words well spoken

"The sharing of art is a precursor to the sharing of other human experiences, for what is pleasurable in art becomes thinkable in life."

i was deep in the internet reading articles on god knows what in crazy magazine publications from far away countries and this made sense...

new single...tweaked viedo

new yeasayer single "ambling alp" is in my good books. the video is tweaked, following in the foot steps of other tweaked out videos like ohh the new grizzly bear vid "ready, able"

it's all out there, don't get weirded out, get out there too...

new jams i can't get

debut album by the black ryders "buy the ticket, take the ride" is killer. too bad i can't get it anywhere and have to resort to listening to tracks off myspace. super lame.

before the hype

before the movie, way back when it was only a book, i made this for my mom to put on her desk because she was a primary school teacher. i really like the book and wanted to get other kids stoked on "where the wild things are"

passion pit

"moth's wings" 

so good right now.

pulp art

photographer neil krug and supermodel joni harbeck teamed up for a project called pulp art. this is a prime example of shooting film and shooting film well. http://www.pulpartbook.com/ 

i dig.

stop go

 I just came across Oren Lavie - Her morning elegance video. It's a fun video with some amazing stop motion film work. The song is kinda fun too, Garden State-esque.

(Im lazy and don't want to load the video, so hit the link or search youtube)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY

dissolve

nag champa. dim light. marie jane. strewn clothes. shag carpet. 

tepid peppermint wonderland on repeat. 

Tribe

I watched a few episodes of BBC documentary called "Tribe"…  An interesting part of each episode is when Bruce experiments with hallucinagens from each tribe he visits… He then gives a little critique on what he feels.  The common theme through out each cosmic mind bender journey is that each tribes social lubricant is a drug that increases empathy towards others and the world in general, and then let’s you reflect on all the wrong doings you’ve done in your life…. interesting stuff

late nights

working relentlessly on getting this issue wrapped up. it's gonna be good if we get there.

big bang to the brain

so i've been gapping out on cosmology lately (it's the study of the universe with reference to observational astronomy, particle physics, and humanity's place within it...more or less) anyways, when i was in Van my friend had an astronomy magazine, first reaction was nerd, then i lost my mind on the pictures from the hubble telescope. the universe is insane! look at those pictures, that's out there somewhere. i think it's cool. also, i have a huge love for geometric shapes and organic shapes, basically shapes in general so david obrien's artwork related really well with cosmology, has amazing detail and is visually outstanding. 

i like davids work, the stars and the universe right now. 

FML

been on a bit of a roller coaster lately, sorry about the lack of updates. 

adverti$ing

we blew it all on 50 issues, time to get some advertising. next run is 200 with at least double the content. look for it late june.

cover in print

there it is, issue one. 

gone

gone to sasquatch

other stuff

gary hustwit, who directed the film "helvetica" has a new film coming out called "objectified."

it's super design nerd stuff...should be interesting. 

this week

we bought a printer, a refurbished model...it had best not disappoint.  

avoiding any technical 'surprises' we should have issues out by the end of the week before i take off. let me know if you want a pdf version.

Brain Pinata

word association:

the beagle/candy dinner/quad shot americanos/broken birthday face/busted window screens/hand grenades/gonzo/sombrio/the hostess/"you bought another pack?" /kitchen floor coffee grounds/cancer causing microwave/the hills marathon/4th year papers on the hills?/three weekends in a row i've been kicked out/"is that a work rule or a personal rule..oh"/fisher tv/scary spice/moka house diabetic peanut butter bars/co worker convicts/heather/plan b/triple jack and cokes/djarums/gredda/the wine portable/guitars/creative station/"check your negativity at the door"/"listen to this messsage you left"/annual golf tournament/"what are you doing sleeping in my bed? i don't have a bed, my back is tweaked and i'm fucked up on robaxacet"/paddy wack machine/hernadez/get balled/g&ts/biz marquee

these are a few words associated with...the smartest person i know.

covers

a couple of my friends from l.a. got hyped on our magazine and are lending some illustrations for the covers. so ridiculous and awesome. 

shaky and good

devendra banhart - cripple crow album is hitting the spot today.

give a listen to "long haired child" if you need a sample.

mock up

there's a 300,000 dollar roundabout proposal floating around town council, everyone hates the idea about as much as the pay parking fiasco. we decided to call our magazine after the thing everyone hates. with a tainted title we just might surprise some people. maybe.

it's coming together

drew and i are working hard at getting this magazine together and neither one of us is willing to let it die this time even though we are seriously struggling at finding an affordable printing solution. best of luck getting ahold of this thing, there might only be 50 issues floating around.

it's something at least.

gold

people say pictures are worth a thousand words. this photo decided to scrapped the 

997 useless words and just went with "we're fucking awesome" instead.

well said photograph.

JR

french street artist "JR" has taken things to the next level, fuck it he's taken to some level that i can't even fathom. the sheer scale of his endeavour trumps anything i've come across since i studied christo and jean-claude wrapping the reichstag in berlin. JR's "women project" focuses on the pivotal role which women have in society, with aims to highlight they're struggle, dignity, courage and perseverance in places such as kenya, liberia and rio.

go read about it, check it out and get humbled. 

jr-art.net

game of skate and game of balls

billy marks is probably the coolest guy ever. he kills skateboarding and he kills throwing ping pong balls into cups off of random shit. it's ridiculous.

(i can't figure out how to link a video... idiot)

http://theberrics.com/batb.php

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFZevw1AHZs (billy balls 2)

addict

i'm addicted to magazines. there i said it. while i was in auckland i would allocate at least 1-3 hours of my lazy hanging out in ponsonby day to reading magazines in mag nation. solid mag shop possibly the best i've come across. does your mother know? in vancouver is the closest comparison i can draw. my choice fix for magazines was without a doubt monster children, aussie mag, tough to come by up here but so good. 

as far as addiction and fixes go, i think meth is cheaper, ($20 and issue for MC) but the drool coming out of your mouth will be from the the "page 33" spread they do on hot models, not from the fact your teeth rotted out.

magnation.com

monsterchildren.com

albums

i'm into albums these days. i'm always hyped to roll to 174-0 in vic and rifle through garbageface and brando's vinyl collection and toss on a album and listen to the album in its entirety. that's just good listening. 

these albums are good. (maybe do a little self editing in itunes and ditch sufjan's jamboree of instruments falling down the stairs, sorry) 

human highway is good and chill.

let's get back to this

so i've got a few emails about this blog and it turns out a few people were actually reading it. 

so i'm taking it over now that i'm back and it will most likely be updated with crap i'm either doing or that i'm working on or that i just like for whatever reason. no rhyme or reason, check it out from time to time or not. enjoy.

Surf casting.

We haven't caught a fucking thing.

GERMS!

It seems as though all of Germany has been issued free tickets to New Zealand. There's "Germs" everywhere and Don's stressing.

yup, they managed to obtain sorcerer status by the end of it and finally engaged in some gravel wrestling to determine who was the better sorcerer.

The Best Day Ever

Best Day Ever... Sarah and Don drink 24 beer each while Graeme drives and picks up the pieces.