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Big Boi – Coming Real Real Real Soon

Big Boi is teasing with all these video of tracks from his forthcoming solo album.


Simple Yet Plain

Every now again I’ll go on two or three binge on internet searching for new design ideas, strategies or technical tips for using photoshop (illustrator sometimes). It’ll usually, as in this time, starts with a visit to one of my bookmarked sites like ffffound, bittbox or Signal Noise. I pay close attention to detail looking at the shapes, colors, layout mostly on the flyer tip cause that is most of what design. On this occasion I came across something i find quite intriguing and since I it probably wouldn’t use it for any flyers i thought it would be nice to share them.

I want to credit the artist and I think it’s David Pope but you can’t go around trusting the web.





Verano Azul (Orion Edit) – Juan Magan


Verano Azul (Orion Edit) by dj_Orion

Jump Guarachero (Orion Edit)


Jump Guarachero (Orion Edit) by dj_Orion

So I’ve reached the limit on downloads on soundcloud….but you can download it HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Jigga Stardust Saturday @ Scoot Inn (ATX). Updated.

Such a great party!










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Tyler J Wells Goes To London!

I thought I was a coffee guru or at best an Aficionado but when I went to Frank (www.HotDogsColdBeer.com) yesterday to eat the Bubba Gump (A Housemade pork and jalapeno sausage topped with fried scrimps, spicy cocktail sauce, grilled slaw, yummy!) I found out that Barista and Friend Tyler J Wells had made in into the top 60 Barista’s to represent the United States in the World Barista Championship. Only one person from the United States will be chosen to represent the U.S. Wish him luck if you know him, if not here’s a video you can get personal with. Good Luck Tyler!

Here’s a little promotional video about what makes our coffee so dang delicious. Starring Tyler J Wells, the first man to qualify for the USBC from a hot dog restaurant.

Starring: Tyler Wells
Direction: Matt Muir, Revelator Productions
Cinematography: PJ Raval
Design: The Decoder Ring
-one day i’ll be on their team!
Motion Graphics & Editing: David Hobizal
Music: Tody Castillo, “Sooner” (from The Windhorse)

GO AUSTIN!!!

Ghost Writers’ Writing Exercises

Here are a couple elements we discuss and write on during the Ghost Writer sessions which are randomly held somewhere in Austin, Texas.

-Cinquain (pronounced SING-cane) – Poetry with five lines. Line 1 has one word (the title). Line 2 has two words that describe the title. Line 3 has three words that tell the action. Line 4 has four words that express the feeling, and line 5 has one word which recalls the title. (namely two in the first, four in the second, six in the third, and eight in the fourth, before returning to two syllables on the last line)

-Tetractys is five-line poem of 20 syllables with a title, arranged in the following order: 1,2,3,4,10.with each line standing as a phrase on its own.It can be inverted,doubled etc and was created by the late English poet Ray Stebbings.

-Alliteration-a rhetorical stylistic device that consists in repeating the same consonant sound at the beginning of several words in close succession. (stops: [p], [t], [k], [n], and [m])

-Assonance is refrain of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming within phrases or sentences, and together with alliteration and consonance serves as one of the building blocks of verse. For example, in the phrase “Do you like blue?”, the /uː/ (“o”/”ou”/”ue” sound) is repeated within the sentence and is assonant.

-Consonance is the repetition, at close intervals, of the final consonants of accented syllables or important words, especially at the ends of words, as in blank and think or strong.

-Limericks are short sometimes bawdy, humorous poems of consisting of five Anapaestic lines. Lines 1, 2, and 5 of a Limerick have seven to ten syllables and rhyme with one another. Lines 3 and 4 have five to seven syllables and also rhyme with each other.

-Anapaest – a metrical foot of three syllables, two short (or unstressed) followed by one long (or stressed). In classical quantitative meters it consists of two short syllables followed by a long one.
The following is from Byron’s The Destruction of Sennacherib:
The Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold
And his cohorts were gleaming in purple and gold
And the sheen of their spears was like stars on the sea
When the blue wave rolls nightly on deep Galilee.

-Onomatopoeia is a figure of speech in which words are used to imitate sounds. “oink” or “meow” or “roar” croak zap click crow cuckoo

-Phonaesthetics is the claim or study of inherent pleasantness or beauty (euphony) or unpleasantness (cacophony) of the sound of certain words and sentences. Derives from Greek meaning “good sound”. Euphony is refers to pleasant spoken sound that is created by smooth consonants such as “ripple’. Euphony is an agreeable sound reflected in the phonetic quality of poetic words.

-Euphemism is the substitution of a soft agreeable expression instead of one that is harsh or unpleasant.  For example ‘pass away’ as opposed to ‘die’.(a figure of speech in which someone absent or dead or something nonhuman is addressed as if it were alive and present and was able to reply.)

-Meters: The meter in poetry involves the exact arrangements of syllables into repeated patterns called feet within a line.
The number of metrical feet in a line are described as follows:
▪ Dimeter — two feet
▪ Trimeter — three feet
▪ Tetrameter — four feet
▪ Pentameter — five feet
▪ Hexameter — six feet
▪ Heptameter — seven feet
▪ Octameter — eight feet

There will be another Ghost Writers Session Soon!

This Is My Year – Mac Dre (Orion Edit)

This one goes out to all my Bay Area Fam!
This Is My Year by dj_Orion

Circuit-Bending

I’m totally new to this but it has always sparked my interest. Here’s a 350 page book on the matter.

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From the upcoming Drankenstein By Bird Peterson
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SXSW 2010

SXSW is here and starts now. In addition to gearing up for the music part of SXSW i’m also interactive and film bound. Here are a couple things for the interactive portion of the festival I’m planning on attending.

Friday 3/12
Beauty In Web Desing. Ballroom E 2pm
Social Media Marketing for Your Business. Hilton D 2pm
Get Stoked on Web Typography. Ballroom E 3:30pm
Ustream Presents “streaming in your city with Pete Wentz and Gym Class Heroes”. The Phoenix 8pm

Saturday 3/13
Web Content Management Systems from a Designer’s Perspective. Ballroom F 9:30am
How to Teach Entrepreneurialism Globally. Hilton A/B 11am
Austin: Latino Internet Capitol of the World. Courtyard Rio Grande A 12:30pm
Is WordPress Killing Web Design. Ballroom C 3:30pm
Does My Shit Talking Really Help Your Brand?. Hilton D 5pm

Sunday 3/14
Adobe Sunday Brunch. Day Stage Cafe 10am
How Social Media Can Destroy Your Business Model. Hilton J 11am
Your Design Process is Killing You. Ballroom E 2pm
SXSW Wed Awards Pre-Party. Austin Grand Ballroom 6pm

Monday 3/15
Web Accessibility Gone Wild. 9ABC 11am
How Does an Advertising Pro Adapt to New Communication Techniques? Hilton J 12:30pm
Screenburn at SXSW AAA Game Design Competition Winner & Judge Interview. Studio SX 2:30pm
Twitter Indispensable Tools Seminar. Ballroom D 3:30pm

Tuesday 3/16
Music Licensing for Emerging Media: Apps, Widgets, Viral Videos. 18ABCD 11am
World Cup 2010: Engaging U.S. Soccer Fans Online. Hilton A/B 12:30pm
Hip Hop Social: The Platinum Life. The Belmont 4pm.

and that doesn’t include the films which i have barely even looked at. We got the bomb music line ups:
Visit rawwordrecords.com/blog/sxsw-2010/ for all the parties we’re involved with.

Paul Wall & Chamillionaire “In Love Wit My Money” Tour