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jeff moerchen's zephyr project (Xerox)....

jeff moerchen is an exciting documentarian, a lover of life, and a great friend and collaborator. jeff's photos are also totally taser factory, and are step-ladder of motivation for my own recent interest in trying to click good and print.

he recently did a xerox installation of his Zephyr collection on this corner in greenwich village. 

to view very good work, go here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/jeffmoerchen

the (blank) is the massage...

this is by far one of the better wheatpastes i've seen around the area. this is in glendale, ca, near los feliz + san fernando. 

i bet there are others, on other medians. 

i have my suspicions, but to whoever, good work...

The Medium is the Massage: An Inventory of Effects is a book co-created by media analyst Marshall McLuhan and graphic designer Quentin Fiore, and coordinated by Jerome Agel. It was published by Bantam books in 1967 and became a bestseller and a cult classic.

The book itself is 160 pages in length and composed in an experimental, collage style with text superimposed on visual elements and vice versa. Some pages are printed backwards and are meant to be read in a mirror (see mirror writing). Some are intentionally left blank. Most contain photographs and images both modern and historic, juxtaposed in startling ways.

The book was intended to make McLuhan's philosophy of media and communication, considered by some^[who?] incomprehensible and esoteric, more accessible to a wider readership through the use of visual metaphor and sparse text.[citat

Preakness Stakes 2011...

Preakness Stakes 2011! Is tomorrow...

 …marred in recent years by drunken hijinx in the infield, and party-centric, hinging on indecent (at least for a Triple Crown event) promotional campaigns, see last year’s: ”Get Your Preak On!”

Preakness doesn’t really hold up to the stately and time tested, though drunken, precedent set by The Kentucky Derby (the hats help a lot).

 

This year’s Preakness raises it’s own fucked up bar with a brilliant new campaign creature…”Kegasus”.

You’ll have to see for yourself: http://www.theinfieldfest.com/

I guess the most awesome aspects of this year’s race are:

1. Animal Kingdom (who won the derby) is at 2:1

2. I won’t be there! (I'll be attending the Rapture.)

everything in it's place...thank you michael johansson!

there are several works of art out there that i wish i had had the thought to create. in michael johansson's case, i actually wish that i had the artist's life...or vision rather ...or his phone number, to talk him into to helping out with an upcoming, uncomfortable move...

the talent here is vision. johansson's ability to put into action these incredible thought strings on coincidental items, actions and occurrences is simply unbelievable. he's one of those artists who i struggle not to tar with a more grandiose, eccentric epithet...

i don't know why i even wrote that. anything i have the ability to write can be derived directly from this swedish artist's work.

he puts things in their place. (i would give anything to see how he packs his suitcase)...

from michaeljohansson.com...

I am intrigued by irregularities in daily life. Not those that appear when something extraordinary occurs, but those that are created by an exaggerated form of regularity. Colours or patterns from two separate objects or environments concur, like when two people pass each other dressed in the exact same outfit. Or when you are switching channels on your TV and realize that the same actor is playing two different roles on two different channels at the same time. Or that one day the parking lot contained only red cars.

These irregularities, these coincidences, are another focus of my artwork.

view his site for the love of fucking god!

http://www.michaeljohansson.com 

 

calling all band-aid enthusiasts...

i am on the brink of considering myself a band-aid enthusiast...

my favorite band-aids include images of snoopy! this is somewhat carried over from childhood, more specifically a childhood full of blood tests and allergy shots. 
however, my love of snoopy has only grown, and i can't really imagine a more suitable mascot for band-aids. something about what mr. schultz did that resonates with the whole child+ouch=band aid, etc. 

shawn egg gave me some ninja band-aids a few years back...i tried to call them "bad-ainds", but it didn't catch on in spite of being very, very stupid. 

lately, thanks to a small piece of glass hidden below my skin, i've been sporting a band-aid regularly (any clues to where the glass came to be in my body are welcome...i mean, i did black out a few times several years ago, but...)
this trend brought back memories of michelle trachtenberg's character nona on the adventures of pete & pete. nona always had a cast on her arm. 

iggy pop also played her father on the show.

i can't really touch that part.

The Story of the Band-Aid:
Back in 1920, this newlywed was living in New Brunswick, New Jersey, with her husband Earle, and though married life agreed with her, housekeeping did not. Not that she didn't try. When Earle came home from his job as a cotton buyer at Johnson & Johnson, Josephine would always have dinner on the table. Unfortunately, she'd also have several cuts or burns on her fingers. Without an adhesive bandage, Josephine had no easy way of bandaging her own cuts. Earle had to cut pieces of adhesive tape and cotton gauze and make a bandage for each wound. This happened day after day-and, day after day Josephine needed more bandages. They were in a real bind.
Finally, after several weeks of kitchen accidents, Earle hit upon an idea. (Luckily for Johnson & Johnson, his idea was not to go out and hire a cook.) No, Earle sat down and prepared some ready-made bandages by placing squares of cotton gauze at intervals along an adhesive strip and covering them with crinoline. Now all Josephine had to do was cut off a length of the strip and wrap it over her cut. In a way, it was a mother who was responsible for the invention of the BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandage.
Earle soon told his boss at work about his new invention and soon the first adhesive bandages were being produced and sold under the world famous BAND-AID® trademark. Earle was eventually rewarded with a position as Vice President in the company, where he stayed until his retirement. As for Josephine, history does not record whether she ever mastered the art of accident-free cooking. But we do know she had plenty of BAND-AID® Brand Adhesive Bandages available just in case. Earle Dickson may not have realized what a cutting edge product he was inventing, but it certainly stuck around.

