We lived in Palm Desert, California from 2012 to 2015 and the above photos were taken at this time. The film features my two oldest sons Alex and Chris who hiked with me a lot during those years in the desert. Music created with the ASM Hydrosynth Explorer. Scenes in the short film include Mt. […]

Moonlight Over New Albany, Ohio / Drone Shot by John Fraim Lullaby for Kara / Rick Sowash _______________________________________ John Fraim In my last post to Midnight Oil, “Return of the Muse” I talked about the return and departure of various artistic muses in my life: Music. Writing. Photography. Filmaking. Dioramas. A lot of people are […]

The Midnight Oil Band Above / Featuring the ASM Hydrasynth Explorer on Left McCoy Tyner / Inner Voices album “For Tomorrow” ______________________________________________ John Fraim A good part of my life has been consumed full time with a marketing and advertising career. But my daytime career has always competed with my love for art and creativity. […]

By Christian Toto Bombardier Books (2022) Review by John Fraim  Miles Davis / In A Silent Way _______________________________________________ “What one sees now are scripts where race is the key driver of a character, as opposed to what the character’s function in the story might be.” Christian Toto In the past few years, there have been […]

The Hidden Politics the Artificial Intelligence Technology (Industry) John Fraim (3/6/2024) Sunflower / Milt Jackson ____________________________________ (To readers: I suggest you first go to the bottom of this post and read the “American Mind” article that inspired the below.) Anyone who thinks that AI will not be programmed along politics is naive today. The cult […]