FRAMEWORK 7,8.

Thank you Martyn for turning me onto this.

Falling off a giant bird that's been carrying me.

Yes, I'm obsessed. If you know me, you know what I'm talking about.

SF state of mind

On my way to the Bank today I was surrounded by such so much impressive scenery that one can only find here in San Francisco. I had no option but to take as many pics as possible. Granted you are looking through my eyes and there are plenty of other wonderful things about this great city but guess what..........YOU ARE READING MY FUCKING BLOG!!!!

In this album you have a little bit of everything that makes SF great from street art to the crazies on Market Street.

Picturesque and Grotesque.

From the cupboard

4 years later and I still have not touched this material which i forgot that i even had until I saw it on my Vimeo page.

Sometimes i feel like the 2pac of the art world because I'm sitting on soooooo much material. Some done, others drafts and others are caught somewhere in between.

Oh well. They were fun to make.

Studio G_Incubation from T.A.G.San Francisco on Vimeo.

DFA Records

Thanks Alex Olson for turning me onto DFA Records. One of the best independent record labels I've heard in a while since SubPop and my personal favorite Warp. All of the artist on DFA have an eclectic sound that makes you want to put the booo in Boogie.

Listen for yourself here on SoundCloud.

DFA White Out Sessions - In A Hole / Can't Feel My Knees by Invisible Conga People from DFA Records on Vimeo.

I feel you!

what do Jay-z and I have in common?

Its not being in the fortune 500

Its not having the hottest chick in the game rocking my chain. (the only chain i have is for my bike)

Its not driving every car, some nice cooked food with some nice clean draws.

Its not starring in one of the best cinematic master pieces in American History titled Streets is watching

nah dawg, Instead of me telling you what we have in common ill let my man Hov take it.

X-men 1st class trailer two

Ive been waiting my whole life to see the big screen orgin's of professor X and Magneto. Any real fanboy knows that those two were once allies and that ol Mags is not really evil. He just has different ideals then Charles. Little history lesson for you is that when Stan Lee came up with the X-Men during the civil rights era Charles represented Martin Luthor King and Magneto represented Malcom-X.

Check out the trailer below and did i see Kevin Bacon up in this bitch?????

Michel Jay Tickle my boxx

Pic of my 1st fake dj set as Michel Jay Tickle my Boxx

more to come but next time real music. Real music that i made coming from my ipod.

Chunky Move

I keep hearing about the modern dance group Chunky Move and wow! Very impressive. I just googled a bitch and of course they are from Australia.. So many great artist and athletes come from down under only to rise to the top everywhere else in the world.

What i enjoy about the Chunks is that its nice to see the usage of multi-media that does not distract from the movement which most dance makers have a problem with. Usually the viewers eyes get overwhelmed with too much information and your not sure what to watch so you end up missing a lot because your mind is fucked from information overload. Chunky Move does not seem to have that problem because they blend movement/tech so well.

Watch this beautiful video to see what what i mean.

Typo-Confeti death

Typo the Miami based graffiti artist created a new piece featuring a skull spitting a techno colored rainbow. The piece is titled Confetti Death. The funny thing is that my face looked like the skulls spew after last nights glitter shenanigans.

Any who...This is brilliant and he now has one more new fan. Peep more of his work here

Blue Macaw Japan Benefit Gig

Tonight I have a silent yet very loud Ghost Hand in the Piano Fights section of the Japan benefit show. Ever since the tragedy has occurred in Japan with the Earthquake and Tsunamis I always wanted to help out in whatever way possible especially as an artist. Luckily the universe had answered my call to arms via Twitter to find an outlet to lend my support. Tonight I'm going to be giving everyone the gift of laughter which we all need in this world with the fine fellows from Piano Fight. Without giving away any details, I was laughing the whole entire time during rehearsal last night arranging the material with everyone. Trust me when i say its gonna be a lot of fun... Maybe too much fun:p

Anyone who is looking for a good time with good music and great company please come support at the Blue Macaw tonight on 18th and Mission. Doors open at 9pm. Urgh.....I dont think we go on until 11pm or so but all of the bands are amazing so stick around and even say "Hi" to us after.


you can rsvp here on the Facebook page.


Peace.



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little Fuckers

Skateboarding is out of control nowadays. I call it the "Tony HawK" affect. Any kid who grew up playing the game thinks that the crazy combos you can do in a single trick are the real deal and the fucked up thing is now they are. You can no longer do a bs nosegrind. Now you have to do a trick into a bs nosegrind and do another trick out which is starting to become the norm. With the introduction of the Twins these little fuckers are further evidence of skating's evolution.

peep game below and mind you these boys are only 12!!!

The Twins from skatefairy on Vimeo.

Slice of Life

Alex Olson professional skater with GIRL Skateboards (co owned by Spike Jonze) was featured in Crailtap's Slice of life. Olson has been one of my favorite artist to check out online because he always post interesting seemingly random things on his Tumblr. Its cool that he has similar interest in art and shit outside of skating but also skates a block away from my boys spot in NYC.

ps.

I read the last sentence above and laughed so I'm gonna keep it as such.... "Art and Shit"

Check out the video below.

Must Watch

I posted this poster from the cinematic master piece titled Grandma's Boy so that when you finish up your work day you can go home spark one for the nation and watch the hilarity of what it must feel like to bust a nut on your best friends..........?

Ahhhh, Now you wanna watch. Wink Wink.


NETFLIX!!!!!!

Happy 420

Aside from Halloween, 420 is my favorite national holiday(might as well be here in cali) for obvious reasons. Obvious reasons that I'm not gonna even go into because its so obvious....Obviously if you celebrate this holiday we have some things in common.

Here is a clip best observed while observing this day.

stay up!

sanging from T.A.G.San Francisco on Vimeo.

