Urban Honking

I’m working on a project with Ariana Jacob and Amber Bell that aims to make a vending cart of maps made by people from Portland. I came across a link to the projects being created by Art House Co-op of Atlanta, that I think run parallel to our idea in the way that we both […]

I’ve been finding inspiration in this book, the final project by the members of the art group Haha, Wendy Jacob, Laurie Palmer, and John Ploof. I wasn’t aware of Haha’s work until reading about them in Group Work last spring, and have been surprised to learn that their group interest focused around collective conceptions of […]

SAM TOPIC V. 2: You should analyze Papa Roach’s last resort video for your blog. It is one of the best examples of late ’90s culture ever. [via BBM] Let it be known that, prior to this moment, I don’t believe I have ever seen this video (when it came out I was moving from […]

Subscribe via iTunesor direct mp3 Minotaur Shock: Little Wire Mix Originally presented for The Wire/Adventures In Modern Music 14 August 2008 1. Voices Of Conquest “O Yes My Lord” 2. Holy Fuck “Lovely Allen (Minotaur Shock Remix)” 3. Kelley Polar “Sea Of Sine Waves” 4. The Millennium “Just About The Same” 5. Paavoharju “Kevätrumpu” 6. […]

clip art from Craphound SAM TOPIC V. 1: “Oh man I want you to blog about when you worked in the comic store” [via BBM] In mid-1999, I had just moved to Portland, Oregon from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and for a while during the transition from East to West I had a part-time employment at the […]

Tonight I dined with Samuel L. Jackson P. Hockley-Smith, aka Sam. Together we decided that, now that I have a briefish amount of time to blog before immersing myself back in the day-to-day of running a magazine, I should write at least once daily until the end of winter break about a topic he recommends. […]

Okay. I been knowing about Beyonce’s enabling alter ego Sasha Fierce since she talked about her in a, I believe, 2004 Rolling Stone interview/cover story. I thought that was awesome: I’m utterly fascinated with artistic alter egos, the psychological transformation and bravery that getting into character supposedly gives people like Bey, Mary J Blige (Brook-lyn) […]

Today Sam sent me one of his funny demanding declarative BBMs. This one was non sequitur to any conversation we had going prior to said message. It read: “Update your blog.” and then “Write about Mystikal.” I wanted to write about the war, I replied. He told me if I needed a connection, i could […]

What kind of deadbeat am I? I haven’t written a post in a month and now, here I am, with a post a couple days after Christmas and not a single picture of pajama clad children tearing into presents. Instead, what do I write about? Blood Sport. And Jean Claude Van Damme. I’ve been feeling […]