When the Fruit is Ripe

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The Right Painting...finished on the right day...I find great benefit in completing the right painting, on the right day... One great example of this concept is the Painting "Liberty Ride 2000" which actually was finally completed on July 4th Y2k...no shit. Above IS a picture of that painting, it's the one with the "Indian on the motorcycle doing a wheely in front of the teepees"... There's a story behind these images collaged in this painting, but I will save it for another day. Once the story is posted, I will provide a link to it...

anyway.

Sometimes , I cannot help but notice that a certain video, or drawing, or painting ripens, years after it was completed... I love it ... sort of feels like I get validated for the forward vision it took to film the stuff... in this case, back starting in 1995 all the way through about 2000... Concerts of a band that some say still exists? Well, in the footage, it will always exsit...now... but herre's the story;

I recently uploaded about 7 videos-songs of Pele Ju Ju & their lead singer Dana Hutson.. to YOUtube. And this past week, I have been esxploring Myspace, finally building a new outreach via Myspace...the freinds lists...and the switches Myspace contains...and...just yesterday, I added a person to my friend's list who is an old time Pele Ju Ju fan, who reported to me, that she discovered one of my many music vdeos of them. among the rough cuts... appearing on YOUtube... and google showcased my new Myspace address...so she found me there.

In honor of that journey completed...below is the Pele Ju Ju band with Dana Hutson performing "Eyes to the Sun".

You will see that this is a masterpiece song, and a sample of the kinds of moments you could count on happening at every..yes EVERY... Pele Ju Ju concert....a deceptively simple production, but I feel it is a sample of a few of my video paintings that also feel like masterpieces of mine, cinema verite' at it's best...

This video is strong...even in low resolution...Built around the premise of ...Allowing the song to breathe... being a witness and intuitive. By this time, I think I had filmed about 5 Pele Ju JU concerts... Dana and I could feel each other in a sort of tender shared goal of capturing the beauty of that song and this brilliant performance...which..by the way is cross edited here from 2 main concerts...both live audio... but favored one, part a- the other part b...you will see/hear.

I felt privelged, to say the least...for Dana's trust...and I knew, I was there to witness what was beautiful, fully through the camera, and make sure it was captured for the people... for all time...

Here it is. Ripe today...Just fell off the treee!

See if you agree...Did she deliver it, or not? Did I catch it so you could get your share? You tell me...Regardless.., I'm very proud of it, as it stands here, a simple concert film... pristine... good re-mastered audio... still holds up as ultra compressed youtube film.... while at the very same time....it still sort of represents the rough demo version of a full screeen feature doc, or a DVD boxed set sold online, or some other indy project... and if nothing else, word will get out to Dana who has since become a massage therapist-healer.... deep in the jungle... maybe to return once again for the Ple Ju JU Re-union concert this summer...maybe , maybe, maybe...which it may well be... someday.

But for today...the song...the video... were both completed 10 years ago...and technology finally caught up with that wave, so that I could feature it here, in a blog....and let you watch it from the myspace/youtube window below. So... I sort of saw that the wave rolled back in, and long with it, it brought a Pele Ju Ju fan... so ... all in a little neat package, a test run... double checking the switches, and the search engines... and the media players/streamers... And, as of this week, I have decided to stay, for awhile on Myspace, this time around...therefore, finally uploaded enough samples of my art here and elsewhere, to provide an overview...this is the official first media/blog insert test...Along with just enough of a profile on myspace...and youtube... it seems ripe and ready.

The right painting on the right day... Dana Hutson and Pele Ju JU sing "Eyes to the Sun" circa 1997 ... a stanger film.



P.S. I apologize to all the other musicians of our present day, because this is old footage, and I say something stupid about Pele Ju Ju being the "best band" or some such. It's me in 1997, still getting used to my access tv show hosting style... I make the standard error of over hyping, here...everybody does it at least once, I sound like fool, but I left it in...because it's that era...On the subject of "great bands" yah gotta cut me some slack... Like Louis Armstrong said..."There's only two kinds of music...good music and bad music"... regardless of all that, we gotta be greateful for this Pele Ju JU footage I filmed in 1997 and re- invite you to enjoy today, in 2007, today... In theory this is just to prime the pumps...so to speak... check the interconnectedness of it all...I guarantee you that it's gonna open doors for more current projects...and all the other great musicinas and writers I have filmed...Have a great tuesday!

"Eyes to the Sun" Dana Hutson & Pele Ju Ju

courtesy of the ToeKneeStanger Channel on YOUtube


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