The "Fine" Art of Michael-Robert-Pollard

"Dont Call it a Comeback"

2012-01-01T20:42:00.000-06:00

Songs that stick with me.

Clash: Guns of Brixton

Willie Dixon: Dead Presidents

Sister Nancy: Bam Bam

say it aint so

2011-12-05T21:58:00.001-06:00

Say it aint so.

I'm thinking this blog may have run its course. Since facebook wont link to notes anymore its tough. The kiddies take up a lot of time you know. I'm not taking it down just taking a break.

-MRP

2011-11-04T19:56:00.000-05:00

LuLu: The review,

Tempered by 3 green beers.

When Metallica stops being Allternica it makes a good song. Lou's lyrics and voice are right out front. If only James wouldnt sing. I think thats the problem with Metallica now. Lars and James are still in the band. Kurt hammit and Cliff Burton deserve better. Funny I remember when they ruled.

Maybe they should of burned out instead of fading away.....

2011-10-15T11:34:00.000-05:00

friday night studio playlist

2011-09-30T22:53:00.009-05:00

Mission of Burma: __________

Neil Young: "World on a String"

Bright Eyes:_____________

Curtis Mayfield: "Power to the People"

Otis Redding: "Try a Little Tenderness"

Thelonous Monk: "Ruby my dear (solo piano)"

Sleater-Kinney: Little Babies

The Minute Men: "Political Song for Michael Jackson to sing", Corona

Magnificent Sevenths Brass Band: As I lay my Burden down

Wilco: "At Least that What you Said"

Psychedelic Aliens:_________________

The Birds: You Ain't Going Nowhere

Primus: "Those Dammed Blue Color Tweakers"

The rest is for me to know and you to find out

Canada

2011-09-30T22:22:00.003-05:00

ww2 USSR

2011-09-20T00:46:00.002-05:00

texas

2011-09-20T00:41:00.002-05:00

California

2011-09-20T00:38:00.000-05:00

Imaginary Monuments for Chicago: An Artists’ Project | Newcity Art

2011-09-10T20:16:00.001-05:00

Imaginary Monuments for Chicago: An Artists’ Project | Newcity Art

lots of good proposals here including me

Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer - Live CBGB (1977) - YouTube

2011-09-04T12:43:00.001-05:00

Jacques favorite song

Dead Boys - Sonic Reducer - Live CBGB (1977) - YouTube

Is it possible to have a Chicago mayor who roots for both the Cubs and the Sox? | WBEZ

2011-09-04T12:28:00.000-05:00

Is it possible to have a Chicago mayor who roots for both the Cubs and the Sox? | WBEZ

August 22, 2011

2011-08-23T00:01:00.003-05:00

Read the tribune: mostly box scores

Glanced at the revised ballpark book

watched 2 episodes of curious george

Hung with the boy

Worked on a painting

need to be sleeping

Chicago 8: A Small Gauge Film Festival by Chicago8fest.org — Kickstarter

2011-08-21T12:37:00.000-05:00

Chicago 8: A Small Gauge Film Festival by Chicago8fest.org — Kickstarter

2011-08-20T15:53:00.003-05:00

Kinda of a kooky week,

It's August so work is you know "hardcore" as my brother Jeff would say. Mi familia is in Canada so kinda lonely and boring, the cat and I had a truce going for awhile. Until I realized she had been using Bella's room as her litter box. been scrubbing that all day.

Rode the bike a 100 miles this week, bitched and moaned about airplanes and cleaned the cave. Had an epic good time with Crazy Richter and H-Bomb last night, now its off to Target for supplies.

-MRP

New project

2011-08-14T11:32:00.003-05:00

gonna try to rebuild this into "gasp" a hipster mobile. figure its ok if i build it. finally found a plac to wear Craig's Verbatim hat too.

20 years ago at Taste of Chicago: The Replacements break up on stage

2011-07-06T12:13:00.000-05:00

20 years ago at Taste of Chicago: The Replacements break up on stage

mRP and SideCar MDW fair this weekend

2011-04-22T14:45:00.002-05:00

Hi All,

Your ATTENTION Please!

My work will be up as part of the legendary, and revolutionary SideCar Gallery at the MDW (Midway) Art Fair in the Bridgeport Neighborhood in Chicago this weekend

The fair will take place April 23rd and 24th, 2011 @ the Iron Studios building (Geolofts) 3636 S. Iron Street, Bridgeport in Chicago.

Admission is $5 (that's cheaper than beer, wine, baseball, movies, starbucks, comic books, etc)

Hours:

Saturday, April 23rd, 1:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Sunday, April 24th, 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM

http://MDWFair.org
http://gallerysidecar.com
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-klein/the-peoples-art-fair-chicago_b_852331.html?ref=fb&src=sp
http://www.michael-robert-pollard.blogspot.com
http://www.michaelrobertpollard.net

Let's make this fair the beginning of something great for art in Chicago and the greater midwest ......

click the links above for more details

Thanks
MRP

--
Michael Robert Pollard
mallardrocks@gmail.com
Enjoy the "fine" art of Michael Pollard:
By visiting the following links:
http://www.michael-robert-pollard.blogspot.com
http://www.michaelrobertpollard.net

MRP #2

2011-04-17T01:45:00.000-05:00

MRP 2011 art on the wall and in Progress (movie)

2011-04-09T01:49:00.002-05:00

bad start

2011-04-06T05:55:00.002-05:00

this image says it all. Timmy pitches today hope it goes better

More new stuff from the Cave

2011-03-26T18:24:00.006-05:00

More new images from the cafe, just exploring right now. Life and art are good

fresh from the cave, incomplete of course

2011-01-14T00:56:00.004-06:00

this shit is so 2010

Some works in progress

Man2

2010-10-22T14:50:00.002-05:00

Man 2
Mixed Media on Paper
Oct 2010

no bike means train drawings

2010-10-16T12:41:00.004-05:00

I was bike less for 2 weeks, which means train drawings... enjoy

Memories of and why i miss Candlestick

2010-08-06T22:16:00.003-05:00

Memories of and why I miss candlestick:

You were there because you liked the giants not cause it was the place to be.

