Fanny - Hey Bulldog (1971) | LIVE

I'm learnin' it

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Shostakovich Prelude no. 13, op. 34

Wheeler & Woolsey: Hello Africa (1933)

Hockey Valentines' Day

I was given some gruff from a Hockey Republican first thing this morning at my Day Job . . .he noticed the bumper sticker on my Chrysler Minivan (parking temporarily in a "no parking" zone, to unload my portable art garage into the cold rink lobby at 8 am to bring relief to the hockey children of Minnesota) and sayz, "So, since U R Socialist, are you GIVING those (airbrushed before your very eyes) hats away?" They just don't get it, and there are Republican working class everywhere who think they are "living & working the dream", so many everywhere. F*CK THAT SH*T! I answered, "Look, I don't come up to YOU at your job with all MY problems, do I?" G*d bless it!

Ask someone to read it to you.

Barbra Streisand - Autumn Leaves

That Guitar Had Seconds To Live. . .

This morning I got a message from a Facebook stranger: " Hi Tom, Back in probably the late 80's, maybe 87 or 88 - a fellow with a name like yours got up with a band at First Avenue (main stage) and completely destroyed a guitar by smashing it to pieces on stage. It looked pretty spontaneous and First Ave security chased him all around the place. Was that you and if so - fucking awesome! *LOL*"

Yes, That was me. My buddy invited me up to play during their last song, and for some stupid reason, he had claimed my Fender Tele, I owed him money or something, but there I was playing it, and I thought to myself, "This'll get him!" so I smashed it in such a way that I knew he wouldn't be able to glue it back together. I think First Ave. thought I'd gone out of control and was going to start wrecking their stuff, so I was bounced out on my ass! Still friends with that guy, somehow!

Vlasic Pickles - "Best Tastin' Pickle I Ever 'Hoid" (1982)

A trip to Minot, ND for Cartoonland USA!

https://goo.gl/photos/4E3cCjLErBSYVQcdA

The Boards was the name of that band.

Just uploaded a track from ye Olde Cassette Archives, recorded by Ross Mueller and myself back in 1985 on a 4 track cassette fostex portastudio 451! WY!
https://soundcloud.com/tom_siler/talking-from-not-even-doing-anything

Back to the drawing board in Ol' La Crosse, WI!
Riverfest 2015!

Highlights to be added through 4 day festival.

Posted by Tom Siler Caricatures on Thursday, July 2, 2015

Paul Lynde, "Who's career might have really taken off, had it not been for. . ."

I am currently reading: http://www.amazon.com/Paul-Lynde-Biography-Life-Laughter/dp/1593937431

Peter Marshall: True or false...there are more psychiatrists in Beverly Hills than plumbers.
Paul Lynde: When my toilet's backed up, I don't care who fixes it.

Peter Marshall: Eddie Fisher recently stated, “I’m sorry. I’m sorry for them both.” Who or what was he referring to?
Paul Lynde: His fans.

Peter Marshall: When you pat a dog on its head he will usually wag his tail. What will a goose do?
Paul Lynde: Make him bark.

Peter Marshall: If the right part comes along, will George C. Scott do a nude scene?
Paul Lynde: You mean he doesn't have the right part?

Peter Marshall: According to Tony Randall, "Every woman I've been intimate with in my life has been..." What?
Paul Lynde: Bitterly disappointed.

Peter Marshall: Prometheus was tied to the top of a mountain by the gods because he had given something to man. What did he give us?
Paul Lynde: I don't know what you got, but I got a sports shirt.

Peter Marshall: What do you call a man who gives you diamonds and pearls?
Paul Lynde: I'd call him "darling"!

Peter Marshall: Is it possible for the puppies in a litter to have more than one daddy?
Paul Lynde: Why, that bitch!

Peter Marshall: Fred Astaire says, his mother has been trying to get him to do this since he was 35. But he hasn't done it and says he won't do it until he's ready. Do what?
Paul Lynde: Move out of the house!

Peter Marshall: It is the most abused and neglected part of your body-- what is it?
Paul Lynde: Mine may be abused but it certainly isn't neglected!

Peter Marshall: Elizabeth Taylor calls it 'the Big One.' What is it?
Paul Lynde: They both look the same to me!

