Heather and I are off to San Diego tomorrow, I’m DJ’ing a wedding, and we’re gonna hang with my sister and her husband. Then Sunday, to the Long Beach Flea Market!
Entries from May 2009
May 29, 2009
We built a dome (2)
Found this on the press telegram site. Apparently our dome also made the cover of last Sundays press telegram
May 22, 2009
Can life get better?
A match made on earth, reflecting heaven. “JT Helms edited footage from La Ballon Rouge (The Red Balloon) to Grizzly Bear’s Two Weeks and it fits the tone perfectly.” Found at Boooooom
May 21, 2009
Candy Coated Geodesic Dome
a little glimpse of what’s to come on Saturday Roy G. B. and gold. Skittles
May 20, 2009
Event Reminder! Saturday!
Yo, yo, yo! Reminder: WE LOVE LONG BEACH BBQ SATURDAY!!! 1-5pm. Marine Stadium Park The Bro Futurists will be out and about making stuff, community style. We got a mention in the LBpost.com about the event – they sorta got it right [HERE]. Took the geodesic dome to the powder coaters today! Getting pumped. Limited [...]
May 20, 2009
Minimalism, Furniture, Piet Hein Eek Interview
This interview with designer/furniture maker Piet Hein Eek is interesting. He makes a very interesting distinction about minimalism: “Minimalism always tries to hide the details, which is not minimalistic, because you put energy into disguising what you’ve done.” Bam. Lightbulb. It’s so true. As I’ve been working on the geodesic dome project, I’ve spend so [...]
May 20, 2009
Great News in the Art World
If you’ve ever taken a modern art history course then you know about this piece: Fountain, by Marcel Duchamp. If you don’t know about this piece learn more HERE. Well, according to Artnet News, some performance artists actually urinated into the piece at a recent opening of Duchamps work at the Tate gallery in London. [...]
May 18, 2009
The Dome of Power
Cosmic vibrations emitted from the dome of power caused a mild earthquake in Southern California last night. I guess, it’s not a true dome, it’s more of a truncated pyramid. But hey, it’s my first geodesic dome modification sculpture! Different colors reveal different magical wonders… Come and witness the dome in it’s final form at [...]
May 16, 2009
BBQ and the Dome of the Future
The WE LOVE LONG BEACH BBQ is next Saturday, May 23rd!!! As usual, the Bro Futurists will be there in full effect! This year, we are investigating the geometric wonders of the geodesic dome. Don’t miss this event!!!
May 15, 2009
Amazingly Boring, Prodigies and Prodigals
Your classic case of something being too good that it actually becomes boring. At first, I was like, whoa! that’s amazing, but about half way through I started feeling bad for the kid. Somehow, I feel like when he becomes a grandpa he’s gonna tell stories like, “Sonny, when I was your age I was [...]
May 12, 2009
Treasure Hunting (chairs)
I’ve been seeing a lot of rad sitting devices lately. I’m not sure if my awareness has heightened recently, or if I just so happen to be running in to rad seating objects lately, but heregoes: Quite possibly the best folding chair I’ve ever seen
May 8, 2009
Back in town…
I was in Vegas the past 3 days for the National Hardware Show. Eh, eh, it was kinda boring - nothing new and exciting at the show. I got two canvas doctors’ bags from a company called Kakadu, but that’s about it. Oh, and we did see something called the Cruizin Cooler – a motorized [...]
May 4, 2009
Corn Bomb
In other news, Vern, just posted a radical documentary on corn bomb making; I’ll save you the eloquent words and let the video do the talking…
May 4, 2009
Wedding Season
Wedding Season is upon us! Heather and I have been out of town 2 out of last 4 weekends for weddings! This past weekend we trekked up to the Santa Ynez Valley for the wedding of my cousin, Julia. It was beautiful!!!! A great time to hang out with our family and celebrate love and [...]
