Tuesday, May 25, 2010

"Size Does Matter"

On Saturday I went with my friend Lesley to a show in Chelsea curated by Shaquille O'Neill aka Shaq. It turned out to be amazing, and after we took the elevator to the 22nd floor and got an amazing view.



On the left is a picture of Lesley under a giant table, there was also a tiny elevator which moved up and down and had opening doors. On the right, Lesley reacting to the view.

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Sunday, May 23, 2010

Take A Picture: 5/16 - 5/22







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Thursday, May 20, 2010

Jonathan Richman Now!

"Jonathan Richman" is done! You can listen to and download it for free at Bandcamp. I'll put it up other places probably soon. If you want a real CD I am making 60, let me know! Give me your address if you want me to mail you one.

If you want a cassette tape they will probably exist eventually I will make as many as there are people who want them so let me know if you do. Also let me know if you have a tape player I could make them on!



1. New York Times
2. Dance Party
3. A State of Grace
4. Jonathan Richman
5. Does This Bus Stop at N. 8th Street?
6. Bike Parade
7. At the Marcy Stop
8. I Wanna Say
9. That Winter Feeling
10. Rock-A-Way



"New York Times" contains a sample of "Save The Country (Single Version)" by Laura Nyro, "Dance Party" contains a sample of "When the Lovelight Starts Shining Through His Eyes" by the Supremes, "A State of Grace" contains portions of "State of Grace" by Joy Williams and a sample of "Riverboat" by Van Dyke Parks, "Jonathan Richman" contains a sample of "Satisfaction" by Otis Redding, "Bike Parade" contains a sample of "Cecelia" by Simon & Garfunkel, "Waiting at the Marcy Stop" contains a sample of "The Dog" by Rufus Thomas, "I Wanna Say" contains a sample of "Cue Fanfare" by Prefab Sprout, "That Winter Feeling" contains a sample of "Funky Drummer" by James Brown.

Thank You: Jonathan Richman, Jess, The Nuclears, Naomi, Everything In Pen, Photon Dynamo & The Shiny Pieces, Old Hat, Antarctica Takes It!, James Rabbit, Bruce Springsteen, Sam Cooke, Booker T. & The M.G.'s., everyone I sampled.

Also Naomi and I made a video for the first song, New York Times:

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Saturday, May 15, 2010

Music Video

My friend Naomi and I are making a music video for "New York Times" here is a still from an animation we did on Thursday. Today I'm gonna go around town and get more footage.

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Wednesday, May 12, 2010

Jonathan Richman

I am making a new record, it is almost done and probably will be online sometime next week, I still need to do some mixing and make cover art. It is called "Jonathan Richman" after the singer Jonathan Richman. Here he is playing a song about the Velvet Underground and a video from the show I saw with my friend Maggie on Valentines Day:





It has 10 songs which are (in alphabetical order):

A State of Grace
Bike Parade
Dance Party
Does This Bus Stop at N. 8th Street?
I Wanna Say
Jonathan Richman
New York Times
Rock-a-way
That Winter Feeling
Waiting at the Marcy Stop


I haven't been taking pictures this week because I have been inside a lot recording and becuase it's been windy and rainy but I will start again next week.

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Sunday, May 9, 2010

Take A Picture Every Day: 5/2 - 5/8







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Tuesday, May 4, 2010

Big Bamboo

There is a new installation on the Roof of the Met called "Big Bamboo". It is a large structure built entirely out of Bamboo and nylon cord and was built by about 12 rock climbers over the last 3 months. The artists behind the work are 48 year old twins Doug and Mike Starn. Alan, Zoe and I went on Sunday to check it out.


It has been really hot and humid the last few days, it's starting to feel like summer. Here we are inside the structure.



There were many many bamboo columns supporting the whole thing but we couldn't find many that were carrying much weight and most weren't even touching the ground.



There are timed tickets to go inside the structure on a looping pathway that somewhat resembles a rollercoaster. We didn't go inside this time but they will be expanding it through July so maybe then. It is currently 30' tall but it will grow to about 50'.

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Sunday, May 2, 2010

Take A Picture Every Day

Inspired by my friend Mia's always amazing pictures I have a new photography project called "Take A Picture Every Day" where I take a picture every day. A lot of them aren't very good yet but I hope that they get a lot better with all the practice.









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