It’s been a family tradition for decades: stringing the lights on the tree in the traffic circle in front of my folks’ home, a small park maintained and dedicated by my dad in honor of his brother.
This is a time-lapse of part of the process – Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from the Carmody Family.
Pieces sliced straight from a quarantine dream, this photographic study of my studio is a tour of obsolescence. I wrote & performed the music, shot the pix.
“Seer/Sucker” aka “The Illustrated Man’s Guitar” is a mixed-media découpage exploration of better days in the USA.
“The Spirit of ’59” is a mixed-media découpage exploration of the days back when popular music was good.
Time-lapse & original music about cultural devastation and a rise from the ashes (although we all know what rebirth's worth in the end.)
“Chucks Reduxe” is a time-lapse of my studio shot in late-fall quarantine20 on a cheap-o camera with a soundtrack composed and performed by me.
I made the mistake of leaving for college w/o laying down some ground rules, and my folks tossed my vinyl collection in the trash.
A different type of quarantine project, “Leon Loved The Snaked Girl” is a salute to Directors of Photography who knew how to set-up a great shot.
This time-lapse explores the intersection of color, serendipity and the lovely chaos brought about by a freshly-kaput 28-year-old computer.
2022: Goofus Was Framed
2022: Vegetarian Is Not Vegan
2022: It’s Aways Marshall Marshall Marshall
1835: You May All Go To Hell And I Will Go To Texas
1936: Just Say Moe
2021: Splat @ 25 Band Logo
1971: Washington Redskins – I Like Sonny
2020: Grimm Whitman Band Logo
2020: Carmody All Star
1968: Hubert H. Humphrey Campaign Logo
1972: Richard Nixon Campaign Logo
1974: Trav’s Inn – Glen Echo, Maryland
Ed Walker, one of the Joy Boys, brought back the golden days of radio every Sunday night for 30 years.
Gunsmoke. Jack Benny. Dragnet. Lum 'n Abner. The Shadow. News of the day, much more.
The Big Broadcast played on WAMU FM on Sunday nights, mostly from 7 to 11.
Eddie Stubbs's Sunday show on WAMU FM played a variety of classic honkytonk, traditional country and vintage bluegrass + deep catalog favorites.
This was a show for listening to while drinking beer in the sun in the afternoon, great music delivered with unique insight.
The "Obsolete Music Hour" played rare classic recordings of bluegrass, country, string bands, honky tonk, western swing, blues, gospel & old world music.
Off-the-air live recordings of a now-defunct station playing all sorts of great American popular music from the mid-20th century, back when music was good.
You'll also find some Baltimore Orioles post-game highlights from the mid-1980s.
From elections to 9/11 to the war on terror, these off-the-air live recordings of events of the day are from NPR on WAMU FM.
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What The Hell Kind Of Clown Are You?! mask
1902 Phone Book
45 RPM Adapter
XTC Go 2: Stop Reading Now!
Space Invaders: Game Over
Space Invaders: Villains
Chicago 1917: The Real National Pastime: Mask
Oh Hell, or Hello?
Cat Whiskers
NietzscheIs Dead – GOD
1916: US Liberty Dime Mask
Disco Still Sucks
Interactive StoryMap: Bus Trip Across America, pt 1
