Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
Re: Rock star of the "art" world?
"Today Michael Godard is considered one of the most prolific and influential
artists of our time."
Bullshit.
More like this guy:
http://galleryad.com/art/archives/art/backroom/barron_storey_victims/
http://www.barronstorey.com/
-k
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Colette wrote:
> Looks like Thomas Kinkade for the Bon Jovi crowd.. or drug addled Ozzy.
> Aside from the fabulously titled painting "No butts" of an olive blowing
> smoke rings whilst sitting on one of the rings, (the mind boggles at his
> creativity) my fave bit on the site is the photo gallery of his friends &
> collectors:
> http://www.michaelgodard.com/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=26&album=13
>
> --- On *Wed, 10/1/08, Kevin Evans* wrote:
>
>
artists of our time."
Bullshit.
More like this guy:
http://galleryad.com/art/archives/art/backroom/barron_storey_victims/
http://www.barronstorey.com/
-k
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 2:09 PM, Colette
> Looks like Thomas Kinkade for the Bon Jovi crowd.. or drug addled Ozzy.
> Aside from the fabulously titled painting "No butts" of an olive blowing
> smoke rings whilst sitting on one of the rings, (the mind boggles at his
> creativity) my fave bit on the site is the photo gallery of his friends &
> collectors:
> http://www.michaelgodard.com/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=26&album=13
>
> --- On *Wed, 10/1/08, Kevin Evans
>
>
Re: Rock star of the "art" world?
Looks like Thomas Kinkade for the Bon Jovi crowd.. or drug addled Ozzy. Aside from the fabulously titled painting "No butts" of an olive blowing smoke rings whilst sitting on one of the rings, (the mind boggles at his creativity) my fave bit on the site is the photo gallery of his friends & collectors:
http://www.michaelgodard.com/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=26&album=13
--- On Wed, 10/1/08, Kevin Evans wrote:
http://www.michaelgodard.com/index.php?option=com_expose&Itemid=26&album=13
--- On Wed, 10/1/08, Kevin Evans
Re: Rock star of the "art" world?
That is both pathetic and hilarious. The real kicker is that his paintings
(if you can call 'em that) are bland dog shit. He paints martini olives
doing things like drinking martinis, swimming in martinis, gambling and
smoking cigars. There is even one adventurous olive that decided to become a
horse jockey. Wtf. Seriously, wtf. There is nothing whatsoever edgy or
"ROCkStAR"about his work. "Banal" would be a compliment. When viewing this
narcissistic clod's work, I view the creator as some Milquetoast-y Closeted
gay man living in rural North Dakota who has spent most of his hollow life
selling insurance & secretly painting these "daring" images in his basement.
After all, if it doesn't look like a Thomas *Kinkade, it must be deviant
art.*
Check it out for yourself.
http://www.michaelgodard.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Lucija Kordic wrote:
> The trip to Kona has not been without it's oddities such as the scary
> leather faced fellow Samir and I saw first in 2005, seemingly missing from
> December's trip, but this guy wins. Wins over the machete wielding guy in
> Pahoa, the giant bare chested Hawaiian kid on a skateboard next to white
> sands, the filthy dreadlocked haole outside of Lava Java. First of all WHO
> is Michael Godard? And why is he the "rock star of the art world"? I had
> encountered the circa 1981 Motley Crue look a like, his lady friend, and
> another fellow while on my way to deliver sample decals to a couple of
> potentially new accounts. I thought "Hm, possibly lame metal band comes to
> play beach front restaurant", and yes that IS judgemental of me. And then,
> as I traversed further in a pair of Target sandals almost as uncomfortable
> as the days earlier experience ill fitting Crocs on a'a lava, I saw the
> attached poster outside of the leading edge of the art world--the Wyland
> Gallery--home to quaint underwater mystical seascapes and dolphin statues. I
> spotted a second banner proclaiming him "thme rock star of the art world".
> Now even I should have heard of this so called rock star either by my real
> artist friends ridiculing his stature or through other means. Out of
> curiousity, while taking a second walk in the uncomfortable Target sandals,
> I ventured into the gala reception while Samir waited for me outside. I saw
> a Utili-kilt clad artiste scribing his autograph to culture hungry girls and
> art not much like work I remember of The Pizz in the early 80s. Robert
> Williams as spiritual leader or Greg Dyer with a marketing department behind
> him only not as intriguing. The work was slightly Juxtapose-esque wrapped in
> a Tommy-Sixx in a Utili-kilt veneer...
