Hustler of Culture

a sign.

i've had an overbooked calendar for the last several months. guests and party invites keep arriving. my start up never leaves my mind for more than five minutes at a time. my taxes loom over me. my days are definitely not long enough and i find myself sleeping a full 12 hours per day on the weekend. life as usual at team hp’s.

i got pretty sick a few weeks ago. my cloudy head lifted but the cough has persisted. my cough surprises me now coming and going as it pleases, often at the most inappropriate times. i spend half the day sounding like a donkey. but i just keep on trucking.

for the last 24 hours i've been feeling really weak again. my lingering cough has lasted for three weeks now. last night, before bed (at 3 am), feeling really dizzy, i went to wash my face. drying my face on a towel i saw a line of blood. it confused me. looking in the mirror i couldn't see anything on my face. it took me a few seconds to realize that i had a bloody nose. quickly shoving toilet paper up my nose i thought, what the fuck? i haven’t had a bloody nose since elementary school. i haven’t even been ill for the last decade. not since 1991 to be exact. "what's going on?" i muttered as i dragged myself to bed.

this week's calendar is packed. i have so much to do. i can't just let it be. and it's making me crazy. on my family’s advice i've got to take it easier. on jee’s advice i’m going to start taking vitamins. and words of wisdom from myself, i’m going to be less accomodating and pickier about what i do (starting in april since i'm already booked through march). i'm going to say "no" more starting tomorrow. wish me luck.

ladyjane at luna lounge (02/17/04)

party hearty.

last night i went out again. yes, again. like, this is the most i've gone out in forever. it's fashion week and we're getting a shitload of invites for parties promising free booze, hard to see selectors and beautiful people. because we love to hate, we go. waiting in line for adidas y-3 by yohji yamamoto and v magazine's hosted dance party, i turned to silvio and said, "i can't wait until we're in our 40s and don't give a shit about this stuff." and immediately after i said it out loud, i already knew that i didn't give a shit. silvio says because we don’t care, we keep getting invited. i think he’s right.

i've had the fortune of being on guest lists since college (early 90s). back in 96 after moving to la, i even wrote an essay on how to sneak into parties and eventually legitimately get on lists. it was called, i'm on the list. i'll have to dig it up and post it here sometime. the rules of the game have not changed in a decade. it's simply, talk to everyone and be sincere. don’t expect anything and you’ll be pleasantly surprised. it’s when you get all huffy that you turn people off. never say, “don’t you know who i am?” because the reason you’re getting rejected is because the door girl has no idea who you are. fuck them for being assholes and fuck you for being such an ass.

IdN My Favourite Conference Singapore (5/13/04 - 5/15/04)

13, 14 & 15 May 2004, Singapore Expo

Springing from the phenomenally successful Fresh Conference held in Singapore early in 2002, the first My Favourite Conference in Hong Kong later that year was an even bigger success. Now we're bringing My Favourite Conference to Singapore.

The fifth IdN Conference (or the second IdN My Favourite Conference) will take place in the Singapore Expo Hall 1A & B on 14 & 15 May 2004, bringing together dozen of creative professionals from various design disciplines, including Graphics Design, Advertising, Directors, Illustration, Fashion Imagery, Product/ Toy Design, Art Direction, and Creative Performance to share their insights into making cutting-edge ideas meaningful in people's lives.

The stellar line-up consists of:

Speaker session
. ABAKE (London)
. Alan Chan (HK)
. Bless (Berlin, Paris)
. Brothersfree (HK)
. Fabrica (Treviso, Italy)
. James Jarvis (London)
. Leslie Kee (Singapore, New York)
. Mother (London)
. The Studio (London)
. WETA Digital (Wellington)
. Work in Progress (Paris, New York)

Performance session
. Devilrobots (Tokyo)
. Delaware (Tokyo)
. Resfest (New York)

Programmes under IdN My Favourite Conference include the Conference, Expo and Closing Party. The Expo addresses the subject of 'Favourable Design for Living' in all its many aspects - and is presented in three main zones, the exhibition, the IdN Design Gallery and the exciting Electronic Theatre showcases new shorts from international renowned film festival RESFEST and CGNetworks plus free useful workshop sessions.

