From the category archives:

Art

M Jam #00022

08.30.2010

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Pointillized Marilyn

08.28.2010

Renaissance Hotel, Hollywood CA. Oils. Awesome.

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Renounced muses

08.27.2010

“The theoretician believes in logic and believes that he despises dreams, intuition, and poetry. He does not recognize that these three fairies have only disguised themselves in order to dazzle him; he does not know that he owes his greatest discoveries to them.” – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, ‘Wartime Writings 1939-1944′

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Happy 79th, Count Basie

08.21.2010

From 1964, Corner Pocket featuring Sonny Payne on drums. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Bar top refinish

08.19.2010

The top of the bar has needed to be refinished ever since I nabbed it in 2008. Especially after a vase of flowers tipped over on it a few months ago while I wasn’t home to clean things up, giving a small puddle enough time to eat through the old finish.

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This is my town.

08.19.2010

Via M. La Brea and Fountain, Los Angeles CA.

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Found a use for some leftover paint

08.18.2010

The result of one of the projects I worked on this weekend. I’ve had these two end tables for years, and the tops were thrashed. Almost threw ‘em out, but M pointed out that they’d make a decent TV stand if refinished. I found a couple crusty half-full cans of red and yellow paint from [...]

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Coffee Time – Fred Astaire dancing in 5/4 time – Yolanda and the Thief

08.17.2010

Notice that the song is played in 4/4 time, but danced in 5/4 time! Should be noted that this isn’t a true “5 over 4″ polyrhythm, as the band and dancers are sharing a tempo (i.e. the quarter note is the same). They’re just phrasing things so that the band lands on the shared 1 [...]

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Motherland Music

08.15.2010

With my djembe needing a new goatskin, I dropped it off yesterday at Motherland Music in Culver City. Drum Heaven! The place has a retail showroom, a drum repair workshop, and space for classes and performances. After parking on the street, I followed the sound of drums through the front door of the shop. Turns [...]

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Skunked for Rush at Gibson Amphitheater

08.11.2010

Rallied on a Wednesday night to hopefully find scalpage for Rush at thee ol’ Universal Amphitheater. NO DICE. With the low-end at $275 and buyers outnumbering scalpers at least four to one, we quickly switched gears and turned it into a nice summer night hanging out on Universal CityWalk. Universal City CA, 08.11.2010

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M Jam #00020

08.10.2010

Kauai, 1991.

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Charlatan, Martyr, Hustler

08.10.2010

Awesome poster. By Joey Roth.

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Midsummer furniture rearrangement

08.09.2010

I can’t believe it’s already been three years since I embarked on the remodel, but it has. One of the things that never (literally) sat right with me ever since I got the place in back in 2001 was my two-piece L-shaped couch slash chaise lounge. Made of microfiber, I’ve had it since before I [...]

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KROQ’s Nicole Alvarez interviews M. Shadows and Zacky Vengeance of Avenged Sevenfold

08.06.2010

So I guess Shadows has to run naked through Burbank now.

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Seize the Day

08.04.2010

By Avenged, circa 2005. Words to literally live by. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video

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Eminem’s fucking nightmare.

08.04.2010

It’s a great day for lovers of heavy music and bands that actually play instruments. Avenged Sevenfold’s shredding new album ‘Nightmare’ has hit #1 on the U.S. pop chart, ending the five week reign of Eminem. In a world saturated with Justin Biebers and Lady Gagas, it wouldn’t be out of line to proudly raise [...]

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