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i'm going to be doing this sale... don't sleep.

peanutgallery — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 09:03:28 GMT

as you all know, i've been basically AWOL this year and i don't intend to come out from much hiding until next January. But... i am making an exception for this one. I present to you.. from the genius mind of Irene Hernandez-Felks CHILLIN Chillin' is going back where it all got started.... 111 Minna Gallery! August 2, 2008 50 FASHION DESIGNERS!!! Visuals by: INSTA-Action (www.insta-action.com) Art exhibit by: FULL CUSTOM LIVING: THE ART OF GARAGE MAGAZINE (www.111minnagallery.com) DJ's KRIS X (www.myspace.com/baydabreaks) Laron (LARON (http://www.myspace.com/laronakaswan) Rondo Brothers (www.rondobrothers.com) DJ Eddy Bauer (KALX) (www.myspace.com/djeddybauer) DJ SCHATZ (www.chillinproductions.com) DJ Artefacture ( http://youtube.com/watch?v=xhC550ZpOg8) LIVE screen-printing by SAN FRANPSYCHO, bring a shirt or booty-shorts When: Saturday August 2, 2008 8:00pm-2:00am Where: 111 Minna Gallery (www.111minnagallery.com) $6 at the door Must be 21+ ID For more info go to: www.chillinproductions.com Chillin' was featured in Legend magazine this month, check it out! www.legendmag.net Pages 18-22 Also Check out our favorite t-shirt blogg www.tcritic.com Thank you to our great sponsors: SF Weekly (www.sfweekly.com) Legend Magazine (www.legendmag.net) UNSCENE urban navigator (www.unscene.com) SF Station (www.sfstation.com) Yelp (www.yelp.com) Nitevive (www.nitevibe.com) Vanderkitten (www.vanderkitten.com) Breast Cancer Emergency Fund (www.bcef-sf.org) This Old Bag (http://tob.bcef-sf.org) AIDS Emergency Fund (www.aef-sf.org) Ipling (www.ipling.com) LatinLounge.tv (www.LatinLounge.tv) 111 Minna Gallery (www.111minnagallery.com) Spork Restaurant (sporksf.com) Addiction Hair Salon (www.addictionhairsalon.com) Lucid Beauty (www.lucidbeauty.com) Hair Play (www.hairplay.com) Access Institute for psychological services (www.accessinst.org) The Innovative Fashion Council of San Francisco (www.ifcsf.com) Style Industry (www.styleindustry.com) Mosio (www.mosio.com) Ladybrille (www.ladybrille.com) Red Poppy Art House (www.redpoppyarthouse.org) Mars Bar (www.marsbarsf.com) Ovahere (www.ovahere.com) Thread Show (www.threadshow.com) RAG (www.ragsf.com) Stitch Lounge (www.stitchlounge.com) Dirtyhertz (www.dirtyhertz.com) Primo Promotes (www.primopromotes.com) Nofu ( www.nofu.com) House of Dolores Moore Hope Flight Foundation (www.hopeflightfoundation.org) Nomadika (www.nomadika.com) Fashionbliss (www.fashionbliss.com) Jules Beauty (www.julesmakeupsf.com) Blowfish Sushi (www.blowfishsushi.com) Little Yellow Perfect (www.littleyellowperfect.com) Porcelynne (www.porcelynne.com)

sale at the bus stop - dore alley

peanutgallery — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 06:17:23 GMT

this wednesday i'll be there. see you there.

lesson for the day

peanutgallery — Sun, 22 Jun 2008 08:31:35 GMT

sun ging bang crazy in the head chi zie - crazy ( insulting style) mm - negation jong ee as you like / whatever ya do ho yee what - is also okay ( whatever) sic see lai eat shit you. ya chu choke on a " banana" ( eat shit)

and now for something completely different...

