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Just yesterday I used the word ‘exculpate’ in a...

Mon, 05 Nov 2012 00:38:00 -0800

Just yesterday I used the word ‘exculpate’ in a written response in evaluating our students presentations-

Nevertheless this weeks assignment needed a bit more fit and finish to fully exculpate you from the trenches of a high concept but unfinished product.

My agent Jennifer has asked me not to use words that I do not understand and true to form I was just winging. Much to my chagrin it was the correct use in it’s idiomatic guise (as opposed to axiomatic, or opprobrious) Lucky roll of the dice.

Speaking of kicking stones down the road, check out the self propagating work and words of our dear friend Anh T Nguyen. Exalted, leading edge ideas in action here.

“ahhm gunna eachew” Shout out to Adam Mesnick and...

Sat, 27 Oct 2012 00:04:00 -0700

“ahhm gunna eachew”

Shout out to Adam Mesnick and the crew at Deli Board and 1058 Hoagie

A little late to the party but we’ve been watching The...

Fri, 26 Oct 2012 23:49:00 -0700

A little late to the party but we’ve been watching The Walking Dead ad nauseum/infinitum with the prodding stewardship of our fellow colleagues. It is addictive but as fun as eating a bag of mosquitos each time, and yet, rabidly, we agonize in seeing the agony unfold. As to why we as a species are drawn to nihilistic depictions of our own mortal coil, I find puzzling. It is as if we are staring into a portal, a rapacious mirror, dusty and distorted perhaps, but one that does reflect back. We are them as to they were once, us.

On a much more uplifting note, we’ve been exchanging some heartfelt communiqués with our dear friend and colleague Dersu Rhodes who is doing a stint in Berlin with a platter of creative work on his plate and an appetizer of soul searching. Big shout out to him today on his birthday.

Colin Baden, CEO of Oakley watching the as yet unreleased Hobbit...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 04:09:00 -0700

Colin Baden, CEO of Oakley watching the as yet unreleased Hobbit trailer with the new Oakley 3D glasses. It’s fun to trace back our own personal histories with these modern brands richly steeped in heritage. Mine related to the this particular childhood holy grail, a simpler time when a trip to Pedal Power on Great Rd was just about the most exciting thing to do as a kid. Special shout out to my childhood friend, someone who was always way ahead of his time and just a fantastic fellow on all fronts, Dave Mills.

Fluorite cine thermoluminescence. They are minerals, Marie; says...

Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:41:00 -0700

Fluorite cine thermoluminescence. They are minerals, Marie; says Hank with visible agita- In any case it is fascinating what they used to do with a truncated diaphragm of limited color. It is and was all quite beautiful to behold. I think Paul Korver knows what I am on about, he is an avowed master of the craft.

On another note I’ve been really tripping out on the rich journey that James Chang takes us on in his new blog. Ah yes, he of the same name. We had only needed to corral Jaime Chiang together in James’ (Chang, that is) recent visit to SF and together could have had some sort of name summit, and produced an element of work- crafted by Jaime Chiang, James Chang and James Chiang.

Sometimes you find that the thing you’ve been looking...

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:30:00 -0700

Sometimes you find that the thing you’ve been looking for has been waiting for you all along.

Received a great new package from Paul Gilbert yesterday that...

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 02:06:00 -0700

Received a great new package from Paul Gilbert yesterday that Elma was excited to open and subsequently arrange on her desk for this iPhone snapshot in the waning hours of daylight. Check out Paul’s prototype Home Brew Electronics UFO, teeming with harmonic overtones! I always have a blast working with Paul since it rarely feels like work, especially considering we have been doing it since 1994- but reminds me of riding bikes as a kid with the foppy bowl cutted BMX gang, doing bunny hops at the apex of grassy knolls, saying articulate things like ‘yeeeaah!’ and eating Otter Pops. The irony of course is that I was doing precisely those things in my life around the time Paul’s career was taking off into the face-melting stratosphere with Racer X. One of our BMX gang members, Jason Webber, who was also the singer of our band Fallout even looked like Paul albeit in a more bantam weight division.

Can’t wait to listen to this new album and I hope you guys do too. We saw Paul play a clinic recently in San Francisco and he played and sang songs by Michael McDonald, Stevie Wonder and every other thing you wouldn’t expect with such authority, respect and mastery.

