Labels: random

Labels: art, music

Promo poster for a mixtape project I am trying to organize. Inspired by the ultimate mixtape anthem "C30 C60 C90 Go!" by Bow Wow Wow. Rumor has it Malcolm Mclaren had the b-side of the cassette single of the song left blank, encouraging people to tape over it and make their own mixtape. However, their label wasn't too happy about that so they pulled the single off the shelves.

In other awesome mixtape related news...

Italian designer Marcella Foschi makes these custom made wallets out of old cassette tapes:

More info via DESIGN BOOM

Then there is this genius of a concept by SUCK UK...the USB mixtape drive!

Here it is in action:



More info via SUCK UK

Lastly, I leave you with a clip from the best (and only?) film about the art of the mixtape, High Fidelity. Here is Jack Black talking about his Monday Mix he makes for Cusack.



Special thx to TAPEDECK.org for the cassette images.

Viva la mixtapes!

Labels: art, mix, movies, music, posters

More photos of girls and vespas can be found here: Vespa Club des Savoie

Labels: photos

“Pale Horse” is the fourth horse of the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, the forces of man’s destruction, described in the Book of Revelations. So it seemed only logical that the first art show under the new name should be Four Horseman themed/inspired. “The Second Coming” Art Show will showcase Four Horseman artwork by 30+ renowned fine artists, illustrators and designers, across North America and Europe, in various mediums and countless interpretations.

This exhibit includes new works by Kathie Olivas, Brandt Peters, Rob Schwager, Hydro 74, Bask, Red Labor, Jarrod Eastman, Steak Mountain, Horsebites, Dan Mumford Josh Taylor and many more. You may have seen artwork by these artists in magazines like Juxtapoz and Computer Arts, as the cover art for your favorite CD, on the t-shirt you are wearing right now or at other galleries across the globe. Well-known, Tampa Bay area artist, Brandon Dunlap, is also co-curating the show.

The opening reception is Saturday, March 15th from 8:00 - 11:00 pm at 19 MLK Jr. St. S., St. Petersburg, FL. There is no cover, all ages are welcome and free drinks with proper ID. Music provided by DJ Muggles. Sponsored by Scion and Red Bull.

The exhibit will remain on display until Saturday, March 29th during normal gallery hours and will also be available to view and purchase online after the opening. For more details, directions and gallery hours, visit www.palehorsedesign.com.

Complete Artist Lineup:

• Carrie Ann Baade (www.carrieannbaade.com)

• Bask (www.myspace.com/baskinyourthoughtcrimes)

• Alex Cherry (www.ofsoundandvision.com)

• Calavera Comics (www.calaveracomics.com)

• Jaisen Crockett (crockett.carbonmade.com)

• Kyler Daniels (www.myspace.com/kylerdannels)

• Brandon Dunlap (www.brandondunlap.com)

• Jarrod Eastman (www.jrodart.com)

• Fat Punk Studio (www.fatpunkstudio.com)

• Heather Gabel (www.myspace.com/heatherhannoura)

• Sean Gardner (www.53an.com)

• Allen Hampton (flickr.com/photos/allenhampton)

• Erik Holmen (epyon550.digitalart.org/?ID=6207&section=artwork)

• Horsebites (www.horsebitesdesign.com)

• Hydro 74 (www.hydro74.com)

• Erik Jones (www.theirison.com)

• Jason June (www.jasonjune.com)

• Nicholas Mitchell (www.artistnem.com)

• Dan Mumford (www.myspace.com/takeittotheboneyard)

• Chris Musina (www.myspace.com/chrismusinaart)

• Kathie Olivas (www.miserychildren.com)

• Chris Parks (www.palehorsedesign.com)

• Brandt Peters (www.brandtpeters.com)

• Tony Philippou (www.tonyphilippou.com)

• Red Labor (www.redlabor.com)

• Joe Scarano (www.joescarano.com)

• Rob Schwager (www.robschwager.com)

• SmileMaker (www.myspace.com/baskew)

• Steak Mountain (www.steakmtn.com)

• Halsey Swain (www.myspace.com/haleycaust)

• Josh Taylor (www.joshtaylorart.net)

• Terribly Odd (www.terriblyodd.com)

• Troy White (www.twhitedesign.com)

• Anthony Zollo (www.myspace.com/azollo)

About Pale Horse – Formerly Blackout Creations, Pale Horse is a graphic design studio founded by Chris Parks and located in downtown St. Petersburg, Florida. Regularly, Pale Horse also serves as an art gallery showcasing works from local, national and international artists and a retail store with artist t-shirts, prints and more. Find out more about Pale Horse at www.palehorsedesign.com.

