Dematerializing...

Diller Scofidio + Renfro's BLUR BUILDING in Switzerland.

Existentialism and unemployment, welcome to the future.

Richard E. Grant and his great and brilliant work as the tragic title role in Withnail & I.
Shown below, the Halmet soliloquy.

Dead Dash Snow

Dash Snow overdosed last night. Another artist dead too early at the age of 27. I wasn't a fan of his work, though I find any larger-than-life persona interesting as a cultural phenomenon, like pop music or fast food fads or clothing trends- the gritty child of Warhol's shadow.Mr. Snow's personality eclipsed his work, and that may very well have been the point. I imagine he knew the risks and accepted their possibilities...

A somewhat relevant scene, from the film HAPPINESS, regarding the excesses of the human condition and their effects (the real tragedy...):

Iquique, Chile

Iquique, Chile. I'm here for a couple days.

Similar to Baja California, large sand dunes meet the south pacific in dramatic sweeps. Excellent seafood and wine. Cheaper than Santiago de Chile. And, sea lions bark in the shorebreak not 20 yards from my hotelroom.

Vignetted to accent the stark landscape.

More to come.

jorge on the ukelele

It's my pleasure to present Jorge Alvarez of SOLO DOS EN TIJUANA, playing a tidy, bad arse Ukelele.