SPLASH 2011

APPARENTLY BLACK IS THE NEW AWESOME? STREET FASHION RETAILER SPLASH COLLABORATED WITH PHOTOGRAPHER TEJAL PATNI TO CREATE THIS DOPETASTIC CALENDAR SHOOT. I REALLY DIG THE FELLINI/TIM BURTON-ESQUE FEEL TO IT. SOURCE: WICKED HALO

CIVIL WAR UNIFORMS

SO I RECENTLY TOOK A TRIP TO VIRGINIA TO HANG WITH THE FAM FOR A WEEK. ASIDE FROM COLONIAL HISTORY, THE VA IS STEEPED IN CIVIL WAR RELICS...I KNOW..WHO WOULD HAVE THOUGHT, RIGHT. ALTHOUGH VIRGINIA AND THE REST OF THE CONFEDERACY DECLARED SECESSION FROM THE U.S. AND ULTIMATELY WENT TO WAR BASED UPON A PRINCIPAL THAT I CAN'T AGREE WITH..ON A TOTALLY SHALLOW LEVEL I CAN SAY THEY WERE DRESSED QUITE WELL. YES, I HAVE TAKEN ONE OF THE BIGGEST EVENTS IN U.S. HISTORY AND DUMBED IT DOWN INTO MINDLESS FASHION. NICE. YOU HAVE TO ADMIT, THE EMBROIDERY ON GENERAL LEE'S JACKET SLEEVE IS PRETTY DOPE! I'M JUST SAYING.

BOOK ORIGAMI

...YOU CAN'T DO THIS WITH AN IPAD OR KINDLE :)
ISAAC SALAZAR IS THE CREATOR OF THESE CRAZY ORIGAMI BOOK DESIGNS. IT'S FASCINATING TO SEE WHAT CREATIVE PEOPLE IMAGINE. SOURCE: RECYCLART

SUMMER TWINS - THE GOOD THINGS

HAPPY WEEKEND!! HERE IS AN AWESOME SONG FOR ALL OF YOU TO KICK THINGS OFF. THIS IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE LOCAL BANDS RIGHT NOW...I LOVE THEIR SOUND!

BLACK SWAN

I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH ABOUT THIS FILM OTHER THAN IT'S FLAT OUT AMAZING! IT WAS DARK, BEAUTIFUL, AND JUST PLAIN MADDENING! NATALIE PORTMAN'S PERFORMANCE WAS CAPTIVATING...HER VULNERABILITY WAS UNSETTLING. AND THE DANCE SEQUENCES WERE SO GORGEOUS. 2 ENTHUSIASTIC THUMPS-UP!!!

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?