A deluxe boxset (that includes entry pass to Conference, Expo and Closing Party) will be offered exclusively to full conference attendees.

Reserve your ticket online now at http://www.idnworld.com/conference/. For overseas attendees, you can arrange your flights and accommodation at ease. Check out website for more info (under 'Tour Package' section).

For enquiry, please send to conference@idnworld.com

See you in Singapore in May!

Kitsuné midnight Launch Party at Fabric London (02/14/04)

Kitsuné Midnight love Sunday Best with guests Freeform Five, Zongamin, RobDaBank, Gildas & Masaya

Entrance 15 £ / 8 £ admission

Saturday the 14th of february 2004 from 10 PM till 5am room 3

before from 6 Pm to 11 Pm you are more than welcome to join for a live concert

Matt davis (trumpets/electronics) Phil Durant (electronics) Takehiro Nishido (table top guitar) and a one hour video projection of kitsuné midnight.

Free entrance
at Fordham Gallery
11 princelet street , E1 London

YARROW EARTH HOCK (02/28/04)

YARROW EARTH HOCK INVITES YOU AND A GUEST TO A ONE NIGHT EXHIBITION: MOTION AND SANCTUARIES

FEATURING THE LIMITED EDITION PRINT, LEMON CYCLE Nº 01, 02, 03, 04.

PRINTED BY NASH EDITIONS http://www.yarrowearthhock.com/Pages/pic6.html

FOR MORE INFORMATION AND A MAP VISIT
http://www.yarrowearthhock.com/Pages/exhibit.html

Chromeo Record Release Party (02/17/04)

i got this after returning home from a nice family dinner yesterday:

Hope you can make it tonight to Patricia Fields' birthday party at Marquee, 289 10th Avenue. Please rsvp to rsvp@xxxx.com if you plan on dropping by, it starts at midnight.

i wished i'd checked this email account earlier. looks like i missed a happy occassion. i love patricia's hair color! so brill and bright! just like her designer digs on sex & the city. i'll have to wish her happy birthday next year instead. oh, and there will always be another opp to hang with kelly ripa...

Loyal Magazine presents…

THE HUNT FOR YOUR FAMILY CURATED BY LOYAL MAGAZINE

LOYAL is proud and pleased to announce the opening of THE HUNT FOR YOU FAMILY – THE ART SHOW

We got asked by the good people at V-1 to curate a show. And thanks to all the great artists who agreed on being in it we can promise a great show that is gonna Rock Your Socks Off.

Before the show opens in Copenhagen it will make a weekend visit to Stockholm’s newest and coolest gallery ODD NUMBER with the opening reception on feb 20th.

Speaking of new, as from today Loyal has an on-line boutique (www.loyalmagazine.com ) where u can pick up past and present copies of Loyal, and some other goodies. More to come soon.

Hope to see a lot of you at the openings

February 20, 2004 – February 23, 2004
Opening: Friday, February 20TH, 2004 from18:00 – 22:00, DJ’s & Drinks.

ODD NUMBER, torsgatan 40, 113 62 Stockholm, sweden.
HOURS: MON-FRI 13-18.30, SAT 12-16
Tel: + 46 70 783 21 36.
Web: www.loyalmagazine.com.
Contact: Martin Lilja, curator: martin@loyalmagazine.com, or sönke,
gallery director: oddnumber@chello.se

February 27, 2004 – April 5, 2004
Opening: Friday, February 27TH, 2004 from17:00 – 23:00, DJ’s & Drinks.

