In Oklahoma Last December

Marié and her deliciousness in Norman...

AcTah Mayan Labyrinth for the End of the World 2012

Kate, Oliver, Richard, Marié

At Ray Harrell Nature Park in Broken Arrow

Christmas lights at Rhema

Moon above my childhood cul-de-sac

Visit to Oklahoma in the Fall, 2012

Richard composts all leftover food scraps from his grocery store and his cafe, the Earth Natural Foods and the Earth Cafe, respectively.  One week of juicing vegetables and making sandwiches and soups will fill up all these buckets in the back of the truck.  And then Richard drives the scraps to the country just outside Norman where he mixes leaves into a large compost pile.   

Richard then flips the compost pile with a tractor to aerate it.

Meanwhile, Brian puts wheatgrass juice from the Earth in his ears to cleanse his ear passages.  

And in Eastern Oklahoma at Grand Lake, we cruised around in Pop's boat. 

Ollie & Phoenix

Last Winter

my nephew Oliver in Oklahoma

Jamaica Plain...

in Brooklyn...

from the BQE in Queens

Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain

Do You Realize?

Do you realize?

that everyone you know

someday

will die?

And instead of saying all of your goodbyes

Let them know

You realize that life goes fast

It's hard to make the good things last

You realize the sun doesn't go down

It's just an illusion

Caused by the world

Spinning 'round...

-Flaming Lips

Brian & Audra at Flaming Lips show at Tulsa's Brady Theater

September, 2011

XMas in OK

At Rhema Bible College in Broken Arrow

Walking With Giants

Found these images on my hard drive the other day. They are the design layout comprised of my photos from JFJO's 2004 album. I decided to post them as they have never been displayed on the interweb. These photos are from the band's recording session at the University of Tulsa's Tyrell Hall and they are from an era that I can hardly remember - when I was shooting black and white Tri-X film and Fuji color slide film. I'd also like to mention that my brother Brian's band headlines the OK Mozart Festival tomorrow, playing Beethoven's 3rd and 6th symphonies accompanied by a 50-person orchestra. If you are in Okie Land, I recommend that you go check 'em out.

This layout was an initial design and the actual album cover is the one below. The rendition of Sean's Song on this album is so sweet.

jfjo from t-town...in sf soon

These shots are from NYE in Tulsa. My brother's band, the Jacob Fred Jazz Odyssey, returns to San Francisco this Friday, Feb. 12th. They play at Coda - on Mission St. a block away from Zeitgeist - and other spots on the west coast before heading to Europe again for the month of March to make their debut in beautiful places like Prague and Sardinia, and returning to Berlin, London, Stockholm, Amsterdam, etc.

At the newly re-opened Eclipse where JFJO recorded their first albums, Live at the Lincoln Continental and Live in Tokyo in the mid-90's

Since I'm feeling a bit nostalgic about touring around Europe with the Fred boys, here's some audio/imagery from my 2nd Euro tour with them from Nov. 2006...

Christianity in the Heartland

Due to some requests, I am posting and making available my Anthropology Senior Thesis, Christianity in the Heartland: A Look at Evangelical Pentecostals in the Bible Belt. If you read it, I would be happy to hear your comments.

Oliver, Christmas Eve

Under the Christmas Tree

Can you tell he has a pirate tattoo?

Fun with snow...and kombucha and cranberry juice and wine

Mmm and it hardly tastes alcoholic

Oliver, Christmas Day

So cute! He melts my heart.

we're all divine