I love Johnny Cupcakes. This guy has one of the best stories of how he became what he is today. It is my dream to meet this guy and do something similar to what he has done. He loves his fans so much that he has started a suit case tour to not only promote his brand, but to thank his fans and whoever supports him. Too bad his suite case tour isnt coming to Utah.
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Johnny Cupcakes
Its Happening Again
For some reason only pictures with words can describe what normally words describe in a blog post. Happy Spring Break.
Casual Hopelessness
The new Tomorrows Tulips music video is up and it has little kids looking like Kurt Cobain. So smart. On another note, its Spring Breaky, go find your Spring Break Lover. Thats all for now. lubs.
Removed Culture
Chad Hagen has some cool stuff to look at. These are some pictures from a series he calls "Historical Fragments". I suggest you go look at some of his other stuff.
New Half-tone
Over the weekend I had to make a mask and got nowhere, even ask Kelli, well, I got a half of an idea down, and this is what I came up with. But, I just defaulted to halftones because you can never fail with those. right?
Do you <3 Lindsay Lohan?
Do you think she looks better like a super-hero or a red head?
Would you party with her, but only if you had her super powers?
Upgrade
I need to start being more drastic when it comes to my shirt/tie collection + collaboration. If anyone has anything they want to donate similar to shown above, let me knowz. Or if you just want to go buy pocket squares some day, I hear that ebay is always having a great sale.
Uh Ohhhz
What happens when my 2 favorite internet personalities get together? They have an interview, talk about twitter, and stuff that friends do? Check it out, Sarah Morrison aka @SarahMorrison and DJ Skeet Skeet, aka, Trevor McFedries aka @skeetonmytwitts talk real life problem solving solutions.
Winter Passing
Um, its Valentines day, so go pick up the new b-side from Taking Back Sunday and get over yourself? 
Haute Hangerz
Want to know what someone would look like while wearing your clothes? Make a hanger out of their face! Meanwhile, while I start making all these hangers with Annie/@anniesdiary on them, you go read how its done over here at: OutsaPop.com
Stefan Sagmeister
For Christmas, I got on of the coolest books evarrr. Its called "Made You Look" by Stephan Sagmeister. Very radical stuff. Sagmeister is now a designer/company that is doing everything right. Here are a few of the things that make him who he is today. enjoyz.
Tomorrows Tulips Feature
The OC Weekly interviewed Alex Knost about Tomorrows Tulips and the hiatus of the Japanese Motors. Keep on reading.
Costa Mesa garage rockers Japanese Motors shocked the local scene when they informed OC Weekly last Tuesday that they were ditching their Jan. 20 gig with Vice label mates the Black Lips at Detroit Bar, canceling all upcoming shows including SXSW dates and going on "indefinite hiatus."
After playing a bit of phone tag, I got a hold of front man Alex Knost (he's also a pro surfer) this morning at his Costa Mesa home to discuss Tomorrows Tulips, the new duo he formed with girlfriend Christina Kee. I also asked him why Japanese Motors came to a screeching halt and if the band had a future. Knost offered fresh news concerning both projects.
OC Weekly (Wade Tatangelo): So, what prompted the formation of Tomorrows Tulips?
Alex Knost: Well, I really don't remember, exactly. I think Christina said something about hating to go to Paul Mitchell hair school and I asked her what she always wanted to do. She said she wanted to learn drums but thought that was ridiculous. We have similar taste in music and I showed her great songs that don't have complex drumming, played her Son of a Gun by the Vaselines, one of our favorite groups ... as soon a she put her ear to it and just concentrated on the beat, one hand on the snare drum, it gave her the confidence to just start whacking stuff.
Q: How long between when Christina started "whacking" the drums and the formation of Tomorrows Tulips?
A: By the next day we had three or four ideas for songs. Obviously, practice makes things a little perfect. I'd say maybe two or three months later we started playing around
Q: What's the story behind the name, Tomorrows Tulips?
A: It's kind of an inside joke. That's something for ourselves. We don't want to give it all away, y'know?
Q: Fair enough. The sound of Tomorrows Tulips is a lot dreamier and experimental leaning than Japanese Motors's. Would led you down this new musical path?
