clarity
a bit of “spring cleaning”
2021-12-14inspired by Mark Simonson's studio tour
re-visited yesterday, 2022-03-19
and today, alongside My Clarity
fraidy-cat
feel like one, sometimes
split shot color table
(intense cat track on there – yeesh…)
currently hosting worries about work – this work – getting snatched up off these here internets
i’m aware that there is risk involved
and how fear of risk, mistakes, and failure can be stalling
what’s happening here feels too important not to do, or let fear get in the way of
so…
to myself, and anyone else who’s landed here:
go for it!
just, please don’t take my things…
thanks!
(p.s. something might be happening over here, too)
ok, bye bye… !
useful info
something i learned a bit about, today
the composition notebook i’m using has some printed inside the back cover
happened on it by accident – hadn’t needed to look back there, yet
some good stuff, too
inside rear cover of Unison college ruled composition notebook (red)
plus, a few more
Hot Tips:
Celsius to Fahrenheit:
(ºC x 1.8) + 32 = ºF
Fahrenheit to Celsius:
(ºF-32) ÷ 1.8 = ºC
Celsius to Kelvin:
ºC + 273 = K
Kelvin to Celsius:
K-273 = ºC
*(Cat Time is off)
“Chaise Longue” – Wet Leg
“Comatose” – Low Hum
“The Trip” – Still Corners
“The Moment” – Tame Impala
“Yes I’m Changing” – Tame Impala
“Gossip” – Tame Impala
“Past Life” – Tame Impala
“‘Cause I’m a Man” – Tame Impala
“Love/Paranoia” – Tame Impala
“New Person, Same Old Mistakes” – Tame Impala
“Off the Tracks” – rosi
“Everybody Deserves To Be Free” – Resistance Revival Chorus & Deva Mahal
“Eight Line Poem” – David Bowie
“Moonshine Freeze” – This Is the Kit
“El amor brujo: Danza rituel del fuego ‘Ritual Fire Dance’” by Manuel de Falla – Cincinnati Pops Orchestra
“Randomness” – BLYNE
“Late Night Waltz” – Silk Skin Lovers
“A Different Age” – Current Joys
“Suburbia” – Noso
“Hyper-Ballad” – Björk
“The Modern Things” – Björk
“Enjoy” – Björk
“You’ve Been Flirting Again” – Björk
“Isobel” – Björk
“Possibly Maybe” – Björk
“I Miss You” – Björk
“Cover Me” – Björk
“Headphones” – Björk
c/o Sam
“Eastern Lights” – Tseba
“In Loving Memory” – Gabriels
“Signal from the Noise” – BADBADNOTGOOD
“Soliloquy” – Rêves sonores
“Jour 2” – Hildegard
“Pick Up” – DJ Koze
“6’s to 9’s [Neil Francis Remix]” – Big Wild feat. Rationale
“curly” – Kiefer
“Intimidated” – KAYTRANADA feat. H.E.R.
“Strong Feelings” – Dry Cleaning
“All Is Full Of Love” – Björk
‘Lemonade’ – Beyonce
(cool cover on flickr by Josef Design – they’ve created several covers i really like)
“Pray You Catch Me” – Beyoncé
“Hold Up” – Beyoncé
“Don’t Hurt Yourself” – Beyoncé feat. Jack White
“Sorry” – Beyoncé
“6 Inch” – Beyoncé feat. The Weeknd
“Daddy Lessons” – Beyoncé
“Love Drought” – Beyoncé
“Sandcastles” – Beyoncé
“Forward” – Beyoncé feat. James Blake
“Freedom” – Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar
“All Night” – Beyoncé
“Formation” – Beyoncé
“Maps” – Yeah Yeah Yeas
“it’s ok, you’re ok” – bonjr
boom… !
