{"id":1444,"date":"2008-09-21T00:01:09","date_gmt":"2008-09-21T06:01:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1444"},"modified":"2009-01-02T20:26:15","modified_gmt":"2009-01-03T02:26:15","slug":"7-imps-7-kicks-81-featuring-andrew-bannecker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blaine.org\/sevenimpossiblethings\/?p=1444","title":{"rendered":"7-Imp’s 7 Kicks #81: Featuring Andrew Bannecker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jules:<\/font> Welcome to our weekly meeting ground for taking some time to reflect on Seven(ish) Exceptionally Fabulous, Beautiful, Interesting, Hilarious, or Otherwise Positive Noteworthy Things from the past week—whether book-related or not—that happened to you. I have so many images for you today from illustrator Andrew Bannecker<\/strong><\/a>, because a) it was very difficult to pick favorite images from all the eye-catching work he does and b) he very graciously sent a whole heapin’ handful of images from which to choose the ones featured today. <\/p>\n

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First, we must give credit where credit is due: The ever-resourceful and talented Little Willow<\/strong><\/a> will email us at 7-Imp from time to time to let us know she found a kickin’ illustrator whom she thinks we might also adore. So, out of the blue one day, she emails us the web site<\/strong><\/a> of one Mr. Andrew Bannecker. And the rest is history — and laid out before you here. I contacted him about doing a Sunday feature; lucky for us, he said yes; and here we are. Thanks to Little Willow, who, incidentally, possesses exquisite taste in illustrators. <\/p>\n

Andrew, in his words, is a “collector of old ephemera and just about anything wood and metal.” He works in a studio that is “beautifully cluttered with everything from toy rocket ships to vintage glass beakers full of skittles. {I’ve} been honored to be able to work with clients such as Vodafone, Starbucks, Target, Kashi, Random House, Robinsons, and Harper Collins, to name a few.” His work has also been seen in Communication Arts<\/em>, American Illustration<\/em> and 3X3 Magazine<\/a><\/strong><\/em>.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Andrew for sharing his art work with us today. Let’s take a look, and oh my oh my I know there are so many here and I hope that the site didn’t take, oh, two hours to load today, due to all these images. <\/p>\n


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Hey there, strangers. I’m sorry I’ve been so scarce lately – my new job is kicking my ass (in a good way). There’s so much to learn it’s kind of overwhelming. I’ve been coming home every night with information hangovers that don’t leave me enough intellectual energy to check my email, let alone do anything bloggy. Hopefully I’ll get into the swing of it soon.<\/p>\n

1* That said, I still love my new job very much. Every day I’m amazed by some new treasure I’ve learned about.<\/p>\n

2* For example, the Jade Book<\/strong><\/a>, which I got to see in person Monday.<\/p>\n

Spaced\u2026 kind of like Friends, but more surreal, and with five times the pop-culture references.3* In spite of (or because of?) having no intellectual energy, I did manage to watch all 14 episodes of Spaced<\/em><\/strong><\/a> with the neighbors in two marathon viewing sessions. Jules, you were right – that show is hilarious. It’s especially great to watch with at least two other nerds so you can fill each other in on all the pop culture references.<\/p>\n

4* I went to a reading by short-story-author, soon-to-be-novelist Patrick Somerville<\/strong><\/a>. I’ve only read a couple of his stories, but I liked them a lot, and the excerpt he read from his forthcoming novel The Cradle<\/em><\/strong><\/a> was great, too.<\/p>\n

5* Dana<\/strong><\/a> made me the cutest little crocheted mini-scarf. I can’t wait for it to get cold enough to wear it.<\/p>\n

6* It’s maybe not wool-scarf-cold yet, but it’s definitely fall-ish. I’m loving the breezy days and downright chilly nights.<\/p>\n

7* I used the “I’m so tired, I have a new job, I can’t possibly cook” excuse to order take-out, like, three times this week. Yum.<\/p>\n

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Eisha, so glad you liked “Spaced.” My second favorite part, after the gunless gun fight I shared one day<\/strong><\/a>, was when Tim yelled all crazy-ass at that little boy about “The Phantom Menace.”<\/p>\n

My kicks, in no particular order . . .<\/p>\n

1). Alkelda<\/strong><\/a> made me and my children some mixed CDs this week that are so good I can’t stop listening to them — and there is so much music, I’m not even done<\/em> listening to them. She even put a song on one of them that conjured up a ghost for me: Once upon a time, a very dear friend of mine made me a mixed tape (back when people made mixed tapes and not mixed CDs) of love songs before he left for Europe to study, and before he made it back to the States, the waters of the Mediterranean took him in a sailing accident. And I haven’t listened to that tape since. And then here comes—on one of Alkelda’s mixed CDs for me—“Dream a Little Dream of Me,” as sung by Mama Cass, a song which resides on That Tape…and, well, it was suddenly like Drew was here in the room. And it wasn’t painful. It was the loveliest moment of my week. It was a no-holds-barred moment of sublimity, for which I promptly emailed Alkelda to thank. <\/p>\n

