JAVIER GONZALEZ PACHECO

IT WAS RAINING OUTSIDE THE OTHER DAY, SO I DECIDED TO TAKE A LEISURELY STROLL AROUND THE INTERNETS. I HAD ONLY WANDERED A FEW BLOCKS OR SO BEFORE I STUMBLED UPON THIS TALENTED ILLUSTRATOR. I LOVE THE CONTRAST BETWEEN SEXINESS AND DARKNESS WITHIN HIS STYLE. I WASN'T ABLE TO FIND MUCH INFO ABOUT PACHECO OTHER THAN HE IS 26 AND FROM SPAIN..OH AND HE'S DOPE. SOURCE: YEEEEEE

TRON: LEGACY!!!!!

OK, SO I REALLY DON'T THINK I NEED TO EXPRESS HOW EXCITED I AM ABOUT 'TRON: LEGACY'...BUT IF YOU DON'T GET IT, THEN CHECK THE EXCESSIVE 4 EXCLAMATION MARKS ON THE TITLE. I REALLY CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THE ORIGINAL IDEA, EXCEPT THAT, CONCEPTUALLY SPEAKING, IT WAS WAAAAY AHEAD OF ITS TIME. I MEAN, WE'RE TALKING 1982 AND ONLY A SMALL, SMALL PERCENTAGE WERE USING COMPUTERS. AT A TIME WHEN SOMETHING LIKE CABLE T.V. WAS CONSIDERED HIGH TECH, LEAVE IT TO DISNEY TO GIVE THE GENERAL PUBLIC A MOVIE SOLELY BASED ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, BELIEVING THAT IT WOULD RESONATE DEEPLY WITH A CORE AUDIENCE. HOW MANY SEQUELS HAVE LAPSED 3 DECADES AND STILL CREATED A BUZZ LIKE THIS?

NILS VILNIS - PHOTOGRAPHER

THIS IS ONE EXCEPTIONAL PHOTOGRAPHER!!! CRAZY VISION...BEAUTIFUL EXECUTION IN STYLE. I REALLY WISH I COULD HAVE FOUND MORE INFORMATION ON THE DUDE OTHER THAN...WELL, HE'S A DUDE..AND FROM LATVIA. SOURCE: THE DUDE'S WEBSITE

THE MYTH OF SISYPHUS

SOME YEARS BACK, A WISE OLD SAGE SHARED WITH ME THE WONDERFUL STORY OF SISYPHUS. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW, QUICK RUNDOWN: THE GODS HAD CONDEMNED SISYPHUS TO CEASELESSLY ROLLING A ROCK TO THE TOP OF A MOUNTAIN, WENCE THE STONE WOULD ROLL BACK DOWN ON IT'S OWN WEIGHT. THE GODS HAD THOUGHT WITH SOME REASON THAT THERE IN NO MORE DREADFUL PUNISHMENT THAN FUTILE AND HOPELESS LABOR. I KNOW AT THE TIME, I JUST SAW THE MYTH AS A LESSON OF PERSISTENCE, BUT OVER TIME I REALIZED IT WAS BIGGER THAN THAT. THE ROCK IS A SYMBOL OF LIFE AND ULTIMATELY WE HAVE THE CHOICE TO EITHER SUFFER OR ENJOY THAT ETERNAL HILL. BASICALLY, SISYPHUS SAID TO HIMSELF, "OK, THIS IS MY FATE..I AM SUPPOSED TO DWELL IN MISERY, BUT THAT'S JUST NOT HOW I ROLL" (PUN TOTALLY INTENDED)!! SISYPHUS WAS HAPPY!!

