Happy Birthday Carl Crawl by Evan Rodgers
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A seed is planted with high hopes of healthy growth and wild praise. It germinates in rich soil and is fed the best of nutrient laden water. It constricts during chilly Winter frosts and expands during Spring warmth. As the seed develops, it stretches, eventually breaking its rough shell. The seed reaches skyward and punctures through soil recently dampened by the past shower. Through many seasons and learned lessons, the seed develops from an inexperienced newcomer to a thick tree with dominating influence and high office. It oversees all decisions of its neighborhood. It stands stiff and its roots stretch wide.
The tree’s reach spreads high over the road it grows aside. Its branches shade the once plentiful flowers and causes them to wilt. His roots tangle with other neighborhood trees and constricts their growth and freedom. The tree drops pine cones on innocent passers and litters the asphalt with brutal attacks like a bully trashes the face of a helpless classmate. The tree, a glutton for riches, strips the earth of resources. Its roots run wild pipelines, squeezing the Earth like fingers tightly wrapped around a dripping sponge. Baboons congregate in the tree’s branches and elephants lobby at the tree’s base.
Spoiled through nepotism and blinded by ignorance, the tree struggles to win the acceptance of its neighborhood. Like the tree’s early rapid growth, surrounding plant’s disapproval rise to new heights. Insults tumble down the road and gather at the base of the tree. Small plants mock the large tree and urge the dethroning of its massive presence. Trees from other neighborhoods join the outcry and roots deep and shallow intertwine in a massive network against the tree. With skies the color of coal and clouds as angry as a frothing hyena, a furry of change blows through the streets of our village, uprooting the tree and making way for hope and the growth of a new leader.
What change are you hoping for?
SAND JACKET reunites:Ocean House:1/15/09
Published January 18th, 2009 in events and music. 10 Comments
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Tables, which were scattered around the designated dance floor, sat nervous while high heeled groupies chugged Red Bulls. As empty cans began to pile and faces blushed, chants echoed throughout the cafe of the Ocean House in Carlsbad, “move the tables, move the tables, move the tables.” Within seconds, tables slid across the floor like boozed pucks on a freshly groomed shuffleboard. With a bar popping, a dance floor cleared and a room full of reminiscing friends, temporarily reunited Sand Jacket took the stage.
The cafe filled fast as security attentively counted the crowd. The room soon hit capacity and the front doors slammed shut leaving a long line out in the fairly warm winter night. The posters read Sand Jacket, but the hype was definitely all about Carlsbad’s newest bred celebrity. Lead guitarist and singer Josh Steely, and recently appointed guitarist in the freakishly famous band Daughtry, greeted the crowd with with humble hints of stardom. He reminisced about open mic at the Cantina and Blue House jam sessions fueled by whiskey and drawn blinds. He compared these early memories to world tours and swollen arenas. Smiles were contagious as long time fans and friends sporadically high fived Josh in between songs and stories.
Between sets of old classics and random covers of Nirvana and Iron Maiden, the 
band mingled with their friends. Josh’s mother, whom he dedicated the show to, sat at two reserved tables at the back of the room. Cameras sat poised and waited for the next clear shot at Josh. Upon returning to the stage, he joked how he “… gave five hugs in the boy’s bathroom.”
While Josh remained on stage and the target of every camera, the rest of the band rocked like it was just another gig. Steve Blake and Don traded songs on bass while Ric and Dustin split the night on drums. Sand Jacket once jammed open mic and spontaneous house parties of the village, but now play when schedules allow. Josh wanders the globe with his Grammy nominated band Daughtry while the loyal fans and friends wait for the next Sand Jacket reunion.
Do you have a Sand Jacket memory? Lets here it…
WHAT: Art by Randy Laybourne
WHERE: Swiv Tackle Circus in Oceanside (MAP)
WHEN: Saturday Jan. 17th: 6-10pm
WHY: Local Art
Check out 20 pieces, all 20 in. x 20 in., and an installation by Randy Laybourne at Swiv Tackle Circus.
Click HERE for a time lapse video of Randy working on #16!
See you there!