mini van damme and the quest for happiness...

so, 3 people i know (the horns of happiness) just went on a month long tour. their vehicle of choice for the voyage was the nissan quest minivan. 

when introduced to the nissan quest, i recalled that there is a film starring jean claude van damme called the quest. 

the quest (film):

 nissan quest "mini"-van:

 jean claude van {damme}:

...from this, i quickly derived a name for the vehicle...

"mini"-van {damme}

or translated: mini-van damn

i'm not sure that it stuck. i'll have to ask (the horns of happiness):

career optionz.

 Strong Publicist Needed for PR Firm:

To Whom It May Concern:

 I am writing in response to the ad calling for a strong publicist for this Santa Monica based PR firm. I am very interested in the position, and in learning more about the company.

 This is such an exciting opportunity, and one that I feel is a perfect match for my skill set. I am an experienced and talented publicist, who can easily bench press 250 pounds and can dead lift almost 600 pounds of weight.

 Recently, I underwent surgery on my rotator cuff, a problem which has terribly effected these stats. This has allowed me to focus more attention on my leg lifts in the meantime. As indicated by both my physician and trainer, I should be in shape for more advanced strength training within the month.

 I have included my personal resume for your review. Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

Jeremy Kennedy

“FAST PACED INTERIOR DESIGN FIRM SEEKS RUNNER”

To Whom It May Concern:

I would like to submit my professional resume for the posted job opening: “FAST PACED INTERIOR DESIGN FIRM SEEKS RUNNER” in West Hollywood. Running is s great passion of mine, and I feel that I would be the perfect candidate for this position.

I have years of experience in running, starting as a child, soon after I learned how to walk. One look at my resume will show my tireless dedication to running, as well as my overall versatility. I run best on grass or any make of artificial turf, but can also handle other surfaces such as asphalt, gravel, sand, etc.

I would very much enjoy the opportunity to speak with you further about the position and in concerns to my resume, starting with my placing in the 2007 Boston marathon.

Thank you for time and consideration.

Best,

Jeremy Kennedy

 

ddooooommm boooooommmmer!! !!! !

i presented this piece at a reading recently. the first time it's seen light in a minute. pvsd did this...still booming.

here's the thing...as it was to be...via textedit...imagine a bunch of onimonapea maniacs over top of it.

the horns of happiness. tape + tour.

These darlings have undergone a few changes in the past ~year or so... 
they've take to the west coast (bay + la), added a second drummer (andrew)... they also made this rad cassette right before taking off on tour:
The Horns of Happiness
Be Where Your Aim is Brave & Sound.

It's a fantastic new Magnetic South release, and a great new flip to the Horns of Happiness leaf. 
With all that's new, they have maintained their purveyance of titling word-smithery (see past titles: What Spills Like Thread, Would I Find Your Psychic Guideline...), organ fuzz, and strands of rhythm that hang out somewhere in the skychange between utopia and utility...x 2.


do it yourself here:
http://thehornsofhappiness.bandcamp.com/album/be-where-your-aim-is-brave-sound


and check them out live (if applicable):

March
17 San Francisco, CA - Hotel Utah
18 Oakland, CA - First Church of the Buzzard
19 Los Angeles, CA - TBA
21 Phoenix, AZ - Trunk Space Gallery
23 Austin, TX - Mohawk
24 New Orleans, LA - AllWays Lounge
25 Athens, GA - Flicker
26 Knoxville, TN - Pilot Light
27 Louisville, KY - TBA
29 Chapel Hill, NC - Nightlight
30 Philadelphia, PA - M Room
31 Boston, MA - TBA
April
01 NYC, NY - Pianos
02 Brooklyn, NY - Bruar Falls
04 Pittsburgh, PA - Garfield Artworks
05 Cincinnati, OH - Mayday Northside
06 Indianapolis, IN - The Melody Inn
07 Bloomington, IN - The Bishop
08 Chicago, IL - The Observatory
09 Lawrence, KS - Replay Lounge
10 Oklahoma City, OK - The Conservatory
11 Denver, CO - The Walnut Room

another thing about cloning pets....

2 taser factory things concerning pet cloning:

The first....

"Seoul-based RNL Bio said it is already working on its first order from an American woman who wants a clone of her dead pit bull. She was especially attached to it because it saved her life when another dog attacked her and bit off her arm."

And secondly...

When attempting to create pet clones, it takes several tries (I heard an unofficial average of around 5) to get it right. So, in the process of making 1 exact copy of the pet, there are typically a handful of fuck ups. 

I've said on many occasions...actually every occasion, that I am NOT interested in owning a pet of any kind. However, this news has bored a small hole in that rule. Where as in the past, the question "would you be interested in a puppy or kitty cat?" would be met with an immediate and omelette "No", I now have to extend it...."No...Unless it's a clone, or a clone fuck up."