Crazy Crab

Will Clark

In those days we beat the dodgers all the time.

The Hawk

The first time my mom went there was to see the pope.

My brother not speaking to my dad for a week when we left a double header early.

Dusty Baker was still cool then.

Grateful Dead Giants Shirts

When you tipped the beer lady she thanked you.

You drank to stay warm

On my 23rd birthday the wind was so bad we had to light a gas soaked bbq in the car.

going to lots games with dad, brothers, dilli, norm, squish(although he liked the A's) and east bay rod

When it was time for the “is this girl for real test” (ie whether the person I loved could muster a night game) the weather was so nice we wore shorts.

The last time I went there we got to run the bases and were the last ones in the stadium, they closed the gates behind us.

Apparently they still play football there but I wouldn’t know.

how could Ty Cobb Just kill a man

2010-07-11T21:52:00.003-05:00

How could Ty Cobb just kill a Man?
Michael Robert Pollard
Mixed media on Wood
2010

Collection of Max Rami

Hey Tony Stick to saving cats, New Dave Zirn Post.

2010-07-01T16:55:00.002-05:00

St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa has chosen to publicly back Arizona’s odious, anti-constitutional, anti-immigrant Senate Bill 1070. Call me paranoid. Call me delusional. But it doesn’t take a tinfoil hat to intuit that there are larger forces at work shaping Major League Baseball’s political response to Arizona’s anti-immigrant attacks. When SB 1070 was signed by the state’s interim Governor Jan Brewer, baseball players were in an uproar. In a sport where half the league holds Spring Training in Arizona and 27% of players are Latin American immigrants, the reaction was bracing and immediate. 15 players lashed out against SB 1070 before the ink was even dry on Brewer’s signature. The Major League Baseball Players Association also issued a dramatic statement against the bill. Both Padres first baseman Adrian Gonzalez and White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen said they would boycott the 2011 All Star game if it was held in Phoenix as planned. And then….. silence. It’s been like a faucet that was twisted violently shut. Players now just speak off the record with curt statements like, "Who would like it?" Others who spoke out earlier like the D-backs own Augie Ojeda, now just mumble, "We're here to play baseball." And into the vacuum steps Tony La Russa, loud and proud in front of the cameras saying, "I'm actually a supporter of what Arizona is doing. If the national government doesn't fix your problem, you've got a problem. You've got to fix it yourself. That's just part of the American way." He then praised the handful of Tea Partiers who attended Wednesday's Cardinals/Diamondbacks game with banners and signs in support of SB 1070. No comment from Cardinal stars Albert Pujols or Yadier Molina about whether getting stopped without just cause is “just part of the American way.” As players are silenced while managers come forward to defend Bud Selig’s conservative status quo, the lessons should be clear. Players spoke out heroically when the law was past, but they will not magically build a real grass roots movement against SB 1070. That happens off the field. We need to keep pushing to pressure Commissioner Bud Selig to move next year’s All Star game and La Russa may have unwittingly given us a lead on just how to do it. After praising the Tea Partiers’ in-park demonstration, he said, "Anybody, I mean if you had the opposite view and you wanted to come out and have your signs, I mean this is great, you're going to have 40 thousand people here to see it perfect. I don't care.” He’s right. Everywhere the Diamondbacks play, we should do more than just demonstrate outside the stadium. We should get inside with our banners and signs and let the silenced players know that they have support in the stands. Given the number of stadiums that offer $1 seats in the high bleachers come game-time, we should get in there and be heard. We also need to take this struggle right-straight-smack to Commissioner Bud Selig himself. That’s why I want to wholeheartedly endorse a protest called for July 8th at Bud Selig’s in New York City office. The demo has been endorsed by an endless list of organizations including the t he New York Immigration Coalition New York Civil Liberties Union, and La Union de la Comunidad Latina. One function of these protests is that it can provide political oxygen for players who are profoundly upset about SB 1070, upset about having to be issued special I.D. cards by Major League Baseball in case they are stopped for Breathing While Latino, but see no benefit to speaking out. It’s time for, Bud Selig and the players themselves to learn the wisdom of the great Roberto Clemente who once said, “They say, ‘Roberto, you better keep your mouth shut because they will ship you back.’ [But] this is something that from the first day, I said to myself: ‘I am in the minority group. I am from the poor people. I represent the poor people. I represent the common people of America. So I am going to be treated like a human being. I don’t want to be treated like a Puerto Rican, or a black, or nothing like that. I want to be treated like any person that comes for a job.’” It starts with moving the 2011 All-Star Game. The Midsummer Classic of the National Pastime has no business being played in a police state….. no matter what Tony LaRussa thinks. [Dave Zirin is the author of the forthcoming “Bad Sports: How Owners are Ruining the Games we Love” (Scribner) Receive his column every week by emailing dave@edgeofsports.com. Contact him at edgeofsports@gmail.com.]

