We slow down when everything is going fast!
This is the place where I’d wish to be next week: Brachfeld Gallery. A friend — Danielle Rubi-Dentzel (great photographer!) — curates a little group show with the amazing Nathaniel Russell, Kyle Field and Alia Shawkat. California vibes in Paris. Starts at 24.05. and goes until the end of June.
We are big fans of Don Pendleton’s work. He is truly a legendary skate graphic artist who is widely known for his graphic work for Alien Workshop (1998-2005) and Element Skateboards (2005-20??), but also numerous other clients. Don is the cover artist of the forthcoming issue of Juxtapoz. Also in the June 2012 issue: Brooklyn’s Kevin Cyr, Boston’s Raul Gonzalez, Stockholm’s spaced out Killian Eng, and the Bonnie and Clyde of graffiti, Utah and Ether.
“Now here I go again, I see the crystal vision
I keep my visions to myself”
—Fleetwood Mac, ‘Dreams’
I kind of get crystalized by watching Andy Gilmore’s kaleidoscopic pictures. It is all about geometric grids, shapes, repeating patterns and colors that draw you in a world of hypnosis while you are creating your own sounds and melodies to it… full of vision. Wishing to have a whole wall in my room covered with one of these pictures. Genius!
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Two more days on a SOLD OUT tour with TWBA as the support act/DJ. Having a good time with friends and doing things you love is the best thing for the right balance and new alignments. We are in Cologne today, Hamburg tomorrow and then going to end The Patience Tour with a huge firework at Golem with a DJ set by my humble self and a live performance by DENA. See you there?! (Picture: stage time in Munich)
Thanks for letting us know, where all the wild things are and will be!
I’ll be out and about, on tour with my friends – The Whitest Boy ALive, DJing, hitting the cowbell, shaking the rattle. And just hanging out, doing good and being shiny. If there will be a moment of less Rock’n'Roll, I could probably provide some sort of tour diary in form of a few pics. JB. is having a rest, more or less. You can meet me here this week… from Berlin to Hamburg.
“It’s been a while, but finally… here comes a new mix with amazing tunes, from first to last, rough and raw. Full of power and easy confidence. All in the state of NOW.” — Jenne Grabowski / April 2012 / JB.
New sounds of the NOW for JB. Prior to some of his DJ gigs and the tour with The Whitest Boy Alive comes a new mix by Jenne, straight forward dance tracks with Chic, Wincent Kunth, Andrès, MCDE, MMM, Pearson Sound, DjRum, Substance, Gene Hunt, MM/KM, A Made Up Sound …
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Sweet music video of Siren starring Austyn Gillette from Habitat Skateboards, bombing the LA streets. Getting restless and want to go skate while I am watching the video, the vibe is just right. Funny detail: “Unfortunately, Siren had so much fun skating with Austyn, Daryl, and friends that he broke his ankle before filming commenced.” The video is directed by Romke Hoogwaerts who is doing this.
A good friend of mine, photographer Stephan Laackman, has been photographing bands and musicians on and off stage over the past years. Citybirches Photography Works is the name of his project. He wants to set up a photo book, an exhibition and a music compilation. Stephan is now going on a crowdfunding tour on the web to finally realize his project. He gets support by the publishing house Kettler, but there is still some money to collect. If you are drawn to fantastic photos of great people he worked with, such as Sonic Youth, Stephen Malkmus, R.E.M., Future Islands, Dinosaur Jr, Deerhunter and many more, go and help to make this passionate project happen!
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There I found it again, out of town. The day was full of light and calm. While others were scrambling through an overcrowded city prior to some common Berlin May riots, I decided to go singing with birds and bubbling with fishes, the first time swimming this year. It was epic! I am a week ahead of touring with my good friends — The Whitest Boy Alive, all shows are sold out. It’s going to be a good one! And then finally finishing the second issue of JB. Stay tuned, and stay inspired!
This is our man Rip Zinger. Showing how he rolls on Pirate Movie Productions. More about that, and some investigative information about Germany from a Japanese perspective in our upcoming issue!
Here are Rip (looking) and Ray Barbee (biting) and me (the cam) going for lunch in Paris in a great summer of 2011. And it’s my birthday.
Looking backwards to understand. Staying in the NOW. Moving forwards to progress. ABSORPTION / REFLECTION
Get a sneak peek on a great piece of lettering by this man from Sheffield: Nick Deakin. He is an awesome illustrator who agreed on a collaboration for the next issue right away. Looks like we at JB. are establishing a special relationship with Sheffield, which is also gratefully referable to our friend Shaun Bloodworth. Thanks Nick for this nice addition to a great upcoming issue of JB.
Photographer and NOW-specialist Rip Zinger from Japan is saying this. In an interview. And a lot more interesting things. In JB. #02 — State Of Now issue…
Found this in the mail the other day. The pre-order of It’s Nice That No. 8 arrived, also available in stores now. It comes across really spacious and consistent, over all great features from the apparently eternal world of creatives.
Starring design legend Paula Scher, Slavs and Tatars, John Pawson, German editorial designer Mirko Borsche (art director of Zeit Magazin) and lots more we never heard about. Among them is a special photo series of ceilings of Baroque churches by Cyril Porchet with a free A1 photographic print (that came with all pre-orders) plus a little book about Olympic measurements. Nice that again!
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