Kanye West at Coachella

As God as my witness, if I'm around next year I will be heading down to Coachella. Music under the stars with a variety of amazing bands, a bag of Calis finest, some homies, tons of celebs & Grape Ice Cream everywhere sounds good by me. My man Jeezy is down so were doing this shit. Anyway, your not reading this post to hear my thoughts........

Kanye West closed out this years music festival with an ambitious theatrical set still keeping up with the same dance driven theme as his videos and SNL. So like me, watch this shit from home because he kills it.

New Radiohead Music

Most of you dont know but Radiohead recently released two new tracks titled Super Collider/The Butcher on Vinyl last weekend in celebration of Record Store Day. The only catch is that you can only buy it if you live in the UK or Japan. America will not be getting the record until June 4th.

The good news is that the band have offered you a free download of the Two Tracks on they're website. click here to download.

Below you can listen to the Butcher which is my new current obsession. Just to be nice I found the lyrics for all of you to sing along to......Your Welcome:) The Butcher by vetter


Beauty will destroy your mind Spare the gory details
Give them gift wrapped for the man with everything
Though I lived a lonely life I was confused
A butcher
I feel nothing As it courses up my arms in position of the worms Up, up through my heart and to my brain
I’m a big slab of basic combination cut out chopped liver on the block
My heart’s still pumping
My heart’s still pumping
He’s a warrior A warrior
Here’s a little bitch coming outta him
He’s a warrior A warrior Here’s a little bitch coming outta him
Coming outta him

Whos the artist?

This is a cellphone pic i took in the Mission on the way to rehearsal. Love the piece but I have no clue who the artist is so please let me know. If you have any idea please leave the information in the comment box.

Thanks.



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Yo Yo Buck

One of the illest collaborations that I've ever seen with my favorite real life artist/catchphrase YO YO MA! performing with street artist YOUNG BUCK.

oh yeah, forgot to mention that it was directed by Spike Jonze.

Chroma.

Last Thursday evening was the San Francisco Ballets world premiere of Wayne McGregor’s Chroma, which was originally set on the Royal Ballet of London. Contemporary lovers including myself have waited all season to watch this piece with orchestrations by The White Stripes and needless to say Chroma did not disappoint. Everyone and they’re mothers had come out to see this ballet. Not only dancers from the company who were not performing in the ballet came out to support but also seemingly everyone else in the world too. Christopher Wheeldon was in attendance because he had come back for the resetting of Ghost that the company premiered last season and I had the chance to catch up with him. Interestingly enough we share the same taste in bad films and I will not talk any further about that to keep us both from getting embarrassed.

Back to Chroma...I had an extra ticket so I invited my friend and dancer Alex Jenkins who is a big White Stripes/Radiohead fan so it was only appropriate that we go to the show together. We met at mine had a lil sesh and off to the ballet. The program opened with Wheeldons Ghost, which is an enchanting ballet with costumes that flow just as much as the choreography and music. The cast performed it beautifully with a new sense of maturity now that they are giving it a second go this season. With all of this "ballet is dead" hoopla it’s refreshing to see Wheeldons work because he is such a gifted dance maker and Ballet is lucky to have him.

Next was Helgis ballet 7 for Eight. This was a good time for me to think about my appointment on Sunday to get my taxes done. Thank You Jaime for giving us something to watch onstage.

Chroma was the final ballet of the evening and the company was in top form. The 1st cast of performers were Anthony Spaulding, Dana Genshaft, Frances Chung, Garen Scribner, Maria Kochetkova, Isaac Hernandez, Pascal Molat, Jaime Garcia Castilla and Yuan Yuan Tan. Stand out performers amongst the men were Garen Scribner who was so focused and attentive to every moment and detail that even in moments of stillness you can see the energy emitting off of his body ready to explode into the next sequence. Scribner’s full attack and abandon was a pleasure to watch. Jaime Garcia Castilla was the other standout performer amongst the men starting off the piece in a duet with Frances Chung with her strength absolute command of technique and flexibility Garcia was able to match while doing partnering work that would break any normal person or dancer for that matter. Once it was time for Castilla to really start moving in either solo or group work you can tell that he was moving not because he was supposed to instead he was moving because he had to. Fleshing out every detail with crystal clarity you could not take your eyes off of him and if you did he was offstage and you were eager for his next entrance. Standouts amongst the women were Maria Kochetkova whom is a world class prima ballerina with her petite frame you would expect it to be more difficult to fully digest McGregrogor's sometimes grotesque technique but she was all encompassing absorbing all of the movement information into her body and making it her own. Kochetkova commanded the stage and your attention with her dancing. She was able to bend, contort and lengthen her body in ways that were not human. She was like the Honey Badger onstage. She was not afraid of anything and attacked all of the movement like a beast! Next comes Dana Genshaft whom I did not know was even in the performance. I made a point to not look at the cast list and just be surprised with whomever was dancing. She was truly something special a great surprise. Genshaft is one of those rare performers who not only dance a roll but you can see them experience it and what an experience. Her opening solo with her standing in a fourth position forced arch with arms reaching behind her back is the first thing that comes to mind when I think about the piece. Not too mention the orchestrated music of the White Stripes and partnering by Anthony Spaulding this section was the ballets apex in my mind. Alex sitting beside me was freaking out over Genshaft and her all encompassing presence with her smooth style and radical technique coupled with an otherworldly sex appeal we need to see more Genshaft onstage please!

All in all it was a great evening so thank you to all of the dancers of the San Francisco Ballet for all your work because it’s a pleasure to watch.

Chroma video with the Royal Ballet of London

Below is a video of Dana dancing something i made for her years ago. Enjoy and go see the Ballet while they are still in season!!!!

RIP

peace dude.

-Forever in debt to your priceless advice"

Kurt Cobain