Seattle



HUMP FOR THE HOME TEAM

Monday, October 26, 2009

competitive

Here is a secret you should not ever tell anyone: porn is boring. Wait, you already knew that it’s not taboo anymore so there’s no dirty thrill, and that kneehigh stockings and pigtails and baby-shaved, tattooed mons pubii don’t actually look all that great? Shucks. Well, it’s dying, hallelujah–its business model is being raped by the internet (which is a serial rapist that should be put on trial)–and death makes some people nostalgic. What to do to save it? Make it into a competitive sport. Competition, as we all know from corporate anti-tax lobbying groups, inspires innovation.

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JESSE EDWARDS DRIVES A PARTY BUS BUT PREFERS CERAMICS

Monday, October 12, 2009

jesse01

Before Jesse Edwards got his start in oil painting and ceramics, he was running wild in the streets of Seattle, terrorizing all paintable surfaces. I have known of Jesse for some time but never really knew too much about him other than that he had a huge personality, scared the shit out of most people, and ran with the gnarliest graffiti crew in the city. But it turns out he’s rather chill–besides painting landscapes of Central Park for your grandparents’ living room, he also is working on a pilot for an informative Bob Ross-style how-to-paint show that will air in the next few months. We talked about that and other things as we went for a bike ride when he came to visit New York. Read the rest of this entry »