peanutgallery — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 03:54:16 GMT

it's pretty damned interesting to be living in an area not yet " owned" by any aspect of our social circle. I get things like " it's just so far out of my way" when i invite people over... Kids - i understand, i once felt this way as well. However, i am a 7 MINUTE walk up from Market st. on Grant. A measly 5 blocks away from Union Square. And, by the way, Chinatown and North Beach are like little tetris boxes with each other - intersecting and embracing. It took me 12 minutes to walk to Bimbo's ! That having been said, it's a different world over here. It's quiet at night, all the lights are off, and at 5 am, people start doing tai chi in the alleyways and the park by my home. There are artificial crickets chirping during the day, and that weird cello/violin thing they play is going most all of the daylight hours ( he's a busker... today he played jingle bells - including the " dashing through the snow" part. I was impressed. I called my roommate to tell him, as we'd been discussing having a battle with homedude on the harmonica, ukelele and tambourine) My roommate is rather awesome. He's here about 1.5 days a week if he feels like coming down to the city, and spends 3 months a year in china. He practices choy lay fut kung fu and is fluent in cantonese. Yes, i am learning. " nay ho ma" " lang loi ! ! " " nai cha!" " m goi" thank you, thank you very much. It's been a trip to watch my friends evolve, as we all know that i dont get out much. The crew that came around 7th and market is not the crew that hangs around chinatown. I'm pleased with the evolution ( not that i don't love you all, but... ). One maurader actually scaled my fire escape and woke me up from a nap knocking on my balcony door. I am currently having some carpenters/ freestyle rappers build my loft in my bedroom/fabric storage area. I also discovered 2 skylights and roof access. just wait for gung hay fat choi. By then y'all are going to realize how close i am to everything you didn't even realize you love about this city and we're going to have the party to end all parties.

and that's C-town with a Capital C and that rhymes with T and that stands for TROUBLE!

peanutgallery — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:11:31 GMT

Housewarming set for the 29th. 6pm. Dim Sum and Sake for all. Screening of Big Trouble in Little China scheduled for 7 or thereabouts. Please RSVP. Come in your finest Kung Foonery.

housewarming event @ big trouble

peanutgallery — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 20:10:51 GMT

so i realized that if i don't just DO it, then it won't HAPPEN. And last night i figured out EXACTLY how i want to hold my housewarming. The first movie night ( hopefully of many) we will, of course, be screening " big trouble in little china" come dressed appropriately. Dim sum and sake are on the menu. How is Sunday the 29th for everybody?

SEUSS... seussss..seusss seusss seusss seusss

peanutgallery — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 05:00:13 GMT

there is a cat, there is a hat you are the hat you are simply the hat ( minidress) The pink ring that multiplied.. you are the ring. ( which hula hooper gets this one?) oooohhh the exaggerated esthetic ooohhh the shaggy, unkempt fur and how to reference that in the hemlines. WHO WEARS THE ANTLERS ? ( koz I gotz zee antlers) stay tuned for the mulberry st sale @ big trouble No no flyers no not publicized no not so many outfitz i'll be at the bus stop for zee big sale but the heh heh heh evil seuss plan costumes, well, they're sneaking up on us all, and big trouble is housing the lorax. heh heh heh *( thank'ye FP for yet another fun challenge and the opportunity to rise to the right and slightly diagonal)

AWOL

peanutgallery — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 23:19:03 GMT

yeah i know i've not been posting no pictures, no blogs, no nothing. IT's not for having things not happening, but i have no DSL at home, and so i'm playing with my hamster instead. I LOVE my new home " big trouble". shockingly, i am living in chinatown, you see... I am seeing someone. He lives a couple hours drive away. We're trying to work it out and haven't given up yet. I'm happy. I'm sleeping at night. I'm partying a whole lot less, but have figured out how to make " chinese crack tea" ( the stuff they sell you at the bakeries that keeps you going for 6 hours) so i'm visiting the loo regularily and still staying up late. My hair is growing and i have bought many new shoes feel free to text me. Emails are also not so good right now and i am simply not responding to IMs as when i have internet, i don't have time to chat. i love you all very, very much .

Killer RULES !!!!

peanutgallery — Wed, 14 May 2008 23:36:36 GMT

I KAN HAZ PET! She's the most hyper hamster you EVER met! I knew she was mine when i looked in to the cage and she was trying to chew through the glass . Seems to prefer her hind legs over the front ones. I took her out and she determinedly began to chew on my hand. I tried to feed her a sunflower seed but no, apparantly, Killer is carnivorous. She also enjoys running on the OUTSIDE of the wheel. I love her. I'd like to invite you all over to meet my hamster. Next week i will get two more siamese fighting fish. i will call them fluffy. I can make you smoothies ( i can haz blender !) and oatmeal ( i can haz kettle !) and i can also offer you a shower. how perfectly awesome. in my new, 1500 sq foot, top floor location, chinatown. find my tattooed girls. ring my bell.

