Hitler's Mustache

Video!

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 02:50:00 +0000

New Short Hand Video, On My Skateboard

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 00:58:00 +0000

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqf7ykdRimI

The Thing

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:39:00 +0000

Sometimes it's really hard to blog because when I think about it I don't want to do it. Other times, blogging is easy because I want to do it. The blog sits there, waiting in a needy, lonesome sort of way. The heart sits elsewhere, on a blanket, snuggling a toasty muffin. Then, the dawn, and the power of the world lifts for an instant and a person feels a sense of obligation. It is called a hula hoop and it rolls around and round, all roundy and whatnot. Then you do the thing and call it quits.

But Better

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:13:00 +0000

Artwork

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 05:02:00 +0000

No one cares how

hard it was to achieve,

or how it arrived

as it arrived.

No one cares how

many degrees you

have or how many

hours you've

spent drunk in your

basement. If you've

overcome abuse or

neglect, no one cares.

No one is impressed

that you did it by

yourself, with

your own initiative

and funding.

The indifference to

the details is noteworthy

mainly because

nobody is taking notes.

You're lucky if anyone

shows up, or if they

even notice you crossing

your legs. Your legs

are stupid too, just

like your pet turtle

and your yard rake.

Identifying Certain Stuff

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:05:00 +0000

Certain Spaces

Certain Strangers

Points

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 04:44:00 +0000

A Very Important Point

Missing a Very Important Point

Other Important Points

It's a Problem

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:40:00 +0000

I have a good friend who tells me he just doesn't dig the new Attila! album, partly because he likes some of my other stuff so much more. He's, like, I understand the urge to rock, but. Which is fine. I'm grateful for a friend who tells me the truth. On the other hand, people are funny with their artists. If an artist gives them what they want (but might not have known they wanted), then they just want more. Meanwhile I'm never trying to more of this, or more of that, but just to find something different than what has come before. Trying to make for myself another side. I want to find a new side to myself all the time cause I'm always tired of who I am right now.

Good Couple

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:56:00 +0000

Jango Fett and Cinderella.

Hangman#9

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:36:00 +0000

HANGMAN #9 !!!!!!

What My Kids and I Look Like Playing Rock-n-roll, And Roughly What We Sound Like

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:54:00 +0000

The Baked Goods Factor

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:11:00 +0000

The reading last night was tons of fun, thanks to Michael Meyerhofer and the Writer's Community people, and Tyler's wife who baked lots of cookies. I was even paid with a delicious apple pie she made!

Also, new Short Hand video, for the song "Jason Mathias."

Reminding You

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 01:03:00 +0000

Someone On the Couch Took My Picture

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 01:56:00 +0000

Here I am in 1993 or 1994. My hair in a ponytail. On top of the TV an autographed photo of Chet Atkins. An actual glass Coke bottle in the foreground, which seems ancient--even then. I'm smoking, which was a silly thing for me to do. I'm holding a 1972 Martin 000-18, which I still own. It is in a guitar case just a few feet from me right now. It was in bad shape then. I remember one time I had put it on the coffee table (the coffee table supporting that glass Coke bottle and those cans of Coors) and we received a pizza we'd ordered and we just set the hot pizza, in its thin cardboard box, right on top of my guitar. That was a stupid thing for me to do, but It was 1993 or 1994. You know, growing. I hardly know what to think. I'm just looking at it.

Superheros

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:33:00 +0000

Max drew these Superheroes for a small book he and I made together. One of these guys is bad, the middle one, the one that looks a little like a red octopus. The rest are good. You can tell Max drew these because he wrote his name on each of them. I think these are better than anything I've ever drawn/colored. The way the image from the opposite side bleeds through is some proof that accidents are better than intentions.

In Seven Days

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:01:00 +0000

As you can see, I'll be reading with the talented and kind Michael Meyerhofer. I'm happy about this. Hope you're there.

The Early 90's

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 14:07:00 +0000

This is what I saw at the foot of my bed in, like, 1993. The fan was in my house growing up. The desk was in my house growing up. It is still in my house. That's a word processor on the desk. I did all my work in college on it. That's a box of Phillie Blunts on top of the TV. The bigger drawing on the wall is of me, by my friend Chris B. He grew up in my neighborhood.

Things You Dream Of

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 01:56:00 +0000

Other Thoughts

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 02:14:00 +0000

That reminds

me how

every piece of

clothing is

a costume

and how

when I knew

you, long ago,

I was wearing

a suit

and you

were wearing

your own

skin then.

My Suit Hanging in the Closet

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:00:00 +0000

Stella

says

Look

your

prince

costume

Attila!

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 01:23:00 +0000

I'm happy to say my new Short Hand record, Attila!, is now available here: artisnecessary.com/attila

Not everything is totally worked out, but you can download the tunes for free, make your own jewel case inserts, and check out the lyrics and more here.

I Am So Shampooed

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:57:00 +0000

The new issue of Shampoo. Nice work, Del Ray.

I'm So Afraid

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:22:00 +0000

New and very spooky, Spooky Boyfriend #4. Nice work Nate.

Bath Time

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 00:47:00 +0000

Max would like to be a spy.

He needs a pad of paper for

taking notes and

some other cool stuff.

He will maybe work for

the police chief.

Stella will be a princess.

Max has thought about

being other things.

Lots of things, though

I don't know what.

Stella first thought about

being a Flower Nine.

I said, "What's that?"

She said, "Flower Nine."

Good, Good Things

artisnecessary@yahoo.com (peter) — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 02:51:00 +0000