2010-06-02T21:10:00.001-05:00

Every Hour Is Happy Hour:
An Exhibition Of recent Work By:

Danny Hein

and

Michael Robert Pollard

________________________________________________________

June 12^th – July 10^th

Opening reception: Saturday, June 12^th (5-10pm)

SideCar is pleased to announce the second show in the 2010 season "every Hour Is Happy Hour". This is a group exhibition of selected recent works.

At a time when what can be considered "Art" is wide open, it is easy to overlook work that takes as it's primary subject matter people; human beings in all their varied glory. Art that consists of a chrome-plated spectacle or art that is highly theoretical and self-reflexive is to be found in abundance. Work that begins with the time-honored form of the human figure in the landscape can easily slip into the cracks between that spectacle and austerity.

Both of these artists use the humble genres of landscape/cityscape and portraiture as jumping-off points for work that examines human beings in these artists' daily surroundings. People; everyday people, politicians, celebrities, people in their world, their place with all their strengths, foibles and frailties. This work, however, is not about judgment but more about observation. These are lushly painted objects, deftly handled watercolor and pencil drawings. The work oscillates between subtlety and mania and is leavened with a healthy shot of humor. Firmly placed within our time these works say to us, where people are concerned, every hour is happy hour.

SideCar

411 Huehn

Hammond Indiana 46327

708.337.1090 . sidecargallery@gmail.com

Hours: Saturday

12 – 5:00 pm

or by appointment

Every Hour is Happy Hour

2010-05-17T20:55:00.001-05:00

Hi All,

Updated information about my upcoming show. Of course I had the date wrong, and its just going to be Danny and I (Mark has postponed till fall). Hope to see you at the opening.

Every Hour is Happy Hour
Side Car Gallery
411 Huehn
Hammond, Indiana

An Exhibition of Recent Work by
Danny Hein and Michael Robert Pollard
June 12- July 10
Opening Reception: Saturday June 12 from 5-10 PM

Side Car is easily accessible via the Sky Way and is a block from the South Shore Line

Michael Robert Pollard
mallardrocks@gmail.com

MRP Recent Spins: May 8, 2010

2010-05-08T20:11:00.004-05:00

Recent Spins:

Mary lou Williams: Various

Tommy Womack: The Replacements

Sonic Youth: The Eternal (album)

The Dirt Dress: Various

Slant 6: Don't you Ever

Eddie Vedder & Corrin Tucker: The Golden State

Billie Holiday: I cant give you anything but love

Minutemen: This ain't no picnic

Save the Date: June 8, 2010 MRP exhibiting @ Side Car Gallery

2010-05-03T21:22:00.002-05:00

Hi All, Just an early heads up: I will in a show next month at the Side Car Gallery, in Hammond Indiana. Mark Booth, Danny Hein and Me. Opening will be June 8. Gallery is open on Saturdays. More details to follow soon Side Car is is easily accessible via the Sky Way and is a block from the South Shore Line ----Michael

muckin around

2010-01-20T08:28:00.003-06:00

Excerpts from the cave, much still in progress, heres some quick sketches. fun fun

in the cave

2009-11-16T23:52:00.004-06:00

Dont worry there its coming, I will come out of the cave sooner or later

2009-11-16T23:50:00.001-06:00

i like to feel prejudice towards people who are prejudice

-Kurt Cobain

Big Fear, hope, anxiety, prototype 20099

2009-10-03T14:54:00.003-05:00

Piece made for the Fest Fest Exhibition and Auction @ Julius Caeser, here in Chicago.

baby blanket, cigar box, acrylic paint, pen, paper, ink, colored pencil

Photo by Diego Leclery

made something

2009-09-07T12:57:00.003-05:00

finally made something, its going to be in the Julius Ceaser Auction later this month. Photos arent great but who cares. off to ride bike and then stretch a canvas

not dead not gone just moving

2009-07-15T11:16:00.002-05:00

I've been pretty absent here of late. Not dead, not quitting just moving. So not much new work to post. We are going to invest in a new scanner/fax/printer soon so I hope to have some more work to post. We just got a condo in the rogers park area of chicago, very excited, very happy closing is done. worst fucking day ever.

This is what the interior looked liked previously

Peace

MRP

untitiled (drawing 09)

2009-06-15T12:39:00.003-05:00

Untitled (drawing 09)

Michael Robert Pollard
Mixed Media on Paper
2009

havlat as a wounded jesus

2009-05-25T16:46:00.002-05:00

Havlat as a wounded jesus

sketch 2009

Chicago is a hockey town again, till Marty Havlat got checked by the red wings. Made a sketch about it.

MRP

Early morning tunes

2009-05-05T06:01:00.001-05:00

Woke up early again:
Bella and I had fun at the giants cubs last night. Bella made up a song:

Boo cubs boo!

To bad the giants dont have anybody who can hit through a wet paper bag.

Early early morning spins

Pearl Jam: Life Wasted

Guru: Take it Personal

Janes Addiction: Stop

sunday spins

2009-05-03T13:19:00.002-05:00

I'm in a quiet and reflective mood today.

