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Yard Sale! Some people look at a Yard Sale and wonder why people are digging through other people's discarded shit. It's not people with the true need for "stuff" who go to these, it's bargain hunters, antiquers, and ebayers. I fit in the latter for sure, and while the folks at the WLA Buddhist temple wonder why would a guy who own shops filled with "stuff" would be looking around, my answer to...
Yard Sale! Some people look at a Yard Sale and wonder why people are digging through other people’s discarded shit. It’s not people with the true need for “stuff” who go to these, it’s bargain hunters, antiquers, and ebayers. I fit in the latter for sure, and while the folks at the WLA Buddhist temple wonder why would a guy who own shops filled with “stuff” would be looking around, my answer to that is: it’s because I look around that I own shops filled with “stuff”. Lines form 2 hours early. I went to one maybe five years ago, and it was actually larger than they’ve become. It’s still cool and there’s plenty of great things, but they get swapped up in moments, literally. I didn’t wait in line, and just walked in when everyone else was in. One woman showed up and tried to cut in, I didn’t understand why she’s say it was unfair that she had a wait for everyone else to go in before she did. Some people are just ridiculous. I’m glad they didn’t let her in because she raised a stink. People (yes both men and women) can’t get awarded for being bitchy. See the Chinese checkers set in the bottom right corner? That’s now mine. I particularly like seeing the fishing gear. It’s very Japanese American for a yard sale to have this. It made me laugh that while, book, toys, clothing were in sections and fairly haphazard, this got it’s own “table cloth” and table. If it were anywhere else, all this would be shoved in a box with the poles pointing towards the sky. This means a lot to me for some reason. Indoors, it’s Japanese stuff. Kimonos, pottery, cups and more. Again, this is something you’d only see at a Buddhist Temple yard sale in LA. This bike was small. I hope he bought it for himself. If I could do the voice of that woman… “Wicker baskets! I love these. Easter’s almost here.” There was a time, when I’d want all of those suitcases in the background. I refrained. The cool thing is there’s plenty of people to help out. Everywhere you looks there’s a volunteer. The covered section up front has the nicer stuff like jewelry. There was always a crowd of people there. It’s a nice hot saturday in Southern California and it’s officially yard sale season.
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Jack Long changed his color schemes and if anything, the work has more detail than ever. There's a range of sizes, and the show overall looks great. Jack's friend asked me from where I met Jack. I told the story. I was eating at Julian's in Providence. It's a great spot, if you ever get a chance. Jack's art was hanging on the wall. It was his first show, and he was just finishing school at RISD....
Jack Long changed his color schemes and if anything, the work has more detail than ever. There’s a range of sizes, and the show overall looks great. Jack’s friend asked me from where I met Jack. I told the story. I was eating at Julian’s in Providence. It’s a great spot, if you ever get a chance. Jack’s art was hanging on the wall. It was his first show, and he was just finishing school at RISD. The work was amazing. I couldn’t tell if the work was by a kid, or an older man who’s into fantasy. It had maturity with a youthful spirit. As soon as I tracked him down, I found out he just finished college! I put him in art shows. Artist Susie Ghahremani knew him from classes at school, so it made everything easier. Since then, we’ve shown Jack many times. He’s one of the nicest guys around, and he’s now lived in LA for three years. I’m glad that I was able to help him out. He even worked at GR stores in LA. Tonight’s his “next GR” art show. Convolvere. I took this photo off of a site called artbusiness.com I’ve taken many photos like this and I think this is a photo from our space. That’s a shadow around his neck, not sweat, but I’m sure he works that hard when he paints.
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We've featured him in GR before, and the next thing we know, he's in a commercial and animated. I like the end when he says in his crooning voice... "it feeeeeellls gooood..." I haven't seen this dude on tour yet, but at some point, I'd like to see this dude.