V-1 Gallery, Absalonsgade 21b, Copenhagen 1658 V. Denmark.
HOURS: Thurs & Fri : 15.00 - 19.00, Sat & Sun : 13.00 - 17.00, or by
appointment.
Tel: + 45 26 82 81 66
Web: www.loyalmagazine.com, www.v-1.dk.
Contact: Martin Lilja, curator: martin@loyalmagazine.com, or Jesper
Elg, gallery director: elg@mail.tele.dk

Thank you New Image Art, LA, www.newimageartgallery.com

Naked City by Pia Dehne

@ Deitch Projects
Address: 76 Grand St. at Wooster St.
Date: Feb. 12 - 28
Info: 212.343.7300

Opening: Thu, Feb. 12, 6-9pm

everybody who doesn't get comped goodies in life, poor you (really). so everyone else who has to pay for digs, check out froogle, google's new search engine for shopaholics! type in a word and froogle will zip through google's ginormous database to match you up with a retailer just waiting to fill your house up with more stuff you don't need. testing the beta version, i typed in my name and found the cutest children's books to buy. hmm...cool! but then i typed in adidas micropacer looking for my favorite pair of sneakers and nada. google was able to pull up 6990 match entries. huh. looks like they got a few kicks...i mean kinks to work out.

oh and just in case you didn't know to specifically type in, "ipod pucci case" for the latest in hi tech haute couture, i thought i'd point you to colette, my favorite select shop in paris (sarah selects the coolest collectibles from around the world and puts it all under one roof in her heavenly boutique. but you'll pay the price for her discerning eye)! anyway, the real hipsters know, a tube sock will do for 98 euros less.

my boy pedro was packing today for a year long adventure starting tomorrow at 3 pm when he gets dropped off at the airport. peter, or pedro as i've gotten accustomed to calling him often picks up and disappears for a few weeks to a month every couple of months it seems. i’ll hear from him after he’s already returned or he’ll poke from wherever he is if he can get a chat app running. half the time he’s traveling it’s purely for pleasure but sometimes, he sneaks in a freelance gig to help fund his holidays.

pedro’s traveled more places off the beaten path than most of my peers. i know seasoned travelers but i don’t know too many pedros. he's extremely adventuresome. more a water than land creature, he likes swimming with sharks...the kind with sharp teeth that don't wear suits. after a nice day at the beach, he can be caught snoring in a hammock hastily strung across some lush landscape. either it's all out fantasy island or pedro's on a motorcycle riding through europe. i think he’s probably got more pretty stamps in his passport than anyone i know.

anyway, in my good bye for now phone call to him earlier today, i encouraged pedro to chronicle his adventures and to post pictures so that i could vicariously experience his exciting trek. we discussed the pain of packing technology (he claims if he left it all behind his backpack would be soooo much lighter) and the coordination of finalizing a temporary if not semi-permanent departure. first stop, new zealand for a month to visit family. then off to australia and southeast asia. then, then…wherever his heart desires. with a tight budget and an idea, pedro is going to spend most of 2004 wandering our world. if we weren’t so tied up with our new company, vagabonding with pedro would seem a choice thing to do.

jee is considering doing the same thing next year. i’m excited at the thought that my little jee will be off surfing waves in every ocean. my friend adam, a trader since college graduation just finished his trip. he made good money on wall street and hadn’t the opportunity to ever spend it. what he did over the last six months was to catch up for his last ten years. we should all take more trips. justin’s recently commented on how you can do it. i think so long as you're not afraid of what's out there, it can be done. so with this entry, i bid adieu and bon voyage, pedro! travel safe and send me postcards from countries which names i can’t pronounce! oh and hey bub, don't forget to take some jump pictures!

image property of nobuyoshi araki

i had the great pleasure of previewing the new arakimentari documentary on famed japanese photographer, nobuyoshi araki a few days ago at the tribeca grand. it was interesting to gauge the small crowd’s reaction as the film rolled. many had no idea who he was and they were completely caught off guard as the first 50 monochrome images of naked japanese women splashed across the screen. clearly, no man loved the naked silhouette of his subjects more than he. one shocked french female observer said to me, “this man seriously loves the vagina.” agreed.

following araki in his hometown, of tokyo, his backdrop for documenting urban life and leisure, we observe a man deliriously passionate about his profession. commentary by photographers, curators, models and bjork describe araki sometimes as a dirty uncle but always a genius. he is said to be a dark man but can get away with his shenanigans because of his friendly and cheerful persona. araki is part tasmanian devil, whipping those around him into a frenzy. he seduces us with his waving hands and boundless energy eventually easing us to the point of submission. when he shoots his naked subjects, observers are as relaxed as participants.

