I missed the Cut off your hands album launch gig last Thursday and I was a bit disappointed. They have been one of my favourite acts for ages and I haven't seen them in such a long time, their sound feels like a distant radio airwave in my mind.
However. like all good surprises and fortune, I unexpectedly rock up to the MCK AIRBAR launch for all media and advertising agencies, and WHAM the guys were just chilling by the side. Their show was amazing and I was so excited I had to ask them for a portrait.
If you are keen to see the boys, they will be playing at the Falls Festival close to new years and Laneway Festival early next year!
Photo: Supertouch.com
I have always liked the Obey Artwork since I was a grom with a skateboard.
Later I learnt more about the man behind the giant face of Obey, his name is Shepard Fairey and he was also the man getting a load of press action from his contribution to the Obama campaign. I have been extremely slow with my RSS so if you haven't had the pleasure of reading this interview with Shepard on Obama, you can get it here. Enjoy!
It has been a super long weekend.
When Sunday came...I decided to have a quiet chilled day.
I started off with checking out some books at Ariel & Berkelouw then went to the ACP to see the Pedro Meyer and Nikon-Walkley Press Photo exhibition.
I had made plans to hang out with the Jezabels in the afternoon, since I haven't seen them in ages.
They were showing me their mock up for their debut EP, the artwork looks great. I am excited to see it to be released.
I took some photos before they played a show at the Annandale that evening.
Once upon a time. When I was a lil grom.... I went over to LA with my moms, where I was a massive sneaker head....purely for the love of sports not really about styles and such.
Mom had picked out these Reebok blacktops (they were ridiculously cheap at the time I believe), the kicks were always too big for me and it still baffles me how elders can justified getting clothes/shoes that is way too big for you as a kid and you will somehow grow into it (...in time they say). The sneakers have been with me for almost as long as I have been in Oz (13years)... I have never worn them, I didn't really like the look of them and the color was not what I would normally pull off - grey sneakers.... are a tad tricky.
So last year I rediscover them in my wardrobe, where they were sitting lonely in the corner, I picked up some paint brushes and painted sections of the shoe white, but I abandoned the project shortly when I started doing some canvases and boards for friends' birthdays. Yes I have a very short attention span sometimes.... I finally repainted the shoe last week, eager to finally wear them because they fit snugly now. I added a layer of black over the previously white sections and I found some fat red laces that I bought in HK, I chucked them on the now blackish shoe, the red was a bit strong so I added dashes of black on the lace to soften them up a bit.
The new blacktops were looking pretty neat and I think I'd be proud to rock them. I wore them for about 2 hours before the left shoe decided to degenerate on me..... I was soooooo BUMMED, because now I am shoeless and I was about to head out for dinner and party with some mates, so a drive home later - I decided from now on, I will always travel with 2 pairs of kicks just for back up purposes... at least thats what my girl friends say they do all the time. Oh how I am always in awe of females' logic for good reason.
