Make Me Stylish!

On February 20th Dearling Physique is digitally releasing the "Impressions Of The Night" EP. I just finished the artwork to be zipped up with that digital release earlier this evening. It is a variation on the cover that can be seen on Dearling Physique's myspace page at this very moment. Both covers were done by yours truly, though the one seen on the myspace page will be used for the physical release only (which will be released in the following months.) I've been diggin on this EP for a bit now and I would suggest yall to head over, have a listen, and add 'em to the never-ending list of your online friends. YOU ALWAYS NEED MORE!!!

Don't forget about ART ACHE! That jam is this coming Friday, also know as the day after tomorrow (just like the movie yo!) 6pm to MIDNIGHT, so don't try bitching out with the "I couldn't make it in time" excuse. I have four pieces in this show and I know that Mark Vomit and Justin James have some work in it as well. (Along with about 30+ visual artists, performance artists, and bands.)

And as I have previously mentioned, I was featured in the Feb. issue of ELLEgirl Korea. I just got the issue in the mail Monday. Check the spread:

...i wonder what it says...

Surfin' Superior.

This was in today's (01.25.09) Pioneer Press. Love it:
I first heard about people surfing the Great Lakes a few years ago when I saw the documentary "Step Into Liquid." This is just more proof, as me and my buddy Jake used to always say while living in Door County, WI, that Lake Michigan (and the Great Lakes as a whole) was the ocean of the Midwest. Fuck yea. Surf that shit BRAH!

//// Step Into Liquid has to be one of my favorite documentaries. Surfing and surf culture is really inspiring to me and my work for some reason....check the trailer:



While speaking of inspiring documentaries, here is the trailer for another of my fav. docs. (completely non-surf related.)

Korea; The Battle of ART ACHE Ridge.

A few things:

One: Does anyone know how to read Korean? I will be featured in the February issue of ELLEgirl Korea and they are sending me a copy of the magazine so I can check it out...but obviously I will have no idea what it truly says. I did the interview, sent the images and the bio...but who knows what they will really write about me. I have some other things going on with ELLE Korea, but that is for another time. I'll post a scan of the article when I receive the issue in the mail.

Two: I updated my website. Moved some things around, added some images, updated my info, etc...

Three: Any designer want to help a guy out with building a NEW website? I am getting bored of the one I have and I think it would be nice to have a designer help me out with a fresh one. I am a minimalist when it comes to design, as you may be able to tell from my current website, and I would like to keep that same feel. Just more refined and smoothed out with maybe a drop down menu here and there. I don't have any flow to drop on this, but I would be forever indebted and I could possibly throw some art your way as payment? And of course you would have a nice new portfolio / promotional piece as well. Hit me up!

Four: Dearling Physique is getting ramped up and ready to release the "Impressions Of The Night" EP digitally on February 21st. The physical release will come shortly thereafter. The artwork will be slightly different for each release. I'm approaching the finish line for this project and it's getting pretty exciting. From what I've heard of the rough mixes it's pretty dope...all 'n all it's coming together very nicely.

Lastly (but not leastly? huh?): Grain Belt show! I'll be in it! You should come see! Poster and press release below!

A FREE MULTI-MEDIA, INTERACTIVE EVENT
At the Grain Belt Bottling House in Northeast Minneapolis, Film, Music, Art and More

The Grain Belt Bottling House, Northeast Minneapolis, 79 13th Avenue N.E., Minneapolis, MN 55413. February 6th 6 pm-midnight, February7th noon-8 pm, February8th noon-4 pm.

The Grain Belt Artists present a free multi-media event featuring resident and guest artists working in film, music, performance art, painting, sculpture and photography. This special event will begin with an opening reception on Friday, February 6th, 6 pm-midnight and will continue throughout the weekend on Saturday, February7th, noon-8 pm and Sunday, February 8th noon-4 pm. Performance events will be scheduled all three days, stop by the Grain Belt Bottling House for a complete listing.

RU-21?

For those of you who do not use Facebook...photos from New Years Eve:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=51382&l=dc97f&id=825946464

into the new year.

First things first. I recently returned from "celebrating" xmas at my sister's pad in southern Wisconsin. Delevan to be exact. I snapped off a few packs of film on my 420. Some of those pics are up over on my Flickr. Check 'em out.

