(Over)Under ~ (In)L.A.

Doin’ a throwback image for my portfolio site, launching...

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 23:00:00 -0800

Doin’ a throwback image for my portfolio site, launching REAL soon. I will clue you in as much as I can but for now….

youidiot: Design for Chile | Design You Trust On february 27th,...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 22:46:00 -0800

Design for Chile | Design You Trust

On february 27th, 2010, the people of Chile went through and still endures the consequences of one of the worse earthquakes in human History.

In front of this situation, the design community can’t remain indifferent. That’s how Design for Chile is born.

The objective of Design for Chile is, at a first level, to raise funds to be donated to entities that are helping rebuild the country, and also, to unify the different actions and initiatives being made by the design world for Chile.

At this very moment our staff is contacting different designers and groups, both national and international, asking for their support and the donation of custom made prints that will be sold in our website. After that, all profits will be donated to help Chile in the best way possible.

As a final phase of our project, Design for Chile is putting together an exhibition (date to be confirmed), where all donated pieces will be displayed alongside several chilean design objects and a constant fund raise will be held.

Also, since we understand that many will want to take part in our project, we will hold an international open call for posters. All pieces submitted will take part in our exhibition, however, 15 of them will be chosen and added to our international store, side by side with all of our guests. You can download the brief here.

For any questions please contact us at ialso@designforchile.com.

From now we would like to extend our encouragement to Chile and our deepest grattitude to the world community of designers for their interest and willingness. We hope to do what we can for our country in such hard times.

Design For Chile.

Just do it. Please?

Another rain-related music post. This “talk” about...

Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:06:19 -0800

Another rain-related music post. This “talk” about the weather is driving me like a hurricane. Is there nothing else to talk about? Despite all humor, there is something about the rain that is drivin’ me…(insane)

Sunday morning Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday,...

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 14:27:44 -0800

Sunday morning Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday, she’s gone

She went over again, down in the valley, she’s gone

I’m wondering, wondering, wondering, wondering, wondering, wondering where she’s gone

She went over again, down in the valley, she’s gone

(instrumental solo)

I am very lonely, my love just can’t go on

Oh I’ve gotta find my baby, where ever, where ever she’s gone

Sunday morning Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Sunday, she’s gone

She went over again, down in the valley, she’s gone

Don’t know where she’s gone

Oh yeah, She’s gone

Don’t know where she’s gone

Oh yeah, She’s gone

Don’t know where she’s gone

Oh yeah, She’s gone

> These are probably the simplest lyrics ever, but it’s not dumb, and I say, to each his own I guess.

Sunday Morning by Derrick Morgan (1963, Trojan Ska Compilation, Trojan Records)

Foot Something

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 23:00:23 -0800

Alex: my friend wanted to take me out to get a foot massage
Billy: nice!
Alex: that could of helped
Billy: do you have a foot fetish
Alex: no bro haha
Billy: ohhhh, its for you
Alex: yea
Alex: not to see someone get one
Alex: haha
Billy: yeah cuz i have a foot fetish
Alex: do u?
Billy: i like the textures, and the angular shapes
Alex: well
Alex: thats cool
Alex: i mean feet can be sexy
Billy: but hey, I like em
Billy: but I dont love em
Alex: u should get a foot job
Alex: lol
Billy: if i see a pretty ladies foot...I wouldnt mind smellin' it

In The Rain by The Wooden Glass feat. Billy Wooten on b-side...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:46:28 -0800

In The Rain

by The Wooden Glass feat. Billy Wooten

on b-side 12”

also found on Funky 16 Corners compilation by The Beat Junkies

Funny how the weather these days spark me an audio post. Never doubt our “feelings”.

yimmyayo: joelbirch: Ok, this is FUCKED. I am not a rich guy,...

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 12:51:54 -0800

yimmyayo:

joelbirch:

Ok, this is FUCKED. I am not a rich guy, I don’t have much money, so when people just decide they’re going to steal shit from me without first getting in touch with me it REALLY pisses me off. I found it here thanks to Lulu, and I don’t know what to do about it. If someone could email me with advice on what I’m meant to do in this situation I would really appreciate it. I happen to know exactly where the one and only copy of this is and the person who owns it would never dream of putting it on the shirt, let alone going to the effort of scanning it in. It was a hand drawn, one of a kind piece; it was never meant to be put on a piece of shit shirt with a fucking boombox on it! My email is joelfcbirch@gmail.com if you can help.

Please reblog this so everyone can be informed, thank you!

If there are any kind of lowly thieves I hate, its the one that steal ideas and actually follow through with it. Granted in the history of art, ideas are always stolen, but in the form of commercial enterprise, communication, and the overall contribution to art and design, this form of thievery is looked-down upon and will forever tarnish your career, in history books or not. My statement on this is not new, but I will support any creator that seeks help or justice.

"Someone asked me why I don’t believe in love at first sight. I don’t. I really..."

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 00:43:47 -0800

“Someone asked me why I don’t believe in love at first sight. I don’t. I really don’t. Although, I do believe in a form of love in the shape of a fetus, evolving and developing at an exponential rate within a short time span that is oblivious between two individuals.”

- Sparked by a casual conversation with a Starbucks barista on Valentine’s day.

The Pondering Totem Man. I’ve gotta find a way to finish...

Fri, 12 Feb 2010 11:48:06 -0800

The Pondering Totem Man. I’ve gotta find a way to finish this drawing.

Awkward conversation, much?

Thu, 11 Feb 2010 23:46:54 -0800

Awkward conversation, much?

They call it Stormy Monday But Tuesday is just as bad Oh, they...

