I was unloading some handpicked artists onto a friend’s machine earlier today and realize that i had been neglecting an old friend. Hammock is a two-member (Marc Byrd and Andrew Thompson) post-rock band from Nashville, Tennessee. I initially received these files from my good friend Whisper a few years back, who she apparently received from our friend Jesse, so i want to thank you both for the peace you granted me through this music. Me and Whisper used to lay in bed or sit in the bath listening to this album on repeat, sometimes every night for weeks straight. If you need to unwind, hang out with whisper, or if you cant do that, listen to Hammock. Hammock combines live instrumentation, electronic beats, and droning guitar into atmospheric dreamscapes as i call them. Similar in style to the work of Boards of Canada, Explosions in the Sky, Steve Roach, Harlod Budd, Sigür Ros, and Stars of the Lid. I hope you enjoy this as much as i swoon over it. Whisper if you’re reading this, i love you and i still wear the tie you bought me.

Pretty soon i’ll upload a sleepy time torrent consisting of all my favorite dreamscape tracks. will be called:”Arms of Morpheus, Land of Nod”, keep a look out on piratebay or demonoid, will also be posted here.

Listen: Track 2 off of Kenotic (2005)

Download: [Kenotic.zip | 74.5 mb]

[hammockmusic.com]
[hammockmusic.net - blog]
[wikipedia]

among all else that is the happened, the morning i discovered this went into print, i woke up in jeff bass‘ mansion in west bloomfield. thank you Alicia and Kacy for being so hospitable. That was by far the best showing of Ferris Bueller’s Day Out ever. Sha nana na nana na. and… “there’s a big ole’ hole, i’m creepin’ in”. i know that really doesn’t cover any of the events that took place that week, but who will remember anyway? i will. i adore you both. i havent felt this great in a long time.

i also wanna thank publicist Jessica Linker at Pitch Perfect PR for pulling that together and making life a little easier.

So that shot of Greg Gillis (girtalk) made it to the cover of the New York Times Art Section. Score.
Im shooting the November 11th 8pm show at the Crofoot. Come back for details.

othe sites that appeared when googled.

[nytimes.com]
[venuszine.com]
[jambase.com]
[booshmagazine.com]
[stereogum.com]
[www.melu.ee]
[kramkong-kramkong.blogspot.com]
[hellovegetables.com]

[myspace.com/girltalk]
[pitchperfectpr.com]

08.18.08
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can’t see the video? [click here]

so it’s official, everything is touch and anything less is not touch. so whats left? ah yes, now we must do it with more style, check out the unboxing of the samsung omnia900. i love the sound the horse makes, something about miniature horses being flicked across a room that i wont ever get tired of.

my fav is the youtube responses;

turky2003 (18 hours ago) Show Hide
im gonna have to go with real

paperboy6645 (19 hours ago) Show Hide
So what is the final consensus? Is this fake or what?

TaylorSPL (19 hours ago) Show Hide
You make my brain hurt. It’s real, there’s tiny exploding people inside of every box.

alfomp (19 hours ago) Show Hide
That’s great!

Majornalis (19 hours ago) Show Hide
I’d put her in my pants.

[omnia.samsungmobile.com/]

In addition to the photos Christos and I shot of Analena, we also ran into a few groups of people. I didn’t get photos of everyone, but I managed to grab some. I will be adding to this gallery later, but here are a couple shots I promised.



-Joshua
[Josh@GrimIndustries.com]

i knew this shoot was meant for analena. i havent seen all the shots, but skimming through the first ten i can already see the cover is going to be a tough call, i’m posting these for now. these shots are un-shopped aside from saturation. shoot wouldnt have been possible without grip [Josh Hanford]

this post is in response to personal collections of shots form a night out. if i took your pictures, you can request they appear in the blog, just email me].
07.10.08
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Thursday 21 August 2008: THE EEATEEER – a showcase of new audio visual tech-punk type bands.

SCREAMIN’ CYN CYN AND THE PONS (live, madison) – dance theatrical punk
LOS MINSTRELS DEL DIABLO (live, detroit) – electronic with twisted visuals
SPACE BAND (live, space) – surrealistic space jam
STEVIE (live, god club, detroit) – electro video madness
*STEVIE’s first live show in a year and 100th gig special performance*

all ages | $6 | doors at 8pm

TRUMBULLPLEX THEATRE
4210 trumbull
detroit, mi 48201

[cyncyn.com]
[losminstrels.com]
[myspace.com/stevie]

for my west coast honeys

21+. Free. Party time.
Mention Missingtoof to get in free this week (we’re still kinda soft-launch).
Details belowwww…

[myspace.com/danceatarena]

[link to google maps]

[danceatarena.com]

i know, i know she’s everywhere… but just today i search feist on my site, and to my surprise there was not one post, not even an album torrent. so i had to post this video i had seen on paul burd’s blog last month

You can always count on the inner city street of Sesame to deliver. Similar song cameos from Norah Jones, James Blunt, and i found this lovable melody from Johnny Cash on the Muppet Show. Check out this creepy jem

::update::

i was looking at your website and i saw the feist sesame street video. i don’t know if you like the dresden dolls, but i thought this was awesome haha – Sparkles Fantastic

Amanda Palmer’s (The Dresden Dolls) take on Feist’s “1234″…

[link to video]

[myspace.com/nicolby_jack]

[myspace.com/dresdendolls]

some snaps from 08.10.08

me dave tony and jen get retarded. it was nice to see you angela and mike. quote of the night was from rich when he asks what kind of boat i went tubing on… i say motor boat. dude says “im a sail boat type of guy”. list of things to do; photoshop rich on a tube attached to a sailboat.

As promised, Christos and I have some pictures to post for the nice ladies and gentlemen we met at the Detroit Central Train Station. We do have more, be patient, they’ll be up. click any image below to enter a gallery.

More to come!

-Joshua

[Josh@GrimIndustries.com]

Bernie Mac blended style, authority and a touch of self-aware bluster to make audiences laugh as well as connect with him. For Mac, who died Saturday at age 50, it was a winning mix, delivering him from a poor childhood to stardom as a standup comedian, in films including the casino heist caper “Ocean’s Eleven” and his acclaimed sitcom “The Bernie Mac Show.”
Though his comedy drew on tough experiences as a black man, he had mainstream appeal — befitting inspiration he found in a wide range of humorists: Harpo Marx as well as Moms Mabley; squeaky-clean Red Skelton, but also the raw Redd Foxx.
Mac died Saturday morning from complications due to pneumonia in a Chicago area hospital, his publicist, Danica Smith, said in a statement from Los Angeles. She said no other details were available.
“The world just got a little less funny,” said “Oceans” co-star George Clooney.
“This is a very sad day for many of us who knew and loved Bernie,” said Don Cheadle, a member of the “Oceans” gang. “He brought so much joy to so many. He will be missed but heaven just got funnier.”
Mac suffered from sarcoidosis, an inflammatory lung disease that produces tiny lumps of cells in the body’s organs, but had said the condition went into remission in 2005. He recently was hospitalized and treated for pneumonia, which his publicist said was not related to the disease.
Recently, Mac’s brand of comedy caught him flack when he was heckled during a surprise appearance at a July fundraiser for Democratic presidential candidate and fellow Chicagoan Barack Obama.
Toward the end of a 10-minute standup routine, Mac joked about menopause, sexual infidelity and promiscuity, and used occasional crude language. Obama took the stage about 15 minutes later, implored Mac to “clean up your act next time,” then let him off the hook, adding: “By the way,

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