After a week and a half on the road, Morgan Blair arrived in San Diego Monday afternoon. In between Home Depot runs and trips to Amvet's, Morgan has been cranking on an eight by six foot panel. The Luce Loft's glass door has provided some interested onlookers, from East Village transients to a San Diego tour group of 30 people.
Check out a few in progress photos below, and be sure to cruise by this Friday or Saturday between 6-10pm.
All Photos by Carly Ealey
Brain Glamor opens Friday, August 14th and Saturday, August 15th from 6-10pm at Luce Loft (1037 J. St. San Diego, 92101)
Posted By zack | 8/13/2009 | 11:14 AM | View Comments (3)
I have a secret source for awesome music videos and he goes by the name of Denim. Check out this hot one by Francis and the Lights for "The Top". I can't watch it enough.
Posted By carly | 8/10/2009 | 11:04 AM | Add a Comment
We meant to camp after Texarkana but Big Spring Texas did not have a campsite as we thought it did, so we saw a sweet sunset instead and stayed in a motel in Midland (home of George and Barbara Bush... ha) with walls painted the exact color of nacho cheese and faux wood panels in the bathroom.
In the morning we went to a couple Salvation Armys and bought a ton of new old VHSs (including "AWESOME MINING!"), drove up to the Texas/Mexico border on a road that could not have been a public way (see comical GPS depiction), snapped a picture, and booked it into New Mexico.
Our plans to finally camp were thwarted again, this time by a lightning storm. We pulled over to watch some lightning in the distance, everything became bathed in golden light, and then this RIDICULOUS (double) RAINBOW appeared before our eyes. It was like a Thomas Kinkade painting, totally preposterous. Border patrol rolled up to see what we were up to, and I told him we were just taking pictures of the rainbow, did he seem them? I don't think he did, or he just had Mexico on the brain and didn't answer.
After that we stayed at Sand's Motel in Socorro, New Mexico, where there was a piece of paper in the bathroom labeled "BATH MAT" and two dollars in the microwave. From there we drove into Arizona and CAMPED at Homolovi State park, which was amazing. We made eggs in the morning and drove to the Grand Canyon, which was just okay. Oops wait... it was ridiculous. Like the rainbow, this massive, brain-boggling illusion that we didn't want to leave. And I was amazed at the hoards of people clamoring towards the edge of it, unphased by the vast drop off inches past their Tivas.
Last night we stayed in Needles, California at the River Valley Motor Lodge, and now we are sitting on our friend Lauren's balcony in Hollywood eating chips and having "a beer". These palm trees are pretty lush. San Diego tomorrow!
- Morgan
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Posted By zack | 8/10/2009 | 1:08 AM | View Comments (1)
Our good friends at Set & Drift asked me to compile a mix tape of songs that molded who I am today. The residents of 2114 Ebers St. and the music they created did just that.
“The addictions need to be fed,
in the white house that we live in.
Water pours in, as we’re dancing.
In other people’s eyes, we’re drowning.”
Sezio sprouted from a group of artists and musicians living in a white house on Ebers street in Ocean Beach, Ca. The creative, collaborative mindset of its residents spread contagiously to visitors and passer-bys. At any given hour there was screen printing in the garage, painting on the front porch and a jam session in the living room or on the roof. Luckily, Andrew Heine’s Pro Tools was running around the clock, and almost all of it was recorded.
This group of tracks has shaped my current musical taste. The warmth of the house combined with the organic sounds of plane engines and doors creaking make you feel like you are sitting in the room… and I was.
Track Listing:
01 – “Wish You Well” by Andrew, Jim & Leah
02 – “Lay Back Down (It’s Easy)” by Dogcatcher
03 – “All At Once” by Dogcatcher
04 – “Morning Smile” by Pretty Too Bad
05 – “Pictures And Such” by Pretty Too Bad
06 – “An Ocean Beach Afternoon” by Brian Holwerda
07 – “Battle Hymn Of My Republic” by Brian Holwerda
08 – “Firehouse House Fire 1939″ by Demasiado
09 – “The Mean We” by Demasiado
10 – “Boogie” by Wade Youman
Click through to Set & Drift to hear the Mix Tape.
Posted By zack | 8/7/2009 | 9:59 AM | View Comments (1)
Lots of stuff has kind of happened since our first day. Michael's friend Chris who we stayed with the second night took us on the 900 ft zipline they have where he works as a wilderness guide dude. I noted to myself as I was stepping off the platform that it was probably best that we were doing it first thing in the morning before we had our wits about us. It was pretty awesome.
Then we drove to Tennessee, bought a popcorn jigsaw puzzle at a thrift store, drove all the way across the state and ended up at a motel near Memphis where we found some booger-bug hybrids on the doorframe to the bathroom. Like, picture if you found a slug, and then when you went to scrape it away with a hotel coat hanger it came apart with the consistency of a booger. That's what it was like. Then this morning we drove into Mississippi a little to visit Graceland Too, but were disappointed when the guy didn't answer his door, even after we spent 15 minutes skulking around his sidewalk looking at his blue christmas tree collection.
We crossed the Mississippi and stopped to collect some gas and flowers sometime after that, then ducked into Arkansas to buy some peaches and tomatoes from a man who looked just like the orchid guy in Adaptation. Hot Springs was sort of a bust, but while I was on the phone trying to reassure Bank of America that I really was in Arkansas, Michael got hilariously dissed when he tried to make small talk with a totally disinterested woman pouring hot spring water into her rubber boots.
After that, I panicked about time, he bought an extreme-American pride energy drink, and again instead of camping we drove on to Texarkana, where we are now in a motel watching Roseanne. Tomorrow we are checking out a Goodwill and venturing further into Texas, where I intend to find an armadillo, some postcards, and FINALLY camp. Our windshield bug smattering, rearview mirror flower conglomeration, and babyfood jar soil collections are growing nicely. I think we might make it to San Diego.
We are enthused.
- Morgan
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Posted By zack | 8/6/2009 | 2:42 PM | Add a Comment