the dreaded tree

oh i just love crusties so much. look at these beauties.

that aside, i had the rare privilege of meeting a band of some very lovely gypsy folk a few weeks ago. based out of new orleans, the g-string orchestra are a crew of gypsy punks travelling in a huge, veggie-oil run house bus. every single one of them are wonderful, and their music is marvellous. the violin is hauntingly beautiful, the accordion is fantastic — they inspired me considerably. being an accordion player myself, i’ve found my music take a strong turn towards eastern european music in general. i’ve always been a fan of the hungarian composer béla bartók, but never could quite get the chords or the feel right on the accordion. but something clicked in my brain after meeting these people, and what i wasn’t able to do on the accordion before started making sense. i’m very grateful that they managed to inadvertently rekindle my love of hungarian music!

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i for one am fond of moustaches. particularly chocolate ones.
few people, i think, would shave with a razor, if given the privilege of licking off delectably sweet facial hair.

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finally what i’ve always wanted.
striped hair with bleach, so it’ll stay, unlike sharpies.

check out the feather.

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some random experimentation. first time wearing nail varnish in 11 years.

And head stripes because ….. why not, right? (sharpies)

EDIT: head stripes are not a good idea harhar. not recommended.
I knew my head oil would make them very temporary, which is why i decided to try it. But it also distorts the stripes so they end up looking like weird dark mottled skin, not stripes. Temporary, of course, but there’s no point. Experiment complete. it’s a better idea not to draw on your head, anyway.

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I’m still baffled. How did I not think of this? How did nobody tell me about this? Drawing on your hair with a sharpie is brilliant. Permanent, yes, but I’m not the sort of person who gets bored with something every week — and hair grows out! I’ve been drawing stripes on the tips of my dreads to achieve a sort of pheasant-feather look and I’m just flat pleased with how it’s come out.
Great fun as well, drawing on hair. Cheers.

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