It May be Winter

But we can still party! Last night hung out with my buddies and went to Glasslands Gallery in Brooklyn for the first time. We saw this band 'Tayisha Busay', an electronic/dance trio and they totally rocked hard. They come across as a crazy mix of Amanda Blank, Uffie & Ke$ha, but more hardcore. The venue was small, but they played as if they were in an arena. Check out their EP Shock-Woo on iTunes, it's well worth your money. You can find the link here.

What what!

So I rang in the new year with a slow start. No work for a few weeks, but this past weekend got to be on a music video shoot for Vandaveer. We shot it in different music venues, Southpaw in Brooklyn, NY and Johnny Brendas in Fishtown, PA. We also went around Red Hook in Brooklyn and did some cool traveling shots, can't wait for it to come out. I'll post up a link of the video here so you can see.

We're doing their next video this coming weekend and it's supposed to be crazy, as in being out in the cold weather for 10 hours a day crazy. On a side note, the band is great. It's a duo, a singer-guitarist and another singer. They are kind of folky and bluesy. They remind me of that couple in the film Once.

and lastly, check out this remix of Chromeo's eightiestastic song 'Hot Mess' from Duck Sauce. Recently I've been getting my music from the blog RCDLBL, they're fantastic for finding rare b-sides and remixes of hip bands. So give 'Hot Mess' a listen, it features Elly Jackson of La Roux.

Chromeo - Hot Mess (feat. Elly Jackson) (Duck Sauce Remix): "Chromeo - Hot Mess (feat. Elly Jackson) (Duck Sauce Remix)"

The Dugout Comicbook Store

So for the past two days I've been helping my buddy Ray fix up his comicbook store, The Dugout, in Brooklyn. Last week he found out from his boss that he's been promoted to Full-time manager and future co-owner to the store. It's a move made by the boss to try to save it from closing in a few months. Ray is given full privileges to shape the store up in any way he wants. The store's main product is its sports cards and memorabilia, but a lot of stuff have been put into back stock and a lot of it hasn't been sold. What Ray's going to do now is put up a big sale for most of the items in the store and try to increase the stock of comic books and graphic novels.

Here is the sale that is going on now:

The Dugout is one of two comic book stores in Cobble Hill, and the only one that's been there for over two decades. I've visited Ray while he was working there for over three years now and it's a great place to hang out. Like most comic book geeks, Ray knows a lot about comic books. He has an encyclopedic knowledge of everything from Ant-Man to Zoltar. Ray's also super friendly and funny, so if you get to speak to him, you can see his personality just shine through like a freaking rainbow.

From time to time, I'll be hanging out at the store with Ray and joke about. In the future, I'll be selling Issue 1 of Rotten Sandwich and hopefully Issue 2 (when it's finally printed) at the store. I'll also be selling some artwork there as well. So drop by if you would like to catch me or Ray.

Store Location:

453 Court Street

(Between 4th & Luquer Street.)

Phone: (718) 624-2527

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SparkPlug Comic Books Party

Recently I attended the Spark Plug comic books' book release party for Nate Doyle and Austin English. It was a heck load of fun and here is how it went down. (You also might notice that on the first page it dates November which is incorrect, this actually took place this month December.)

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Today I had planned to go visit the Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Fest, which is going to include Adrian Tomine, Charles Burn & Julia Wertz a few of my favorite contemporary artists & writers. Unfortunately, a friend of mine asked me if I could help him on a film shoot and I agreed to go. So now I'm at Columbia University, shooting a short film. I wish I could be at two places at once.