| Building things is fun! |
[May. 1st, 2008|02:43 pm] |
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| | Bangers and Mash- Radiohead; Machine Gun- Portishead | ] |
3-D Design class has been a blast. I've kind of been going crazy on all my projects. That was my last one. My next one is a sculpture. I'm not sure the sculpture will look like how I wanted it to but it's my first time doing this sort of thing so I'm glad that I've gotten to look like it does so far. Drawing for Sequential is kind of kicking my butt but this weekend I am resolved to just do better.
Other news in life
* Radiohead show is coming soon. I am looking forward to that concert especially since the Liars are the opening act.
* Seeing Iron Man tonight with a gianormous group. I am very excited.
* Christa and I celebrated our one month anniversary last week by getting Indian food. I should probably get pictures of the two doing something that doesn't look akin to the two of us kicking each other's ass.
* Gotten behind in working on stuff for well the thing I'm working that I don't feel inclined to talk about yet because there isn't much there to talk about at the moment. I need to make more time for things I draw for myself.
* I will be here during the summer taking classes. If I do classes every quarter (including summer sessions), I can graduate by Spring next year or Fall depending on certain siutations. Things look very good for housing during the summer and I will have to get a job. So if anyone is in town, I will probably want to hang out as I won't have a whole lot to do house sitting.
* By the way, Third by Portishead is the best album I've heard so far this year. I was really excited for this album after seeing some footage of the new songs performed at ATP's Nightmare Before Christmas show last year and I'm glad the album hasn't disappointed me. So for those curious about the album, here is We Carry On which is definitely one of the highlights of the album. I really want them to do a US tour soon though I don't think that's likely.
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| Saw this on another blog and felt I should show it... |
[Apr. 14th, 2008|10:43 am] |
Sequence that was used as a pitch for Studio Ghibli to make a movie based on Little Nemo back in 1984. The movie that eventually got made probably didn't look anything like this. It was apparently directed by Yoshifumi Kondo, the guy behind Whisper of the Heart. Sigh, what could have been.
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[Apr. 11th, 2008|01:11 pm] |
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So I found out on this past Wednesday that if I basically just plow through school for the next year doing summer sessions both summers, I can be out of school by next summer. The problem is that I gots no place to crash if I do. I really can't afford to stay on campus for Summer classes and I'm looking for a place to crash here in Savannah if at all possible as I'm trying to do sequential classes (and probably a graphic design class this quarter). I would of course help with utilities and rent as I'll also be getting a job while I'm here in town but any help that anyone could provide would be appreciated. I will probably post this on the SCAD livejournal community but I would prefer to stay with friends if I'm going to be here. |
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| Update on life and works in progress |
[Apr. 1st, 2008|12:49 am] |
So basically here's what's gone down since spring break...
- If you haven't seen it on Facebook or couldn't guess from my last post, I have a girlfriend now and in fact, the young lady from the last life update. Her name is Christa, she's an animation major, and I'll be honest she's pretty awesome. Also good influence on me.
- Working on a portfolio and resume for the career fair so I can get an internship over the summer. Time to find stuff that doesn't make me look like all I draw are monsters and robots.
- Speaking of which, here's some new stuff I'm working on in an effort to get more content in the portfolio. Naturally it has a robot, but it's like a robot spaceman so that's better?
These are for something that I'm currently working on for myself. They're not done (I'll eventually computer color them both) but I'm proud of what I have so far. I don't want to talk about it because I'm not quite ready to talk about something where I don't have much material other than this. If you've talked to me lately though you can kinda figure out where these are going to be used.
- Enjoying classes so far this quarter. I've liked being able to draw again and Drawing for Sequential has given me a lot of confidence to just keep drawing. My 20th Century teacher has a sense of humor and has kept the class interesting so far. 3-D Design has been the most painful but only literally (yes there was a gluing, no I won't go into it) and I'm enjoying take a class by a teacher that isn't sequentially oriented or recommended because he's good for sequential stuff. Nothing against taking teachers like that but honestly while I'm here, exposing myself to other arts and ways of thinking can't do anything but help. I really doubt I would have been exposed to the awesomeness of the Constructivists and their completely insane architecture by staying in sequential and kept that mindset.
- My breath mint addiction is coming back in full force. I keep taking handfuls of mints from the dining hall. I feel dirty. |
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[Mar. 25th, 2008|03:20 pm] |
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life is good. |
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| Haircut time I think... |
[Mar. 23rd, 2008|01:51 pm] |
So my mom kept bugging me to get a haircut when I was home and while I didn't want to get it cut because I kinda like it long, I did consider getting my hair styled so I don't accidentally grow a mullet though a hair cut isn't out of the question. So as I'm in the middle of my fascination with many things English and Scottish, I am posting various hair styles of British rock stars that I would potentially try to get my hair to emulate.
