We know you’ve been wanting to be the inspriation for some art. You look at David Choe paintings or maybe something from Sam Flores and want to be the woman in the picture. We’ll here’s your chance.
Left Coast documentarian Estevan Oriol and famed Japanese photographer Yasumasa Yonehara aka Yone will switch subject matter. Yone is well known for his seductive images of Japanese s and Estevan is known for his shots of lovely Latinas. So for there colabo with Upper Playground Estevan is searching for Japanese s if SF to photograph the first week of April and Yone is looking for Latinas.
We know there are alot of you out there so we figured that we would let you know now and give you a little head start. If you don’t live right in SF no worries that’s not the point you just can’t live in Texas unless you’re going to fly out.
If you want your shot at immortality hit them up at yone_estevan@yahoo.com and by the way you have to be 18+ and able to shoot (in SF) the first week of April.
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In case you missed them the Plug Awards went down this last Feb. The Plug awards are the independent worlds answer to the grammy’s. You can check the site but here’s a list of the award winners.
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| TV On The Radio - Desperate Youth, Blood Thirsty Babes (Touch And Go) |
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| Female Artist Of The Year |
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| Hip-Hop Album Of The Year |
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| Madvillain - Madvillany (Stones Throw) |
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| Bad Religion - The Empire Strikes First (Epitaph) |
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| Dillinger Escape Plan - Miss Machine (Relapse) |
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| Electronic/Dance Album Of The Year |
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| Mouse On Mars - Radical Connector (Thrill Jockey) |
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| Americana Album Of The Year |
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| Iron And Wine - Our Endless Numbered Days (Sub Pop) |
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| Indie Rock Album Of The Year |
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| Interpol - Antics (Matador) |
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| RJD2 - Since We Last Spoke (Definitive Jux) |
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| Liars - They Were Wrong, So We Drowned (Mute) |
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| Record Producer of the Year |
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| Arcade Fire – Funeral (Merge) |
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| KDLD, Los Angeles, “Dead Air†|
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| Amoeba Music, Hollywood, CA |
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You can read more on the founder of fusicology here.
It’s all coming back around people and you have to know it. You can be mad the your favorite bands are starting to be seen on a more commercial level but it as long as they’re still making good music it also means that people are opening up again. We know things are messed up and you have to know that your favorite artist think the same things as you, don’t believe us:
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OK so we didn’t share what we did while in vegas. We’ve heard numorous complaints about it and now we’ve decided to give in. Check it out:
Here’s What the Boost Mobile party bus looks like from the inside.Â
That’s just a little bit of how it went down when we were in Vegas. Boost knows how to throw a good party.
All i can say is wow. Read the rest thanks to Smokingsection.net and Phonte of Little Brother!
Words by Phonte of Little Brother
Originally posted on his Myspace blog.
The marketing for this new Nine Inch Nails album is fuckin genius, yo… While writing this, I figured that most of my fans could probably give two fucks about a new Nine Inch Nails record, but the creativity and careful planning behind this album is something that artists in ALL genres of music can learn from. Stuff like this truly inspires me.
Short Version:
This nigga Trent Reznor done ETHERIZED the ‘Concept Album’ game.
Long Version:
The new Nine Inch Nails album, “Year Zero,†is due in stores 4.17.07, but the concept and even moreso the marketing behind this record is nothing short of fucking genius.
To support the record, Trent created a series of bizarre fictional websites and message boards that take place in a not-so-distant future where church and state are totally in cahoots, human beings have no civil liberties, and the government puts drugs in the public water supply to fight bio-terrorism.
The album’s first single, “Survivalism,†was supposedly leaked via a flash drive that was left in a bathroom stall during a NIN show in Barcelona.
I’ve been a NIN fan for a minute, but I urge any and everybody to check out these websites associated with the album*. The creativity behind projects like this are what keeps my hope for music alive. Even if you aren’t a fan of the music, I think Trent’s assumptions about America’s future are dead on, and the planning that went into the whole “Year Zero†storyline is really amazing:
*Note- To really read what’s on these sites you have to highlight the words….once you get there, you’ll understand what I’m saying…
www.anotherversionofthetruth.com - Click and drag on this picture long enough and watch what happens.
www.iamtryingtobelieve.com - Official website of Parepin, the drug that’s fed into the public water supply.
www.churchofplano.com - The government-run church of Year Zero.
www.consolidatedmailsystems.com - The mail service of Year Zero…to access the site type in ‘nooneimportant’ where ‘citizen_unknown’ is……try to click on any other section and watch what happens.
www.105thairbornecrusaders.com - The military troop where the Sniper, a character in Year Zero, received his training.
www.uswiretap.com - Contains several ‘classified’ documents………to access the site, type in case number 71839J……this one is probably the scariest site…if you REALLY wanna be freaked out call 216 333 1810….
www.bethehammer.net - The Sniper’s ‘blog,’ if you will……this one is HIGHLY recommended reading.
www.artisresistance.com - The site to download desktops and wallpaper, but done with a twist….once accessing the site, try to click and highlight any words and watch what happens…
For more insight on the album, storyline, and other hidden goodies, you can check out the NIN forums. There’s literally layers upon layers of stuff to be discovered…..I mean, links to mp3’s being given in MORSE CODE? WHAAAT?!?!?!
In any event, hats off to Trent Reznor. I ain’t been this inspired by an album idea since “Death Certificate.†The ‘concept album/educated entertainment’ murder game hath officially been layeth down flat. Gotta step my game up, yo…..
