Floating Glasses Illusion Photo - What's the deal with the different size lenses? Grow Your Mind as You Look at This Oddity - A song about a Friend

Time for a song. Like most of the Soul Amp songs it's an odd one:

My Friend

It seems the story of life is to just keep plugging away. I've watched my mom do it. And my dad did it to. Therein lies the beauty of life. Not giving up and continuing to grow and enjoy what we have around us, right? Well that and beer (in moderation). That's what I think. You might think something different, but maybe that's what the freaky song above is mostly about I think as well as dealing with what people think of you including your friends and family.... and well you might find the following two photos strange to look at (don't let them freak you out too much)...I'll tell you how I did it sometime:

Strange floating glasses illusion photo. Photos by Mike Fisk of Soul Amp

Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here (look for the "New" songs, if you've been here before):

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Have an exceptional Thursday. 1 day to go to Friday.... Yipee!

I'm in the mood for "Love is the Beat" - And some odd Flowers - Photos of Yellow Orange Rose, Geranium, Christmas Cactus, unknown whilte flowers...

Love is the Beat:

Love is the Beat mp3

Flowers, Flowers, Flowers! Have a happy Monday!

Yellow rose telling it's short story followed by a Christmas Cactus blooming in Summer. Photos by Mike Fisk

White flowers in reflected sun off window. What the heck flowers are these anyway? Does anybody know? Photos from Milwaukee, WI, 2010. Photos by Mike Fisk

Pink Geranium. Photos from Milwaukee, WI, Summer 2010. Photos by Mike Fisk

If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (look for the stuff labeled New_Albumn if you want to watch the progress of this little mess in it's creation):

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Seriously you must have a wonderful Moday. I insist! =)

Shine On - Giant Vertical Composite Photo of Train Tracks and Clouds - Strange Perspective Photo - A Song About Not Giving Up and Being Who Need to Be

Shine on you fine people:

Shine On an mp3

I took this composite image in Colorado just before a bunch of tornado warnings hit the area. It's a vertical composite of 10 images. It's weird, I know. But enjoy and rock out to the newish song about not giving up... 'cause we can't stand it when you do.

Also, if you want to see a really big version of this image, click here:

Really Big Version of the Train Tracks...you will dig... you can zoom and zoom and zoom

Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (look for the new_albumn songs if you like to hear new stuff):

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Enjoy your hump day! Weekend is on it way, woo hoo!!!! =)

Be sure to scroll to see the train tracks...and more postings. =)

Yellow Daffodils in Wisconsin Spring by a Pond and in the Woods - Love is the Beat Song by Soul Amp - And it's in YOU! - Flowers for FRIDAY

Here's a wonderful new song by the Ampers of the Soul 'cause some might call this a Love Song... and that's the way I'm rolling it:

Love is the Beat mp3

Ah, spring. Here's it is in June and we're still in the midst of it here in the WI. Summer is just around the corner, maybe. You never know up here. These we taken in April of this year. It's supposed to be warm this weekend, but rainy rainy rainy. Alas... enjoy what we get...cause the beat is in you! =)

Photo of Daffodils in Spring in Wisconsin by a lovely industrial park pond all yellow and beautiful in April 2010. Photos by Mike Fisk

Daffodil pointing to the sky in the still dead woods of winter. Photos from Milwaukee, WI, April 2010. Photos by Mike Fisk

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Have a unbelievably stupendous Friday and may all your weekend dreams come true. Rock On you Fine Fine Humans! =)

Weird Chinese Floating Bird Object Photo - Strange bird sculpture floating in an odd room - Bird Sculpture Staring at you - The Sha La La La La Song

Here's that weird and wonderful Sha La La La La song from the irrepressible Soul Amp:

Same...Sha La La La La

So sorry to be absent for so long. I think I just went into a bit of a creative slump. I hope to get back to music as well. But here's a couple of odd photos (with more to come) of a Chinese bird sculpture or object or whatever it might be called (it's very cool...it opens) that appears to be floating in midair. It's a little trick to get it to float (no I didn't toss it into the air)...I'll tell you how in a later blog (I have more of these floating object pics to post). I think they are a bit mind bending, but that's just me. I figure they fit the song. Enjoy.

Weird Chinese Bird Sculpture Floating Illusion in Odd Room. It's staring right at you. Photos by Mike Fisk of Soul Amp

Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here (look for the "New" songs, if you've been here before):

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

I hope you all forget about the world for a bit and have a super delightfully odd and fun Tuesday!

