It took only two months after finally finishing IOLTDM before the posts started slacking. Yep… that sounds about right.
Well, I’m back (for the moment) with news of what I’ve been up to these past few months. As I reported earlier, I’ve been working on another blog, which I’m proud to say has been up and running a full month now. That one was a little easier to get going since I had a basic template to work from. Still a lot of effort involved, and once again, I would like to pat myself on the back for figuring out some of the coding issues and plug-ins (and crap like that) that are still new to me. Overall, I’m very happy with how Reviews/Resist turned out. Now it’s just a matter of keeping up to date with the content and figuring out a way to attract readers (which seems to be the real challenge).
I also just turned live another 5+ year project… my design portfolio. I never really had motivation to work on this up until about 5 months ago, and as of 2 days ago, finally turned it live. I have a few more samples I could probably post, but meh… it’s up and at the moment, I’m pretty happy with that.
Not much else to report in my world, but exciting things are afoot for Kelly and Kiersten. Kelly and her mom are leaving tomorrow and heading to Japan to visit Stacy (her sister) for a week. She’s pretty stoked, and has been learning some basic Japanese over the course of the last few weeks in preparation. The question is… can one ever have enough raw fish in a week? (The answer is most certainly yes). Kiersten is currently back home here visiting (with a hidden agenda of scoping out neighborhoods in the city to potentially move to). Glad to have her here and very much looking forward to whenever it is that her and Wes can move back in the area. The big news in her world is the astounding popularity of her Seinfeld piece as of late. Over the course of the last two weeks, she’s gotten close to 50k views on her blog (at one point crashing her site completely), sold the piece, and landed a run of limited edition prints through Gallery 1988. Pretty exciting stuff.
Well… that’s about it for now. I’ll make an attempt to keep up on this blog a bit more often… (translation: See you in a few months!)
Not sure how many know my admiration for the band Telefon Tel Aviv.
Some time ago, I auditioned as an extra in a movie that was being filmed in LIbertyville. Yes, it’s pretty pathetic that a 23-year-old could pass as a high school student, but hey… that’s Hollywood for you. It was neat experience. Lots of sitting around, but a nice insight into the world of filmmaking. The movie was pretty much a dud, but one of the saving graces was the absolutely brilliant soundtrack. I’d never really been too into electronic music up to that point, but after hearing the disjointed beauty that was Telefon Tel Aviv, the doors were opened. Over the last 8 or so years, I’ve followed their career pretty closely… with great expectations of new material… and was never disappointed. Their music grew into something more mature than I ever would’ve expected, and has continued to outdo itself every time around.
On the heels of the release of their new album, it saddens me to read this:
Hello, Everyone.
It breaks my heart to inform you all that Charlie Cooper, my better half in Telefon Tel Aviv, passed away on January 22nd.
We have been friends since high school, and began making records together a decade ago. We have been so fortunate to tour the world together, while at the same time having a massive amount of laughs at one another’s expense.
Aside from Charlie’s singular genius and musical gifts, I can tell you that he was a total sweetheart of a guy, and a loving friend and confidant to people everywhere. His musicianship was surpassed only by his greater gift to the world - his warmth, his generosity, his unquenchable humor, and his undying loyalty to those whom he loved. In the spirit of honorable mention, however, I should mention that he had a shoe collection that was marvelous, knowledge of hip-hop that was profound, and knowledge of wine that was subtle.
He is survived by a sister, a neice, a nephew, his mother, his stepfather, me, and more adoring friends than the Universe has dark matter. As such, his family and I ask for your discretion and consideration of our privacy during these extremely turbulent waters.
Yours in Music,
Joshua Eustis
I highly recommend this band to anyone who loves music.
R.I.P. Charlie… you will be missed.
Heading out in a little bit to pick up Chris and meet Mark down at our favorite metallic burger joint. The goal amidst waiting the two hours to be seated, is to discuss our newest online venture… a blog reviewing metal in pop culture. I have a feeling it might take awhile to get off the ground, but I’m very much looking forward to throwing our opinions out there and getting a few other friends involved as well.
If you’ve got any bright ideas as far as topics, reviews, concepts or other metal related goodness, let me know. I’ll keep you posted as we progress.
If all goes well, i will be devouring one of these in the next 5 hours…