( Cut for courtesy ) |
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| Update since I probably should... |
[Mar. 16th, 2008|03:20 pm] |
| [ | Current Location |
| | Charlotte | ] |
| [ | music |
| | Tonto - Battles | ] |
Quarter is over. It went by too slowly and it didn't seem to go well. My grades will be crap and I'm amazed that I got by in one of my classes though I'm not feeling positive about the other one. Very few things seemed to go well in the majority of the quarter. I got sick. I got my debit card ripped off. I got involved roommate drama that I really don't want to talk about to be honest. I did not get any of the student media jobs for which I applied. Things just didn't appear to go my way for the majority of the quarter.
However, the last few weeks seem to be looking up. There's a young lady who makes me smile. We're just friends right now but I have fun when I spend time with her, I enjoy her company alot, and again she makes me smile which people say I don't do too often. We spent this past Thursday going out to dinner with friends and watching Shaolin Soccer. I really enjoyed myself and just hope there are more evenings (and days) like that in the future. I'll be glad when we get back for school so I can continue to hang out with her maybe go out on a adventures (schedules allowing).
I'm switching back into the Sequential major but keeping Graphic Design as my minor. I like doing graphic design and I like the fact that it's exposing me to new things artwise and new ways of thinking. Unfortunately, I don't think I can keep up with the pace of the classes as my major. Also, I like to draw. Being on a computer to do all my work drives me batty. I didn't get to draw and that sort of drove me up the wall. It just feels right me being in sequential. The only downside is that I'm going to have to take an 8am class again this quarter since all of the other classes were already taken. I'm also going to have to take 3-D Design since I didn't want to take 2 studio classes (and Advanced Scriptwriting was already filled up) but I was going to have to take that eventually anyways.
I'm not doing a radio show next quarter. After the bitter feelings I had towards not getting hired in the last few weeks, I realized I need a brief break in student media. I've made it into a much bigger part of my life than I need to and I really should focus on school this quarter. Also I want to persue other other opportunities this quarter. Some I'm making for myself, and others I'm persuing such as internships over the summer. I just need to be focused. However, I will be back in the fall with my show Alphabet Soup. I appreciate all my friends on this list that listen to my show and those that don't well I'll let you know when to tune in when I get a shift again. I'll still do the occasional review and possibly a commentary or two next quarter but not alot.
Anyways, that's life right now. I'm home in Charlotte, until Friday or Saturday, and I'm getting things done. I hope everything is going well for everyone!
PS Out of curiousity, if you had to associate a song and/or band with me what would it be? |
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| More Adventures in Credit Card fraud |
[Feb. 19th, 2008|12:03 am] |
http://www.wsav.com/midatlantic/sav/home.apx.-content-articles-SAV-2008-02-18-0033.html
I was interviewed for WSAV about the fraud. Just for the record when I was being interviewed I didn't implicate the bookstore and tried to tell her that I thought it was several places that the fraud could have occurred. It doesn't surprise me that she went with the bookstore angle as she kept asking me about it and that's the way it got edited. Otherwise, I'm glad someone made a story about this because it's pretty scary. |
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| Update on Financial Shitstorm '08 |
[Feb. 14th, 2008|05:42 pm] |
| [ | music |
| | Demon Detour Bootleg- Gorillaz | ] |
So I'm sure I've told a good deal about this but I might was well let people know the outcome. So for those that don't know, Monday I found out some jerk in Florida charged close to $400 dollars on my debit card. I found this out as I was going to pay for a project I had due in an hour. I called my bank and they emailed me paperwork. Thankfully I was credited back the money. I made a statement to the cops today who said a report would be ready around Monday or Tuesday.
This hasn't been much fun to be honest and it's second time it's happened to me. In fact it's made me very paranoid about living in Savannah. I don't know where this is happening (though I have ideas). I strongly urge people to use cash in the immeadiate future and if you can get money from tellers directly. Be careful folks, there's assholes out there and not enough good people. |
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| Jaime Hewlett please do comics again... |
[Feb. 5th, 2008|09:15 pm] |
I know he has no intention of ever drawing them again, mostly because working on Gorillaz lets him do all sorts of things that just drawing a comic probably wouldn't let him do, but man would I like to see Jaime Hewlett do comics again. For now though I'll settle with getting to see the new show based on his Get the Freebies strip, Phoo Action.
I'm really pumped about this show and most everyone I've shown this trailer is to as well.
