28.11.07
Uvieu,España

I've trusted a painting to the post office in España
Has'nt reached America yet. Probably could have swam
there faster.... or maybe..?
Be cool my brother, we aint' the third world
but you can see it from here...

Be well todo mundo.....
J.Level

foto: Davanport historical socitiy

on.. " The Freakshow and it's passing thru the Valley of the shadow of Death "...Part 3 " Busted in Del Rio "

22.11.07
Uvieu,España

" License and registration please... " said officer Gogenfeild
The Texas hyway patrol cop to Death, whom was in shock...
" ... Well, got this crew in the back... Domingo, he's probably
got about a pound of weed and god knows what else...
Jesus... he's cool. Jon Kline and Dave... ummmmmm
and Venus " The one who caused all this really "...she's
an evidence bomb... " thought Death.
" ... Is there some problem officer....? " Smiled Death..
" ...You gotta brake light out..." said officer Gogenfeild, dryly, not looking up.
" Your named Death ? " he asked Death, now visibly sweating bullets....
" Aaahhhh- Yes. I am named Death. " said Death.
" Death ? No last name ? Just Death. D-E-A-T-H...? " quizzed Officer Gogenfeild...
" Ahhhhh-Yes. Just Death. D-E-A-T-H . Like Prince... you know..." smiled Death.

Death, Domingo
Jesus, John Kline
Dave and Venus " whom caused all this really "
sat in a holding cell in the Del Rio, Texas city jail.
" Well... ", said John Kline after a long pregnant silence....
" ...this is another fine mess you've gotten us into...." he said, staring at Death...
" ... You were there. The man was an idiot...
Who doesn't know who Death is...hummm?
Pretty simple, one day your out back choppin'
at a hedge with a weed wacker
and the next minuet your in the station wagon with me,
Death. Your goin', end of story.
Sure there's questions, and boy have I heard them all...
So, I made a tape. Pretty much yer " FAQ's " you know,
" Why me ? "
" Why now ? "
" There must be some mistake...."... justified Death, weakly.
" You acted deplorably ", said Jesus, meekly.
" Ahh you shoulda' punched the stupid fucker " said Venus
" whom caused all this really "....
" All good. Now whom is calling whom to get us the hell
outta here ????...." said John Kline
" Anybody let out the dog ?......" asks Jesus, always concerned...

...The dog crawls out from under the passenger seat
sniffin' around...
" Gotta piss "...pawin' at the sliding passenger window.
He lands onto the asfalt lot filled with old rusty and destroyed cars
Sniffin' around
sniffin' around
" JO ! we got towed... just can't smoke that
shit....can't remember much more than Death

climbing outta the van, then a panicked scuffle

and " No!!! be cool,be cool....NO! NO! NO!..."
Time for emergency plan B
sniffin around
sniffin' around... " Ahhh, That way..." said Neng
catchin' the scent...
"... stupid S.O.B sometimes, that one, Death "
" Hello, Beni... Neng here, listen... yeah.... hu huh..
all 6 of them...yep...like the whole freak shows in the klink...
....hu huh...fine.
Take a note
City Jail, Del Rio.... Yes, that's Texas...
Huh, I said the same thing...
stupid son of a bitch...." said Neng
putting away the cell fone....
pissin' on a pole... " well, now what ?...


to be continued...

Be well todo mundo.
J. Level
©spl2007
foto: I H S

So... It's Xmas in the rainy city....again.

21.11.07
Uvieu,España

The angry drunken Santa's took their places
on the Elvis like thrones
I was buying milk in the
Supercor...
Kid's commenting
" He's drunk, and smells like a dog......." cried little Timmy
" He asked me if I knew your PIN...waaannnnnnnaaaa !!!!! Mama !!!!!"
" waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!! Santa grabbed my butt !!!!!!!!!!!!"

The dog was obvilious
Pissin' on the tire of the
Santa truck
Three bums unloading
the decorations....
" I hate fuckin' Xmas... " growled Konan
the name I'd given him.
" I always stay super fucked up all day...." confessed "Earl"
the name I'd given him.

The store windows done
The drunken, angry Santa's seated
It's Xmas again
And as always I have'nt booked
my flight to Morrocco
ain't no Xmas there...so there aint'

USELESS DATA:

They sell more beer durning Xmas
in this weird and beautiful country
than they do all summer.

The Supercor, they raise all the Xmas prices
EXCEPT... alcohol. No suprise there.

I'm not into Xmas, so I'm not.


The Freakshow continues...

J.Level

©spl2007

monday in the barrio.....

