SBTRKT at the Orpheum was a rousing success. Besides being molested by security for taking photos of an unmasked Aaron Jerome during sound check, there were no snags – albeit the obvious hiccups brought on by our severe agoraphobia and fear of girls.
For Brasky, our highlight was our first in-show table. Always taking our marketing very seriously, we handed out copies of Bedroom Beats, Vol. 1 and offered polite mannerisms to passers by (who were consistently disappointed we didn’t have SBTRKT merch).
There isn’t much to say besides that. The show was brilliant – Jerome managed to keep his visuals to a minimum, forcing us to focus on what really mattered, the music. After all, through his lack of pomp and circumstance, he’s always kept it that way to begin with.
Local up-and-comer Spies on Bikes seized his moment and captured the support of an audience mostly unfamiliar with his music. Cheers, Nate!
SBTRKT’s stage presence included his amazing ability to shoot sunlight from his toes.
Portlander and legacy Brasky, Paul Ogden, donates his face to help save Japan from nuclear meltdown.
A few months ago, a friend posted an animated image on Derek’s Facebook of a man with different facial hair for everyday of the week. I decided that I wanted to emulate that.
Day 1
Monday was the ‘short boxed beard’ which was not out of the norm, and I didn’t have to do anything for because it is my regular facial hair style.
Day 2
Tuesday was the ‘friendly mutton chops.’ Only a few people noticed on this day that anything was different.
Day 3
Wednesday was ‘The Winnfield.’ This certainly caught everyone’s attention at work. I had multiple people over the course of the day see me and immediately start laughing. This was also the hardest to shave for the entire week. I only had access to full sized hair clippers and a Mach 3, and creating a separation between the Fu Manchu and the mutton chops proved difficult for a man who very rarely shaves at all.
Day 4
Thursday was the classic ‘Fu Manchu,’ also known as the handlebar mustache. It was a great debate as to which I was sporting. After a series of intense internet research we determined that they were both indeed correct. Thursday night was St. Patty’s day and also, coincidentally enough, my 10,000th day alive. I spent it bouldering at the gym and then at a place in Portland, OR called Migration Brewery. After many beers, I went home and shaved and took a picture for the upcoming day.
Day 5
Friday was the ‘Copstache Standard.’ It is hard to tell if this mustache made me look like a cop, or like a pedophile. I tried to wear the aviators as much as possible throughout the day to keep myself from looking closer to law enforcement and further away from a pederast.
It felt good to be able to bring smiles and laughter to my coworkers who are otherwise just looking for the end of the day on Friday.
It’s exhausting to blog as well as we do here at Brasky, but you, too, can impress anonymous readers and old high school friends. No degree in (Live)Journalism? It’s OK. Sit back and let Emanuel school you on how to keep your blog game proper in 2011.
Everyone cares what you think. Write things out on your computer. People will care. People will understand. People will link each other to what you typed. It’s infectious, like your genius. Only you have thought these things. Don’t hesitate. Just do. Do it.
Write an article for a blog whose logo type is in Helvetica. Make blatant observations about your life that others can relate with on a level where they feel like they’re writing it. Keep each sentence short and simple – big words will only serve to get in the way of your poignancy. Sort of feel flustered as you realize half way through writing it that you’re not as intelligent as you thought you were. This is okay, thesaurus.com has your back.
When you’re bored of giving basic instructions to your word processor, keep going. It will only get more difficult, but this is the test of the unrecognized and tumultuous artist. People will think you’re significant after this, and that’s great. Done yet? Nope. Keep going. +Continue Reading
As of last month, mashup maestro Pogo’s gag order with Disney has been lifted (see below), and his latest video mashup has amassed over 1 million views less than 72 hours after release. Probably because it’s awesome:
Following last year’s major acquisition, Microsoft recently announced that Yahoo Search will now be driven by Bing’s search decision algorithms.
What this Means
Now when you go searching on Yahoo, you will still not be served Google results.
(Yahoo users, your emails might be on new internets!) +Continue Reading
Facebook lets you “like” most anything these days, and recently their supercomputers started taking guesses at things you might like based on your current interests (check the right column when you log in if this doesn’t sound familiar).
Why This Is Interesting
Facebook’s guesses are purely data driven. They usually make sense but not always. For example, behold this steaming turd of a suggestion I received:
This got me wondering about how awesomely weird/ironic/offensive can these get? +Continue Reading
After a spirited effort over Algeria to advance from group play at the World Cup, the USA team lost to Ghana 2-1 in extra time. Soon after England, who also advanced from group play, lost to Germany 4-1. American sportscaster Mike Tirico and Englishmen Steve McManaman looked pretty OK about it when an accidental live shot cut on the screen.
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