last night: lessons in taxidermy

last night i spent almost four hours sitting in the front row of the fourth (somewhat) annual taxidermy showdown. part of the science sessions at the bell house and union hall, this event was amazing. the first photo is of the winner's fighting / dancing cats. his taxidermied wonder beat-out over 40 challengers - ranging from albino mice escaping a lab to one fella's two-headed baby that he made from his own skin. shit.you.not. will try and find some video of the event and links, but all-in-all: WOWZERS. (below, one of hundreds of great, albeit sometimes scary, photos of taxidermy at crappytaxidermy.com.

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VIDEO: video of india motorcycle journey with bergen

here is belated video from my moto journey with bergen around south india...

snapshot: india motorcycle journey with bergen from Chris Michael on Vimeo.

Retro Arcade Museum!

taryn, alex, niki and i went up to dia beacon (great contemporary art museum upstate with richard serra's work + other awesome bits) and stumbled upon the fantastic retro arcade museum! here are a few highlights - and one lowlight, which you'll figure-out.

water: what the wild things love

this is a mural of my man max from where the wild things are. love, love, love it.

pink thunder clouds are awesome

niki and i got my bikes and rambled through brooklyn - finding the most amazing graffiti and a thrift store that made me weep.

mission: coney island seahorse

mission: go to coney island and find our (super fantastic) trash can, pet the seahorse and listen for twelve seconds. once accomplished, you will know where the secret goblet is...

ps1 - unicorns and awesome lights

this massive unicorn had super long hair that was combed by 17 children that auditioned for the 'my little pony and me' commercial...

auditions for the watchmen...

just practicing my blowing power

mouth trumptet marchin in san francisco