Encore

another resurgence.
this time i'm dedicated to quickfire weekly posts, rather than these few and far between epic rants.
so enjoy this last in-depth look at music, art, and life.

+ MUSIC +

went overboard again, flooding my ears with more virgin music they could handle.  the following QuickList is just a glimpse of the more recent standouts.

i'm in dire need of a good concert. mega festival season is coming up (bonaroo, all good, burning man) but i need a show before then.

Q_List ::
tonight is glory - it's never been this quiet
trevor hall - other ways
death cab for cutie - i will follow you into the dark
cage the elephant - shake me down
alkaline trio - do you wanna know?
lil wayne - right above (feat. drake)
the get up kids - rememorable
a day to remember - nj legion iced tea
the decemberists - don't carry it all
jack johnson - you and your heart
trevor hall - house of cards
gucci mane - trap talk (toddla t remix feat. slick don)
snow patrol - if there's a rocket tie me to it

rumblings of new Mumford & Sons, rediscovering Snow Patrol, Trevor Hall (<3 mk),  and my newly downloaded copy of Radiohead's The King of Lambs put a musical smirk on my face.

i'll leave you with some acoustic An Horse with "Camp Out"..

+ ART +

here's where the real resurgence is.

i've been in an artistic drought for quite a few months. i dread even backtracking because i think it's more towards a year's worth. not that my mind wasn't being creative - i have a notebook littered with ideas - but i unmotivated to actually pick up a brush. forced works of art weren't art at all, like my tendons were crosswired. a couple nights spent soaking in A Lust for Life, Pollock, and Matthew Barney's Cremaster series sparked something or another. juices have been flowing ever since, with minor blocks. the first working title of my return is previewed above with much more to soon be showcased.

"All cultures have had means and techniques of expressing their immediate aims. The thing that interests me is that today, painters do not have to go to a subject matter outside of themselves. They work from a different source, they work from within. It seems to me that the artist cannot express this age, the airplane, the atom bomb, the radio, in the old forms of the Renaissance or any other past culture."

 

+ LIFE +

much has changed, and more is changing after loads of self-analyzing, as i'm having to detox - more than just chemicals. i would love to be like most 25 yr olds right now - just working, hanging out with my friends, partying on the weekends; much of what the majority of my early twenties did consist of. but things change. new life is born and cherised. love is found, and worked hard for. and i've come to accept that i need to undergo a coming of age. midlife crisis adverted.

the beef of this Life section is going to get a lot less personal than i had originally planned, with the base of it revolving around things that touch my life - rugby, sneakers, gadgets, and whatnots - basically a Miscellaneous section.

so for this installment i'll share with you the newest additions to my workout arsenal: OxyElite Pro, SuperPump Max, and MegaMen's Sport Vitapak; and to go along with the new stack of supplements, i also picked up these beauts. with the first rugby tournament of the spring coming up March 26th in NYC, i've been hustling the past 4 months in preparation for a great season. during the first full go practice last week i unfortunately suffered a sports hernia, but just a week off and a few days of light duty will fix that up right nice.

till next time, enjoy these highlights from last weeks Super 15 action in the southern hemisphere! class all around

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 LIVE LIFE
- mbj

Well I think about all the other ways I could've played, all the other simple moves I could've made
All the other cards that I could've dealt
All the books I didn't read upon my shelf
All the other ways I could've sung my songs, I realize that none of it went wrong 

It was all play
How could it be any other way