Grace Potter and the Nocturnals Scramble The Egg

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On Wednesday night February 6, Grace Potter and the Nocturnals brought their Roar Tour to The Egg in Albany NY. The band last appeared in Albany in June 2009 for an Alive At 5 Concert on the Waterfront. The Nocturnals took the stage as the MGM theme played the lion's roar. A thundering drum beat got the crowd on their feet to welcome the Nocs to the Hart Theatre; the band broke into the title track to their current release "The Lion, The Beast, The Beat."

The Egg Performing Arts Center, Abany NY
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Potter told the crowd that it was OK to stand and dance , but would understand if folks needed a break and sat but no arguments about people standing and dancing in front of you or she would have to leave the stage and "take care" of the situation.
The seventeen song set was a little short, according to the die hard Posse people in the crowd. (The Potterville Posse are a bunch of true fans that follow the band all over the country!) But contained a few gems that the Posse agreed were very special to witness. The band did a few in their "campfire" arrangements including Hank Williams' Devil's Train:

A version of House of the Rising Sun (a traditional folk song made famous by The Animals) (This video was picked up by Glide Magazine's Hidden Track!)


And a cover of Ben. E. King's Stand By Me. The band was joined on stage by Houndmouth, the show's opener. Houndmouth is a folk rock band from Indiana and Kentucky. They delivered a great set list and I'm sure they sold a bunch or EPs--they were that good! 

Scott Tournet and Benny Yurco

Michael Libramento

Scott Tournet

Matt Burr

It was also a special night for the band's bass player, Michael Libramento, it was his one year anniversary with the Nocturnals. Grace presented him with his own Gibson Dove Guitar.Two great show recordings are posted on Archive.org!JT The TaperJames BMore images of the show: Photos by Nanci SmugMugNice Review by Greg Haymes for the Times Union.Grace Potter and the Nocturnals
With Houndmouth
Hart Theatre, The Egg
Albany NY February 6, 2013
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"Detroit Industry", A Diego Rivera's Fresco at the Detroit Institute of Arts (2012)

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"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 





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

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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 ...



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

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"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.


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

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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)



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

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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)


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Alternative At Home-Free Show at Lebanon Opera House

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As part of their Free at Home concert series, the Lebanon Opera House hosted Alternative At Home on Thursday night.
The featured band was Turkey Point Swim Club made up Vermont musicians Davis McGraw (of The Pilgrims), Caleb Thomas (of Thompson Gunner) and Ryan Hebert (of Giant Travel Avant Garde)
The guys played a good mix of originals and covers and appeared tight even after stating that they had practiced together three times.
The evening started with singer-songwriter actor Justin Goodrich.

From his website: He has independently released two official EP's, most notable for being acoustic guitar and vocals only though performed loudly and aggressively, and for their video-accompanied singles "Deeper Inside" and "Love You Still" shot by Disasterous Film. His music often lends itself to mid-tempo, minor key, broodish ballads with theatrical arrangements, dark, metaphorical lyrical content and Justins noticeably '60's crooner-esque vocal delivery.

Justin seldom performs live, describing his obsessive time spent in his home studio over the last year as there being "a much bigger sounding picture in store for my music, and I focus all of my attention on learning and painting it", but has made several appearances at small, notable local venues such as Hard Rock Cafe Boston and Coolidge Corner Theatre in February '12 where he joined The Betsi Feathers burlesque troop as a musical guest in front of a sold-out crowd.

In October '11 he performed the song 'In The Night' via Skype on the popular web-hosted video podcast NSFW, gaining his most popular selling song since 2005's "I Love You In Roses" made popular by it's performance in the Community Alliance for Teen Safety Battle of the Bands at Lowell Memorial Auditorium (during Justin's senior year of high school).

Justin had a small role as Undergrad #2 in the Disney film "The Surrogates" in 2009, and in 2010 was cast as the haunted boy in the SyFy original made-for-TV movie "The Haunted Boy: Secret Diary of The Exorcist", filmed at Rolling Hills Aslyum in E. Bethany, NY, which was featured in the first season of Ghost Hunters. October '12 see's Justin taking over writing, acting and directing duties via Diorama Records in the creation of the currently in-production short-film tentatively titled "The List" about a well-read man struggling with social inadequacies and a haunting past.​

The Free At Home Concert Series is sponsored by Citizens Bank, Lebanon Rec Dept. and the Lebanon Opera House.

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Alternative At Home 2013
Season Two
Turkey Point Swim Club with Justin Goodrich
Lebanon Opera House, Citizens Bank, Lebanon Rec Dept.
Lebanon Opera House, Lebanon NH February 7, 2013
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