>> CURRENT DESTINATION < Dept of Skateboarding >
>> CURRENT EARFOOD < Calexico >
04/29/03
>> Again, sunny and clear with a chill in the air. Wall of darkness on the horizon.
>> Spent a few hours talking, eating and working with two long time, close friends last night. Not sure why I mention this, other than, it felt good and you should do it some time soon... well, not with my old friends, your own. Call them today.
04/28/03
>> Sunny and clear with a chill in the air.
04/25/03
>> Sunny and clear. Flirtacious girls at Lens Crafters.
>> It's getting' crazy out there yo! Name this web design hustla...
>> Is it just me, or does the Infinity FX35/FX45 look like a Birkenstock clog?
04/24/03
>> Back after an eye-opening 24 hours. Partly cloudy.
>> I believe Mark Lewman may be the Minister of Headlines over at Luxuro, but since they are down until May 1st....
"Former Funsters Employees Plan Salty's Picket"
>> New Diurnalist, Mark Winn, supplied the Mark Twain quote over at Hot War Links. Thank you, Marks.
04/22/03
>> Windy here.
>> Geoff "TNT" McFetridge, is the featured artist of the newest Western State film (#3 in the Slowtron series). The short docementary has a good interview and footage of Geoff creating a billboard, not to mention TNT holding it up for dirt biking designers everywhere...
04/21/03
>> Oh my... YEAH RIGHT!
04/17/03
>> YEAH RIGHT!
04/16/03
>> This was inevitable.
>> This was inevitable, part 2
>> "... somewhere in the quizling clinic ... who put these finger prints on my imagination? ... you can please yourself but somebody's gonna get it..." —Elvis Costello, Green Shirt
04/15/03
>> Anne Troake's "Pretty Big Dig." This is purely incredible in its idea and execution (and simplicity). See "Pretty Big Dig" here (it seems to load slow, be patient). Then check out a very short documentary on the film and Troake here. Great blend of humor, humanity's folly and art... but maybe that's just me. Check it out.
Anne Troake was discovered at Quasimeta, an amazing "art" scroll thanks to an annonymous email we received this morning (Rust Boy also found on Quasimeta).
04/14/03
>> Letter to Larson today: "I feel like I've been floating lately... feet and head off the ground and levitating somewhere else. Checking things off the to do list without really coming up with good things to do." —Jenkins
>> Ordered books from Jordan Crane and received them Saturday. Beautifully dark. Thank you Jordan.
>> Semi-cryptic email this morning:
Subject: install
Installation
A show of all new lithographic work.
Art has been placed in various spots around Ann Arbor. The work has been numbered on the back from one to fourteen. You cannot see this number unless you peel the work off of the surface it is on. This is up to you.
If you find one you win.
I do not know the artist.
I hope you enjoy.
(BTW, Ann Arbor is in Michigan. --A)
04/11/03
>> I don't know... this stuff just makes me feel good.
>> Thanks go out to Tony Larson of Luxuro and Craig Metzger of Engine System for their thoughtful responses to my questions in yesterday's posts. Read them and my responses, here.
>> You know the man. One of the few steadfast clicker icons in skateboarding. He's finally got his own site up. Go visit J. Grant Brittain and his exceptional work.
04/10/03
>> You know... I've been thinking. Let me ask you, are there too many link portals out there? Too repetitive? Or is this a good way to find your way around? Do they homogenize or expand thought/inspiration/creativity?
>> From FOB, Rob Abeyta:
Subject: Damian Hirst Sucks
"Damien Hirst will apparently be the first artist in outer space -- that is, if you don't count the Arecibo message as 'art.'
By December next year, Hirst's painting will be on Mars, hitching a ride on the Beagle 2 spacecraft... You can get a chance to see the artwork as it will be exhibited at the White Cube in London's Hoxton from Friday 29.
Hirst has created an instrument calibration which will be attached to the Beagle 2 spacecraft, the Beagle 2 must survive the rocket launch and the seven month voyage through space before its decent onto the surface of Mars.
The spot painting is the reference against which cameras and a variety of spectrometers will be calibrated and has been specially prepared to qualify for space flight with the pigments being carefully selected, due to their relevance to Mars and the needs of the instruments. The colours include the 'Mars pigments' and other mineral bases."
>> Tucker Nichols has a beautiful project, "Believe You Me" unvieled over a Trillium Press.
04/08/03
>> Well, they've finally banned de-clawing cats in Hollywood. What a relief.
>> "Jenk, Can you post this link at Arkitip and/or Bend? Thanks: Jordan Crane-designed T-shirts and issues available at the Arthur Magazine Superstore." —Lewman
Also, be sure to check out Jordan's books at Red Ink Like Blood.
04/04/03
>> New Diurnalist today : Edgar Chamorro.
04/03/03
>> News on one of our favorite writers forwarded from FOB Lewman : Terry Southern Literary Archives Go to New York Public Library, as reported by the New York Times.
>> Michael Sieben has reworked his site. This is what he has to say abot it : "If you have internet on your computer look at my new site. It won't change your life, but it will kill a good five minutes [of it]."
>> Andrew Pommier takes the lead with 15! That's two days in a row for the Canadian linesman.
>> Where is the Clash when you need them? Long live Joe Strummer.
>> Our friends over at Greybull Press, makers of fine art and photography books, have relaunched their website, a very nice and simple yet elegant Flash deal. They've also just released a book of drawings by the great "world-class malcontent" R. Crumb, entitled, "Gotta Have 'Em, Portraits of Women." Good stuff.
04/02/03
>> Skipped yesterday. I hate April Fools day... Here's a letter I was greeted with this morning:
"You might have more diurnals up than PENXA, but his shit is tighter... quality not quantity...
Always,
Michael Carmichael
Here's the post from 3/28 that the letter refers to:
> HA HA! Penxa, Pommier, Larson... you will never catch me! I OWN THIS SITE!! FOURTEEN and counting!! <
Well, Michael, turns out I'm an admirer of Penxa myself. Please feel free to take a look around Bend, maybe read a few things, and then ask yourself how serious this site is. Anyhow, thank you for setting me straight.
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