2022-01-01
“Berlin” – Modeselektor feat. Miss Platnum
“Scratchcard Lanyard” – Dry Cleaning
“Hunger for a Way Out” – Sweeping Promises
“Kadiatou” – Toumani Diabaté, Ballaké Sissoko
“Lately” – Metronomy
“Red Bellied Black Snake” – The Beefs
“Sonata No.1 in F Major, Op. 5 No. 1: I. Adagio sostenuto - Allegro” by Ludwig van Beethoven – Yo-Yo Ma & Emanuel Ax
“This Fractured Mind” – Nation of Language
“Portra 400” – Arlo Parks
“Faded” – El Michels Affair meets Liam Bailey
“Furry Computer 2” – Smoke Bellow
“BF Holiday” – Let Your Hair Down
embossed labels for navigation, “great body” pin for bubbly font
nice nice…
She Bad!
found something i was looking for a few days ago
this is not a Magritte-ing card
gro•tesque \grō-ˈtesk\ adj (1603) : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the grotesque : as a : FANCIFUL, BIZARRE b : absurdly incongruous c : departing markedly from the natural, the expected, or the typical syn see FANTASTIC — gro•tesque•ly adv — gro•tesque•ness n
sur•re•al \sə-ˈrē(-ə)l also -ˈrā-əl\ adj [back-formation fr. surrealism] (1937) 1 : marked by the intense irrational reality of a dream; also : UNBELIEVABLE, FANTASTIC < ~sums of money > 2 : SURREALISTIC — sur•re•al•i•ty \(ˌ)sə-ˈrē-ˈa-lə-tē\ n —sur•re•al•ly adv
sur•re•al•ism \sə-ˈrē-ə-ˌli-zəm also -ˈrā-\ n [F surréalisme, fr. sur + réalisme realism] (1925) : the principles, ideals, or practice of producing fantastic or incongruous imagery or effects in art, literature, film, or theater by means of unnatural or irrational juxtapositions and combinations — sur•re•al•ist \-list\ n or adj
sur•re•al•is•tic \-ˌrē-ə-ˈlis-tik also -ˌrā-\ adj (1925) 1 : of or relating to surrealism 2 : having a strange dreamlike atmosphere or quality like that of a surrealist painting — sur•re•al•is•ti•cal•ly \-ti-k(ə)lē\ adv
(Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, 11th Edition)
learning: practice and patience make progress
‘Be Your Better Self ’ – Josephine Odhil (2021/Unexpected Records)
art by Josephine Odhil
‘Love and Hate at a Different Time’ – Gabriels (2021/Gabriels LLC)
(still researching cover art credits…)
‘Wide Awake!’ – Parquet Courts (2018/Parquet Courts / Rough Trade Records Ltd.)
art by A. Savage (nice!), animations by Philip Laslett (nice!!)
“Total Football” – Parquet Courts (nice!!!)
also, i did a goal
(conjugation courtesy of Joe Pera)
complicated time to feel happy of myself… that’s life
still – important to recognize
mix and design from August/September, GIF from now
title and tracks in Aurea Ultra designed by Mário Feliciano for T26
that’s right… !
trying not to overthink brevity and s p a c e
process parts, each
and, helpful reminders to
take
my
time
“Soaked” – BENEE
“Psychosocial” – Brooke Fraser
“Touch” – MAALA
“Hello Miss Lonesome” – Marlon Williams
“123 (easy as)” – maxime.
“What Are the Chances” – Duran Duran
“So Long” – Ben Strawn
“Birch Baby” – Sleepy Soul (i hear “butch baby”… !)
“Long Time” – Spaceface feat. Labrys
“Back Here Again” – The After Hours
“Be Careful” – KAYTRANADA feat. Thundercat
“Kinda Wish You’d Call” – Glossies
“Butterfly Season” – Family Time
“Robert” – Jockstrap
“Es-So” – Tune-Yards
“Oblivion” – Dry Cleaning
“Shine Your Light on Me” – Natalie Bergman
“Hey Sun” – HYUKOH
“Something About Us” – Daft Punk
“Some Place I Don’t Know” – Jane.
