Urban Honking

BudSock is a nifty new anti-tangle device for mobile devices’ cord systems. I worked with company founder Jeffrey Wescott to develop the product’s identity and packaging, as well as beef up their web presence as of late. It’s a nifty sleeve system backed up by a 110% money-back guarantee. — plazm blog has moved to […]

My old ball and chain and I have been as ships passing in the night lately. A vast black ocean cleaves betwixt us, an ocean comprised of class planning, syllabi, menstrual exhaustion, last-minute logistical freakouts, wedding anxiety, weird abruptly-begun projects such as my “History of Western Music 13th century to 21st century” double-disc with accompanying […]

Tonight is a wonderful night for film, music and food under the stars: THE SPECULATIVE FRONTIERFriday, July 31, 20098:00pm – 11:00pmGreymalken Center for Experimental Living, in Portland, Oregon.229 N Shaver, Portland, OR Experimental film + video inspired by Stan Brakhage’s film ‘The Stars Are Beautiful’.Curated by Brel Froebe and Benjamin Schultz-Figueroa (In Attendance) with live […]

Last night I went to Taylor Momsen aka Jenny from Gossip Girl’s 16th birthday party. Aside from learning that Ed Westwick aka Chuck Bass is the finest man I have ever seen in my ENTIRE LIFE, I flipcammed a couple tracks of her band Pretty Reckless, who were hey actually kinda good! Well her voice […]

In italics: haiku by interviewer Tiffany Lee BrownNot in italics: haiku by interviewee Aaron Gregory of GIANT SQUID… …a fine musical combo, appearing in Portland on August 1 and around the country throughout the summer. Details on touring and new album (source of graphic above, The Ichthylogist re-released): giantsquidlives.com. TLB:to start i would ask what […]

Our first STOCK dinner and artist grant event is this Sunday, July 26th. Please arrive between 6:00 & 6:30pm to be seated for dinner and begin taking part in selecting the winning artist’s proposal. RSVPs encouraged. The dinner menu comes straight from the lush local gardens and farms, all cool to beat the summer heat: […]

I’m teaching a 3D design foundations course this summer.The students are keeping images of our projects and activities at: Summer SessionThe picture above is from an activity on our first day where students worked in small groups to build the tallest structure possible using only newspaper and masking tape in a 2 hour period.

Our first STOCK dinner and artist grant event is this Sunday, July 26th. Please arrive between 6:00 & 6:30pm to be seated for dinner and begin taking part in selecting the winning artist’s proposal. RSVPs encouraged. The dinner menu comes straight from the lush local gardens and farms, all cool to beat the summer heat: […]

Bobby Birdman returns to Portland! Fake Drugs debut featuring dudes from Starfucker and Guidance Counselor!

Swimming pools, beaches, thunderstorms, sunglasses, falling asleep in the park, and couch surfing across the states and back in a friend’s sister’s 1998 Honda with shoddy air conditioning. That’s what this mix is about. There’s still some good sunshine to be soaked up before the rains begin again. Maybe this one will last until then. […]