John Lennon: Greatest Hits

Lester Young: The Jazz Greats 56

Leonard Cohen: Greatest Hits

Mary Lou Lord: no title

Neil Young and Crazy Horse: Sleeps with Angels

new piece and recent spins

2009-04-12T18:56:00.002-05:00

Un wanted thoughts and feelings
ink and oil pastel on paper
MRP/2009

recent spins

Anything by Sonny Rollins, Charlie Parker, or Donald Byrd

John Lennon

John Coltrane

AC Newman

Metallica: Justice for all (sounds good in the car)

Otis Redding

King Sunny Aide: The Melody

issue puzzle

2009-03-30T00:00:00.002-05:00

issue puzzle

Mixed media on paper

by

Michael Robert Pollard

March 2009

Spaz

2009-03-28T16:00:00.002-05:00

Spaz

Mixed Media on Paper
March 2009

by

Michael Robert Pollard

Moving Target

2009-03-28T15:57:00.004-05:00

Moving Target

By

Michael Robert Pollard

Mixed Media on Paper
March 2009

Grinding Away

2009-03-28T15:55:00.003-05:00

Grinding Away
Mixed Media on Paper

by

Michael Robert Pollard

March 2009

A silly Billy

2009-03-15T12:42:00.001-05:00

A Silly Billy
Michael Robert Pollard
Oil pastel and Ink on Paper
20009

Untitled drawing 09

2009-03-13T22:27:00.003-05:00

Untitled, March o9
Michael Robert Pollard
oil pastel and ink

letting it all hang out: old school 09 style

2009-03-05T22:02:00.003-06:00

old school 09 style

MRP 09
ink and oil pastel on paper

another new sketch.
letting it all hang out

Sketchbook Project Video

2009-03-02T21:03:00.002-06:00

A new way to document a Little book I made for the Sketchbook project

New Drawing: A nostalgic look at artist frustration

2009-03-02T19:55:00.003-06:00

A nostalgic look at artist frustration
Michael Robert Pollard
Ink and oil pastel on Paper
2009

Studio day 2/21/09

2009-02-22T10:21:00.004-06:00

Untitled
Chalk and Ink on Paper
MRP 2009

Untitled,
Oil pastel and Ink on Brown Paper
MRP 2009

A-Roid
Ink and oil pastel
On Brown Paper
MRP 09

A self potrait that actually looks like me!

2009-02-08T21:23:00.004-06:00

Portrait w/ anxiety on my back.
Michael Robert Pollard 2009
Mixed Media on Paper

To bad I felt like the Van Gogh guy the Day I painted it.

Actually painting always makes me feel better, but my anxiety got the best of me week or two back. Happens some times:
always a lot on the plate, Winter in Chicago, Work was super crazy: The Building flooded, (never good for An Assistant Director of Facilities), Parent hood is always an adventure, and for the first time in awhile I had writers block. really sucked. I'm sure watching a replay of the giants losing the 02 world series didn't help either

With the help and patience of my wife eventually I managed to paint my way out of it.

Decided to document it for posterity

-MRP

Hot of the press!

2009-01-27T22:42:00.005-06:00

Spidey Study (bit fuzzy)
MRP 2009

and

Dad's Church with Apologies to Georgia

MRP 2009

The Nostalgia Continues

2009-01-18T21:47:00.005-06:00

Croc Pot and Big Sis: Circa 96/97
Mixed Media on Canvas, 2008

The Nostalgia Painting continues:

First it was baseball and batman and robin, now its the my past as a costumed singing waiter. I found an old photo of a shot from the Burlingame McGee's days. A Halloween picture of my "big sister and spirtual advisor" Nancy C.

I was crazy then, so was the big sis, two artists trying to figure it out, but compared to the loonies and zombies that frequented the joint, not to mention the people who worked there. Oh the people that worked there. We were alright!

**disclaimer: The folks I worked with at the San Ramon McGee's were crazy but not zombies like burlingame. I hate to piss off my # 1 Cub Scout and Pirate**

The 70's TV version of Spiderman is next hopefully followed by Jimi Hendrix.
-MRP

Now I remember why I went to A's game

2009-01-12T20:17:00.004-06:00

Ok, I bleed orange and black, we know this. But I admit, I spent a lot of time at the Oakland Coliseum. fun parking lot. I drank my first of many beers there, saw many big rock shows there (The Dead, Pink Floyd, Metallica Day on the Green, U2, etc) , first place I kissed my wife

but i also went to many A's games.

Mostly because of my dad.

Mr Pollard was American League guy, more home runs and more characters. This was back in the day when the Yankees would come 6 times a year instead of 2 or 3. But I think the main reason my dad liked A's games was the characters they had. 2 in particular. Jose Canseco "the Hoser" (I found my signed Canseco b-card yesterday) and Ricky Henderson. Ricky Henderson is and was the man. He finally retired so he could be in the hall of fame, otherwise he'd probably still be playing A ball in Florida. I was at the game where he broke Lou Brocks record. "I am the greatest", Henderson proclaimed since my father knew he was right, He sent me to get more hot dogs and sodas.

Congrats to Ricky, miss ya pop!

-mrp

Reds!

2009-01-12T20:01:00.004-06:00

Face the Nation
Mixed Media on Paper Sarah Palin,
2009 Mixed Media on Paper
2009

Police come clean!

