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While working on the photography for The Dali Principle, I stumbled onto the idea of extruding my face into a piece of framed, stretchy fabric. The result was a strange set of photos that embodies the Dali Prinicple..."do anything you want, anytime you feel like it, and call it art."

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My vintage 1940's Japanese megaphone with embossed instructions that read, "Bad to use: when put mic closely round your mouth, your announce get unclear. Good to use: approaching mic edge to your rip, you should announce clearly as if telephone."

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On his bootleg live Toy Matinee CD, Kevin Gilbert talked to the audience about the inspiration for his song, Turn It On Salvador. He said Dali's philosophy could be summarized as follows: do anything you want, anytime you feel like and call it art. When creating photos for the liner jacket I took that notion to heart and created this strange photo of Zelda, the naked doll in black leather boots, being served up by Boris, my $2 yard sale purchase.

I originally intended to use this photo for a cover panel on the Groove Machine CD but the photo of my groove machine statue was just more compelling.  Projecting the letters onto the wall with some corrugated panels hung behind me made for a curious effect.

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You will need to enlarge this photo to read the call out. This photo of me as a young boy is one of my favorites. I actually do remember liking that hat a great deal. It's weird to contemplate just what was going on inside my head. The text relates to my mission of getting more people to actually listen to music again with quality speakers or headphones. Too many people have no reference point for high fidelity because cheap computer speakers and highly compressed downloads are all they know.

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This is the inside front cover of Groove Machine.  I used my funky little statue as the foundation element for the design concept of the CD and for the title track.  His spring coil body prompted me to think of a single coil pickup and the rest just fell out of my head.

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This photo is from the CD imprint for Your Eyes.  I set the timer on the camera, grabbed my bubinga Ibanez acoustic, and started moving the neck left to right as fast as I could. When the shutter tripped, it created a nifty effect. Then I used photoshop to make it look like I felt that day.

Lindsay created these images on a Mac and they really capture an exasperating emotion. I imagine her looking at someone who is spewing some mindless drivel about why somebody else is repsonsible for all of their problems.

This is the only photo I have of my friend and musical collaborator, Jeff Walden.  While he is a few years older now than when this picture was taken, he still has amazing creative sensibilities. Check out this link to one of his recent compositions, The Spansih Inquisition. It is a musical trip. Gilbert fans will note that Jeff cleverly borrowed a fragment from Indian Burn on the Kaviar Sessions CD.  Be patient. It's a fairly large file.
The Spanish Inquisition

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This is a sneak peak at a photo I expect to use for a future CD release of covers from the 70's and 80's. My goal is to record versions of a dozen songs that influenced me when I was a kid. The Coop refers to the converted chicken coop my Dad remodeled into my first music studio. Kimberchicks was the name of the breed of chickens he sold. I bought the musical chickens at the grocery store of all places. The seasonal isle is always a good place to find crap that can add a funky element to a shot.  Enlarge the photo and check out the signs I created and mounted next to the door.