Pesky Humans

R.I.P. James Brown

A lot has been said about the passing of James Brown over the course of the last week, and I am certainly not the person to give a complete rundown of his innumerable accomplishments and vast level of influence on music as we know it today. If you have to ask who James Brown is, then you will never know.

What I will say is that James Brown has had a profound impact on me as the original architect of the funk. His level of innovation, in addition to his relentless work ethic, should serve as a model for artists both musical and otherwise.

Some 5 years ago, my brother finally gave in and hooked me up with a painting that he did of James Brown, after I had been asking him for several years. Here it is.

It inspired me to start a new line of portrait paintings that would set the course of my visual art work to this day, beginning with a rendition of the same classic JB photo, featured at the top of this post.

Thank you, Kid Dynamite, for everything.

Rest in peace. ©

Fishscale

Go get it, cuz it's ill.

The Ten Commandments Guy

"Here's to you, Mr. Twenty First Century Ten Commandments Stone Tablet Recreator. Armed only with a chisel, mallet, and 44,000 pounds of rock, you are capable of fashioning massive monoliths embodying the original word of God. You are resplendent in your camouflage coat and you possess facial hair that would make even Zeus green with envy. While the rest of us earthly creatures calmly sit back and ponder the existence of God, you are taking that extra step to show us all that He's the Real Deal. We salute you, Mr. Twenty First Century Ten Commandments Stone Tablet Recreator."

Go here for the article.

Wired Article

There is a new Wired Magazine online article featuring Start-Mobile's cell phone wallpaper collection. I have created a new list of all the various press this project is receiving, which you can find in the right hand column beneath the Start-Mobile banner.

Click here and here for my Start-Mobile Galleries.

Remembering Robert Moog

People throw the words 'pioneer' and 'innovator' around a lot these days. Bob Moog was both in every true sense, and one of the nicest guys you could ever meet. Anyone who has been to the NAMM show in the last several years has probably met him. As legendary as he was in his field, he would talk to anyone and was just as excited about his next set of projects as I could imagine he was when he was first putting together Theramins as an adolescent.

Since Moog's early days, electronic music has gone from being a curiosity to something so globally pervasive that it is difficult to find music that doesn't embody electronic elements of some sort.

Bob Moog changed the way people listen to music, which puts him in very exclusive company. I tip my hat to the man and his vision.

Thanks Bob. ©

Search Megazine Cover & Article

I have been in discussions with Search Megazine for about a month about doing a cover and article for their 13th issue, which just dropped. Search is a slick design / art / lifestyle magazine based in Portugal, with some international distribution. Enjoy!

Here is the cover, based on the Bruce Lee painting that I just delivered.

Here is the article.

Thanks for the continued encouragement and inspiration. ©