Homer's GULF STREAM

At the debut of the 20th Century the painter Winslow Homer holidayed on the Gulf Stream.

Florida.

Cuba.

And the Caribbean.

According to Wikipedia he read McCabe's Curse, a Bahamian tale about a British Captain McCabe who in 1814 was robbed by thieves, hired a small boat in hopes of reaching a nearby island, but was caught in a storm and later died in Nassau of yellow fever and was inspired to paint his epic GULF STREAM portraying a lost black sailor on a wreck surrounded by sharks which first showed in a 1900 Philadelphia show and then in 1906 at a exhibited at the National Academy of Design after which the jury unanimously demanded that New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art purchase GULD STREAM and the painting has remained property of that establishment since then.

There ain't much better.

PUNK OUT

Geraldine Winifred Visco has organized a demo against the fucking Rich. Punk Out! with us on the steps of the Metropolitan Museum on Friday May 10th at noon. Put on those safety pins, get that Mohawk out, and Punk Out baby, but dress like a REAL punk, unlike the red carpet celebs. This will be for fun and we will keep it light hearted + legal, but dress crazy. Photographers and videographers will be on hand to document our response to the commercialization of punk. Instead of a red carpet, we'll have a black carpet! Having been part of the punk movement myself in the 1970s, I can only say that the Metropolitan Museum's show (which I haven't seen yet but will see on Friday!) seems to be a travesty of the real thing. It doesn't even sound particularly archival or historical and seems mainly a way to showcase some rather bland designers from the more recent past. The red carpet gala was a nauseating reminder of our current culture of corporate greed. If this goes well, we can schedule it again for those of you at those day jobs!! Write to me at gerryvisco@gmail.com if you have any suggestions or would like to help document or publicize Punk Out! The Metropolitan Museum of Art 1000 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10028-0198 ps I'd go, but I have to work. blue collar and forever punk