received funding last night!

may is over, and june couldn’t be more filled up unless henry fonda was driving it to california. if the forecasted isolated storms can isolate somewhere else,  i’ll be out on the sidewalk a few steps east of 18th and baltimore this first friday for mondo beep. under the rocket sorta. and speaking of rockets… june 15 and 29 @ 9:00pm beep goes the weasel is coming to the boulevard drive in!

40+ years ago there was a band called death. they were 3 brothers from detroit who were playing punk before the sex pistols or the ramones. a few months ago i saw a documentary about the band on netflix. they never achieved commercial success, and remained virtually unknown until the film was made in 2012. my friend angie bought her first vinyl record for $17, and it was the only album these three brothers ever recorded.

you can now see all of the projects that were awarded rocket grants funding on the rocket blog. it was humbling and encouraging to see the other projects. click here to see our project, or just keep scrolling on this link. we’re at the very bottom of the list.

i came across a grant opportunity from an another arts organization a few days ago. the deadline is coming up soon (may 25). i hope they like film noir and images from the outer limits.

julia cole sent me this email late monday night: “on behalf of the charlotte street foundation and the spencer museum of art, i am delighted to inform you that your proposal was selected to receive a rocket grants full project award for 2014-2015.” what this means is: beep goes the weasel* is coming to a drive-in theater near you (if you live in kansas city).
*support for this work is provided by a rocket grants project award, a program of the charlotte street foundation and the university of kansas spencer museum of art. funding is provided by the andy warhol foundation for the visual arts.

jenny & i went geocaching this afternoon and discovered castle northmoor near riverside. harlan shaver built it around 1981. he was 70 years old at the time. there is a spiral staircase around back that goes all the way to the top where there are cannon turrets and a treasure chest.

last night jenny & i watched chuck on netflix. it’s an action/comedy series about a computer technician who reluctantly turns into a spy. the episode chuck vs. the anniversary has some great pop culture references: harry dean stanton reprises his role as a repo man, dolph lundgren whispers “i must break you” into someone’s ear, and chuck applies for a job at vandalay industries.