“Kids” – Current Joys
•
•
•
fuller circles
“Lobo Hombre en París” – La Unión
+ + + XR + + +
“Andar Conmigo” – Julieta Venegas
“Devuélveme a Mi Chica” – Hombres G
“Hasta la Raíz” – Natalia Lafourcade
“Blues de Mar” – Gaby Moreno
“Lobo Hombre en París” – La Unión
“Amante Bandido” – Miguel Bosé
“En algún lugar” – Duncan Dhu
“Te Quiero” – Hombres G
“Como Te Extraño Mi Amor” – Cafe Tacvba
+ + +
ok, bueno bye!
hold on
or, start here
“Toulouse Street” – The Doobie Brothers
“Sanctuary” – Ruby Haunt
“Raga Jhinjhoti” – Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
“Hold On” – Little Dragon
“Another Lover” – Little Dragon
“Every Rain” – Little Dragon
“Stay Right Here” – Little Dragon
“Shadows” – Bonobo feat. Jordan Rakei
“Liquid Love” – Cousin Kula
“Setting Sun” – YUUL feat. Kyson
“New Star In the Sky” – Air
“Dark Kept Secret” – EXUM
“Heat Lightning” – Mitski
“Swim” – Douglas Dare
“Images Oubliées - Lent” by Claude Debussy – Debravka Tomšič
“Every Minute Alone” – WhoMadeWho
“Superscope” – Clark
“Freak” – Harrison Brome
“For You” – Kadhja Bonet
“I See It Now” – Bachelor, Jay Som & Palehound
“Apple Bed” – Sparklehorse
“Karma Is a Bitch” – A.J. & the Jiggawatts
“Esperanza” – Hermanos Gutiérrez
“BNR” – Crumb
“Hold U” – Indigo De Souza
“Without You” – Monterrey feat. Calica
“Lightning Rod” – German Error Message
“Runaway” – Beach House
“Over and Over” – Beach House
+ + + bonus round + + +
“Hell On Wheels” – Cher
“After the Storm” – Kali Uchis feat Tyler, The Creator, Bootsy Collins
“Chaise Longue” – Wet Leg
+ + +
eye spy
spent the afternoon buffering…
… tangentiafying…
HOT TIPS:
close project “windows” after a desk session (smoother landings when the runway is clear)
zoom way in
zoom way out
ok, bye bye!
unbiased
changed my mind on the kitchen curtains – feeling pretty happy about it
however…
made a mistake early on in the process of making bias tape for finishing them
here’s how it went:
first things first: fabric grain
the lengthwise grain (warp) runs the length of the fabric and crosswise grain (weft) runs the short direction with selvedges along both lengths
the bias runs 45-degrees to the warp and weft grains and provides stretch
here’s where i messed up
folded the fabric in half along the cross grain (weft) to cut strips instead of on the bias grain
pappardelle nest of 1-inch muslin strips
next: sewed strips together to make a single, continuous ribbon of fabric
since the strips weren’t cut on the bias they lack stretchiness
and, what they lacked in stretchiness they more than made up for in frayed threads…
after sewing i trimmed, hand creased, and ironed the nearly 20-foot length of fabric into 1/4-inch double fold unbiased tape
for good measure, here’s one possible approach to preparing fabric for actual-factual bias tape
lived and learned…
along with becoming re-acquainted with autumnal sunlight
afternoon light can be real pretty, but wasn’t quite what i was looking for when photographing the spool of unbiased tape yesterday
got up early this morning for the sunrise light
s’pretty nice
et voilà!
