ACD – AdultContemporaryDisco
new party -
ACD - AdultContemporaryDisco
with
balearic mike (Claremont 56 – Manchester UK)
scotty coats (rong/double fisted)
At
El Cid 4212 W. Sunset Blvd 90029
September 17, 2009
August 15, 2009
Remembering Les Paul and John Hughes
Ferris Bueller’s Day Off (1986)
The Breakfast Club (1985)
Sixteen Candles (1984)
Vacation (1983) writer
Weird Science (1985)
Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)
Uncle Buck (1989)
Les Paul
Slash
Eric Clapton
Pete Townshend
Jimmy Page
Kieth Richards
Marc Bolan
Ace Frehley
Remembering two greats and huge influencers of popular culture, that passed away this week; Les Paul and John Hughes. Just a few of Hughes’ film credits along with some of the musicians that used Les Paul’s guitar.
July 29, 2009
June 30, 2009
June 20, 2009
graphic design 101 – Constructivism
Two of my favorite designers I learned about at art school were Alexander Rodchenko and El Lissitzky.
They were part of the Construct movement of Russia in the early 1900’s. They rejected art for art’s sake, and put their art into a social context. Constructivism was the parent of the modernist movement that later developed at the bauhaus, and the great grandfather for a lot of what you see today. A huge influence.
Read more about Constructivism HERE.
June 15, 2009
May 30, 2009
scary graphic design
These are the actual graphic layouts that Donald Rumsfeld would supply George Bush on his daily briefings before America’s crusade to war in Iraq. Crazy!
(Originally published in GQ magazine)
More HERE
May 29, 2009
May 28, 2009
Meet the President
Got to meet the President last night at a DNC fundraiser at the Beverly Hilton. Snapped a few picks of Obama, Earth, Wind and Fire, Jennifer Hudson along with a little of the action around the President. Must say it was pretty inspiring to shake his hand!
May 27, 2009
May 20, 2009
Lost Art – HVW8 Roy Ayers’ painting
People inquire a lot about one of our most infamous pieces; the Roy Ayers Wax Poetics cover piece from 2004. Here is the story -
The Roy Ayers painting by HVW8 Art Installation was created in Montreal during a live set with Afronaught and Mark Force, from the Bugz in the Attic, during the Goods. I brought back the original painting to Los Angeles from Montreal and gave it to Andre Torres at Funky Sole at Star Shoes for the Wax Poetics cover. Andre took the piece back to Brooklyn. This was the last time I saw it.
A few weeks passed and I asked when we were going to get the piece back. Andre said he had already Fed-Ex’d the painting back to Huntington Beach, where HVW8 had an office within Giant distribution, but didn’t have a tracking number. Fast foward 6 months, Andre finds the tracking number and we find out that the painting was received at Giant distribution and signed for by an employee who was fired that day. This employee then left back to Mexico. Sad thing this piece was never properly documented.
So best bet the HVW8’s Roy Ayers is currently in Tijuana area.
Please let us know if you ever see it! Also never lend out original pieces!