Peter Marshall: Lana Turner recently said, "I won't do it because I haven't stopped living my life by a long shot." What won't she do?
Paul Lynde: The Merv Griffin Show.

Peter Marshall: Paul. a recent navy picture had Admiral Zumwalt kissing Admiral Duirk. Why?
Paul Lynde: Too long at sea!

Peter Marshall: When Henry Kissinger recently visited Japan, he went to a Geisha House, now how did he spent his time in the Geisha House?
Paul Lynde: Negotiating for peace.

Peter Marshall: Nathan Hale, one of the heroes of the American Revolution, was hung. Why?
Paul Lynde: Heredity!

Peter Marshall: Now listen carefully, Paul...during the time of the hula hoop, the yo-yo, and Davy Crockett hats, who was in the White House?
Paul Lynde: I'll say the yo-yo.

Peter Marshall: Glen Campbell recently stated, “Love to me is something you ..." Something you what?
Paul Lynde: Purchase.

Peter Marshall: Paul, what is a good reason for pounding meat?
Paul Lynde: Loneliness. 

Peter Marshall: According to Ann Landers, what are two things you should never do in bed?
Paul Lynde: Point and laugh 

Peter Marshall: Who stays pregnant for a longer period of time, your wife or your elephant?
Paul Lynde: Who told you about my elephant? 

Peter Marshall: Who are more likely to be romantically responsive. Women under thirty or women over thirty?
Paul Lynde: I don’t have a third choice…?

Peter Marshall: Paul, why do Hell's Angels wear leather?
Paul Lynde: Because chiffon wrinkles too easily. 

Peter Marshall: Oh, Paul, what would we ever do without you?
Paul Lynde: Replace me with Charles Nelson Reilly.

All-New Update for TomSiler.com!

First update of www.tomsiler.com since the late 50's! Some new features in the newly updated website include additional links to my "2 guitars and a harmonica" blues band, Hot Lava. Also, there is a link to what will eventually be the schedule for our Whittier neighborhood local film society, Film 4M, which I began January 1st 2014 with a showing of, "The Poseiden Adventure" the Black Forest Inn.
I will be transferring all the media and films from the previous version of the website to Vimeo, Instagram and Tumblr, to keep those old babies in circulation. In fact, I have all kinds of content once stored on the site, but since the dawn of social media, I found myself neglecting to add and keep up to date since html script is so difficult, and MySpace and Facebook were relatively easy to navigate, not to mention the captive audience a successful social site like Twitter delivers.

"Long story short", I downloaded this Blogger app so I can keep posting journal style entries from whichever bar or cafe I find myself in! Stay tuned, and enjoy the new site. Maybe purchase an online caricature for Father's Day!

Middle of my 20th summer doing this kind of thing!

http://bit.ly/VMRYgu

First day of summer: Sparta Butterfest. (Wisconsin)

First Festival of the Season starts tomorrow! BUTTERFEST

The season of airbrush caricature has finally come around again! Tomorrow, I drive my portable art studio to Sparta, WI. to draw at "Butterfest"!

http://cartoonland.tomsiler.com/

New studio style piano in our apartment

I've been playing only digital keyboards for the last 20 years, it sure is nice to feel the WOOD again! Bringin' back the WOOD!

This studio piano was a gift from my wife over the holidays, and I love it!

You can hear AND feel the wood! (by the way, I'm not referencing "wood" in a Beavis and Butthead way!)

3rd Wedding Anniversary - Up North

ARTFRONT on EAT STREET is a strange street to walk down!

Looking forward to this show, Saturday Night, June 1st 2013, in the parking lot at Black Forest Inn with beer and brats!. Playing @ 6:45 pm with Julie Sweet & Company,performing works by the likes of Philip Glass and Steve Reich. Also be layin' down some inner city folk blues with my "latest-phase" group: Soupcan, Planet and Welter around 8:15. Here is the official flyer for it, it's 3 different outdoor parties on Nicollet Ave., Whittier neighborhood, Minneapolis, USA!

Happy birthday, Leon!

Yesterday was Leon Russell's birthday, and he has inspired me in so many ways. He is the original "Art Carny"!