White’s current passion are his word paintings. He takes cheaply-made, mass-produced lithographs the likes of which are found in thrift and secondhand stores and paints cheeky words and phrases over them in stylized 3D lettering drawing comparisons Edward Ruscha.

Some of my favorites:

“Aw Cmon”.

“Boo Fuckin Hoo”.

“Maybe Now I’ll Get the Respect I So Richly Deserve”.

“So, It Looks Like You Just Guessed With This One”.

For more check out White’s website here.

Lot of things have happened since my last post. Still kind of loving my job. If you ask nicely, I might tell you what it is I do and where– but I’ve been keeping kind of mum since I’m still so new. And really, I come from an arts background, but my job requires me to be technically proficient, and I’m ever so slightly paranoid enough where I constantly feel that they’re going to find out. (But that’s how I feel about every job to be honest.) Other than working 45+ hours a week, I’ve done the following:

• Replaced my wallet.
  Kind of a biggie for me. Remember when a crackhead stole my wallet in May? And I replaced it in August only to lose it only a few weeks after? Well, I’ve been using my passport as a wallet in the interim, that is until I got my Colorado ID back, which I did in November. So between November I’ve been rubber-banding my driver’s license, cash, debit card, and metrocard together. NOTHING BUT CLASS HERE, AM I RIGHT? Last week, I upgraded to an envelope, and after I lost my debit card (again) after dinner at Life Cafe– I got my shit together long enough to get a temporary ATM card, and just buy a simple wallet at a dollar store in Greenpoint. I don’t even know why it took me that long. Priorities. / kanyeshrug
• Worked The Creators Project.
• Had a rockstar flirt with me.
• Went back to Colorado for a week.
• Made new bartender friends.
• Did a lot of bad karaoke.

Still trying to get into the groove of a new job, other than seeing a movie now and then, I’ve sort of let art fall by the wayside, both in its creating and viewing aspects. Well, I’m amending that. I think starting with the Carsten Höller exhbit at the New Museum, and the Jim Henson one at the Museum of the Moving Image.

But enough of me gabbing. Here’s some bonerjams for you to chew on. What I’ve been listening to lately:

Twin Sister’s “Kimmi in a Rice Field”.
As moody and atmospheric as the song is, I think I like the video even more.  The video is a perfect blend of macabre fairy tale (A Tale of Two Sisters perhaps? Ironic given the band’s name), and asian art-school film. The ghoul that envelopes frontwoman Andrea Estella looks like something out of Japanese horror schlock-fest Hausu creating an end product that’s both creepy and beautiful.

Ninajsonik’s “Somebody Gonna Get Pregnant”.
Zak and I sing this to each other in the office. TRUE STORY.

2NE1′s “I Am the Best”.
Probably my current favorite K-pop group at the moment. Unlike Girls Generation, it seems that all of the members have their own personalities, and styles intact.  And jesus, look at their studded jackets and chains, and hair horns from 2:25. Everything is on point, and really could someone just give me a leather jacket of my own already? God. Side Note: fans of NE1 are called “Black Jacks”, amazing.

Little Dragon’s “Brush the Heat”.
This little psychedelic jam looks like something that could’ve come from the bulk of my music video watching days of the late 90s, back when all I had was “The Box” and MTV. What’s even cooler still is that Yukimi Nagano’s father, artist Yusuke Nagano and his creative partner OLGA created all of the trippy illustrations showing that creativity does indeed run in the family.

Phantogram’s “When I’m Small”.

Nobody Beats the Drums’s “I’ve Got Some Blood on My Hands”.
Dirty electro beats? Check. An organ? Check. A hot but deranged redhead ready to render and fillet you in the kitchen? Check, check and check.

Alice Cooper’s “You and I”.
I’m a secret softy, shut it. Also, young Alice Cooper? Totally bangable.

Johnny Rivers’ “Summer Rain”.
There are moments where I think I might be a lot older than what I am chronologically. This might be one of those times.

Shit Robot’s “Take ‘Em Up”.
I love nu disco.


Cerebral Ballzy’s “Junky for Her”.

Montell Jordan’s “Get It On Tonight”.

Sam Cooke’s “You Send Me”.

Drunken Tiger’s “Monster”.
Oh he’s cute? And Korean? My mom would be over the moon if I brought DT home.


Electric Wizard’s “Saturn’s Children”.
15 minutes of pure bliss.


Siouxsie and the Banshees’ “Spellbound”.

Helloween’s “Lay All Your Love on Me” (Abba cover).
Arguably the best ABBA cover ever.


Kid Cudi’s “Pursuit of Happiness” (Megaforce Version).

Scorpions’ “Rock You Like a Hurricane”.
Obligatory during last weekend’s hurricane.

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ “The Waiting”.
Tom Petty really is kind of attractive. Must be the scarecrow hair and the fucked up teeth.

Ted Nugent’s “Stranglehold”.
Super sexy murderous revenge soundtrack.


Wang Chung’s “Dance Hall Days”.

Iron Maiden’s “Wasted Years”.

The Weakerthans’ “Aside”.

• Was in danger of losing my job.
  The photo department that I was in was moving to Jersey (knowing that I live in Brooklyn), and wouldn’t offer to comp me for transportation. Like I’d go to Jersey– but I offered. Because I’m a team player, and I’m willing to make compromises. That didn’t work out. 
• Drank a lot.
  I also fell down at some point, and have a nasty scar on my elbow as a result of falling.
• Lost my wallet.
• Had some out of town guests come over.
• Got a new roommate.
• Got a new job.
  Which I kind of love. Like really. I get excited about going to work in the mornings. And I’m nervous about doing well, and doing things the right way.
• Survived an earthquake*.
• Survived a hurricane.

