Real swamped with finals coming up and all. Just thought I'd update everyone:

1. I believe, according to James, that the mid-May camping trip has been rescheduled for May 17th??? Can someone please confirm this? That gives us about 3 weeks to plan who's going/what to pack/etc.

2. I am an employed member of society once again. Starting this weekend I'll be working here. I'm very excited, to say the least.

3. Lately I've been real hooked on The Clash. "The only band that ever mattered", some say. Anyways, I found this ABSURD cover of London Calling on youtube. Check it out. That's Elvis Costello, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, some dude from the E Street Band, and the bass player from No Doubt. Pretty wild, huh?

4. Advertising is fun. For my final assignment in Principles of Advertising, we need to come up with a new creative ad campaign for Altoid's... "Refresh Your Life" is the slogan I came up with... Clark St. helped come up with the creative concept, and we have to make a story board for a commercial too. This is where I'm at right now:




Oh well, good luck to everyone out there with the last couple of weeks of school.

hello

hi everyone...

It's been a while but....This weekend was so awesome.

It all started thursday. Connor came up, we played some jams, then started drinking. Our new thing is to go to Spanky's on Thursday nights because they have this open mic blues jam. Basically all these old locals play blues rock all night. Anyways, Connor shredded so hard on guitar (the regulars nick named him "young blood") and I rocked a little drums. It was so awesome.

On Friday Steve, Connor and I cleansed our Chi in the Catskills. We were going to stay over night, but the camp grounds were all closed. We ate a delicious mexican meal at Pancho Villa's and scaled Katerskill Falls, which was unbelievably beautiful. "Awe inspiring" to say the least.

Saturday was Georges surprise birthday. We tricked him so bad. It was the most fun I've had in a while. On top of that, I played music in front of a whole bar of people! Talk about nerve racking. Too bad that crazy bartender made us stop rocking out... Oh well. I think I'm going to do that again soon, except play more than one and a half songs.

I just finished this for my class. Check 'er out.

thank you

finally some good news

http://www.rollingstone.com/blogs/smokingsection/2009/03/the-strokes-are-back-in-action.php

Big Update

It's been a little while. I hope all is well in the blogosphere. I have a few things I'd like to discuss.

1. Michael Jackson's Thriller album is fuckin' awesome. Dan and I listened to it on cassette in his car and it ruled. I'm absolutely going to get a hold of a hard copy of this CD. It is dance rock at it's finest. Everyone should go listen to "Beat It" or "Billy Jean" and just feel good.

2. I'm going to be making a musical investment this weekend. Thanks to Craigslist, you can find instruments and equipment for dirt cheap...Sure enough, I'm getting a hold of a very nice microphone, adaptors and a tape deck. I'm extremely excited. I'll finally be able to do some good mixes. Music to come soon.

3. http://www.hollisterco.com/hol/homepage.html ..... I'm not sure what exactly I'm getting myself into, but I'm nervous and excited and well, it should be fun.

4. My graphic design teacher is having us make awareness posters for the crisis in Darfur. I didn't realize how serious it was until I had to do a project on it. Basically, the Sudanese government is allowing militant groups to kill non-arab tribes/civilians as well as the rebel groups that fight back against them. It's really intense stuff, and I'm very surprised/disappointed that the UN hasn't accomplished much in stepping in, just ceasefires and empty threats.

Anyways, we were supposed to base our ideas off a famous political artist named James Victore. I came up with this:




Take it easy everyone.

The answer my friend, is blowing in the wind.

this is what's going on in bob dylan's life these days:

Thanks to everyone for making my weekend / life that much better.


My muse...

A few things.

1. The band that is currently tickling my fancy at the moment are Born Ruffians. I'm a big fan of 'I need a life' and 'Foxes mate for life."

2. While I was at Super Stop 'N Shop yesterday, 'Someday' by The Strokes came on the radio. It made my day. I said out loud "I'm going to blog about this."

3. Last evening Mia and I saw Rachel Getting Married. It ruled. Anne Hathaway plays a junkie going through rehab, who takes a weekend to attend her sisters wedding. Apparently it won awards and stuff. I highly suggest it to anyone who can get to the South Hills Mall for a $2 movie, otherwise just wait for the DVD i guess.

4. Right now I'm reading Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas. Well over Hunter S. Thompsons long career as an author, he has teamed up with friend and artist Ralph Steadman for illustrations of books/articles/etc. He also rules. His style is right up my alley. I think someday when I have a place to live and decorate, I'm going to hang a work by Ralph Steadman on the wall.

5. Finally, for my graphic design class we had to make advertisements for Kidrobot toys promoting their store locations. Finally have a reason to do that rising sun nonsense. What do you guys think?




Adios.