>
>
>
>
(if you can call 'em that) are bland dog shit. He paints martini olives
doing things like drinking martinis, swimming in martinis, gambling and
smoking cigars. There is even one adventurous olive that decided to become a
horse jockey. Wtf. Seriously, wtf. There is nothing whatsoever edgy or
"ROCkStAR"about his work. "Banal" would be a compliment. When viewing this
narcissistic clod's work, I view the creator as some Milquetoast-y Closeted
gay man living in rural North Dakota who has spent most of his hollow life
selling insurance & secretly painting these "daring" images in his basement.
After all, if it doesn't look like a Thomas *Kinkade, it must be deviant
art.*
Check it out for yourself.
http://www.michaelgodard.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=1
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:46 AM, Lucija Kordic
> The trip to Kona has not been without it's oddities such as the scary
> leather faced fellow Samir and I saw first in 2005, seemingly missing from
> December's trip, but this guy wins. Wins over the machete wielding guy in
> Pahoa, the giant bare chested Hawaiian kid on a skateboard next to white
> sands, the filthy dreadlocked haole outside of Lava Java. First of all WHO
> is Michael Godard? And why is he the "rock star of the art world"? I had
> encountered the circa 1981 Motley Crue look a like, his lady friend, and
> another fellow while on my way to deliver sample decals to a couple of
> potentially new accounts. I thought "Hm, possibly lame metal band comes to
> play beach front restaurant", and yes that IS judgemental of me. And then,
> as I traversed further in a pair of Target sandals almost as uncomfortable
> as the days earlier experience ill fitting Crocs on a'a lava, I saw the
> attached poster outside of the leading edge of the art world--the Wyland
> Gallery--home to quaint underwater mystical seascapes and dolphin statues. I
> spotted a second banner proclaiming him "thme rock star of the art world".
> Now even I should have heard of this so called rock star either by my real
> artist friends ridiculing his stature or through other means. Out of
> curiousity, while taking a second walk in the uncomfortable Target sandals,
> I ventured into the gala reception while Samir waited for me outside. I saw
> a Utili-kilt clad artiste scribing his autograph to culture hungry girls and
> art not much like work I remember of The Pizz in the early 80s. Robert
> Williams as spiritual leader or Greg Dyer with a marketing department behind
> him only not as intriguing. The work was slightly Juxtapose-esque wrapped in
> a Tommy-Sixx in a Utili-kilt veneer...
>
>
>
>
Rock star of the "art" world?
The trip to Kona has not been without it's oddities such as the scary leather faced fellow Samir and I saw first in 2005, seemingly missing from December's trip, but this guy wins. Wins over the machete wielding guy in Pahoa, the giant bare chested Hawaiian kid on a skateboard next to white sands, the filthy dreadlocked haole outside of Lava Java.
First of all WHO is Michael Godard? And why is he the "rock star of the art world"? I had encountered the circa 1981 Motley Crue look a like, his lady friend, and another fellow while on my way to deliver sample decals to a couple of potentially new accounts. I thought "Hm, possibly lame metal band comes to play beach front restaurant", and yes that IS judgemental of me.
And then, as I traversed further in a pair of Target sandals almost as uncomfortable as the days earlier experience ill fitting Crocs on a'a lava, I saw the attached poster outside of the leading edge of the art world--the Wyland Gallery--home to quaint underwater mystical seascapes and dolphin statues. I spotted a second banner proclaiming him "thme rock star of the art world". Now even I should have heard of this so called rock star either by my real artist friends ridiculing his stature or through other means.
Out of curiousity, while taking a second walk in the uncomfortable Target sandals, I ventured into the gala reception while Samir waited for me outside. I saw a Utili-kilt clad artiste scribing his autograph to culture hungry girls and art not much like work I remember of The Pizz in the early 80s. Robert Williams as spiritual leader or Greg Dyer with a marketing department behind him only not as intriguing. The work was slightly Juxtapose-esque wrapped in a Tommy-Sixx in a Utili-kilt veneer...
