Lambiedog

Vote for Thomas' remix!

    While Thomas recuperates from his surgery, he has been working on a remix in a contest on Indaba Music. 

    Having listened to this song, 'Just Can't Let You Go,' by the teen pop star Manika, easily five hundred times as Thomas perfected his remix, I can fully recommend his final version as the one that should win. 

    To do that, however, he needs votes.  Come on, Lambie-lovers, stand with me -- let's make our preferences known! 

    You can listen to Thomas' remix below -- it's #1, the one by "The Menstrels" (T's nom de plume).  (#2 is the original, 'pre'-remix version.)

    Then, after it's knocked your socks off, please vote for it.  The catch is that to vote you need either a MySpace account or an Indaba account.  Both are free.  Within my own demographic [dogs, natch!] there are not many of us who have MySpace accounts, let alone Indaba accounts.  However, I joined MySpace today so that I could vote for Thomas.  I felt it was the least I could do. 

Patron to runners

    

    My years as track-and-cross-country muse are coming to an end, and I must say that I'm feeling a bit sentimental.  

        Here are a couple of photos of me providing encouragement at the Chaminade meet in March.  The figure in red pants on the left in the distance is Charlie, looking relieved that I am there to support him.

Yes, Lambie, there really is a Santa Claus [forgot to post this last week]

 

                                Apparently he came while I was dozing on the sofa.

Cult of Lambie spreads

    An unsolicited photo from a fan has given me the idea that maybe I should look into setting up some Lambie memorabilia with CafePress.  I want my base to have easy access to mementos of me.  

    A T-shirt might be nice, with my image and perhaps an inspiring motto like "What would Lambie do?" or "Guided by Lambie."

Me and my Boswell

Elf to his shoemaker

    After his day at school and his track meet, Charlie fell asleep on the sofa without getting his essay done. 

    Looking at his computer, I wondered if perhaps I should write his essay for him, like the elves who helped out the shoemaker.  Unfortunately, that would be a violation of his school's honor code.

    So instead I concentrated, silently yet intensely, on transmitting to Charlie via the ether my reserves of strength, brilliance, and analytical acuity, so that he would awaken feeling inspired and refreshed.

Celebrity I am told I resemble

Really we have nothing in common except for our prominent tongues and white faces.

I don't even play the guitar.

   

 

   

Starring role for me in a contemporary art piece

    Excuse my immodesty, but I am thrilled to be featured --twice!-- in the work displayed below, titled "Other Self," by an important young artist, Thomas Stigler.

    Do you see me in the artwork?  That's me, and the bluffs, off to the right side of the image.  And then there I am again, in the center of the image, in an excretory moment near the entrance to the Santa Monica Pier.

Below, edited for brevity, is a transcript of the interview I conducted with the artist. 

What is the significance of the towering young woman executing a karate kick above the Yacht Harbor sign?

That is my friend Genny Fox.  I'm surprised you didn't recognize her, as this is the angle you usually view her from, Lambie.  In any case, Genny represents my my high school days and my time here in California before I left for New York.

What is the significance of the Honda Odyssey that I am pooping next to?

The Honda Odyssey has been my trusty, reliable car ever since I could drive and, like Genny kicking, it represents my time before college, which is what this piece of art is all about.  Everything here reminds me of my home in California.

I notice you are leaning out of the Odyssey window.

Because this is such an autobiographical piece of work for me, I wanted to include myself in some small subtle way.  

Are those books flying in the air above me?

Those are paper airplanes.  I wanted to introduce a surreal, more abstract element into the composition.  

What if they fall on me?

Don't worry.  They're only paper.

I like this piece of art very much.

Thank you.

However, I wonder if it would have been even more powerful if you included more images of me, and made them bigger.  Like maybe I could have taken up the whole frame.  It's nice that I'm in there twice, but don't you think you ought to reconsider how small the images of me are?

Well, Lambie, as you mentioned, you are featured twice in this work.  In that sense, you are one of the most, if not the most, central figures. I did consider making you larger or perhaps adding a third image of you, but ultimately this was the best way, I felt, to represent the role Lambie played in my life. Your size and position in the composition are not meant to diminish the huge respect I have for you or your importance in my life.

Well, of course that's your prerogative as the artist. And I do like it very much as is. I just thought it might be more commercially viable if it featured the most interesting dog in the world more prominently.

Thank you, Lambie.  I appreciate your forebearance with regard to my artistic judgment.

Anything else you want to say?

Lambie, you are my muse and I believe you will always influence my work. 

Your muse!  I am touched and honored.  Thank you very much.  That means a lot to me.

The honor is mine.  Thank you for interviewing me.  I am an avid reader of your blog.