Simply put, this is my life on a Tumblr blog. I'm a web and graphic designer, SEO-er, and a musician with lots of hopes and dreams for myself, those I love, and those I have not met yet. I'm in the midst of a new musical journey and you will know all about it here, too. Oh, and I love craft beer, burritos, and coffee.
Austra - The Beast
Jackson Pollock: The Greatest Living Painter
“Jackson Pollock: Is he the greatest living painter in the United States?” So asked the headline of the famous August 8, 1949, LIFE article that made Pollock’s reputation — and that he spent much of the rest of his life trying to live up to.
By giving birth to the abstract expressionist movement and making America the center of the art avant-garde, Pollock would prove the headline correct. But he soon abandoned the drip method that had made him famous, and spent the last few years of his life trying less successful styles and battling demons of depression and alcoholism.
As this week marks the 55th anniversary of his death (in a single-car crash, on August 11, 1956, at age 44), LIFE.com presents rare and unseen outtakes from LIFE photographer Martha Nelson’s shoot with Pollock, images that offer a more complete portrait of the artist’s home life in the Hamptons (with wife and fellow painter Lee Krasner) and the singular working method that made him an art-world hero.
See more — Jackson Pollock: RARE & UNPUBLISHED
Source: Life’s Tumblr
Stanley Kubrick’s A Clockwork Orange
I’m a big fan of Stanley Kubrick. A week ago I finally could “spare” about 3 hours, with bathroom breaks, to watch “Eyes Wide Shut” which I think is a fantastic movie. And last night I was searching on Vudu for a movie and when I saw “A Clockwork Orange” I immediately jumped off my couch, dashed to my movie collection and grabbed in one move my 2001 DVD copy of this incredible movie and watched the whole thing: hello late Friday start.
Incubus - Promises, Promises
Incubus is definitely one of my favorite bands with Mike Eizinger being one of my all-time guitar playing and style inspirations. Here’s their latest single “Promises, Promises.” I think it is pretty good and it definitely has a new, “fresher,” sound to it: well done guys. However, I personally LOVE their Adolescents one better and it has more of an Incubus sound to it
Stop. Listen. Enjoy.
