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Tag: SAMO
Clean Mess | Spring/Summer 2010 Buttons
Clean Mess buttons and stickers will be available soon. Be a part of the street team and rock a button. It’s a simple black and white – solid for the summer especially with a white tee and exceptional jeans. Buttons will go on sale for $3 ea.
Video: Window Seat – Erykah Badu
Erykah Badu is a true artist, she acts completely on the feeling of her art. In the video, she walks down the street where Pres. Kennedy was assassinated, and strips down until she reaches the spot where he was shot and where she would fall. Crazy concept, and really controversial.. In a mediated world, the public needs art. I like how she doesn’t tell the public how to think. Especially, because art is subjective, my experience, your experience, her experience is different cause we all saw differently in life. I was just sitt’n in my living room, watch’v VH1 Soul, and it came up – first time I saw the video.
… afraid to respect the individual
Nothing is Original
A memo to friends..
Yep. That’s a glass alright
Look’n at it from all perspectives. A lot of people see it just as that [Yep. It’s a glass alright] and because it doesn’t effect them directly it’s not a social problem, in which that is true. One man’s solution is another man’s problem. But when we stop caring we lose our humanity. All I’m say’n is at least be aware and have a take on it.
Keep It Surreal approves. “There’s a funny [relief] tee in here somewhere..” #KanyeShrug
Color Theory: Quick Reference Sheet for Designers
I found this stumbling. This is a great reference to refer to when designing or creating color pallets and I thought I’d share. I think it’d be cool as a large print out in your room, studio, or wherever your workstation is. There are also color picker / color theory programs available for purchase, however I sometimes use plain ‘ole color wheels, which may seem a little archaic, and other times I use Adobe Kuler.
NEC Finals: QU Bobcats x R. Morris
I can’t even express how tight I am. We was suppose to win that game! James Feldeine was going off, the stroke was look’n good for the night [pause], but it wasn’t enough. Rutty, J. Johnson, Twyman – everybody came out to get that NCAA bid. Even the student’s was out there front lining. The student section was more packed than it ever been. I don’t know if I would’ve been more upset if they won and I couldn’t rush the court with the student body or the fact we lost our first home game in the finals. Watch’n Robert Morris players rush the court at the end had me heated. I don’t know what happened in the end though man..
Let’s get it next season fellas!!!
3.10.10
I’m still play’n around with this tilt shift photography, bare with me. This dude, haha, wasn’t suppose to be in this shot but it happens to look good. We was all over the Lower x Soho look’n at the other designs out there, talk’n about our projects and jus kick’n it.
Y’all will be see’n more of this dude with some exclusive sneaker reviews, you heard it here. SneakerSoleTv!
It’s Surreal: The Radiant Child, Basquiat
Jean-Michel Basquiat became notorious for his graffiti art in the late 1970s on the Lower East Side scene. I’ve been on Basquiat since the beginning of my blogg’n days. No secret as to why I labeled one of our tags, “SAMO,” Basquiat’s moniker. In his short career, Jean-Michel Basquiat was a phenomenon. Literally making his mark with graffiti on public walls under the nom de plume “Samo” (short for same old thing). It definitely made its mark on me. Debuting at this years Sundance Film Festival, “The Radiant Child” is a film on the legendary art icon Jean-Michel Basquiat.
Director Tamra Davis pays homage to her friend in this definitive documentary but also delves into Basquiat as an iconoclast. His dense, bebop-influenced neoexpressionist work emerged while minimalist, conceptual art was the fad; as a successful black artist, he was constantly confronted by racism and misconceptions. Much can be gleaned from insider interviews and archival footage, but it is Basquiat’s own words and work that powerfully convey the mystique and allure of both the artist and the man.
Past Articles:
Keep It Surreal >> SAMO
Keep It Surreal >> Lee Jaffe x Basquiat
Keep It Surreal >> Basquiat x Peter Relic
Same Effort for Chile
An 8.8 earthquake hit just off the coast of Chile early Saturday morning, killing at least 122 people and creating tsunami warnings in more than 50 countries across the Pacific ocean. Thousands are believed to have been left homeless due to the widespread destruction of buildings.
Text Your Support for Chile: Text a donation to Chile through one of several organizations via the Mobile Giving Foundation.
* Text CHILE to 90999 to donate $10 to the Red Cross
* Text CHILE to 23583 to donate $10 to Habitat for Humanity
* Text CHILE to 20222 to donate $10 to World Vision
* Text CHILE to 50555 to donate $10 to the Friends of World Food Program
* Text CHILE to 52000 to donate $10 to the Salvation Army
* Text REBUILD to 50555 to donate $10 to Operation USA
* Text 4CHILE to 50555 to donate $10 to Convoy of Hope
* Text CHILE to 864833 to give $10 to the United Way
Keep It Surreal 