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Lonely hearts ep release show

admin — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 04:51:42 +0000

I recently got a a chance to shoot the Lonely hearts CD release show as well as design there new EP packaging. I know I have been a lazy blogger but I will have lots of new photos and stories over the next couple of days, a trip to Georgia for an art show, a lot of new design work… oh and I have a Girlfriend and her name is Lacey.

I’m always right!

admin — Fri, 16 May 2008 21:23:16 +0000

“When the basis for being a Christian is your specific set of beliefs about God, the most important thing is being right.”-Jim Palmer (no, not the golfer)

This is a quote that I came across while rereading through Jim Palmer’ book Wide Open Spaces (When I’m strapped for cash I reread old books instead of just buying new ones). I often feel and know that I have this inherent desire to always be right. Even though I secretly want to be proven wrong I still want to be right. It’s one of my greatest struggles as a Christian and believer in Christ.

Often I feel like I come across as a total ass, making the other person feel less-than or inadequate in some way. Its like watching a train wreck in slow motion, you inevitably know the outcome and in a way its hard to watch, but you just keep looking to see what happens. Its like I know what I’m doing but I can’t stop it, I can see the hurt balling up in the other persons eyes (the unfortunate person that has made the mistake of engaging me in conversation only to become my next ego booster.) but I just keep going. Stupid right?

And it’s just that, stupid. The more I discover who Jesus was the more I learn that being right is not the point. If everyone is right then everyone is wrong at the same time. Sometimes I feel like being right is where I find my self worth, my comfort zone, its the security blanket that I wrap myself in. But do I really want my self worth to be in something that only makes me feel good about myself and others less than… I think not.

Georgia wrap up

admin — Thu, 01 May 2008 14:58:25 +0000

Georgia was great and I love hanging out with my friend Chad, he is one of the most genuine and inspiring people I know. Some how every time I get to hang out with him (despite how short it is) I walk away a little more inspired and dedicated to what I am doing with art and design. You see, Chad only does what he really believes in and what he really loves. He might not tell you that vocally but you can hear it in his voice when he talks about P is for Panda and artist like Mark Penxa, about the church that he attends and the bands that he loves to listen to. Hearing and seeing how someone can live there life so others centered, without wanting any kind of pat on the back or recognition is really amazing and I am really glad I get to be friends with Chad, he is truly inspiring.

this is the Chad…

My friend Brian Manley

My friend Amber… thanks for the ride Amber!

Hang’n with the chad

admin — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:27:10 +0000

Yesterday I decided to hitch a ride to Georgia with my friend Amber and hang with my friend Chad Pearsons for the day. Chad is a long time friend from California that now resides in the ATL, he owns and runs a company called P is for Panda. They do a lot of great stuff with T-shirts and independent artists, check them out if you get a chance. Currently I’m sitting in Chad’s office which doubled as my bed room last night, and we just got done looking at some of the new stuff P is doing along with a sweet art package that Mark Penxa sent him as a gift. Mark is a great artist that has a really well developed style, his figure drawing just blows my mind some times. We will probably spend most of our time today down town doing a lot of touristy stuff and taking lots of pictures, good thing I brought my camera. I’ll upload some pictures later when I get back to Nashville.

Last couple of weeks

admin — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 19:23:18 +0000

Well its official, I suck at updating things. The last couple of weeks have seemed to go by so fast, summer is fast approaching and I’m looking forward to spending my first hot and humid summer in Nashville. Here is a little bit of what has been going on…

Media Kamp Launched our new website, its pretty awesome if I do say so myself.

I got a chance to shoot my good buddy Micheal Harrell, Ethan and John while they where recording Micheal’s new EP, I’ve never really shot in a studio before and it was real fun…

my good buddy Ethan Luck became the new drummer for RelientK, make sure to check out for him on this summers WarpTour. They played his first show here in Nashville so I went with my camera in tow. Our friends the Holland brothers opened for them…

Another local band called Mean Tambourines played after, they were legit…

RelientK followed but unfortunately it got real packed in there and was confined to one spot for the rest of the night, which means I got some great photos of Jon Schneck and… thats about it.

The show was real good and Ethan did a great job. Well that is for no, I’m going to try real hard to keep this blog more up to date. Cheers!

IM A HORRIBLE BLOGGER

admin — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 07:27:17 +0000

I realize that I am a horrible blogger… I apologize and promis to try and write more. It seems that so much has been happening lately, things are going by and changing so fast its hard to stop and write it down.

New York NY (Day 2)

admin — Mon, 21 Jan 2008 04:32:12 +0000

Day 2 we headed down to union square for some art and culture.

Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama protesters.

we walked around and talked to some of the artist, some of there work was really inspiring.

this is where I lost 5 bucks playing chess.

New York NY (Day 1)

admin — Sun, 20 Jan 2008 02:44:38 +0000

I decided to make a little trip up to New York this weekend to meet up with some friends from California that where meeting some other friends that live in New York (all old church kids from back in the day and MR. O too). NY is a real interesting place, there is so much art, good food and the people are like ants all walking in different directions. It really makes you feel small in a way. I flew in Thursday night and spent most of the night eating and catching up over a pitcher of beer. The next day we set out to take in as much as we could…

tax dollars hard at work… not even block from the house and already interesting.

we took a little subway ride to the natural History museum.

the natural history museum had a sweet dinosaur exhibit.

after the museum we went to central park and walked around for a while, the park is huge and there is a tribute to John Lennon there.

we then went to a swanky Thai food restaurant called SEA.

after a long day of walking we decided to head back to the house and just hang out watch a movie, it was a really long day. Good but long… I love NY.

CHRISTMAS IN CALIFORNIA

admin — Mon, 31 Dec 2007 21:47:28 +0000

I got the chance to spend Christmas in California with my family, although I spent most of my time working I got see some good friends and eat lots of tamales.

the family…

The one day that I had off from working I met up with my Friend and photographer Dave Tosti. He is still very much addicted to Jamba Juice.

We later met up with my friends Zak, Megan and Jessica for a little lunch at the Gypsy Den.

Zak feels the need to look like the unabomber from time to time.

Jessica hates it when I take pictures over her mid sip, so of course I take them as often as I can.

I got some pretty good gifts from my family and Jessica for Christmas that included some new handlebars, stem and pedal clips for my new bike. My bike pretty sweet no, eventually I will powder coat the frame burnt sparkle orange and get a new white saddle and some white Deep V’s when I get the money.

Jessica got me a sweet Lucha Libre mask from her cruise to Mexico.

¡UPDATE!

admin — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 02:02:10 +0000

I know its been a little while since I have posted anything so here is a little update… I had a birthday and turned 26! We went to this place called “The Mellow Mushroom”, note the great photo of Skwid, Sarah and I. Say good bye to quarter of a century and say hello to one year closer to 30.

My Friend and neighbor Anne Marie had a house warming/Christmas part. Skwid and I decided to class it up a bit and get some holiday sweaters. We headed down to the local Goodwill and much to our surprise it was 50% off day. We got 5 holiday sweaters ($2.50 each), two Christmas themed wine glasses (.50¢ each), and an old school Nintendo ($10 and well worth it). Since we only really needed two holiday sweaters we decided to take them to the party and hand them out. Here are some of the takers…

Did I mention that Anne Marie is an amazing cook, everything was so good!

Its been a good couple of weeks, I leave for California to spend the holidays with the family on Tuesday so I’m sure there will be some posts while I’m there.