STAPLE PRESENTS LOVE UNLIMITED:
(a pre-valentine's celebration)
FRIDAY, FEB 13th, 2004

@ Club DEEP
16 W. 22nd Street b/w 5th + 6th Ave.
Doors Open: 9pm

OPEN BAR: 9pm­11pm
Courtesy of Sam Adams and Remy Red

Chicks: FREE
Dudes: $10
RSVP Guestlist: FREE
RSVP: mrreed@stapledesign.com

DJ Daddy Dog (5th Platoon)
DJ Scizzorhands

Special Valentine gifts from our beloved friends:
STUDIO DISTRIBUTION
SAM ADAMS
REMY RED
NIKE
REED SPACE
STAPLE

This is a full-scale suburban environment created by Adam Kalkin with Jim Isermann, Martin Kersels, and others. It includes a pre-fabricated steel house, an origami garden, a backyard, a driveway, a car and all the other amenities associated with suburban living.

@ Deitch Projects
Address: 18 Wooster St. at Grand St.

Date: Feb. 7 - Mar. 27

Info: 212.343.7300

so it is. the larger i make my world, the smaller it becomes. the more people i know, the less unique my circle of friends because they all somehow connect to someone else in another circle. my creative crock pot is about to boil over.

in recent times, i’ve signed up for a variety of virtual communities: friendster, tribe, and orkut. i’m enticed by the possibility of making new friends, business contacts and finding activity partners. but i’m quickly finding instead a steady stream of disappointment because i can't keep up with the halls or dashes. i can't muster the energy to cleverly represent myself and worst, my less tech savvy friends don’t want to play with me online anymore making me look like a web washout. as is, i haven’t enough time for the amazing people that already exist in my life so why do i torture myself with more? i want to play with everybody but can’t even find the time for menial chores.

it's always super cool when old friends re-enter my life out of the blue. a stickler for keeping in touch with everybody, sometimes, people slip through the cracks and years will pass since i last heard from them. if by chance we meet again, if we’re meant to stay in touch, we don’t experience much awkwardness but just sort of pick up from last we left off (even if hair color, size and status has changed). i mean really, if i can easily start conversations with strangers than it shouldn’t be too much trouble to continue a conversation with an old friend. i have friends i haven't seen in years, but one annual phone call is enough to keep the friendship going. i don't have to hear from you often. just poke from time to time, we're all busy, i understand. sure time passes and people grow in different directions but there’s always more to discuss than the weather and how we’ve grown.

living in new york it’s easy to run into friends on the streets. for starters, you’re forced to travel by foot a lot more here than in most other parts of the country. often, i'll run into a friend on any given day. no biggie. however, in sunny santa monica, i’d rarely, if ever would run into a friend on the streets…walking (venice is an exception). in fact, i wouldn’t even run into them on the streets driving! common ground puts you on common ground. if you were already like-minded, you’d probably end up in the same areas of whatever city you were visiting or inhabiting.

so i'm kind of amused to hear that john lydon once known as the front of the raucous sex pistols (as johnny rotten) took my favorite four letter word and deflowered it on live television. it's not shocking he is the first to use the "filthy" word live, i mean the c-word is all over his interview transcripts. so really, it was just a matter of time. i was more offended to hear that john boy was going to participate on the uk's i'm a celebrity...get me out of here reality show! living next to sid's last playground, i thought, that's not very punk at all! man, whatever. i guess everybody's got to get paid and after making punk history, everything you do, no matter what is downhill.

since peeps are swinging tittie and cuss words left and right, how about really shocking the world and getting george, laura, barbara, jenna, spot, barney and india out of the white house? yeah, that would do it for me.

