Starting to make my favorite music of 2009 list, it's gunna be tough

 I think this year was above average for new great music stay tuned for a very in depth well thought out and probably poorly written post.

Small black will def be on it somewhere

 Small Black- Despicable Dogs (Washed Out Remix)

Tim Burton @ MoMA

I checked out the Tim Burton exhibition at MOMA out this weekend and it was stellar!  I highly recommend it, try to go when its not crowded if that's even possible.  If you think his movies are creepy or crazy his sketches are even better.  There are hundreds of sketchbook pages on the walls and models of things throughout, I constantly found myself saying Wow! that's where that idea for so and so character came from or more often than not  thinking Wow! this guys is insane.
Please excuse the poor image quality, I had to take them secretly as photography is not allowed.

All for the best-thom yorke

I'm about to do the unthinkable, buy an album on itunes,  there is a 41 deluxe or 20 track tribute album called Ciao My Shining Star dedicated to Mark Mulcahy's wife who passed away about a year ago,  the money goes to help him raise his twin daughters, it's all covers of his songs by some pretty solid musicians, see above.

who he is  "Mark Mulcahy was the singer for the New Haven, Connecticut-based band Miracle Legion, active in the 1980s to mid-1990s. ML released several records on several labels but ultimately split up.

Mark soon formed Polaris, the house band for the mid-1990s Nickelodeon series 'The Adventures of Pete & Pete'. Following the cancellation of 'Pete & Pete', Mulcahy found himself playing solo. He began releasing albums on the Mezzotint label and so here we are..."-.mezzotint.com

buy

via http://www.phillygirlabouttown.com/

the Duck Duck Collective

"A collective of photographers who call themselves 'DuckDuck Collective'. They seek beauty of collaboration in order to achieve the highest form of art. This is evident in their unique approach to photography & videography"- notcot.org,

check out more of their stuffs at http://duckduckcollective.com/

"Do you remember the first time you heard that incredible song? You played it to the point of redundancy and still managed to enjoy it every subsequent listen. Then you got older and your ears more selective, moving onward to find more great songs. After time and upon nearly forgetting the track all-together, you hear it once more and go through an entire renaissance with your cherished tune all over again." from I guess I'm floating

creative packaging and something to be thankful for

via colt+rane

clients from hell
a fmylife for designers.  anonymous postings of conversations between designers and their insane clients.

some of my fav's

"Can you make the circles a little bit rounder?"
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"You’re gonna charge $400 for that? Aren’t you from India? What’re you going to do with $400?!"
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1. Client: Can you show me some shades of blue?
2. Me: (Opens up Photoshop, Pulls up the color picker)
3. Client: Nope! Can't see the one I want.
4. Me: But... It contains ALL of the possible colors...
5. Client: No, no, no. The one I want is not there. 

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I don’t want to use the word ‘improved’ in the copy because it will make our new product look better than our old product
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"The unicorns don’t look realistic enough."

—  Client commenting on preliminary animations from a ‘Magical Wonderland’

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"Could we try a darker black?"

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"When I get a business card this size (not 3.5 x 2 inches), I think that that person is a fag."

— Client, after reviewing a 2 inch square business card proof

songs on repeat

 Beach House-Norway



Miike Snow-Animal

Choir of Young Believers - "Action/Reaction" 

 

Animal Collective-Graze

 

Atlas Sound- Doctor (Five Discs Cover)

 

The Future, Wouldn't That Be Nice?

If I could pick and choose talents from people and have them as my own I would take Syd Mead's rendering skills.  Syd Mead is an industrial designer, artist, and bad-ass drawer.  His concepts have heavily/directly influenced nearly any decent sci-fi movie since the 60's including star wars, tron, alien, and blade runner.

oh, btw these are done with markers
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and

new animal collective ep- fall be kind

what would I want sky-animal collective


the fun starts around the 3 minute mark

new funny blog by 30 something single male living in new york

http://boyslifenyc.com/

"We sit for a long time wondering how much of it was genuine attraction and how much of it was just the rejection. Nothing is more attractive than a woman who won’t put up with your shit. One that wont lay down and let you walk all over them. It’s not that simple though. You can’t just call me lame and I’m going to love you. It’s a magical combination. Telling me how full of shit you think I am with words but beg me to kiss you with your eyes. Men and women have been playing this game forever. I tell myself it’s a universal truth. Like the song suggests:"


found at http://maddecent.com

new buisness cards

 

 

front

Sold a painting

the joker 2, spray paint, acrylic, oil, and epoxy on canvas.  27.5" by 27.5"
finally got my stuff together and finished a painting

MoMA Video interview with Tim Burton

I know what I'm doing thanksgiving weekend!  who will be in nyc and wants to join me in checking this out?

new Beck/Charlotte Gainsbourg video- it's pretty out there

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Tim Burton sketches/drawings from upcoming book and MOMA show

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i've been diggin this

Download  Museum of Bellas Artes- Who do you love.  mp3

Andre Jordan

second post on him, but I like




http://www.abeautifulrevolution.com/blog/

NAU nyc store!

the environmental conscious clothing company that I love, but dont own anything from Nau has opened a temporary store in soho NYC, I am def going to try to check it out when I go up there to stay with my aunt for thanksgiving.

oh, and to set up the store they went dumpster diving to find materials to create most of the furniture and displays .

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Phenomenal Handclap Band, “15 to 20″

Phenomenal Handclap Band "15 to 20" Official Video from friendly fire recordings on Vimeo.

things in the Wissahickon woods , mostley fungus