omg omg omg

can not wait!!!

Textual Fun

just passing time, in an ominous manner:

will shaves beard, hilarity ensues

yes. once again i grew a beard for heidi's birthday. this time, rather than shave it all off, i decided, 'what the hell...' and did a google for vintage beard styles, et voila... the 'franz-josef'. slightly more groomed than the 'friendly mutton chop'. i initially thought this would be a grave error, but you know what? i kinda like it. looks like i should be tending bar in a late 19th century saloon or something. for those of you who were unable to view The Beard in it's entirety, observe:



exciting, isn't it.

and now for a master-stroke of digression. for whatever reason, i've been feeling slightly nostalgic, which i am not generally wont to do and am of the belief that nostalgia is a disease (look toward the future!). nostalgic for what? adolescent crushes. cast your mind back to when you were, oh say... fourteen. you know, back in the early 80s. ok, it wasn't really all that awesome. but i present to you my top 3 adolescent crushes (with a bonus selection):


chrissie


annabella


clare!

and this one you'll have to visit yourself.

bwahahaaaa. ok, i'm done being nostalgic.

those of you who enjoy our pictures will be pleased to know that 2 whole new sets have been uploaded with at least 2 more on the way. enjoy!

fun in the sun

feasts and such

turkey trot

howdy howdy folks. greetings from Durham. heidi and i are visiting evette and brooke in their new digs out here. looking forward to a fantabulous turkey day feast, to be complemented by what will hopefully be an excellent pinot noir from emeritus.

before i left, i finished sorting through all the awesome records generously donated to me by scott and meredith. the final outcome: 75 albums to be added, 15 records to be redistributed. what do i mean by redistributed? it means i've already got copies of those albums, so i can give them to other deserving collections. although... now that i think about it, they might be good for my feeble djing! haha! there we go.

that's all for now from the cigarette state. stay tuned for more.

just had to share this

all the good things about this postpostmodern world: appropriation, irony, self-promotion, etc.  enjoy!

ok, now that the missus is upstaging me with her blogging blizzard, i'm going to have to make a better show of it.

on the art front, i am slogging my way through the B section of the ol record collection, coming up on the Beatles known as the White Album, which someone at Open Studios suggested saving that for the very last.  but of course that will be impossible as my collection is ever growing.  which reminds me that i am picking up a lovely addition to my collection this weekend, courtesy of scott & meredith.  i am quite excited about the prospect.  this leads also to a commission of sorts as i will be drawing a record of their choosing in exchange for some meredith art.  hooray for trading art!

also, hooray for the union of art and music.  all right all right, i know, music is art, so let's the union of visual art with music.  as previously mentioned, i am forging ahead with my 'recording collection' project, i got to spin a short but fun set at noah's party last weekend (thanks to the dj from panama, see above); i'm currently playing my way through my 45 collection with an eye towards a future dj set (should the opportunty arise... i'm thinking of self-appellating: 7-inch Monkey); and i finally laid down a track i am happy with on the ol' 4-track to exchange with logan.  panama here we come!

hi! remember me?

that's right! i was gonna blog all day and all night about my art. so far so good. one entry... in how many months? well anyways i'm back, after being bolstered by a positive tho not financially lucrative Open Studios. some people actually got what i was going for! and on multiple levels no less. can you beat that? plus it helps to be surrounded by terrific artists, but just you wait till next year... then you'll see! hah! so where was... number 27 of 670? hmmmhmmmhmmmmm.