Memorial Day Weekend at The Green Ranch

I hope everyone had a good Memorial Day weekend. I spent mine with good friends outside of Albany, Texas on the historic Green Ranch - settled in the late 1800's by Thomas Henry Green and still run today by his son Bob. Words can't describe the beauty of the land that the ranch rests upon, and pictures have a hard time doing it justice either. I thinks that's partly why my eye leads me more to the detailed, close-up images (my new macro lens is to blame too) than to the larger spread of the landscape. It has to be seen in person to be truly appreciated. A few shots from the long weekend:

The Great Midwest

Iowan Danny Wilcox Frazier has spent years documenting the rural communities of his home state.

Bows + Arrows Backdrop

Along with selling antiques and doing some writing/photography for Refueled Magazine, I've been doing window backdrops for Austin clothing boutique Bows + Arrows - owned by Lauren Thumlert. I didn't take pictures of my first two pieces but snapped a few of the current window a couple of days ago. I got hooked on the idea of doing a bunch of simple black and white line drawings, and this is what came out. It ended up being a couple hundred drawings. Double-sided. I hadn't drawn shit since grade school so please forgive their elementary nature. That was partly the point though.

Filling Up

Over the past several months, Chris Brown has worked tirelessly to put together Issue No. 3 of Refueled Magazine. He announced today that it will hit the streets (or the internet airwaves for now) on Monday. For the new issue, I did an interview with my dear friends Bruce and Julie Webb for the "Collector" section and did a music review on Bill Callahan's latest release, Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle, as well. For those of you who have started following Detour since the last issue of Refueled came out, below you will find the interview the magazine did with me about my collecting habits and an article I wrote about one of my favorite bands around - Richmond Fontaine. I'll post the new pieces on Monday.

More Nasseff

I made a post on Lauren Nasseff's "Collector" series below, but I had to share a few of my favorites from her "A Drawing A Day" collection as well.

Lauren Nasseff

She lives in Chicago. She illustrates. I like her stuff. From her collector series:

Simon Miller

Michael Williams from A Continuous Lean made a post on Steven Alan's upcoming Fall/Winter line today and in doing so made mention of Simon Miller jeans. Good looking for the most part. But of greater interest to me was Miller's website and his/their use of photography to capture the details that go into producing a clothing line. For design-obsessed people like me who are interested in the process, the machines, the spaces, the materials, and the workmanship, this is a really cool way of bringing the customer into the inner workings of a company.

Bluesmen

Inspired by Larry Monroe - host of Blue Monday on KUT Austin. Thanks for being the best DJ in the land Larry.

Howlin Wolf, Muddy Waters, John Lee Hooker, Son House, Lightnin Hopkins, Albert King, RL Burnside: