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Mama’s Sauce Print Shop Tour!

// April 29th, 2010 // No Comments » // art, design, inspiration.links, interview, live work space / studios, video

Meet Nick Sambrato. He runs a print shop in Orlando, Florida called Mama’s Sauce.

Nick isn’t a very smart guy. At a time in history when the print industry is pouncing from one space-age technological advancement to the next, Nick has decided to take a giant leap backwards into the industrial revolution.

Meet the Kluge letterpress. An 2,000 pound, cast iron, electric powered monstrosity of vacillating rods, giant spinning wheels and pneumatic hoses. The Kluge is Nick’s weapon of choice in his battle against the future.
So why does Nick use the Kluge? A clearly outdated, cumbersome and obsolete machine? The same reason any craftsman uses any tool: for the quality of the finished product. A letterpress offers a tangible, three-dimensional look and feel to the printed image that no other technology can replicate.

Let Nick take you on a trip back in time as he runs through the process of turning an ordinary piece of paper stock into work of art.

Why honor this day in history?

// February 20th, 2010 // No Comments » // books, inspiration.links, writings

From the Rolling Stone:

Hunter S. Thompson, the dean of gonzo journalism and a longtime contributor to Rolling Stone, died Sunday Feb 20th 2005 in his Colorado home of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. He was sixty-seven.

“one of god’s own prototypes, never considered for mass production, to werid to live, but yet to rare to die. Always with us”

these people look far too normal… WHERES THE WEIRDNESS?

RIP Hunter  S. Thompson

ThanksGIVING, Gobble Gobble Give!

// November 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // inspiration.links, volunteer

Each year we have many friends that join gobble gobble and this year hopefully will be the biggest turn out yet! Come out and join pushgallery as well as many others to help out GOBBLE GOBBLE GIVE this year!

Here’s the rundown on how THANKSGIVING DAY will work:

Everyone arrives at 10 a.m. SHARP Thanksgiving morning at The Echo night club in Echo Park. The address is 1822 Sunset Bl. 90026.

Everyone is asked to bring the following:
1. A DISH. “ALREADY HEATED” This is a potluck event. It can be as little as a side of vegetables or it can be three large bowls of your grandma’s famous “cranberry walnut stuffing”. We can always use Turkeys and main course items. Side dishes are great as well. Veggies, Veggies, Veggies. Mashed potatoes, yams, vegetables, greens, etc. Of course desserts are always awesome. If you are bringing a main dish like an entire turkey or ham etc. please email us at turkeycrew@gobblegobblegive.org and let us know so we can tabulate what we need as we get closer to the big day.

2. FIVE (5) SMALL TOILETRY KITS. that include a: toothbrush/toothpaste, soap and shampoo. You can get these items very inexpensively at $0.99 stores.

3. CLOTHING AND BLANKETS. Please bring any used blankets and/or gently used sweaters, jackets, shirts, socks, shoes, beanies/hats for men, women, children.

At 10:15 we begin a large “conveyor Belt” of food and with the help of everyone we put the meals together. We box them up together with care packages of tooth brushes, soap, clothes, etc..

At around 11: 00 a.m. the first vehicles begin to roll out. For those of you who have a car and want to drive you will be known as drivers. We will put a few people in your car with you and you will go out in two or three car teams. We hit the riverbeds, the alleys, the freeway overpasses. sometimes we discover small villages of people in dirt fields and empty lots. The vehicles return after delivering all the meals. We are always done by 1:00 p.m..

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Installations & Sound Sculptures

// October 24th, 2009 // No Comments » // art, cinema, inspiration.links, music, video

by Zimoun (CH), born 1977 in Bern/Switzerland, autodidact.

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cigarette break, relax with some inspirations of others on this Tuesday morning in Los Angeles

// October 13th, 2009 // No Comments » // inspiration.links, video

considering if Zach may be worth spending the time to put some history into following ~

Zach Galifianakis – Live at the Purple Onion

This film is now available to rent on DVD. click here

wether you smoke or not, let me just tell you what a delightful morning a cup o joe, a cup le smokes and some time to listen to some bukowski can do for the soul ~

BUKOWSKI: BORN INTO THIS

This film is now available to rent on DVD. click here

also listening to the lovely sound of my winters first rain sprinkle outside my window gives just the right ambient to Kondo & Krush ” Sun Is Shining” ~

Ki-Oku

whats inspiring this morning.. Comment this post up! ready for some new options!!!