WARNING Gruesome Photos to Follow...of smashed finger of clarinet player - Imasges Smashed Finger in Car Door of Artist Need Stiches but Recovering

Here's another story of a smashed finger contributed by a reader named Elizabeth who is a clarinet player:

howdy
glad to see your fingernail grew out all right
im not so sure mine will be a whole finger wide
as i split the matrix where the nail gets made
its growing in kinda weird and the 'disolving' stitches
are in the way of progress
alas..at week 5.5
dang car doors!

i did this to myself, popped it like a grape
broke the bone and the nail came right off
i think the open wound took the agony of the pressure build up away
because once the lidocaine wore off it wasn't too agonizing!

cheers
elizabeth

now for some clarinet!



Thank you Elizabeth. Please keep us posted on your nail's condition. I hope it improves.

Here's Elizabeth's pics (again, warning, they're pretty gruesome):

Finger smashed by car door and needing stiches. Photo by Elizabeth

Here's all the posts documenting my own smashed finger saga (which completely pales in comparison to Elizabeth's smashed finger):

• finger and fingernail fully recovered!!!...1 year and 4 months later....
• fingernail recovering...5.5 month update....
• fingernail recovering...4 month update....
• fingernail recovering...3rd month update....
• fingernail starting to grow back - about 2.5 months after the smashing.
• fingernail coming off - about 2 months after the smashing.
• update 1.5 months.
• update 2.5 weeks.
• stabbed the finger to release the pressure.
• smashed a finger.

Vertical composite image. Goose prints in snow leading to an American Flag at a Toyato dealership in a haze of pollution...And a Strange New Song

Here's an odd song for you. What's it about?

Same...Sha La La La La an mp3

I took this composite image from our office window and I found it odd enough to post. It's a goose's foot prints leading to an American flag at a Toyato car dealership in a haze of pollution (of course, the goose is not really walking all the way there... it's an illusion). But how symbolic eh? It's in a vertical format because it's a composite of four images. I took four pics one right after another leaving enough for Photoshop to stitch together. Be sure to scroll down. I hope you dig it and the song.

Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Enjoy your crummy Monday everybody! See ya back soonish...

Photos of natural ice sculptures at sunrise on a calm day at sunrise on Lake Michigan...and a Sha La La La La Song for ya!

Here's a newish song that asks you to be tolerant of others and express yourself as you feel is right without worrying about what the world expects. If people are hurting you, then don't worry about them...that's what I say. Oh oh, I explained my song. I really don't like doing that. Really, when I wrote, I had no idea what it meant, but now that's what it means to me. Interpret it as you like. It's just a silly song:

Same...Sha La La La La

For your visual perusal here are photos of ice on Lake Michigan in early Spring (so called, if you will...any sun for us is Spring around here):

Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan just North of Milwaukee, WI, March 18, 2009. .....Photos by Mike Fisk

Photos of Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan. Photos by Mike Fisk

Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Well folks, that's it for the closeup natural ice sculpture photos from 2009. I hope you enjoyed them!

Image of Saguaro Catcus Looking Like a Hand in the Arizona Desert near Fountain Hills at Sunrise-Brand New Song for YOU to download and enjoy

Ok, you've got admit this saguaro is cool. It looks just like a giant hand, huh?

And is this odd new song it's cool too...:

Threads of Warmth mp3

Photo of Saguaro that looks like a gigantic hand in the Arizona desert in the morning backlit by the glaring and hot sun. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike Fisk

Saguara Giant Hand in the Hot Sun. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike Fisk

Which side is the thumb?....


You can also check out a saguara dancing that I took during another trip to AZ in 2007:

http://soul-amp.blogspot.com/2007/11/saguaro-walking-in-fountain-hills-az.html

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Have a big fat happy monday and a lovely, shiny, new week! =)

Close up shots of small ice sculptures of the natural type on Lake Michigan at sunrise in early spring in lovely light-confessional soul-search song

A soul-searching new confessional song with obscuring references:

Too Much to Say

Here are photos of close ups of ice on Lake Michigan at sunrise.

Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan just North of Milwaukee, WI, March 18, 2009. .....Photos by Mike Fisk

Photos of Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan. Photos by Mike Fisk

Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

And a happy weekend to all you delightfully wonderful beings! =)

Pics of desert in sunrise in AZ with lots of prickly, pointy, pokey foliage of the catcus viarety or otherwise... And the Big Fat Blaze Song.

More AZ desert pics for you. What's with the smudge? Stupid dirty lens.

And with that I present to you this weird song featuring Hammond Organ and pounding piano and some "shoo dots":

Big Fat Blaze mp3

The bees were swarming around various bushes that day. It was very strange and eerie.

Photo of Arizona desert just after sunrise with lots of prickly, pointy, pokey foliage of the catcus viarety backlit by the glaring sun. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike Fisk

Image of sun over exposed behind leaning catcus. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike Fisk

The classic desert scene....

