in my headpones: emergency!

while i have chosen thursdays as my arbitrary day to post music, i can't help myself today. this is a m*thaf*ckin' emergency. my number one stunna is out of prison and better than ever. all i wanted for christmas was some new weezy and mama's got a big shiny new toy (that bumps like whoa). his new track - 6 foot 7 foot - is b.o.m.b. better than the strongest egg nog i've ever had, and that's hard to beat.

click here to listen: merry thug christmas, everyone!

bringing back the double dream hands

it's finally friday! (was this week long for anyone else?) if you're one of my friends, you're probably somewhat of a delinquent. if you're somewhat of a delinquent, you're probably one to hit the club on a friday night. and you could probably use some fresh dance moves. my gift to you.

happy clubbing, everyone.

in my headphones: Ida Maria

i LOVE this girl. she's got spunk, energy, and a freakin' fantastic voice. love how her voice gets all strained and raspy in Oh My God. i think even Janis would respect this shit.

oregon, washington, and canada: 3000 miles, 13 days

ok, ok. i've totally been slacking off on my blog thing. in my defense, i was traveling. so my next post is brought to you by the Pacific Northwest. and also Canada, which was nice enough to let me in without my passport.

nudity: it happens 'round these parts

avenue of the giants

enormous sand dunes on the oregon coast

of course i had to play in the sand

they were soooo big!

really cool pattern in the sand. footprints disappear in minutes!

early oregon morning

sometimes, you can see the edge of the world

this says dr. seuss to me

astoria, or - that's washington across the water

great sign. just great.

where buoys go to die

a boat ramp at lake crescent. the water is shockingly beautiful.

more lake crescent. this was essentially my bathtub 2 days in a row

you can see the roots from all the big trees!

it looks tropical but it was really really cold.

camping on shi shi beach, washington. no one around for miles

point of the arches at sunset

my little fire

so pretty! and dark.

can see where this whole purple mountains majesty thing came from

this dog looks damn sharp in this hummer

biking around vancouver

i love out of context signage

kiwi berries from the vancouver farmers market. they look like kiwi on the inside!

haha dramatic chipmunk bags

poutine. we had to. it's so so so so good.

a view of the san juan islands while chowing down on oysters

sunset in the middle of nowhere

tea and dumplings in the chinese gardens, portland

vats at domaine drouhin vineyard in willamette valley, oregon

a view of the willamette wine valley

volcanic hot spring pools near crater lake, oregon

in my headphones: flight facilities - crave you feat. giselle

obsession.
got me finger-snappin and shimmying big time.

Wet Paint

my new painting studio

um, it's called a wash, apparently

mm hmm

a little cerulean ink

and of course a pbr or two

The Tony-B Machine

The Tony-B Machine, Version 2

It has recently come to my attention that not everyone knows what the Tony-B machine is. I need to fix this.

At my first job as an advertising executive (yes, thats right...miss executive to you), I caught my boss messing around with this thing. It wasn't hard to catch him - after all, this tony-b machine does produce NOISE. Well anyways, he showed me what he was up to - hitting all these buttons on this online app, makes all these different techno sounds, and viola! it's kind of like you're a DJ for a crowd who takes a love of repetition to a whole new level. But I'll be damned if I didn't go straight back to my desk, put headphones on, and start rocking out. Truth be told, I will still put my noise cancelings on at work and do this when I'm tired of arguing with attorneys.

There used to be only one of these "machines" and now there are three. I like 2 the best. It's pretty rudimentary but if you get good at it, you'll surprise yourself with a killer drop or loop or some other dj lingo blah blah. You can even record it and put it to a YouTube video and get famous for like 35 seconds so let the sparks fly - http://www.tony-b.org/.

Keep on rockin' me baby.