Get into it.

September 30, 2009

Good morning!

September 29, 2009



And now, Milo Aukerman and The Descendents to bring everything swiftly up to speed. Enjoy it with your coffee…


Coming home

September 23, 2009

Looking for a place to settle down?… Minneapolis wants you

“if you’re from the midwest and it doesn’t matter where say shh…”


Girls

September 23, 2009



This is the most honest-sounding stuff I’ve heard in years. I think we all know a girl named Laura.

girls

Maybe we all have a longing, too, for something, somewhere as far away as the opposite coast. Summer’s moved into fall…nothing you can do about it now but turn up some old records and watch the daylight fade, but that’s not so bad at all.


The silence is crushing

September 23, 2009

So I was going through my old Internet links the other day and dug up this gem. A russian motorcyclers photography with captions of botched yet poetic English. A low tech no frills travel website of the darker regions of Russia.
Don’t breeze through it, give it some time with each section, it will grip and chill your bones. You may wonder where the heck God went.
If you like to study history like I do you may dig it, espically the serpants wall section. However, the two trips through Chernobyl are by far scarier than anything anyone could ever invent. I dare you to go through it whilst listening to Godspeed you black emporer.
www.kiddofspeed.com


welp, mapped out tour. can i sleep on your floor?

September 22, 2009

* November with Touche Amore (www.myspace.com/toucheamore)

11/24/09 – Minneapolis, MN

11/25/09 – Waterloo, IA

11/26/09 – Des Moines, IA

11/27/09 – Sioux Falls, SD

11/28/09 – Lincoln, NE

2/11/10 – Cedar Falls, IA
2/12/10 – Minneapolis, MN
2/13/10 – Milwaukee, WI
2/14/10 – Chicago, IL
2/15/10 – Grand Rapids, MI
2/16/10 – Toledo, OH
2/17/10 – Cleveland, OH
2/18/10 – Buffalo/Rochester, NY
2/19/10 – Syracuse/Watertown, NY
2/20/10 – Albany, NY
2/21/10 – Pittsfield, MA
2/22/10 – Boston, MA
2/23/10 – Hartford, CT
2/24/10 – New Haven/Bridgeport, CT
2/25/10 – New Jersey Area
2/26/10 – New York City Area
2/27/10 – New York City
2/28/10 – New Brunswick, NJ
3/1/10 – Philadelphia, PA
3/2/10 – Newark, DE
3/3/10 – Baltimore/DC Area
3/4/10 – Richmond, VA
3/5/10 – Raleigh, NC
3/6/10 – Willmington/Chapel Hill, SC
3/7/10 – Charleston area, SC
3/8/10 – Savannah, GA
3/9/10 – Valdosta, GA
3/10/10 – Jacksonville, FL
3/11/10 – Gainesville, FL
3/12/10 – Tampa, FL
3/13/10 – Orlando, FL
3/14/10 – Tallahassee area
3/15/10 – Atlanta, GA
3/16/10 – Birmingham, AL
3/17/10 – Chattanooga/Knoxville, TN
3/18/10 – Louisville, KY
3/19/10 – Cincinnati, OH
3/20/10 – Dayton, OH
3/21/10 – Indianapolis, IN
3/22/10 – Springfield, IL
3/23/10 – St. Louis, MO
3/24/10 – Columbia, MO
3/25/10 – Kansas City, MO
3/26/10 – Wichita, KS
3/27/10 – Tulsa, OK
3/28/10 – Oklahoma City, OK
3/29/10 -Dallas, TX
3/30/10 – Houston, TX
3/31/10 – Austin, TX
4/1/10 – San Antonio, TX
4/2/10 – El Paso, TX
4/3/10 – Albuquerque, NM
4/4/10 – Flagstaff, AZ
4/5/10 – Phoenix, AZ
4/6/10 – Day Off
4/7/10 – Day Off
4/8/10 – San Diego, CA
4/9/10 – Los Angelas, CA
4/10/10 – Santa Barbra/San Louis Obisbo, CA
4/11/10 – San Francisco/Oakland/Half Moon Bay, CA
4/12/10 – Sacremento, CA
4/13/10 – Reading, CA
4/14/10 – Medford, OR
4/15/10 – Eugene, OR
4/16/10 – Portland, OR
4/17/10 – Olympia/Tacoma, WA
4/18/10 – Seattle, WA
4/19/10 – Spokane, WA
4/20/10 – Day Off
4/21/10 – Boise, ID
4/22/10 – Salt Lake City, UT
4/23/10 – Laramie, WY
4/24/10 – Denver, CO
4/25/10 – Lincoln, NE
4/26/10 – Omaha, NE
4/27/10 – Sioux Falls, SD
4/28/10 – Fargo, ND
4/29/10 – Des Moines, IA
4/30/10 – Cedar Falls, IA


This Ain’t No Disco, It’s Where We Work

September 22, 2009

Ad agencies are notorious for their creative work environments. Paying honors to the art of creating such unique spaces is This Ain’t No Disc, a gallery submission site that lets you see the inside of some of the world’s most creative hubs. These screen grabs are a short collection from the site. Enjoy.

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Reclaiming the ::b

September 22, 2009

After a candid theft of my signature (::b), Mr. Alex Dow has returned the stolen goods. I am now the rightful owner of my original signature:

::b

Alex and I talked last night and have agreed upon a truce between the battling sigs.Thank you, all, for your patience and support through these tough no-signature-times.

The original b,
::b


3/5 senses

September 21, 2009

I’m reading a book titled God Laughs and Play, churchless sermons in response to the preachments of the fundamentalist right.  I’ve mentioned David James Duncan a couple times on here, if you’re not reading him you’re missing out on a great modern day American author.   The best?  Yes albeit in my limited scope of reading.  Makes me want to write something on here about god, David Bazan, ecology, concerned and loving mothers, honesty… believe it or not they are all related.  It’s coming.

I’m listening to The Redemption Song (thanks Andy) without knowing what those home boys are totally about their music pumps me up to ‘keep the faith….this time we will not falter.’  I’m also listening to Shakira and Wycliffe… does anyone salsa dance out there?  We should all take our sig figs out dancing, romance face!  Shout out to all the TX ladies Pretzel.

I’m watching my daughter’s life flash before my eyes; she is 1 year old tomorrow.  This AM at 1 was the anniversary of wife’s water breaking, pretty nuts ya’ll.  Another one on the way, KID ARMY!

I’m tasting delicious brownies, left over from Taco Night Saturday.  Crockpot shout out.

I’m smelling liquid life, coffee (OG liquid life is just water not coffee, Shout out to H2O!!!!).  I’ve recently began failing to appreciate coffee; this morning I’m trying to enjoy it beyond a stimulant, smells good, taste good, I like the ceremony of brewing it, -pop lids- scoop beans- grind beans- filter water- pour water- fold filter- click lid closed- press brew.  There are more steps to coffee but those are the highlights.

5/5 senses.

I miss you all, would love to hear from you.

Peace and Grace

!!a


Making of Jay Z’s Blueprint 3

September 17, 2009

It’s tight to see the concept, creative direction and thoughts put into an album cover… Love this.