This shit is gonna be crazy....don't miss this! Also this guy Mark Malazarte along with Calavera Comics will be there so...show some love :D

Labels: art

Artist: Soulwax
Song: NY Excuse
Album: Any Minute Now
Year: 2004

One of my favorite videos.

Plus, from Thursday's Justice show @ Firestone in Orlando ("We Are Your Friends" + "NY Excuse" remix + "Master of Puppets"):





What a fucking show.

Labels: music, music video, song of the day

Random photography in and around Tampa and St. Petersburg, FL. Taken between Feb. 16-23, 2008.

Because there aren't ENOUGH knockoffs of the Experimental Jetset Beatles Helvetica name tees.

Labels: art, graphic design, helvetica, typography

New TV ads for Old Spice deodorant, as advertised by Jackie Moon, Will Ferrell's new character for his 70's ABA comedy, "Semi-Pro". Design/advertising geniuses Wieden + Kennedy (who also did the previous ads featuring Bruce Campbell...as well as you know, making Nike cool) did the commercial. I am not sure if their rebranding of Old Spice has any bearing on me purchasing Old Spice recently, but I do dig me some Old Spice. So, kudos on another brilliant ad campaign!

NOTE: I know I have been slacking on the updates but I promise the rest of the month I will feverishly update on a daily basis and to top it off, I will honor Black History Month by having each one of my posts dedicated to a person(s) of African descent. SAY IT LOUD!

CAN SOMEONE PLEASE TELL ME WHEN THIS DROPS??? TALK ABOUT EPIC.

Labels: music

Not quite as funky as "Superstition", but this song is bangin' nonetheless. That electro bassline is crazy. Plus it's got a pretty long harmonica solo....in a funk song. Plus it has nothing to do with reggae. Stevie was way ahead of his time.

Artist: Stevie Wonder
Song: Boogie On Reggae Woman
Album: Fulfillingness' First Finale
Year: 1974

Labels: music, song of the day

Friday 8PM (doors) | $15
Girl Talk
More info: Pulp the Party!

Saturday 8:30PM (VIP) 10PM (doors) | $15
Dirty But Sophisticated IV
More info: Dirty But Sophisticated

E're body gonna be up in CZAR this weekend! You should to!

Labels: events

Pretty quick and simple design exercise using shapes/colors/type.

Labels: art, graphic design, helvetica, typography

No he's not the guy who wrote the graphic design textbook they made you read in school, but I'm sure Australian artist MEGGS has picked up a few things from it though. Coming from a graffiti background, Meggs mixes graff pieces, cartoony illustrations, and more recently pop art and comic book styles into his work creating very stark visuals with a strong graphic design sense.

I'm going to stop talking now and just show his work.









Ah, the use of white space. Not enough artists utilize the empty space on a canvas. Big ups to MEGGS for showing people how it's done.

That's right, I did just say "big ups".

Labels: art, artists, comics, graffiti

Yesss the blog is back. The Velvet Underground are one of my favorite bands (up there with the Beatles, the Clash, and Beastie Boys) and although they are known for their avant-garde noise or psychedelic garage rock, they (along with Nico) can do some pretty mellow and great songs like this ode to Edie Sedgwick. I'm not sure what year this is from but Lou Reed is rockin a SERIOUS jewfro. Watch out.

EDIT: I think this was from Nico's solo tour (brown hair, not blonde) and Lou and maybe Jon Cale toured with her at some point....so it's not 100% the band. Nevertheless, Nico for the win.

Labels: music, music video

RANDOM. (actual luchadore drawing by Alexis Ziritt)

Labels: art

OK I know very little about this film except that's it is set in New York City and from what IMDB tells me it is a:

"Story, set in 1994, centers on a troubled teenage drug dealer and a drug-addled psychiatrist -- after the former trades pot for therapy sessions, then falls for the doctor's daughter."

