P.O.T.D: Chompy
December 28th, 2009 by Danny
“Chompy” the Shower Shark. Guardian of bath soap. He was an interesting find this year in my Christmas stocking.
P.O.T.D: X-Mas 2009
December 26th, 2009 by Danny
[Me, big brother, and little brother.]
Christmas this year was pretty awesome. It’s been a rough couple of months, so it was definitely nice to have a relaxing holiday. My brothers and I did something we haven’t done, ever actually. We took a couple of photos together, including a few with our mom. It was nice. We also played our yearly game of 2-on-1 against my little brother. He swears one day he’ll beat my older brother and I, but I strongly doubt it. He is getting a lot better though. It’s really scary to see how big he is now. I used to carry him around, and now he’s this dude. Creepy. I feel old.
Speaking of which, 27 is knocking on my door. That’s a scary thought. Hope everyone had a great holiday.
P.O.T.D: The Morn’
December 19th, 2009 by Danny
Backed up on the off ramp this morning. Interesting view out the window though.
KMC Wheel Collaboration
October 25th, 2009 by Danny
Every year, KMC Wheels puts together a look book for its “Rockstar” wheel. This year they decided to do an artist’s series and I was asked to be a part of it. Each artist was given a 22″ matte black wheel to work with and told to do whatever they’d like to as long as the KMC logo and signature center cap where left in place.
I decided to go with a tonal woodgrain effect to take advantage of the clean, matte black. It was a very tedious process involving a lot of masking and clear acrylic. I took a few photos throughout the process. Check them out after the jump.
Thom Yorke Live
October 6th, 2009 by Danny
Boy oh boy do I have a doozy of a story. As some of you may have heard, Thom Yorke announced two shows in L.A. where he would be joined by Flea, Nigel Godrich, Joey Waronker, and Mauro Refosco at the Orpheum to play tracks from The Eraser. I’ll go ahead and say now that the show was incredible. But before I go into that, there’s the tale of how I ended getting to see this amazing show.
As was expected, tickets were gone within minutes of the announcement. I was bummed. As luck would have it however. Colin had a friend who managed to score 2 extra tickets for the second night, and was willing to sell them at face value. I jumped at the offer. I’m sure tickets being sold at the show would go for way more, so face was awesome! I was to pick up the tickets from his friend Justin outside the Orpheum the night of the show. Just so we’re clear, I have never met nor seen this friend Justin.
So the show night roles around and I’m pumped. Got my cash in my pocket and I’m looking for Justin. I give him a call and he tells me that he’s hanging out in front of this little food spot just passed the front of the Orpheum. I stayed on the phone with him as I made my way passed the front of the Orpheum. I then saw a guy on his phone right in fron tof this little food shack. I called out to him “Justin?” he called back “Daniel?”. Bam, I walk up an introduce myself, we shake hands, talk about the show the night prior, I hand him the cash, and then we head over to the ticket box so he can swipe his card for the tickets.
We say our farewells and head inside. Lots of celebrities present as well. We wandered around inside, bought a limited edition LP, and then it happened. My phone rings:
Me: Hello?
Justin: Hey man, what happened? Do you still need the tickets?
Me: What are you talking about we just got the tickets.
Justin: No you didn’t. I’m still out here waiting. Where are you?
Me: Inside.
Justin: How’d you get inside?
Trust me, it felt like I had just walked into the Twilight Zone. Justin insisted that he hadn’t sold us the tickets. It wasn’t a problem. He sold his two to someone outside. I insisted on meeting him so I can put a name to the face. I just couldn’t believe that he hadn’t sold us the tickets.
What did that mean? Well, it means we bought our tickets from a complete stranger who just so happened to be named Justin looking for someone named Daniel. After the show I met up with Justin and yes, totally different person. Insane!
The show was incredible! Thom Yorke blew the roof off the place. I was worried about Flea. I wasn’t sure how it would work out, but he totally nailed it. It was awesome! He played a few new tracks including that new track off the Twilight soundtrack (shameful I know, but the song is great). I definitely lucked out. Bought tickets from a complete stranger and ruined someones night (the person who was supposed to buy the tickets I bought), but awesome nonetheless.
P.O.T.D: Update
September 20th, 2009 by Danny
Hello, A lot has been going on as of late. I just got back from an amazing trip up north to Sequoia and Yosemite. Came across quite a few bears. I have tons of awesome pictures. That I’m in the process of editing. I’ll also be posting my “Mancation” photos from my trip to Yosemite with my friend Dave last year. A little nature overload for anyone who’s interested. It’s hard to really convey how amazing that place is. I’ll try my best.
In the meanwhile enjoy this photo. It’s somehow ironic to me.
P.O.T.D: Bugazon
September 6th, 2009 by Danny
["The Bugazon."]
Went down to Torrance yesterday to meet some awesome people, and see some amazing cars at West Coast Metric. Lorenzo Pearson’s Bugazon is one of the most amazing bugs around. He’s rallied that thing in quite a few races. He manufactures parts for pretty much every classic Volkswagen around. He also has an amazing collection of cars in his museum. I’ll hopefully be getting the chance to photograph them all individually. Here are some pics from the day.
P.O.T.D: Station Fire
September 5th, 2009 by Danny
["Looking a little nuke-ish."]
This is damn shame. This fire has been the largest in L.A. County history. Two firefighters have lost their lives. God knows how many animals have died or lost their homes, and as it turns out, arson is suspected. Fucking infuriating. The plumes come and go, and the horizon hasn’t been the same since it began. The smokes been really heavy down here. I look out the window every morning and it looks like a volcano erupted. Their estimating it’ll be contained by the 15th. I hope it does, and I hope no one else is hurt in the process.
Find the waste of breath that started it and burn him.
P.O.T.D: Grip Work
August 12th, 2009 by Danny
A few hours and about 12 X-Acto blades resulted in the following. I lent the video guys a hand a little while back by cutting the logo into some grip for a bumper they shot. It came out pretty good. My back was killing me for a few days but it was worth it. Check out the video below.
[The finished product]
Stovykla
August 9th, 2009 by Danny
["Find the frog."]
I had the privilege of going up to Big Bear this weekend with Janina to Stovykla. What’s a Stovykla? Well think of it as summer camp if you were in the Boy Scouts or Girl Scouts, but with the added bonus that it includes your culture, in this case Lithuanian. All the events are in Lithuanian, all the meals etc.
Janina has been in the scouts since she was really little. She goes up every year too. I was honored to be invited along. A lot of times cultural gatherings like these might not be too cool with having an “outsider” come down to observe, but everyone was really welcoming.
