Archive for January, 2008

My new album, vote on the CDD, and lolCats on GETV
Tuesday, January 8th, 2008

Wanna help me spread the word about the Crate Digger Death-match? Read more below:
Last saturday, 12 musicians (including myself) took place in the first ever Crate Digger Death-match. The goal was for each artist to create an entire album in under 12 hours using only $12 of thrift sounds (cds, records, vhs, toys, etc). 7 [...]

Ready, set, dig!
Saturday, January 5th, 2008

The Crate Digger Death-match starts today. We’ve had some good online press over the end of the week and filled up all 12 spots with ease. The 12 entrants are Doctor Popular, TradeMark G., Tanner, Bomarr, nYgel, Antisocial, D-Form, DJ Snyder, Snake Eyes, Fernando Filgueira, Larry Legend, and Tyler Stickley.
Z. has sent out his last [...]

Surveying the damage
Friday, January 4th, 2008

The recent storms in the Bay Area may not the storm of the century, but it certainly has caused plenty of damage to our neighborhood and many others. The news here isn’t really that we have some huge tropical storm, but that we even have any weather worth noting. Our mild weather usually consists of [...]

Denim und yo-yos
Wednesday, January 2nd, 2008

Self Edge, the denim store I do alterations for, has recently announced their new Self Edge/Flat Head collaboration… on a yo-yo message board.
The new SExFH jeans, slated to be released in June, feature a gorgeous leather patch that reads “Fun Time Yo-yo” with a classic illustration of our favorite retro-winding double knob toy. Of course [...]