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9/20/11

The Triart Fest 2011 is happening at Ports o' Call in San Pedro this weekend. Lots of good local bands, including Bombon, Underground Railroad, Saccharine Trust and MIke Watt with his Missing Men...




9/14/11

Now Available: Signed, 18" x 24" Giclee prints of New Depression Refuse #8 (see below — click on image for detail). Printed in an edition of 50.



Printed to fit a standard 18" x 24" frame. $75 + shipping and handling. Click here to purchase.


7/29/11

Level Magazine was arguably one of the best pop culture publications ever produced. Unfortunately it went down some years ago (perhaps it was ahead of its time), but you can still find a fine version of it online. Chris Noble is the man behind the machine and he recently interviewed me about the reappearance of Bend Zine, which, by the way, is still available here. Thanks, Chris.



The portrait above was shot by Art Dumper, Eric Anthony, perveyor of The High Desert.


7/12/11

I put up a grip of original ink drawings for sale. Most of these are from various freelance jobs over the years, including the ones for The Skateboard Mag. They all go for $350.00 + postage... hope you dig them.






7/7/11

It's been a while since Bend has released anything tactile, but here it is; Bend Zine #20 is a handmade, full-color, 5"x8", saddle-stitched, 28 page, publication that's signed and limited to 150 copies. It goes for $12.00 including postage (US & Canada) through PayPal. Here's the cover...



(click on the image above to order copies)


6/30/11

Here's a photo after the first day of the Art Dump's installation at the A+D Museum in LA. Another day's work and the thing should be completed. Come see it at the opening of "Come In! 2" on July 7th — HERE.



And, no, the photo is not compressed...


4/25/11

I'll be giving a poster workshop at MOCA this weekend with a few other Art Dumpers; Andy Mueller, Michael Coleman, Christian Morin and Hersh Baltrotsky. It's a part of the Levi's Film Workshop, which is happening at MOCA's Art In The Streets exhibition. Come by and make a poster or say hello.




4/12/11

All 7 parts of Skateboarder magazine's "Raiders of the Archives" have been posted. Number 7 is zines and sketchbooks...




4/4/11

Great motorcycle wallpapers over at BIke Exif.



3/22/11

Parts 2 and 3 of Skateboarder magazine's "Raiders of the Archives" have been posted. My office could almost qualify for an episode of "Hoarders."


The Art Dump collective's "Double Feature" at The Family Room Gallery in Chicago opens this Friday. A few of the Dumpers will be there in person, so be sure and buy them a beer or two — I mean, buy a print or two. Here are my two new interpretations of the "Mouse" and "Fully Flared" posters...




3/14/11

Skateboarder magazine has started a new video feature on their website called "Raiders of the Archives." I went digging around in my disastrous office for the first edition. Thanks go to Jaime Owens and Roger Bagley for including me in this project. It was fun finding a bunch of dusty stuff I hadn't seen in years.




3/8/11

I have a Solo show coming up at the excellent Hibbleton Gallery. Hope to see a lot of you there on the 1st of April...



A STUDY OF COP-OUTS AND FLAWS
The painting and collage work of Andy Jenkins
April 1-May 1, 2011
Opening reception Friday, April 1, 7-11pm
Hibbleton Gallery, 223 W. Santa Fe Ave., Fullerton CA 92832


3/4/11

The Art Dump collective will be showing "Double Feature" at The Family Room Gallery in Chicago this month.



Curated by the Post Family, "Double Feature" is an exhibition of revisited Girl Films posters. The Art Dump (Andy Jenkins, Andy Mueller, Eric Anthony, Jeremy Carnahan, Michael Coleman, Christian Morin, Hershel Baltrotsky and Chris Waycott) have reinterpreted the posters from the stable of films produced by the Girl Skateboard Co. and sister brands, Chocolate and Lakai. Titles include Goldfish, Yeah RIght!, Mouse, Fully Flared and more. Meet some of the Dumpers there on March 25th, 7 to 11pm.

And whilst clicking around the interwebs, you might also want to visit the re-designed Art Dump site.


3/3/11

Was anyone named "Elvis" before Elvis Presley?

Is there anyone left on the planet with the surname Hitler?


3/2/11

New Jenkins-designed Lakai Picos are available:




1/2/11

Let 2010 go and embrace the new. Let's look forward to 2011 with as much optimism, hope, love and wonder as we can muster... Happy New Year folks.


12/1/10

Today is World AIDS Day. Act (RED)... use your comsumer dollars wisely to help eliminate AIDS in Africa, and, eventually, the world.


11/30/10

Tomorrow is World AIDS Day... remember to think (RED).

Make your website/blog (RED). Change your Facebook image to (RED). Twitter (RED). Think (RED)... spread the word. Lets eliminate the mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015.


11/28/10

I've started work on my 5th project with (RED). This one is a collab between myself and Chocolate pro, Kenny Anderson. I'll be posting work in progress shots once I start, but in the meantime...

In 2 days it will be December 1st — World AIDS Day. The idea, championed by (RED), is to color the world red as a way to raise awareness to the global problem of AIDS... and in particular, the plight of children born with HIV in subsaharan Africa. Only about 45% of pregnant HIV positive women have access to the medication needed to keep their children from contracting the disease, but with the help of you — via (RED) — we can virtually eliminate the mother-to-child transmission of HIV by 2015. AIDS is a preventable and treatable disease and the drugs exist to make this goal a reality.

