this exhibition by franklin evans...

seems absolutely taser factory, and tops my recent list of action that i'd love to experience in person. 
however, seeing as how i will not be in new york anytime during the run of eyesontheedge, that won't be happenin'. 

oh well. but. this is exactly what i go crazy for in a gallery setting. overwhelming mixed media installations that present a full environment that combines process, past, present, and future with material in raw and refined forms...so much.


aside from the mass of work here, i really appreciate the organization with it's blocks, frames, and screens.

i have to plan carefully to take in such exhibitions. if something is off with me, the experience will make my head hurt really bad.


i would really like to go to this.


http://www.suescottgallery.com/exhibitions/view/Franklin-Evans_7

office to the walls...

decided to [add to] and [swap out] a little visual action in my office to help pass the sometimes numbing hours spent here....

untitled piece by chuuu. gifted by j. shelley harrison to me from berlin.

for me! from rob hessler. a parting gift.

mexico city...the postcard. from amy karr.

the original "vision board" by me.

a happy fu-ku card from leah yeppi.

some jiang-shi action from chloe ching. frightening. (r.i.p. aotd)†

an original man can fan from mark rice.

the "happy honda days" seasonal card from justin clifford rhody. hands down the best holiday card ever. 

TOTALL RECALL...

i'm gonna go ahead and call this one o' my fav recording of 2012. i don't give a fuck if it's only march (?)....
behold TOTALL RECALL an album by THIT...the bulging audio division of the forever-taser 
goatmother industrial.


i listened to it and it was fun, and i vow to never watch the film Total Recall again. i prefer to remember it this way, thru the words of the "recallers". plus, the movie was pretty gross.


words about from goatmother:

[TOTALL RECALL IS A COLLECTION OF
TWENTY-ONE RECOLLECTIONS
OF THE PLOT SYNOPSIS OF A MOVIE
THAT WAS RELEASED IN 1990
AND TAKES PLACE IN THE YEAR 2083.

THESE RECORDINGS WERE COLLECTED BETWEEN
DECEMBER 2010 AND JANUARY 2012
IN RHODE ISLAND, INDIANA, PENNSYLVANIA, AND
SOUTH CAROLINA BY A HANDFUL OF
WILLING VOLUNTEERS.

“RECALLERS” WERE GIVEN ONLY A FEW MOMENTS
TO COLLECT THEIR THOUGHTS
BEFORE RECORDING THEIR INDIVIDUAL TRACKS.
ALL “RECALLERS”SHALL REMAIN ANONYMOUS.
THANKS TO ALL WHO PARTICIPATED.]

credits

The 2011 Dow Flipbook

The 2011 DOW Flipbook.

This book was created as both a fun and interactive way to relive the rollercoaster ride that was the Dow Jones Industrial Average for the year of 2011, and as an object that reflects the increasing prominence that economics is gaining in the daily commentary of people throughout the world at this point in history. The 2011 DOW Flipbook allows the user to flip their way through the 252 daily closing prices of everybody’s favorite market index.

WHY: Many reasons... the combination of the taser factory coverage and insight provided by Marketplace (APM) + Freakonomics that sparked a hobbyistic obsession with economics and kicking my own ass for NOT attending Kelley School of Business in retrospect... an constant internal want to just quantify my personal time vs. $$$, a thrill for coming in under budget on a project, etc.


I realize I'm not alone. At this point in time, economic matters seem to be threaded deeper into the everyday dialogue of folks from all walks and age. It's a response to all that.

Big thanks to Jennifer from Phiffer Books for beautifully constructing the book. 
I sent a copy to America Public Media's Marketplace. Kai Ryssdal is the coolest.
More info: http://www.rebelhandspress.com/

the square drive revolution...

screws...phillips head, slotted, star drive, etc. 
fuck all those!
square drive is superior.

minimum slip.
maximum torque.
single-handed driving.
taste like no other (the only phrase i can say with a nearly convincing australian accent).

they're the only type of screw i'll use...or at least the only type i'll purchase.
square drive=easy life.


buy the screws. buy the bit. 
make something taser factory.


this place has much more to say on the subject:
http://www.mcfeelys.com/tech/faq.htm