! calling all creatives !

quickfire session. whilst listening to Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros, and still digesting from Thanksgiving.

+ MUSIC +

check some of this cat right now! eric stanley laying down a violin spread to B.o.B.'s "Airplanes" [originally feat. Hayley Williams of Paramore]. enjoy and explore that.


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Temper Trap's debut album Conditions lived up to the anxiousness surrounding it's initial listen and is absolutely something to wrap your ears around. The whole album leaves your foot tapping. Gems like the aforementioned singles "Sweet Disposition" and "Fader" bust out, with the boosting "Down River" showcasing frontman Dougy's vocal shine, and "Science of Fear" semi-finales the album with vocal puncuation. Grab a copy now.

Girl Talk's done it again. This time faster/better than before. All Day explodes with a mashup rifling out War Pigs' infamous riff and continues to flow through sample after ingenious sample. Gillis' latest prodigy is broken down for a free listen with the interactive mashupbreakdown.com.

Q_List
my chemical romance - destroya
temper trap - science of fear
girl talk - oh no
chicago - beginnings
jason aldean - my kinda party
the kooks - see the sun
head automatica - brooklyn burning
mumford & sons - after the storm
eric church - smoke a little smoke
kings of leon - no money
gorillaz - empire ants (feat little dragon)
taking back sunday - miami

This week's Quick_list, like ones to follow, stretches timelines as I'm reorganizing my iTunes library which consists of 6,000+ disheveled songs and videos. Prepare for some oldie-but-goodies as nostalgia sets in, while I catch up to new discoveries and releases.

raise it Thom..


*notice the respect in Linkin Park's new video for "Waiting For The End"*

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FINALLY began work on the oh-so-talked-about-but-never-fully-initiated obesity exhibition. To those faithful who read this - here's your sneak peak:

"Hot Dog Neck"

I'm aiming for a Pop Art acrylic feel... I'll let your imagination navigate as to where I'm going with the rest of this.

The album art process is coming along quickly and nicely. This is where I need yous alls help! Shoot me a random made-up band name and an accompanying album title - anything that comes off the top of your head - the more random the better! The best ideas will be put to life and just maybe I'll showcase.

I got the chance to catch Inception the other night and was absolutely blown away by the creativeness behind the filming. I couldn't help but be reminded of the master M.C. Escher, infamous for his paradoxical pieces of puzzlement.  Click on the image below and give his images a good exploration.

"Relativity"

+ LIFE +

Yesterday was the sorest I've been after an effective chest and triceps workout on Tuesday. First phase of the off-season program has begun and things should get interesting (read: sore). Legs and shoulders were on the menu today - back squats, single-legged leg press, dumbbell roman dead-lifts, walking lunges; barbell press, dumbbell raises, and shrugs. Tomorrow's conditioning should be a riot..

Blue Mountain State has taken over this week's viewing pleasure. Halfway through the first season, there's way too many one-liners and scenarios to even pick a favorite. You can scope out every episode on YouTube.

Thanksgiving weekend saw more Autumn International action as Wales took on New Zealand, Australia met France, England battled South Africa, and Ireland matched up against Argentina. The following highlight is taken from the Welsh match-up as the All Black's flanker lays out a massive tackle on his opposing lock..




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mbj

"Unpredictable, life's a miracle"

Act II

Happenings.
To say the least, there's been a ton.
I've been hiding a lot of audio and visual I'll briefly dive into,
which I'm hoping will stimulate like it does me.
Keep in touch while things change around here - constructive criticism from viewers is an absolute plus.

Look. Listen. Enjoy.

+ MUSIC +

As a whole, I haven't heard anything like Mumford & Sons' Sigh No More in quite some time - pure quality. Theses blokes from across the pond went under the american radar in 2009 and have hit the latter part of this year with a ferocity displayed in the frontman's raw voice.

Q_list : lil wayne - wayne on me, mumford & sons - sigh no more, thirty seconds to mars - vox popoli, kings of leon - pyro, notorious b.i.g. vs the xx - one more chance for a heart to skip a beat, jimmy eat world - the heart is hard to find, rick ross - blow (chopped and screwed), anberlin - to the wolves, the temper trap - sweet disposition.

A little more on the Quick_list: the Temper Trap has reached my ears through a couple songs via radio and they haven't gotten out of my head, so I'm eagerly awaiting a first listen to their album ... 30stm hits Rochester on the 2nd of February next year ... and Lil Wayne's No Ceilings mixtape is another gem from 09, almost paralleling Mumford.

+ ART +

Album art. That's become my next focus. Always intrigued by them, I find the idea a titillating combination of two powerful creative outlets. [For the imaginative out there, shoot me some fake band ideas for practice work!]

Loads going on at the freelance front: tees. portraits. & more. Pros: portfolio building. Cons: my head works faster than my hands.

I need a weekend back at MoMA / nyc - Inspiration runs thick there.

+LIFE+

Autumn test matches have begun in the International rugby world, with some absolute class being shown amongst all premier teams and highlighted below. Locally, the Rochester Aardvarks bid farewell to a spring playoff bid after failing to advance from the Final 6, losing to Grand Rapids in Michigan at the Midwest quarter finals. Work rate and endurance were at a personal high during the season as I struggled to find the peak form of last season, almost pulling off a little tiddy similar to this epic 8-man try.

The Other Guys and Eastbound and Down sit high atop my most recent (limited) entertainment rankings, just a ledge up from Call of Duty: Black Ops. Kenny Powers spits out more one-liners than I can even begin to memorize, while Ferrel and Marky Mark spit retarded-ness in a flick where a lot of the humor is found out of focus.

The Holidays are right around the corner. Enjoy friends and family. Watch football. Catch rugby if you can...



Spread your minds.

mbj

"Love it will not betray you, dismay or enslave you / It will set you free."