The act of creating produces a finished project, which describes one’s thoughts at that moment. Projects strung together begin to develop a story and eventually result in the documentation of one’s life. Like words on paper, thoughts can be recorded in many ways. Ideas splattered in paint line the walls of your home and chiseled stones are scattered in your garden. Spontaneous melodies wash down your drain and moods are expressed in the clothes you wear. Years after your lifetime, your story will be remembered by the things you left behind. Your story will last as long as people are willing to tell it…
Labor of Love, by Bryan Snyder, is a visual autobiography. Through video and music, Bryan romanticizes the act of creating. With each drip of paint, he exposes the overly passionate. Undeterred by long hours and uncomfortable technique, he expresses his ideas, documents his story and shares his labor of love.
Visit bryan’s NEW SITE for more videos and work:
From the view of a fly on a wall, watch as Bryan Snyder romanticizes the act of creating in his newest film Labor of Love. Music by The Ghost Orchid.
Carlsbadcrawl will be on a hiatus for a handful of days. Stay tuned for the premiere release of Labor of Love here on carlsbadcrawl, as well as the launch of the complete website www.snyderartdesign.com.
Labor of Love and snyderartdesign.com coming 1/14/09
Patrick Matson, of P&M Maintenance, ended his 2008 in a confrontation with US Bank. From his point of view, cash deposits were not recognized in his available balance resulting in an account penalty fee each time he used his debit card. Eventually his account was completely depleted leaving him stranded in Glendale, Arizona and far from his family during the holidays.
Patrick, now back in Carlsbad, plans on protesting the alleged unethical practices of the US Bank until he is reimbursed in full. When asked how long he plans on remaining outside the bank’s property, located at Carlsbad Village Drive and Jefferson St., he replies, “as long as it takes.”
The Carlsbad police visited him three times on this specific day and once demanded him to keep the base of his sign, which read “US Bank Predatory” and “US Bank-We Charge N.S.F. Fees like there is no Tomorrow,” off of the bank’s property. This is when Patrick built his rolling stand. He also encourages the interested to read his laminated bank statements for a better understanding.
Patrick seemed extremely disgruntled and very candid with his retaliations. “I have already filed with the small claims and am pushing to influence the denial of the bank’s lease renewal.”
2008 may be in the past, but it still casts a dark shadow. We can only hope 2009 ends on a better note for him and for us.
Confrontations, though unwanted, are unavoidable. Grocery store lines heat with agitation and highways honk with obscenities. Sibling rivalries destroy family traditions and office egos swell with brown nose back stabbings. Foreheads glisten blue with bruises from the last headbutt and a deralicto rat eats cheese from the ass of the overly jolly.
How do you handle your confrontations? Pen? Sword?
Patrick Matson
760.809.3179
P&M_Maintenance@yahoo.com
A weed sprouts in an unfavorable environment. It reaches skyward with solid passions and begins its journey. Upon a prickly stem, a yellow flower blossoms. It greets the day with the eyes of an innocent child whom rarely is held. Its leaves spread wide in hopes to attract the warmth of a tight hug. Undaunted by its ill favored situation, the weed grows wild, watered by
uncontrollable aspiration and fueled by the rays of burning ambitions. The weed becomes confident and releases its creative seed into the light coastal breeze. The dirt in which the weed once sprouted from now animates rich with future hope. Other weeds begin to sprout resulting in the development of culture and the beginning of a local movement.
Would you like to be part of a local collective based on creative expression? Contact theartist@carlsbadcrawl.com with photos of your art, poems, ideas and/or suggested stories!
Help Carlsbad’s artistic culture grow…
One ornament remains in the streets of the village. Click HERE for a visual hint!
Ninja Twinki by Queen Sarah
Send your doodles to theartist@carlsbadcrawl.com!
COMING SOON: Labor of Love: a film by bryan snyder
We would like to thank all the participants in carlsbadcrawl.com’s most recent public art project, Plant an Ornament 2008. Like other projects, our goal was to promote the Carlsbad village while uniting its community through creativity and local art.
Would you like to be part of a carlsbadcrawl.com project? Do you enjoy expressing ideas and emotions through craft? Each project invites the community to participate in both stages. We kick off each project with a celebratory gathering of laughter, conversation and craft. Each piece of art is created here. The poject is then “planted” in the streets of our village. We encourage the participation of all whom visit the village, as well as those who are looking for an excuse to crawl our local streets.
“…thank you so much for giving us something to do this morning.”
