snapshots / cartoons / obser-volutions

Wednesday, June 16, 2010

Sunday, June 13, 2010

Thursday, June 10, 2010

kakaaw!




Since i moved in to this studio i've been trying to figure why every time i come and go i can hear these predatory animal sounds coming over a PA system somewhere off in the distance. at first it appeared to be coming from the energy company maintenance facility directly across the street. for weeks, as i walked by peering through the mesh fence to catch glimpses of trucks with mad max sized tires and rows and rows of giant spools containing miles and miles of cable, i could hear these sounds eerily echoing over the landscape. keeping burglars away? but then what kind of burglars would be fooled by what sounded like a zoo in chaos? and i could't help but imagine what sort of creatures would produce such noises. birds of prey? wild dogs? seals in heat? i swear i heard a monkey in there at some point. but there's one particular hawkish cry that i suspect i've heard before in television and movies or something. He-Man perhaps... Ewoks: battle for endor?
anyway, one night for no particular reason, i decided to try a slightly alternate route home, and as i strolled down this other block i noticed a familiar smell become steadily more pungent. then i passed by a giant bay door a few stories high, and inside was a small mountain of garbage being eaten away some over sized industrial scooper with a tiny man operating it inside.
the mystery was over. a waste management plant was located on the other side of the block and appeared to be the source of the recorded wild life sounds; the purpose of which was to scare away unwanted feral mobsters and homeless cops from sniffing around.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Sunday, April 27, 2008

Rockin' Holyoke




um... these pictures are pretty fun and reflect the good time that was had but, a lot can happen between AC/DC and the Band...