OH FUCK I JUST MADE THE NY TIMES !~!!!!!!!!!!!

peanutgallery — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:49:00 GMT

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/12/nyregion/12fashion.html?ref=todayspaper In This Contest, if the Lantern Fits, They Wear It Béatrice de Géa for The New York Times A model wearing a Chinese lantern at the Style Wars, an instant design competition, in TriBeCa. More Photos > * Sign In to E-Mail or Save This * Print * Reprints * Share o Digg o Facebook o Mixx o Yahoo! Buzz o Permalink By TANZINA VEGA Published: May 12, 2008 Masking tape can come in very handy when you are a fashion designer on a deadline. Make that a four-and-a-half minute deadline, competing in front of hundreds of people. Skip to next paragraph Multimedia Style WarsSlide Show Style Wars On Friday night at a TriBeCa warehouse along the West Side Highway, eight fashion design contestants relied on tape, scissors, staples, binder clips and large doses of creativity in the first national Style Wars competition, hosted by Mary Jo Diehl and Roman Milisic of House of Diehl, a fashion company the couple founded in 2001. Neither professed to have had any formal design training, a fact that does not seem to have hindered the Croatian-born Mr. Milisic’s European flair and the native New York punk-lite aesthetic of Ms. Diehl. The two declared themselves the inventors of “instant couture,” a combination of high fashion sense and a MacGyver-like ability to incorporate found objects into a wearable piece in a matter of minutes. They likened the competition to an old-school M.C. battle, with one crucial difference: “They spit out rhymes where these guys spit out style,” Ms. Diehl said. The contestants, some in teams, were chosen from a five-city tour. All of the hopefuls, with the exception of two wild cards, won the contest in their home cities — New York, Miami, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Chicago — and came to New York to take home the title of Style Wars national champion. The contest opened to the sound of a techno version of “The Imperial March,” Darth Vader’s theme in “Star Wars.” Contestants were given four and a half minutes to create a couture piece out of random objects and materials like sports equipment, medical supplies and denim, and had to adhere to themes like “Baby’s Got Back to the Future” and “Frump Me Amadeus.” A panel of judges determined the winners based on the designs’ creativity and the contestants’ overall performance. “I expect it’ll be a bit loony,” said one judge, Mick Rock, a photographer best known for his photos of 1970s rockers like Queen and Debbie Harry. “It could be complete chaos and anarchy.” Contestants were allowed to “stack the racks” by taking whatever materials they wanted onto the stage, and all goods were fair game for any competitor. After three rounds, a winner was named. Backstage, the atmosphere was part circus tent, part runway show. Willowy models were primped to serve as live mannequins, while designers like the New York-based four-member team the ART corps, all dressed in hot pink, and Jahkyra Burr and Kayce Armstrong of Miami’s Art of Shade, who wore combat boots and military fatigue miniskirts, nervously waited their turn. A red-haired artist and designer known only as Domini, a wildcard entrant who had lost the San Francisco and Los Angeles competitions but was brought back for the finals because of her enthusiasm, seemed to be the underdog. “I’m not really sure why I’m here,” said the artist, who is based in San Francisco and brought bubble packaging, bicycle tires and Chinese fans as her arsenal. Once onstage, the contestants sliced pieces off the clothes on their backs and rummaged ferociously through the racks to create their instant designs. The results were impressive. Karelle Levy, a Miami-based designer and performance artist, slashed into her multicolored knit jumpsuit for strips of fabric, while throwing a hot pink shawl over a skirt of bubble packaging she had spun around a model’s waist and legs. Domini used badminton rackets covered in T-shirts as wings for one outfit and turned an old suit jacket into a pair of jodhpurs by having the model put her legs into the arms. Art of Shade used a Chinese lantern to create a skirt festooned with white flower-shaped lights and white wallpaper. One judge said the outfit was more “Home Depot than fashion.” Domini made it to the final round, but lost to Ms. Levy, who, working to the theme of “Wed or Dead,” used sheets of X-ray film as a top, strategically placed cotton pads on the model’s hair bun and high heels, and turned surgical gloves into a large flowerlike shoulder appliqué in what proved to be an innovative use of medical supplies. If all this sounds like the ingredients for yet another reality TV show, that is because it soon may become one: Video cameras were present at the event, and “Style Wars” the show is currently in development. More Articles in New York Region » Need to know more? 50% off home delivery of The Times. NYC and beyond. 50% off Times delivery.

