MORE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC

 

Thanks to my alert City Daily Photo colleague in Strasbourg, France, https://strasbourgdailyphoto.blogspot.com/, for identifying the local ska punk band, The HotRails, who performed something involving pitch and rhythm at Artica on Saturday. Their fans spread far and wide, if not down my street. 

Artica always has a beat up piano for public use. Name that tune.                   

MUSIC, SWEET MUSIC

Where do these people spend their weekdays? There were indications that the band calls itself The Hot Rails, but I couldn’t find anything about them online  (assistance welcome). The singer (or screamer) mumbled something about the style being ska-punk, but what would I know. Could the drummer interest you in some investments?               

BURN

The weekend Artica festival always ends with a bonfire. Traditionally, it is a tall, vaguely human figure with upraised arms or wings, known as Our Lady of Artica. The venue changed this year. The lot was smaller and high voltage lines heading across the Mississippi loomed overhead. This limited the size of the fire. The shape changed, too, to reflect the year’s theme, Under The World Tree. Still, it was a pretty good show.                        

IT'S ARTICA!

It’s time for The Lou’s anything goes visual and performing arts festival, Artica. It takes place in a large empty field and adjoining streets amidst the post-industrial ruins near the Mississippi. My friend Paul Vandivort sets the political tone for the weekend. Not a MAGA hat in sight.                       

THROW IN SOME BALLOONS AND WE GOT A DEAL

 

Another find at Tower Grove Pride Fest. Free books are great. Now if I could only get my granddaughter's face out of her iPad and onto a paper page. Free flag making is a little unusual but could be fun. And what could be better than harmony  with clean sox?

Hey, this weekend is Artica.                      

ON GUARD

 

Although the uniform of the day has much freedom of choice. À chacun son goût. Still, excellent posture, lots of color below the knees, an alert gaze, and a pretty dog at the ready (for something, maybe a treat.)

DRAG CHANTEUSE

 

One of the stages at Pride Fest featured drag musical entertainment. One of my many faults when shooting events is that I get sucked up by the images and miss some ot the context. I didn't make a note of this performer's name or what she was singing, but my aural memory is that it was very heartfelt. The next performer did a lip-sync of Judy Garland's Over The Rainbow from the movie, just standing there straight, and it didn't work as well.                 

WELL, ARE YOU?

Perhaps the least patronized table at Pride Fest, not even a booth or a tent. I kind of understand that Marx had good intentions in support of working people oppressed (I'm okay with that word, and it still happens) by capitalism, but,  wow,  did his ideas work out badly in practice. These three don't make me worried about Bolsheviks surging down Market Street.                       

CITY DAILY PHOTO OCTOBER THEME - BLUE

 Did I have any choice?  https://youtu.be/pHs85Q0Ztjs?si=RxWGIcCUwPsCMHB-     Found in the National Blues Museum, which is in St. Louis. 

City Daily Photo worldwide sing their own town’s blues at https://citydailyphoto.org/category/theme-days/ .