19.11.07
Uvieu,España

Under water this morning in the rainy city.
Another monday.
My mind may be found in various sites
California
Oregon
Santa Ana

The girl sleeps...
all's good...

All good.

be well todo mundo...
J.Level

foto:" See no evil...." 20x14cm ink/WC/paper 400euros
©spl2007

On... " The Freakshow, and it's passing thru the Valley of of the shadow of Death..." Part 2 " The road ain't what it used to be..."

16.11.07
Uvieu, España

...Domingo was dreaming of a mild breeze
cooling everything, and bringing the attitudes to the
point of true reflection...
..." I never say no, I say Thank you...
..." I never say no, I say Thank you...

Death screamed.
" Mi caga en su puta madre !!!!"
" If you don't cooperate I'M goooonaaaaaaa...."
" AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH ! "
Domingo, awake, and parting the curtins
looks out on the feet of Death
pokin' out from under the van...
" AAAAAAAAAAhgGGGGGGGGh!!!!!!
I condem you the the depths of hell you bastard peice of shit "
Screamed Death...

Domingo took it all in.
Dave, Jesus and Venus " who caused all this really..."
slept on,
" Oh No ! we're in Texas.. got a van loaded with freaks
broke down in... Hey ! Hey Death!!! We're in Texas... ?
" Ahhhhhhhgh ! que puta meirda es eso !!! Eh? Te mata!!!!
ahhhh- yes, we are in Texas... Gran, i think..." yelled Death.
"... Texas..." recited Domingo to Neng , the dog.

"... Welp, that's it. Sucked a valve and we begin another chapter in this
rolling freakshow, Domingo, my old friend.
How many times have we sat right here, same problem, how many times?... "
asked Death.
"... remember Amerillo, in 78'..." asked Domingo.
" JO !!, don't remind me. My head still hurts form that poison..." groned Death
" ......Ahhh," come from a sleeping bag in the loft
"... Son of God tryin' to sleep here... Shut up already...hummmm? "
said Jesus.
Death and Domingo got up and out.
" So, the same game, ok ? We're from Canada. Everybody like's Canadians...
AND for christ's sake don't light that up here !!!!. Are ya nut's or something ?????"
screamed Death.
" Tranky tio...."
Death and Domingo walk on looking for a machine shop
In Gran ,Texas....
The locals starin' " Getta load a that crew, there Cleteis..."
Said a Texan, boots, hat and all...
"...Just keep walkin, man...all good all good..." said Domingo to Death...



be well todo mundo...
J.Level

c spl2007
foto:btf 1959

My Experts no.54

12.11.07
Uvieu,España

... Been a long emotional week " Style666 "
My strange christan fundimentalist friend...
Yes, I said friend...your a weird one.

Smokin' and watching "The Real King"
Don Juan Carlos de Burbon
pointing his finger at the pudgy
lil' dictator..only falt a dope slap or two
on the little screen about 8:00 am...
Sin Chan, who's spanish is perfect,
is wooo-oooing....
Transformers transforming...
and from the other side
of the world has come some
new emotions
My experts are examining them
indepth indepth indepth
as we speak....

" Tread litely..." sez Dr. R.K.Kline
" FEAR NO EVIL..." conclued Dr. Maniovich
" I'm assuming all the responsiblity for further research...." brags Dr. Craston Reiles-Sandsdown, the London invitee.
" This will change life on Earth as we know it...." squeeeeked Dr.P.Lesli Meier, smiling....
These are the first reports...

"..... All's well Jess...We're blessed and Immortal
more or less...All will fall into it's place...
now cut me loose from
this leash, Got butts ta sniff...
times smells missed... sabes ?
Helioe, our dog
A " Westi"
a fashion dog
said to me....

He's usually right,so he is...

Be well todo mundo.
J.Level
C.2007

...On the hill, waiting...

10.11.07
Uvieu,España

...I'm standing on this hill
and theres nothing for miles and miles
brought these paintings along
and the Led Zeppelin tapes...
"!!!! Compra algo Tio !!!!!! "
I yelled into the wind...
now, I'm waitin'
for them to get back to me
Surely it'll be any second now....
humm hummmm huummmm......

Waiting on a hill in the
middle of nowhere.
Wish you were here
Domingo, my dear old friend...

Try and be well todo mundo.
J.Level

foto: " Compra algo tio !!!" 60x17 cm ink/watercolour/ paper
©spl2007

On..." trailers, cardboard boxes and the winds of the past..."

09.11.07
Uvieu,España

Hot dry wind a blowin', Domingo,
my dear old friend.
blowin' and blowin
things around
unexpectedly
rearanging the importance
renumbering the Lists...

