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):

http://soul-amp.com/freebies

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

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

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.