Rose Bowl Flea Market

I made my first pilgrimage to Pasadena's Rose Bowl Flea Market. First off, the flea market is not inside the bowl, but around it and in the expansive parking lots. There must of been 1,000 vendors. This place was huge, and it was hot! All told after checking out as many tables as I could, all I purchased was this kick ass Alien board game, made by Kenner in 1979. The cover of the game features the Alien figure that Kenner made. The game looks as if it has never been played... its even got the original instructions. Too bad I don't know anyone who would really enjoy this fine (antique) board game....

Black Sheep

What's not to like, killer Zombie Sheep and Weta Workshop's special FX... trailer
here

Frank Zappa on Miami Vice

See Frank play a baddie....
Watch it!

Suck UK

This is an online gift company that has great stuff, we actually bought stuff from them on the last show. Anyhow, I really like their catalog and thought this solar powered "Sun Jar" was pretty cool, great for a deck or a balcony. Check out their stuff here.

3-D World

If you think this little guy is cute, you can make him your desktop... here

Ninjak

Sorry for the lack of posts, heavy work week... Anyhow, for fans of Valiant Comics, our storyboard artist, Mark Moretti, worked there for years and created the character, Ninjak with the now Editor-in-chief of Marvel Joe Quesada. Check out this wikipedia article, here. Also, Mark seems like a really easy going guy and has storyboarded some good projects such as I, Robot, Blades of Glory, and the upcoming presidential assassination thriller called, Vantage Point with William Hurt as the president.

TGIF

Wow, busy week... had to move the whole art dept. to the Paramount lot. Ahh, Hollywood, here we come.

Nick Thune

I saw this guy live the other night, one of my new favorite comedians, definitely one to watch his site

Jeremy Blake R.I.P

One of my favorite L.A. artists mysteriously drowned himself this week. Read about it here

Maneater

Funny thing, a while back I was working on a David O. Russell film that was about a geeky kid who switches bodies with Vince Vaughn, anyway... about the only thing I liked about the script was that the kid was obsessed with the musical act, Hall and Oates. Because the thing with Hall and Oates is, the music isn't horrible, but they have such a funny 80's style. Anyhow, recently H & O held a Youtube lip syncing contest and here is one of the videos here

Another Kitchen Shot

Sunshine

I saw Danny Boyle's Sunshine this weekend, I must say I was a fan of his previous films, but this new one was confusing in several ways, but overall entertaining. I really liked the sets, and the way that space travel to the sun was dealt with but about 3/4 way through, the movie changes tone, and I can't say it's for the better. Interesting note, A's work always screens these films the day of release, but for some reason Searchlight opted not to do an employee screening... hmmm. I wonder why? Certainly it wasn't because the film was a dud, who knows... If you liked Event Horizon, or for that matter Armageddon, you will like Sunshine, and if you've seen the film, then be sure to check out this site which offers back stories of all the characters and an interactive virtual tour of the spacecraft, the Icarus II.

The Short House Show

Saturday night, Culver City got a tad bit brighter as a group of Otis MFA artists put on a house show... it was refreshing to see these artists exhibiting such high quality work, taking risks, and having fun. Nice job folks. The image shown is by artist Terra Kuroda.

The Forbidden Kingdom

"Perhaps there is a bit of fear and trepidation in the film-geek community about hyping up a martial arts/family film directed by the guy who helmed The Lion King and Stuart Little. Forbidden Kingdom tells of an American kid who accidentally travels back to Ancient China by a magic [staff] and he has to team up with three masters to rescue the Monkey King. We want to love this film because it has teamed up Jet Li and Jackie Chan. By golly, this is a match made in heaven. Here we see our four leads in full costume - (L to R) Michael Angarano, Jet Li, Liu Yifei and Jackie Chan." A friend of mine read an early version of the script and said it was terrible... but he had heard since, that the rewrites were better... Could be cool, we'll see Sept. 2008.

Sonic Youth Tonite!

I am going to see a special Sonic Youth performance of "Daydream Nation" tonite at the Greek which is a great concert venue under the stars. Also, I found this blog journal of when Sonic Youth went to China this past April... to read about the trip click
here

Toy Vader LapTop

This is a faux laptop that children can play games on...The ad for the product reads, "Are you part of the Dark Side? Pick up the interactive light sabre and choose a learning path with Darth Vader. Darth Vader laptop is the ultimate learning toy for your children. Enter Sith’s realm and let Darth Vader challenge young children’s skills in mind-blowing games in logic, music, and other breathtaking activities."

Zenviroments

Zack Johnson's stuff is really nice... from drippy paintings to large scale installations... I dig it... you should to!

