Movie Version of MISTS OF THE PAST

This is the movie version.  The free download version  of the music only is
still on an earlier post.  Just scroll down a little ways.

Mists of the Past

Rays of Hope and Warmth

In late January it rained a lot.
The water came up to the tipi.

The living willow Tipi has lost it's leaves for the winter.

CLICK ON THE PICTURES TO SEE THE FULL SIZE GIANT PICTURES

RCA 74B ribbon microphone

With a new ribbon and an Abalone mic stand.
1936 or so and used today as MandRand Band's mic.

Tsunami Santa Cruz

Cascadia Fault, Hosgri Fault, and the whole ring of fire.

These things have been here before.

Recent findings concluded the Cascadia subduction zone was more hazardous than previously suggested.  Some geologists are predicting a 10 to 14% probability that the Cascadia Subduction will rupture in the next 50 years, producing an event of magnitude 9 or higher. The tsunami produced may reach heights of approximately 100 ft moving at 500 miles per hour.

The south end of the Cascadia is about 500 miles north of here so that's about an hour away.

My house is 200ft from  the cliff, a mere 40t above the ocean.

Here is a link to a December 2009 article in Scientific American about 

Tsunami in Monterey Bay.

The map that is provided in this article seems optimistic about 

what gets flooded.  Man, I hope not though.  A tsunami type wave or

surge is a lot different than what breaks at the Lane.  45 to 100ft

would certainly go up and over the cliff with unimaginable power

and volume of water.

Click on the picture to see the full size image.

I Didn't Know it was Christmas

Click here for 
A Christmas Song from MandRand Band.
I Didn't know it was Christmas.

Sadza...Christmas Music in Santa Cruz

Cold Christmas time Sunday afternoon.
Warm beautiful music by Sadza.

Sadza

Mists Of The Past

Click this
to hear
MISTS OF THE PAST





This is No-Movie, free download version.  Music only.
The movie is on Youtube on a later post.

Radio Waves

Click on the word below
to
hear....

RADIO WAVES



RADIO WAVES

RAIN DANCE

A very short MandRand Movie

Halloween Music ***** Oh What

Click on the title of this post up above and hear the song.

The title bar up above there, way up where it says
Halloween Music*****Oh What
in green.
Download this song also for free.



THERE ARE MANY MORE SONGS AND MOVIES IN PREVIOUS POSTs.
They can't all be down loaded for free yet. Make a request and we'll
put up the song you want for free.

Halloween Music ***** Outside Your House

Click on the title of this post up above and hear the song.
The title bar up above there, way up where it say's
Halloween Music*****Outside Your House in green.
Download free.




OUTSIDE YOUR HOUSE
All Music and Lyrics Copyright MandRand Band 9/2009

Wave Painting

Enamel 16 x 20
1997



Watercolor 7 x 10
2006

Acetone wave

Acetone Wave
Watercolor/acrylic
2004


Tsunami Point Santa Cruz
Acrylic
2007

Painting

Enamel paintings and Acrylic paintings
Spring 2009

machine age

Good Wave

Earnest in frequency.
Unique in amplitude.
Deep and shallow together.
This is not the surfers wave.
This is the hard pounding wave that
makes sand out of rocks.
For beach walkers this is the fast and dangerous
wave. This wave comes up the beach fast
in a soft cotton disgise. It's heavy and it's strong.
Innocent white foam wraps around
ankles to drag the walkers down to Davey Jones Locker.
This is not good wave for shore dwellers.
It's a good wave for oceans collecting food.

Endless Village

This stuff is about 6inches to a foot high, or more or less.
Every shape is here, or going to be soon.
This is rapid evolution.
Calculus.
Pomponio Beach
5pm
Spring Tide

Atoms

Oil on board
12 inches by 3ft.

Salt Water Cream

CLICK ON IMAGE FOR THE LARGE
Pomponio Beach....Full Moons bring Spring Tides which bring Very High Tides.
Oceans as rough as mountains bring creamy waters.
The nautical churn pounds seaweed into thick whipping cream.
6/2009
MandRand Band is Photos and Paintings and Music.

Wave

CLICK ON IMAGE FOR THE LARGE
Detail of a Wave painting.
Oil on board
6/9

Astronomy Assembly Instructions

CLICK ON IMAGE TO SEE THE LARGE
Assemble your own universe.
2ft by 4ft.

oil on masonite
6/09

Windy Dada

This is a 1962 studio-grade Harmony sold for $24.95 at Sears and Roebuck,then rescued from a garage sale for $1

Long Distance Wave

Long Distance Wave -Painting by the Wavepainter
Acrylic
You must click on the image to see the large version.
This painting is 4 FEET LONG.
YOU CANNOT SEE THE PAINTING IN
THIS LITTLE POSTAGE STAMP SIZE.
IF YOU DIDN'T CLICK TO SEE THE BIG VERSION,
YOU DIDN'T SEE THE PAINTING.


Rand Launer is Wavepainter

Beach Break

Click on the image for the large version.
You must click on the image to see the large version.
This painting is NEARLY 4 FEET LONG.
YOU CANNOT SEE THE PAINTING IN
THIS LITTLE POSTAGE STAMP SIZE.
IF YOU DIDN'T CLICK TO SEE THE BIG VERSION,
YOU DIDN'T SEE THE PAINTING.

