Dear Pequot Tribe-
Thank you for your contributions to our society. Couldn't have done it without you. Sorry for the imposition during your Green Corn Dance, you know, the time when we killed all of you as you were celebrating. Better luck next time.

Love Always-
US

The Autumn playlist always includes vast amounts of Zeppelin. Not sure why, probably residual effect of watching Song Remains the Same on repeat throughout the fall season one year.

So when the sun turns everything golden and the wind cries Mary (another UK import) you know it's hardcore Zeppelin time. Anyway, in keeping with Zeppelin's British roots, above is a photograph that screams Zeppelin and English countryside.

DLECTRICITY is Detroit's lighting + art festival. International artists used the city and its buildings to showcase their work. After the sun went down, structures, empty spaces, and the architecture of Midtown were transformed by multi-media displays and installations.  This is the first year this event has ever been held in Detroit, and is based upon the 'Nuit Blanche' concept in Paris and NYC.

Dlectricity was awesome! It was an exciting mix of avant garde installations & exhibitions. Music, projections, and performance were happening everywhere you looked. Some projects expressed innovative concepts, others were based on traditional ideas with unexpected results. There were parties, crowds, excitement. It was really impressive. Someone must have put a call in to Eddy Grant because it totally rocked down to Electric Avenue- and then they took it higher.

Exhibitions & Projects to check out:
The Light Bike Parade | Bicycles decorated with lights, on display for 3+ miles on the streets of the city. Starts at 7 p.m.
Cirque de la Symphonie | Acrobats do what they do set to the tune of the Detroit Symphony Orchestra Live! & projected onto the side of the Fisher Center. 8 p.m.
Your Text Here | Marcos Zotes Text from your cell & your words will be transcribed onto the side of the building, projection style.
Contour 1 | Brienne Wilcock + Robert White Installation which explores light using reflection
Frontier Town | D MET Design Series of glowing tents in the city, use cut-outs to create a story using fabric as the stage

Dlectricity Exhibitions: Full list of Projects + Amazing Events

Members of the Brooklyn-based band, The Defibulators passed cornfield after cornfield as they drove down a winding rural highway in Indiana, en route to their next gig. They were in the middle of their latest tour- playing throughout the Midwest, then heading back to rock the East Coast. I spoke with them after a long night of pulse-rising debauchery. (It had been a good night...)

We talked about the inception of the band, keeping it together, and if they've ever witnessed a brawl while performing, you know- the important things. So hold onto your hat, as we go for a wild ride with the Defibulators...

The city of Binghamton features six carousels located at different places within Broome County. It has been called the *Carousel Capital of the World.*  This collection of carousels is rich in history and incomparable in historical design.

The carousels were all donated by businessman George Johnson of Endicott-Johnson fame, with the intent that any child that wanted to ride the 'horse ballet' would be welcome to do so. The carousel at Ross Park was installed in 1920 and is home to thirty-six animals.

Paul Bunyan Day is today- Hooray. (for real)
Love Paul Bunyan & Babe the Blue Ox. Always visit the statues whenever I spot them. This lumberjack resides in Jersey. Best one ever seen was in Klamath, California. Hello awesome.

'He's sixty three axe handles high
With his feet on the ground and his head in the sky
Hey, Paul
Paul Bunyan.'

Kinda like War of the Worlds when the HG Wells classic incited hysteria into the homes of all the radio listeners. But not really.
This scene comes to us from Middletown, New York where these saucer-shaped clouds fill the sky. The lenticular cloud formation is unique to this area exclusively.
Happy April Fools! & please note that although tomfoolery & shenanigans are on the agenda today- this photograph is true