hollis brown thornton

Hollis Brown Thornton has some pretty incredible transfers and illustrations. I like it. Very much. And for some reason that conjures up a line from a movie (thanks Bridget Jones Diary for the scars).

Read an interview with him here. He scores points for being influenced by Arrested Development.

[ Website ]
[ Flickr ]

no fuss, no glass

This is not a great choice if you're looking to protect something priceless but it's a nice option for your less cherished posters. The ReFRAME is affordable, simple, comes in a variety of choices, and allows you to easily change out prints. Check it out on Soundscreen.

lazy dominos

weekly prescription

This week I encourage you indulge a bit. Say hello to the genius that is a mini pie on a stick and listen to some tunes handpicked by Beck. And if you are in Austin let me please personally serve you a beer at the 512 Anniversary party. I will be slinging their brand new brew "One" from 2-5.

HELPFUL WAYS TO GET THERE:
Read -- [ Amazon ]
Watch -- [ Vimeo ]
Listen -- [ Beck.com ]
Do -- [ Laughing Squid ]
Austin Event -- [ 512 Brewing ]

jorge chamorro

Some interesting collage work by Jorge Chamorro. That's about all I have the energy to say. And that is my super lazy post of the day.

4!

Counting never seemed more fun. If Feist had taught me my numbers I could possibly have grown up to be a happy little accountant (with debatable limited skills). Or just love muppets more than I already do. Either way, 4 is now my favorite number.

peter baker

Peter Baker is one of those photographers that seems to do no wrong. In fact, in trying to choose photos for this post I could have just closed my eyes and randomly chosen something and would have ended up with something worthy of display. This is when my photo envy veers into neon green territory.

See more of his photos here(you really need to seem them larger than I am showing here) also check out this interview over at La Pura Vida.

never ending polaroid project

It keeps going, and going, and going, and going. This is a project that started in 2001 and follows a pretty straight forward yet excellent idea. Take a Polaroid portrait and pass it on. The next person poses with the photo of the person before them, and on and on. You can see the full collection on Flickr.

MORE THINGS TO SHAKE THAT YOU DON'T REALLY NEED TO SHAKE:
Dry Erase Snap Frame [ Uma ]
Impossible Project T-shirts [ The Impossible Project ]
The Branding of Polaroid [ Giam Barba ]

meet my sponsor

I can feel the laziness subsiding, thanks in large part to my new Sponsor guiding me through my affliction. Like anyone else in recovery, support makes all the difference. Kseniya Yarosh (aka Ksen) is a Brooklyn based artist and blogger that specializes in making zines. My favorite is the I Love Bad Movies issue (I can't wait to get my mitts on a copy). I love movies, and can't resist a bad movie (I'm thinking of you My Chauffer, which I watched for the first time in years and years).


As part of her duties to keep the lazy at bay she has provided me with some helpful advice, which I will be posting on my website soon. I trust that she will have a watchful eye on me as well, making sure that I stay on the productive wagon.

Please, please check out her Etsy shop for her wallet friendly zines. She also a few blogs... one of which can be found here and the other here. The latter is particularly amusing; it chronicles two women in her neighborhood that have a tremendous fondness for wearing red sweaters and hanging out by the window.

To find out more about becoming a Sponsor go here.

(original photo from Kseniya's flickr)

awful library books

My eyes are about to explode from all the amazing joy they're taking in. Awful Library Books is my new favorite website, which I probably say about a lot of websites, but seriously this collection of crappy unintentionally funny books takes the cake. And I'm not the only one that thinks so. Just check out their Facebook group or their Twitter.

P.S. I really could have used that pantyhose crafting book when I was kid. I went through a tragic experimenting period trying to make dolls. They ended up looking like deformed potatoes.

[ Link via Urlesque ]