POP pilgrimage

justin Art, Awesomeness, Popular Culture, Vice, Vinyl 2 Comments

For the past couple of years, squeezle and I have spent our Memorial Day weekend in Santa Fe, New Mexico. We are big fans of Santa Fe (read that as “we like to drink and eat a lot in Santa Fe, NM”), and we try and make a trip at least once a year to relax, throw the munch at …

Doodle-dee-doo

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I’m not sure if a recent head injury (reference my zombie hammer posting below) managed to rattle loose the plaque clogging up my artistic side, but I’ve been scribbling on just about everything for the past week or so. I have one gigantic stumbling block when it comes to artistry, however: I can’t draw a straight line to save my …

Stalin’s got nothing on me

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I’m a hoarder. I’ve mentioned it before and I totally own up to the fact that I probably have a pathological problem. The thing is, I don’t give a rat’s ass. I enjoy my behavior. In fact, I can’t even bring myself to watch the crazy Hoarders show on A&E because it depresses me that packrat behavior is the new disease …

Ooooh, shiny!

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I’m the first to admit it: I’m a hoarder. Worse than that, I have tendencies towards being a completist hoarder. That’s the worst kind there is. Anyone who has been near my home “workspace” can tell you: I’m just a spark away from a fiery inferno of vinyl death. Probably my only saving grace in all of this is that …