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called to walls is a documentary about murals that will be shown on the MSSU campus in joplin, mo. (2pm inside cornell aud., plaster hall) on sunday, nov. 22. “The film chronicles a series of community-based murals led by muralist Dave Loewenstein between 2010 and 2013. Featured in the film is the story and creation of Joplin’s own mural, The Butterfly Effect: Dreams take flight, 2011.” – quoted from Called to Walls’ facebook page. dave loewenstein was one of the rocket grant jurors that voted for beep goes the weasel to receive funding last year.

this is the artist known as DJ airplane and spaceship. she’s from iceland, but i found her on KEXP out of seattle. no lagging of the jet is a track where she is joined by sassyblack. i really dig her sound, but the retro horror movie space vibe that she generates is not for everybody. the negative comments on this youtube video are proof of that.

i texted kitch fairman a few minutes ago just to make sure that he was cool hosting beep goes the weasel at his salon in a couple of weeks. he said yes. in other exciting news, jenny got back from a weekend visit to lincoln yesterday, and i got over a week long cold. there are other half baked stories i could share, but i’ll wait until i have visuals (maybe some audio), and then they will fully baked and ready for the holidays.

woke up with an extra hour of sleep after setting the clocks back last night. i don’t really have anything to write about, but i didn’t want another week to pass by without a blog post. last night we drove to lee’s summit and met some friends for halloween. they have kids ranging from 3-12, and we have spent the last six years walking with them while they go trick or treating. this year i stayed behind with the dads while jenny and the moms took the kids house to house.

four days ago it was october 21st, 2015. it was the day that marty mcfly and doc brown traveled into the future in back to the future II. local theaters were showing the back to the future trilogy that day, but i couldn’t get anyone to go with me. jenny made it clear that she wasn’t sitting in a theater for 5-6 hours. fortunately christy and josh have all three movies on DVD. we started watching the first one that night, and then later we watched the second one at home. that day has passed, and now we are going where doc and marty have not gone before.

my good friend kitch fairman runs his own salon a few blocks from our house. he keeps it open with artwork on display during old overland park’s third friday event known as local life. in november he’s going to let me set up fruits and vegetables that go BEEP. kitch cuts my hair, and sometimes i hang out there even when i don’t need a haircut. last week i surveyed the scene to see where i might set up beep goes the weasel.

no live performances are scheduled this month for beep goes the weasel, so angie and i went over some new material at her apartment last week. even though things got kinda noisy, mika planted herself in the middle of it.  one of the songs we’re trying out is space worms by future folk. i asked matt hawkins if he would play his banjo with us on that one, and he said “yeah!”

here’s a halloween saftey video that was made in 1977. the narrator says that kids should cut the eye holes bigger in their masks (or not wear masks at all), and wear costumes that won’t get them run over by a car. that year i dressed like a bum. a big thanks goes to the retroist for finding this video.

last weekend jenny & i drove down to joplin to celebrate october birthdays with steve, mom, jane, and marylynn. this pic was taken at the japanese steak house just north of the mall. later we teed off at the driving range.

a couple of weeks ago farmer steve asked if i would be interested in bringing beep goes the weasel to the plaza art fair. i said “sure!” and set up the produce, theremin, and other oddities in an alley next to eden alley (located inside unity temple). zoey and emma (above) played the theremin along with me and the volca beats… which is basically a fancy drum machine.