Joel Paskett - New Music and... LIVE in Boston Tomorrow!

To contact us Click HERE


Joel makes a stop at O'Briens on Wednesday Night!!

Canada has produced some of the world’s most enduring songwriters and Joel Plaskett is hailed as one of the best. With countless awards to his credit, thousands of tour dates, and numerous recording and producing projects under his belt, Plaskett remains one of the most innovative and prolific artists on the scene today.
The end of 2012 started off quickly.  Joel and The Emergency worked around the clock, sending weekly volleys to fight off the seasonal blues: a brand new song – recorded, mixed, mastered, and released – every single week for ten weeks, accompanied by snippets of video documenting the process in-studio. It was an epic undertaking,which came together in the physical release of his eighth recording, Scrappy Happiness. The album garnered outstanding reviews and Joel Plaskett and The Emergency have been touring steadily since its release.

Scrappy Happiness is the follow-up to Joel’s hugely successful triple record, Three, which garnered overwhelming media response and caught the attention of international audiences. Where Three is a thoughtful solo record that offers up gems that range from pure pop to soul stirring folk, Scrappy Happiness is an epic melodic rock record powered by stellar songs and a sense of urgency.

In addition to his eight recordings, a DVD and a retrospective LP, Plaskett still has the creative energy to work on outside projects. He masterminded a reunion Thrush Hermit Tour and Box Set, has produced recordings for Sarah Slean, Al Tuck, David Myles, Steve Poltz, and most recently, buzz act Mo Kenney.

Tonight (3/19) Joel is in Philadelphia  World Café Live.  He wraps up his tour right here in Boston tomorrow.

What to expect?  Check out "Lightning Bolt"

You can read more, check out pictures and order some of his music via is Official Site.

"Detroit Industry", A Diego Rivera's Fresco at the Detroit Institute of Arts (2012)

To contact us Click HERE

"Detroit Industry" A Diego Rivera's fresco at the Detroit Institute of Arts (Gustavo Thomas © 2012)

To look at any of the Mexican masters of art in museums and exhibitions abroad is not only very interesting but it also makes one very proud. The history of the Detroit Institute of Arts and Diego Rivera (as well as the fashion of wondering what Frida Kahlo was doing at that same time) is already part of the mythology of the history of art in Mexico, and possibly in the world. Although Detroit is currently not the best place to visit in the United States (the city is mired in an economic crisis that has left it half-desolate and with extremely high levels of violence and poverty), the DIA, as the museum is known, is still one of the best places to appreciate world-class painting and its collection is truly one of the most beautiful and interesting that I have seen. *
The fresco (mural) "Detroit Industry" was painted by Diego Rivera between 1932 and 1933; we Mexicans know it from our elementary school books (at least those of my school years) and its images are present in tens of illustrations about Mexican muralism. Its main theme is precisely the Detroit industry, which is none other than the automotive and related ones. Apparently it's Diego Rivera's the largest mural outside Mexico.
Just after one enters the museum the receptionists offer detailed information about the highlights of their permanent collection among which, of course, is "The Industry Of Detroit"; you receive a clear explanation of how to get to the room where the mural is, in the central hall of the museum, a privileged space due to its light and spaciousness.

"Detroit Industry" A Diego Rivera's fresco at the Detroit Institute of Arts (Gustavo Thomas © 2012)

After what little I've read of the research that Renato González Mello has done on the esoteric part of Diego Rivera in his works in Mexico City (especially the mural in the central building of the minister of education, "La SEP"), I could look at this fresco in Detroit with a new idea in my head; at some other moment I would have contemplated it only aesthetically as a perhaps direct and propagandistic remnant of social movements of the last century (like socialism, class conflict, etc.) and, though it certainly is very influenced by that, the addition of an esoteric interpretation extends the enjoyment and learning from what is observed.  Then those images of curvy women, of plants and fruits, of earth, roots and seeds, and of course the positions of the characters and the colors used within the overall composition of the painting, acquire another dimension. Obviously I am not an expert and I will not delve deeper, but I can refer you to the latest research on the work of Diego Rivera by Dr. González Mello et al.I share here my photos of the mural.   I hope you enjoy them.

"Detroit Industry" A Diego Rivera's fresco at the Detroit Institute of Arts (Gustavo Thomas © 2012)

"Detroit Industry" A Diego Rivera's fresco at the Detroit Institute of Arts (Gustavo Thomas © 2012)

"Detroit Industry" A Diego Rivera's fresco at the Detroit Institute of Arts (Gustavo Thomas © 2012)

Slideshow of photographs of Diego Rivera's fresco "Detroit Industry"







* I've already published in the Blog some photographs of Vincent van Gogh's painting The Diggers.

About "Detroit's destruction" maybe this note by the BBC about Detropia, a documentary, helps to understand the current situation in the city: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-19578766 





Texts, photographs and videos in this Blog are all author's property, except when marked. All rights reserved by Gustavo Thomas.If you have any interest in using any text, photograph or video from this Blog, for commercial use or not, please contact Gustavo Thomas at gustavothomastheatre@gmail.com.