well folks...

peanutgallery — Mon, 12 May 2008 09:45:40 GMT

made it to the final round. Nobody was more surprised than i was. I think that i lost fair and square ( apart from the fact that the winner stole my things and used them in her piece, which pissed me off to no end) But i got a lot of press, i had a good time, the camerawoman was so rad and i like her a lot. She now owns my black cashmere jacket with waffle sleeves and my brunhilde elf hat. I think that hearst media may begin to rock my gear in the future - time shall tell... Beckity also said that they got a TON of footage of me, which will be interesting to see if they roll the show out. Again, it's all about that flippin linear time now isn't it ? the venue was PACKED. Stoli Hotel was pretty rad. Renegade club that opens up at random in random cities, only no longer because Stoli just got bought by Absolute. I stayed alternately with my friend Brian in Brooklyn, and in this fantastically dope penthouse loft in TriBeCa. It was a fun, fun trip. And in 3 hours, Virgin takes me home. I get the key to my new place and finish packing / begin to move. I had the craziest dreams about my new place all last night. About being in my new building with my folks and trying to figure out which loft space was mine. My key opened all of the doors. I made friends with everybody's pets but it took me FOREVER to find my home. Finally i did and discovered that not only do i have a shower ,but also a BATHTUB ! then i woke up and realized that this was not true. I also mentally toured Grant ( my new place, not the grant BUILDING, but my top floor 1500 sq foot space on Grant St. - CHINATOWN BABYYYYYYY!!!!!! yeah!) and realized that it wasn't the same place still. But i am good with that. I like my real space better than the one showing up in my dreams. I think that the dreams might have to do with the hamburger, fries and salad that i killed in the space of 7 minutes around 10 pm tonight. I was hungry. All that watching my weight for the show definitely deserved one good mad binge before we get back to normal. Oh, and MJ said she regretted telling me that i should lose some weight, which was nice to hear. I'll stop now. Thanks. all in all amazing so much fun and now back to the nitty gritty. and if anybody can spare some time these coming evenings, it's time to give the mess a ride over to the new home of at least one Grant Designer. xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo x ox oxo xo xo xo xo xo xo xo xox oxoxoxoxoxooxoxooo !

hello... you have reached domini's unoccupied studio. I am currently unavailable

peanutgallery — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:20:45 GMT

I am doing these things, with this stuff, on the spherical surface that we call the earth. It is potentially exciting. So i shall now shut my big ol trap. and we'll see how the sands shift. In any case, next week, i could use a LOT of extra hands finishing the packing, and then helping with the unpacking at the new studio, as this whole NYC thing came up really suddenly and i have my SF life to keep steady. ( yeah, i'm TOTALLY the right one to keep something steady - you know me - Ms. EvenKeel 2008 ! hah !)

it's 2 o'clock in the morning and the DJ's playin that song so what'cha gonna do ?