First of all WHO is Michael Godard? And why is he the "rock star of the art world"? I had encountered the circa 1981 Motley Crue look a like, his lady friend, and another fellow while on my way to deliver sample decals to a couple of potentially new accounts. I thought "Hm, possibly lame metal band comes to play beach front restaurant", and yes that IS judgemental of me.
And then, as I traversed further in a pair of Target sandals almost as uncomfortable as the days earlier experience ill fitting Crocs on a'a lava, I saw the attached poster outside of the leading edge of the art world--the Wyland Gallery--home to quaint underwater mystical seascapes and dolphin statues. I spotted a second banner proclaiming him "thme rock star of the art world". Now even I should have heard of this so called rock star either by my real artist friends ridiculing his stature or through other means.
Out of curiousity, while taking a second walk in the uncomfortable Target sandals, I ventured into the gala reception while Samir waited for me outside. I saw a Utili-kilt clad artiste scribing his autograph to culture hungry girls and art not much like work I remember of The Pizz in the early 80s. Robert Williams as spiritual leader or Greg Dyer with a marketing department behind him only not as intriguing. The work was slightly Juxtapose-esque wrapped in a Tommy-Sixx in a Utili-kilt veneer...
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Cleanliness is next to....
Ok, I have to admit the cleanliness of this ladies room got me inspired to create a geomapped list of ladies rooms in paradise and then this sign entered into my reality. Can you imagine the joy of seeing this signage signed "the bathroom"? Wow! It brought to mind Murray Hewitt telling Bret MacKenzie "well at least the tape bothered to show up on time" during the episode Bret quits the band and is replaced by a casette tape. (BRet vs. Tape) This lovely Kona bathroom sign was truly a Flight of the Conchords moment.
Monday, September 22, 2008
My iPhone is justified, yet again, pt. III
My dream, or at least a big dream in life, is to eventually live on The Big Island be it full or part time, and in theory my chosen professsions should enable me to work anywhere. One of my professions being the manufacturer of luggage decals. My iPhone is just a part of the package enabling the mobile lifestyle and imagine my glee, after I finally regained a few ATT bars so close to the Wai Opae pond, upon discovering I could fill an online order placed on carouselno3.com--from my vacation in Hawaii. Cool! Now there is no way in hades I would have ventured into an Internet cafe during a vacation and my order would have sat around, pissing my customer off, for two weeks. But my customer will get his goods and I have the satisfaction of knowing my iPhone is indeed the work/productivity/life-enhancing tool I intended it to be. And in this revelation I'm inching closer to my ultimate dream...
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Finding refuge at the refuge
Sadly there are no umbrellas to rent at Crystal Cove today, the waves
are breaking close to shore, the maitais are awful, BUT the weather is
splendid!
are breaking close to shore, the maitais are awful, BUT the weather is
splendid!
Viccolo pizza, jury summons, and an iPhone
When the Alameda Superior Court called me in for jury duty in October it dawned on me that postponing would be in my employers best interest. But I was hungry, felt a duty to placing a pizza in the toaster oven, and wasn't too keen on firing up my trusty laptop. The solution? Pull out the iPhone and access the e-juror site in the comfort of my kitchen. Did it do the trick? Heck yeah... I was able to defer my servitude for another six months and heat up a delicious chipotle-chicken pizza in a timely manner.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
iPhone access to delivery service website saves butt
So, my little toy saved my arse by enabling me to recover my account number while mailing a package to an account today. I had to fill out a form and didn't have my account number readily available. Was the delivery service's website painfully slow on the iPhone? The answer is a definite YES, however driving all the way home to my computer, filling out a form again, and then driving back to deliver the package would have taken even longer. This is the exact situation I had hoped for my iPhone to conquer.
Monday, September 1, 2008
Why I love my iPhone and look beyond it's faults
It's been awhile since my last post--mainly due to pre vacation work build up, the Olympics, a vacation, and an addiction to the apps store.
While on my delightful trip I discovered the beauty of simulteaneously recording images of my trip straight to my Flickr account and I'll now have a real-time stream of photos. This will be great for an upcoming trip to the tropics and I'll be able to share with family and friends.
