zaterdag, september 19
donderdag, april 23
My friends call me eef. So do some strangers, which is fine with me. I have been drawing since I was in the womb, using placenta fluid as finger paint. You'd think I'd be a better artist by now, but hey at least I'm not that bad.
I've used my art for many projects with many people. I illustrated 3 issues of the black and white comic book series "Creep" for Conspiracy Productions, and also did issue two of "Puppet Terrors: Murder, Mayhem and no Strings Attached". I have worked with Brian Godawa (To End All Wars) on a graphic novel for his "Cruel Logic" Screenplay, as well as director David L. Cunningham (To End All Wars, Little House on the Prairie, After...) doing storyboards for his film "After...". I wrote and drew a 100 page graphic novel, titled "the Weevil", and my new series "Chumble Spuzz: Kill the Devil" was picked up by SLG publishing.
As well as draw I am in the band Lunaractive, a rock band who tours the US and tries to get people to give them money. So far I'm not making much money in either art or rocking, but I continue to do it because it's who I am and what I love to do.
zondag, april 19
In 1991, President George H. W. Bush implemented a ban on media coverage of returning war dead and their dignified transfer process at Dover Air Force Base, Delaware.
Shortly after he assumed office, President Barack Obama asked Defense Secretary Robert Gates to review this policy, and Gates later reversed it, giving family members of the fallen the right to allow or disallow media coverage.
On April 5th, 2009, the repatriation of the remains of Air Force Staff Sgt. Phillip Meyers became the first such event to be covered by the press in 18 years. This process has taken place, undocumented, over 5,000 times since the beginning of the war in Afghanistan in 2001. Collected here are photographs documenting the transfers of nine soldiers that have taken place since April 5th, 2009. (25 photos total)
maandag, maart 30
Two years ago, the rollicking tribute album On the Jimmy Reed Highway pointed the storied career of singer/guitarist Omar Kent Dykes in a new direction.
That record, cut in Austin and one of the most popular blues releases of 2007, united Dykes with guitar master Jimmie Vaughan and a cadre of talented Reed devotees. Together, they celebrated the music of an acknowledged post-war blues hero.
For his new Big Town Playboy, Dykes summoned many of the same Austin session players (including Vaughan, guitarist/producer Derek O'Brien and singer Lou Ann Barton) and teamed them with a pair of bona fide blues harp legends, Lazy Lester and James Cotton, on a half-dozen tracks. The all-star lineup delivers another shuffling, satisfying selection of classic American blues.
Met andere woorden : leuk !
Downen kan hier via mediafire.
Plaatje is speler.
Maak kennis met de grootste helicopter ooit gebouwd, gebaseerd op de Russische Mil Mi-12 waarvan ooit twee prototypes gemaakt zijn. De Hotelicopter is een revolutionaire ontwikkeling binnen de luchtvaartgeschiedenis en binnenkort is het mogelijk om mee te vliegen.
De eerste vlucht staat op 26 juni a.s. gepland. Bij facebook of twitter kun je de ontwikkelingen volgen en word je geïnformeerd over toekomstige reserveringen. Het vliegende hotel bevat 18 luxueus ingerichte kamers met o.m. een koninklijk bed, een mini-bar, koffiemachine, draadloos internet en alle andere zaken (zoals roomservice) die je van een vijfsterren hotel mag verwachten. Er is voorlopig keuze uit twee arrangementen, ook in Europa maar de Hotelicopter doet Nederland niet aan.
maandag, maart 23
vrijdag, maart 20
A psychedelic experience is characterized by the perception of aspects of one's mind previously unknown, or by the creative exuberance of the mind liberated from its ostensibly ordinary fetters. Psychedelic states are an array of experiences elicited by sensory deprivation as well as by psychedelic substances. Such experiences include hallucinations, changes of perception, synesthesia, altered states of awareness, mystical states, and occasionally states resembling
Although I was born and raised in the United States, there is no doubt that my sculpture has been significantly influenced by my trips to Europe. In fact, having been trained as a painter, I may not have started sculpting had it not been for the semester I spent in Rome in 1987—or at the very least, it may have taken me longer to realize that I prefer three dimensions over two. While there, I was especially impressed by traditional marble sculpture, particularly, the work done by three classical giants: Michelangelo, Dontatello and Bernini.
But never once did I entertain the (currently popular) idea that their work is superficial, trivial, or even trite, primarily because it has been so popular, particularly with the masses. So, quite content with the vulgar appeal of representational sculpture, I returned to the U.S. and began working in wood, which was the only medium available to me; I made “George” at this time.
But in the back of my mind, I was certain that I would eventually work in some kind of stone. However, over the next few years, I grew attached to the warmth and unpredictability of the wood. I was hooked.
Photo: A young Iraqi boy grieves for relatives killed by a car bomb as their bodies are taken away to be buried in the Shiite holy city of Najaf, 160 kilometers (100 miles) south of Baghdad, Iraq Wednesday, July 18, 2007. The attack in Baghdad on Monday followed the release of a man who was kidnapped on Sunday night, police said. The man drove home and parked his car, which exploded and killed his daughters, 18 and 21, and injured his 11-year-old son. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)
Nature transformed through industry is a predominant theme in my work. I set course to intersect with a contemporary view of the great ages of man; from stone, to minerals, oil, transportation, silicon, and so on. To make these ideas visible I search for subjects that are rich in detail and scale yet open in their meaning. Recycling yards, mine tailings, quarries and refineries are all places that are outside of our normal experience, yet we partake of their output on a daily basis.
maandag, februari 23
Love, excitement, curiosity, sadness, passion, melancholy, angst, fear, bliss, anger, joy, compassion, strength, weakness, tenderness and determination are some of the words we use to express what it is to be alive. I use oil- based paints on stretched canvas to present my explorations into the world of human emotions and interpret them in narrative, subject-based scenarios. I use the human figure as the predominate subject and create exaggerated, theatrical, semi-fantastic environments around them. Meer Laura Brink hier.
zondag, februari 22
Het Beatles-album Abbey Road uit 1969 is naar de Abbey Road Studios vernoemd. Op de platenhoes verscheen een foto van The Beatles terwijl ze op Abbey Road over een zebrapad lopen. Op die foto staat een Volkswagen Kever (een Beetle dus) met het kenteken LMW 28 IF. Het is de auto van iemand die daar woont en het is niet waarschijnlijk dat de fotograaf de auto opzettelijk in de opname heeft gezet. De kentekenplaat wordt thans veelvuldig door souvenirjagers gestolen.
Later, in 1988, zouden de Red Hot Chili Peppers dit kopiëren door op de hoes van hun Abbey Road EP dezelfde platenhoes te gebruiken, maar dan lopen de Peppers met niets dan een sok om hun penis over dit zebrapad. Download de beatles hier.
donderdag, februari 19
De oorsprong voor het twaalfde studio album van U2, No Line On The Horizon ligt in Fez, Marokko. De eerste sessies die hier werden opgenomen zetten de toon voor het meest innovatieve album sinds Achtung Baby. No Line On The Horizon erd vervolgens opgenomen in de studio van U2 in Dublin, New York’s latinum Sound Recording Studio en in de Olympic Studios in London en werd geproduceerd door Brian Eno, Daniel Lanois en Steve Lillywhite.