Here is a comprehensive interview about the making of the new album by Joe Bosso on Music Radar.

I’ve been away from the blog for a bit too long, with...

Wed, 10 Oct 2012 00:54:00 -0700

I’ve been away from the blog for a bit too long, with stints on both coasts. Met a lot of fantastic folks in kindred capacities that I will acknowledge in upcoming posts. I find the design idiom-derived, now oft used term ‘inspiring’ a bit too ubiquitous as to have lost most of it’s lustre in the socio-mediasphere v3.0 so the quest is on to find an analogous and evolutionary replacement. Yes, for a word. Word semantics, they matter a lot. I digress. There are some really upstanding folks out there. Thank you guys.

I’m thrilled to be collaborating on an initiative this...

Sun, 24 Jun 2012 01:29:00 -0700

I’m thrilled to be collaborating on an initiative this week for ASTRO’s amazing new A50 wireless system. Big thanks to a giant of industrial design, Brett Lovelady, and the great guys at ASTRO GAMING for bestowing me a pair before anyone else can get them. Look forward to using these!

As still photographers we are often tasked with describing a...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:32:00 -0700

As still photographers we are often tasked with describing a kinesthetic flow as a sort of auto didactic mantra. The distillation of an expansive narrative into the perspex of a singular ocular and singular document is what gives credence to it’s existence. Conversely, the ability to render and metaphysically synchromesh what can be considered photographic elements in real time is another order of magnitude entirely, as evidenced by the great work of my friend Paul Korver here.

Tiger is currently running in 2nd at 1 under on the 2nd day of...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:15:00 -0700

Tiger is currently running in 2nd at 1 under on the 2nd day of the US Open here in San Francisco, set to tee off at 1:30pm. Special shout out to Melinda Crawford for the history lesson.

Josh Nelson warming up for his Q & A with Tiger during our...

Fri, 15 Jun 2012 09:59:00 -0700

Josh Nelson warming up for his Q & A with Tiger during our first stint at The Oven. Shout out to Jeff Selis.

Pahlmeyer engine room in St Helena, CA. Shout out to the...

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:40:00 -0700

Pahlmeyer engine room in St Helena, CA. Shout out to the kick-ass Anne Lemme.

Locations to vote for the California Primary Elections today.

Tue, 05 Jun 2012 11:29:00 -0700

Locations to vote for the California Primary Elections today.

Currently making a diagram to employ 6 delays parsing an...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 13:55:00 -0700

Currently making a diagram to employ 6 delays parsing an instrument signal in 6 different paths to 6-10 amplifiers for site specific installation. Although I’ll employ a mix of digital stereo and analog monophonic delays, the holy grail is the Fulltone Tube Tape Echo seen here (modern iteration of an Echoplex.) It’s the one you want.

Shout out to Robert Duncan who continues to bring the Noise.

This is perhaps the truer side of Peyton’s eponymous brain...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 10:03:00 -0700

This is perhaps the truer side of Peyton’s eponymous brain trust. Special shout out to the herculean mind mastery of the awesome Justine Barnes.

Shout out to the scribes and visionaries at Duncan Channon. A...

Mon, 04 Jun 2012 08:16:00 -0700

Shout out to the scribes and visionaries at Duncan Channon. A tip of the hat to their most excellent blog, pertaining to the value equation of gross margin return on investments- check it out here.

E C H’s Daoust 301’s with clear 280cm TUUK holders. 30+ years...

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:58:00 -0700

E C H’s Daoust 301’s with clear 280cm TUUK holders. 30+ years later I still prefer to skate with the same TUUK’s on Nike Quest 1’s (designed by Mark Ford.) There’s something about the shape and feel that was perfect from the beginning. Shout out to my good friend and fellow hockey nutter Christopher Kern.

Injuries of Brachial Plexuses and Peripheral Nerves. Shout out...

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:36:00 -0700

Injuries of Brachial Plexuses and Peripheral Nerves. Shout out to James Chang at Saatchi Wellness in NYC. We are separated by only a single digit.

Larkin in Sonoma County, CA. Shout out to colleague Max di Capua...

Fri, 25 May 2012 22:27:00 -0700

Larkin in Sonoma County, CA. Shout out to colleague Max di Capua at 53.9910° N, 1.5390° W