March 2012
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If You Can't Use It For Evil...It's Not a...
It has been a long while since I sat down to type. Busy with life’s tragedies and triumphs I suppose. Also I have been busy searching for a way to plug an analog body of work into a digital frame of mind. As I do that I find that I have some Basic Rules of Thumb (BROT) and Rules of Life (BROL) that help me. Kind of a shorthand for accessing information and situations. Every rule has...
May 2011
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Another Day in Passing
My friend, mentor and hero, Mark Hagan has left the building. Or as I say, he’s had a change of venue. I bring Mark to attention because we all need to know some of what he did for the planet so we can all chip in to cover. In the early days of a former life (the SIMS Foundation days) I found myself in over my head. I was starting to get calls from people dealing with addiction and I did not...
April 2011
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Additional AAMP Space
Currently AAMP has not only the warehouse space we operate but also the 7000 sq. ft. of space next door. That space is being subleased but it looks like it may be coming available this summer. I though I’d put it out there that if anyone would like to have an amazing space in a great location this would be it. Projects and businesses that work with and/or for the creative community will be...
March 2011
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Keds →
Here’s one of the two keds designs from the AAMP crowd. Lucy and Wendy did these. This one has the word Faith in many languages.
Tweet this!
We’re coming into the last days of the Keds How Do You Do tour in support of AAMP. Until 11:59 March 23 all tweets that contain the hash tag #kedshdydaustin will generate a dollar of support from Keds to AAMP. If you have the chance come out and visit the exhibit at 25th and Guadalupe tomorrow 3/23, design you own Keds and help AAMP help you.
Style X Austin and AAMP
It’s about time to kick it off by kicking on your shoes, KEDS that is. Go to their site at http://hdyd.keds.com for a full run of details and a nice spotlight on AAMP. Here’s a bit from their page:
If you use twitter, on Friday or Saturday tweet with the hashtag #KedsHDYDAustin, answer “How do you do Austin?” or “How do you do inspiration?” For every tweet Keds will be donating $1...
KEDS Twitters AAMP
KEDS is coming to SXSW today in the Style X tradeshow and they have made AAMP a big part of their show. They will donate a dollar for every tweet that tells of inspiration! Come on by.
Check it out:http://bit.ly/gZI6PC
More info to come soon.
January 2011
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I Have "No Idea"!
Tonight and tomorrow night at the AAMP 411 Monroe we are once again hosting the ‘No Idea Festival’. I would like to encourage everyone to hike or bike in to enjoy jazz at its best. The show last year was on my top 5 list of live music shows in Austin. Unbelievable.
For more information click on http://noideafestival.com/
See you hear!
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Thoughts on Creative Capital
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“Ah, I would, but you know…the economy and all.” That is the latest Emperor’s New Clothes that would have us all believe that the world should come to a screeching halt because of a...
October 2010
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More on Austin AMP: Case History
When your mission is to nurture and protect the creative process the fruits of labor are not always easy to see and measure. However, occasionally, you get a perk. This week I had drop in visits from two past AAMP Grantees that were amazing visits. Neither person planned to stop in and neither knew that Aaron had “changed venues” (as I say these days).
The first visit was from an...
August 2010
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Aaron S. Williams Memorial
This is one of those memorials more about the life of someone than the death. Aaron worked so far behind the scenes that the shadows looked like a spotlight. But like any other production, without those working behind the scenes doing the heavy lifting, the scene itself doesn’t happen. That is why it is important that we take the time to shine the light his way and acknowledge his...
April 2010
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Happy Easter
Happy Easter to all! 20 years ago I wrote an Easter song for our neighborhood gathering. We still do the gathering and this year we will play the song with Milo on bass, Lucy on bassoon and Wendy on violin. Here is the lyric. If we get a good video this year I will post it. Roll Away the Stone A baby is born eyes tightly closed with a heart full of trust and boldly goes into a world, sight...
March 2010
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SXSW Rejuvenation Lounge at AAMP
From the creative minds at the Austin Art and Music Partnership comes that what we don’t have…a place to relax and rejuvenate during SXSW. Take a break from the hectic and get a massage, do a meditative practice and listen to some good sounds. All with Wi-Max in our Clear Space. For more information of who’s doing what when check out our web site at AustinAMP.Org. Click on the...
February 2010
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Austin Art and Music Partnership, what we do
It is an often and legitimate comment that says,” Peyton I like what you do, I just don’t know what that is.” That, of course, is not just my private work but my larger canvas work as well, such as the Austin Art and Music Partnership. I am offering on this blog to work out that answer, in 25 words or less. Any and all feed-back is greatly appreciated.
Here’s a basic...
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A Prickly Cactus
It is never a good idea to carelessly kick around a cactus. This articule in the Statesman says more than I could say…just not as directly. http://j.mp/cZfP3W It is more painful that less to see Liam O’Rourke speaking up as the voice of the students backing the talking points of Dean Powers. I worked with Liam to present the KUT controversy to the student body as a community problem....
If I Needed You
The dynamic between Austin as a community and UT as a business continues…. In the last 6 months UT has engineered a “direction change” at KUT and now looks to close the Cactus Cafe. Citing economic reasons at the onset of KUT controversy the wording eventually changed to “a direction change”. I’d guess the same of the Cactus closing situation. Whatever that case...
January 2010
5 posts
Music of the Day
It’s been all Jon Dee Graham all day for me while working here at AAMP. I really feel “It’s Not as Bad as it Looks” is the true follow up to his great “Escape From Monster Island” years back. Fearless vocals, great songs, the arrangement and studio work are impeccable. And it contains the best song on recovery I have heard since the original ‘better to...
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More on the Creatives
The bloodhound is a great dog, big, sloppy and friendly. The gift of the bloodhound is an exceptional sense of smell. The downside of this gift makes the bloodhound a risky pet for children. That downside is that the pull of a scent is so great that it can take over, so, for example, if there is a rabbit running on the other side of the highway the bloodhound might just take off after it. Looking...
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A Little About AAMP
AAMP is the Austin Art and Music Partnership. AAMP is a nonprofit with the mission to protect and nuture the creative process. We have 7000 sq. ft. of space in south central Austin where creatives can bring a project and be granted space and support to bring that project forward. However, it is not about the idea, it is about the process. The full process. I have found Austin to be enthusiastic in...
Blog On In, The Water's Fine
It was only by accident that I posted the video for ‘Oh My God Charlie Darwin’ as my first post. In fact, I posted before I had watched the video, though I did know the song. Now I have watched and I see that it is the perfect starting point for this process. The song, my blog, my work, our lives move along the themes therein. Evolving, Windmills and a craving for resolution in this...
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