Seriously why don't we have shows this wacky looking in America? |
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| Ways not to die #483 |
[Jan. 24th, 2008|04:44 pm] |
Getting hit by a car in the middle of the street because you stopped to ponder the importance of the band Blur to British popular music.
Oh in more pleasant news, Jim Woodring is pretty awesome. I wish I had my PC here because I guarantee that this would be my background right now.
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| Back in Savannah |
[Jan. 13th, 2008|10:52 pm] |
This was my first week back at school. I feel like I'm putting forth more of an effort this quarter than I did last quarter. I especially need to do this for my Vector and Raster Graphics class which while I'm knowledgable and in Photoshop, I'm no expert. Luckily a couple of my friends know how to use it. I just need to stay on target.
Starting the quarter, time for radio once again. I hope that everyone tunes into www.scadradio.org every Sunday from 8-10 for Alphabet Soup, SCAD Radio's show that goes through the music vault one record at a time and of course hosted by me, Dan or as I'm known on air DJ Rodan. The show's intent is to sort of show the variety of music that we have in the SCAD Radio vaults with the only stipulation being that the songs or band start with a particular letter. I'm trying to show that SCAD Radio isn't just a station that plays white boys with guitars all the time. Though I do like White Boys with guitars, you know there's more out there. Of course this show will probably fall towards my own particular biases but I hope that I can at least let people know that we do try to promote a wide listening variety at the station. So here is the list from this week's show under the cut.
( Setlist )
Anyways, tune in and listen to hear what I pull out next week. I'm hoping to use some vinyl next week!
Also one or two more comic projects to announce by the end of the month. Not going to talk about either thing because not much to report at the moment but the goal is to have something new for the zine fair and FLUKE. |
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| Happy New Year |
[Jan. 1st, 2008|12:05 am] |
| [ | music |
| | Just Like Heaven - Dinosaur Jr. | ] |
Happy New Year to everyone. I've got comics type things coming up and I'll be sharing them when I've got things I can post up. |
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[Dec. 24th, 2007|11:46 pm] |
Nothing says Christmas quite like Evil Dead and Bruce Campbell so here's a piece I did for my brother for Christmas.
Anyways Merry Christmas to everyone. I'll be in Greensboro for the forseeable future (probably until after New Years) so I thought I would let everyone know who might be curious as to why I'm not online. |
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[Dec. 19th, 2007|07:36 pm] |
It's the end of the year so it's time for those wacky end of the year lists that people like to do so much. Since I listen to a lot of music and read a lot of comics, here's a list of both in no particular order.
10 albums from this past year I enjoyed
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga- Spoon
Kala- M.I.A.
In Rainbows- Radiohead
Live at Couleur Cafe- Konono No. 1
Mirrored- Battles
Liars- Liars
Beyond- Dinosaur Jr.
Mutantes ao Vivo: Barbican Theatre, Londres 2006 - Os Mutantes
Everybody- The Sea and Cake
I'll Sleep When You're Dead- El-P
And for the record, that Rob Crow solo album still stands as the worst record I heard this past year.
10 Songs that did it for me this past year
Ghost Hardware- Burial
Clear Island- Liars
Bamboo Banga- M.I.A.
Headmaster Ritual (cover from their webcast)- Radiohead
Split Needles- The Shins
Real Talk- R. Kelly
Atlas- Battles
The Perfect Me- Deerhoof
A Mundane Phonecall to Jack Parsons- A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Finer Feelings- Spoon
Now here are 15 comics that came out in 2007 I thought were worth a gander and briefly why I thought they were good. Hopefully the Heroes blog will have my other Best of 2007 list there later this week.
Storeyville - Frank Santoro (Picturebox Inc.)
Frank Santoro's story is like a graphic novel version of a Sunday paper. This comic is almost the opposite of everything that people expect in "comic masterpieces"; it's life affirming, it's short, and the main character doesn't hate himself. This work is all the better for it.
Multiple Warheadz #1 - Brendan Graham (Oni Press)
If there was any single issue that I forced people to read this past year, it was this one. Brendan Graham's dystopic sci-fi story takes a number of influences, puts them in a pot, adds a little absurdism and sex, and created one of the most satisfying comics I read this past year. I look forward to future issues of this series.
Super Spy- Matt Kindt (Top Shelf)
I'm a sucker for spy stories and this book satisfied that for me. Going into the psychology and danger of being in a spy in World War II, Super Spy enthralled me from start to finish.
Iron Fist: The Last Immortal Iron Fist Story- Ed Brubaker and Matt Fraction, David Aja, and Matt Hollingsworth (Marvel)
I haven't been wowed by a Marvel comic in a long time but Iron Fist is definitely the best thing the company has published since at least Grant Morrison's X-Men. Why didn't anyone before Brubaker and Fraction think to make this a completely kung-fu book?
