this will be the best week ever!

the first week of march is going to be great! on the 6th mickey avalon, dirt nasty and andre legacy= dyslexic speedreaders will be at the metro in chicago. then on the 7th the reverend horton heat will be at the high noon, here in madison. the poor husband is going to be tortured by my musical schizophrenia, but too bad, i am finally looking forward to doing something in the midwest. yay music!

fashionable male?

ah wisconsin fashion at it's finest. see i'm half joking here, i actually kind of like this guys outfit. heck kids in nyc and la would probably love the hat and jacket if they could get their hands on them. the best part is you know he most likely put no thought into what he put on that day, jacket, check, warm hat, check. this was a man choosing function, not fashion, but that's what makes it so brilliant. i only wish i could've gotten a picture from the front, so you could get the full effect. the guy was hauling butt down the street and well it's too friggin' cold to be chasing people down.

brrrrrrrrr!

the past few days have been out of hand COLD! i keep hearing that it gets this way every year, but my body is in shock. this just doesn't seem right for it to get so chilly. the sun has been out and one would generally think it would be warm when you walk out the door, but no such luck. the worse part is the phone calls from my mom telling me it's been in the 70's and my dad in nor cal telling me it's been in the 60's almost all winter. he lives in the sierra nevada mountains and they usually get feet of snow. i guess my ca native self has yet to adjust to the thought of my future winters. next year at this time i say the husband and i head to hawaii or something. shouldn't we all?

goodness

growing up in southern california kroq was a staple as far as radio goes and loveline was a show that i listened to often. they typically had really good guests and there is something oddly funny yet comforting about hearing people talk about their problems. the show is now nationally syndicated, but does not air in madison. anywho, last night their guest was mickey avalon, which quite possibly could've been one of their best as he has been through everything, literally. it was ecspecially nice to hear because he hails from l.a. and is a quintessential hollywood kid. click on goodnes up top should you want to take a listen.

thieves!

today i saw one of the most blantent acts of art theft.
( images and info found here )



the first image is the original, done by mike giant and the other, produced as a t-shirt for profit was done by this guy. he has already pulled the shirt from his site, but this does not excuse what he has done. look not everybody was meant to be an artist, it's o.k. to be a "normal" guy, go punch numbers, drive a bus, whatever, but don't pretend to have talent you don't. to take something that somebody else has done and pass it off as your own, is just ugly. the guy didn't even try and change it! the amusing part to me is that when the husband was attempting to show me how to use illustrator, i used this image to practice on. that being said i was just messing around and having illustrator by no means makes me a graphic designer. stop fronting people!