Things have been a little topsy-turvy, to say the least. Which might explain why my music has been all over the place. In any case, here’s  little musical snapshot.

Diamond Head’s “Am I Evil”.
This one’s a deep cut.


Maxwell’s “Bad Habits”.

Dio’s  “Aye” (featuring Sef).
I don’t speak a word of Dutch, but the video is dope. I love the old found footage in the beginning of  the video, the old VHS tape-like burps and transitions (Jeez JP, stop watching so much archival footage), and the wardrobe that looks they were raided from Run DMC and LL Cool J’s closets.


Amy Winehouse’s “Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow?”
This Shirelles cover caught me by surprise on my iPod the day after Amy’s death, which was both a little spooky, but mostly sad. Yeah, I get that she was an addict (I would too if my last name was Whiskeyhouse. That’s like naming your child Vodkamansion), and that she was most likely in a lot of pain, but part of me still held out the hope that she’d pull herself together and live a long and healthy life. I’m sorry, Amy. RIP.

Russell Brand (that guy? yeah that guy) wrote a beautiful eulogy for her, which is definitely worth reading.

Chromeo’s “I Can’t Tell You Why” (Eagles cover).

Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers “I Won’t Back Down”.
I was in the midst of applying to new jobs, and worrying whether or not I’d be able to pay rent. There’s something pretty power about mouthing “You could stand me up at the gates of hell. But I won’t back down” to yourself while typing out cover letter after cover letter in front of your laptop.


Blue Cheer’s “Summertime Blues” (Eddie Cochran cover).

Ozzy’s “I Don’t Know”.
“It’s not how you play the game
It’s if you win or loseyou can choose
Don’t confuse win or lose, it’s up to you”

* WHICH WAS LAME BTW. Sorry, I lived on the West Coast and in Japan where we had earthquakes all the time. I rated the 5.9 a “bo-ring” on the Richter Scale.

Stapley’s current show “Same Gang” groups pop culture icons together by various shared characteristics. Some of my favorites below:

Nathan Stapley
“The Ramones Meet The Warriors”
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 inches

Nathan Stapley
“18 Dads”
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 inches

Nathan Stapley
“Cheering Up Curly”
Watercolor on paper
12 x 9 inches

For more information check out Stapley’s website, blog, twitter, and tumblr.

*It’d be an actual stable as I assume that the money would’ve gone straight to my head and made me insane**
** If I’m going to be rich, I’m also going to be insane. I want to be the type of rich person that isn’t “crazy” per say but is “eccentric”, much like the woman who wears gloves all year round, even in the summer.

Bobby from The Fox is Black mentions a comparison to Joe Sorren, but me? I’m just a big kid. First thing I thought of was Lane Smith‘s work from The Stinky Cheese Man and The True Story of the Three Little Pigs. Also Otto Dix’s “Portrait of the Journalist Sylvia von Harden“. Funny how my brain works sometimes. Also Side Note: How much fun would it be to dress up as Sylvia von Harden for an art fag Halloween party? But enough about that– here are some of my favorites of Tió’s work:

“Laca”.

“Iggy Pop”.

“Loreal”.

“Tom Ford”.

For more of  Tió work, check out his blog here.

As usual, I’m posting some of my favorites.  Enjoy.

For more of Feldmanis’ work check out his website here.

Some of my favorites:

“Diamonds on My Neck. Diamonds on My Grill” (2007).
Hand embroidered on linen.
42″x36″.

Detail of “Diamonds on My Neck. Diamonds on My Grill”.

“Brooklyn Bobby” (2007).
Hand embroidered on linen.
50″x44″.

Detail of “Brooklyn Bobby”.
For more Kornrumpf’s work, check out his website here.

Some of my favorites:

“Richard Ramirez.”

“Ted Bundy.”

“Ed Gein”.

“Jeffrey Dahmer”.

For more of Lauren’s work, check out her website here.

But enough about that, here are some jams that I’ve been listening since I dropped my last “mixtape”.

Stereo MC’s “Connected”.

Rye Rye’s “Hardcore Girls”.

Neneh Cherry’s “Kisses on the Wind”.

Ozzy Osbourne’s “No More Tears”.

Fine Young Cannibals’ “She Drives Me Crazy”.

Maxwell’s “Bad Habits”.

Rhianna’s “Man Down”.
That plume of smoke she releases at 3:55 slays me every single time. Also I think it’s extremely interesting and canny for Rhi Rhi to release this single right on the heels of “S&M”. I think it shows a well-rounded and greater understanding and grasp on what exactly is female sexuality and consent that I’ve seen in a while. Usually women, especially women of color are seen as sex objects in videos, but Rhianna is killing it by showing that complex can be sexy. Even is she is borrowing heavily from Dave Chapelle.

L7′s “Pretend  We’re Dead”.

The Kills’ “Satellite”.

Tom Petty’s “Free Fallin’”.
This is pretty much a quintessential summer jam for me. It always makes me think of sunshine, taco stands, and driving down the highway with the wind in my hair, and a cigarette dangling from my hand. It’s also been a song that I automatically associate with California and basically the entire teen girl mall-culture. Favorite verse?

“All the vampires walkin’ through the valley
Move west down Ventura Blvd.
And all the bad boys are standing in the shadows
All the good girls are home with broken hearts”

Also Tom Petty is actually kind of a babe in this. My lady-boners totally don’t make sense sometimes.

Foreginer’s “Blue Morning, Blue Day”.

“Out in the street, it’s six am
Another sleepless night
Three cups of coffee but I can’t clear my head”

Perfectly moody, and atmospheric. Plus I have too many nights like this.

* My friends sort of have a running game every time we go into a bar where they try to guess if I already know the bartender or not. Chances are, I usually do.