I got a chance to check out the House Industries gallery exhibition at Eames office in Santa Monica. They were debuting the Eames typeface and had some three dimensional examples cut from Eames signature molded plywood. If you dont know about Eames you can check out their site. I was given the full history by a nice woman named Roz at Eames office.
Also on hand was Fresh Pressed doing live screen printing of the new typeface while The Mattson 2 kept things jazzy.
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On Monday night at the GOETHE INSTITUTE, Jimmy and I were lucky enough to attend the west coast premiere of Florian Gaag’s film WHOLETRAIN:
I have seen my share of “graffiti” related movies and they all tend to lack a certain realness. Most movies of that genre emphasize aspects of the culture that really don’t speak to real writers/bombers. Either they overload the main characters with hip hop super powers or they portray the act of graffiti in a unrealistic manner. WHOLETRAIN is as real as it gets yet still maintains a captivating story line.
After watching the film there was a short Q&A with writer and director Florian Gaag. We were able to talk briefly with him about what was next for the film and he assured us there would be a coming DVD release and possibly a larger premiere in the near future. He also mentioned possibly bringing the world famous MACLAIM crew to Los Angeles to collaborate with local artists in support of a larger west coast release.
We will be looking forward to seeing new things from Florian Gaag in the future or at least getting our hands on a DVD copy of Wholetrain.
Before I start, let me make a few things clear about this list. First, I excluded 2 of my favorite horror film, The Exorcist and The Shining. I figure if you haven’t seen either of those movies, then you don’t have the appreciation for good horror and probably should just skip this list all together. Second, this list is not ordered in any way and by all means, this is not the end all of horror movie lists. I picked these movies on 2 scare factors: Original scare and Repeat Scare. Original scare factor should be self-explanatory; its how scared you felt the first time you saw the film. Repeat scare is how well the movie rates on repeat viewings. There are movies that have the BOO! scare tactic that just doesn’t work upon viewing the movie for a second or third time.
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