2009-01-11T11:32:00.003-06:00

The Police come clean, about ripping of the Clash that is.

I watched the episode of Elvis Costello's Spectacle with the Police on Sundance last night. I've only watched 2 episodes and he's a good host despite his incessant need as my wife would say "feel the music". His interview with Lou Reed and Julian Schnabel was awesome. But back to the Police. And yes like most bored suburban stoner boys I went through a Police phase but they got old and boring quick.

Oh yes my point: Sting and Stewart Copland came clean about how they were really a prog band and all they did was rip punk off: the look, and the sound particularly Police and Thieves by the Clash. Did i mentioned they were interviewed individually and not as a group, and the audience made me feel younger and hipper than I really am.

to his credit I think my brother Jeff figured this out back in say 1992-3, at a Concord Pavilion
Sting Concert when the usually reserved "Mr Pollard" got really drunk on the lawn and started screaming "sell out", and "die Yuppie Scum"

Mr Pollard This Post is for you!

-MRP

more drawings

2009-01-09T17:17:00.002-06:00

More drawings....

sorry about the quality of the shots...

Some drawings

2009-01-09T17:11:00.004-06:00

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Hey True Belivers

I've been unable to post much lately. Our internet connection at home is beyond messed up and my scanner died.

However here are some drawings I made over the past few months to fill the gap.

Genius Spins compliments of Andy

2008-12-28T21:06:00.001-06:00

Usually the recent spins are of my own accord, but this one 'I Pod" Genius Spin is insane. And since their my songs it makes some sense. Good painting music, someday I'll learn how to link mp3's but not today.

Peace and thanks to Andy
MRP

David bowie: Andy Warhol

The Stooges: Gimmie Danger

VU: Beginning to See the Light

Lou Reed: Vicious

Sonic Youth: Teen Age Riot

The Who: A quick one why he's away (live)

Pixies: Bone Machine

The Clash: Guns of Brixton

Bowie: Heroes

Cat Power: I cant get no Satisfaction

Dylan: Its alright Ma (I'm only Bleeding)

Uncle Neil and the Horse: Everyone knows this is Nowhere

Stooges: RAw Power

Lou Reed: Satellite of Love

X: LA

Television: See no Evil

Clash: Spanish bombs

VU: Who Loves the Sun

Pink Floyd: Arnold Layne

Bowie: Ziggy Stardust

Richard Hell: Blank Generation

Pixies: Caribou

VU: White light/White Heat

MRP Interview

2008-12-23T15:18:00.002-06:00

I was recently interviewed by Cat Park check it out:

http://www.inkstainedhands.com/

Thank you Katherine

There's a link to a painting I did of her a few years back.

http://michaelrobertpollard.net/artwork/229584.html

Wolverine Trailer

2008-12-13T18:45:00.000-06:00

fellow comic book geeks:

check this out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3sm10EmTe_c

Recent Spins

2008-12-06T09:53:00.002-06:00

Pretty sure Danville still sucks

recent spins:

The Smiths: The Queen is Dead

The Flying Burrito Brothers: Live Parsons tribute concert

Bright Eyes

Neil young: Various

Charlie Parker: Various

G It's magic, I looked for you on Tv, history, change

2008-12-06T09:48:00.002-06:00

G It's magic, I looked for you on Tv, history, change

Michael Robert Pollard
Mixed Media on Canvas
Nov 2008

Did this around election time

Proper !?!

2008-12-06T09:45:00.003-06:00

Proper !?!

Michael Robert Pollard
mixed Media on Paper
Nov 2008

A new piece putting together a group of different ideas and situations thats been going on.

Its been crazy this month

Flying Burrito Brothers live

2008-12-06T09:18:00.002-06:00

Tribute to Graham Parsons..

Show from the late 60's

Quality is just ok...

Currently in heavy rotation...

Click link to listen

Dad on the wall

2008-11-26T11:58:00.002-06:00

Dad on the wall

Michael Robert Pollard
Mixed media on Canvas
2008

Based on photo 2 weeks before my dad learned he had cancer

The Shins but French and with Balls

2008-11-24T18:39:00.003-06:00

The Shins but French and with Balls:
Francois Virot

Click title for link to music

mrp/isc #1

2008-11-21T08:48:00.003-06:00

MRP/ISC #1

mixed media on paper
2008

Been collaborating with my daughter Isabella. Frees up all the preconceived ideas and habit's about drawing. She makes a mark, then I do, and on and on.....

2008-11-20T23:51:00.001-06:00

charlie parker had to 2 right which is wrong

2008-11-20T23:47:00.003-06:00

Charlie Parker had 2 right which is wrong
(or something like that)

Mixed media on canvas 08

TIMMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! finally a reason to cheer

2008-11-11T18:58:00.003-06:00

Timmy won the Cy Young today.
Congrats to the Franchise.
Made me smile
One more step in the Giants being a respected franchise again.
not taking of my orange and black for awhile.

Nuff Said

MRP

baseball is over long live baseball. giants could have been there but our GM sucks

2008-10-29T23:17:00.005-05:00

So the phillies won the series

So happy Rays chocked. But i see the irony in another former giant coming up big in the playoffs.
Pedro the "brain dead Carribian" Feliz gets game winning rbi.

I've come up with a list of people like Pedro who have done well elseware cause brian Sabeen is an idiot. Giving money over and over to this one guy to fill seats . This is the mug shot by the way.

