Manifesto (( revisted ))

JKD

"An artist's expression is his soul made apparent, his schooling, as well as his "cool" being exhibited. Behind every motion, the music of his soul is made visible. Otherwise, his motion is empty and empty motion is like an empty word--no meaning." 
- Bruce Lee

Kim Jong IL Looking at Stuff

i never realized how funny this dude is.

funny in pictures, maybe not so funny dictatorially.

he kind of reminds me of my dad.

if you dig these pictures, there's a whole 

website dedicated to tracking this man's viewing habits:

http://kimjongillookingatthings.tumblr.com/

Looking at the drywall

Looking at meats (through a window)

Looking at your computer

Looking at pigs

Looking at radish

ZIMBABWE

1991. Cut by DJ Shadow.
Whole cut is killer. 2:20 is extra killer.
Gil Scott piano




Present Day Zimbabwe. DJ CNDO. African house music is dope!

BEAST

i hadn't found new music too inspiring for quite some time.
couple years.
this is one of the dude's that brought me back.

Astral Travelling

On my recent travels to NYC and Chicago and other parts of the east coast, 

I composed a small 30 page book of writings, poems, drawings, raps, and connections among other things.  

I will mail it to a friend overseas, which is part of an ongoing project that's been going on:

composing a story completely from hand-written letters.

Here's the Amazon-like excerpt version:

cover

back cover

excerpt

Thrift Store Projects

Every Wednesday I go digging for materials/records.

[Flea markets, alleys, thrifts]

Found my own action figure for $0.99

Complete with Sling Pack, Staff, and Sheep

Finding 12"x12" frames is a score

All you need is tape and a good cutter

Dissect that

Take out the old print

Tape it up

Voila! Now you look official

Daft

project completed for K.E.

prior to doing this project I wasn't even really a big fan of Daft Punk.

I dig their space-ism though.

click to view big

daO Ovni

CADIZ, SPAIN

Being Different

shout outs to Kev for recommendation.
shout outs to Curtis Mayfield for being the man.

Nature Boy

GRANT PARK : Thank you Chicago

  

POMMEGRANATES ::: mixtape ::: coming soon

NEW MIXTAPE COMING SOON.

AS REQUESTED BY MY BOY MISHA. 

Red Bull Music Academy - Video Archive - Joe Bataan

A one and a half hour "insightful" interview.
Watch the last parts to hear some singing.
Peace Bataan!

CINEMATOGRAPHY

daO Crunch

BULLDOGS, BEATS, & BOREDOM

I made this while I was jetlagged.

Bataan Series

Bataan Paintings

Bataan signed some paintings for me. I never took a photo of the one I gave him. He hooked me up with a really large sized shirt, and a DVD.  Hopefully if the stars align we'll hook up in NY and I can do some work for him.