However, I saw the poster today (thanks to JoBlo) and I could not help but be intrigued. Old-school graffiti type? Ben Kingsley and Method Man...and an Olsen twin? Plus the movie is actually called THE WACKNESS.

Consider me interested...

Labels: movies, posters

Another podcast from Stones Throw records, only this time bringing some serious serious funk. Courtesy of DJ Dâm-Funk.

Tracklist (thanks to Treasure & Nuggets):

1. THE ANTILLES - "I've Got To Have You" :: Creole / '83
2. GODMOMA - "Godmoma Here" :: Elektra / '81
3. CIRCLE CITY BAND - "Magic" (instr ver.) :: Circle City / '83
4. UNO - "Boogie Beat" :: Tryon Park / '80
5. RAH BAND - "Messages From The Stars" :: TMT / '83
6. SIDE ON - "Magic" :: Beggars Banquet / '83
7. SAVANNA - "Never Let You Go" :: R&B / '82
8. ZALMAC - "I Get Down" :: TSOB / '82
9. VAUGHAN MASON featuring BUTCH DAYO - "You Can Do It" (instr. ver.) :: Salsoul / '83
10. WIZARD - "It's On" :: Chocolate Cholly's / '82
11. GASTON - "Everywhere a Funk, Funk" :: Chocolate Cholly's / '81
12. CAROL CHINNETE w/ The Concrete Band - "Cyanide Love" :: Zilco / '84
13. AARON BROOMFIELD - "Polyphase (Instrumental Poly Rythums) :: Mountain / '83
14. WYND CHYMES - "Baby You're The One" :: Shakin' / '80
15. INDEX - "Starlight (The Break)" :: Record Shack of London / '81
16. FIREFLY - "Show Me Tonight" :: Emergency / '82
17. NEXUS - "Stand Up" (instr. ver) :: Mr. Disc / '83
18. JAMES PANTS - "Ka$h" (instr. ver.) :: Stones Throw / '07
19. THE VERDICT - "That's Where I Come In" :: Nuance / '8?
20. PEE WEE - "Be My Girl" :: Streetwise / '82
21. BARON ZEN - "Burn Rubber" (dãm-funk Remix / instr. ver.) :: Stones Throw / '07

Podcast: Stones Throw Records
Download: HERE

Labels: mix, music

I am sure everyone else is probably blogging about this, but the story goes that Justice made a rather off-the-wall mix for Fabriclive and they rejected it saying it's too different and not long enough. Long story short, Justice turned their mix into a "Xmas Mix" and gave it to only a select few people and I was one of those elite few. Hah. No I got this from someone else's blog like anyone else, and now YOU can get it off of another person's blog as well! Hooray!
Tracklist:

1. Sparks – Tryouts For The Human Race
2. Rondo Veneziano – La Serenissima
3. Goblin – Tenebrae
4. Daft Punk – Ouverture
5. Surkin – Next Of Kin
6. SymbolOne – Love Juice
7. The Korgis – Everybody's Gotta Learn Sometime
8. Midnight Juggernauts – Ending Of An Era
9. The Paradise – In Love With You
10. Justice – TTHHEE PPAARRTTYY (Acapella...so technically it's really Uffie)
11. Chic – Everybody Dance
12. Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons – Who Loves You
13. Das Pop – Underground
14. Julien Clerc – Quand Je Joue
15. Daniel Balavoine – Vivre Ou Survivre
16. Richard Sanderson – Reality
17. Zoot Woman – Grey Day
18. Fucking Champs – Thor Is Like Immortal
19. The Rave – Mother
20. Fancy – You Never Know
21. Frank Stallone – Far From Over
22. Sheila – Misery
23. Todd Rundgren – International Feel

Download: HERE, HERE, or HERE

In all, I think it's a rather awesome mix. This is what makes Justice Justice is that no matter how much you pigeon hole them as another Daft Punk or another elctro-dance duo, they do pretty innovative shit like this and continue to be a few steps ahead of the game.

This is what making mixtapes is all about.

Labels: mix, music

taken from a comic given to us by Josh Bayer at the 2007 MoCCA art festival.

