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!