peanutgallery — Mon, 05 May 2008 09:42:58 GMT

i've got the Z-trip rockin and i'm hobo sackin' that fabric like a maniac. The night has been a consistent stream of angels coming to spend what time they had and it's been a huge, huge help. God love Carlos and Joseph. Seriously. We watched footage from the Exploratorium and kept on revisiting the fact that we hadn't EVER rehearsed that piece. We've been working together so long that the trust and the connection was there, and it stuck like glue. And then there they are at my door tonight, with Vodka and Mixer and their ready hands. Sammity sam, Tiffy, even Rich came by. It meant so much. The whole time, Will was standing at my cutting table, uploading the footage from 2nd Skin. What a warm feeling that is. It isn't done, by any means, but the pile of boxes in the hallway at the moment, the hobosacks of fabric on my shelves are pretty impressive, and i am not feeling exhausted or panicked. This is good. Tomorrow at 6 am i'm on BART to the airport. I fly to seattle, then hop a puddlejumper over to Victoria to wish my dad a merry, merry birthday. I'd wanted to deliver him a whole quiche from Tartine but unfortunately they were all sold out, so he gets a piece of pain d'olives and a cufflink/tie/handkerchief set instead. My mum gets origami from stiffened fabric for mother's day. And then, on Wednesday, it's off to NYC for Style Wars. I'm happy to meet up with MJ and Roman again, help them prep the final battle, then get my ass onstage and do my best for them. Their media has already been calling me asking for some background information... I had the funniest phone conversation with one lovely woman from a rather large organization outside of Jackson arms ( i learned how to shoot a gun on friday... thank you, thank you) and she kept on laughing and laughing- what was supposed to be 15 min turned in to 45 and finally we just told each other how excited we were to talk in NYC and got on with our impatiently waiting lives. There is so much up in the air, and more are afoot. We'll see how it all shakes down. You meet people at least twice - once going up, and once going down, and i've been through this enough times that i hope to keep a level head; not start throwing weight around just because people are paying attention. IT's an ugly look, and i no longer want to play that role. But i am excited to see what may come to pass, and it's a pretty good feeling knowing that there is at least a chance to bring a message to a larger audience. If i can take the " re-use" part of the three R's to a different level of awareness in our first world society, then for the second time in my life, i'll feel like i can die peacefully. That would mean that i've done my part. And maybe it could happen. And for the first time, EVER in my life, this year has brought friends to me who SHOW me that they care, and that's been the best feeling of all. I never had that before. I cant tell you how good it feels when people step up and help you. I'm excited to have the opportunity to pay that back to them. The feeling of being supported is just, so, damn, good. Thanks, you guys. really thank you you make my life something worth living.

one last big call for help

peanutgallery — Thu, 01 May 2008 05:48:35 GMT

ahem... tap tap tap ( is this thing on?) ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, as you may already know, i believe i have actually found myself a home. ( polite smattering of applause) It's my dream home, i signed my lease on monday and they took $5000 of my hard earned dollars. It starts on May 15th. Thank you, thank you. It was a long hard search with many high points and a couple devastating disappointments. But i think this one is going to be for real. I was standing outside of my building on Grant st. today and began to feel elated. Moving is going to be hard. Y'all know my big swirling eddy of fabric and craft mess - and i've been here for two years. I also have to head to NYC for Style Wars, and so it's going to have to be a 2 part thing. I'm hoping to get some loyal friends to come to my place on sunday night for pizza, tequila and packing. From 6 pm onwards perhaps? I leave for BC on Monday morning and return from NYC on the 11th, so that's pretty much cutting out a big chunk of moving date possibilities. If you wanna earn d-money, here is a good time to do it. If you owe me trade, NOW IS THE TIME. MORE THAN EVER. As for all of you who possied up and came to help weave the Odette dress, i'm grateful from the bottom of my heart. In case you didn't get the email, my plan is to ( once i've moved in and established myself @ the new Grant) have you all over for an appreciation night. I'm gonna either cook or order food ( dim sum anyone?) and have plenty liquor, then we shall take off our shoes, and walk a bubble wrap carpet in to my new workspace/showroom, where i will have a " free sale". I'm basically figuring $10 in d-money per hour. It's redeemable anytime, but that night it's going to be more of a " just take it" situation. I can't begin to express how much i appreciate the extent that you have all come through for me in the past month and i want you to know that i'm going to get you back as soon as i've stabilized in my new, chinatown environment. It's pretty cool - everyone i told today about my move went immediately to how my design will be affected. Oh. Christ. Will it ever. I'm already seeing chinese brocade pillowcase dresses for the summer - with those little pointy genie sandals they sell on the street. And, of course, the lantern collection. Stay tuned. I feel good about this year of the Rat. very, very good oh, and i will get myself three new pets. One dwarf albino hamster - i'm gonna call him Killer. And two more Siamese Fighting Fish. I'm going to call them Fluffy. Not fluffy and fluffy, not fluffy 1 and fluffy 2 not even fluffy esquire the 3rd ( but fluffy for short) they have one name. they are fluffy.

It was a good weekend.

peanutgallery — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:41:50 GMT

I went to the forest, and even hit the beach momentarily. Still got to a goodwill, did two sales, saw my gyro peeps, and hung with the current one who rocks my shit. Yes i know - we shall see if this one lasts. There are slightly higher stakes, but i'm kind of cool with that. I'm hella old now. I can deal with politics, and i know that in this particular game, i'm no pawn. Anyhow i had an amazing weekend, with or without the new juice. And i believe that i shall do this again, with some kind of frequency, and gusto. btw... i am glowing. .and. happy. .and. feel very much received, supported, embraced, and loved. In pretty much every aspect of my life. Thanks kids.

quick upload of some footage from 2nd skin

peanutgallery — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:19:28 GMT

http://media.d7tv.com/media/trunk/documentation/process/Domini-Edit.mov yay. i am at the beach and the forest with dog and boy and all goodness. thank the lord.

