PATTERNS AND TONES

This article originally ran in March 2013 to celebrate Easter. As Samhain is upon us, I thought it would be timely to run it again. We will return next month with another installment of "A Day In The Life Of a Rock n' Roller". Happy Halloween! Julie Pavlowski Green October 25, 2014 The more I dig into the idea of the  collective psyche , the more I realize how little we verbally discuss the issues of death and dying. We are more comfortable with visually seeing death than we are actually discussing it. Just ask yourself why we all slow down for a traffic accident... I believe this suppression of vocalizing our feelings on the subject finds a way to express itself in our fascination with fictitious characters we have conjured up to help us deal with these internal feelings. Perhaps its not just our American culture but the Modern World which has since shed their folkloric traditions, that helped to allay the fears of death, decay and denied desires, and re...

"Howlin' Wolf  No. 1" from The Mask Series Ghosties, ghoolies and things that go bump in the night... Oh Hallows Eve , you have always been my favorite time of year! A time of transition, a time to enjoy being frightened and delighted by the darker sides of ourselves by putting on a mask which transforms us into someone or something beyond ourselves... Howlin' Wolf is the 7th set of images from The Mask Series and   is a  celebration of this exuberance and freedom we feel once we don a mask. This set is my interpretation of the shape shifting werewolf  howling and prowling  about the rocky crag of a distant and imaginary landscape,. As  a special treat for Halloween , "Howlin' Wolf No. 3"  has been silkscreened in an edition of 15 prints . These prints, along with t wo limited edition Giclée prints  from this set, will be available through my  Etsy store .  As Samhain draws near, listen for the werewolf  moaning...

It was a rare treat indeed when The Count Backwurds rolled into town and played an amazing set at Cody Bryant's Viva Cantina in Burbank, California for Real Boss Hoss this Summer. It was their first show in 18 years and the kids packed the back room to see these Goof Rock greats. With Peepin' John on vocals, Brett Stillo on guitar, Steve Cox on bass and Russell Quan on drums, it was indeed a 1995 flashback and a reunion of sorts with pals from near and far lining the room like it was a Saturday night at The Purple Onion .  Here's a  video  I shot of them covering the fab tune "No Reason to Complain" by  The Alarm Clocks  for your listening pleasure. The following interview brings no light to any of my questions but does raise quite few! As those of us who know this lot of hooligans, we wouldn't expect anything less, and that's why we love them... It is with great pleasure that I present to you: The Count  Backwurds! Julie Pavlowski Green Oc...