For as long as I’ve been a San Francisco resident, I’ve been infatuated with the ominous structure on the corner of Mission and 15th St. Resembling a Moorish Castle, San Francisco’s Armory is important piece of the cities history. Built in 1912, as a replacement for another armory that was destroyed in the 1906 earthquake, [...]
Posts from ‘April, 2008’
the coolest Neil Gaiman interview ever.
I was very lucky to have seen Scott McCloud’s presentation at Google last year with my friend Jason Shiga. During Scott’s 50 state tour of the US, his daughters Sky and Winter McCloud, produced a series of video blogs and interviews (called “Winterviews“). Sky was the camera girl/editor, while Winter was the “on air talent”. [...]
Digital piracy goes analog?
This may be the first of a new form of internet piracy. Darren Di Lieto, of Apefluff and The Little Chimp Society, has recently written about a new book called “Colorful Illustrations 93°C” that illegally reprints the art of dozens of well known illustrators. Furthermore, it appears that the bulk of the book’s content [...]
MGPOD for 826
For the next week, $2 of every album that I sell will be donated to the marvelous 826 National. 826, a nonprofit founded by Dave Eggers and his McSweeney‘s cronies, is dedicated to teaching creative writing, screenwriting, publishing, ESL, and numerous other classes to students. I have been volunteering at the 826 Valencia (also known [...]
Skype Lyfe (featuring MC Router)
I’ve added another song to TheSixtyOne called “Skype Lyfe” which is, of course, one of the songs off of my new album Me Geek Pretty One Day. This is the only song I’ve done with MC Router, and it all started off as her idea. She originally asked me to make her a beat using [...]