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Have a cool Friday my peeps! =)

Image of Sun behind Cactus Flower in Arizona Desert giving the illusion of the flower on fire or birthing the sun...weird...And a Sunny Love Song

It's sunny today in the WI, but dang it's cold. (I'll have some ice lake pics to show you all soon...but later)

OK, so enough snow and freeze for a little bit. Here's some cactus flower pics from sunny Arizona. Hey, ML, what type of cactus is that anyhow? I know I should know. Anyhow, enjoy the pics

AND

Here's a crazy love song in the "Soul Amp Style":

There Once Was (A Sunny Way to Go) mp3

These were taken in May of 2009 while we were visiting a friend. It looks like the sun is exploding out of the catcus flower, huh?

Photo of catcus flower in the desert back lit by sun to make it look like it's birthing the sun or exploding or something . Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike Fisk

Looks like the catcus flower is on fire doesn't it? Image of sun over exposed behind a catcus flower. Photos from Fountain Hills, Arizona, May 2009. Photos by Mike Fisk

This one is my favorite the way it really looks like the flower is emitting light....




And from the flower, the sun was born (imagine a deep voice).


Yep, I'm pretty happy with this image... he editorialized and slightly bragged... ok I'll stop.

If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

So enjoy your Friday and have a delightful and rewarding weekend (yep, I'm running out of kind and silly sentiments to put down here to all of you -Hi, mom - but I'll keep trying. I wonder how many of you actually read these???? hmmmmm.....) With that, bye for now and see you all next week, maybe. =)

Lake Michigan Shore at Morning from Lincoln Memorial Drive at Bradford Beach - Another Shove song, but of the Love Type =)

At last Friday is here. Ok this song seems to match the pics all right. What do you think? A bit of a searching song, it seems:

Shove Me All You Love

These were taken from Lincoln Memorial Drive in Milwaukee. It's Bradford Beach with the snow fences still up and a cool street light and some leafless trees:

Bradford Beach March 2009 (ok doesn't exactly match the song because the song is an Autumn song...ohhhhh well).....Photos by Mike Fisk

Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Have a super great friday with all the trappings of joy that may befall you! =)

Photo of frozen shoe buried in dirt and shells on Lake next to a piece of ice that looks surprisingly like the state of Texas... Song - Big Fat Blaze

The photo below inspired the lyric (also for those brave enough, you can find precursors to this song if you look around for it on the soul-amp.com site..they are very strange instrumentals... quite odd...full of mistakes...more so than this version of the song):

Big Fat Blaze

So here's the frozen shoe buried in dirt and shells on Lake Michigan next to a piece of ice that looks surprisingly like the state of Texas. (Of course, if it had looked like Elvis or Jesus, I would have had to take it home and put in the fridge and people would have made pilgrimages to my house):

Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

When will Friday come?.... man it's got to get here soon!! =)

Images of small ice formations on Lake Michigan at Sunrise on a calm day and a new song about a friend and stories told.

Well, here ya go, another new Soul Amp tune:

My Friend

For your pleasure some odd macro-ish photos of small ice formations on Lake Machigan at sunrise on a calm March day in 2009. Do not hestitate to enjoy the music and images all my lovely blog readers.

Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan just North of Milwaukee, WI, March 18, 2009. .....Photos by Mike Fisk

Cascading muddy water of small waves over ice. Photos of Natural Ice Sculptures at Sunrise on Lake Michigan. Photos by Mike Fisk

Be sure to check out some free music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

A delightful hump day to all of yous peoples... See ya back here soon for more visual and audio amusements. =)

Best New Love Song and Pictures of December Blizzard at Night in the Street Lights with Snow Covered trees and a Pink Sky - In the world of Soul Amp!

Talk about different. Here's a love song from Soul Amp. It's odd and colorful, as per the expected:

There Once Was (A Sunny Way to Go) mp3

Here's some more of the December blizzard (12/8/2009) images from Wisconsin 2009.
Enjoy the pics and music as we make are way through the beauty and harshness of winter!

Blizzard through the trees and lit by a streetlight. Magical and sureal and fairy-like snow and light images. Photos from Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike Fisk

Tree branches in blizzard at night with pink clouds lit by a street lights. December Blizzard Wisconsin 2009. Photos by Mike Fisk

Street light as a sun through the snow covered trees... cool, huh?....




A little red bird house surround by snow covered tree branches at night light by street lights.

If you like, check out some more free Soul Amp music (mp3s) here (Top Ten Soul Amp Songs):

http://www.soul-amp.com/Top_Ten_Songs.html

And more here:

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

Merry Monday you beatiful readers, viewers, clickers, and listeners! Enjoy!! =)