KANYE WEST - RUNAWAY

I MUST APOLOGIZE TO MY LOYAL 7 BLOG FOLLOWERS FOR BEING ABSENT...I WAS TAKING A ROAD TRIP!! NOW THAT I'M BACK, I'M STOKED TO GET MY BLOG ON! OK, I KNOW EVERYONE IS TALKING ABOUT THIS, SO LET ME BE THE NEXT TO SAY, I WAS THOROUGHLY IMPRESSED WITH KANYE WEST'S FIRST FILM, RUNAWAY. THE VISUAL PALETTES WERE STUNNING...CINEMATOGRAPHY WAS KUBRICK/FELLINI-ESQUE...AND HOW MANY RAPPERS HAVE YOU SEEN USE BALLERINAS? IT'S HIP-HOP SATURATED IN CLASSICAL EUROPEAN ELEMENTS!

BRUCE WILLIS + EMMA HEMING - W MAGAZINE

BRUCE WILLIS IS A BADASS...EMMA HEMING IS GORGEOUS!! ALL AROUND...A KILLER COUPLE!

KRULL - 1983

THIS WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITE MOVIES WHEN I WAS YOUNGER!!!!...AND SURPRISINGLY, NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE KNOW ABOUT IT. FOR THOSE WHO DON'T KNOW..IT'S A HEROIC FANTASY FILM STEEPED IN BAD-ASS SWORD AND SORCERY VISUALS. IT'S LIKE "STAR WARS" MEETS "LORD OF THE RINGS"..JUST A TAD BIT CAMPIER. AND HOW CAN YOU NOT LOVE THE KRULL GLAIVE WEAPON? I MEAN, COME ON..IT'S BEDAZZLED FOR PETE'S SAKE!
NOTE: CHECK OUT LIAM NEESON IN THE BACK OF THE 2ND PIC!

UFFIE - DIFFICULT

THIS VIDEO IS DOOOPPPEEE!!!! AND THE SONG IS PRETTY CATCHY AS WELL..IT HAS A NICE BOUNCY KEY LINE!!

TWO MUCH - TUSH MAGAZINE

I DON'T KNOW HOW TO EXPRESS THIS OTHER THAN IT IS WILDLY FUN!!!!! GREAT COLORS AND THE MAKE-UP IS DOPE!!!! THESE SHOTS WERE TAKEN BY ARMIN MORBACH FOR THE GERMAN MAGAZINE, TUSH

BASQUE HEALTH DEPT. HEADQUARTERS - SPAIN -

THE ARCHITECTURE ON THIS IS CRAAAZY!!! THIS BEAUTIFUL BUILDING IS LOCATED IN BIBOA, SPAIN AND WAS CREATED BY A YOUNG AND PROLIFIC FIRM CALLED COLL-BARREU ARQUITECTOS. NORMALLY, I WOULDN'T PREFER MODERN ARCHITECTURE STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF OLDER DESIGNS, BUT FOR SOME REASON THIS JUST WORKS FOR ME. THE DOUBLE FACADE DESIGN MAKES IT LOOK AS IF THE BUILDING IS IN THE PROCESS OF TRANSFORMING INTO A SKYSCRAPER. THIS IS REALLY STUNNING!! SOURCE: COOLBOOM

JOOZE - STUDENT CONCEPT -

FRUIT SLICE SHAPED JUICE BOX...SOOOO COOL! IT'S BEEN A WHILE SINCE I PUT UP A POST RELATED TO PACKAGING...THIS ONE TOTALLY ROCKS!!! THIS FICTITIOUS FRUIT JUICE COMPANY WAS CREATED BY AUSTRALIAN STUDENT, YUNYEEN YONG. GEARED TOWARDS YOUNG KIDS AND TODDLERS, THIS DESIGN HAS SUCH A CLEVER VISUAL CONCEPT. SOURCE: FUBIZ

KID CUDI

I'VE BEEN ON CUDDER FOR A MINUTE NOW...DUDE CONTINUES TO IMPRESS ME WITH THE MUSIC HE PUTS OUT THERE!! IT'S NICE TO SEE MORE DAPPER RAPPERS!

