the BLAAAHg

Get Out and Do Something

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:55:48 -0400

KCDC will be hosting Van’s Get Out and Do Something party this Sunday. Ray Barbee and the Mattson 2 will be performing followed by an undoubtedly irie set by Cardiel. Should make for an enjoyable day. They’ll also be giving a bunch of shit away seen in the flyer above. Just get out and go!

Looking for that special someone

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:38:34 -0400

Time To Get Awesome

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 17:21:48 -0400

Rattler’s a band out of D.C. that condones everything that has to do with Sex, Drugs and Mock and Roll. This Saturday they’re taking all the epicness they’ve been practicing and compiling it into a giant jagerbomb of a shit show. Make sure to swing thru and check it out.

STEP YOUR BATHROOM GAME UP

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:31:26 -0400

Anastassia Elias uses toilet paper rolls for some spare time creativeness.

GROSS

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:47:52 -0400

SONG OF THE DAY

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 11:07:00 -0400

Craft Spells is a great little duo out of Stockton, California which is a neat little town a little west of S.F. Their “Party Talk” 7” is due out this month on Captured Tracks. Until then, enjoy this single from the album, it’s pretty good.

Craft Spells - Party Talk

Missed Connection?

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 16:04:18 -0400

Once Long realized that a day job and sucking Interstate 95’s dick wasn’t a good idea, the parties started getting good.

This Friday Night, in the Art District, tell your friends to get with my friends.

Keds x Opening Ceremony x Richard Saja

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:36:00 -0400

In collaboration with Keds & Opening Ceremony, Richard Saja has created a new limited shoe specially for Fashions Night Out. The Camp Oxford as it’s called takes a mix of new and old perfect for the historically sound fashion fiend.

“Richard has been remixing and recontextualizing quintessentially French toile prints since 2001 when he first designed a set of toile-printed pillows embellished with clever, playful twists on monochromatic pastoral scenes. Anyone familiar with “Toile de Jouy” — a print that originated in 1700s France — would most likely associate it with the sweet, girly Marie Antoinette-style decor of grandma’s dining room, but Richard’s reinterpretations subvert the expected daintiness by inserting figures reminiscent of the artist’s childhood doodles: superheroes, monsters, clowns, and mutants.”

- JESSE HUDNUTT of O.C.

(via)

When I Grow Up

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 22:56:36 -0400

An amazing video from Fever Ray, thanks Stephanie.

Fever Ray - When I Grow Up

Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (Bassnectar Remix)

Fever Ray - When I Grow Up (Lissvik Remix)

Inside the Talking Head

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:13:00 -0400

I’ve just discovered the musically inclined David Byrne keeps an online journal filled with mildly frenetic and properly explained rants about what goes through his head. Random. Informative. Humorous. He covers things from the fall of print/newspapers to analogies like the interet/bandwidth and showers/faucets. He also releases a themed radio playlist every month, which is unpretentious and inspiring. Dive in HERE.

(via)

BLAAAHg of the Day : Voodoo Village

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 18:05:00 -0400

Master of desktop cleanouts…

Happy Birthday Van

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:26:00 -0400

With too much soul, poured into a mold of gold, his legacy turned into albums sold. A lyrical ferver that rings though generations, he made sure to use his most gentle guns. Now decades later we continue to hear, what in many cases sheds the tears. Tears of joy or tears so true, well the point is Happy Birthday to you.

Here’s a personal fav…

And God Created Women...

Tue, 31 Aug 2010 01:24:02 -0400

Pssshhh….

STAYED GOLD

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 21:31:00 -0400

One of the most anticipated videos since Fully Flared, Emerica’s Stay Gold is now available on iTunes and will be available for purchase at your local skate shop on Wednesday, September 1st. Click here to purchase it.

Fashion Tip by Arnold Palmer

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 20:48:00 -0400

Get on his level.

DUB KWELI

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 16:59:09 -0400

Didn’t expect this at all, but after Max Tannone’s summer banger, MOS DUB, the producer gives us an end of summer treat, DUB KWELI is now available, click here to download it. And as always, props to the dude for continually bringing us amazing FREE music like this.

The Wilderness Downtown

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:32:00 -0400

The Wilderness Downtown is an interactive film by Chris Milk featuring an Arcade Fire song “We Used to Wait.” You enter your address and it turns your hood into the setting of the music video via Google street view. Pretty dope use of web interactivity, but prepare for your computer to struggle a bit, intense on the RAM. Enjoy!

>via chewylives

HELLO MS. HUNTINGTON

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 23:02:09 -0400

A long time ago, this thing called the internet was invented for the soul purpose that things like this could exist to all. NSFW (via)

En Kärlekshistoria

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 19:16:00 -0400

Inspired by the recent video by Summer Camp, I was overwhelmingly curious about the background film that was used for the video. Did some searching around and discovered one of the most amazing little young-love stories that probably exists today.

En Kärlekshistoria (A Swedish Love Story) is a 1970 Swedish film directed by Roy Andersson that stars two cute little Sweeds named Ann-Sofie Kylin and Rolf Sohlman as two teenagers falling in love. Inspired by the Czechoslovak New Wave, the film was Andersson’s feature film debut.

The film has some pretty amazing scenes too due to the fact that the two main characters are just about as cute as cute gets. I’ve already got a serious crush on Ann-Sofie Kylin. It’s also filled with an awesome look in to 70’s Swedish fashion which of course, was ahead of it’s time. Just check out some of the shots.

It’s a surprisingly mature effort at describing teenage love to those who have never experienced it. Honest, sweet, and beautifully shot this is also a film that captures marvelously the spirit of a country on the verge of a massive economic crisis. Highly recommend it.

José Guadalupe Posada

Sun, 29 Aug 2010 17:52:00 -0400

… was a 19th century artist whose work has influenced many Latin American artists and cartoonists because of its satirical nature and political engagement. Most known for his iconic folk art etchings with his signature calavera characters, he paved the way for a line of printmakers, political cartoonists, and tattoo artists.

Apprenticing at the early age of 16 at a print shop, Posada was a beast with a range of work including logo designs as well as his popular illustration work. It was in Leon, Mexico where a former associate of his from Aguascalientes ( his hometown ), assisted him in starting a printing and commercial illustration shop. They focused on commercial and advertising work, book illustrations, and the printing of posters and other representations of historical and religious figures. It was at this Leon print shop that Posada began political satire where his illustrations appeared in the magazine El Jicote (The Hornet). On September 20, 1875 Posada married Maria de Jesus Vela, a native of Leon The following year Posada bought the modest shop from Pedroza who had previously returned to Aguascalientes. Most of his work during this time is not signed. In 1882 Posada illustrated twelve of the daily papers La Gacetilla’s ninety-six issues, as well as designing the logo for the paper. produced illustrations for magazines, books and commercial items.