Lets turn the planet red on December 1st. To learn more about how you can get involved, click over to JOINRED.COM
or check out the (RED) blog on occasion.




11/17/10

Here's a partial list of people who want to give me millions of dollars via the interwebs. I'm thinking of taking them all up on it and starting my own country.

Thaksin Shinawatra
Harry Benton
Rose Marry
Aslin Roger
Juriaan Kugger
John Tony
Michael Huntley
Zaina Ali Fayadh
Mandy Liu
David Clifford
Mateus Grimm
Christy Winfrey
Mr. Wong Tang
Simbi Dodo
Albert Jack Stanley


11/11/10

Coffee tastes like paint this morning.


11/8/10

Semi-Permanent has uploaded a temporary 2011 site. On it you'll find a nice 6 minute video montage they put together of the Melbourne design conference this past September. It features speakers, Slyvia Ji, Beastman, Timba Smits, Big Active, Buck, Claire Martin, UVA, Framestore, myself and more.


10/20/10

When I was a youngster it was our family ritual to stay up late on Saturday nights and watch Saturday Night Live. I would consistently get blown away by the live music. Sure, I loved the comedy, but the music... I'd never heard anything like it. Here are 4 that changed my life:

1) Devo, 1978. They did the Rolling Stones "Satisfaction" — best cover EVER.



2) Elvis Costello, 1977. He wasn't supposed to play "Radio Radio" but it was live and he did. Awesome. I also found out recently that he was a replacement for the Sex Pistols who could not obtain visas in time.



3) Gil Scott-Heron, 1975. The story here is that Richard Pryor wouldn't host unless they had Gil-Scott as the musical guest. He played a version of "Johannesburg" that moved me.

4) David Bowie, 1979. The main thing I remember is Bowie being carried to the mic at the beginning of a great rendition of "The Man Who Sold the World."



What were your most memorable SNL performances?


10/18/10

QUESTION:

What's your favorite recorded cover song? (by whom, from whom)

Send your answers here.


10/7/10

Dear SNAFU Team Manager, Harold McGruther,

Finally got the SNAFU Crenshaw up and running. It's my new lunch runner. The only changes I made were the seat (had to add a padded one to accommodate my "office" ass) and I stripped the stickers from the front forks. That's it. Rides amazing. Thank you, sir...




10/6/10

Worth a visit for sure;

Charles Bukowski: Poet on the Edge, October 8th - February 14, 2011 at the Huntington Library in San Marino, CA.

"...[an] exhibition on the life and works of Charles Bukowski, drawn from the archive of his papers donated to The Huntington by his wife, Linda Lee Bukowski..."




10/1/10

Have a good weekend folks! Vans Downtown Showdown tomorrow.


9/29/10



Tom Waits is a nominee for a 2011 induction into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.


9/28/10

The Girl + (RED) art auction is happening right now over at the Art Dump site. You can bid, or straight up buy, any of the art that was featured in the Girl + (RED) show (wooden OGs and limited prints), or any of the original works created for the board graphics. Example below;



All proceeds from these auctions go to the Global Fund to help eliminate AIDS in Africa.


9/24/10

Reconnecting with old friends is always a nice thing. Recently I was thinking about an old friend & collaborator, Cheryl Dunn. And I realized I'd first met her in the very early '90s while I was working on Dirt magazine. As a young, budding photographer, she shot a couple of things for us. Then in 1997 She did a film, Sped, for Original Sin snowboards that documented their stable of artists, including Mike Mills, Thomas Campbell, Chris Johanson, Andre Razo and myself. That same year we were in a group show together in San Francisco called "Off The Hook" at the Luggage Store. Those were good times.

When it came up for me to speak at Semi-Permanent recently, I wanted to use the short piece that Cheryl had done on me for Sped as my introduction, so I contacted her. Then that same week, the anniversary of 9/11, I did a double take when I saw Cheryl's face on the flat screen. She was being interviewed about that day and her film footage was being shown. A stark contrast to footage she'd shot only a few years earlier for Sped of a ticker tape parade in the city. It was chilling watching what she and 1000s of others went through on that day (scroll halfway down to read Cheryl's letter). I'm thankful we still have her... stay golden, Dunn.



Cheryl Dunn shot this outside the Luggage Store in SF. Me and T-Moss brown bagging it, 1997.


9/23/10



Today is John Coltrane's date of birth. Throw on Ole', a personal favorite.


9/22/10

Here are links to a couple of great folks I met while in Melbourne; Timba Smits, who makes the impeccable Wooden Toy magazine, and Sylvia Ji, an amazing LA-based painter. Enjoy.



Watch for the Music Edition of Wooden Toy to hit very soon.




Sylvia Ji has a solo show coming up at the Corey Helford Gallery here in LA this December. I'll post the info up when I get it.


9/19/10

It's my last day in Melbourne as I head back to LA at 6am tomorrow morning. Had a great experience with the Semi-Permanent folks, Andrew Johnstone, Murray Bell and their crew. I'd like to thank them for having me speak, it was an absolute pleasure.



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