Not a whole lot happened while there. Basically watched things, drank things, said things, played things, opened things, ate things, and somewhere in the middle of all those things, spent double digits creating my piece for the word "psychedelic," which is now up over at Mutual Design Playground. Check that out as well. Definitely one of my most intricate and time consuming pieces to date. For this current style at least.

Today is new years eve. We are having a few friends over tonight to play trivia and not give a fuck about 'nuthin.

Everyone has been posting lists of their favorite albums, etc, of 2008. Since I am a total lemming i think I will do something similar. Originally I had planned to do some sort of elaborate, "I like this, this is why, etc," but am not feeling that anymore. Just going to throw it out there. No order either. I can't prioritize my favs, they are just favs. Word?

The Dandy Warhols "Earth To The Dandy Warhols" (the dandys with darker my love = show of the year. minus the WACK crowd.)

Oasis "Dig Out Your Soul"

The Raveonettes "Lust Lust Lust"

The Kills "Midnight Boom"

These Arms Are Snakes "Tail Swallower and Dove"

Dizzee Rascal "Maths + English" (US version came out this year, so yea, it fits.)

Del Tha Funkee Homosapien "Eleventh Hour"

Blood On The Wall "Liferz"

M83 "Saturdays = Youth" (yea, yea. they (he) blew up this year and everyone loves em. whatever.)

Darker My Love "2"

:::Band I shouldn't like, but do: Vampire Weekend:::

:::Two bands I realized I actually do like, after years of blindness by hype and mainstream media: Interpol and the Strokes:::

:::and this is for you Brian...:::local album of the year: Buildings "Braille Animal"::: SNAP.!..(heard the artwork on that album was pretty dope as well. heh.)

Movies I dug:

August


The Wackness


Surfer, Dude (i'm serious, BRAH.)


Let The Right One In


7 Pounds


Slumdog Millionaire


Also a bit: Elegy, Choke, Transsiberian, and Vicky Christina Barcelona.

(yes, it was apparently the year of Sir Ben Kinsley.)

::Television show I became unhealthily obsessed with: Lost.::

And this goes unsaid, because if you know me at all, or following this blog even a lil bit, you know I would say Mutual Design Playground is the website of the year. Way to go Jake! (Hulu is pretty rad as well, though that's a bit late 07 if you ask me. public in 08!)

Guess that is all folks. Time to go get rehydration agents for tomorrow morning. Hope 'yall have a dandy new year and a fun time peacin' out OH EIGHT!

Happy Xmas!

Vintage High Times magazines have some fucked up shit going on in them. It's amazing.

hey bcd! this is what you have to look forward to:

Polaroid Land Camera 420.

stuff: from other people.

Stuff number one:
Went to meet with Justin(james) and Jenny at the new Bulldog in Lowertown STP last night. Pretty chill spot. I can see many future evenings spent there, especially since J and J's new loft is located in perfect stumbling distance, right across the street. Last night after bar close I went up to their new loft to check the joint out and ended up doing a little internet show and tell with Justin. He turned me onto this designer / illustrator: STEAK MOUNTAIN. Now I'm telling you about it.

Stuff number two:
Read about this on Kucera's blog. Laughed out loud multiple times.

Man Smokes Grass ; Eats Wife.

There is no stuff number three:

4. 8. 15. 16. 23. 42.

Last weekend I volunteered at the Urban Arts Academy juried show and auction at the Weisman Museum. I sat at the door, checked people in, and ran credit cards / took cash money. It was a time. I was actually impressed by the amount of good work chosen to be in the show, so kudos go out to the jury that selected it all. I'm not sure how well the sale went for the UAA though. I didn't see a lot of work with the little orange (or red?) sticker next to it indicating it was sold, and the auction was almost laughable. At the end of the art auction they held a little donations auction as well. This is where the auctioneer (?) just spat out a large number (starting at $1000) and people would raise their number to donate that amount. As the time went by the dollar amount would get lower and lower and more and more people were willing to donate X amount. I was baffeled by this. Hardly any of the art was selling, but people were giving away their money?! Yes it was to a good cause, but instead of just giving their money away for nothing, they could have got a piece of art to go along with their good conscience. WTF?! Did these people just dislike all the art so much that they would rather GIVE their money away than actually get a little something for it. Fucking hell. Whatever. Rich people are a strange breed that I will never understand.

