Roger Waters US + THEM Tour

Xcel Energy Center

199 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102 US

"Pigs (Three Different Ones)"

Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are

You well heeled big wheel, ha ha, charade you are

And when your hand is on your heart

You're nearly a good laugh

Almost a joker

With your head down in the pig bin

Saying "keep on digging"

Pig stain on your fat chin

What do you hope to find?

When you're down in the pig mine

You're nearly a laugh

You're nearly a laugh

But you're really a cry.

Bus stop rat bag, ha ha, charade you are

You fucked up old hag, ha ha, charade you are

You radiate cold shafts of broken glass

You're nearly a good laugh

Almost worth a quick grin

You like the feel of steel

You're hot stuff with a hat pin

And good fun with a hand gun

You're nearly a laugh

You're nearly a laugh

But you're really a cry.

Hey you Whitehouse, ha ha, charade you are

You house proud town mouse, ha ha, charade you are

You're trying to keep our feelings off the street

You're nearly a real treat

All tight lips and cold feet

And do you feel abused?

.....!.....!.....!.....!

You gotta stem the evil tide

And keep it all on the inside

Mary you're nearly a treat

Mary you're nearly a treat

But you're really a cry.

Roger Waters US + THEM Tour

Xcel Energy Center

199 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102 US

"Pigs (Three Different Ones)"

Big man, pig man, ha ha, charade you are

You well heeled big wheel, ha ha, charade you are

And when your hand is on your heart

You're nearly a good laugh

Almost a joker

With your head down in the pig bin

Saying "keep on digging"

Pig stain on your fat chin

What do you hope to find?

When you're down in the pig mine

You're nearly a laugh

You're nearly a laugh

But you're really a cry.

Bus stop rat bag, ha ha, charade you are

You fucked up old hag, ha ha, charade you are

You radiate cold shafts of broken glass

You're nearly a good laugh

Almost worth a quick grin

You like the feel of steel

You're hot stuff with a hat pin

And good fun with a hand gun

You're nearly a laugh

You're nearly a laugh

But you're really a cry.

Hey you Whitehouse, ha ha, charade you are

You house proud town mouse, ha ha, charade you are

You're trying to keep our feelings off the street

You're nearly a real treat

All tight lips and cold feet

And do you feel abused?

.....!.....!.....!.....!

You gotta stem the evil tide

And keep it all on the inside

Mary you're nearly a treat

Mary you're nearly a treat

But you're really a cry.

A Blue Heron silouetted against a Minnesota sunset sky.

Schroeder, Minnesota

Tamarack Tap Room

8418 Tamarack Village, Woodbury, MN 55125 US

The migration is on at the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.

Along the shores of the Mississippi River.

Monticello, MN

Artist: Lewis Colburn

In 1910, Theodore Roosevelt visited the Minnesota State Fair. To commemorate the visit, the sculptor John Karl Daniels created a life-size butter sculpture of the former President. Looking at Daniel’s body of work today, it seems monotonous in its depictions of heroic white men, dead and alive. The butter sculpture of Roosevelt sculpture is particularly heavy-handed, depicting the President in full safari gear with his foot on the head of a lion we assume he has recently killed. Today, the work seems almost cartoonish in its depiction of a violent, imperialist white masculinity. Yet, when we imagine this form rendered in the fatty medium of refrigerated butter, it veers toward the absurd. While it exists today as only a single photograph, this object serves as the point of departure for my project at Franconia Sculpture Park.

As a maker of sculpture, I am interested in the way we re-interpret and re-tell the past through the filter of our current experience. These re-tellings also manifest themselves as objects: the museum replica, the diorama, the stage set, or the laboriously hand-sewn and fussily detailed garments of a reenactor. Making my own meticulous replicas of historical objects generates its own little slippages and elisions, whether or not my objects can ‘pass’ as authentic. These slippages connect us to larger ideas about how we write and re-tell history, questioning the narratives we choose to emphasize and those we neglect.

North American Beaver

Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge

Roger Waters US + THEM Tour

Xcel Energy Center

199 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102 US

"Brain Damage"

The lunatic is on the grass

The lunatic is on the grass

Remembering games and daisy chains and laughs

Got to keep the loonies on the path

The lunatic is in the hall

The lunatics are in my hall

The paper holds their folded faces to the floor

And every day the paper boy brings more

And if the dam breaks open many years too soon

And if there is no room upon the hill

And if your head explodes with dark forbodings too

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

The lunatic is in my head

The lunatic is in my head

You raise the blade, you make the change

You re-arrange me 'till I'm sane

You lock the door

And throw away the key

There's someone in my head but it's not me.

And if the cloud bursts, thunder in your ear

You shout and no one seems to hear

And if the band you're in starts playing different tunes

I'll see you on the dark side of the moon

"I can't think of anything to say except...