david daskal / average joe 2: hawaii

anyone who is watching average joe 2: hawaii is sad. let's not comment on our personal lives, but for a moment be sad that the nicest reality show contestant has just been excused from the airwaves. axed from yesterday's episode i found that i really cared about david daskal.

it's easy for david to catch your attention. he rocks comedian carrot top's fro (but brunette), wears heavy plastic framed glasses (pretty styley for david), is skinner than shandi from america's next top model 2 and has a dopey infectious laugh. he is a 24 year old mail sorter who probably didn't get laid in high school or college! but he is the kid with the biggest heart. david's in hawaii trying to nail a hottie and in the meantime, make friends and have some good clean fun. he's there to be carefree and goofy. even when challenged by the hunks he wants to play nice nice. and for the most part, when it comes to david, so does everybody else. our six-pack bros chill on the daskal and the nerd herd tolerate his harebrained antics.

when asked what he would change about himself if given the opportunity, david says it best in his tv bio, "nothing, i love who i am. you couldn't offer me anything to change anything." word.

oh and hey sappy people, y'all got punked! bad. real bad. how bad? you're not going to believe it bad. psst. the dude is an actor! and on his acting resume, he even lists watermelon tossing as one of his skills (something he did in the first episode). when he was acting all wacky that's exactly all he was doing...acting! serves you right for caring about some hapless punk on a tv show. oh, i'm not above you all, they suckered me too. girl geek shandi sullivan from america's next top model better be the real thing or i'm going postal!

UPDATE: david's roommate, lon, was kind enough to clear up some issues we had commented on. we felt gyped when we found out that david was an "actor". thanks lon for the update!

Although David has acted (poorly at times I may add) He was in no way acting on Average Joe. What you saw was the real deal. He was not out to fool or dupe anyone. He is a genuine and sincere person who isn't afraid to show who he is . We both are both extremely comfortable with our "self". The only thing he had done professionally before Average Joe aired was appear in a commercial for a cell phone company in Spain. That was also done after he was cast on Average Joe. David actually almost didn't get to be on the show because the producers thought he was acting with them during the interview process. He seemed too good to be true. It was only after they realized he was being genuine that they included him in the show. How David was on the show he is like on a 24/7 basis. Sure he is more mellow at times. He's never jumped on my couch because he knows I'd kill him if he did but we always manage to get ourselves in some sort of trouble. The "watermelon tossing" reference on his resume was added after the show was aired and was only placed there playfully. I can't blame you for the viewpoint you have, after all, we only know what we're fed through the media. Sometimes the truth takes a little more work to uncover than what is handed to you on a plate (or through your television).

My Dirty Valentine (02/13/04)

field day.

i got this after returning home from a nice family dinner yesterday:

Hope you can make it tonight to Patricia Fields' birthday party at Marquee, 289 10th Avenue. Please rsvp to rsvp@xxxx.com if you plan on dropping by, it starts at midnight.

i wished i'd checked this email account earlier. looks like i missed a happy occassion. i love patricia's hair color! so brill and bright! just like her designer digs on sex & the city. i'll have to wish her happy birthday next year instead. oh, and there will always be another opp to hang with kelly ripa...

THE HUNT FOR YOUR FAMILY (02/20/04 - 02/23/04 & 02/27/04 - 04/05/04)

Loyal Magazine presents…

THE HUNT FOR YOUR FAMILY CURATED BY LOYAL MAGAZINE

LOYAL is proud and pleased to announce the opening of THE HUNT FOR YOU FAMILY – THE ART SHOW

We got asked by the good people at V-1 to curate a show. And thanks to all the great artists who agreed on being in it we can promise a great show that is gonna Rock Your Socks Off.

Before the show opens in Copenhagen it will make a weekend visit to Stockholm’s newest and coolest gallery ODD NUMBER with the opening reception on feb 20th.

Speaking of new, as from today Loyal has an on-line boutique (www.loyalmagazine.com ) where u can pick up past and present copies of Loyal, and some other goodies. More to come soon.