Similarly, as the proprietesse of a luggage decal company who fancies taking photos of her luggage coming down the baggage claim beltway, I love the idea of capturing the durability of my decals in real-time. So this little gadget will be plenty helpful.
This is my first experiment in using a straight-to-blog feature from Flickr and I look forward to the results.
While on my delightful trip I discovered the beauty of simulteaneously recording images of my trip straight to my Flickr account and I'll now have a real-time stream of photos. This will be great for an upcoming trip to the tropics and I'll be able to share with family and friends.
Similarly, as the proprietesse of a luggage decal company who fancies taking photos of her luggage coming down the baggage claim beltway, I love the idea of capturing the durability of my decals in real-time. So this little gadget will be plenty helpful.
This is my first experiment in using a straight-to-blog feature from Flickr and I look forward to the results.
Monday, August 4, 2008
A picture is worth a thousand words
While searching for a MobileMe alternative, and a solution to rectify the "inconsistent data" message received while trying to sync with my iCal at work, I came upon this hilarious image courtesy Yong Hwee at "The Second Press" that pretty much summed up a day's worth of syncing angst. I am shocked and dismayed at Apple for releasing a product clearly lacking in resemblance to a good User Experience. MobileMe's lack of interface and sub navigation is frustrating, it's lack of in-depth help irritating, and my inability to sync up with my work calendar leaves me baffled. The "cloud" must have evaporated.
For a few fleeting moments I found myself missing my Tungsten and wondering how much more I need to spend in time and money to find a decent solution for integrating my two essential calendars.
On a positive note I have to share my love for the "Mind Meister" mind-mapping app which made outlining a project on UI Design processes less of an ordeal than it could have been. Typically outlining, let alone initiating less-visual projects with many moving parts, is kin to trudging up a steep hill for me. My usual tools of choice, index cards or stickies, are fine but then to lead to a lot of erasing and unreadable hand writing.
Enter the ease of keying in multiple concepts and the ability to arrange and rearrange through an online grid. Not only was mapping my processes simple and intuitive but less time consuming, too. And should I ever be without the comfort of a computer adding a fleeting idea is easy through the iPhone app "Geistesblitz". I can't wait to use Mind Meister to kick start even more projects.
Sunday, August 3, 2008
Kinda unproductive!
So far my iPhone has been holding me hostage with it's newness today. My productivity has not improved and the lack of a to-do list native on the iPhone is plain silly. I will attempt to use Jott as a productivity tool for now and see how it works. I have to wonder how a smart group of Apple engineers omitted a function as crucial to a smart device as a to-do list--that's madness! OK, and mobileme strikes me as cumbersome and lacking in the ability to fully play nice with OS Tiger. Other than that, I love my shiny new iPhone.
Update: 6:02pm
I've been so engrossed with my iPhone I've missed my friend Suzanne's open studio (and feel shamed by this, too.) Since writing this post, on my iPhone which was slightly counterproductive, I've come across a couple of different apps to try. One is "Things" and the other is "Todo". Many in the iPhone apps community seem to like both and being my huge cross to bare is that of organization/prioritizing I've sprung for both. So far, Todo seems the more intuitive of the two and while coupled with "Toodledo" offers me the added bonus of goal setting. If they could add an SMS to inquire about how I'm doing with my goals, at a frequency of my choosing, I'd be grateful.
What I do like about Toodledo so far is the ability to assign e-mail or phone numbers via the iPhone's contacts--how easy is that? Very.
Update: 6:02pm
I've been so engrossed with my iPhone I've missed my friend Suzanne's open studio (and feel shamed by this, too.) Since writing this post, on my iPhone which was slightly counterproductive, I've come across a couple of different apps to try. One is "Things" and the other is "Todo". Many in the iPhone apps community seem to like both and being my huge cross to bare is that of organization/prioritizing I've sprung for both. So far, Todo seems the more intuitive of the two and while coupled with "Toodledo" offers me the added bonus of goal setting. If they could add an SMS to inquire about how I'm doing with my goals, at a frequency of my choosing, I'd be grateful.
What I do like about Toodledo so far is the ability to assign e-mail or phone numbers via the iPhone's contacts--how easy is that? Very.