VOGUE PARIS FALL 2010

SORRY FOR MY LAPSE OF BLOGLESSNESS OVER THE PAST WEEK...AND I THINK I JUST MADE UP A NEW WORD. BLOGLESSNESS..I LIKE IT! ANYWAY, JUST FOUND THIS SPREAD FROM THE VOGUE PARIS FALL ISSUE THAT IS SOOOO RAD!!!! THESE SHOTS ARE JUST RIDICULUS!!..SO MUCH SO THAT I CHOSE TO SPELL THAT WRONG. IT'S LIKE IT'S NEUVOUX-VICTORIAN. BEAUTIFUL! SOURCE: TOUCHPUPPET

MCQUEEN AND DAVIS

I'M SORRY, BUT THIS IS WITHOUT A DOUBT AND PRETTY MUCH BEYOND CONTESTATION, THE COOLEST THING EVER! MILES DAVIS AND STEVE MQUEEN!!!!! I THINK I'M GONNA FIRE UP THE DELOREAN SO I CAN HEAD BACK TO THIS MOMENT, JUST TO WITNESS THIS SPECTACLE IN PERSON. MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL, 1963...AT 1.21 GIGAWATTS OF COURSE.

FRANCOISE NIELLY

HOLY MADNESS!!...THESE PAINTINGS ARE GOOOOOD! FRENCH ARTIST, FRANCOISE NIELLY, CAPTURED AN EXPLOSION OF SENSUAL RIGIDNESS WITH THIS SERIES. THE COLORS AND TEXTURES ARE SIMPLY MESMERIZING. I COULD HONESTLY STARE AT THESE ALL DAY. SEE MORE!!

SOFIA COPPOLA

THIS LOOK SEEMS SO THROWN TOGETHER, YET SHE STILL PULLS IT OFF AMAZINGLY. HERE WE HAVE MENSWEAR WITH A NICE FEMINE STYLED TWIST. PROMOTING HER SOON TO BE RELEASE FILM, SOMEWHERE, MISS COPPOLA COVERS THE SEPTEMBER ISSUE OF L'UOMO VOGUE. SOURCE: FASHION GONE ROGUE

I WEPT BECAUSE I HAD NO SHOES...

OK, SO THIS POST WILL BE QUITE CONTRASTING TO SAY THE LEAST. HUMILITY MIXED WITH A DASH OF MATERIALISM. AHHH, WHAT A FANTASTIC BALANCE!! ONE OF MY FAVORITE SAYINGS THAT I APPROACH EVERY DAY WITH IS, "I WEPT BECAUSE I HAD NO SHOES, UNTIL I MET A MAN THAT HAD NO FEET". ANYTIME I FIND THAT I AM WORRYING ABOUT FRIVOLOUS THINGS, I QUICKLY HUMBLE MYSELF BY THINKING OF THOSE WORDS. I HAVE EXPERIENCED MY SHARE OF TRIBULATIONS, BUT THOSE ARE NOTHING COMPARED TO THE HARDSHIPS THAT OTHERS FACE ON A DAILY BASIS THROUGHOUT OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD.

AND FOR THE NONSENSE. I LOVE SNEAKERS!!! OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS I HAVE REIGNED MYSELF IN FROM BUYING COUNTLESS PAIRS. BUT MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITES OF ALL TIME ARE THE NIKE AIR JORDAN V. SUCH A GREAT DESIGN!! REFLECTOR TONGUE, NET SIDING, AND THE TRANSPARENT SOLE..SO DOOPPEEE!!!! THE PRICE TAG ON AN ORIGINAL PAIR IS A LITTLE TOO CRAZY. $500 AND ↑...WHOA!!

