Love44 Gets Some Well Deserved Shine

ForTheLoveofBrooklyn.com just did an interview with the amazing Common Folk compatriot Lyouba, showcasing her awesome photography. For those that don't know, this woman puts in work and it shows. It's always great to see peeps get their due. Be sure to check out the full interview here.

and definitely check out her flickr photostream and her website.

Love44 in the house ya'll, "turning negative to positive since '76".

Love44 Gets Some Well Deserved Shine

ForTheLoveofBrooklyn.com just did an interview with the amazing Common Folk compatriot Lyouba, showcasing her awesome photography. For those that don't know, this woman puts in work and it shows. It's always great to see peeps get their due. Be sure to check out the full interview here.

and definitely check out her flickr photostream and her website.

Love44 in the house ya'll, "turning negative to positive since '76".

Doze Green Studio Visit

Friends We Love does up a bunch of great little video doc's featuring inspiring artists and musicians. Here's one of their latest featuring none other than all around b-boy, Doze Green-



Doze is one of those artists that totally inspires me to want to paint and to quit all at the same time. I think he's from another dimension poking holes into ours.

If you're in nyc, check out the ridiculous current show at Jonathan Levine Gallery featuring Doze Green, Saelee Oh, and Josh Keyes.

Common Folk Don't Forget

R.I.P. Teddy. Quiet Storm.


Zheik One
"Quiet Storm/Love T.K.O.", 38"x"8"x3/4", paint marker and spray paint on found wood panel, 1-23-10.

Saber is the Man

Saber steps up to the Health Care debate-



First off, the raging idiots who are sparking controversy over Saber's use of the flag in his art piece are the ones who are actually desecrating the spirit of the flag and what it stands for.

Something obviously needs to be done about healthcare. Well, obvious to those of us who are in dire need of it. It's appalling how many of my friends don't have health insurance, self included, and how it's kind of just the unspoken norm for a lot of us. And ironically the healthcare bill is in some very well insured, cared for hands. It's no wonder a lot of them don't see a problem with the system.

There are millions of hard working, patriotic people not in the traditional 9-5 workplace that need healthcare. We are independent contractors, consultants, artists, musicians, small business owners, etc. So why, here in the good ol' U.S. of A can there not be a real way for the independent, self-employed, entrepreneurial spirited americans to get affordable health care?

We need the Common Folk system!
(I do have to make a note about my indebted gratitude to Harborview Hospital in Seattle which gave excellent care to my uninsured ass when I had emergency surgery for getting hit by a (uninsured and unlicensed) 15 year old driving an S.U.V.)

For an elongated version of this rant with more personal vignettes, http://blog.thosart.com

I'll Take You There

What up. Pete Rock and CL Smooth is pumping through my speakers and summer jams abound. A year ago I was in the middle of an "alone-ness", spending time by myself and lost in a dreamworld. It was fucked up, son. But I'm much better and things are much better now, especially the money sitch. I'm still alone, but I feel happier inside. I got mad shit to create and places to visit.

It's muggy and supposed to rain this whole weekend. The sun is actually shining through the thick silvery clouds this Friday evening. I wish I were out at an outdoor cafe writing this, but I don't have a laptop.

Finally made a Krolewskie Jadlo tshirt for myself. I get food from there a lot and it's really tasty and affordable. Hell, I'm chomping down on some bigos, mashed potatoes, and mushroom pierogis right now. I chose a mint-colored American Apparel shirt to be summery and had it printed at T-Shirt Express. It's a hole-in-the wall with stacks and stacks of shirts and stuff everywhere, and they mainly do screenprinted shirts, but they did a great job with a simple heat transfer. The super bonus was that they knocked out all of the white areas automatically from my flattened Photoshop files, something I had to do myself when I hand-cut my own heat tranfer prints at the place I used to go to in the LES, which is closed for good. T-Shirt Express is on the outskirts of Chinatown, so I spoke with the people there directly in Cantonese. Hell yeah.

-Zheik