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Film and Shorts, Kick Ass, Music
How Vinyl records are made… and How Vinyl records are NOT made…
12.31.07 | Permalink | 1 Comment

Ever wanted to see how vinyl records are created? well, i will give you a couple of choices here. both processes are incredibly similar but the first one is more painstaking.

Option 1:
Wanna see Duke Ellington and his Orchestra slap together a recording straight to vinyl? Well, watch this film from 1937 and make sure to smile. Most of the work is done using hand presses and tools, and requires a significant amount of repetition. this film worries significantly less on perfection as opposed to process, and you are able to see people smiling and showing off their work. it is a nice little time capsule piece to watch.

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Douche Baggery, NOT Kick Ass
so what does it all mean anyways
12.30.07 | Permalink | 4 Comments

you try so hard to keep people in your life that help give it meaning. the ones that are supposed to be your strongest allies spend a few months in turmoil completely hating you and asking you to “understand”. so you try and try and try. it is harder than anything you have ever done.. what happens when you reach the point where you are no longer able to understand?

i have recently been going through this. i want my friend back. i want to know that we are going to be okay. i want her to stop hating me. like a cruel dog owner and a yappy puppy, i am tired of being beaten and then petted and cooed. i may have to cut ties and run soon. bite the master and leave before the backlash. time to make the beta male go to sleep and let loose an… Read the rest
Kick Ass, Media, Photography
an edit, an update, and new information
12.27.07 | Permalink | 5 Comments

previously, a post was made regarding a person using the moniker Peterpunk

a couple photos were attached to the post. i was utterly taken back by one of them in particular. Peterpunk advised that though the photo was found on his site, he did not take the photo. nearly two months have gone by since then and i randomly came across the actual photographer, Marco Guerra. the image was part of a series taken for the World Gold Council.

Marco Guerra:
Marco Guerra is a New York based fashion photographer, originally from Chile. His work has been published in Conde Nast Traveller, Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue, Bergdorf Goodman, Neiman Marcus, Black Book, the New Yorker Magazine, and other Publications.

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Film and Shorts, Kick Ass, Media
r243 g197 b208
12.27.07 | Permalink | Comment?

This is a pretty killer short video.
i have embedded the above from google video, but there is a link to the website itself.

http://www.r243g197b208.net/

Red 243
Green 197
Blue 208

the RGB color hue for the pink they chose..

Video: “Pink” by Charlie White
Music: “Made” by Greg Weeks

Apparently, Adidas has a new promo going full swing called “AdiColor”. They have let different artists throw together short films that focus on a specific color as a theme. notice all the other colors on the left hand side of the website. each it located at a similarly named domain, referencing their RGB value.

i really enjoyed the red, pink , green, and especially black. pink was the favorite though.

The video for Yellow is pretty sweet too, i had seen it before but didnt realise how it was related to the rest of these.
Books / Articles, Reviews
California Demon / Frisco Pigeon Mambo
12.21.07 | Permalink | Comment?

two new book reviews this week.. already working on my third…
perhaps i should be investing some of this reading time into scanning business reply cards…. nah…. maybe later….

California Demon – Julie Kenner

California Demon is the second book in the Demon Hunting Soccer Mom series. it picked up about 4 months after the last book and dragged me into the depths of “Momhood” all over again. i wont go into much detail as the read is well worth the hours you would put into it.

after surviving the last book, Kate is caught up in another treacherous demon scheme where she has to save humanity from high level demons. this time she has extra worries though.. Chapter one begins the problems with her deceased husband. secret notes from him, bank accounts.. and HIS SOUL POSSIBLY INHABITING THE BODY OF HER DAUGHTERS SCIENCE TEACHER! man… its like a… Read the rest
Meh = Misc
Sms post. Jenn
12.20.07 | Permalink | Comment?
Consumer Whore (generic), Kick Ass
Arcana Soaps – Devilish
12.20.07 | Permalink | Comment?

Was out and about the other day with Jenn. we ended up at the largest Whole Foods i have ever seen. it was like a walmart for kick ass organic and local products. after wide eyed wandering down each and every isle (and hundreds of small joy induced heart palpitations later) we ended up wandering down the isle that contained soaps and bath products. Devilish caught my eye immediately… flames and a devil face, horns chin and shirt collar making a subtle (and likely unplanned) loose inverted pentagram.

picking it up and smelling it exceeds any description i can give. i am reminded of freshly baked molasses cookies, cinnamon/sugar toast, the scent of a woman during sex when her perfume is 6 hours old and fading, swiss miss hot chocolate with the little marshmallows and a shot of expensive whiskey.

on the paper wrapper the… Read the rest