SOME THINGS

I was a college dj for four years while in school.  the station was kcpr and it was probably one of the nicest parts of my college experience.  having an access to a huge amount of great music and constant updates on new releases with a great community of like minded music lovers was actually more awesome than it sounds.  Although in retrospect I did take a year off when I was abroad and when I returned most everyone I knew was graduated, the new kids were cool and it turned out to be a good year station wise.  I’m still coping with not being a part of that station.  Searching for new music is an annoying/rewarding task, I’ve sort of forgotten how to do outside of a college radio station atmosphere.  Anyways I will post some short reviews of cd’s I bought.

Jaguar Love - Take Me To The Sea

Jaguar Love – Take me to the Sea

On paper, The Blood Brothers + Pretty Girls Make Graves sounds pretty amazing.  I like the album but not really as much as I thought I’d like it.  The songs are generally hit and miss with me I won’t go into details, but sometimes way to pop.  Overall I think it sounds like blood brothers, or pretty girls makes graves, but not as good.  I’d rather listen to blood brothers or pretty girls make graves than jaguar love.  some tracks are pretty awesome though, first track especially.

 

The Notwist – The Devil, You + Me

First, my album cover doesn’t look like this one.  It looks way worse, a bunch of color bars.  I didn’t know that this was even a cover until I saw it on allmusic.  maybe they’re wrong, maybe my cover is the real one and they uploaded some random image by accident.  The music is good.

 

Prefuse 73

2 discs. solid.

ALSO A COMIC FIND!

heres a comic by hope larson and bryan o malley

Also you should all read this if you haven’t already.  It’s really good.  If you didn’t know Bryan O’Malley and Hope Larson are a comics power couple and they’re really good.

Published on August 21, 2008 6:02 pm.
Filed under: COMICS, music, reviews

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QUEENS, Flushing Meadows, Ghost Park

I took a trip to Flushing Meadows on Sunday.  I decided to go there after lunch at the taco garage.  Anyways I biked to Flushing Meadows which was pretty ridiculous, on the way there.  Of course I got lost as soon as I got into Queens.  Nothing makes sense there, 60th Street is next to 60th Place is next to 60th Ave is next to 60th Lane, and all the numbers to that. Some streets with the same number run perpendicular to one another.

Flushing Meadows/Corona Park is the this huge park in Queens.  Shea Stadium, the US Open thing, Queens Museum of Art, some science thing, and remnants of the former worlds fair – which I was especially interested in, are all there.  Good ‘ol Karl brought up the topic of ghosts recently, and Flushing Meadows definitely has the aspects of a ghost world.  The former worlds fair is littered with these really huge megabuildings, which are in a fairly abandoned and dilapidated state.  While around it hundreds of thousands of people are playing in the park, around these hulking monoliths.  They seemed strange to me, very ghostlike in that they are urban voids, you can’t enter them but they consume a really large amount of space, are very sculptural in a 3 dimensional sense, and activity happens everywhere until you reach the threshold of the void.  The structure above commanded most of my attention, there’s some new building attached next to it, but it was closed, maybe if I got there earlier I could have gone in, but all in all the thing is now a birdhouse.  The Mount Olympus for the bird gods of Queens.

A few more pics and thoughts after the cut.

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Published on April 7, 2009 12:41 am.
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feburary so far:

Finished moving.  Superbowl at Laura and Jeff’s.  The Bryan O’ Malley week + Comic-con.  Valentines Day.  Building shelves.  Peter Luger’s.  Hannah’s birthday (the card/gift pictured above).  Arch DL V.

In the works: a brainstorm session, a flesh tearers force, building some walls, making a projector screen, and a comic about the future.

It’s all pretty good.

Busy, busy, busy.

Published on February 18, 2009 2:43 pm.
Filed under: 40K, apartment, ARCHITECTURE, awesome, COMICS, moving

New Job

I got a job.  It’s a junior architect position at Daniel Goldner Architects which is great.  I started Thurday. 

In other news, we’re like 70% moved into our new place.  The last of the move will take place this Saturday.

The cat really likes the new apartment.

Sunday we should be done with everything.  I can’t wait.

Published on January 31, 2009 1:35 am.
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hahaha

I had an appointment in midtown on Wed.  Afterward, on my way back home I stopped by Jim Hanley’s Universe to have them hold a Scott Pilgrim for the signing they’re having 2 weeks from now.  The store was packed with people buying the above comic.  It’s an Obama Spiderman comic, I read it, it’s pretty idiotic, but whatever, I guess Marvel needs to sell stuff, Obama on anything probably sells pretty well, and I bought one.  It’s the second printing, which means they’re already done with the first printing, at this rate I bet a third printing will be happening soon too.  If you didn’t know Obama has expressed that he is a Spiderman fan, and that probably got those smart guys at Marvel thinkin’… !!!!  Otherwise I’m quite relived that the change of presidents has finally happened.  Good riddance.

Watched LOST, which was insane. I used to be able to keep up with what was going on sort of.  but now? like… yeah… pretty whack.  

I love it.

Also made some plans for the new loft.  A bedroom needs to be built.  Maybe I’ll post them soon.

Published on January 23, 2009 5:05 pm.
Filed under: apartment, COMICS

New Apartment

so, new year, new stop.  we’re off the myrtle stop now.  I like the JMZ because the L is so crowded, but we are a bit farther from some ppl now.  anyways this was yesterday, brooklyn is pretty cold, but looks nice.  Brief apt pics after the cut.

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Published on January 20, 2009 11:21 am.
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new year

I return to New York more or less unemployed and look for work.  In the process of updating my portfolio and resume I made this for my 5th year project, The Vomitorium.  It feels like a really long time ago but I’m pretty pleased with the results.  It sort of cracks me up because it’s a heavily photoshopped image of an analog model that was built to look like a digital model.  I like the aesthetic.  I also posted a not as good night shot, and some other news after the cut.

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Published on January 17, 2009 1:29 pm.
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