Here's my picture list please comment on who I forgot, and why u agree or disagree. I have alot of art to make before next season starts.

Lost boy sketch 10.25.08

2008-10-27T21:07:00.004-05:00

Lost boy sketch

Michael Robert Pollard
October 25, 08

Mixed Media on Paper

L Collage # 1

2008-10-27T20:34:00.004-05:00

L Sketch book Collage # 1

Michael Robert Pollard
Mixed Media on Canvas
October 2008

You'll need to click on the image to get a good look

I cut n pasted my sketchbook and went to work

Someday I'll be able to afford real photography.
MRP

Bella Mouth Wide open

2008-10-27T20:28:00.004-05:00

New Painting

Bella Mouth Wide Open

Michael Robert Pollard
Mixed Media on canvas
Sept 2008

Dont forget them Giants

2008-10-06T22:03:00.002-05:00

Just so my brothers/ Northern Cali Boys dont yell at me.

Despite finishing low in the standings and not getting a chance to knock the dodgers out of the playoffs. The 2008 season was the best season for GIANT FANS in a long time.

Hmm, does that have anything to do with You know who being out of a job.

My wife said to me, she thought my daughter and i were going turn orange cause we eat to many carrots (beats chips). I looked at Bella and said: That be cool: Giants colors!

Crazy Crab for President

Sox out but still rule. Chicago anyway

2008-10-06T19:22:00.004-05:00

Ok the white sox just got knocked out by the "rays" in the playoffs. three games to one.
That sucks, but you know, its ok.
Were the white sox spoused to be in first place this year
no, but they were!
What place were the sox in last year. Last all year.

If nothing else we won one more game than the cubs. We didnt get swept. In Chicago that's all that matters.

Thats why this is the baseball capitol of the world

I cant wait till next year

In the mean time My wife will enjoy the silence, and I will get some art done.

beach boy rehersal 1967

2008-10-06T19:14:00.004-05:00

As I get passed one of the hardest weeks of my life, I stumbled onto this

http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2008/10/06/the-beach-boys-rehearsals-1967/

Even if you only kinda like the beach boys, this is brilliant. Sooth your soul for sure..

The beach boys, sans brian wilson of course, in 1982 was my first concert. Free with admission to the Arizona State fair. n

Thanks Pop.

MRp

Batman and Robin

2008-10-04T15:03:00.002-05:00

Batman and Robin

By
Michael Robert Pollard
Mixed Media on Canvas
2008

As I said in my previous post, this and the Gomez painting have been nostalgic based on many levels. Content, style, and materials.

While I love the "Dark Knight", Batman and Robin, were my first love. The campy TV show, the cartoons, and toys as a kid. Nice to see it will continue to outlive all of us.

Peace
Michael

Ruben Gomez Full Size

2008-10-04T14:55:00.002-05:00

Ruben Gomez Full Size

By
Michael Robert Pollard
Mixed Media on Canvas
2008

Ok the blog is called the "fine Art" of Michael Pollard, so finally here's some art. I finished this and one other painting recently. Pictures arent great but as ususal I dont fucking care.
I havent been able to post any drawings since my scanner died. Need to do it at work, just been to crazy, to do so.
These painting and the "batman and robin" to follow are very nostalgic. Baseball and Superheros, its the reason I got my self into all of this.

this is a ful size version of Ruben Gomez, the first man to pitch an SF Giants game. Back at Seal Stadium 50 years ago

Many thanks from both Celeste and I to everyone for all of their kind words the past few days. Its a rough time and the support from friends helps.

Michael

fact check

2008-10-02T21:18:00.002-05:00

September 21, 2008

Fact Check: Did Obama vote 94 times for higher taxes?

Posted: 05:30 PM ET

From CNN's Josh Levs

Did Obama vote to raise taxes more than 90 times?

The statement:

"He said he won't raise taxes for most people, but he's voted 94 times in his short Senate career for tax increases and against tax cuts."
-Sen. John McCain, at a campaign stop in Green Bay, Wisconsin, Friday Sept. 19, 2008

Check out the facts after the jump!

The facts:
The effort to convince voters that Sen. Barack Obama would support higher taxes is a central part of Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign. McCain and the Republican National Committee have repeatedly cited 94 alleged votes by Obama to bolster their argument.

Factcheck.org, a non-partisan project of the University of Pennsylvania's Annenberg Public Policy Center, pieced through records to determine just what these 94 votes were. Key findings:

-23 were against proposed tax cuts
-7 were "for measures that would have lowered taxes for many, while raising them on a relative few, either corporations or affluent individuals"
-11 were to increase taxes on people making more than $1 million a year, to help fund programs such as Head Start, school nutrition, or veterans' health care
-53 were votes on budget resolutions or amendments that "could not have resulted by themselves in raising taxes," though many "were clear statements of approval for increased taxes"
- The total includes multiple votes on the same measures

Annenberg says a close look at the record reveals that Obama has "voted consistently to restore higher tax rates on upper-income taxpayers but not on middle- or low-income workers."

Verdict:
Misleading. McCain's summary ignores the fact that some of the votes were for measures to lower taxes for many Americans, while increasing them for a much smaller number of taxpayers. A nonpartisan examination also finds that the 94 total includes multiple votes on the same measures and budget votes that would not directly lead to higher taxes.

