Inspiration
This is magnificent… (I never get to use that word)
Made by Everynone (in Collaboration with WNYC’s Radiolab & NPR)
via Adam Kopec
A few great videos from ROJO®NOVA…Beautiful music, nicely shot and some great work! If you have the time check them all out 01 02 03 04 …not sure if more are coming
On April 23, 2010 Shepard Fairey and his crew covered the side of Awesome Dudes Printing (South Philadelphia) with the iconic images of Fairey’s OBEY campaign. Shepard is out east for a few weeks with his crew, preparing for his May 1st show at Deitch Projects in New York City.
Music by Las Flores Project…Also Thanks to Bill McRight & Pete Herron.
A little illustration of the earth I created a couple years back...
What are you going to do to treat this wonderful world a bit better? Ride your bicycle instead of driving? Conserve water? Recycle more? Visit earthday.org for some ideas.
The other morning I rolled out of bed and recorded a goofy video on facebook. I said “Good Morning Facebook!” and a couple silly things, played a song and it was over. My friends responded quite nicely to the video and have encouraged me to continue rolling out of bed and recording a video. I’m happy to bring you Good Morning Facebook. Have a look if you’d like.
I stumbled upon this book today and am so happy I decided to pick it up…The book is available with a free DVD with fantastic interviews from some truly amazing humans. Andrew Wyeths words are especially inspiring. Please have a look wisdombook.org
Whoa! That was my first reaction when playing with Bb 2.0. Described as a a collaborative music and spoken word project allows any viewer to play video/audio samples simultaneously. Amazingly the soundtracks work together and using the youtube volume controls you can actual mix them in real time. I recited a T.S. Eliot piece entitled ‘Hysteria’ while trying to mix the clips. Listen to the recording (done with my phone) below. Check out Bb for yourself and make some noise!
Second off, Ty Williams introduced me to the music of Toro Y Moi…I picked up their EP called Blessa and the track by the same name has been looping all day – Its quite odd how the Bb project and Toro Y Moi kind of compliment each other…
Mural in West Philadelphia (unfinished) – Part of Steve Powers’ A Love Letter Mural Arts Project
Photographs from the pop-up sign shop at 46th & Market, home base for Steve Powers’ Love Letter Mural Project.
Ever since I purchased Thicker Than Water on VHS I’ve admired and been inspired by all projects involving Woodshed Films. After watching the 3 minute and 47 second trailer for 180° SOUTH (an upcoming Woodshed release) I feel just like I did as I sat in the backseat of my Grandmother’s car heading home from the surf shop, itching to pop the ‘Thicker than Water’ VHS into the 15″ TV/VCR combo the moment we returned home.
180° SOUTH’s cast includes the legendary Yvon Chouinard (Founder of Patagonia), Jeff Johnson & Keith Malloy and is inspired by a 1968 trip to Mt. Fitzroy, Patagonia. The same trip which eventually led Chouinard to start Patagonia (the brand). Watch and learn more at 180South.com
*Also if you have the chance read Chouinard’s Let My People Go Surfing, a truly inspiring book!
The two images below have shown up on nearly every hype hip hot cool snob best blog around the past couple of days…And like I mentioned in my last post it’s boring re-posting things that I’ve seen all over the net, however when a series of painted walls gets people excited I think its worth sharing. As my friend Bill said “It’s sweet…” (Check Bill’s recently launched fun little tumblr blog McRight On! where I actually first saw these images) – More info at any of the many links above!
A friend of mine just returned home from a surf trip just last week and was sharing some action shots with me…and then I saw this shot, one he took with an old film camera. I can’t explain how psyched I was on this shot along with a couple of other film flicks he shot. This feels like it was yanked straight from the pages of Surfer Magazine era 1973…but in fact it was snapped just over a week ago…Enjoy
Photograph by Brian Parnagian
