MICHAEL MUSIKA
MUSICIAN. ARTIST. GARDENER.
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JOURNAL

MICHAEL MUSIKA'S CHRONOLOGICAL DOCUMENTATION OF CREATION THROUGH WRITING, PHOTOGRAPHY, AND PERFORMANCE ON VIDEO.

JOURNAL

EVERY TIME WE MAKE A WORK OF ART WE PUT A DOCUMENT OF IT HERE IN THIS JOURNAL FOR A JAPANESE DOCUMENTARIAN FILM MAKER SO THEY CAN MAKE A DOCUMENTARY ABOUT THIS ARTIST IN THIS WEBSITE BECAUSE THEN WE CAN GO TO JAPAN, HOPEFULLY NOT SO LATE IN LIFE THAT IS A CRUEL IRONY.  MOST PEOPLE BESIDES JAPANESE PEOPLE EVER GET TO GO TO JAPAN. WE UNDERSTAND, BUT WE GENUINELY WANT TO GO TO SEE THE COUNTRY AND OUR FRIEND NOBU.

 

SAT APRIL 16, 2016 // EVERY SECOND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH (V.V. VARIETY #8)

In the weeks prior to this performance I spent of a lot of late nights recording vocals for the music album titled "YOU CAN IF YOU WANT TO."  Singing the songs over and over again to get them right, I was forced to revisit the memories of past relationships. I had no material prepared for this standup performance at a variety show I was booked for, so I took the thoughts that came to mind while recording preposterous love songs and changed them into jokes. I practiced the jokes on the drive from my temporary home in Talent, Oregon to San Francisco. Farewell sweethearts. 

Michael Musika