Works in Light

Ok, I'm light weight obsessed with light fixtures and blown glass.  Everytime I pass one of those home stores, I'm like a kid.  I cannot for the life of me stop staring.  

Brand Cascade

The stuff that really does it for me are the ones with odd shapes, like Chihuly.  HE is a beast. 

Atlantis Chandelier

 

 

Temple of the Moon

 

I guess there's just something so calming and ethereal about the way light flows through glass.  Kind of how you were enamored by seeing sun shine through a glass windchime that painted little rainbows on your wall...or maybe that was just me.  lol

One of my earlier jobs was as a PA when I moved to LA on an Imogen Heap video, "Hide and Seek".  The director, Joel Peissig, spent a day coordinating the lights with different parts of the song.  I cannot even begin to tell you how many lights were hung and set up all over the stage.  The greatest part was that the elements of this video consisted of simply a fan, Imogen on a six foot high stage, and lights.  When the video was shot, then entire crew just sat and watched in amazment.  Beauty in simplicity. 

Sidebar: click "Hide and Seek" to view the whole video.  She told me this song was about her father getting a new wife and how she felt estranged from him because of that relationship.  She's a dope artist but more on that later.

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Things I love... Pt3 aka MBW

While I was in NY IT finally came.  Sweet!  I'm referring to the above, my 1st Mr. Brainwash(MBW) piece, "Lines Davis".  It's a print he did using hand torn archival paper, hand stained and finished with paint.  Sidebar: Another of my passions is art history.  I love it because of the story you end up finding out behind each piece.  In any case, something that always stuck with me from my art history teacher was that you should only purchase art if it connects with you.  I've been peeping MBW's work for a minute now.  You can find it ALL over LA.  Which is fresh.  I really dig street art.  I feel like it adds another facet to the city's life.  Also, the murals serve to refresh my mind when I drive past different pieces on walls and sides of buildings.  It happens to break up the monotony of being stuck behind a car.  lol  There's a wall up the street from my house that is a frequent canvas by MBW.  I find myself riding by looking specifically to see if he's posted something new.  He started out, actually, as a documentary filmmaker shooting street artists like Obey and Banksy amongst others.  He felt so inspired by them that he began to create his own works.  Super fresh, right?  What a way to pay homage.

What inspires me about MBW is that he has the sarcasm of say a 2000 Warhol type which you see with his pieces like "Kissing" the lines version of the Madonna & Britany MTV kiss.  At the same time he shows you his love of art and artists.    Additionally, MBW is constantly showing his gratitude, I believe, by painting the likes of Jackson Pollack, a lines version of the infamous Mona Lisa, the above in honor of Michael Jackson at his passing and of course my piece, "Lines Davis", to name a few.  He took a popular photo of Miles and did his own recreation.  This piece speaks to me because of the dual passion I see represented.  Miles is in his element, his passion of music and MBW in his of street art.  Whenever I look at the painting is reminds me of how important passion and drive really are on this path I am traversing.  Miles Davis was a groundbreaking musician and inspired 2 of my personal favs, John Coltrane and Herbie Hancock. 

Keeping with that theme, he has a new show coming out in London in December of this year aptly entitled "Icons".  The official print (above) for the show is so dope because within it are "shout outs" to countless artists from Norman Rockwell, to Duchamp (aka R.Mutt as MBW signed the bathtub as a wink to the famous Fountain piece), to Banksy, Picasso, himself and all surrounded by "Chaplin" sitting in the "R.Mutt" tub.   It's as if all of these artists have come by and tagged this scene showing us all forms of art are incredibly important and on the same playing field even though they are different in nature.  Isn't that the point of IT all, though?  Everyone deserves a place, a voice.  We needn't be afraid, "Art is not dead".

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Fresh Website...The Impossible Cool

My boy hit me with this link yesterday...the vintage pics are AMAZING!

http://theimpossiblecool.tumblr.com/

It reminds me that COOL is being your most unique self. Not the self you want to be, or the self others think you are, but the self that just is.

This dude is one of the coolest...



In a word...Beautiful.

things i love...

* i got a letter in the mail yest stating that a company owes me $215.34 from 2 yrs ago. they're sending me my check asap

* fitted tees that are now just t-shirts

* jeans that do not fit whatsoever even though they're newly washed

what do you love? :)

Any1Man: the show, the feeling....

Photography and Flyer Design Work: Jon Genius

Any1Man was amazing. This past weekend, Shak & I attended my homie George's show in Burbank and it was packed when we got there, which was great. I have been wanting to see this play for the last couple of years, since it's inception, but this was the first time he's played on the west coast. Anyhoo...I was so proud, like parent proud, I was beaming in my seat. He was completely engulfed in every single character as each graced the stage. My favs were Wesley ("You better do it, Wesley!"), Adam, and Man-Tan. He really put into action the various types and phases of any man. I was completely enthralled and in awe of someone I've known for so many years. His performance at once touched my spirit and lit it on fire going through a range of emotions as I watched each character's tale unfold. Saddened by Wesley's plight and in love with his love of dance. Entranced by Man-Tan's charisma and wit. Feeling like I've found a part of the piece I can never seem to understand about the opposite sex in Adam's frankness about his fall from grace. Wondering what I'm "missing" when I walk down the street while hearing Bishop rant. Remembering childhood and feeling warm inside while Victor breaks through his fear of the dark (because aren't most fears really that simple anyway?). Knowing that there are so many men whose lives are mirror images of Willie's plight and he's probably the best to put it into words through his "cock"-iness and rage. I cannot wait to see where his immense talent takes him next.

Check out the link to read the descriptions of each character.

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Future in Music - J*Davey

J*Davey (comprised of Jack, left, and Brook, right)

While driving yesterday I got so tired of the mixed CD I was playing, you know how it goes. As I'm changing the CD the regular radio comes on (I can count how many times I've listened to it in the last 12 months, seriously) and some jazzlerific song comes on. I can't get my CD in fast enough. I thought, "J*Davey save me from the radio." lol

I remember the 1st time I ever heard them. A couple years ago a homie was in town and wanted to check out one of his favorite bands. I'm always down to hear/be put on to some new ish. So off we go. We get to the Viper Room and the crowd's eclectic (check, although not terribly odd for LA), and they come on within 5 minutes of our arrival (check, perfect timing by us). I asked my friend to tell me what kind of music they played on the way to the show...he says, "sexy-electronica-punk-soul". A melange? Dope. They come on and they're sexy-electronica-punk-soul-rock-funk. Awesome. Energy? Amazing. The band owns their presence in this interim arena. It's almost as if they're daring you to try to label them. By the time "Might As Well" comes on, I was done. I'm from The "A" and bass is what I grew up on, it's like the heartbeat. So, I felt the lifeline of the song before it actually dropped and was already in love. Near the end of the song crowd participation was in full effect and every single person in there was on the same wavelength. As soon as the show was done, I bought the double disc..."I need this in my life."

Why does J*Davey save me from regular radio? Because they're different, not for the sake of being so but just because they are. You know that they're influenced by "so & so" but they're not mimicking anyone. They own their sound. J*Davey is multifaceted, just like we all are actually, and they flaunt it instead of trying to fit into someone's box. Alright, it's warm again, time to bump some "Hi Sun."

Sidebar:  Jack's been rocking the fresh cut for years now.

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http://www.jdaveybaby.com/