You know those sentences that they use to show you fonts, the ones that have all the letters of the alphabet in them so you can preview your letter forms all at once? Well, I got a freebie font from Adobe for registering some software, so I made up a pangram to test it out. Works great! Feel free to use it yourself.
A big, fat, xenophobic, quick-drying dog ate my zitty kid’s camera and took a crap in my little 1973 Jetta VW, dammit!
Today while driving home from work, I thought I had missed the march, that the heavy traffic through downtown was just the tail end. I came home and went about my business, but later when I turned on the TV, I learned that the American Apparel marchers were heading down Alameda. The news reporter called them "a splinter group" that had illegally marched without a permit off the planned route. I guess she didn't recognize their Legalize LA t-shirts and it didn't occur to her that they were probably just heading back to work at the factory. I had the sudden urge to join them. They were at Alameda and 1st. I looked for my sign from the march in 2006, grabbed my phone, my ID, debit card and keys, (what else could I need?) and ran out the door. I got to the corner of Alameda and third just as the group was passing through the intersection. I stood at the corner short of breath, holding my sign as high as I could. I got some stares, a few honks and some glares from the numerous cops. Once they passed through the intersection, I ran across the street to join them. I asked one woman holding her child, "Vamos a American Apparel?" after she looked confused when I asked in English. She smiled and said "yes" and I kept walking. Soon a young guy ran up to me and asked if could talk to me. He said he is writing for the American Apparel blog. He was shocked and thrilled to see a white person amongst them. I told him my story and reasons for being there, that I was told that my great-grandmother came here on a fake passport. Who knows if it is completely accurate, but regardless she left Eastern Europe in search of a better life - how is that any different? We agreed this is not a Latino issue, it is an American issue and that South and Central America are still America. Wilmer gave me a bottle of water and recorded a sound bite for his blog. He took my number and we talked the whole rest of the way to the factory. At the gate I shook his hand, although he invited me in for tacos, I had to get back to work. Thanks Wilmer!
This past Saturday Jerri Allyn and I coordinated the recreation of Fluids: A Happening by Allan Kaprow. In conjunction with the exhibition Allan Kaprow – Art as Life at MOCA, LACMA organized this recreation at several sites throughout the LA area. The project was supported in part by an in-kind donation from the Union Ice Company (which rocks!) and by generous support from the Getty Foundation. The original happening occurred in 1967 as part of Kaprow's exhibition at the Pasadena Museum of Art. Our recreation at the Westchester Park was completed in just over 2 hours and lasted untill about 2:50 when the west facing wall fell. The whole structure collapsed shortly after 3:30, just as the LA Art Girls were placing ice from Fluids sites at the Getty, Rios Clementi Hale Studios/notNeutral and A Place Called Home. See more photos here.
Hey - if you have not yet seen Muxtape, a nice little website for making mixes, check it the hell out. It has a great looking interface, and I made a lovely mix for you to listen to on it.
A visual search engine based on the way Apple's Leopard and iTunes interface. The search itself is not as good as Google, but I bet this company is hoping to be another Google acquisition... Search for something using SearchMe.
Some posters I have designed over the past year or so. The Imagination one is older, and it won me a crazy-big old school video game controller in an online contest.
See our Flickr page for larger images. I may do a print run of some of these, we'll see.
A couple of weeks ago, Michele and I went to the Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. The American Cinematheque was screening Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey in its original 70mm film print. I have seen 2001 many times, and it is in fact one of my absolute favorite films, but I had not seen it in many, many years. And I had never seen it in a theater, and certainly not like this. It had been long enough ago last time that I had forgotten some key things. Mainly that every scene was absolutely gorgeous, the soundtrack incredible, the details all so perfectly designed. Its a masterpiece. Its actually hard to believe this came out a year or so before the first manned moon landing. Anyway. Then last week Arthur C. Clarke died. So go watch this film again in tribute.
Michele and I just got back from a camping trip to Joshua Tree, where Spring is in full effect - pulling previously unthinkably green things from the arid desert soil and bursting flowers out of all the Joshua Trees. Check out alot of photos on the Flickr page.
We got one of them out here too. I have not been there yet - need to check it out.
3.17.2008
Replicas!
Maybe they could make a replica of the Circular Gulf Station, Talk of the Town, Providence Fruit and Produce, former Police Station at LaSalle Square...
Those are awesome. I was hoping they had some from South Shore MA also, but they are just RI-centric so far.
3.13.2008
RECOVERED documentary completed!
As many of you know, for the last three and a half years I have been working on a documentary with Dr. Doreen Granpeesheh of the Center for Autism and Related Disorders called RECOVERED Journeys Through the Autism Spectrum and Back. It follows four children who recovered from Autism Spectrum Disorder and includes an original score by our very own Jeremy Quinn and Michael Feldman, with songs by Nine More Lies and H. Hanson. I am very proud to announce that the project is complete and the premiere is scheduled for Friday April 25, 2008 at 8 pm (doors open at 7 pm) at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. RSVP for Premiere screening, Q&A and Reception or if you are out of town you can purchase the 2 disk DVD set to watch at home.
My love of the ruination came back this morning as i was inspired to view Detroit from live.com, with their Bird's Eye satellite view. The city's fabric is so full of holes, it's leaves me awestruck but also inspired, as the city is in the midst of a mini-renaissance (the age-old combination of big cheap space and the artists and designers who seek that space always eventually works, even in cities long forgotten). Then I did some more searching, and found SeeDetroit. I like to think that they unintentionally liked the idea that you can read it as Seed Detroit. Some great photo collections, though they have an inconsistent template design (the designer in me can't help but be perturbed).
Hey kids, I wanted to make a quick post about a show I'm playing soon. I’ll be playing some of my new songs at Crane’s Tavern in Hollywood, CA on Sunday March 16. I'll be doing some live looping with two digital Echoplexes and a bunch of pedals. No more acoustic guitar, I’ll be kicking it with my $150 Fender Toronado. Come on out and have some fun, and drink many $3 Pabst Blue Ribbon drafts.
:::: March 16, 2008, Sunday, 9pm :::: Crane’s Tavern :::: 1611 N. El Centro, Hollywood, CA
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