Filed under: Fact Check

Life kicked my ass today

2008-10-02T17:51:00.003-05:00

Life kicked our ass today

This morning when my wife and I went in for our first ultrasound we learned that the baby had no heartbeat and had passed a few weeks ago. I think the clinical term is "quiet miscarriage"
Fucking brutal. A beautiful moment fell to shit real quick...

Everyone is really sad, but dealing the best we can. Its tough we thought we were in good shape, and were very excited about the addition to our family, told everyone, etc.

I guess we got ahead of ourselves. We will regroup and have to see what the future brings. But I havent felt this sad since my pop died......

I do know this, I'm very happy and lucky for the life and family I do have. yesterday, today and tomorrow, My wife and my daughter are still the greatest things that ever happened to me.

Peace

My Republican rants of the day: Sunday September 28, 2008

2008-09-28T10:58:00.007-05:00

The following is Un American, we need Sarah Palin to fix this right away

-The Sundays Comics in the paper are now buried, in the TV section, you cant even see them. It's a conspiracy to prevent me from reading Doonesbury.

-Baseball games on Saturdays are primarily at night. That's just wrong!!!!

-My daughter prefers the care bears to baseball.

-Store employees who bitch and moan out loud "where's Nanny 911"when a little kid cries and screams in the supermarket. Since that happens to every parent all the time. And its most miserable for you the parent. NO wonder the rest of the world hates America.

-Regular supermarkets don't sell real/organic coffee or Simple Green Starbucks and fake green cleaners made by Clorex do not count. So guess what this old/hippie suburban punk artist soon to be father of two is doing next?

Revolution Starts at home!

As soon as the Care Bears are over...

Say it aint so, so long Yankee Stadium

2008-09-22T12:36:00.002-05:00

Been a very nostalgic weekend, trying to convince a 5 year who hates the Yankee's why Yankee Stadium is important, and why it sucks its being torn down. Especially to a grandfather she never met.

Just read in the times that Babe Ruth's daughter is apparently a red sox fan.

There is No justice is there?

MRP

USA Today said no way to my thoughts on Sarah P

2008-09-05T22:01:00.004-05:00

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Dear USA TODAY Reader:

On behalf of the Editorial Board of USA TODAY, thank you for the letter
to the editor you submitted.

Your opinion is important to us. If your letter is one of those selected
for publication, congratulations. The competition for space is keen.

Regretfully, although we would like to publish all of the 800 to 1,000
letters we receive weekly, we are unable to do so. If no one from USA
TODAY has called you within two weeks, it is probable that your letter
has not been selected. Don't give up; try again.

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Here's what I wrote.

Sorry Sarah, but the following is not my idea of a good choice for America

Thinkingthe war in Iraq is "God's task."
Preaching creationism in public school.
Having close ties to Big Oil
Not believing that humans contribute to global warming
Being radically anti-choice,
and banning books from the library

I hope it's not you the reader's idea either.

Vote for America! Vote for Obama!

A few thoughts on Mrs. Palin

2008-09-03T21:45:00.002-05:00

small town elitist

arrogant

tacky

thinks guns, censorship, and destroying the environment are good ideas

women's rights are a bad idea

obsessed with oil drilling

and her hair just bugs me..

Mccain's record on floods

2008-09-01T13:12:00.002-05:00

Read the truth on Mccain's record on Katrina

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/jstreet/352140

No sports on Labor day is an insult

2008-09-01T13:00:00.003-05:00

No sports on Labor day is an insult to all working men, and UnAmerican. What does a working man want to do on their day off? Sit on their butt, barbecue, crack open a beer and watch sports either at all ball park or in the comfort in their homes.

No games are on until 6 PM, (hey I gotta work tomorrow) Its 1:05 PM Chicago time and neither team is playing or even in town?

The only sport on TV is high school football or Golf. Not the same.

I don't get all red, white, and blue, with 2 exceptions:
Keeping hope alive with Barrack, and BASEBALL.

No baseball on labor day is Unamerican......

Since all baseball teams are own by rich republicans in my opinion this is a right wing conspiracy.

-MRP

Ruben Gomez

2008-08-03T10:35:00.002-05:00

Ruben Gomez (study)
by
Michael Robert Pollard
Mixed Media on paper
2008

NY/SF Giants Pitcher
Known as El Divino Loco ("The Divine Madman")

Pitched the first Giants game in SF at Seal Stadium
Pitched 8 shut out innings against the Dodgers!

For More on Ruben Follow the Link Below

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rub%C3%A9n_G%C3%B3mez_%28baseball_player%29

2 of tbe Greatest Albums ever

2008-07-30T19:01:00.002-05:00

London Calling: The Clash

Are you Experienced: Jimi Hendrix Experience

2 of the greatest rock albums ever

Both sound really good loud, where ever

I'm so old....

nuf said

feel the excitment

2008-07-28T11:26:00.000-05:00

A Favorite quote

2008-07-23T20:41:00.002-05:00

One Miro never looked like another Miro

-Duchamp

the house that ruth built

2008-07-12T00:24:00.006-05:00

Posting this again!

Yankee Stadium is going away.

Sure there going to build a new one, which will prob be spectacular like what ever they are calling pac bell this week. But its Yankee stadium. So much history, baseball and personal.

In my old age, I'm becoming obsessed with baseball history. Especially NY baseball history: NY Giants, Yankees, and the Brooklyn Dodgers.