” Thank you so much for the wonderful works of art.”
” This project made me look up at stores and trees while walking instead of looking at the ground.”
“ This was so much fun!”
click HERE for the NCT NEWSPAPER ARTICLE!
click HERE to view the UPDATED MAP!
click HERE to see all the ORNAMENT PHOTOS!
Thanks again for your participation in PROJECT: Plant an Ornament. Stay tuned for future projects and remember…keep those eyes open!
December 21st is the first day of Winter, the Winter solstice and the longest night of the year. This day has held important significance in many past cultures. Seasonal changes have informed animals when to mate and farmers have used this astrological alarm to sow crops and meter reserves. For us at Carlsbadcrawl, it marks another year in the creative life of a local artist.
Exactly 28 years ago the journey of an artist began on a stormy night under a full moon and on the cusp between two astrological signs. Each day since has risen to unpredictable highs and tumbled to heart aching lows. Bumps have rattled, but the wheels remain moving.
We would like to thank all who joined the celebration. The walls echoed with chatter, the crafts pulsated with creativity and an artistic culture of like minds connected during another Winter Solstice birthday.
Thank you all!
click HERE and HERE for past ARTpartment gatherings!
HINT: keep your eyes open in the upcoming days!
Go Skate by Steve Peek
Send your doodles to theartist@carlsbadcrawl.com!
COMING SOON: Labor of Love: a film by bryan snyder
Would you like to be part of our newest project?
Come join us at the ARTpartment for a night of creativity, rambles, Christmas ornament decorating and other shenanigans. We will also be celebrating the Winter Solstice and a carlsbadcrawler birthday.
Ornaments, crafts, snacks and inspiration provided!
• WHERE: the ARTpartment (ask for directions)
• WHEN: Sun. Dec. 21st… 6pm and on…
• WHY: carlsbadcrawl’s newest project and a bday celebration
• WHO: anyone who wants to get involved
Labor of Love, a new film by Bryan Snyder will be shown.
this is just an early preparation stage for a larger project. More details to come in the near future…
Your day starts with a stiff yawn and a shuffle into the warmest room. The early sun flows through a dusty window and dances over the carpet stains of yesterday’s laughter. Chirping birds nibble tossed bread and cigarette and coffee scents tumble out your neighbor’s door.
Between the moment you slip out of bed and seconds before you retire the day, you are offered opportunities to leave your mark. Your life is a book consisting of footprint scattered pages. These pages are your conversations, explorations and creations. They present triumphs like a well arranged mantel and depict tragedies like flower laden tombstones. They embrace chance and shun inhibitions.
Stories are written to be read, shared and remembered…
How is your book coming along?
Ronnie Waited by Courtney Barnett 2008
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AVAILABLE NOW: carlsbadcrawl 2009 CALENDARS…CLICK HERE!
Do you have a relationship with your surroundings? A wander during an early morning can be led by the openness to observe. Flowers become brighter and overhead nests become louder. Trees become greener and neighbors smile wider. Your path will become scattered with observations… and you will eagerly seek each one.
Your relationship with your surroundings grows over time. Sites seen each morning become a fixture in your daily routine. Like a recognizable face, you find a calming sensation upon each interaction. Your heart warms, your mind stimulates and a relationship is created…
Unfortunately sites are like sandcastles. Eventually they slip into sea…
CALLING ALL TREE HUGGERS
The above palm is scheduled for removal. Here is a chance to let your voice be heard. Do you want to save a tree? Do you want to keep a favorite site? Use your voice and express how you feel…
Michael Bliss
Parks and Recreation Department
760.434.2985
Why keep this tree?
coming soon: “Labor of Love” a film by Bryan Snyder
Untitled by Wander-er 2008
Send your doodles to theartist@carlsbadcrawl.com!
AVAILABLE NOW: carlsbadcrawl 2009 CALENDARS…CLICK HERE!
We miss you Ozzie…
Arguably one of the most famous images in the world. (No, not the carlsbadcrawl sticker, but thanks for the compliment) The Creation of Adam was painted on the ceiling of Vatican City’s Sistine Chapel by Michelangelo circa 1511. It illustrates the moment at which God supposedly breathes life into man.
Thanks to Candice and Andy for introducing Rome, as well as many other parts of Europe, to carlsbadcrawl!
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