Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Homogenic

I love Björk. I always have. Her songs are too harmonius for life. I am not one for covers. Cover songs are very rarely equal in quality to their originals. But recently i have been blown away. "30 seconds to mars" and the "yeah yeah yeah's" have definitely hit it right on point, with two of my all time fave Björk songs from her album "Homogenic". Maybe my love for all things skeptical should be toned down a bit?

Marvelous Miraculous Moustache's of Magic

I don't think many people truly appreciate the work and effort that goes into maintaining a beautiful moustache. A man with an unkempt moustache is of no interest to me. I believe if you are going to have it you better have it right! Eugene Hutz of "Gogol Bordello" has the loveliest moustache i have ever seen. And I mean EVER! Now the moustache & beard combination is a tricky thing to master, and i haven't seen too many that have it, and have it right. J. Tillman of "Fleet Foxes" and Nathan Followill of "Kings of Leon" managed to achieve the combo with little to no means.... I mean, how would i know? I don't know them, but it is my personal opinion that they "have it right".

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M's & B's

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Now tell me those aren't works of art!

Monday, February 8, 2010

Quel Fabulous

Howard Zinn. Literary Master.

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we were amazingly blessed to have had the opportunity to live through 7 and a half decades of sheer magic. i have never read such beautifully dense and in genius work.

i dont think im alone in thinking that books assigned in school are shit. you hear about all these books and how great they're supposed to be, but all passion and enjoyment for the actual writing disappears once there is an official requirement.

but "a peoples history of the united states" remains in my mind, a literary work of art, even though it was assigned to me in school. i have never read anything like it, it completely sets apart all of the textbook lies that have been virally shoved down our throats since elementary school. all of that Columbus discovered the americas and saved the indians bullshit is analyzed and explained with complete honesty. he killed them all, point blank, and those were MY people, the Arawak race is now almost completely extinct. and its all because of him.

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and the pilgrims on the mayflower and Squanto and all that 'everybody became great friends and lived happily ever after' crap, it all goes out the window. lies lies lies.

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i have not read enough of his works but am desperately planning on changing that, as i suggest everyone does. you ever wanna know the truth about all these vague historical stories that dont ever make too much sense in our textbooks? read some Zinn, that'll cure you.

It is a true horror that we have lost such a master. Howard Zinn and his work will never be forgotten, and if he and all that he stood for ever is, then the world truly is in the shit.

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these are just a small handful of some of my favorite pictures i have taken or seen taken.

Sunday, February 7, 2010

James Fernella. Artist. Carpenter. Designer








so talented. resides in Oakland California.



Tuesday, February 2, 2010

Fixed Gears...........

WHERE ARE YOUR BRAKES??!!

I really dont understand. yeah it looks good, and its fast. like really fast. hahaha kristen stewart.... "cause they're fast." anyway, i would very much appreciate it if someone could explain the intellignece of purposely removing brakes from a bicycle. if you want to ride fast, maybe you should invest in a car. you know? they go fast. and they can stop when it is necessary to. i get a hearty laugh out of watching tiny little boys on fixxies going so fast and then attempting to stop. theyre tiny asses get tossed, then they're all scraped up and crying. boo fucking hoo, get some damn brakes. i completely understand if it is your proffesion (like my friend Ferrer) but if your in an urban setting and riding like a bat out of hell on telegraph avenue.....your probably gonna get hurt. maybe think ahead a bit.

now on the other hand, it sounds like im hating super hard (kinda am) but i really do enjoy watching fixed gear riders that are good at it and have a real passion for it. i admire and appreciate the skill it takes to have that kind of control in such a volatile setting.


Monday, February 1, 2010

skins series 4


Im like unequivocally too excited for my brain right now. Skins is back!


For some reason the media/televised world always seems a bit better with "Skins" in it. It's such an honest grit filled show. They (the writers) always seem to get teen relations right. Reactions, experiences, craziness, whatever theme of the episode, its always spot on. It doesn't matter who you are, i guarantee there will always be something in that show that you can personally relate to. It's actually quite freeing to see that it is not only me, or you, or us, that goes through these things in life.