A: I still consider myself juvenile. I can barely play compared to most bands. You listen to 1960s music, it's not complicated, it's rock & roll. When you don't know how to do something very well it forces you to be creative and use trickery. The best thing about Christina being new on drums as she stumbles on all this creative stuff because it's first instinct. We're really trying to embody DIY aesthetic.
Q: Japanese Motors toured nationally and were signed to Vice. How serious are you about Tomorrows Tulips?
A: We're just gonan take it day by day. Obviously, we're passionate about it. We have this feeling of absolute fearlessness. We just recorded eight songs over at the Distillery [studio] on analog tape just like bands did in the 1960s and 70s. The [as-yet-untitled] EP will come out on the Papermade label that did the Dirt Dress series.
Q: Do you have a release date?
A: It will Take a little bit of time. We're only putting it out on cassette and vinyl. CDs are great to burn for friends but the lifespan is short. Tapes and vinyl last for a long time. We're doing that and writing new songs and talking to labels about a full-length we want to get done by the summer so we can hit road and start touring.
Q: Sound like between Tomorrows Tulips and surfing you have your hands full. Is Japanese Motors done?
A: Yeah, for the time being we all have decided to put in on shelf., we have full-length we never put out who knows what will happen in future after talking to [guitarist/bassist Nolan Hall] and hes' going to focus on photography. [Drummer Andrew Atkinson went back to his job. Nolan is working closely with Vans shoes and several magazines and looking to do showings of photographs and I'm excited for him. [Putting Japanese Motors on hiatus] was a mutual thing ... I'm really looking forward to Tomorrows Tulips. When you watch some like Christina make a song it really lights a fire in me creatively. It's been just the two of us but have been having people playing bass like Nolan and Matt McCluer of the Sweet Sweet Things. He's a very inspiring person to be around very with a profound work ethic.
Q: Do you plan to eventually grow Tomorrows Tulips from a twosome to a band?
A: We'll keep it as a two-piece as far as writing but it would be great to also play with talented musicians.
Q: Not to belabor this but Japanese Motors had a bunch of high profile dates coming up, opening for Black Lips playing SXSW, etc. Why stop now?
A: I think when you're passionate about something, obviously we worked hard to get where we were at, you don't want to sacrifice emotions. Having to keep playing due to pressure [to fulfill commitments] feels like a gimmick. We don't wanna do something we don't feel passionate about. We feel bad to the venues we left dry and fans but don't want be somewhere if our head is somewhere else. The future is unwritten, but as of right now, all feel strongly {about going on hiatus].
PRINT!
Boss Construction
Nashville, USA
Andrew Vastagh, aka Boss Construction, graduated from the design programme at the University of Memphis and, anxious to avoid having to work in a corporate cubicle, focused his energies instead on the freedom that gig posters offered.
http://bossconstruct.com/
Happy Birthday Annie
Its Annie's birthday for crying out loud. So wish her a happy birthday if you see her, or send her a birthday wish via twitter @anniesdiary or just go to her blog and show some love. But just know this is me wishing her an amazing birthday. She deserves all the best. Happy 21st birthday Annie.
Oh, and to celebrate, make sure you get your limited edition trading card in your favorite color while supplies last!
THEY WILL SELL OUT!
Oh, and thank Jodi for taking the original picture in the first place.
Indie Bros
How come indie bros always have great album art work? From the beautiful female on the front to the use of Futura typography saying Vampire Weekend + Contra along with the sepia tone, yet vintage feel to the picture, not to mention the white border. wowz. I'm not going to say anything about the music, just the cover art.
New Yearz - Pt. I
This is going to be there short version of my decade/year. The longer detailed version can be read in Pt. II.
I am just going to start naming things off that meant something to me, ready, set, go...
Music, internetz, Hema, junior high, work, Datsun, hair, rock n roll, punks, surf, folk, Annie, Stu, Justin+Katie, sports, rap, hip-hop, hippies, design, Stu, Jake, parents, high school, Idaho, aunt Vangie/uncle Kim, TBS, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adobe, Mac, tight jeans, Mitzi, Barbie, Mason, B.Flow, The Killers, Los Lopez, Heimuli's, stuff, blah, blah, blah,...
I give up, just finish reading my long post in Pt. II.
kthxbye.
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