Getting pretty hyped about the new season of Lost. Not going to lie. What is going to be hard is watching it week by week instead of watching four season consecutively over the span of three weeks (I geeked the fuck out.) We'll see how that goes down.



I'm working on some album art for a local electronic artist Dearling Physique at the moment. I was going to wait to mention this until it was done and a sealed deal, but its looking like this will all be coming to fruition sooner than I thought. I guess he will be releasing the EP early '09. Check the shit out at myspace and get on board.

What else? My piece for "loveable" has been uploaded and is ready for viewing over at Mutual Design Playground. That's radical...right? Things have been picking up over there. New artists, more discussions, and some good energies are flying around. Any of 'yall would be stupid not to join in on the action.

I suppose that is all for now. I need to run and buy more colored pencils. I go through those fucking things like an old man goes through kleenex in winter. I need a Prismacolor sponsorship! Someone get on that!!!

I was reminded of something yesterday that was shown to me while in an illustration class at CVA. Kowloon the "walled city." These images are mind blowing in a post-apocalyptic / Mad Max sort of way. Oddly inspiring as well.

(it no longer exists.)

I cooked a lot the other day. It all tasted real good.

I had a piece accepted into the juried show for the Urban Arts Academy. Exciting, right? The show / silent auction takes place at the Weisman Museum on Decemeber 6th. I highly doubt I know a single person that will be attending, due to the ticket price of 50 bones, but hopefully someone running the thing will be thoughtful enough to take some photos so all of us poor ass artists can see what kind of shin-dig we took part in.

I just uploaded my piece for "sleepless" to MDP. Its up over there...right now. CLICK.

I recently discovered that there is only 3 degrees of seperation between me and Megan Fox. I'm nowhere near as big of a Megan Fox freak as some dudes have been since the whole GQ blowout, but I still thought that was pretty neat.

I'm currently working on some stuff for some people / things.

Unfortunately I did not have a chance to put anything in the CVA Holiday Art Sale, but hopefully a lot of people did and that turns out to be a huge success.

ME ME ME ME ME.

polaroid 420.

Still not exactly sure how to properly use this thing, but after a pack and a half of film I at least know that my recently acquired Polaroid Land Camera 420 is in fact in good working condition. Not going to lie, I'm pretty hyped on the whole situation.

took my carbon pill.

By no means what-so-ever am I a photographer, but I took some shots at the Clapperclaw Festival this last Saturday night. You can check them out on my Flickr if you feel so inclined.

I don't know why I didn't take more (any) pics of the gallery spaces, since they were the most excellent part about the whole event, but whatever. Some of the art was way bomb, and some not so much.

Good stuff though. Lotsa fun.

I have more things to post about, but I'm going to hold off for now.

(by the by. if you are interested in seeing some GOOD photos from Clapperclaw, check out photographer Stacy Schwartz's clicks from the evening over at facebook. link link.)

The Clap.

I just got word that I will be displaying some work at the Clapperclaw Festival this coming Saturday at the Sound Gallery in downtown MPLS.

Seems like it should be a most excellent evening. If you plan on attending I would suggest advance tickets. 12 bones at the door, 5 in advance. Do the math.

www.clapperclawfestival.com

I also just uploaded my piece for "simplicity" to Mutual Design Playground. Others did as well.

throwin' up in uptown.

The Throw Up magazine is now available at Robot Love in Uptown! Wicked, right? I hear they make excellent Thanksgiving gifts, and if you participate in some sort of weird cult in which you don't exchange gifts on Thanksgiving, then I suppose they would make good Christmas gifts as well. Hell, give 'em to kids trick or treating. Halloween is tomorrow, right? Whatever. Just buy 'em and support the cause.

Word from Mark Vomit is that a new issue of The Throw Up is being prepared. I'll be working on material for this soon and post when it is available. Exciting!

(The Pop Vomit sticker sets are also now available at Robot Love. See the post a few entries down.)