No Maps On My Taps

NO MAPS ON MY TAPS Trailer #1 from Milestone Film & Video on Vimeo.

featuring music by Lionel Hampton and the dance artistry of Bunny Briggs, Chuck Green, and Harold “Sandman” Sims. Nierenberg’s real love for the dancers and their art made this joyous documentary a hit with audiences and critics. The thrilling talent and ebullient charisma of the three dancers shines through in every fame. No Maps on My Taps showed on multiple television outlets in the US and abroad and screened in theaters and college campuses.

I am a sucker for good tap dancing, much to the chagrin of the rest of my family. No Maps On My Taps is a cool artifact from the late 70’s that has a lot of good tap dancing in it.

Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day to my impossibly patient and caring wife, Michelle.

Also, please check out this sweet LEGO jam I made.

Worth the U-Turn

Took advantage of the lack of traffic to bang a u-turn and circle back to get a photo of this boss machine.

May 1 – 2020

It hasn’t been a complete stoppage over here. There’s a lot going on, and a lot of nothing happening.

Keep washing your hands. It’s working.

Saturday Morning Movie 4/18/2020

Had a lot of laughs with this one. The kids seem to really enjoy a costume-heavy production.

Did Disney pull a “A New Hope” and add a subtitle to this after the sequels came out? I don’t remember the “The Curse of the Black Pearl” bit from when we saw it in the movies.

Saturday morning movies are great because it’s a dedicated coffee/family time alongside a solid movie with the whole rest of the day to do whatever.

Fun recording session last night

We had Ida on as a guest again. She’s great.

I *may* have been a little too chatty. I’d say “thank goodness this isn’t my edit”, but that means that I’m also not in control of how much chatter gets through the final release.

Fingers crossed that Adam does me a solid.

Got to the end of Desert Golfing again.

It’s capped at 10,000 holes nowadays.

I’m a little sad because this has been my “mental check out” activity for a while now and I don’t have a replacement.

Nice little walk in the woods

Took a walk on Saturday morning in a nearby park. The pollen wasn’t miserable and lots of birds were about.

“Somewhere” by Gum Country

Hot damn! This is a nice slice of guitar pop.

Tickled at myself

We rented a potter’s wheel from Hand Thrown, the studio where I’ve been taking classes, for use during the pandemic. This triumphant form on the wheel is one of the biggest things I’ve ever thrown. I’m calling it a ramen bowl, since it has something approximating the traditional size and shape.

I’ll give it a trim and then focus on NOT BREAKING IT until the studio opens back up and I can get it glazed.