Keep your eye out for a very young Mick Jagger in the audience!
Monday, October 26, 2009
Thursday, October 22, 2009
From me to you.
Just would like to say thank you to all that have taken moments to visit my little blog and for all the kind words you've given me...
When life gives you lemons...
I can't begin to tell you how many clients have sat in my chair with similar experiences of what seems to be the end of the road...no gender changes that I know of though. Yet.
The Fun Theory
Oh Volkswagon, you and your clever marketing! They've started a website called thefuntheory.com dedicated to the thought that something as simple as fun is the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better...
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Paul Villinski
These delicate butterflies by artist Paul Villinski are actually made from recycled beer cans, found on the street in New York.
You can see more of his work here.
You can see more of his work here.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Oren Lavie
It's funny how sometimes you get to know and love a song without seeing the video, then when you do finally see it, it's completely different than what you expected.
...Sometimes we all have to fight the good fight.
...Sometimes we all have to fight the good fight.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Basic is best.
The xx are a band from south west London, England, formed in 2005 and they're all only 20 yrs old! They met at school, which happens to be the same school the members of Hot Chip attended. They also opened for Florence and the Machine on her tour during September 2009.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Roadtrippin'
I just got home a few days ago from a wonderful trip into the desert for some wide open spaces and clean air to breath. I won't bore you with all 700 digital pictures I took. I took a ton of film as well and will slowly be getting them all developed. Stay tuned for those...
This is the happiest little 7up sign in the world...I'm pretty sure. It's in Needles, CA, just a few hours outside LA. I wanted to take it home with me.
Our first big stop was the Grand Canyon. No matter how many pixels your camera has you will never ever get the true feeling of this place from a photo. I don't care if you are the best photographer working for National Geographic. If you've never been...GO HERE!!!!!
Throughout the day it looks different, based on the lighting and the shadows cast down from the clouds...
This little guy let me walk right up to him!
Tweedledee and...?
The only complaint I have (really for the entire trip) is that we had a difficult time finding yummy food here. If you know different, please do tell!
CaCa is always funny. Always.
Partner in crime, Julie..
Back on the road...
Not the one I'm used to seeing..
Second destination was Jerome, AZ. It used to be a booming mining town filled with debauchery where prostitution was a big money maker and later was deserted. Now it's a quirky little artist community with views overlooking Sedona and the Red Rocks. Jerome is supposedly incredibly haunted, and thus marketed accordingly. I gotta give props where props is due...I had the best burger ever at "Haunted Hamburger." If you ever make it to these parts you must have one!
The building on the left is where we stayed, The Hotel Connor. I never got scared but must admit some kinda weird stuff happened. Our windows were rattling really hard even though there was no wind as we were trying to fall asleep, and the pully for the blinds was spinning around really fast even though there wasn't any air blowing from anywhere inside the room. I layed in bed and watched it curiously for awhile before I fell asleep. Who knows...maybe..?
There were definitely some characters in this town. This one obliged me with a photo op...
Back on the road again. The US has some really good spots tucked away off the beaten path..
Last stop for us was Sedona. One of the most mystical magical places on earth!
A sunset hike at the strongest vortex...
Horseback riding through Dead Horse Ranch State Park...
The whole trip has a dreamy quality about it. I forget sometimes how important it is to get out of Los Angeles to simply step away from the madness for atleast a few days.
Next up? The planning has already begun to drive through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia in January. I'm so excited!! If you know of any places I absolutely must see in these states or local cuisine I must try, please email me..!
This is the happiest little 7up sign in the world...I'm pretty sure. It's in Needles, CA, just a few hours outside LA. I wanted to take it home with me.
Our first big stop was the Grand Canyon. No matter how many pixels your camera has you will never ever get the true feeling of this place from a photo. I don't care if you are the best photographer working for National Geographic. If you've never been...GO HERE!!!!!
Throughout the day it looks different, based on the lighting and the shadows cast down from the clouds...
This little guy let me walk right up to him!
Tweedledee and...?
The only complaint I have (really for the entire trip) is that we had a difficult time finding yummy food here. If you know different, please do tell!
CaCa is always funny. Always.
Partner in crime, Julie..
Back on the road...
Not the one I'm used to seeing..
Second destination was Jerome, AZ. It used to be a booming mining town filled with debauchery where prostitution was a big money maker and later was deserted. Now it's a quirky little artist community with views overlooking Sedona and the Red Rocks. Jerome is supposedly incredibly haunted, and thus marketed accordingly. I gotta give props where props is due...I had the best burger ever at "Haunted Hamburger." If you ever make it to these parts you must have one!
