the shamptonian institute

Laughing Squid Lucky 13 tonight at CELLspace. Stamp from a recent batch scanned.
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lions of earth…
daft yam, led west again.
flags tilt.
oh! …icy vino crept.
jive lender,
dreary liar …BEG!
mumu nova.

 

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Traipsed around the presidio on sunday; ran into to sloan. Then headed over to winfield scott field and snapped a few pix. I can’t believe all these buildings are just vacant and sitting here; I saw probably three people at the most jogging through. 

A day to honor the fallen. I visited the San Francisco National Cemetery yesterday, later in the day as the fog rolled in. I didn’t take any pictures. The road was lined with large flags, while each of the tombstones on this quaint hill tucked away in the Presidio was decorated with a flag. The [...]

from the phoenix mission

Raashan Ahmad (from the Crown City Rockers) debuted his solo The Push (Om Records), featuring Chali 2na and DJ Vadim among others, at Amoeba SF last Tuesday. Finally had some time this weekend to get some choice selects uploaded. My battery was running out though, so it’s just a snippet; but a good track off [...]

The new short film by Blu
An ambiguous animation painted on public walls. Made in Buenos Aires and in Baden (fantoche). Sibe assisted, Andrea Martignoni composed the soundtrack and Mercurio Film produced the project.

MUTO a wall-painted animation by BLU from blu on Vimeo.

Hot May days. Bay 2 Breakers. Can you smell it? Can you smell spring? I can’t; my allergies are wack. But I can smell the hint of some sick indie hip hop getting ready to bust. Tuesday’s instore at Amoeba is a don’t miss. And in case you do, pay your penance and make you [...]

Here’s a collection of Polaroids from a Band of Horses show at the Crystal Ballroom last year. I didn’t have the best angle; was too packed to get up to the center. I had to overexpose the film, so you’d be able to see the ink more easily. Four of the songs from the ‘Cease [...]

According to officials, and officials at the SF Bike Coalition, “official” Bike to Work Day is tomorrow, May 15th. So they say it is official, do they? Well then, if this is indeed official, then I’m going to need to see some official identification. For that matter, anyone claiming an event, person, day of the [...]