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Friday, February 25, 2011

1 Take Wonder

I've seen 1-take shots go well, and I've seen most go bad. This one is legit though. I like the song, however he might have let the beat build a little too much...

Nyle "Let The Beat Build" from Nyle on Vimeo.

The summer I almost bled to death and made animations on Microsoft Paint.

It was the year 2000. I was 15. My dad took me to the doctor because my tonsils were swollen and infected. The doctor told me I would need a tonsillectomy. I had the surgery and the doctors told me it was a success and I would heal up and be fine.

The night after I left the hospital, as I was sleeping in my bed, I shot awake with blood gushing out of my mouth. It was an obscene amount of blood, like something straight out of Kill Bill.

My mom ran to grab a huge metal mixing bowl from the kitchen to catch the blood. I was quickly filling the bowl. What's worse was that every time the blood would clot it would block my airway and I would have to cough up the clot and start hemorrhaging again.

I was rushed to the emergency room. It was in the middle of rural Michigan at 3 a.m. so surgeons were helicoptered in for an emergency operation. The doctors told me I only had 30 mins until I died from blood loss. It turns out I was a bit of a medical anomaly. They told me I had 2 veins on one side of my throat and the average human only has one. The pressure of the extra vein caused the suture in my throat to burst open.

When I was finally released from the hospital I was weak and on a lot of Vicodin. I got the idea to start creating animations by drawing frame by frame with my mouse on Microsoft Paint. I sequenced the thousands of frames together and my animations were born.

I just stumbled across them on my hard drives tonight and I still think they're really cool. Each animation would take a few weeks to complete. It's interesting to see the art I was creating at 15, and I wanted to share them with all you.

They are displayed in the order that I created them in. Enjoy.

I was a little weirdo when I was 15. But I guess I still am.

Wednesday, February 23, 2011

Mad Rad wheat paste video by Nice Dreams

The dudes from Cloud Nice just dropped their new video site called Nice Dreams. They are focusing on all that is poppin in Seattle and beyond. The level of creativity and grind that comes from that camp continues to impress me.

Check out this video they did of Mad Rad doing wheat paste postering, and head over to http://nicedreams.tv to peep the rest of their videos.

02 Mad Rad Wheatpaste from NICE DREAMS on Vimeo.

Rhianna's shirt feat. Kanye West

Kanye dropped his new video for "All of the Lights" yesterday. First thing I thought was, "oh boy another font video". Then I saw Rhianna's top and any kind of critical analysis that was formulating in my mind flew right out the window.

Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Fresh Espresso - The Lazerbeams Live in Bellingham

The homies at Buildstrong just dropped this video from when we played The Wild Buffalo in Bellingham on Feb. 4th with Mash Hall.

Bellingham is like Disneyland for me. I love it there. The kids know how to kick it tough, and the staff at The Wild Buffalo are more hospitable than your grandma at thanksgiving.

Eighty4Fly - Faded

Cameo city! I do truly enjoy this guy's swag on his verses. The love shown for the city is great and glad to have him on team. I want to roll one up right... now.

I Can't Believe It's Not Real

Pretend like this video isn't CG. Then watch it. Then try and wrap your head around the fact that it's CG. 100% of it.

This guy, Alex Roman, is so far above the genius realm for CG I don't think anyone is allowed to make eye contact with him. He's probably fed grapes off the vine by 14 virgins while bathing in champagne brewed by Zeus himself.

It's almost impossible to believe these images are computer generated. Either way, their fucking beautiful. And if one video wasn't enough for you, check out the other below it. I can't tell which is better.

The Third & The Seventh from Alex Roman on Vimeo.