Watergate Sue- Megan Kelso (New York Times)
A sad tale examining the realtionship between a mother to be and her mother. I hope that it gets collected in print soon.
The Blot- Tom Neely (I Will Destroy You)
My other favorite debut after Multiple Warheadz, The Blot was a book that stunned me from start to finish. Tom Neely melded abstract painting and early animation to create one creepily, personal story.
New Tales of Old Palomar- Gilberty Hernandez (Fantagraphics/Coconino Press)
Isn't it nice to revisit old friends and see that they still have surprises to offer you?
Maggots- Brian Chippendale (Picturebox Inc.)
About time this got collected. I remember seeing Lightning Bolt back in 2005 and Chippendale saying that this was probably going come out then. Anyways, this more or less had the title wrapped up for most mindblowing comic of 2007. Dense, bizarre, and almost narrativeless, there was no other comics reading experience like Maggots this year.
The Aviary- Jamie Tanner (Adhouse Books)
Almost as bizarre as the blot, The Aviary read like David Lynch doing a Victorian melodrama as drawn by Tony Millionaire.
Black Metal- Rick Spears and Chuck BB (Oni Press)
This was a book whose qualities I enjoyed warts and all. Loud, brash, and kind of noisy (just like the metal it's named for), Black Metal was a book that was fun from beginning to end. I hope the next book comes out sooner rather than later.
Dr. 13; Architecture and Mortality- Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang (DC Comics)
I haven't laughed out loud reading a comic in a store as much as I did with this one. I never thought Brian Azzarrello, Mr. Grim n' Gritty crime comics guy, would write a comic that was as enjoyable as this one.
Gunnerkrigg Court- Tom Siddell (http://www.gunnerkrigg.com)
Possibly my favorite web comic online today.
Cold Heat- Ben Jones and Frank Santoro (Picturebox Inc)
Acid punk teen superhero epic is the only way to describe this book. From Ben Jones out there plot filled with ninjas, monsters, and aliens to Frank Santoro's impressionistic visuals by way of 3-D glasses, Cold Heat was a book that I had no idea where it was going
Galatikrap #2- Brian Chippendale (Self-released Mini Comic)
Two Brian Chippendale comics on this list? What can I say? Brian Chippendale was the artist that made the biggest impression on me this past year. |
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[Dec. 17th, 2007|02:21 am] |
Hello, I haven't updated this thing in awhile. Life at home is okay. I didn't find a job and I've more or less given up on that. No point in getting a job that I'll only be at for three weeks and will be paid next to nothing.
Seen a few movies over the course of the last few weeks. Saw Golden Compass (enjoyed that immensely) and I Am Legend (which was killed by it's ending). I Am Legend really frustrated me as I felt the first hour was full of well crafted tension and that the movie was going to be better than I expected. Then the last third of it happened which killed any chances of the movie being interesting. Also been watching whatever DVDs my folks bring home mostly because I never spend any time with them when I'm home and I kind of feel bad about that.
Jim brought over Nomi Song today. For those who don't know what that is, Nomi Song is a documentary about Klaus Nomi who was, for lack of a better description, a robot from Mars that sang Opera. I'm not kidding. Nomi was this guy who had this amazing singing voice which he used to sing pop songs and sometimes arias. Also he was referenced on the Venture Brothers (but more on that later). I had heard of Nomi as my friend Michael was a fan of his awhile ago but for some reason or another I never really got him. I couldn't tell if his music was meant as a joke that I just didn't get. The problem was that I hadn't seen the visual component of Nomi which honestly was a really big part of his performances and the music. It's one thing to hear Nomi sing but to see him perform is something else entirely. Anyways back to the movie which was wonderful. I feel that the movie one explained the appeal of him (which was good) but at the same time really emphasized why he was worth reconsidering as an important figure of 20th century popular culture. It's amazing to see how ahead of his time he was not to mention just how idiosyncratic the guy was yet at the same time what a very human figure he was despite his sometimes robotic appearance. It's a story with a depressing ending as Nomi was a victim of the AIDS virus in the early 80s and since not much was known about the disease at the time, he more or less died alone in a hospital. It's also sort of disappointing that now he's probably best known as a joke on the Venture Brothers which as funny as it was sort of belittles the fact that he was a very unique and gifted individual. Anyways, I recommend seeing the movie as it's a lovely documentary and I was amazed at just how much archival footage there was of Nomi, including his very first live performance, and how well it really captured his mystique. For those curious, here's a couple of videos with him.
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