The building on the left is where we stayed, The Hotel Connor. I never got scared but must admit some kinda weird stuff happened. Our windows were rattling really hard even though there was no wind as we were trying to fall asleep, and the pully for the blinds was spinning around really fast even though there wasn't any air blowing from anywhere inside the room. I layed in bed and watched it curiously for awhile before I fell asleep. Who knows...maybe..?
There were definitely some characters in this town. This one obliged me with a photo op...
Back on the road again. The US has some really good spots tucked away off the beaten path..
Last stop for us was Sedona. One of the most mystical magical places on earth!
A sunset hike at the strongest vortex...
Horseback riding through Dead Horse Ranch State Park...
The whole trip has a dreamy quality about it. I forget sometimes how important it is to get out of Los Angeles to simply step away from the madness for atleast a few days.
Next up? The planning has already begun to drive through Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama and Georgia in January. I'm so excited!! If you know of any places I absolutely must see in these states or local cuisine I must try, please email me..!
Milton Glaser
I'm digging his stream of consciousness as he draws. And doesn't he have a soothing voice?
MILTON GLASER DRAWS & LECTURES from C. Coy on Vimeo.
Milton Glaser is a graphic designer, best known for the I Love New York logo, his "Bob Dylan" poster, the "DC bullet" logo used by DC Comics from 1977 to 2005, and the "Brooklyn Brewery" logo. He also founded New York Magazine with Clay Felker in 1968.
Friday, October 16, 2009
iPhone art
Lawrence Weschler, the Director of the New York Institute for the Humanities at New York University, has a brilliant story in the Oct. 22 issue of the New York Review of Books. It seems Weschler's friend, famed artist David Hockney, is obsessed with making art -- via his Brushes application on his iPhone.
Weschler explains: "Over the past six months, Hockney has fashioned literally hundreds, probably over a thousand, such images, often sending out four or five a day to a group of about a dozen friends, and not really caring what happens to them after that. (He assumes the friends pass them along through the digital ether.) These are, mind you, not second-generation digital copies of images that exist in some other medium: their digital expression constitutes the sole (albeit multiple) original of the image."
Weschler explains: "Over the past six months, Hockney has fashioned literally hundreds, probably over a thousand, such images, often sending out four or five a day to a group of about a dozen friends, and not really caring what happens to them after that. (He assumes the friends pass them along through the digital ether.) These are, mind you, not second-generation digital copies of images that exist in some other medium: their digital expression constitutes the sole (albeit multiple) original of the image."
Saturday, October 10, 2009
Monday, October 5, 2009
Big Jumps
Introducing the adorable Emiliana Torrini from Iceland...
Video directed by James Copeman. Emiliana's album is called "Me and Armini."
Video directed by James Copeman. Emiliana's album is called "Me and Armini."
Poetry in Motion
This is a clip from one of the earliest films made, an 1895-1897 short of dancing sisters Annabelle and Crissie Sheridan performing 'the serpentine dance' in specially designed costumes with large tapered pleats in them only covering the back and arms.. It's like watching a whirling flower, or a jellyfish, isn't it? And also so interesting to see how the pioneers of film were exploring the possibilities of this new medium.
The stills are equally as mesmerizing...
This film of dancer Loie Fuller performing the serpentine dance was made by the Lumiere Brothers in 1896. It was shot and hand-colored frame by frame...
The epitome of timeless beauty.
The stills are equally as mesmerizing...
This film of dancer Loie Fuller performing the serpentine dance was made by the Lumiere Brothers in 1896. It was shot and hand-colored frame by frame...
The epitome of timeless beauty.
Inspiration
Just don't give up on trying to do what you really want to do. Where there is love and inspiration, I don't think you can go wrong.
-Ella Fitzgerald
Living is a form of not being sure, not knowing what next or how. The moment you know how, you die a little. The artist never entirely knows. We guess. We may be wrong, but we take leap after leap in the dark.
- Agnes de Mille, choreographer
Friday, October 2, 2009
Watch it.
If you grew up in the 80's, like video games or just appreciate story telling at it's best...I think you'll like this movie.
It has a surprising amount of twists and turns and the characters in this documentary are ridiculously entertaining and hilarious. I loved it!
It has a surprising amount of twists and turns and the characters in this documentary are ridiculously entertaining and hilarious. I loved it!