Saturday, August 2, 2008
That's amore
One thing to consider if using ones sibling's eligible phone upgrade--verify that you will or will not need that particular sim card. We found this out the hard way, which found my sis sans cell today until she replaces her sim. On the other hand, I enjoyed driving 35+ miles aided by GPS, used the timer, alarm, and snooze button to prep for a painfully early teeth cleaning appointment, and made my first appointment for 2009.
Another future use for the timer, aside from tea time, will be to time parking meters--cool, enit?
I love this adorable technological wonder.
Another future use for the timer, aside from tea time, will be to time parking meters--cool, enit?
I love this adorable technological wonder.
Friday, August 1, 2008
AdSense for the OCD Soul
I've accidentally broken a KAPU over clicking on the Incipio link in AdSense. Didn't mean to do it... Forgive me google—I'm NOT evil.
According to the nice people at FedEx
I'm the recipient of good news bearing the progress of my impending iPhone. Not only have I been officially charged for it by the nice people at ATT, but the nice database at FedEx has informed me the phone is closer to the store I purchased it from. Hooray! I am a step closer to the challenge of using this device to vastly improve my life. It's only taken close to two weeks.
Now I simply need to comb through the thousands of options for covering the darned thing. Do I go with the spring green silicone with concentric circles from more-thing.com, or show my half-Canadian pride with this cover from GelaSkins.com? Too many choices. And what about a stylus? And then personal-productivity apps, or NuevaSync (free) vs MobileMe (expensive and buggy)?
Most importantly, how easy will it be to migrate iPhone for the ADD Soul to the iPhone itself? My weekend is seemingly cut out for me. More to follow....
Now I simply need to comb through the thousands of options for covering the darned thing. Do I go with the spring green silicone with concentric circles from more-thing.com, or show my half-Canadian pride with this cover from GelaSkins.com? Too many choices. And what about a stylus? And then personal-productivity apps, or NuevaSync (free) vs MobileMe (expensive and buggy)?
Most importantly, how easy will it be to migrate iPhone for the ADD Soul to the iPhone itself? My weekend is seemingly cut out for me. More to follow....
Monday, July 28, 2008
Seven days and counting
Greetings to the 2 or 3 people who will actually bother to check out my blog. As of today, July 28, I've been impatiently waiting for the nice people at ATT to inform me of the arrival of my new toy, a shiny new iPhone slated to become central command of my often scattered brain. It's been seven days now.
And as of today it's been just about 10 working days since my trusty (refurb) Tungsten E2 made a conscious decision to stop syncing my Outlook mail, leaving me feeling insecure without the obnoxious beeps and warnings of meetings, dental appointments, and general reminders. I had briefly flirted with the idea of adapting the Hipster PDA--a DIY solution to time tracking/time management/personal productivity but ultimately realized the beeps wouldn't be available on a home-made paper pad. Writing something down, especially an important work meeting, or weekend dental appointment, is often not enough, and engaging more than one of my 5 senses is probably worth spending a bit of hard-earned cash on. So, after visiting two separate ATT stores, an Apple store, AND consequently seeing a coworker with his lovely 16G iPhone, I decided to make the commitment. But that was seven days ago and the ticking clock seemingly becomes louder and louder.
Addendum:
7/029/08—8 days
7/030/08—9 days as of 5:49pm PST
And as of today it's been just about 10 working days since my trusty (refurb) Tungsten E2 made a conscious decision to stop syncing my Outlook mail, leaving me feeling insecure without the obnoxious beeps and warnings of meetings, dental appointments, and general reminders. I had briefly flirted with the idea of adapting the Hipster PDA--a DIY solution to time tracking/time management/personal productivity but ultimately realized the beeps wouldn't be available on a home-made paper pad. Writing something down, especially an important work meeting, or weekend dental appointment, is often not enough, and engaging more than one of my 5 senses is probably worth spending a bit of hard-earned cash on. So, after visiting two separate ATT stores, an Apple store, AND consequently seeing a coworker with his lovely 16G iPhone, I decided to make the commitment. But that was seven days ago and the ticking clock seemingly becomes louder and louder.
Addendum:
7/029/08—8 days
7/030/08—9 days as of 5:49pm PST
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