Oil...about 18 inches by 40 inches.



Wavepainter is still wavepainting.

Be My Dada - Willow Tree Tipi

A song about a chosen lifestyle. Dada is the art world of Marcel Duchamp. In the 1910 Armory Show he changed the whole concept of art in modern times with his work in abstract painting and his "readymades" sculptures and movies. Dada is nearly indescribable but dada is a way of looking at things.

Scroll down the Blog to see Many More Movies and Songs
created recently by MandRand Band.

Flowering Dada Preview

A short view of a 40 minute flower and assorted plant life show. This one is of course, a little messed up with YouTube resolution etc. The long DVD version is a good background for a quiet time. Flowering Dada is just the thing for a little smooth something but not too much. Just enough to relax and drift away.

Milkmaid in a Nasturtium Bloom

A milk-maid in the heart of a nasturtium flower.
What modern art master could surpass this?
Artists are reflecting the perfections of pure form and light.
Another of what Marcel Duchamp called a "ready-made", this one found in nature.
Dada is the art that is everywhere.

Click on the image to enlarge it to full size.

Art at Night

Scroll down further to see the songs and the movies.
We're going get some more up pretty soon I hope.

Green Architecture at MandRand

Winter and Spring views of the willow tepee.
Click on the images for a larger view.


SPRINGTIME TEPEE
The willow cuttings grew roots and the Tepee leafed out into a living house. Morning Glories and Nastursiums
grow and complete the cover

WINTER TIME TEPEE
Just a pile of willow sticks that could be later covered with something for shade.
But surprise..........It covered it's self with the perfect fabric.....Leaves.


Tipi....Tepee....Teepee...It seems that all these ways of spelling it are used frequently so you pick your favorite.

King Kong Lives On

Music and Movies by MandRand Band

Good Advice

Elephants on the Moon

We self published 9 of our songs on an Audio CD.
All of the parts are hand-made here at the basement studio of MandRand Band.
Most of these are on Youtube or here on the blog.
Just scroll down or click on the "Blog Archive" on the side there.
(New note; Now it's August 4 and there are about 40 copies of the
CD behind sofa cushions, under car-seats and lost in piles of digital debris.)

Nude Descending Staircase

Killing Memories

A song describing itself

Pretty with Pretty Hair

Really...yes.
Well, not really.
No really, you do.
HuH?

Women in the Creek

These women were found to be in the winter low

water river between the rises.
Ready-mades.

Ready-made by the pounding floodwater

and stone of the San Lorenzo. A Madrone's giant root

and a rusted, river beaten water tank.

They have moved on toward the ocean

with the endless motion of water .

These are un-retouched photos.

Fog on the Hillside....A love song

More Love and DaDa
MandRand Band Music and Movies
(Marcel Duchamps bicycle wheel is seen here
within the movie)

Where's your DaDa?
CLICK ON THE IMAGE FOR THE LARGE VIEW

Readymade unmade

Tone.....

Mandolin via Garageband mic sounds almost like coconuts. Garagedam is like another instrument in a way, what with all it does to your stuff.
It's the 21st century no doubt.
Like a 1958
DanElectro/Silvertone Sears and Roebuck Guitar w/aAmplifier-in-a-case. It's got that funky tone found in garages.

So, if you want to be in the garage,
it's ok in there.

This guitar was photographed at the

Felix Kulpa Gallery in Santa Cruz.

Made by Robbie Shoen, it's one of

a series of playable guitars he's made.

Dada and Garage Band all in one.

It's got tone.

Marcel Duchamp's Fountain

Dada is Art

Dada is ???????

No real history of Dadaism is 

meant to be here, on this blog.

However, this "Ready Made" is called by some,

"the most influential piece of art of the 20th century".

With this, and the bicycle wheel on a stool, Duchamp

excited and insulted and inspired and depressed

the established art world. 

His work, especially this urinal, caused arguements and disent among 

"The Independents", his own group.  

Every move Duchamp made up-set the artistic

apple cart.  

He opened the first doors to all kinds of artistic

wackiness that we love and hate to this day.

Sandpiper on the rocks.

Click on the image for the large version.

JUMPY

American Dippers.
The birds that swim in swift creeks looking for supper.
These two are dancing however.

Shadow Dog

Dada........Marcel Duchamp's Dada Art.

The ready-mades.

The Armory Show of 1913

R. Mutt

We leave it to the reader to find out about

this "Dada" art.

It's just that the spirit of Dada is floating

around in the world of Mandrand Band.

Click on the picture for the large version.

The perfect painting.

Light against dark.

Dark against light.

Archival materials

Fleeting images.

Marcel Duchamp spoke of "The Ready Mades".

Shadows are "Ready Mades".

Dada is not your father.

Marcel Duchamp plays chess.
He plays art like a chess player.
Carefully, according to the rules.
He has some suprise moves.
He surprised some with his painting, "Nude decending staircase".

I've heard a story told about him about a person
asking him about that painting.
Something like.....

She say's to Marcel...
"That looks nothing like a woman."
Marcel replies...
"It's not a woman Madam. It's a painting."

Dada is nothing.
Unless you can tell me something.

Dogs to Town......Mandrand Band

Marcel Duchamp
The Dadaist movement
Art