Hope to see a lot of you at the openings

February 20, 2004 – February 23, 2004
Opening: Friday, February 20TH, 2004 from18:00 – 22:00, DJ’s & Drinks.

ODD NUMBER, torsgatan 40, 113 62 Stockholm, sweden.
HOURS: MON-FRI 13-18.30, SAT 12-16
Tel: + 46 70 783 21 36.
Web: www.loyalmagazine.com.
Contact: Martin Lilja, curator: martin@loyalmagazine.com, or sönke,
gallery director: oddnumber@chello.se

February 27, 2004 – April 5, 2004
Opening: Friday, February 27TH, 2004 from17:00 – 23:00, DJ’s & Drinks.

V-1 Gallery, Absalonsgade 21b, Copenhagen 1658 V. Denmark.
HOURS: Thurs & Fri : 15.00 - 19.00, Sat & Sun : 13.00 - 17.00, or by
appointment.
Tel: + 45 26 82 81 66
Web: www.loyalmagazine.com, www.v-1.dk.
Contact: Martin Lilja, curator: martin@loyalmagazine.com, or Jesper
Elg, gallery director: elg@mail.tele.dk

Thank you New Image Art, LA, www.newimageartgallery.com

Naked City by Pia Dehne (12/12/04 - 12/28/04)

Naked City by Pia Dehne

@ Deitch Projects
Address: 76 Grand St. at Wooster St.
Date: Feb. 12 - 28
Info: 212.343.7300

Opening: Thu, Feb. 12, 6-9pm

put the _______ in the basket.

everybody who doesn't get comped goodies in life, poor you (really). so everyone else who has to pay for digs, check out froogle, google's new search engine for shopaholics! type in a word and froogle will zip through google's ginormous database to match you up with a retailer just waiting to fill your house up with more stuff you don't need. testing the beta version, i typed in my name and found the cutest children's books to buy. hmm...cool! but then i typed in adidas micropacer looking for my favorite pair of sneakers and nada. google was able to pull up 6990 match entries. huh. looks like they got a few kicks...i mean kinks to work out.

oh and just in case you didn't know to specifically type in, "ipod pucci case" for the latest in hi tech haute couture, i thought i'd point you to colette, my favorite select shop in paris (sarah selects the coolest collectibles from around the world and puts it all under one roof in her heavenly boutique. but you'll pay the price for her discerning eye)! anyway, the real hipsters know, a tube sock will do for 98 euros less.

adios amigo.

my boy pedro was packing today for a year long adventure starting tomorrow at 3 pm when he gets dropped off at the airport. peter, or pedro as i've gotten accustomed to calling him often picks up and disappears for a few weeks to a month every couple of months it seems. i’ll hear from him after he’s already returned or he’ll poke from wherever he is if he can get a chat app running. half the time he’s traveling it’s purely for pleasure but sometimes, he sneaks in a freelance gig to help fund his holidays.

pedro’s traveled more places off the beaten path than most of my peers. i know seasoned travelers but i don’t know too many pedros. he's extremely adventuresome. more a water than land creature, he likes swimming with sharks...the kind with sharp teeth that don't wear suits. after a nice day at the beach, he can be caught snoring in a hammock hastily strung across some lush landscape. either it's all out fantasy island or pedro's on a motorcycle riding through europe. i think he’s probably got more pretty stamps in his passport than anyone i know.

anyway, in my good bye for now phone call to him earlier today, i encouraged pedro to chronicle his adventures and to post pictures so that i could vicariously experience his exciting trek. we discussed the pain of packing technology (he claims if he left it all behind his backpack would be soooo much lighter) and the coordination of finalizing a temporary if not semi-permanent departure. first stop, new zealand for a month to visit family. then off to australia and southeast asia. then, then…wherever his heart desires. with a tight budget and an idea, pedro is going to spend most of 2004 wandering our world. if we weren’t so tied up with our new company, vagabonding with pedro would seem a choice thing to do.

