Art Attack – A tree hugger and proud of it John Rankine 6/20/2013 It was 1973. I was a curious teenager and, with my best friend, imparted on a journey that was life altering. We started by sharing a peyote button, washed down with psilocybin mushroom tea. We spent the entire day tripping in Toronto’s […]

Art Attack – Perpetuating the myth John Rankine 6/13/2013 I’m the worst kind of smoker – an ex-smoker. One who reacts horribly to secondhand smoke and who hard bites his tongue when seeing good friends and especially young kids puffing away. I’m an avid music fan, but subscribe to Rolling Stone not so much for […]

Go East Young Dog John Rankine 6/6/2013 The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. GANDHI If Gandhi were correct, we in Carroll County can certainly claim the moral high-ground when it comes to the treatment of our animals. Go East, Young Dog finds […]

Art Attack – The interactive May Fest John Rankine 5/30/2013 Another May Festival of the Arts has come to an end and in many ways it was one of the best in years, thanks to the numerous interactive art events produced around town. The Creative Energy Project’s MUGS and SPHERE events, along with Ranaga Farbiarz’s […]

Art Attack – Gina’s the bomb John Rankine 5/23/2013 Mother Nature always has a way of putting life back in perspective. Everything seems trivial after something like Oklahoma hits. It’s hard to write or even think about anything other than the deadly devastation and loss of innocent lives. It’s enough to make you want to […]

Art Attack – What a difference a week makes John Rankine 5/16/2013 A pox on the vandal or vandals who decided it would be fun to tear down a whole bunch of MUGS posters last week. I do believe in Karma, I do believe in Karma. Perfect weather made for a perfect, albeit brief, Artrageous […]

Art Attack – Upstaged by the weather John Rankine 5/9/2013 Last week’s freakish weather was the star and start of this year’s May Festival of the Arts. Even the successful and very fun May 1 MUGS en Masse outdoor reception at the Queen Anne Mansion was full of dramatic tension as several large thunderheads formed […]

Art Attack – The only thing to Sphere is Sphere itself John Rankine 5/2/2013 Wow – I’m writing this a few hours after wallpaper pasting 130 of some of our favorite artists to exterior walls around town. Well, not actually the artists themselves, but their 3×4 ft. portraits I snapped for the MUGS series in […]

Art Attack – The Mayhem begins John Rankine 4/25/2013 Before the true Mayhem begins May 1 – this weekend, starting April 27, Richard Bloch has his first one-man show at The Space. It will be interesting to see what Richard, who is co-owner and chef at Autumn Breeze cooks up on canvas. If his invitation […]

Art Attack – Is that all there is to an art show? John Rankine 4/18/2013 “Is that all there is, is that all there is If that’s all there is my friend, then let’s keep dancing Let’s break out the booze and have a ball. If that’s all there is.” Cue the Peggy Lee. It […]