Art - Dangerous Intersection

Delightful unplayable music

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:March 30, 2013
Post category:Humor music
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Those of you who read music might enjoy John Stump's score titled "Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz (from "A tribute to Zdenko G. Fibich"). I ran across this and enjoyed its repeated moments of musical absurdity. I searched for some background for the piece and found this:

The composition Faerie's Aire and Death Waltz (from "A Tribute to Zdenko G. Fibich") by John Stump is an unpublished satirical work written and copyrighted in 1980 that is best known for, simultaneously, its humor and unplayability. The piece is most often seen hanging on the walls in music rooms and orchestral settings for the musicians' amusement, due to musical directions such as "Rigatoni", "light explosives now... and... now", "insert peanuts", "Moon-walk", "release the penguins", and "Like a Dirigible".

Monochrome snow

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:March 24, 2013
Post category:nature photography
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We had a big snowfall in St. Louis today. In the middle of it, I visited the Missouri Botanical Gardens to capture a series of color photos that certainly don't look like color photos. Except check out the final photo, in which a blue heron is notable.

Corporate Protests

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:March 22, 2013
Post category:Cartoons Corporatocracy
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Here's another cartoon from the pen of John Jonik (reprinted here with permission. Visit his site for reprints). [caption id="attachment_24894" align="aligncenter" width="553"] By John Jonik - reprinted with permission.[/caption]

Gun day at the photo shoot

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:March 10, 2013
Post category:photography
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I've been making steady progress in my studies of photography over the past 10 years. This year I finally bought an DSLR (a Canon D7), and it has been a joy to really learn how use the controls of a high-performance camera. My 14 year old daughter JuJu and I have been attending photography classes for the past year. Today we attended a model shoot at St. Louis Photo Authority in St. Louis, Missouri, where the owner, Ed Crim provided four models and excellent guidance. It was a lot of fun, as you can see from my work. Today the theme for the models was "guns," which made me a bit apprehensive, but we had a great time shooting models who all had access to guns as props. Here's a sample of the portraits I took. Nothing like having the right equipment and some good teachers. Click for higher res images.

Bridge halves try to kiss

Post author:Erich Vieth
Post published:March 7, 2013
Post category:photography Technology travel
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I hiked through some mud in north St. Louis this afternoon to capture this photo of the new Interstate 70 Bridge, which is almost spanning the Mississippi River. Due to open in 2014. [caption id="attachment_24814" align="aligncenter" width="550"] Image by Erich Vieth[/caption]

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