Here, for your listening pleasure. Just click, turn it up loud, and do a little dance. If it doesn’t brighten your day, well, I’ll just be damned. <\/p>\n

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2). My family and I went to see Laurel Snyder<\/strong><\/a> read yesterday at Davis-Kidd in Nashville (yes, we ventured out, despite the fact that most Nashvillians have lost their minds<\/strong><\/a>). She read from her new children’s novel, Up and Down the Scratchy Mountains<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, which I happen to be reading this week and enjoying immensely. Do pick up this book, really. It’s fabulous thus far. Laurel even had the materials out for children to make crowns, and my daughters had a grand ‘ol time doing that. I completely forgot my camera in our rush out the door, and so instead of getting to post a picture from her reading, I’m posting her picture instead. <\/p>\n

3). My former grad school prof\/advisor, in whom I think the sun rises and sets, emailed me about giving me a ticket to an event at The Southern Festival of Books<\/strong><\/a> (which, evidently, involves a bunch of authors, so maybe I’ll get to see some of our readers) as well as said something about a grad student interviewing me about our blog AND I don’t even fully understand what I got myself into, but for Jinx, I’ll do anything. AND I’ll get to see her at this event. Ever read The Grapes of Wrath<\/em>? If so, remember this? “And since, when a joyful thing happened, they looked to see whether joy was on her, it was her habit to build up laughter out of inadequate materials.” That’s Jinx, and I’ll forever love her for that. Oh, and not to mention she’s a brilliant children’s lit\/early childhood educator. <\/p>\n

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4). I’m going to be on the Cybils 2008 Poetry Panel<\/strong><\/a>, and seriously, people, I can hardly wrap my head around the fact that the folks I’ll be panelling with are poetry EXPERTS, and I’m so lucky on this one, and I will learn so much from them: Kelly<\/strong><\/a>, Elaine<\/strong><\/a>, Bruce<\/strong><\/a>, Laura<\/strong><\/a>! And then we pass our nominations on to John<\/a><\/strong>, Gregory<\/strong><\/a>, Sylvia<\/strong><\/a>, Jama<\/strong><\/a>, and Liz<\/strong><\/a>! Can you see? Can you see how lucky I am?<\/p>\n

5). Speaking of poetry, I thank once again those poets and authors who stopped by on Friday<\/strong><\/a> to share even more William Stafford poetry—Liz Garton Scanlon<\/strong><\/a>, TadMack<\/strong><\/a>, and Julie Larios<\/strong><\/a>—making me want OH-SO BAD to read even more of his work. <\/p>\n

\"photo6). May whatever higher powers which may or may not exist bless NPR for posting an entire concert of Sam Phillips<\/strong><\/a> this week. It’s one hour and fifteen minutes of her beguiling cabaret-esque, Kurt Weill-touched modern torch songs, each song not unlike a little film noir, and she even sings my very favorite song in the whole world. They even talk to the musicians, and you get to hear drummer extraordinnaire Jay Bellerose talk about the strange and wonderful percussion instruments he bangs about in her shows. <\/p>\n

7). One of our readers, Kate Pierson, emailed us for Book Blogger Appreciation Week, which I didn’t know even existed, and thanked us for blogging, saying that she learns so much from our blog, that it inspires her to keep up with children’s lit, in particular, and that she loves the art work we show and our interviews, etc. The best part was that she said it shows “the beautiful friendship” between me and Eisha. Aw. Thanks, Kate!<\/p>\n

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Before you tell us your kicks this week, I want to mention one more thing, which blogger Sheila Ruth<\/strong><\/a> asked us to tell our readers about: A charitable auction, set up in memory of a ten-year-old girl who lost her life in a tornado in Arkansas in February, began yesterday. As Sheila put it, “there’s a long story behind it, but rather than re-type it, I’ll direct you to the auction site for more information: brightspirit.cmarket.com<\/strong><\/a>.” You can also read more about this auction here<\/strong><\/a> at the Cybils site. Sheila says the auction has a strong kid-lit theme, with autographed and personal items donated by Erin Hunter, Rick Riordan, Brandon Mull, Sarah Beth Durst, and more. So, certainly do go read more about it. <\/p>\n

I’m really done now. What are your<\/em> kicks from this week? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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