The Yankees are the extended family team (except for Aunt Becky who although she likes the red sox (she lives in NH its the law) she has a soft spot for the Giants cause Willie Mays signed a baseball for her when she was a little kid back at a spring training game at High Corbett. BLESS HER HEART but what happened to the Ball!!!)

me and the bros broke the habit with the G men, but pop was Yankees through and through. it was the main reason we never missed a Yankees / A's game when we were kids. My mom used to think the Yankees were a cult. That was the days before the schedules focused on the division, then the Yankees came 2 or 3 times a year. Lots of good memories then, Its how me and Owen bonded in that Parking lot in Oakland. Special place that lot.

Getting sidetracked

Now when I root against the Yankees I worry somethings going to fall from the sky. My dad reminding me of the power of the pinstripes. There are 2 reasons i hate them now.
Somewhat irrational

They choked and let the red sox beat them and go to the world series.
Complete bullshit on many levels ( this is several posts or therapy sessions)

but more importantly in 2001, they choked in the world series, the last world series my dad ever saw. To Bob (traitor) Breenly's D-Backs.

Serves the Yankees right they haven't been back there. Its Clemens fault, he blew game six hard. What a stand up guy he's turned out to be

As tony S used to say "there dead to me"

But the house that ruth built, I never got to the house Ruth built and I never will. That fucking sucks. Wriggley smigly. I fucking hate Wrigley. (again sidetracked), DEI says Fenway sucks, but he likes Wrigley. He is a very confused man.

My dad took me to see Yankees when I was a baby in NYC, but I'm pretty sure it was during the Shea remodeling years. To bad i cant ask him.

One of my greatest regrets is not going to Yankee stadium I had a few chances. One was paid for by dad , but I had to start grad school.

That turned out well didn't it.....

One was a road trip me and Norman were going to take hitting dead shows and ball games, but Jerry died. My dad sent me a postcard once that was really just a picture he took of the Yankee stadium subway stop with a stamp on it that said, wish you were here, I had extra tickets love dad.

When my dad died, each of us went to Yosemite and poured his ashes in the river, I saved some. to quietly scatter them by the monuments when no one was looking.

It wont work in the new yard. So I'm thinking before the A's leave Oakland for Fremont. My friends and brothers should gather in that lot, for an A's / Yankees game. You know the lot dad used to jog in before the game. The lot where I first kissed Celeste, and scatter those ashes there.

Miss ya pop, baseball not the same with out you.

MRP

Lost a great one on Monday, (not talking about baseball, here folks)

2008-07-12T00:01:00.003-05:00

On Monday, Bruce Conner died. Kenny Baker who all of us bay area art folks have a love hate relationship with article started with: He's really dead this time. He pretended a few times.

That says it all

As Far as Art Superheros go Conner is my art Batman. he was and always be the fucking best. Dark, brooding Loner. Intense. he did what ever the fuck he wanted. He changed constantly, he did lots of things at once. he was above the establishment. And he made me belive I could do what ever the fuck i wanted.

And I did

That retrospective at the old D Young back in 200o is a time I will never forget. The catalog was my bible for many years. I dragged my brother Jeff to that show. It was in GG Park, heavy burn before we went in.

Thats just what you do at Golden Gate Park.

The show was heaven, I still remember the cases of the assemblages, Dennis Hopper and the movies. There have been a few moments in my life when I've been truly floored by Art. It happened 3 times @ the old D young

Seeing the Rose (after watching them extract it all summer from the old conference room at the tude)

Seeing the orginal manuscript of "on the road"

And Bruce Conner's retrospective

I remember when my Dad was my art dealer. He actually sold a few pieces to folks he knew for good money. He used to carry around an SF Weekly with this Bruce Conner photo, proving to people that his son's work wasnt as weird as his hero's.

The crazy thing is it worked.

Thank you Mr. Conner for showing us the way.

Best

Michael Robert Pollard

FYI: my scanner is showing its age resulting in less art posts, I'll get some up soon.

Essential Listening

2008-07-07T22:13:00.003-05:00

Essential Listening

Cowgirl in the Sand, Neil Young and Crazy Horse Live @ the Fillmore

The funny thing is they were opening for Miles Davis

Long Live the Horse and the Bill Graham guy.

this song is over 15 minutes long and I've listened to it at least 4 times today.

Belated Thanks To Junior..

Nuff Said

MRP

the evil ones (the one's in LA, not the cubs)

2008-06-24T21:08:00.001-05:00

Ok so today inter league continues.
the white sox play the most evil team in all of baseball.
the mother bleeeeping bleeep bleeeping dodgers

BEAT LA

Dodgers Suck

spoken like a true Giant Fan. Hey sox please dont get swept.

Peace
MRP

Gore Weighs in..Why did it take him time to step up.

2008-06-24T20:15:00.003-05:00

Watching Gore endorse Obama
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8lmeJaKZwHI

A jaw dropping speech, like his movies and books, kicks ass and pushes the right buttons.
my question is where was this Gore in 2000? No matter what side your on you know there was some "chicago style" politics and vote counting going on but if he had showed the fire and frankly balls he has now, maybe more folks (like myself, still proud of voting for Nadar) we would have never had to deal with the dumbass in the first place.

Maybe its a simple as once you get your ass handed to you or kicked you toughen up quick.

Peace and love
(new art is coming I promise)
MrP