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each piece is made of 1 can of paint and a plastic figurine like a super-hero only none of them are super-heros. the sculptures are made by putting the two parts together. i dip the figurine into the can of paint until all of the paint has accumulated onto the figure. the empty can then acts as the pedestal for the finished work. the materials and the process are simple and fixed. the result of the process on the materials is unpredictable and out of my control. it’s like an icicle forming on an overhang. simple, pointless, fragile beauty.

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Here’s a list of recording and mixing bloopers that made it past the mixing room onto the final release.These aren’t performance missteps, where the band missed a cue, or the singer came in too soon. There are certainly countless examples of those but most were included intentionally, to add character or realism. Rather, the flubs below highlight mistakes in recording or mixing that could have been corrected before the track was released.

Some of the mistakes probably went unnoticed. Some, I’m sure, were noticed and begrudgingly accepted because of a deadline. But reassuringly for us amateurs, they all prove that even the pros aren’t perfect.

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He’s had to scale back on the Batmobile.

He will be speaking at Lake Pointe Church this weekend.

Lake Pointe Church in Rockwall is pleased to announce that Bill Hybels will be speaking during the September 8/9 weekend services. Services times are 6 pm on Saturday; and 9:30 am, 11 am, and 5:30 pm on Sunday. Pastor Hybels will present “Just Walk Across the Room,” based on the book of the same title.

Bill Hybels is the founding and senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington, Ill., and chair of the board for the Willow Creek Association. Willow Creek’s innovative ministries have made it one of the most attended churches in North America.