Friday, May 30, 2008

great times to be had at the bottom of the hill


when 3 good bands get together and play a show its a special thing. come down tonite to and enjoy , , and




Thursday, May 29, 2008

just in time for father's day: actual cosby sweaters

ebay has a offering the actual sweaters worn by bill cosby on the cosby show.


friday night in s.f.: quarterbar and bomarr

come check out dj sets by and at in san francisco. tomorrow, friday the 30th. awesome.


Wednesday, May 28, 2008

worst thing imagineable, ever, period!


sammy 'he wears sunglasses all the time to hide his soulless inner-self or the chosen one to destroy all good music forever ' hagar has formed a new band. chickenfoot. guess who's in the band? satriani, friggin chaz smith from rhcp and poor michael anthony, the only one with an ounce of talent. in an interview hagar the clown is quoted as saying they are as good as led zeppelin, that they could rival zep... god i cant wait to see this band live. chaz smith with his backwards hooters baseball hat and copenhagen packed lip, satriani with his weird alien lookin bald head and mock turtle neck t-shirt, sunburnt and adventure sandal wearing sammy, and michael anthony trying to hide behind his jack daniels bass which is the only device that will save them. experience the entire nightmare

thanks OZ



Sunday, May 25, 2008

mars lander updates via twitter

the mars lander is slated to touch down today (fingers crossed) and you can monitor the progress via its .

here's an animation of .


cnn's latest venture: headline t-shirts

feeling really, really inspired by a story you read on cnn? just like going to a concert, let the world know by .

it doesn't make a lot of sense to me, but they do say the money is in concession sales...


Friday, May 23, 2008

mochipet's "microphonepet" remix contest is GOING OFF!



there are some awesome entries in mochipet's , including a few great versions of "sharp drest," like this one by tokitron:

mochipet - "best drest" (tokitron remix)

previously:
eriksolo on mochipet's new album + remix contest


Wednesday, May 21, 2008

jeremiah green drum breaks 7inch = rad

i was at the other day and bought a newly-released drum breaks 7inch by worldgang which is a collaborative project between modest mouse drummer and aka plastiq phantom, who is a touring member of and technical contributor to modest mouse. it's a pretty cool little record.



this image is from the imputor site. that is not my hand nor my copy of the record. but you get the idea.

the record comes in handmade packaging (each one is different) and is a limited edition pressing of 300 copies. i suggest you buy it if you see it at one of the stores that's carrying it or pick it up directly from , the label that put it out.

there are mp3 samples of all four tracks from the record on the imputor site. i'm reposting one of them here so that hype machine will pick up this post. ;)

mp3:
worldgang aka jeremiah green and darrin wiener of modest mouse - "100HHHEAVYYY (clip)"


Friday, May 16, 2008

wants for sale goes to vegas

is a project by artists justin gignac and christine santora. they make paintings of things they want and sell each piece online for the amount of money it will take to turn each want into a have.

today, they launched a great series of paintings called "vegas vacation," which includes pieces like "to see showgirls" ($201.40) and "to fly home" ($488.50).

We've painted everything from the flights, the hotel room, showgirls, all-you-can-eat buffets and, of course, lots of gamblin' money. Our buyers can even get in on the action with "$1000 to Bet on Black." If we hit it we'll give the buyer of the painting $500 back.






mike lohr + semiliquid



mike lohr is a great designer (and real nice guy) who lives in los angeles. he's worked on everything from greeting cards to coke ads to freshjive t-shirts to morrissey's ¡oye esteban! dvd. he's launched a new website called , which profiles some of his work. check it out!


support dublab + my wednesday show playlist

it's dublab's spring . if you love great music and art, consider making a donation. your contributions keep a really positive operation going strong. plus, depending on the size of your donation, you can get cool premiums like a limited edition t-shirt and mix cd's by some of the dublab dj's.



on wednesday, i programmed my third dublab set. i promised i'd post the playlist, so here it is, along with mp3s of a few of the songs i played.