jee is considering doing the same thing next year. i’m excited at the thought that my little jee will be off surfing waves in every ocean. my friend adam, a trader since college graduation just finished his trip. he made good money on wall street and hadn’t the opportunity to ever spend it. what he did over the last six months was to catch up for his last ten years. we should all take more trips. justin’s recently commented on how you can do it. i think so long as you're not afraid of what's out there, it can be done. so with this entry, i bid adieu and bon voyage, pedro! travel safe and send me postcards from countries which names i can’t pronounce! oh and hey bub, don't forget to take some jump pictures!

araki's naked eye exposed.

image property of nobuyoshi araki

i had the great pleasure of previewing the new arakimentari documentary on famed japanese photographer, nobuyoshi araki a few days ago at the tribeca grand. it was interesting to gauge the small crowd’s reaction as the film rolled. many had no idea who he was and they were completely caught off guard as the first 50 monochrome images of naked japanese women splashed across the screen. clearly, no man loved the naked silhouette of his subjects more than he. one shocked french female observer said to me, “this man seriously loves the vagina.” agreed.

following araki in his hometown, of tokyo, his backdrop for documenting urban life and leisure, we observe a man deliriously passionate about his profession. commentary by photographers, curators, models and bjork describe araki sometimes as a dirty uncle but always a genius. he is said to be a dark man but can get away with his shenanigans because of his friendly and cheerful persona. araki is part tasmanian devil, whipping those around him into a frenzy. he seduces us with his waving hands and boundless energy eventually easing us to the point of submission. when he shoots his naked subjects, observers are as relaxed as participants.

Love Unlimited (02/13/04)

STAPLE PRESENTS LOVE UNLIMITED:
(a pre-valentine's celebration)
FRIDAY, FEB 13th, 2004

@ Club DEEP
16 W. 22nd Street b/w 5th + 6th Ave.
Doors Open: 9pm

OPEN BAR: 9pm­11pm
Courtesy of Sam Adams and Remy Red

Chicks: FREE
Dudes: $10
RSVP Guestlist: FREE
RSVP: mrreed@stapledesign.com

DJ Daddy Dog (5th Platoon)
DJ Scizzorhands

Special Valentine gifts from our beloved friends:
STUDIO DISTRIBUTION
SAM ADAMS
REMY RED
NIKE
REED SPACE
STAPLE

Suburban House Kit (02/07/04 - 03/27/04)

This is a full-scale suburban environment created by Adam Kalkin with Jim Isermann, Martin Kersels, and others. It includes a pre-fabricated steel house, an origami garden, a backyard, a driveway, a car and all the other amenities associated with suburban living.

@ Deitch Projects
Address: 18 Wooster St. at Grand St.

Date: Feb. 7 - Mar. 27

Info: 212.343.7300

i know you but we haven't met yet.

so it is. the larger i make my world, the smaller it becomes. the more people i know, the less unique my circle of friends because they all somehow connect to someone else in another circle. my creative crock pot is about to boil over.

in recent times, i’ve signed up for a variety of virtual communities: friendster, tribe, and orkut. i’m enticed by the possibility of making new friends, business contacts and finding activity partners. but i’m quickly finding instead a steady stream of disappointment because i can't keep up with the halls or dashes. i can't muster the energy to cleverly represent myself and worst, my less tech savvy friends don’t want to play with me online anymore making me look like a web washout. as is, i haven’t enough time for the amazing people that already exist in my life so why do i torture myself with more? i want to play with everybody but can’t even find the time for menial chores.

déjà vu. you again?

it's always super cool when old friends re-enter my life out of the blue. a stickler for keeping in touch with everybody, sometimes, people slip through the cracks and years will pass since i last heard from them. if by chance we meet again, if we’re meant to stay in touch, we don’t experience much awkwardness but just sort of pick up from last we left off (even if hair color, size and status has changed). i mean really, if i can easily start conversations with strangers than it shouldn’t be too much trouble to continue a conversation with an old friend. i have friends i haven't seen in years, but one annual phone call is enough to keep the friendship going. i don't have to hear from you often. just poke from time to time, we're all busy, i understand. sure time passes and people grow in different directions but there’s always more to discuss than the weather and how we’ve grown.