500
clocked my 500th hour of resto apprenticeship today
feeling pretty happy of myself…
today’s shift had me working in a room on my own
provided a chance to do some on the job buffering
“Polly” – Dora Jar
“Heartbreak” – BROODS
“Dark Red” – Steve Lacy
“Hanoi 4” – Unkown Mortal Orchestra
“Icarus” – Fana Hues
“A Picture of Life” – Camouflage
“Running Up That Hill (A Deal with God)” – Kate Bush
“Blurred Lines” – Joyce Wrice
“The Tradition” – Halsey
“Bells in Santa Fe” – Halsey
“Easier than Lying” – Halsey
“We’re in This Together” – Nine Inch Nails
“Chicken Wings” – Samm Henshaw
“Because I’m Me” – The Avalanches
“Easy” – Sun June
“Amongst the Expanse” – Lim
“Don’t Worry” – Dropper
“Hope You Forgive Everything You Can’t” – Vilde
“Still Broke” – Samm Henshaw feat. Keyon Harrold
“Harvest Moon” – Poolside
“Ballade in B-flat Minor: Descent” – Nicholas Britell
“MANGO” – KAMAUU feat. Adeline
“Yellow Rose” – Who Boy
“Mong” – Lim Kim
“Nocturne” – Ana Roxanne
“Be Ya Girl” – KW Griff
“Forbidden Feelingz” – Nia Archives
“I Don’t Live Here Anymore” – The War on Drugs
“Rocky” – Still Woozy
“Freak, Go Home” – DARKSIDE
“Djed” – Tortoise
“Snake Hips” – The Future Sound of London
“Play” – iamamiwhoami
“Do You Feel It?” – Chaos Chaos
“Blue Lights” – Jorja Smith
“Hurt” – Jane the Message
“Teartear” – Autechre
“Blown” – LFO
“123 (easy as)” – maxime.
“What Are the Chances?” – Duran Duran
“So Long” – Ben Strawn
“Birch Baby” – Sleepy Soul
“Long Time” – Spaceface feat. Labrys
got to round-about “Teartear” at resto
continued listening on the walk home and at my desk, now
might keep adding – not sure
let’s see where the night goes…
‘Telephone Wires’ - maxime. (2021/maxime.) cover art by needle.tip
maxime. released their EP ‘Telephone Wires’ today – lovely surprise
feeling the impacts musically and from the embroidery cover art
me likey
a tidbit i want to remember about my buffering process, so far:
the tracks are diegetic – collected from the day, many from the environment
booming from someone’s garage, over the radio in the morning as the alarm goes off, at the store while running errands…
listening back – in the order in which they were collected – can be trippy
can’t say it will always be this way
just happy to have some sorta way at all
ok… bye bye!
signs
one of the better M. Night Shyamalan movies, i think.
i recall chatting about Signs at work recently. or maybe that was something else…
take a look at these two trailers for Signs: low quality vs. high-er quality. low quality looks like a ’90s Chris Columbus flick – new Culkin.
i digress…
inspired by Sam’s hand diagrams and reminded of sign language diagrams, namely the ASL alphabet.
first sign learned from The Lady: “i love you”
trying stuff with color – “yes, that’s happening!”
Youtube got me again… more signs (p.s. don’t beat your kids… !)
fooled around with Dust Devil while sorting a bungled purchase.
s’alright – but maybe not my cuppa.
tail end
didn’t feel wrapped on the last two mixtapes – cause they weren’t… needed to put attention toward the tail end: track list design.
lettering reference from ‘Ideal’ tin
track list in ‘Avenir’
tips…
… and tail
it’s not that things are now made “final, final”, necessarily; but it helps identify decisions made.
sidenote: cat time reminded me of a time signature explainer i ran into. classic internet vibes – i dig.
couple album plays from the last few days. got into these between “heads down” sessions. it’s been a ride, enjoyed these pitstops.
Willow and Secret Sidewalk are both trying out some new things – cool to hear it.
‘lately I feel EVERYTHING’ - WILLOW (2021/Universal)
‘Sutro Sound Bath’ - Secret Sidewalk (2021/Primal Dap Sound)
gonna keep on creepin’ on with drawing and jamming and whatever else…
ok, bye bye!
Cat Time
happy of myself for making it through this.
‘Cat Time’ mixtape design iterations. ‘Ganache’ served as a base for the lettering – ‘Cheers’ vibes, for sure.
Kit Cat-ified, with a Simon twist – ba-da-bing!
better be on cat time, or f--k around and find out.
thanks Sam, for bringing this into our lexicon. and Simon, for your vigilance… !
removed a couple tracks from an earlier mixtape – felt more like self-sabotaging projections than my feelings. still really like the music, just not in that context.
“Silver” - Caribou, ‘Our Love’ (2014 / Merge/City Slang)
“F-ked Up Kid” - Kevin Drew, ‘Spirit If’ (2007/Arts & Crafts)
bedtime – gonna brush and floss.
thumbs up, for rock and roll!
ok, bye bye… !