odd predicament by eriksolo (recorded 05-14-08)
01] cal tjader - "aquarius" (from the prophet)
02] bill callahan - "a man needs a woman or a man to be a man" (from woke on a whaleheart)
03] edan - "beautiful food" (from sprain your tapedeck)
04] don cherry - "brown rice" (from brown rice)
05] caribou - "melody day" (from andorra)
06] frank zappa - "it must be a camel" (from hot rats)
07] justin warfield - "k sera sera" (from my field trip to planet 9 by justin warfield)
08] rambling nicholas heron - "only this and nothing more" (from snug and cozy like before)
09] scott walker - "rosemary" (from scott 3)
10] awol one and mike nardone - "sleepin' all day" (from speakerface)
11] valorie keys - "listen here" (from "listen here" single)
12] ray barretto - "right on"(from barretto power)
13] gwen mccrae - "all this love that i'm giving" (from melody of life)
14] james pants - "we're through" (from welcome)
15] hood - "the negatives" (from outside closer)
16] jeffrey lewis - "i ain't thick" (from 12 crass songs)
17] connoisseurs - "uv" (from "uv" single)
18] joe simon - "before the night is over" (from easy to love)
19] x - "i must not think bad thoughts" (from more fun in the new world)
20] pino d'angiò - "ma quale idea" (from pino d'angiò)
21] the teardrop explodes - "sleeping gas" (from kilimanjaro)
22] neon neon - "raquel" (from stainless style)
23] k-the-i??? - "go-go girls" (from broken love letter)
24] eugene mcdaniels - "headless heroes" (from headless heroes of the apocalypse)

mp3s:
cal tjader - "aquarius"
jeffrey lewis - "i ain't thick"
connoisseurs - "uv"


Wednesday, May 14, 2008

there's no way it's that many!


artist chris hansen created an installation last year of collected images that are pretty amazing. depressing and beautiful and very insightful. i'll let chris describe them:

This series looks at contemporary American culture through the austere lens of statistics. Each image portrays a specific quantity of something: fifteen million sheets of office paper (five minutes of paper use); 106,000 aluminum cans (thirty seconds of can consumption) and so on. My hope is that images representing these quantities might have a different effect than the raw numbers alone, such as we find daily in articles and books. Statistics can feel abstract and anesthetizing, making it difficult to connect with and make meaning of 3.6 million SUV sales in one year, for example, or 2.3 million Americans in prison, or 410,000 paper cups used every fifteen minutes. This project visually examines these vast and bizarre measures of our society, in large intricately detailed prints assembled from thousands of smaller photographs. The underlying desire is to emphasize the role of the individual in a society that is increasingly enormous, incomprehensible, and overwhelming.

look


(thanks zac)



Monday, May 12, 2008

suge knight beat up in los angeles

just saw these pics. apparently, suge knight got in a fight with a club patron and got himself .

if you need me, i'll be on the internet finding out everything i can about this new development.


visioneers

the trailer for this movie is weird and great.


(thanks, frankie.)


create your own fonts online

they say one of the hardest things to do in the art world is designing fonts.

try it for yourself online with . create, download, share your font creations.
not sure how detailed they get (can you add little lines to make gothic/old english style fonts? from the gallery, it looks like you can get pretty advanced). Looks awesome no matter what.


freddie kruger custom nikes

check these things out: they left out no details, although i'm glad they didn't put real blades on it.

i like them more than the .







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Friday, May 09, 2008

mishare

i'm pretty darn tired of the you/my/i naming convention for websites, apps, and gadgets. despite that, this thing looks cool. they describe like so:
miShare is a smart little gadget for sharing files and playlists between iPods. No computer or cable is needed, and it's super easy to use. Just attach the source and target iPods and press miShare's big button to start the transfer.
(thanks, frankie.)


Monday, May 05, 2008

movie sequel mania


came across this incredible list of movie sequels coming to a theater near you.
point break 2?! why? sisterhood of the traveling pants 2?! please god no! another robocop!!!??? you can check it

via den of geek


Saturday, May 03, 2008

songza

apparently is pretty well-known, but it's new to me. it's a song search engine and flash music playing site. so, you can search for anything and it's probably on there. then just click to listen immediately.


egadz!

cool vid by san francisco dj/producer . gigantic mpc samplers. very fun.


(thanks, bomarr.)