help your local public media station - please read - get involved - do it now.

Soon, Congress will take a critical vote on whether or not to eliminate ALL federal support for public media.

Federal funding helps PBS stations like WFYI, and others across the country, to provide educational programs free from commercial interference. Programs that expand children’s minds, documentaries that open up new worlds, trusted and unbiased news reporting, and regular forays into the worlds of art, music, theater, and dance.

Some say there is no longer a need for federal support of public broadcasting. WFYI believes that it’s a very worthy investment of federal dollars.

WFYI stands to lose almost $1.3 million if the bills pass…

WFYI has already cut $1 million from their annual operating budget in the last 2 years, made drastic cuts in production and personnel, and has been trying to do more with MUCH less.
You can choose to support public broadcasting individually as a citizen. Thats your choice. You can also contact your elected Congressional representative:
We hope you will call your Members of Congress. Contact their offices by calling , email , or writing a letter
Tell them what you think of public broadcasting and the proposed cuts. Congress could take action on these cuts in the next few days, so please act now.
You can also show your support by visiting 170millionamericans.org
Sign the petition, receive updates about the voting, and since the future of WFYI and public broadcasting is at stake, it is important that your elected representatives hear directly from YOU as soon as you can contact them.
Ultimately, the decision rests with you.

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Ghostface

this was sent from my phone.

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this was sent from my phone.

from the flat files

so im moving. i want to get rid of things. im going to be honest and say i like my stuff, but most of the art ive made in the last 3 years, the good stuff, i want to share. and by share i mean $50 for big, $20 for small. im not ascribing numbers like that to say its worth that amount. most of it i would price @ $200 - $325. at the same time i spent a lot of time just making more and more. so now im moving and the flat file is full of things i can part with, sadly.

take a look at the entire album. k?

 
 
 
 

Just about there...or, i'm here.

im a paint marker away from finishing my mixed media indiana flag on dome roof painting. i dont know if the show its supposed to be in is even still happening but keep indianapolis beautiful is busy, well, keeping my hometown perty. im more than happy with it since at first i felt like some mark just pushing paint around but i had my vision and now i can say ive really worked on something that was a totally unoriginal idea. i love how the torch turned out, i love how the stars are both bold but decaying, i love that the blue is totally wrong but hell, we voted blue for obama and we dont have palin as a vice president. theres a lot of indiana in this painting.
the base blue i bought from a random box of crap at a woodruff place garage sale ten years ago...its a refill for a printer long gone but its blue. it became a problem a few weeks ago since im using all water based paints: it kicks its way through, looking for air, turning my 9 layers of yellow into green....not a bad move in a progressive/changing state like indiana....im not saying the state is progressive, but its a changin.
the whole thing is fatter than it needs to be, just like our state, and me, and just about everyone i know that eats. its following the cute trend of minimizing and plushificating stuff that need not be touched, like plush star wars characters or Chuthulus.... pointless but entertaining, which i am sure someone could say about our state.

i could rail on and on about this painting but i wont. just buy it and show some pride in where yr from. k?

-- Sent from my Palm Pre

forever ago...

tonight was pretty rad - seeing a full moon behind a skim of clouds while walking into my apartment from the back entrance. i could smell the indian food two blocks away and see thunder to the north-west. my wife was awake and being intrigued by a new/old series. there was beer in the fridge and work for the day was done.
theres new music to listen to and a resume to update for the act alone.
i hear matt's voice in a remix and feel ok with not playing a show without practicing as a full band, even though i appreciate it when my band rips it raw.
its blood memory.