Hamlet 2

Mike and I just watched this brilliant gem of a film last night. I noticed the "little drama critic" wearing a T-shirt that read "Donald Judd" and under that MARFA.

Donald Judd spent a lot of his life in Marfa after renting a house there in the early 70's. He had fallen in love with the desert landscape (I can relate). That whole region down there is just magical. There really is no other place so beautiful.
This is taken from Wikipedia:
He displayed two pieces in the seminal 1966 exhibit, "Primary Structures" at the Jewish Museum in New York where, during a panel discussion of the work, he challenged Mark di Suvero's assertion that real artists make their own art. He replied that methods should not matter as long as the results create art; a groundbreaking concept in the accepted creation process.

So, really, the fact that this shirt popped up in this movie seems like no random coincidence. I mean, that's basically what the film was saying. Who needs talent when you have enthusiasm?! So, if you're ever in the mood to be inspired and laugh your ass of all at once, I'd recommend Hamlet 2.

Fashion!

A homemade jacket covered in band patches and anarchy symbols used to be a way of saying "eff you!" to the Man. Now you can buy one for $3,000 at the Galleria, pre-ripped and patched up FOR YOU. Funny how anti-fashion has become the new fashion. It's trendy to look like someone who doesn't follow trends? You can't even tell who's really a rebel anymore these days because it's become so trendy to dress like Mick Jagger circa '68 plus a lumberjack beard. Kids are shopping at Forever 21 and then whining about sweatshop labor. Hmm. What does that mean? Are you a fundamental part of the counter-culture... or do you just appear to be? You should never judge a book by it's cover, that's for damn sure.





For more information on Forever 21 being crappy, see the below Huffington Post blog, or just google it. :)


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/liz-black/boycott-forever-21_b_147973.html

never ending love equation

Music is what has saved me so many times from freaking out and leaving town/jumping off a building/losing my mind/etc, etc...

This band, this beautiful beautiful band, Modest Mouse, is one of my all time favorite bands ever. I'd like to recognize Isaac and the rest of them for the years and years of genius songwriting that they have so graciously shared with the rest of us.