living in new york it’s easy to run into friends on the streets. for starters, you’re forced to travel by foot a lot more here than in most other parts of the country. often, i'll run into a friend on any given day. no biggie. however, in sunny santa monica, i’d rarely, if ever would run into a friend on the streets…walking (venice is an exception). in fact, i wouldn’t even run into them on the streets driving! common ground puts you on common ground. if you were already like-minded, you’d probably end up in the same areas of whatever city you were visiting or inhabiting.

c-u-next-tuesday

so i'm kind of amused to hear that john lydon once known as the front of the raucous sex pistols (as johnny rotten) took my favorite four letter word and deflowered it on live television. it's not shocking he is the first to use the "filthy" word live, i mean the c-word is all over his interview transcripts. so really, it was just a matter of time. i was more offended to hear that john boy was going to participate on the uk's i'm a celebrity...get me out of here reality show! living next to sid's last playground, i thought, that's not very punk at all! man, whatever. i guess everybody's got to get paid and after making punk history, everything you do, no matter what is downhill.

since peeps are swinging tittie and cuss words left and right, how about really shocking the world and getting george, laura, barbara, jenna, spot, barney and india out of the white house? yeah, that would do it for me.

that rascal daskal.

david daskal / average joe 2: hawaii

anyone who is watching average joe 2: hawaii is sad. let's not comment on our personal lives, but for a moment be sad that the nicest reality show contestant has just been excused from the airwaves. axed from yesterday's episode i found that i really cared about david daskal.

it's easy for david to catch your attention. he rocks comedian carrot top's fro (but brunette), wears heavy plastic framed glasses (pretty styley for david), is skinner than shandi from america's next top model 2 and has a dopey infectious laugh. he is a 24 year old mail sorter who probably didn't get laid in high school or college! but he is the kid with the biggest heart. david's in hawaii trying to nail a hottie and in the meantime, make friends and have some good clean fun. he's there to be carefree and goofy. even when challenged by the hunks he wants to play nice nice. and for the most part, when it comes to david, so does everybody else. our six-pack bros chill on the daskal and the nerd herd tolerate his harebrained antics.

when asked what he would change about himself if given the opportunity, david says it best in his tv bio, "nothing, i love who i am. you couldn't offer me anything to change anything." word.

oh and hey sappy people, y'all got punked! bad. real bad. how bad? you're not going to believe it bad. psst. the dude is an actor! and on his acting resume, he even lists watermelon tossing as one of his skills (something he did in the first episode). when he was acting all wacky that's exactly all he was doing...acting! serves you right for caring about some hapless punk on a tv show. oh, i'm not above you all, they suckered me too. girl geek shandi sullivan from america's next top model better be the real thing or i'm going postal!

UPDATE: david's roommate, lon, was kind enough to clear up some issues we had commented on. we felt gyped when we found out that david was an "actor". thanks lon for the update!

Although David has acted (poorly at times I may add) He was in no way acting on Average Joe. What you saw was the real deal. He was not out to fool or dupe anyone. He is a genuine and sincere person who isn't afraid to show who he is . We both are both extremely comfortable with our "self". The only thing he had done professionally before Average Joe aired was appear in a commercial for a cell phone company in Spain. That was also done after he was cast on Average Joe. David actually almost didn't get to be on the show because the producers thought he was acting with them during the interview process. He seemed too good to be true. It was only after they realized he was being genuine that they included him in the show. How David was on the show he is like on a 24/7 basis. Sure he is more mellow at times. He's never jumped on my couch because he knows I'd kill him if he did but we always manage to get ourselves in some sort of trouble. The "watermelon tossing" reference on his resume was added after the show was aired and was only placed there playfully. I can't blame you for the viewpoint you have, after all, we only know what we're fed through the media. Sometimes the truth takes a little more work to uncover than what is handed to you on a plate (or through your television).