Wasteland! the single

my first ever recording. my friends said hey, write us a song about a nuke while we're gone, so i did. you can download it below. you even get an instrumental track where you can listen to my terribly flawed hand claps. it's all a learning experience, but it was a real fun and exciting one. the ukulele and cajon were both one take though, those were pretty good recordings. god damn do i need to work on my vocals though. i constantly re-recorded my vocals and im still not quite satisfied. but its still makes me and other people happy, so, what the heck. enjoy!

LISTEN TO WASTELAND!!!

ill work on getting an mp3 up, when and if the song gains more popularity.

VINYL UPDATE 1

So, my first vinyl purchase is Yeasayer's Odd Blood, which was a couple weeks ago. I pre-ordered Hot Chip's One Life Stand, which I have been quite anxious for because it also comes with a sweet silkscreen poster! Insound is awesome, they did the same thing when i preordered Passion Pit. Right now I am still waiting on my Beach House LP+DVD (Teen Dream), which better be in the mail tomorrow. i have also just recently purchased Beirut's March Of The Zapotec / Realpeople Holland at Avalon and I just ordered Washed Out's Life is Leisure is also on the way.

Here's what they look like and what songs I currently recommend. I will update the list once I receive them either physically or digitally. I think I purchased more than I had bargained to, so I will save my money and update a second time probably next month or so.

1. Yeasayer ODD BLOOD (2010)

***favorites
O.N.E.
Ambling Alp
***still interested?
Madder Red
I Remember

2. Hot Chip ONE LIFE STAND (2010)

***favorites
Thieves In The Night
One Life Stand
***still interested?
Hand Me Down Your Love
Take It In

3. Beach House TEEN DREAM (2010)

***favorites
Norway
Zebra
10 Miles Stereo
***still interested?
You know, if you like those you'll probably like the majority of the album like i do. it's really good.

4. Beirut/RealPeople MARCH OF ZAPOTEC (2009)

***favorites
No Dice
The Concubine
***still interested?
My Wife, Lost In The Wild
My Night With The Prostitute From Marseille
The Akara

5. Washed Out LIFE IS LEISURE EP (2009)

***favorites
New Theory
Feel It All Around
***still interested?
like beach house, this guy has a nice consistent sound so if you like my faves the others are a lot alike, in a good way of course. its hard to describe, like a lo-fi, summery, chilled-out Neon Indian-esk stuff.

Helvetica Red/Black

those are my strongest three of eight rough drafts. the red represents the swiss nature of the font. helvetica is amazing.

tote it around

Wonderful reactions from the Daily family. Great improvement from the old business card and other designs we initial started with. Terrific tote bags by the way check them our here --> tote it around

battle of the bands (final)

Final version now of the battle of the bands poster. hopefully lots of people come.

veer pumpkin contest

the shy guy says boo. believe it or not, this was my first ever pumpkin carving.

posters for pbbc

whablamo

this is a little facebook group i joined. i hope it becomes an on going thing with new pictures in circulation. this is my submission for their poptart thing featuring gibson.

my version


original
http://img190.yfrog.com/i/hangingwithjamesgibsonb.jpg/

facebook group link
http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=logo#/group.php?gid=99474760845

mckeown's drawings

the best restaurant in seaside. we went there three times. they have these books that you can write memories and stuff about the restaurant. it's a pretty neat concept. so i decided to do some quick portraits of my family.

Photomontages

Here's the rest of them. I think the fruit looks good on its own. but so does the one adding the african soldier. He changes it up completely from this graceful, triangular balance of a beautiful, giant-fruit-filled landscape to a solider guarding his valley expressing "aye. my giant fruit. to feed my country." i hope that wasnt racist or anything.

the berries in the sky is my personal favorite. plays with your eye.

pretty fun and easy project. hard to go wrong with these.