family hardcore dancing
My buddy Matt, tweeted the other day that I taught my kids how to hardcore dance. To set the record straight, a) I couldn't dance like that to save my life and b) here's the story:
The kids were holding their own dance party in the family room when Brooke said, "They look like they're hardcore dancing!" To which the kids said, "What's hardcore dancing?" Yes, it's true my beautiful, gentle, handcrafting wife is keen to this underground scene of hardcore punk. Hardcore shows were actually a frequent weak attempt of mine at "dates" before we got engaged. And the pit was often just as interesting as the show, plus you had to be aware of what was going on or you could get a boot to the face. It seems not all was lost though.
If this is all completely foreign to you, this Sick Of It All video explains it all.
irc food security
This a beautiful thing... hope to see more of this happen in San Diego.
music: walter schreifels
Stoked to hear that Walter Schreifels has a new album coming out. Certainly isn't Quicksand but the guy's a good song writer still.
all we need is...
I'm diggin' this simple shirt design I saw on Threadless. My daughter loves the song, All You Need Is Love by The Beatles. But "love" can be an empty idea without actions. On Sunday, I finished my series of classes on David Bosch's book, A Spirituality of the Road. The class ended with more questions, for many of us, than answers. Which isn't always a bad thing. But one of the questions we ended up asking frequently is, we do a few things well, but what can we do better? I think a lot of this relates to our charitable work, such as feeding the homeless. If we truly love, are we to do even more? That's something all of us have to answer for ourselves I think. No big ideas here. The shirt just got me thinking. What about you? What do you think of this shirt's message?
music: tinashé
Thanks to my friend, ,a href="http://jonhall.blogspot.com/2010/02/diggin-tinashe.html">Jon for linking to this artist, Tinashé. Wonderfully syncopated guitar riffs and drum beats. Beautiful voice. Great drummer (with a cardboard box for a kick drum!?). Proof that sometimes the simplest approach works best... this is what Jason Mraz wishes he could do.
pics from saturday's show
The magnificent, Jon Hall, took some pics of the show this last weekend. Check 'em out. Brooke takes what remains to Alta tomorrow. Go visit our friends Krista and Tina at Alta, buy a cup o' joe, check out our stuff and let us know what you think!
new pieces
Brooke and I stayed up way too late last night finishing 14 new pieces that will be on display today at the trunk show she is part of. What doesn't sell today will be put on display at Alta Coffee in Newport Beach (20 pieces are already on display there). These have been fun pieces to work on. We incorporated elements we haven't used in our collaborative pieces in the past–such as sewing, water colors, hand drawings, hand-drawn lettering, and of course, recycled materials (mostly pages from old discarded books we've found) along with the other techniques we commonly use. Go to the show today and join us up at Alta's soon. Watch fireandflowers.com for more news on this front.
handmade revolution on kpbs
If you missed it, the Handmade Revolution was featured on These Days on KPBS. You can listen in at about 5:09 minutes here. And, yesterday, the Revolution was mentioned in CityBeat. Way to go girls!
thought you'd want to know...
- That there are "church people" and "followers of Jesus"
- They are sometimes the same people
- But not always
- That pastors cannot drive convertibles
- Because their hair is too nice
music: daniel dixon
I met Daniel Dixon several years ago while he was on the road with my friends, The Cobalt Season. Watching him play live, I was thoroughly impressed by his musicianship. And as we sat on my kitchen floor, talking late into the night, I was impressed by what a decent human being he is as well. His most recent release, Night Watching, features well what Daniel is capable of artistically. His music transports you somewhere. Here he communicates more with instrumentation than most accomplish with lyrics. Eat your heart out, Sigur Ros. I choose Dixon over your gibberish.