A Children's Tale Tree (Digital Painting By Gustavo Thomas. 2012)

To contact us Click HERE

A Children's Tale Tree

(Digital Painting. Gustavo Thomas © 2012. All Rights Reserved.)



To tell stories for children, either by writing or playing, you need a fantastic tree full of colour and simplicity. 
There will be time to start writing them ...



Texts, photographs and videos in this Blog are all author's property, except when marked. All rights reserved by Gustavo Thomas.If you have any interest in using any text, photograph or video from this Blog, for commercial use or not, please contact Gustavo Thomas at gustavothomastheatre@gmail.com.

Don't Want To Look Guilty (A Video From My Butoh Vlog. 2012)

To contact us Click HERE

"Don't Want To Look Guilty"

Butoh Vlog (Sep 20, 2012): Don't Want To Look Guilty 
  from Gustavo Thomas on Vimeo.

 This is part of my daily morning training, and nothing else. After walking and working with some postures and inner images, a short choreography emerges, that's what you see in this Butoh vlog.


Texts, photographs and videos in this Blog are all author's property, except when marked. All rights reserved by Gustavo Thomas.If you have any interest in using any text, photograph or video from this Blog, for commercial use or not, please contact Gustavo Thomas at gustavothomastheatre@gmail.com.

L'esprit de la danse à Montréal / The Spirit of the Dance in Montreal (Digital Work Over Photography By Gustavo Thomas. 2012)

To contact us Click HERE

L'esprit de la danse à Montréal / The Spirit of the Dance in Montreal

(Digital Work Over Photography. By Gustavo Thomas © 2012. All Rights Reserved)



Texts, photographs and videos in this Blog are all author's property, except when marked. All rights reserved by Gustavo Thomas.If you have any interest in using any text, photograph or video from this Blog, for commercial use or not, please contact Gustavo Thomas at gustavothomastheatre@gmail.com.

A video with the poem "Hace Tanto" (It's been so long) (Read By Gustavo Thomas)

To contact us Click HERE

I've been recording in video some of my poems reading by me (in Spanish); first the reading and after the text. We'll see how it goes.

I'm a writer in Spanish so, my writings are in that language; sometimes I publish the translation to English, but sometimes not, it will be always an approximation to the original one.

Video of the poem "Hace tanto"
Hace tanto (Poema de y por Gustavo Thomas) from Gustavo Thomas on Vimeo.
Hace tanto

Possible translation:


It's been so long


It's been so long since I saw your breasts
uncovered when it dawns,
nor your smile when you see me
and those eyes closing again

I have lost your smell, or I mistake it,
 but not your sound that moans,
nor your hands that touch,
and those warm lips that welcome me./

I have them here.../

You're not who walks at my side anymore,
nor who sweats when I ejaculate tired

Woman, you're not anymore
she who receives my embrace!/

I don't have you here!/

I also know of something that I miss from you:
your buttocks, your feet so cold
and your hair so long./


Gustavo Thomas © September 2011
(Translated by Tadeo Berjon © 2012)


Texts, photographs and videos in this Blog are all author's property, except when marked. All rights reserved by Gustavo Thomas.If you have any interest in using any text, photograph or video from this Blog, for commercial use or not, please contact Gustavo Thomas at gustavothomastheatre@gmail.com.

A Look Back At December 2012 Events

To contact us Click HERE
On Saturday December 1, 2012 the Scouts of Pack 235 in Hartland hosted a pancake breakfast at the Stone Church in Hartland VT. There was a steady stream of hungry folks at the event there to enjoy the blueberry, chocolate chip or plain pancakes smothered in Vermont maple syrup.
More images of the breakfast: photosbynanci.smugmug.com

---

The annual Craft Fair with Santa was held Saturday December 1, 2012 at the Hartland Elementary School. The light snow that fell made for a festival for children and families in Hartland visiting Santa.



More images of the Craft Fair and Santa's Visit: photosbynanci.smugmug.com

---

Saturday December 1, 2012, the Upper Valley Waldorf School in Quechee hosted its annual Winter Fair. This year’s fair included candle making, gingerbread decorating, a luncheon, music by the school chorus and the always popular Crystal Cookie Cave and Gnome Dome.




More images of the Waldorf Winter Fair: photosbynanci.smugmug.com

---

Folks in Brownsville got together on Saturday December 1, 2012 and hosted a Holiday Bazaar in the Town Hall. Local crafts people were on hand to show off their wares just in time for some holiday shopping. Lunch was also served and rumor had it that the corn chowder was to die for. $5 got you a bowl of chowder and all you could fit on a plate, sandwiches, salads, and cookies.


More images of the Holiday Bazaar: photosbynanci.smugmug.com

Follow Photos By Nanci at:photosbynanci.com Photos by Nanci BlogSmugMug GalleriesYouTubeTwitter Facebook