Incredible Photo

Run Bambi Run!

Rubber Ducky

Title: Rubber duck
Year: 2007
Location: river the Loire, France
Dimensions: 26 x 20 x 32 meters
Materials: inflatable, rubber coated PVC, pontoon and generator
Production: le Lieu Unique and the Biennial Estuaire
more pics

I'm back, but started with a hectic week... But Enjoy this!

Bienart Surreal Art Collective

Great online museum of surreal art... link

Congrats Bao Xishun

Bao Xishun, 56, a 2.36-metre (7 ft, 7 inches) herdsman listed by the Guinness World Records as the tallest living man, and his bride, Xia Shujuan, 29, 1.68 metres (5 ft., 5 inches), take part in an Erdos Wedding Ceremony at Genghis Khan's Mausoleum, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region July 12, 2007

Bao Zi Blunder

Crazy story on Yahoo today, how China's favorite snack, a Bao Zi or steamed Buns have been filled with a mixture of pork and cardboard... I love the quotes from the Bao Zi maker himself... link

Pumpkin Head

The new Smashing Pumpkins record came out yesterday, after seven years Billy Corgan has given the world a taste of the band that made him famous/infamous. With that said, I bought the record and liked it. I have to give it a few more listens to put it into context over the life span of the band... but my immediate feeling was that there were some satisfying ROCK RIFFS, that any Pumpkins fan will like. Check out their new multi-media site, and look for them on Letterman Friday night. link

Forget Ratatouille...

This is the real deal.
link

China Style Bathrooms

Southwest China's Chongqing Municipality - The "Luxury" Toilet Palace features an Egyptian facade, soothing music and more than 1,000 toilets spread out over 30,000 square feet. Officials claim it's the largest public bathroom the in the world.

Momma's Gonna Knock You OUT!

Crazy 4 Cult

Gallery 1988 Can you spot all the pop/cult references?

Latest additon to the Woo Clan

Classic Cali

Wrap Party

Saturday night I was invited to the ENTOURAGE wrap party. Free food and booze, good time, but nothing special... that is until we ran into a babe cradling, cigar smoking, Mr. Gary Busey. He even went out to the valet to put his gift bag away, because his girl didn't want to hold onto it. Little did they know that the bag had nothing but useless advertisements for a south beach hotel and a bottle of a "limited edition" water called BLING!

Mitsuiro Roboto

Genuine early 1930's Japanese "Humanoid".

Super Yano

Ugh... check out this crazy robot here

3-D Chinese painting

Worth watching...
link

Star Wars art photography?

This photographer does a great job of interjecting bits of the Star Wars universe into real world pictures. Click into his site and select the "series" section...
enjoy

Happy 4th of July!

Star Wars Abc's

Cute concept... but this really is brainwashing for the Star Wars Fan parent...What child needs to know G is for Garindan?
link

Light Graffiti

Using LED glowsticks, flashlights, even fireworks, combined with time-lapse photography, light graffiti artists create a unique tagging that wraps around objects dimensionally, allowing them to tag in a way they'd never be able to with spraypaint. link

Life's a Peach

Wizard of Gore

One word, this movie features "Jumbo's Clown Room"... okay, that wasn't one word. Anyhow if you like, Crispen Glover, Movies about magicians, or movies that take place in the seedy underworld of L.A.... then check out this trailer here.

Lil Dog Piglet

A dog feeds a piglet in Shenyang, northeast China's Liaoning province June 29, 2007. The piglet has been fed by the dog for some 40 days since its mother died soon after giving birth. The dog started feeding the piglet after encouragement by the farmer who placed the piglet with the dog in the doghouse, local media reported.

Qi Shi Huang's Secret Tomb

BEIJING - The tomb of China's first emperor, guarded for more than 2,000 years by 8,000 terracotta warriors and horses, has yielded up another archaeological secret.
After five years of research, archaeologists have confirmed that a 30-metre-high building is buried in the vast mausoleum of Emperor Qinshihuang near the former capital, Xian, in the northwestern province of Shaanxi, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. Duan Qingbo, a researcher with Shaanxi Institute of Archaeology, said the building might have been constructed for the soul of the emperor to depart. Archaeologists have been using remote sensing technology since 2002 to study the internal structure of the unexcavated mausoleum. They concluded that the building, buried above the main tomb, had four surrounding stair-like walls with nine steps each, Xinhua said. Qinshihuang unified China in 221 BC. The life-size terracotta army, buried in pits near the mausoleum to guard the emperor in the afterlife, was accidentally unearthed in 1974 by farmers who were digging a well.

Planet Unicorn - Hey...

All the beauty of a planet full of Unicorns, actually three Unicorns... link