" The Lists...?"
" The Master Plan...."
" OOOOH, The Master Plan..."

My list was pretty basic;

1) Survive
2) Paint
3) Paint and talk about the paintings
4) Obtain the ability to transform thoughts into words,and words into art accessible to everyone
5) Sell the art, write the books and plays, make the movies, install myself forever
6) Find The Girl, and and live happily ever after.

That wind has added and taken away
from the lists Domingo, my dear old friend.
Added another to my world
one that can help me remember
one that can help me forget...

Ya know...?
I'm just gonna sit here,
And why don't you just sit yerself down
and roll us up another Domingo,
and I'll tell you a story about a trailer
that usta sit right over there....and another
about Love and miricles and a Girl that looks
like a movie star....

...It's 1963 or so, I'm a foot and a half tall
sittin' in a cardboard box with Eddie
next to the trailer, was probably hot like africa hot
My Father and his friends are
buildin' Claude's house out there
in Yucca Valley
a long time ago.....

Be well todo mundo.
J.Level

©spl2007
Foto; B.N.

...a head half full

8.11.07
Uvieu,España

Head half full
in need of anutha' cup-o-joe
.....
The paint aint' flowin'
gots lots on the brain
half full.

"...Jess..."
"................."
" ..Jess...? "
"................"

Am lookin' to paint something
12' x 10 '
thats big
Where ?
Heads half full...
all good...
Another, Domingo
my dear friend...
do us up another....

Be well todo mundo...
J.Level
Drawing; "Bar Manolo" 60x17 cm Ink/watercolour/paper
foto:©spl2007

" ...In the Fontan with Helieo..."

07.11.07
Uvieu,España

A new painting had an effect on a citizen,
whom crossed into another world
to make her thoughts known
" Without middlemen.." she said.
I heard her out, and told her
she was " probably right..."
She walked with her little weird dog
I watched unitl she turned the corner....

No idea who she was. She ambushed me.
she thought the painting of " A Man Juggling Cats "
was " ...Crule, and in poor taste for someone whom
claims to be fond of cats..." unquote.
I was fighting with another señora
in the Fontan thursday market
for the last of the little red potatoes
The Girl likes so much...
The señora bought um' all...
" Drats !!! " I said.
Marisol, the señora, smiled and waddled away with
the spoils of Vegetable war...

Then this one...standing behind me.
" Maybe you should paint seascapes,
or something less violent...." she said.

"...Hard being You sometimes...Hummmm? Jess..."
Helio, the Westi dog of ours
said to me while
pissin' on a trash can...


Be well todo mundo.....
J.Level
foto: " Takin'it all when we go.." 20x17 cm ink/watercolour/paper
©spl2006

On..." Vicent, Trains and the joys of being two feet tall..."

06.11.07
Uvieu,España

Summer returns to the Rainy city.
Everybodies flippin'.
To bleedin' hot for those fur coated line backin'
old ladies that crowd the sidewalks on calle Uria
The Greenbay Packers should have
such a bulky, fearsome crew.
Mink. Put's the fear of God in me,so it does.

Trees are flippin'
Birds are flippin'.
The Junkies in the Campilline...
Flipped. Really.
Hot

The dogs back. Nuf said.

Am livin' in rewind.
Hearin' an seein' things long forgotten
The work is changing to fit the moment....
At the moment I'm thinkin' on....

...A little bedroom filled with National Geographics
from the Fifties. I'm two feet tall.
a Million old ink pens.
paper clips
rubber banded postcards
Books, never knew what sorta books
but musty and numerous....
Big furniture
scrathcy mauve sofa
millions of ants
black walnuts on the lawn
Avon "Soft Shoulders"
Crisp white sheets with lace boarders
a Red light buld...
the smell of my great Grandmother's house.
On Walnut St, i think.
Maybe it was Orchard St.?
...had train tracks out behind the back garden
Once sat on those tracks listening to a bums story
Man named Vincent, and he was from Texas..
" I'm from Texas", i remember him sayin'
..." Don't talk to strangers !! " my Grandmother
scolded...giving Vicent a sandwich wrapped
in a paper napkin...taking me into the house
where I ate mine
thinking of Texas and
trains....
Years later I would experience
Texas
and trains....
I'd forgotten about Vicent
until the other day...
had forgotten alot of things
until the other day....

Be well todo mundo...
J.Level
Foto©spl2007

On..." Remembered thing's....."

