My new neighborhood

Does this scream Cynthia Connely to you Mr. Carnel?
Here is where you start shrieking and acting blown away. Whenever I tell anyone in Reno this they give me the old crazy eye and use the word ghetto and white trash in some sort of repetitve fasion. Funny thing is, I don't think Reno is a gift from heaven. In fact the words 'ghetto' and 'white trash' do a better job summing up Reno. But this isn't about Reno. It's about Sacramento. So here are some photos of my new neighborhood.

Record Street Cafe

I forgot to post these of Record Street Cafe. The weird thing was that the surface for the mural were these huge metal doors from the 20's or god knows when, and it felt just like painting on a real train. Well, here they are and thanks to Sean for letting this one happen. Also, they're going to have an opening on Nov. 5th, 2005. Artwork by Jaxon Northon, Ahren Hertel, and Brian Lashelle.

6 mile canyon

It took the whole Sufjan Stevens 'Come on feel the Illinoise' c.d. to get to the top, or roughly one hour and 10 minutes. Then it took 3 Sole 'Mans bestfriend' songs to come down, or roughly 10 minutes.

I haven't rode my bike for a while now and by the time I made it to Virginia City I puked out all of my breakfast. Puking is so releiving. Orgasmic some would say. And the best part of the whole ride was seeing the 10 wild horses grazing along the HWY near the top.

Nevada unlocal

After all of these projects in the heart of the state I seem and feel like a Nevadan. However, i just moved to the capital of California, Sacramento, where I will be an artonaut for who knows how long.
At this moment I am in Dayton, Nevada. In the mobile homes and abandoned Chryslers of HWY 50. Here, I am couped up in a Casino pre-completion, painting murals and such to make gamblers forget that they are in a casino, in Dayton, losing their paychecks, and ruining their lives. I arrive late. The busy bees work their adult legos into lofts, and arches, stairways, and promenades. Everyday it grows as the big gulp cups stack up along the perimeter.
I leave sometime after the moon sets and the porchlight flicker on for another day.
I think I'll ride to Virginia City today. 6 mile canyon is 2 miles from here, so that means 16 miles round trip. I'm leaving right now. I'll tell you how long it takes when I post next.

p.s. go to the Lyon County Courthouse in Yerrington to see my newest mess along with Chad Sorg, Jeff Johnson, Nolan Preece, Martin Holmes, Zoltan Janvary, Christine Karkow, Bart McCoy, Sara McCoy, and some other blokes.

Opening Saturday, Oct. 15th at 5pm - 7pm, Closing on Nov. 23.

Also go see the even bigger mess at the Carson City Courthouse. Still open through the beginning of December. This one is the best because Nick Van Woert has his polaroid piece in it and he doesn't even live here anymore. Ok, go now.

http://news.rgj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050924/NEWS15/509240354/1144

http://www.nevadaappeal.com/article/20050921/NEWS/109210045&SearchID=7322236292322