I made all abstract works in 2021, mostly something I’m calling Icon Montages, where I take a few simple icons and arrange them into an artwork. I’ve been making art on my phone or tablet because it’s convenient and relaxing. For the Icon Montages, I...
In 1980 I joined a band in Santa Barbara called FX (later ƒX then A ƒew Circles). I played piano from a young age, but I had never been in a band or played with other people before. I had recently purchased an electric keyboard and was planning on joining a band...
In December 1995 I played bass with The Gun Club for what would be the band’s very last show. Jeffrey Lee Pierce passed away three months later due to a health condition. It’s hard to put into words what it felt like to play with someone who I admired but...
In this post I’m going to be adding the animal activist artwork that I’m making and hoping to do more of. Animal activism about endangered animals, animals rights, veganism, speciesism, animal abuse prevention, spay and neuter to prevent pet...
These are some of the paintings and art images I’ve created so far in 2019. I do have some more paintings I was working on until I got tired of breathing the fumes. I’ll finish them when I finally have a room separate from my main living area where I can...
I’ve recently passed my first year anniversary of eating a strictly vegan diet. I was vegetarian on and off many times in my life, starting at age 16 while traveling in Africa and seeing so many amazing animals there. Unfortunately I was never able to be...
Most of these images were created on my phone, even the drawings were done on my phone, drawing with my finger. I loved how the limitations of drawing with my finger influenced the style of the drawings. I also loved being able to lay down and be comfortable while I...
A collaborative musical performance WOMEN IN THE ROUND: VOICES at BELL ARTS FACTORY in Ventura, CA – July 15th, 2017 featured performances by Amber Bassett (multi-media), Donna Lynn Caskey (banjo), Shelby Figueroa (keyboard), Andrea Landin (cello), & Michelle...
My unfinished instrumental project tentatively named Spaghetti Infinity. “Spaghetti” because some of the music sounds like weird Spaghetti Western style music… and I’ve always loved spaghetti. “Infinity” because it can be something...
After posting the dreams from my old blog last night, I decided to gather up the dreams I’ve written since then and am disappointed to find that on my current computer I only have 3 dreams that I’ve typed up. I’ve been using this computer for a few...
I’m still adding bits and pieces from my old blog. Back then one of my favorite things to write about was my dreams and still is I guess. I keep a small diary of my dreams. I have to write them down as soon as I wake up or else I forget them forever. It’s...
I started building a video to go along with this interview of me by DJ Dominic Trix from Wednesday 6/3/09 2-5pm on KFJC 89.7 FM but I never quite finished the video so I’m finally putting the interview up by itself in the meantime. Here’s the story of how...
I wrote the following introduction in 2008. I’m re-posting here, now with some minor edits. I can’t believe how much time has passed and that I never finished the new music that I was working on at the time… oh well at least I put some of the old...
When I was a child, my family took lots of road trips. We would all pile into the Winnebago or the Lincoln Continental and drive to Mammoth Mountain, Sun Valley (Idaho), the Grand Canyon, Las Vegas, New Orleans, California Ghost Towns, New Mexico Indian Reservations...
This is a combination of blog posts from 2010 and at the end I sum up what happened: Sometime in 2010: After planning to do this for over a year and half, today I finally ordered my Stratocaster conversion neck. It changes the scale from 25.5″ to 24.75″,...
Even though it’s been quite a while since I’ve written any new songs, I still keep a folder on my computer for inspiration, little bits of text, ideas, news stories, memories, things I hear people say etc…. Several years ago I had put this news story...
I watched the 1944 version of Jane Eyre a few years ago and wrote about it on a blog I was keeping at the time, I’m reposting some of that blog here. I think it was the first time that I’d seen Jane Eyre since I was a child. It really brought back memories...
I just made these 4 free protest signs to take to local version of the Women’s March. I know it’s a bit late since the march is tomorrow morning, but I thought I would share the printable pdf of the 4 signs, if you don’t use them for the Jan. 21st...
I’ve been watching this video over and over again. I’m in love with this video. I plan to do my own version of this song someday. This is an amazing song interpreted and performed by Stevie Ray Vaughan, written by Doyle Bramhall. I really regret not seeing...
This is the only bio (scroll down for bio in English) I could find on the dancer, Forsythe. His YouTube Channel shows the evolution of his developing dance and video style.
I’m currently living in Ojai, CA again, Mira Monte to be exact. I lived in Ojai near downtown last month though. I stumbled upon this graffiti near the bike path this morning while walking my dog. For those of you who may be having a hard time reading the...
My mother was born Marilyn Marie Alff in Texas in 1923 to Rudolph E.G. Alff (a sergeant in the Army during World War I) when he was a professor at the Medical College of Baylor University, Dallas, Texas and to Meta Lisette Radtke Alff, a former music teacher. By 1926...
I’m not feeling very eloquent at the moment and I certainly have had no idea what the right things were to say to my mother as she suffered with Alzheimer’s Disease for the last approximately 15 years. I started feeling a little nauseous after picking up...
I was in the bands Laughing Academy and Tin Brood in the early and mid 1980s with Joe Dean. Prior to Laughing Academy and Tin Brood, Joe and I had been in 2 recording and performing bands together in Santa Barbara from 1980-1982: A ƒew Circles (AKA FX AKA ƒX) and...
In 1984 my band Laughing Academy was one of the opening bands for Tones on Tail when they played at The Music Machine in Santa Monica, CA. I guess I was too shy at the time to introduce myself to the band, I was stupid that way. Fast forward to 2008 and the age of the...
I’ve decided to finally put some of my old music up on this website. I don’t know why I never have before. Hopefully someday I’ll have time to finish my newer recordings or to make new ones. Life got extremely complicated a few years ago and...
The main reason I’m adding a post right now is to test a WordPress plugin called HTML Editor Syntax Highlighter. It’s one of my favorite recent discoveries as far as WordPress plugins. It makes working in the content text editor so much more pleasant. But...
Digital Art I created in 2013 and 2014. These were created in Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator. The snake was done as a commission, but the rest were done for pleasure and experimentation. Digital Art by Elizabeth Laurent Montague©2014 Elizabeth Laurent Montague | All...
I’ve been going to the beach in Goleta, CA where there’s more than an average amount of seaweed, with more varieties than I’ve noticed on other beaches that I’ve frequented. It makes for startlingly beautiful still lifes when the seaweed...
I learned a new word on Christmas: databending. For the last 5 or 6 years I’ve gotten into the habit of sending out holiday emails with digital images that I make from scratch just for the occasion. It’s funny because I was NEVER one to send out Christmas...
Last Chance for Animals