05.11.07
Uvieu,España

Was reminded, this morning
about 6:00
A Monday in the barrio
In the rainy city.
Smokin' and watchin' the world
fallin' and in flames on the small screen.
drinkin' good coffee
The Kings in Mellia and Ceuta...ayyyyy mi madre...!

" Remember.....? "

" The scary back bedroom of your great Grandmother
the one with the red lightbulb...? "

" That hot little trailer out in the desert with no bathroom....?"

" Remember Xmas...? "

Yeah. Now I remember....
Those were times when I was in formation.
Who knew where this effected 70's child
was headed...At what speed ?
leavin' behind what damages ?

Tripped many traps,
Domingo, my dear friend...
The Natives would say " Tripped many traps. Many Traps..."
The road to here...
I washed up In Madrid 9 years and 28 days ago, found The Girl
after a long strange trip...and now
comencing on this
Memory rewind...
Going accompanied by a friend this time
I fear no evil.


Be well todo mundo...
J.Level
foto:©slp2006 " My Studio ,Los Monunentos,43, Oviedo,2006"

Just thought you'd like to know.....

04.11.07
Uvieu,España

This is getting old "Style666".
It really is.... Jesus is ,or was, just a dude,man...Luv ya
bro, but hey!! get a fuckin' life... hugs, Jess.
Got lots on my mind,
The girl has gone nuts,
dogs missing....
I'm being asked to reduce the
price of some painting i don't remember painting,
" But Brother" I said, "... thats not my signiture..." I said...
so I did. " All good. Take the money..." he said, without shame.

I'm exploding.
The Girl is going thru some things I'm not able to help with...
dogs missing, proably better for him...

"...Nothin' left to do but smile smile smile..."

said Jerry, back when things were
alot more simple
than they are today...

I am avaible.For hire,
to solve all the problems you have...
200 an hour.
Plus, expenses.
Just like Rockford,
whom had the good sense to live in his
trailer ALONE
and not suffer the slings
and arrows of out right NUTS...
Has everybody gone nuts and
forgotten to tell me ?
Jo!!!. Got lots to do... I always have a back up plan,
the ambush is always taken as such,
an ambush. Emotional, physcial,
spirtual...
I've learned to be ready....
Hard gig.
Low Pay. Lot's of stupid things..
just lil thangs, But thangs, noen the less....
Hard Gig.com
Kid's ....
don't try this at home.
Trust me,
I'm a professional.

J.Level

Just thinkin of you.......

03.11.07
Uvieu,España

Going thru the lists, i come acrossed this painting.
I've no idea, well aliitle idea, where the poor thing is.
Many in this situation, 86, to be exact...
I feel they are hidden behind sofas,and in garages,
in little spanish villages
La Reguras ( 81 oils 43 drawings)
Las Vegas ( 4 oils )
Naranco ( 30 unfinished oils )
all beautiful places...

Just thinking of YOU, señora.
the world aint' the huge place is was a year ago...
We will see those paintings again.
they can't stay hidden forever in a
little tiny place like España...
about the size of Texas, to be exact.....

Be well todo mundo....
J.Level
(jlevel77@yahoo.com)
Painting: " Los Molinos " 54x63 oil/linen whereabouts "Unknown"...
foto©spl2006

" A continuacion...Dia de los defuntos...." part 2

02.11.07
Uvie′u,España

Weird day in the barrio
Day of the Dead, you know...
" The Grateful Dead ? "
asked and answered...Next question...
The WORLD, in it's smallness,
yeilds yet another divine connection.
No names, but Brother,
the future just took on another facet,
in this -O- ( Insert your personal discription here... )
this life o mine.
I am content,
I am one more today.

Though distances are long while peerin at that
curved world map...
It' really not that big.
Trust me on this,
I am a professional...

Onto the plane in LA>Bilbao( or Madrid )>underground ( same building Madrid or Bilabo ) to train station>Train to Oviedo>
We'll be waitin'...becouse you called,
and said you were here...
About 17 hours... LA, to the house in the Fontan..

" was an adventure... No? "
" I thought it would take longer..."
" another beer...?"
" Yeah... and some more of that strange ham...Hummmm? "

.
Be well todo mundo...
J.Level
(Jlevel77@yahoo.com)
drawing: " Yellow sculpture no 2 " 20x24 cm gouche/paper 300 euros
foto:©spl2007

The Day of the Dead

01.11.07
Uvieu,España

" Not Halloween ?"
" No, The Day Of the Dead..."
" ...The Grateful Dead ? "
"... No, It's much more freakie than that...."
" Oh....."

be well todo mundo,
J.Level

Painting: (detail)" My Rep, Don Miguel " 70x60 oil/canvas 900 euros
foto©spl2006