30 day Later

Well the diet has run its 30 day course.....
Drum roll please.
I now officially weigh in at 178lbs.
that's right folks I lost 2 lbs in 30 days.
I personally feel that this venture has been a success. I mean it motivated me to go out to the gym and start working out, I am now more aware of what I eat and can almost stomach breakfast now, and it curbed my drinking ( just a little bit). I don't mind that I missed my goal of 15 lbs in fact it has just reinforced what I have been thinking....
JESUS LOVES ME JUST THE WAY I AM!
There, with that said, let's get back to pizza at midnight and Pabst at 10 am. Praise the Lord.



Also, I designed this cover for Pistolero.

This cover will be created by cutting out the white spaces on a black vinyl sticker and placing them on a white cardboard sleeve. Negative space, or so I'm told. Will from Zoroaster is making the stickers for us. We are going to have a 4 song live EP here in the next few weeks as well as the website up and running. We decided to take a break, well actually Tom and his wife had a baby 4 days ago so that helped us to take a break, and work on a new full length as well as some other merchandise.
Stickers, T shirts, 2 Eps and a full length by December 25th, wish us luck.

under every rock can be a surprise

In the course of trying to promote my band PISTOLERO i wade thru endless "music" pages. These type sites are a great way for small bands with low or no budget to get their stuff out there to people who aren't their friends. and ...Their friends as well. Clap your hands... And The Arcade Fire are prime examples of a band getting out the message via this relatively new (to me anyway) resource. Wired has a large article in the newest issue about just this fact. It's a split article about the guys who created My Space and a band that has done very well there.
My Space and Garage Band are very good places to find music well as good all around sites, and they have helped my band reach people that have never, will never, don't ever care to see Pistolero live, hear the music we make.

All of that was precursor ...
PORTABLE FOLK BAND



This band is fantastic. A wide variety of sounds. Fugazi like shifts in timing and mood. They have captured the best of their influences (and there have to be quite a wide range of them) and boiled it down to a great album.

100 Greatest Robberies in History
Hinge, Door, et cetera

Are 2 that jump right out at you.
There is a high level of quality to the production on these songs, amazing since they were recorded in the bands basement. They sell their CD on the site for $5.75. Best thing about it is, after manufacture and shipping of these discs they probably still make more than if they were signed to a major.
BULLY FOR THEM.

Happy Birfday

It's Been busy Busy BUSY here at the office.
I did 4 commercials for a car dealer (same one how I created the gas monster for) and I am in the middle of doing 2 market research studies for Deep Blue Insight.
This is what my note sheet looks like
(notice the wine stain, I was working late).


I am helping some friends with a video piece for an improvised sitcom. I will be creating the open that gives their names and shows their pictures. This will most definitely make the site upon completion. I have also nearly completed my fist political commercial. It is for a man named Harold Thibodeaux. He is running for city council in Stockbridge (That's where I grew up and my brother and parents still live). I am not getting paid for the spot, my brother Chris is the campaign manager and I wanted to help him out. Harold is a nice guy and the only black man I have ever heard say that "Jesse Jackson ain't nothing but a pimp with a reverend's suit". That's some funny shit.

Also, October 1st was my 2 year anniversary of owning Studio 5.
HOORAAY!!
It's was like my business' birthday.
I have tried to be like a parent to it. I care about it and want to make it grow (although children do this on their own). I worry when it goes to the store alone.

The business is making more money than last year, if you don't count the last 3 months. I won't say that I'm satisfied, but really busy weeks make you think that you're always this busy.
I have 14 more payments left on the biz loan and then I'm free.
I actually sat and thought about what I would do with the extra $1500 each month the other day.
No idea.
Have to worry about that when it happens.

Bleah!

So I've been on a diet for a week now...
and I have gained 5 lbs.
What the Shit is that?
Gym time...CHECK
Eating Right...CHECK
No Beer...ONLY WHEN ALLOWED
and I gained 5 lbs.
I am begining to think that dieting is stupid and that I am stupid as well.
I feel just fine with the way I look. I know that I need to be more active and I must admit that the working out is fun for me but I am depriving myself of the things in life that I enjoy the most.
FRIED FOOD AND BEER
I really don't love these things more than anything else, not by a long shot, but the idea remains. Is it really worth the aggravation and money (eating right and liquor drinks cost a lot) to make other people happy/keep them from fucking with me?
I don't know.
I did set out to do this for a month and I will follow thru. So we'll just see what happens.

Dekalb County is giving away money for artists. It has to be an expo/showing to get the money and you have to live in DeKalb. Christie at the Dept. of Arts, culture and Entertainment was very helpful. You should call her ---404.270.9314



That's it and I designed this sticker.