Labels: dylan

Off of their self-titled debut, this song showcases the band's reggae influence and shows that just because you are the rawest grimiest punk/hardcore band does not mean you can't get your Sly & Robbie on. BTW if you look up I based my icon after their lightning bolt.



Download HERE.

Labels: music, song

After much deliberating and surveying I have come to the conclusion that this photo very well may be the BEST. PHOTO. EVER. That's right, beating even Alberto Korda's infamous Che Guevara photo or everyone's favorite burning monk. This is it right here. Yeah, suck it Avedon.

Labels: photo

Not really a big fan of watches, well, in fact I hate watches--I don't even wear one besides my Star Wars one (nerd!) occasionally--but the following are a collection of (what I think are) watches of the dope variety. Oh and I don't keep up with my watch game as I do with shoes, so I'm not sure if these are old or new, at all. I just happen to like them. Observe.

For the distinguished gentleman:

Labels: style

Conan is so awesome.

Labels: humor

John Stamos look-a-like poppin' and lockin' on a electro gym chair? "Don't slap me, cause I'm not in the mood."? The silver wig? The pseudo spoken word rapping? I can't handle it.

Labels: random music

Labels: art

What does this piece mean? I don't know. I guess it was inspired by Jay's line in "Chasing Amy" about there being only "one bitch...one bitch with many faces" plus the DJ Mehdi remix of "Ice Cream" by New Young Pony Club. I'm going to work on this piece more and unclutter the hell out of it but for now though, and for the sake of posting every day, here it is.

Labels: art

"In the beginning, when land was pure, even in the early morning light you can see the beauty in the forms of nature. Soon men and women of every color and shape would be here too. And they would find it all too easy sometimes not to see the colors and to ignore the beauty in each other. But they would never lose sight of the dream of a better world they could unite and build together, in triumph."

Can You Feel It:



Hooooly shit. If you start your music video off like that, it's bound to be of epic proportions. Unfortunately for the Jacksons, it was a little more style than substance. I guess Michael was the only Jackson to really think of themselves that way the rest were quite happy fading off into obscurity and doing reunion tours whenever they needed the extra money.

It's hilarious though that at that given point in time the Jacksons were on top of the world I guess. So much that they felt the need to make a music video showing just that. That they created the universe and modern civilization and that their music and very presence spreads light and rainbows to the little kids. It's crazy because they probably, well Michael at least, genuinely believed this.

Speaking of, this video is definitely the precursor to the years to come, where Michael Jackson took the idea of music video to new heights and probably the best it will ever be. It's crazy how they didn't even care about Randy's vocals and had obnoxious laser and water sound effects going on while he was singing. Apparently this video was also the inspiration for nu-ravers (what is with this word?) Klaxons and the video for their gem, "Golden Skans". Only, with ribbons, glam rock, and interpretive dancing. Just when you thought the Jacksons' concept could not be topped, well, yeah you're right. The Klaxons video isn't anything amazing but it is an amazing song though. One could argue it's avant garde and is indeed a work of art but I dunno. It seems like their message was lost in their need to be so artsy. Great song, and band, though.

Golden Skans:



The verdict:

Can You Feel It: better video
Golden Skans: better song

Someone should take the Jackson footage and mix it with the Klaxons song. Maybe that would balance things out. You could even call it Klaxon 5. New idea for a mash-up anyone?

Labels: random music

uh here's my stuff thus far for Rudo issue #2. Photo collages are the shit!

Labels: rudo comic

This is England

Written & Directed by:
Shane Meadows
2007, UK

Runtime: 101 minutes
















Overall, this is a great stylish film with a superb soundtrack with top notch acting featuring a phenomenal Gary Oldman caliber performance from Stephen Graham.




Like Trainspotting before it, this film should be seen by anyone remotely interested in British culture and shows what true England is all about, not the Bourgeois posh tea and crumpets England Americans often stereotype.


Story: 7
Cinematography: 8
Cast: 8.5
Soundtrack: 9

Mark's overall rating: 8.5 / 10


Minor complaint: WTF this movie has to have the most production companies I have ever seen. There is seriously like 7 companies they show before the movie even starts. And it's not just like flashing their name, they each have their own little motion graphics animated logos.

That said, this movie is definitely worth having to sit through all those though.

Labels: friday movies