clementine was sickly, so i worked from home today with her. we had some laptop bonding!

– ryan

the 2012 batdorf & bronson holiday blend is now available at dancing goats! it’s a great dark, spicy coffee for those cold winter mornings.

– ryan

dancing goats coffee bar

419 west ponce de leon ave
decatur, ga 30030
404-687-1100

my brother and i headed up to the cobb energy center last week to catch david byrne & st vincent. the show was really awesome, i’m glad i was able to attend. it wasn’t quite the life changing concert that songs of david byrne & brian eno was in 2008, however it still held its own.

the concert was the end result of a pretty ambitious collaborative project between the two artists called love this giant. the concert entailed david byrne & st vincent playing a few talking heads & david byrne songs (naive melody, burning down the house, road to nowhere, strange overtones, lazy, like humans do), a few st vincent songs (save me from what i want, marrow, cheerleader, northern lights, cruel, the party) and then songs from their collaborative album.

all in all it was a cool concept and a great show. hearing them sing backup on one another’s songs was pretty special. in particular, st vincent’s backing on stranger overtones was amazing! it actually sounded better than the album version, which is saying a lot. here is the full setlist.

– ryan

my brother and i recently attended the jesus & mary chain at the variety playhouse. after all these years, the reid brothers can still put on a great rock show! they weren’t touring for a new album or even new material, so they just played the hits, which was perfect. they covered classics from psychocandy though honey’s dead, while passing on their 90s material besides snakedriver from the crow soundtrack. check out the full setlist!

the jesus & mary chain were actually the first small concert my brother and i attended some 18 years ago. they played at the ritz theater in ybor city (tampa) on october 13, 1994. they were touring for stoned & dethroned and had mazzy star & velvet crush opening up! it was also the last show at the ritz before it became known as masquerade for 10+ years.

– ryan

i was able to capture a close photo of a praying mantis on our front porch recently.

– ryan

i met this super cute donkey while working on a shoot in milton, ga a couple of weeks ago! he was super friendly and liked posing for photos.

– ryan

check out this huge spider web that was in our backyard!

– ryan

i started my new job today as production manager at spots films! i am very excited to have normal work hours again and not have to find more freelance work every week.

– ryan

on the same building as yesterdays collaborative mural you will find this 2010 living walls piece. it was painted by street artists ripo from barcelona, spain & remed from paris, france.

remed also painted the huge 11-story mural we recently covered, head there to see more of his artwork. if you would like to see more of ripo’s murals, head here, here & here or for an interview head here.

check out our previous coverage of living walls atlanta!

– ryan

living walls: ripo & remed

studio nine hundred
900 dekalb avenue
atlanta, ga 30307

you will find this collaborative 2010 living walls mural along dekalb avenue on the side of studio nine hundred. we drive on dekalb quite a bit, so this was one of the first murals that brought our attention to the non-profit. the walls were painted by street artists swampy (oakland, ca), gaia (baltimore, md) & greg mike (atlanta).

gaia & greg mike have painted numerous other living walls murals and swampy also painted a collaborative mural with doodles near the eyedrum during the 2010 campaign, which is also great!

check out our previous coverage of living walls atlanta!

– ryan

living walls: swampy & gaia & greg mike

studio nine hundred
900 dekalb avenue
atlanta, ga 30307