TONIGHT!!!!! 2nd Skin Opening Night at the Exploratorium

peanutgallery — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:46:25 GMT

Imaginative Designs in Digital and Analog Clothing a global spectrum of exploration in to technology and green design in fashion. Bad Unkl Sista, Miss VelvetCream, MirandaCaroligne and Domini will be featured in the opening night, along with many, many other esteemed artists. here is the lovely promo that Scatha wrote for it ( i'm just going to copy and paste as y'all know i prefer to sew pants than to write lovely words about the events i'm doing... i save the words for the escapades) snip- The Exploratorium invites you to our Opening Night Celebration : 2nd Skin: Imaginative Designs in Digital and Analog Clothing Friday, April 25, 2008 7:00–11:00 p.m. Exploratorium, 3601 Lyon Street, San Francisco Come dressed in your own costume or full-body, wearable art and receive 50% off museum admission. Advance tickets (without discount) are available on ticketweb. Members, as always, are free. DOOR $14 in streetclothes $7 IN YOUR REGALIA Join us for an evening celebrating the future of fashion. Using models as moving galleries, twenty-eight artists and designers present wearable artworks that fuse emerging technologies and materials, found objects, performance art, and pop culture to address life in the 21st century. From gowns of conductive thread to motion-sensitive outfits to sculpture rippling in a thousand, intricate pieces, 2nd Skin offers a second look at the creative potential of clothing. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ miss velvet cream + estar present the cocoon collection : finale fashion show at 9:45pm : on the runway featuring the gorgeousness of models serendune : amber : doug : erin : leo : monica fine : raquella : nome : amanda sage makeup by s. guile rayala hair by brian jensen photography by warren difranco music by PLAID ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Highlights include: · Contributing your own wearable art for our Community Clothesline Project · A runway show featuring artworks made with sonic fabric, newspaper, film, conductive thread, and other new and recycled materials · Workshops and demonstrations on clothes incorporating sensors, soft circuitry techniques, LEDs, and electroluminescent wire · Performance art based on the choreography and costumes of Noh, Butoh, and other theatrical traditions Visit the 2nd Skin YouTube playlist to see works by participating artists, along with how-to videos on reused materials and other wearable computing shows. See you Friday, April 25! - snip- so i'll just add what i'm doing to the list of things up there. I'm not putting in any " collection" per se, but what was birthed in my studio is pretty cool four classical ballet costumes, made almost entirely out of trash. Emphasizing the REUSE portiion of " reduce, reuse, recycle" Odette, in a 6 pack wedding dress woven through with strips of plastic bag, and the wings that chained her, Odile, the black swan, in pseudo cross dressing with cd headdress, and bicycle tire inverse hoop pants, Coppelia, wearing the quintessential " bright idea" skirt and a 6 pack corset and Sugarplum, in an industrial bubble wrap tutu, with images carefully inserted inside a number of the bubbles... and rhinestones for good measure, and the craziest innertube/six pack corset you ever did see. ... quite ... see you there. p.s. www.exploratorium.edu/2ndskin the fashion show is going to be off of the mother-flippin chain. starts at nine but doors open at 7 and they have so many cool things to learn and play with, you should get there early and stay late. For your own goddamn benefit.

happenings and goings on

peanutgallery — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 04:00:46 GMT

i'm seeing all of these madly professinal looking announcements about 2nd skin and realizing that i should at least give a shout out. Yes i am doing it I'll be doing the fashion show, and my installation will be up until september sometime. link is here http://www.exploratorium.edu/2ndskin/ i will not be doing Maker's Faire as just this morning i recieved word that yes, i'm producer's choice for the final style wars battle so i'll be flying to NYC after visiting my dad up north for a couple of days. The battle is on the 9th of may if anybody is around the city and wants to come check it out. you can find out more about style wars and house of diehl here http://www.houseofdiehl.com/swpress/swmore.html and here http://www.subrepublic.net/webpagetry_10_5_06_039.htm Then i believe that i want to rest a little. Except i have to move. yay

satiation

peanutgallery — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 14:29:30 GMT

