Dog Dreams v.2 Opening at the Oakland Museum!

Kids (and those of you Kids with Kids),

Dog Dreams is like The Little Kid’s Book that Just Won’t Go Away!

We’re excited to invite you all to the re-grand-opening of Dog Dreams (v.2) brought to you by the kind folks at Gingko Press and The Oakland Museum. This is the second printing of Dog Dreams (you can see a gaggle of images from Dog Dreams here). The first printing was only 100 copies and those sold out, like, RIGHT AWAY, so I was more than thrilled when Gingko Press offered to do a second printing. This is the same book, mind you, we scanned in the letterpress prints and used those to construct the pages for the new book but this one was printed 175% larger (it’s 7″ x 7″!) and is has been pre-tested to work beautifully as both a board book and a chew toy.

Apparently, it tastes delicious.

Here’s a sneak preview of the new version.

And a video of me talking about this thing:

You might ask: “Michael? Will you and Andy and Suki be getting up in front of the gathered to embarrass yourselves again with tiny drums and a ukelele and badly-sung novelty songs about dogs?”

The answer, my friends, is blowing in the wind. And that answer is YUSSS.

What: Dog Dreams v.2 Opening!
When: Sunday, December 4. Starts at 2pm, ends when my pen runs out of ink.
Where: OMCA Gift Shop. The Museum is FREE that day. The address is 1000 Oak St. Oakland, CA 94607, and it’s very close to Lake Merritt Bart.
Who: YOU.
Why: BECAUSE WE LIKE YOU.

So. Come see us, grab a book, laugh at us. We don’t care. We like it. In fact, it’s ‘free day’ at the museum, so you can just come and laugh at us without buying a book and the whole thing will cost you NOTHING. Hey, it’s hard times! We understand! If we can momentarily distract you from the constant buzz of police helicopters overhead, then we’ll be happy campers. If you’re looking for a giftie for the holidays (I started to itch all over while typing that last bit), these puppies are priced to move. I will be signing books as well.

Another question: “Will this event be kid-friendly?” Yuppers. Most of my kid’s book events thus far have been in the evening, when our precious little darlings turn into flesh-rendering wildebeasts, so here’s your chance to bring ‘em out when it’s not dinnertime. Plus, you can take them to the museum and the cool gardens and let them run around. BONUS.

See you then?

x,m

‘Singing’ for Cats this Sunday!

Friends to the Four-Pawed:

Andy and I are doing another ‘Singing’ for A Curious Collection of Cats (a children’s book lovingly illustrated by yours truly) this Sunday at Clayton Books in Clayton, California. If you are in the East Bay, come on out and getcher book signed and see Andy & I act like goofballs! Here’s a little bit from the book launch party:

What: Ukeleles and Kitties and Drawings
Where: Clayton Books, Clayton California
When: 3 pm. Right after naptime.

See you then? xm

a busy falltime – gallery show upcoming in santa cruz!

well, guys, it was a crazy busy september.

phew.

i’m relieved that it’s over, and i’m looking forward to the next batch of stuff to go up on walls. but first, here’s what happened in september.

1> burning man. i still haven’t scanned my pictures in. i’ll get to it. we had a fun decompression party, for which i made a mini-man to burn.i prolly won’t go back to the playa until we have a LOT of rain, and a good freeze. i couldn’t ride my bike out there! there were crazy dust storms! never mind. we still had ourselves a fantastic time.

2> new york. i took my mom out there for her first trip to NYC since she was 15. we had a hoot. we walked a LOT! i had some great meetings with Veer, and with Little Brown Books (who are interested in one of my kids book ideas!! – stay tuned…)

3> andy & i did a new york themed argyll adventure tree radio show. you can listen to it here. it’s show #7.

4> i worked my ass off on 20 images for veer. here they are!

so! there it is. i’m really excited to tell you all that i have a gallery show coming up (the first in quite a while) with my friend DAVe (whose work I absolutely adore). i feel so lucky!

we’re going to be doing a large installation of images that is going to BLOW. YOUR. MIND.

the show is called Super Furry Animals and the opening is on November 7 from 6-9 pm. i’m thrilled.

this weekend: love parade. world of wonderment at the castro street fair (i’ll be showing and demonstrating brain machines – come by and have your mind blown. again).

hope your falltimes are lovely lovely lovely,

xm

p.s. here’s my favorite of the veer images:

a bunch of old photobooth snaps…

from the 90′s. when we lived in noe valley (s.f.) we had a photobooth at a place down the street from us, and took full advantage of the proximity.

with love
m

roma : 1 year later

one year later, my sister roma continues to improve and the prognosis is good but the path looks to be much longer than anyone anticipated. roma’s expenses are mounting as the insurance company is getting ready to stop her therapy at the end of this month. the doctors insist she must have aggressive therapy in order to improve. can you help support roma while she continues her recovery? team roma has set up an easy way for you to support roma financially. just visit roma’s new fundraising website: www.teamroma.org. our friends at the foundation of the sacred stream have generously agreed to umbrella roma’s donations. the really good news: your donations are tax deductible!

thank you all for the love and support you have provided us all in this past year. with your help we will continue onward and upward!

gratefully yours,

roma and her team