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:34:00 -0800

They call it Stormy Monday

But Tuesday is just as bad

Oh, they call it Stormy Monday

But Tuesday is just as bad

On Wednesday, its no good

Thursdays’is all so sad

The eagle flies on a Friday

As on Saturday, I grow my pain

The eagle flies on a Friday

As on Saturday, I grow my pain

On Sunday I get my rest

That’s when I go out to play

And this is what I got to say love

Oh, Lord have mercy, Lord have mercy on me

Yes, I said Lord, Lord have mercy

Please have mercy on me

Oh lord I’m tryin’ to find my baby,

yes please send her home to me

A little dolly baby cry

Stormy Monday

Oh Lord I can’t find my baby, please, please,

Send her, home to me

Oh, Oh, Oh, Stormy Monday

Little Joe Cook

> Fits in with some L.A. rainy day blues (it was heavy today)

"It’s starting to fizzle out. The original burning sensation is starting to break and fade, but..."

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 18:21:20 -0800

“It’s starting to fizzle out. The original burning sensation is starting to break and fade, but will gain new ground in a new light. It started with a spark, but now it resides in a dark cave with a candle, protecting the flame with iced and frazzled bare-hands, low on energy, but high in faith. There were no categories, no labels to define what “this” is. How can we define anything more pure than in-the-moment bliss?”

- Finding the parallels between the love of creating (as in art), and interpersonal relationships (the craft).

Last Art Center Parking Sticker

Tue, 09 Feb 2010 00:14:01 -0800

Last Art Center Parking Sticker

You made me leave my happy home You took my love and now...

Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:29:00 -0800

You made me leave my happy home
You took my love and now you’re gone
Since I fell for you

Love brings such misery and pain
I guess I’ll never be the same
Since I fell for you

Well, it’s too bad
And it’s too sad
But I’m in love with you
You love me, then you snub me
But what can I do?
I’m so in love with you

I guess I’ll never see the light
I get the blues most every night
Since I fell for you
Since I fell for you…

> This is when simple lyrics were appropriate, when especially Nina Simone is so damn awesome.

"If I was on the 2nd moon, I would live there. I would live there because I could do sand castles...."

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:58:14 -0800

“If I was on the 2nd moon, I would live there. I would live there because I could do sand castles. Then I could ride my bicycle, then I could use BB guns. Now I could pretend I was playing with my friends. Finally, I could dance on the moon.”

- Living In The 2nd Moon, inside a “chatbook” called, “I Will Eat You and Gobble You Up: Tales of Sci-Fi Horror & Niceties”. It is written by Anthony Vazquez, one of the many elementary student and budding authors, guided by 826LA’s writing tutors based in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA, which says in his biography that: he lives in the sea, swims and eats tadpoles, sleeps in a cave, with friends in the ocean because he is a fish, and that he is scared of sharks and octopi because they squirt ink.

"When a robot sneezes, they sneeze screws and feathers. Their eyes grow skinny and they go sideways."

Thu, 28 Jan 2010 07:32:51 -0800

“When a robot sneezes, they sneeze screws and feathers. Their eyes grow skinny and they go sideways.”

- Untitled, and written by Diego Grijalva, inside a “chatbook” called, “I Will Eat You and Gobble You Up: Tales of Sci-Fi Horror & Niceties”, an elementary student and budding author, guided by 826LA’s writing tutors based in Echo Park, Los Angeles, CA.

venndiagrams: iamleonila: Too much Venn Diagrams from class...

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:09:34 -0800

venndiagrams:

iamleonila:

Too much Venn Diagrams from class lately. Hahaha.=) But this is so true!:))

Can you really ever have too many venn diagrams?

Life has its way of working itself out.

theduty: lovegeneration: “Before we end this rodeo, a few...

Sat, 23 Jan 2010 18:10:36 -0800

theduty:

lovegeneration:

“Before we end this rodeo, a few things need to be said. There has been a lot of speculation in the press about what I legally can and can’t say about NBC. To set the record straight, tonight I am allowed to say anything I want. And what I want to say is this: between my time at Saturday Night Live, The Late Night Show, and my brief run here on The Tonight Show, I have worked with NBC for over twenty years.

Yes, we have our differences right now and yes, we’re going to go our separate ways. But this company has been my home for most of my adult life. I am enormously proud of the work we have done together, and I want to thank NBC for making it all possible.

Walking away from The Tonight Show is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Making this choice has been enormously difficult. This is the best job in the world, I absolutely love doing it, and I have the best staff and crew in the history of the medium.

But despite this sense of loss, I really feel this should be a happy moment. Every comedian dreams of hosting The Tonight Show and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. I’ve had more good fortune than anyone I know and if our next gig is doing a show in a 7-11 parking lot, we’ll find a way to make it fun.

And finally, I have to say something to our fans. The massive outpouring of support and passion from so many people has been overwhelming. The rallies, the signs, all the goofy, outrageous creativity on the internet, and the fact that people have traveled long distances and camped out all night in the pouring rain to be in our audience, made a sad situation joyous and inspirational.

To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism- it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere.

Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.

As proof, let’s make an amazing thing happen right now.”

Conan’s closing speech on his final episode.

You don’t get much classier than that.

amen.

I have no words.

I found this guy at the slopes, drinking a Captain Morgan from...

Thu, 21 Jan 2010 11:28:45 -0800

I found this guy at the slopes, drinking a Captain Morgan from his glove, a bulldog on his side, and coaching a snowboarding student from the patio with a walkie-talkie. Captain Morgan would be proud.

piratekitten: it’s that time of year again. Stupid Robin. Very...

Wed, 23 Dec 2009 00:41:14 -0800

piratekitten:

it’s that time of year again.

Stupid Robin. Very stupid of you.