flew first class from LA to SFO ( Virgin offered an upgrade for $50 and hell... i was already ecstatic... what's another $50 after a $70 fare from cahuenga to the airport anyhow?) My back doesn't hurt that much now, but goddamn i was a wimp when Mark had the gun to my skin. It was embarassing, to tell the truth, but when i look at the real estate he covered, i can understand how after a while it could have become somewhat traumatic. Then again, Cisco got a butterfly on his goddamn NECK and you would have thought he was sitting, just doing the crossword. I felt like i let him down every time i flinched. Every second was worth it. Not only do i have a STUNNING, amazing back piece in the works, and completed as far as the basic framework goes, i have the rarity of a back piece consistent with my heritage and upbringing... and i'm hell of proud of this. Even my dad ( my parents threatened to write me out of the inheritance if i got any more tattoos when i was 19) said that i looked like a cathedral and he liked my choice of subject matter. Would i do the same again? I don't know. Probably not. I didn't realize when i requested the pieta that i would not be able to enjoy doggy style in the light with abandon. Or that i would be so conscious of my rear view ( i.e. who is looking at the virgin mary right now and what are they thinking?) But i finish what is started in desire, and i never half ass that shit. And so now i have jesus, mary, matthew, mark, luke and john on my back, along with gargoyles from Notre Dame. Am i a practicing roman catholic? God no. But if all of my Israeli friends can call themselves jewish, secular or not, then i get to call myself roman catholic. And so that choice was simple. As it is, i'm just so goddamn thrilled... No longer will i look like i have some weird creeping black and white illustration rash. It's done now. And it's fucking beautiful. 25 more hours to go over the next year to finish the rest of the shading i suppose. That's gonna hurt. ( for the record, yes tattooing hurts. I'm not some freakish being who feels no pain. Why do people ask you if it hurt? Do they think i'm dead or something?)

i did a hip pop a hippy to the poppy to the pop pop pop and you don't stop

peanutgallery — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:01:35 GMT

2 days of work to make an industrial strength bubble wrap tutu no rehearsal, but a lot of nutcracker suite blasting out of 208 damn that was fun. let's do more. tutu is for sale if i don't put it in my installation in the exploratorium ... /// quite/// ...

i know it's along shot but... BUBBLE WRAP ANYONE?

peanutgallery — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:15:53 GMT

i need some more for tonight ( saturday, Yuri's night... my performance) any donations gratefully accepted please just call me if you have some 415 571 1126 i am in and out f EVERYTHING tomorrow but you can drop it off for me at the oddfellows building at 26 7th st and the elevator guys will hold it for me i'm sure. I REALLY need bubble wrap and it's, like, almost midnight! SHIT ! thanks kids, for even reading my distress call

ALXNDR... a love poem for you !

peanutgallery — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 20:01:57 GMT

i took my eight year old BFN to the exploratorium yesterday and we were practicing our hebrew... which turned in to many gibberish songs, which turned in to standardly known gibberish songs. Then we had to get her home. Busses were busish, which was why we had to go to a bus stop to get the bussish busses... and this song, my dear, we made up, and now i give to you super cali fraggle mythic expiali dosh BUS! even if the sound of it is something quite atrosh BUS if you say it loud enough it's always sounds precoci BUS! super cali fraggle mythic expiali dosh BUS! ( because i was afraid to speak when i was just a " bus" ) and so on enjoy with love, from me, to you .

!!!

peanutgallery — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 06:09:23 GMT

cover of the 2nd Skin brochure from the exploratorium Trashion RULES !!!

studio time

peanutgallery — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:36:39 GMT

so... i realized today that unless i get some troops to help me out with my installation for the exploratorium, its gonna take me two weeks of tying six pack connectors together to make this wedding dress i have in my mind. Anybody down to come over on tuesday night and help me for a few hours? I can guarantee you food, drinks and booze, and possibly some D-money as well in credit for clothing. If you have a hat from me and owe me hours, now would be the time to step up and turn in that time, for example. If not tuesday, can anyone come over at a different time? it's not going to be hard work, it's just lots and lots of knots. thanks

a couple of weeks ago

peanutgallery — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:36:00 GMT

my friend gordie was in my studio - we were makin' pants ( as we usually do) and we came up with a stellar addition to the common vernacular " you just don't under get me " it works add it in. feel it 'tis good