Life and all in Redding California
The local snow season so far has been disappointing. Check out this really artistic video about an urban skier who doesn’t let less-than-ideal conditions slow him down. And cheer up.
JP Auclair Street Segment (from All.I.Can.) from Sherpas Cinema on Vimeo.
We keep a link to the Webcams at the Mt Shasta Ski Park at the Local News tab at the top. Hang in there, local skiers and boarders. Or do a snow dance.
Our Mars mission that took off yesterday is nothing if not ambitious. If you haven’t seen it, check out this inspiring HD video from JPL that describes how Curiosity will land. It will be amazing if it goes as hoped. Best wishes from Redding to the Red Planet!
Our thanks to NASA and JPL for the images. I suppose spacecraft and lasers have make sounds ever since Star Wars. Funny, I expected the video to be more Stanley Kubrick than George Lucas, but there it is.
I’ve been a little surprised by just how many people recognize the mathematical illustration we used in our logo for our new venture, The Address Realty. I thought it a somewhat obscure figure of beauty in numbers. But a quick search of Fibonacci Sequence in Google or YouTube turns up a lot of hits. Definitely not obscure. Check out this beautiful visual work by Spanish artist and tutorialist Cristóbal Vila, set to Often a Bird by Wim Mertens.
Nature by Numbers from Cristóbal Vila on Vimeo.
Ran across this on You Tube. A prolific poster going by 10zen10 has created a music video with pretty bird images taken by photographer Daniel O’Byrne. It’s set to the music I helped create along with Craig Padilla and Zero Ohms a few years back, a piece called Realm of the Spirit, from the CD Beyond the Portal, released on the Lotuspike label. A nice meditation moment to begin the day today.
Interesting, how these video pieces using our music that turn up, unannounced. Released into the wild, the music finds it’s own path.
A Day in California from Ryan Killackey on Vimeo.
Awesome timelapse video shot in our lovely state, by Ryan and Sheri Killackey. From Vimeo. Thank you for sharing!
The last mission of our space shuttle. The end of an era. Watch it live here.
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A Blast From The Past: Shuttle Through The Decades from NPR on Vimeo.
A small town located in one of Earth’s few spacefaring nation states. That’s Really Redding.
Love this video. With Father’s Day coming soon, I thought I’d post it in the unlikely case you haven’t already seen it. What the heck, watch it again. It’s the Dad life.
Dedicated especially to a few dads here in town. Silas, Bruce, and David, who may feel I’ve been picking on them lately (I promise to stop now). Enjoy fatherhood fellas. It goes by much faster than you think.
Here’s a 3 minute video I took of Sunday at the Whiskeytown Sailing Club’s Memorial Regatta. That’s their big annual race. This year it drew about 70 boats. Always a beautiful setting for an amazing race.
Whiskeytown Lake is located just west of Redding California.The Regatta always brings back fond memories. Karry and I used to sail our little yellow sailboat in the 1970’s on Whiskeytown. I rummaged around and found a couple images from slide film. Back when my beard wasn’t white, and when getting some sun was good for you. Good times!
Palo Cedro resident Merle Haggard is the subject of this PBS documentary, available here. Below is an excerpt, but it leads you to the full version. Well worth your time.
Watch the full episode. See more American Masters.
Hag Fans are legion around here, but I admit I never got it. I first learned of Merle in the “Okie From Muskogee” years, which arguably isn’t his best work. Although he’s been a Shasta County local for a long time now, his music seems reflective of a style that was popularized elsewhere. This documentary changed my opinion, and gave me a new appreciation for Merle and his body of work. I intended to watch just a bit of it, but I found myself unable to stop until it ended. Kudos to the filmmaker, and to PBS for posting it. It’s given me a new-found appreciation that I never knew I could have in not only his line of work but the making of the documentary itself. I’m sure a lot of blood, sweat and tears have gone into this project, even the small things like using this DCP tool to edit the entirety of the film, as well as creating the sequence of ads that go before it. They should seriously think about showcasing it in small cinemas all over the country. It was that inspiring. You challenged my opinion, and expanded my appreciation for an artist with whom I had little familiarity. And a full blogger hat tip to Marc Beauchamp, who brought this film to my attention.