Arting In and Rocking Out

We started off our exploration today with a visit to the Saint Louis Art Museum to check out Paul Gauguin: The Art of Invention. 

I was especially interested in Gaugin's work in Tahiti. I've been making some good progress in the Pacific islands recently, with trips to Hawaii, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Fiji, and New Zealand. These nations are all related but at the same time have considerable physical distance between each other, so it's been fun to see the similarities and differences in their cultures.

There were some related works mixed in that weren't Gauguin.

"Hone Taahu, the master carver who created these panels, is known for combining both square and serpentine figures. Taahu's carvings often include action and movement, visible in one panel with the placement of the hands through the mouths. Taahu is also credited for depicting great variation in the stylistic treatment of tongues. Extending one's tongue is an expression of a Maori warrior's readiness to fight."

I won a couple of tickets from Do314 to see the Summer Cannibals at the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill. They rocked so hard with the guitars and the sounds.

Every time we come to the Duck Room I have to remind Lydia that I saw Chuck Berry play here, and that she, a native St. Louisan, has failed to do so. Low energy!

Winery then Clownvis

Today we went to a winery that I hadn't been to before: Wild Sun Winery in Hillsboro, Missouri.

We did a little taste test first to get a lay of the land

I finagled our way into a stranger's game of bags.

Lydia lost a no-smiling contest.  Sad.

Later that night me and the guys went to see my role model Clownvis Presley, King of Clowns in the Duck Room at Blueberry Hill.

The opener Dracla was really good. The lead singer stayed in character hilariously. Once or twice while the crowd was cheering he yelled "silence!". Once he quipped that "the next song is an oldie, it's 500 years old."

Clownvis did his thing and won the hearts and minds of every last person in attendance.

He promised to Teen Wolf the Loop Trolley upon its completion.

Sometimes at night when the wind whistles through the trees I swear I can hear a faint "Clownvis".