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2013: Year of the Dream
January 7, 2013 in holiday, music, Portland Oregon, Reflections, Wisdom
Huge year. Huge.
First full year of not working a straight job. Of being a full-time artist. Successfully.
First print article feature.
Made a bunch of pieces for a Hollywood pop-up store.
Which led to a piece for a Hollywood wedding.
Which led to a photo on People.com.
Two big successful tributes.
All-female rock revue launched.
Dream School Salon for Creatives coaching group launched.
Moved out of a shared space into our own gorgeous, little apartment.
Visited two tropical islands, played music and made art on both.
Major breakthroughs in my mental/emotional/spiritual health. (Gratitude? Check. Forgiveness? Check. Miraculous, daily.)
Music expansion: ukulele, shows, collabs, and even a little EP.
And friends…so many new old friends. Feels like I’ve known them for so long already.
Judy Garland!
Cinnamon Girls: Women Sing Neil Young
March 19, 2012 in music, Oregon, Portland, Portland Oregon
I spent too long trying to approximate the look of Neil's Harvest album.
On February 25th 2012 I produced an all-female tribute to Neil Young at Mississippi Pizza Pub in Portland, Oregon. It featured over 20 performers and was the first event of its kind I’ve done out here on the best er, west coast.
L to R: Marilee Hord (fiddle), Alexa Wiley (guitar), Renee Muzquiz (lead guitar), Gina Noell (in the back), Alex Nicole, Rachael Rice, Christine Havrilla, Darka Dusty. Photo by M I R I Photo
Miriam German of Miriams Well - Photo by M I R I Photo
Yours truly. Photo by M I R I Photo
I knew that when the Facebook event was at over 100 rsvp’s I was in trouble…the evening sold out before it began. It was a kickass night playing with women I’d barely met. Despite some technical difficulties (hello, no stage monitors) we rocked…hard. Here’s a YouTube playlist of the entire evening:
Exactly two hours after the show ended I got on a plane to the Caribbean to visit my dad. More on that in my next post.
Last Waltz Fashion
December 6, 2011 in fashion, music, Portland Oregon
I took some photos at a tribute concert called The Next Waltz at the Alberta Rose Theater in Portland, Oregon last week where my man Dan Haley sang This Wheel’s on Fire (Bob Dylan/Rick Danko). The cool thing about the show was that they played EVERY SONG from that concert, not just what you see on The Last Waltz Scorsese movie ~ which if you haven’t seen, you should immediately!
So many that night dressed like the original performers; I think we were all scouring Good Will stores trying searching for 1976 duds. After a lot of internetting and geeking out on the 70′s vibe, I took a bunch of photos. And I’m blown away by the similarities! Here’s my own little visual tribute to The Last Waltz, which includes the poster I made of my last show in Vermont.
Here are some photos and photo collages based on The Last Waltz, and taken from The Next Waltz. Hard to tell which are the newer photos!
from The Next Waltz
clockwise: Little Sue, Heidi Shu, Michael Hessling, Kris Deelane, and Miriams Well
I want to dress like Joni 24/7
Bob Dylan/Al James
Dan Haley
The Band and the other band...and Jeff Roseberg as Van. Priceless.
Adam East as Neil Diamond - nails it.
The Next Waltz photo collage
“dream eyes & god catchers” art show with kate sprout
October 12, 2010 in art, craft, decor, doilies, dream catchers, fashion, feathers, interior design, leather, music, photography, print, sculpture
Montpelier Art Walk event, sponsored by Montpelier Alive:
DREAM EYES & GOD CATCHERS
by RACHAEL RICE & KATE SPROUT
sculptural, large-scale dream catcher installation from montpelier’s favorite sister act duo at salaam boutique in montpelier, vermont. big, reverent, and re-imagined interpretations of this native cultural symbol through the lens of modern bohemia. show also showcases photography by both artists, all prints are $5.
opening reception friday october 15th 4-8pm with special live performance by LITTLE ENGINE, my new duo project also featuring kate sprout. free LITTLE ENGINE download here on our bandcamp profile.
more about kate can be found here:
and here:
hand bill
some photos of the works:
white object
white object detail
see more photos of the art here on my flickr:
Portland, Oregon tour!
November 8, 2009 in music, travel
So Dan Haley, Noah Hahn and I are out in PDX playing some shows as a trio…mostly as “Mister Casual” at the Laurelthirst Public House but also some Cosmic American stuff thrown in here and there. We’re packed in a VW bus which just today ran out of gas, so we got in a different VW bus to get to the gig. The schedule is here:
http://www.myspace.com/mistercasualsings
Dan Haley is Mister Casual
concert posters i have made
October 13, 2009 in design, music, photography
Here are some examples of my promotional materials for my own band(s) and events:
Concert Poster Collage using original record purchased from Exile on Main Street in Barre, VT -- this is the one that went in the window of Langdon Street Cafe in Montpelier.
Detail of Some Girls Concert Poster Collage
Poster for Documentary Film about Koko Taylor
Concert Poster for my Opening Show for Birdie Busch -- showcasing my Poladroid fascination
Concert Poster for Claire's of Hardwick
Concert Poster Design for a Solo Show
Concert Poster Design
Poster Design for Daniel Haley
Concert Poster for Daniel Haley
Concert Poster
Poster design for Katie Trautz
CD Jacket Design for The House Carpenters: simple, effective, and cheap to print, glue and fold!
Concert Poster
Poster Design for Anais Mitchell
Concert Poster for Dave Keller Solo Shows
Concert Poster for Dave Keller Band
Concert Poster
Concert Poster Design for The ImproVisions
Concert Poster for the ImproVisions
Concert Poster
Concert Poster for Show at Higher Ground
psychedelic retro vintage rock posters
i will always love retro psychedelic rock and movie posters.
but Tadanori Yokoo took it to a whole nutha level:
Emerson, Lake & Palmer concert poster, 1972
Movie poster: "The Trip" with Peter Fonda, 1968
i mean, how crazy are these? i love the how the registration is deliberately off, like in those turn-of-the-century offset screen prints or the WPA propaganda posters from the 30′s and 40′s.
"The Trip", 1968
[and is it just me or does the woman in this poster totally look like Marie-Louise Parker?]
"Cochin Moon", 1978
pretty sure they were done without Adobe Illustrator. this gives me hope.
(images via pinktentacle. even more TY awesomeness here)
sheet music art
June 21, 2009 in craft, decor, music
got a bunch of old sheet music and liked the vintage looking fonts and stuff…so I spray-tacked them to some scrap pieces of foam core and thumbtacked them on the walls of our music room:
the raw materials
above part of the cd library
sideview
above the piano, on either side of a piece made by sandra mudge (i could devote several posts just to her work)
it's hard for me to find cd's so i made alphabet cards
