It was an ‘eventful’ Summer for me this year to say the least, even if it meant having to work and produce them. Back in July, I was asked by LTD to direct and project manage the third installment of the Green Label Art program for their client, Mountain Dew.
It’s been a long NY minute since my last post, (not that it matters) but I never intended to
I couldn’t believe the news as I watched it unfold Thursday, I mean who would have thought?
Last Saturday when we had our first taste of Summer-like heat, I noticed some billboards around the
It was an ‘eventful’ Summer for me this year to say the least, even if it meant having to work and produce them. Back in July, I was asked by LTD to direct and project manage the third installment of the Green Label Art program for their client, Mountain Dew.
It’s been a long NY minute since my last post, (not that it matters) but I never intended to update this blog on a ‘regular’ basis. This is a place for me to write long, winded posts about nothing; a place where I can put my thoughts down and either someone reads them and hopefully connects with it, or doesn’t, but mainly for me, it’s a ‘point of reference’.
I’ve been off the radar for good reason, busy with different projects, all of which I am really excited about and will elaborate on in subsequent posts…
R.I.P.
I couldn’t believe the news as I watched it unfold Thursday, I mean who would have thought? I kept thinking to myself, “Not him, not now.” It was one of those unexpected, surreal moments that everyone will remember in history.
Last Saturday when we had our first taste of Summer-like heat, I noticed some billboards around the neighborhood being ‘whitewashed’ and replaced with some interesting ‘pieces’ that I took some flicks of:
There’s was also a small sign which accompanied each of the pieces which read:
There’s never a shortage of filming going on around the neighborhood, so much so that most of the time I take them for granted, just checking the permits that go up to see how it effects my alternate side of the street parking game – a treacherous one in this area at that! I may recognize the production taking place, but usually keep it moving; although I have to admit there have been recent highlights, such as seeing Ice-T and Coco with their “his and her” Bentley’s when Law & Order SVU was being filmed here. The other, was the recent production for Disney’s “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice“.
I subscribe to Bob Lefsetz’s email mostly for the shits and giggles I get reading his constant critique and blasting of the current state of the music industry, at times he can be very insightful with his observations, but in one of last week’s emails he wrote:
“As for Record Store Day…How laughable is that. If you’re salivating over this, you’re living in 1990, and hoping we go back to 1970. Record stores are dead. As dead as your Apple II. Some will survive, as dealers in antiquities and tchotchkes, but essentially everyone will buy online.”
I went to the Envoy Gallery Monday night for the launch event of CRUSHfanzine, a quarterly publication who’s theme is to examine the intense moments of ones obsession.
According to co-editor Nicolas Wagner’s note, the magazine:
“…came out of both frustration and an unexplainable desire to see, collect, cut out, paste and gather visuals of the same person or subject.”
The Editor, The Cover Star and The Wife (Nicolas Wagner, Tal & Arthur)
I can’t begin to tell you how much of a profound effect this book had on me (as well as everyone else) when I was a kid. I can remember reading Where The Wild Things Are and then acting out the story in my mind or by myself, it just opened a world of imagination that I still feel some connection to to this day.
Through the years I’ve seen many (kids) books translated onto the big screen, but always wondered when this one would would have its day. When I heard Spike Jonze was directing, I was absolutely elated, in my opinion it was either him or Michel Gondry who would truly be able to tackle the story and give it justice. Then there was the leak of the ‘test shoot’, which made me anticipate the film even more, but then the stories of studio heads demanding there be a re-shoot and re-edit because kids were scared into crying during screenings and my hopes once again started to fade.
Then low and behold….
A brilliant and inspiring quote from one of my favorite directors Jim Jarmusch, designed by Mark Malazarte.
Capone and me "shooting myself in the foot"
I’ve been seeing some recent posts on Capone-N-Noreaga promoting the upcoming release of their third album, “Channel 10″, which leads me to this photo that I dug up from my archives. Back in March of 1999, while I was working for TRACE Magazine I got offered the opportunity to interview Capone for a Queensbridge-themed music issue. Mind you, I wasn’t originally hired as a writer, I handled ad sales and marketing, but with such a small staff I got the fringe benefit of being able to ‘wear different hats’ while I was there.
It was an ‘eventful’ Summer for me this year to say the least, even if it meant having
It was an ‘eventful’ Summer for me this year to say the least, even if it meant having
I couldn’t believe the news as I watched it unfold Thursday, I mean who would have thought?
A brilliant and inspiring quote from one of my favorite directors Jim Jarmusch, designed by Mark Ma
There’s never a shortage of filming going on around the neighborhood, so much so that most of
