Phantom of the Opera

Great intro to a great ESPN feature on ’30 for 30′. A must watch doco if you love Reggie as much as I do. Or if you love/hate Ewing’s Knicks. Or if you love reminiscing about 90’s hoops. Or if you are simply in need of filling the NBA void in your life, thanks to the stupid lockout.

Wes Anderson Art

Revisiting some of the amazing artwork from the Bad Dads show last year. There was such a great collection, all dedicated to the one-and-only Wes Anderson and his inspiring work. This stuff always excites me. But why didn’t we get the call-up?

There is a whole lot more. See the rest of the collection at MonsterFresh.

Space is big

I’ve been watching a few astronomy docos recently. Had to share this…

Dear Photograph

Dear Dear Photograph,
This stuff is great! I will be submitting soon. Just need to go through some old albums.

Peace,
Nate

Movie posters can look good too

It’s strange, but movie posters these days almost always seem so glossy, bling or drab. I still have some hope that one day there will be an emphasis placed on well-designed posters. I mean despite being the most vital piece of its eventual marketing puzzle, the designing of the printed collateral is a relatively easy part of the overall film production right? Below is a bunch of really good examples of how it should be done, originally compiled by Adrian Curry on Mubi.

New Expansion Team

It’s a proud day for BuzzerBeater League as the commissioner has announced the induction of a new expansion team – Tha Dogg Pound. The team has yet to play a single game and already there is much hype surrounding this new and exciting franchise. Fans are lining up at the box office in order to obtain season tickets, media outlets are scrambling for interesting stories on the squad, and TV stations are fighting for broadcasting rights.

With general manager Nate Dawg at the helm the future looks bright for Tha Dogg Pound. Their journey to become the best team in BuzzerBeater starts now!

Lee Jake Mariano

Shoutout to friend and talented photographer Lee Jake Mariano. Here are a few of my recent favourites from his Photo Journal.  

A New Accordion

Via Stones Throw

Bonjour Ninna

My sis has been keeping herself busy over in Chi-City. In particular, I absolutely love this piece she produced for a recent exhibition in Chicago. I think it’s perfect! Frankie Mag loves her crochet French telephone too. 

Shopping time

It’s Sale Season. Get your credit card out. Go to the Kitsune webstore.

The Cookie Boy

Some inspirational work from Cookieboy. I’m going to try my hand at edible art this weekend.

Green Offseason

A 1-4 defeat at the hands of Miami in the Eastern Conference Semifinal is extremely disappointing. Oh well, another season falling short of the ring. In a see-saw season for the Boston Celtics, our hopes began with “We are the most underrated championship contender ever in history”, then softened to “We are still looking ok, we have a chance”, then to “We can still turn it on when we need to, we have the Big 4”, to “We’re not doing very well at the moment but we have the heart of a champion”, to “Shaq is going to dominate when he returns, he’s going to turn this around”, to “We are too proud to go out like this, we just have to win 3 in a row”, to “Years of misery is forthcoming”.

Maybe not. Maybe we can still keep our core. There are some glaring holes that need to be filled, but if Doc returns we can put a great squad through a full training camp and be ready to contend for the title in a lockout-shortened season which will favour the old legs of our favourite OG Big 3.

Purely for dreaming purposes, we have compiled our 2011-2012 Celtic offseason wish-list… 

More Scwartz

An episode of ‘What’s In My Bag‘ from last year featuring Jason Schwartzman.

The New Yorker App

My hero, Jason Schwartzman, convinces me that I need to add this app to my inventory. I already do love The New Yorker (just about entirely for the illustrations) but I can say that I now love it even more. On the Schwartzman front though, I can’t wait for Moonrise Kingdom!

Big Sean doing his thing

An interview of good friend Sean Dorgan at the Threadless HQ over in Chi-town. We get to see his work space, equipment and process. Especially love his wiping of the sweat from his brow at the end of the shoot. Nice touch.