blame it on the busted macbook (parts are on their way from hong kong, and we all know how long it takes a slow boat from china to get here…) or blame it on being bummed about not getting the magazine job I thought I was a shoe-in for, or, well, general laziness, but anyway, here are some pics from sunday before last, more shooting for the <a href=”http://thenakedsun.com”>naked sun</a>, which is still in progress and might actually be the saving of us all, if by us all I mean media/art people that would like to make money and keep on doing our thing at the same time. <br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/wow_i’m_way_behind…./1085/0001.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/wow_i’m_way_behind…./1085/0002.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/wow_i’m_way_behind…./1085/0003.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/wow_i’m_way_behind…./1085/0004.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” />
Posted by matt on 2009-10-12T00:00:00Z GMT
I’m not sure what the theme or the unifying whatever was for this street fest, but I think it might have been “Mess with the drunks,” viz:<br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0012.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br />And then the dragon chased Victoria and Beach.<br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0013.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0014.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Tim, we need to talk. You have a problem with face paint. Admitting it is the first step. </span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0015.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Maeghan, we need to talk. You have a problem. It might have something to do with the fact that you told me to do these captions.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0016.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Velvet Monkey insides.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0017.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Stiltman.<br /></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0018.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br />John’s band:<br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0019.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0020.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” /><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_2/1087/0021.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos” />
Posted by matt on 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z GMT
I’m splitting these into multiple parts, because I think they’ll work better that way, and because I say so. Nyah.<br /><br /><span class=”caption” >hangin’ out on the roof deck at Victoria’s.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0001.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0002.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >LOW-ANGLE SHOTS ARE COOLER AT 18MM.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0003.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Creepiest Halloween decoration I’;ve seen so far this year. But subtle.<br /></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0004.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br />Now to the photos of the fest itself. First, the ubiquitous dad with a kid on his shoulder:<br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0005.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Homies. B’lieve me, they’re tight like that.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0006.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0007.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Not sure what’s going on here, but it involves intoxication on everyone’s part.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0008.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >Katie shows her metal face.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0009.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br /><span class=”caption” ></span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0010.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/><br /><br /><span class=”caption” >MOAR METAL FACE.</span><img src=”https://images.matt.pictures/plaza_district_fest_part_1/1088/0011.jpg” class=”photo” alt=”Photos”/>
Posted by matt on 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z GMT
Yesterday or the day before, sunday, anyway, I was driving down the highway and I had this sudden feeling of disconnectedness, of being lost. Like when in the night you wake up and don’t know where you are. <br /><br />I was coming around a curve, and it was raining, cloudy, but I know that section of road, have driven it many times. There’s the normal state of having been somewhere, and you remember, for example, that the bathroom is behind you and your car is out in the parking lot or driveway, and that the roads that led you there also lead to home. It’s a grounded feeling, a feeling that lets you ignore parts of the landscape that aren’t normal. <br /><br />For a brief second, coming around that curve, it was like all those connections, where I was going and where I was coming from, and everything that I knew the location of, all of that was cut off, and it was as if I was floating above it. It’s so odd because I normally have a very good sense of the space I’m in and what is around me. <br /><br />Then, I looked around I saw every detail of everything, blades of grass and tree branches, and the cars a quarter mile back, and the shapes of the clouds, and then, gradually, over a period of ten seconds, the feeling faded, and while I didn’t feel really normal for a couple minutes, the hyper-awareness was gone and the highway was just highway, and the sky was just sky, and the weirdness went away, just like it does when you turn on the light in the middle of the night.<br /><br />Anyway, now back to your regularly scheduled blog. There’s some nice pics from plaza fest and outtakes from the naked sun shoot coming up, so stay tuned.
Posted by matt on 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z GMT
