Looking forward to this new Jemaine Clement movie People, Places, Things and am extra pleased to see Nashville artist Photo Ops is heavily featured. So heavily featured that the band went ahead and released the track. So, if you love it, you can own it! It features some beautiful artwork by yewknee.com favorite, Elizabeth Williams (aka Squibbin).
You've likely seen this making the rounds at some point but News-Leader took it upon themselves to find out who designed the Jazz Cup, originally. The cup itself is a pretty classic design and it seems like more credit is due than just "Solo Cup Company." The article itself is an entertaining read through the chase of information, dead-ends and various inquiries to find out who was ultimately responsible for the design. The end result is enjoyable and feel good, particularly given that designer never had full credit before now.
Blood Bakery is part blog, part portfolio, part store. The blog part contains loads of interesting art projects and designs. The portfolio and shop are sparse but enjoyably cute, particularly these two ghostpins. Downright adorable and some very simple, clever, packaging.
This project is a multi-year labor of love with the objective of capturing Nashville in moving pictures. There were many hours spent on early mornings and evening shoots capturing the mood of the city as it came to life in the morning and transitioned into a vibrant city at night. As our project advanced we gained opportunities to jump on the jumbotron at LP field, access inside bridgestone arena and were given press passes to Live On the Green in exchange for stills of the show.
I love and believe in Nashville. I've bounced around many different cities and I'm proud to call Nashville my home. The main purpose of this project was to capture a few of our favorite vistas, moments, and events that define Nashville. My hope is that this project can inspire even more pride and love for our city.
Special thanks to the Futurebirds (A Nashville based band) for sharing their music with us for this video:
https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/baba-yaga/id635745301
Capture / Capture: Carl Schulz / Pupon Saiyasak
Camera: 5D MKII / MKIII
Lens: Carl Zeiss 50mm f1.4 / 21mm f2.8, Canon 85mm f1.4L, Leica 35mm f2.0 Summicron / 50mm f1.4 Summilux
Equipment: Dynamic Perception Stage Zero Dolly
Single from Steelism's forthcoming release, The Drawing Room, Volume 1. Pre-order The Drawing Room, Volume 1 at http://hellomerch.com/collections/steelism/products/the-drawing-room-volume-1-cd.
My week was ultra short thanks to a VHX retreat upstate. So, my browsing and finding distracting video hasn't been at an all time how. That being said, I think you'll feel plenty distracted and ready to embrace your Summer Friday.
Apple Backstage - this is total fanboy service but I'm admittedly entertained by it.
John Oliver AOL Commercial - embedding is disabled but this AOL commercial spoof is chalk full of quotes to amuse yourself with.
Mastodon - Asleep in the Deep - Mastodon basically just outdid most of the Internet in the epic cat video department.
Mirror Heart by The Wolfpack - this very strange, Film School 101, short film was put together by a group of brothers with a fascinating story. I can't think of a better commercial for The Wolfpack
Circle of Life - sometimes it's nice to dive back into DeepIntoYoutube
I realize that 90's nostalgia is at a raging high right now but I can't help but indulge myself in enjoying Bootleg Bart, an art show and an ongoing hashtag of Bart based art, oddities, reinterpretations and who knows what. It's often a bit crude but you know what they say.
There's a smattering of enjoyable paintings and illustrations (and a great coffee mug) over in the Terminal Radness store. Love the color palette and blocky execution style. There's plenty more to see over on the Instagram with a wider variety of styles - more doodles, some tattoo flash art and plenty of life mottos.
Despite living in New York now, I still enjoy keeping an eye on the Nashville scene of music (largely through browsing the latest Bandcamp offerings). This latest edition of the We Own This Town podcast came together rather quickly as there seems to be no shortage of great, diverse, music coming from there.
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It's a quick listen but enjoyable from start to finish and has already made its way into my heavy rotation. The repeat repeat may be my favorite of the bunch but I, honestly, enjoy them all greatly.
Wildfront - Love is Not Eternal
repeat repeat - mostly
R Stevie Moore - Found a Job
Charlie Shea - BLOO
Also This - Girls Don't Speak Bro Code
JAWWS - Livingston
BecomingTheDevourer - The Fever Dream of a Dying Go
The ODEN blog recently posted about the Japanese aesthetic ideal of Wabi-sabi, the pursuit of accepting transience and imperfection. It's a Buddhist teaching but applied to the world of art and creation it can be liberating as it helps to understand that your mark on the world isn't necessarily the most perfect brush stroke, it's the somewhat imperfect one.
The article cites the work of Rachel Briggs - specifically her label work for Wiseacre Brewing in Memphis. The work has a serious elegance to it but also doesn't shy away from being "imperfect" as it gives it a personality otherwise unreachable.
Rather enjoyed this series of animated gif's depicting Circles in Movies from Axel Rosito. Individually they are nice but as a collection viewed as a whole they are much stronger. Can you name them all?
Been enjoying the work of Allie Smith. There's a nice playfulness and texture to all of it. The portfolio has a lot of fun, adventurous characters - including a motorcycle wolf goon. The blog has plenty of great new work as well - check out this branding, a mixtape while you're poking around.
I don't know that I have the attention span for it but multiple people have recommended I checked out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History Podcast, a series of very in-depth looks at various moments in history. You know, like World War I. Episodes usually fall in the 3-4 hour range and each topic is covered for a number of episodes. It's probably appropriate to have the episodes go for so long because the topics require that level of explanation but it is a commitment. Regardless, I've heard great things. Going to give it a try.