WHEN PIXEL ART MEETS CRAYONS

CRAYONS ARE JUST CHILDS PLAY?....PSSHH, PLEASE!!! OHIO BASED ARTIST, CHRISTIAN FAUR, HAS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE PIXELATED EXPERIENCE USING OVER ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND HAND CAST CRAYONS. FAUR'S AIM IN THIS PROJECT WAS TO BALANCE THE QUALITIES OF PHOTORAPHY AND SCULPTURE. IT'S ASTOUNDING TO THINK WHAT SORT OF TIME AND PATIENCE WOULD GO INTO PRODUCING SUCH WORK...BRILLIANT!! MORE??...HERE YOU GO

MARGO'S BARK

COOL DESIGN..GREAT TASTING ROOT BEER WITH A NICE CAUSE! ALL PROCEEDS FROM THIS ROOT BEER GO TOWARDS HELPING THE CAUSE OF SHELTER AND RESCUE DOGS. AND IT'S ALL DONE BY A SMALL FAMILY IN LONG BEACH, CALIFORNIA..PRETTY NEAT. MARGO'S BARK

1968 AMX GT

SO COOL!...THIS CAR IS EQUALLY NERDY AND BAD ASS. I LOVE THIS DESIGN!!

COLOR OUTSIDE THE LINES

LINES ARE MEANT TO BE CROSSED WITH UNWAVERING CURIOSITY

SCOTT PILGRIM VS. THE WORLD

WITHOUT A DOUBT..ONE OF THE COOLEST FILMS I HAVE SEEN IN A WHILE!!! PRETTY SIMPLE PREMISE: NERDY EMO BOY (MICHAEL CERA) MEETS GIRL OF HIS DREAMS (MARY ELIZABETH WINSTEAD). NERDY EMO BOY HAS TO DEFEAT HER 7 EVIL EXES. BASED UPON A SERIES OF GRAPHIC NOVELS WRITTEN BY BRYAN LEE O'MALLEY, ITS REALITY MIXED WITH ELEMENTS OF COMIC BOOKS, VIDEO GAMES, AND TEENAGE ANGST. THE VISUALS AND EXECUTION OF CONCEPT WERE JUST SO BRILLIANT! I LOVED THE USAGE OF CLASSIC VIDEO GAME SOUNDS AND FX (8 BIT TO THE FULLEST!) DURING THE FIGHT SEQUENCES. THE FILMS HUMOR WAS DRY AND THE EXCELLENT CAST DELIVERED IT WELL. I WANT TO SEE IT AGAIN AS SOON AS I CAN!

GREAT DEBATERS

GREAT, CLASSIC LOOK GOING ON HERE! I LOVE HOW THIS STYLE JUST SEEMS TO TRANSCEND ANY ERA. I FEEL THAT BOW TIES ARE JUST HIT OR MISS, BUT ON ALL ACCOUNTS, IT TOTALLY HITS HERE! AND THE SUIT, THIRD FROM THE LEFT..YEAH, I REALLY WANT THAT! THIS NOSTALGIC AFFAIR WAS PHOTOGRAPHED BY JON MALINOWSKI AND STYLED BY CATHY EASTMAN. SOURCE: MORNING FIX

THE STUMPS HAVE EYES

THIS IS JUST BEAUTIFUL ON SO MANY LEVELS!! ALEX LIM, A 28 YEAR OLD PHOTOGRAPHER BASED IN THE U.S. NORTHWEST, DID A TREMENDOUS JOB ON THIS SERIES. THE MODEL, MAKE-UP, WARDROBE, LIGHTING,..EVERYTHING. BUT WHAT IS REALLY CAPTIVATING ARE THE VISUALS OF THE DECIMATED WILDERNESS. I'M NOT SURE IF THIS IS WHAT LIM INTENDED, BUT YOU CAN'T HELP BUT FEEL GUILTY FOR ADMIRING THE FASHION/MODEL BEAUTY, WHEN BEHIND IT IS THE DEVASTATION OF MOTHER NATURE. PLEEEASE CHECK OUT THE REST..SO COOL!! SOURCE: TOUCH PUPPET