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Ol Dutch

I am here for Friends and Networking

About Me


Observer.
Horticulturalist.
Chronicler.
Scribbler/Smudger.
Lotus Eater.
Believer in ESP and other dimensions.
Youngest of 6; family of artists, writers, visionaries. www.sweereart.com
Retina stimulation: www.ryansweere.com
See the murals my brothers and I have painted: www.nationalmural.com/
Read the Lotus Reader, an art blog by my friend Kris and myself: LotusReader
I edited my profile with Thomas's Myspace Editor V3.6

My Interests

critters
landscapes
people
experiences
also:
cooking, doodling, hibernation, windmills, bottle-caps, mangoes, sampling, gardening, aquatics, heavy petting

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who wants to meet me for whatever reason... specifically Rats, Monkeys, Roosters or Tigers. I'm told to avoid the Ox and Dog, but don't let that stop you.
A great philosopher once said... "It's not who you love, just that you love."
So there you go... put that in your pipe and smoke it.

Music:

Jon Coltrane, Caustic Resin, Cat Power, Beck, Fela Kuti, the Cramps, Syd Barrett, Herman Dune, Mirah, The Specials, Cibo Matto, Neil Young, Trans Am, Television, The Sea and Cake, Mission of Burma, Polvo, Cloud Cult, CCR, Ali Farka Toure, Built to Spill, Daniel Johnston, Big Boys, PJ Harvey, Smog, Minutemen, Tortoise, Party of One, Pavement, Fugazi, Husker Du, Shellac, fIREHOSE, Phillip Glass, Modest Mouse, Miles Davis, Tom Waits, Meat Puppets, Rythmaplex Project, The Trashmen, Buzzcocks, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Cows, the Heavenly States, Butthole Surfers, the Clash, Suicidal Tendencies, Velvet Underground, Lee Scratch Perry, Iggy & the Stooges, Beethoven, Mercury Rev, Flaming Lips, Nick Drake, the Ramones, the Flaming Lips, Guided By Voices, Belle and Sebastian, DJ Solex, Shamen, Dinosaur Jr, Air, Brian Eno, Pavement, Eliot Smith, RL Burnside, the Jam, Bad Brains, Dead Kennedys, Joy Division, TV on the Radio, ...
my own bands...
rysweere
burnsvillecitylimits
tenderwheel
www.tenderwheel.com
lotuseatersmn

Movies:

We Jam Econo, A Scanner Darkly, Little Big Man, Se7en, Pi, Brothers Quay, 2046, Cohen Brothers, Vincent & Theo, Jacob's Ladder, Iron Monkey, Frida, Henry & June, Tribulation 99: Alien Anomalies Under America, Waking Life, Pollack, Nightmare Before Xmas, Harold and Maude, Future Primitive

Books:

Currently Reading: "The Halloween Tree" by Ray Bradbury
Enjoyed: Guerrilla Radio: Rock 'n' Roll Radio and Serbia's Underground Resistance, Geek Love, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Grapes of Wrath, The End of Faith, Cruddy, The Butcher Boy, Millions of Cats, Atlas Shrugged, Dear Theo, The Halloween Tree, The Man Who Lost His Head, Blueberries for Sal, Andrew Wyeth biography

Heroes:

my Mom, my Dad (check out his book: "Golden Rules for Vibrant Health in Body, Mind, and Spirit" it is good for you ), Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Joe Strummer, The 14th and current Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso, Niki De Saint Phalle, Mike Watt, Chan Marshall, Simon Rodilla

My Blog

get yo very own RYAN SWEERE T-SHIRT!!

hey~ you can finally wear some of my art without smelling like fumesRYAN SWEERE T-SHIRTSMore designs to come... stop back often!
Posted by Ol Dutch on Tue, 09 Oct 2007 03:55:00 PST

bathroomyness 02.03.07

Hello and welcome back to my project after a bit of a hiatus. I have been somewhat less motivated to keep the world updated on what I am up to in my bathroom, but things have changed over the past few...
Posted by Ol Dutch on Sat, 03 Feb 2007 10:07:00 PST

bathroom LOG 08.13.06

The first half of the mosaic is done. You could say I was pushed into accomplishing it, but it was myself doing the pushing.  Recently my brother Jon held an after-party for his 15 yr class reuni...
Posted by Ol Dutch on Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:18:00 PST

bathroom log 07.26.06

Another few weeks and there will be no more of the nasty brown dried adhesive from decades ago. Time to stock up on more glass! I buy mine at J Ring Glass Studio, here in St. Paul. I should say "We", ...
Posted by Ol Dutch on Thu, 27 Jul 2006 05:01:00 PST

bathroom update log 07.21.06


Posted by Ol Dutch on Fri, 21 Jul 2006 11:51:00 PST

Bathroom Update!!!

OK Progress at LAST! Don't think I have been sitting around binging on Cheetos... More soon over the next few weeks......
Posted by Ol Dutch on Thu, 13 Jul 2006 05:13:00 PST

a little somethin' I wrote back in '87

my brother found this in an old grandfather clock at my parent's house. (before there was myspace) i failed to finish writing this letter back when i was really into the idea that having a pen pal wou...
Posted by Ol Dutch on Sat, 11 Mar 2006 05:28:00 PST

progress in the bathroom

I have finally made it up to eye-level on the first wall. This helps me see things in perspective on how the rest of the room might look. This Klimt inspired design is beginning to take on a life of i...
Posted by Ol Dutch on Fri, 03 Mar 2006 08:33:00 PST

new bathroom pics

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Posted by Ol Dutch on Mon, 23 Jan 2006 09:46:00 PST

City Pages - Artists of the Year 2005

In case you missed my bulletin, more shameless self promotion:City Pages - Artists of the Year 2005
Posted by Ol Dutch on Sat, 07 Jan 2006 04:09:00 PST