musings of an ohioan who was supposed to be icelandic...

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Sugar dumpling, muffin baby...

Mikey sang this to me while I was incredibly sick this week and I've been obsessed ever since.

Thursday, June 25, 2009

Because Carlos posted this months ago...


R.I.P MJ, you had some excellent hits. I did PYT shots all night for you.


Thursday, May 14, 2009

I <3 Isopar


Monoprint/monotype's by Koichi Yamamoto.


Yamamoto is a printmaker and an Assistant Professor at the University of Tennessee. From what I understand, in the 2nd and 3rd images he would use isopar and a roller to re-create Japanese landscape type paintings. I'm unsure of his other process(es), but I really enjoy his work.

Koichi Yamamoto.

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

P.O.T.D. #4


Patriotic shots in Chicago with some friends from Toledo.
July 4, 2008

Another TFLN, FML type site.

http://www.sorry-mom.com

Saturday, April 18, 2009

My kind of holiday...


Happy Record Store Day!
Today is the 2nd annual celebration of independent record stores. This pseudo holiday was started last year in Portland, ME and now over 1,000 record stores are celebrating! Acts such as Erykah Badu and Franz Ferdinand will be playing in-store sets in their hometown stores. For you Chicagoans, The Lawrence Arms are playing at one of the Reckless stores! I'm not sure which one, though. I know Music Saves and Blue Arrow (?) are holding some festivities in Cleveland, and Used Kids and Lost Weekend Records are partying down in Columbus, as well. As for Toledo, it's going to be a good day for sure:


Rama Lama is handing out goodies and freebies, plus Rob will offer a traditional Japanese bow if you buy stuff from his store.
3151 W Central Ave
Rama Lama Records



Culture Clash is giving away a bunch of free stuff, offering limited releases, and there will be performances by DJ Dangus, The Falling Spikes, Potentials w/ Steve A, and RAVEN.
4020 Secor Rd
Culture Clash Records



Shakin Street is offering free food, and if you say "Sammy Hagar Rules" you get 15% off your purchase. There will be acoustic in stores by Extra!Extra!, Ian from Sinker, and The Infernal Names.
1503 Adams St
Shakin Street Records

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Attn Toledoans!

This weekend, it begins...


Artomatic419! 2009 TV Ad from Above the Shop Studios on Vimeo.

...and it's actually way cooler than this video makes it seem.

Artomatic 419