Make your own album cover!

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random”
or click http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations"
or click http://www.quotationspage.com/random.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days”
or click http://www.flickr.com/explore/interesting/7days
Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or something similar to put it all together.




Did you ever dream of making an album? Well, now you can at least make an album cover! This is so much fun. Try it. I'd love to see your results!
My son did one and his band was named "Tottenham" and his album title was "Unnecessary Purchases". How perfect is that?!
Bespoke Furniture-
It is pretty difficult these days to find a craftsman who can actually make something from "scratch". For example, a carpenter who can fell a tree and make furniture out of it. Do you know anyone who can do that? I found someone. He is a very quiet unassuming man with a wicked creative streak. He works for a company making doors and windows, but his heart is in making amazingly beautiful didgeridoos and creating furniture out of indigenous trees. I've commissioned him to build a wall cabinet for our living room. When he's finished I want it to look like a tree on the wall, with branches and nooks and crannies for bird's nests and CDs. Today I get to go see the tree he found for me. It's a German oak. Famous for it's strength and longevity. This one was struck by lightning 5 years ago and has been "ripening" ever since. He will wrap the tree in black plastic and lay it in the sun for a week. That's the environmentally friendly way to kill any pests that might lurk in the tree.
I'll keep you posted on the progress!
Tomorrow Adax Dörsam, the amazing master of all string instruments is coming to the studio to add his art to our album. Be very excited! :)