Modesto Famous - jdc104

Claytons music schedule for October, vote Mod Blues FEst for MAMA

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:30:47 -0400

Vote Modesto Blues Festival, best large venue event

http://www.jbpresents.com and http://www.myspace.com/modesto_blues_fest

State Theatre, best music venue

www.theState.org

www.modestoareamusic.com or go to www.modestoview.com

Read Chris Ricci opinion piece, Modesto Bee, planning

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 12:09:23 -0400

I thought Chris Ricci wrote a great piece on some important considerations on downtown Modesto entertainment district and importance to the economy, what additional help from City, et al might further help this cause.

Off the Air, short review

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:18:56 -0400

I've been framing pics today, for the Visually Impaired Persons Support Center show tomorrow, 9 am to 4 pm, had this sale to partner of one rejected from Spring Show, took the two back from last show, took in the three for Sping Show, tired of art I decided to take a break, see a real show, with art by Angry F on the walls. I'm working on my follow up to my letter to the editor of the Modesto Bee yesterday of the idea of that train and hwy 33 overpass into that park in Patterson in front of City Hall, like Bambi meets Godzilla and how to draw that one out..... so was ready from some time at DEVA. compare my shots to Efren J's.

Off the Air, short review

Sat, 03 May 2008 04:16:48 -0400

MAY DAY, blues jam at T's, wednesday's Kenworthy at P. Wexford's

Thu, 01 May 2008 11:32:39 -0400

Yes, there are odd, perhaps old, dives to jam blues, or hear them, quite authentic, and Thursdays that's at T's on North Ninth Street...... friend tom does that one, Jill buy with Paul and his dobro for blue monday a couple weeks back reminded me that jam going again.

couple new things, and

Tue, 22 Apr 2008 15:49:22 -0400

I live downtown, and sometimes people catch me painting out on the front porch, like my mail man. This week, happened to have canvas and that box of acrylics I don't use too often, and .... well, they're new. So is the coffee mug cafepress.com spot I put up as I my sister needed some new geek friendly item at Stanford's HEPL lab, that isn't physics related. Chess player in family helps that along.

mojo put walking in the park in scene blog sampling today

Fri, 04 Apr 2008 11:27:28 -0400

This morning I read the Scene, go to the Modestofamous spot, where Marijke and Motown mojo make their comments of the week, 99 words or less from what mojo tells me, and this gray spot to the right, my blog on meeting we did last night....... now you'd think that be too little, too late, but we have more coming up, so excuse to blog results on first of the modesto blues festival and united community walk meetings, this one held at the Alano Club in Ceres.

jdc104 suggests......actual blog

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 02:35:47 -0500

YOu always see that Famous Recommends.......

well, its in the scene, 90 words by mojo, other half of ad is for marjicke......

So I thought I'd blog some from me, jdc104

Thought I'd put up an actual blog for a change. Its been awhile, readers noticed Jim has been doing about as many State Theatre, and Art Walk things as I did Blues Fest, when I got into Efren like trouble, for allegedly too many blogs as "blues man". Fuck it, I am trained as a journalist actually, have the big award from UCR for Columbia School of Jouranalism, make Jay Smith proud my cartoons got our newspaper confiscated, had to reprint, no redo of the strip, so have to support comics right to bad taste at times. But Jay, I acutally did crew at UCR for Carlin, Cheech and Chong, Lilly Tomlin live.....great shows, along with the originals bands of the seventies, from the sixties, etc. Keep to those pro reviews.....

sold a painting, so posting a poem

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 11:12:02 -0500

sold a three pieces of art for Valentine's Day, so. I have a different poem up at http://www.thebluedoodle.com but liked this one for Modesto

UPDATING THE TOMBS

updating the tombs

falling back in the eons, when in the tombs, sharing a sarcophagus, comfy for a while, till they drilled our skulls, and took our brains out, I guess for trying to do that in flagranto, delecto, apparently we were royal, but mere serfs.

not from the Bee, on borrowed computer

Wed, 31 Jan 2007 18:17:45 -0500

noticed modesto bee blogs today, now that I'm using the JB Presents borrowed laptop, so mercenary graphics has a computer to work again from home. Have yet to load graphics files, but back to poetry elsewhere on the net under Jim's musings at http://www.thebluedoodle.com still.

Christmas blogging, where's the eggnog?

Sat, 23 Dec 2006 14:48:14 -0500

Christmas eve type blogging here at the libary, came up with a verse for no reason, I guess for rush of christmas season, been fun blogging here. jim

Briefly here, then off and gone,

florescent lights, my jacket on,

mercenary graphics at work

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:13:31 -0500

Well, its after Thanksgiving, and John Black of JBPresents.com, sometimes known as my boss when I take tickets at concerts, Usually my line of work, in case a watercolor doesn't sell, is do a poster, post cards, and have yet to print out my Christmas Cards, on agenda for today. I also do business cards from my graphics. Otherwise I'm one of the regular poetry writers at www.thebluedoodle.com and doing projecst as Mercenary Grahpics, and have a website, http://www.geocities.com/mercenary_graphics and email at mercenary_graphics@yahoo.com in case you have a project, just want to say hello, etc. Goes with it is a yahoo 360 blog, where I post samples, what's new, http://360.yahoo.com/mercenary_graphics. For christmas, may have to change from the Blues frog to a more festive original graphic, but if frogs your thing, can buy christmas frog from. http://www.cafepress.com/jdc104 and get the Modesto Blues festival logo frong on coffee mugs, hand bags, underwear, or T shirts. or ask me to pick a different graphic, and place an order.

jazz note, artist at work

Thu, 09 Nov 2006 02:12:39 -0500

Jazz note. Another art work sample of something recent. This is from a crop of larger image for my water color Stage Lights, 1994, now copyrighted again in cropped form, and licensed to Chris Cosbey Quintet, jazz artists out of Sausalito. Album should be out soon, and just wanted to let Eric Benson, John Griswold know I heard title cut enough to encourage them to check Chris out for smooth jazz, jazz festival, other venues, if they might be interested in playing here

Couple of recent art things from Jim

Wed, 08 Nov 2006 17:38:38 -0500

I get tired of posting the old portfolio, thought I should illustrate I've done a few things since I broke my arm last year, and first commission from that a poster for Dave Hanley for the Hotel Utah show with f..king buckaroos and Chris Doud. Dave told me to post art on myspace blog, so add a few new ones, show you I still at times work in art.

Modesto Famous - jdc104

Claytons music schedule for October, vote Mod Blues FEst for MAMA

Read Chris Ricci opinion piece, Modesto Bee, planning

Off the Air, short review

Off the Air, short review

MAY DAY, blues jam at T's, wednesday's Kenworthy at P. Wexford's

couple new things, and

mojo put walking in the park in scene blog sampling today

jdc104 suggests......actual blog

sold a painting, so posting a poem

other news sources and links, local

not from the Bee, on borrowed computer

Christmas blogging, where's the eggnog?

mercenary graphics at work

jazz note, artist at work

Couple of recent art things from Jim