Comics day... Apparently.

Tonight Im going to the release of Neufundland, Jakob Schuh & Co's new collaborative comic book. I had the possibility to flip throug it briefly yesterday, and it looks pretty awesome (very french). Allthough claimed to be a fan-zine the quality of the print and the contributions just look too darn good. But not to debate definitions. Go buy it! A lot of talent in there.

http://www.neufundland-mag.de/Neufundland/Neufundland.html

On top of this my old friend Cav Bogelund is in town. About 10 yers ago we had a comic book club every Tuesday evening, where we would meet, drink coffee and draw comics. He is a comic book Rockstar back in the homeland today - and rightfully so. That kid is a graphical whiz...

Because all this is cosmic comic stuff happening today, I found this old two pager from one of my sketchbook. It is based on a series of conversations I had with Mads Juul back in 09. I actually drew these pages one evening after I got back home from hanging with Mads. Or almost. I got to 1,5 page before falling asleep, and now 3 years later I pulled myself together and finished it off - coloring it french style inspired by the cats from Neufundland... (right click and open in new window to see the full resolution version)

It is just a lot of babbling really...

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Rendering

Playing around with Mental Ray for my next little project. Good times...

E.A.R - Another opening night

Ive known Günther and Raphael for the better part of 3 years now. They are a pair of unbelievable pop-smiths and super nice guys. Unfortunately I dont see them that often. A part from E.A.R Mr Günther K. Harder has a blooming career as an actor at the theater in Leipzig and Raphael is busy with his music producing empire, but when I get the chance to hang with these cats it is a blast.

I shot this live-session at Raphael's studio here in Berlin. It is a super cosy little place, but unfortunately my home build camera was suffering a bit under the low-light-conditions hence the somewhat grainy pictures. But somehow it doesn't really matter because of the song. Günther's amazing vocals and Raphael's beautiful minimalistic guitar really pulls it all together...

I hope the video brings out the vibe of the day - and that you'll enjoy it just as much as I did.

http://www.ear-theband.com/
http://www.tschernuth.com/

See the other videos in this row at http://hv30sessions.blogspot.com/

Test #4; Vera - Silk

the newest video in my HV30 sessions. Read all about them HERE!

Caught by the Urban Hunter

My dear friend, artist and photographer David Josef Tamargo honored me this morning by hanging my portrait in his online gallery. It is taken during my last stay with him and Lindsay Scoggins in LA while we set up for the Party Animals exhibition last summer at the Royal/T - after a good night out as I remember..

The picture is taken in the lobby of the Culver City Hotel where we stayed during the week. It is an old fashioned piece of Hollywood history that place.

I found this paragraph in an article on the Guardian which sums it up pretty well...

"During filming, Judy Garland and Wizard of Oz producer Mervyn Le Roy commented on "dwarf sex parties" and "orgies and drunkenness" among the munchkin actors. Well, what else were they supposed to do? The small people, billeted separately from the other performers, were under de facto house arrest in their Culver City hotel. They were taken from there directly on to the studio set, and then taken straight back. The actors have since claimed, in accounts of that period and biographies, to have been paid far less than the other actors, even less than the dog playing Toto."

Footage...

I found this footage just laying around from the Intel Visual life video. I actually thinks that it captures my everyday life way better than the original video...

The Sesh - al Hamra

These cats are pure gold and my every-Sunday-family. Meet Robert Lee Fardoe, Dirch Feistel (ma and pa) and the rest of the boys and girls of the sunken treasure chest we call Al Hamra. This clip is from last winter featuring us playing ourselves warm, smoking waterpipes and hanging out in the middle of just another Sunday night.

If you happen to be in the area dont be shy. Drop in and play a tune with us...