I think it's marvellous! HaHaHa!"

Roger Waters US + THEM Tour

Xcel Energy Center

199 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102 US

"Time"

"Ticking away the moments that make up a dull day

Fritter and waste the hours in an off-hand way

Kicking around on a piece of ground in your home town

Waiting for someone or something to show you the way

Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain

You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today

And then one day you find ten years have got behind you

No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun

And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking

Racing around to come up behind you again

The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older

Shorter of breath and one day closer to death

Every year is getting shorter, never seem to find the time

Plans that either come to naught or half a page of scribbled lines

Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way

The time is gone, the song is over, thought I'd something more to say

Home, home again

I like to be here when I can

When I come home cold and tired

It's good to warm my bones beside the fire

Far away, across the field

The tolling of the iron bell

Calls the faithful to their knees

To hear the softly spoken magic spell."

Wheels of Italy ~ Under the Crazy Moon

Pazzaluna Urban Italian Restaurant

360 St Peter St, St Paul, MN 55102 US

Banning State Park, Sandstone MN

Sunrise at deer camp on the first day of the 2024 Minnesota deer season.

Honda GCV160 Smart Control Drive Lawnmower

Enjoying a meal on the Prairie's Edge Wildlife Drive in the Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge.

Luverne, MN 56156 US

I'm not a mushroom expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I believe these are a type of Honey Mushroom. In any case, this red squirrel was eating its fill and then some all day long.

First Car Show of 2017

NSP History Cruzer Car Show

7th Ave, North Saint Paul, Minnesota 55109 US

O'Reilly Auto Parts Street Machine Summer Nationals

Minnesota State Fair

1265 Snelling Ave N, Saint Paul, Minnesota 55108 US

I'm not a mushroom expert by any stretch of the imagination, but I believe these are a type of Honey Mushroom. In any case, this red squirrel was eating its fill and then some all day long.

Roger Waters US + THEM Tour

Xcel Energy Center

199 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102 US

"Comfortably Numb"

Hello,

Is there anybody in there?

Just nod if you can hear me.

Is there anyone at home?

Come on now

I hear you're feeling down

Well, I can ease your pain

And get you on your feet again

Relax

I'll need some information first

Just the basic facts

Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding

A distant ship smoke on the horizon

You are only coming through in waves

Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child I had a fever

My hands felt just like two balloons

Now I've got that feeling once again

I can't explain, you would not understand

This is not how I am

I have become comfortably numb

I have become comfortably numb

O.K.

Just a little pin prick

There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!

But you may feel a little sick

Can you stand up?

I do believe it's working, good

That'll keep you going through the show

Come on, it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding

A distant ship smoke on the horizon

You are only coming through in waves

Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child

I caught a fleeting glimpse

Out of the corner of my eye

I turned to look but it was gone

I cannot put my finger on it now

The child is grown

The dream is gone

I have become comfortably numb.

"No relationship is all sunshine, but two people can share one umbrella and survive the storm together."

Welch, MN

Blue Mound Wayside Chapel

Luverne, MN 56156 US

First Car Show of 2017

NSP History Cruzer Car Show

7th Ave, North Saint Paul, Minnesota 55109 US

HGS All School Reunion & Jubilee Days ~ 125 Year Celebration!

Beautiful Downtown Main Street, Hardwick, MN

HGS All School Reunion & Jubilee Days ~ 125 Year Celebration!

Beautiful Downtown Main Street, Hardwick, MN

Roger Waters US + THEM Tour

Xcel Energy Center

199 W Kellogg Blvd, St Paul, MN 55102 US

"Comfortably Numb"

Hello,

Is there anybody in there?

Just nod if you can hear me.

Is there anyone at home?

Come on now

I hear you're feeling down

Well, I can ease your pain

And get you on your feet again

Relax

I'll need some information first

Just the basic facts

Can you show me where it hurts?

There is no pain, you are receding

A distant ship smoke on the horizon

You are only coming through in waves

Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child I had a fever

My hands felt just like two balloons

Now I've got that feeling once again

I can't explain, you would not understand

This is not how I am

I have become comfortably numb

I have become comfortably numb

O.K.

Just a little pin prick

There'll be no more aaaaaaaah!

But you may feel a little sick

Can you stand up?

I do believe it's working, good

That'll keep you going through the show

Come on, it's time to go.

There is no pain you are receding

A distant ship smoke on the horizon

You are only coming through in waves

Your lips move but I can't hear what you're saying

When I was a child

I caught a fleeting glimpse

Out of the corner of my eye

I turned to look but it was gone

I cannot put my finger on it now

The child is grown

The dream is gone

I have become comfortably numb.

Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge

First Car Show of 2017

NSP History Cruzer Car Show

7th Ave, North Saint Paul, Minnesota 55109 US