Chris Jacobs Is Awesome

A Review of The Bible, By ZW Johnson

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 11:15:22 -0500

The Bible
by God

This is probably a really great book, but not if you have to read it nonconsecutively, a few randomly chosen chapters at a time, and then are made to memorize tons of individual verses by rote by your Bible teacher for a grade in a class at a private Christian school which will actually affect your high-school GPA and, conceivably, affect your chances of getting into a good college and ultimately leading a successful life.

But honestly. Imagine reading Harry Potter, all fun and shit, and then being like “Oh shit!” because you remember that you have to memorize large passages of its text and recite them verbatim for a test next week. By the time you hit your sophomore year in highschool, you’d probably be all like, “Fuck you, J. K. Rowling. I don’t even believe you exist.”

First snow of the year. One of the joys of not caring about the...

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:21:37 -0500

First snow of the year. One of the joys of not caring about the weather report is waking up to find your exterior world transformed.

Amanda this looks great! When is it? damadesign: MUSIC: there...

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:28:39 -0500

Amanda this looks great! When is it?

damadesign:

MUSIC: there will be acoustic music all afternoon featuring:
12-1 David Elohi
1-2 Barry
2-3 Paul Sentz
3-4 Dave Alpert
4-5 Chris Wilhelm
5-6 Dan Blakeslee
6-7 David Wax (and suz)
7-7:45 Dave Godowsky
7:45-8:30 Alice Austin

FREE wine and coffee!

Location: 438 Somerville Loft #4, the big brick wharehouse building directly to the right of “Market Basket”. Entrance is in the back. (there is a graveyard in the front.

I love it!! Can Phil Dupre take some pictures of you making the...

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:10:27 -0500

I love it!! Can Phil Dupre take some pictures of you making the dresses? My nieces will love to see photos you at work…

damadesign:

and Mini d.aMa dress. First time making a 2year old size dress. It is fun! For Jacobs’s nieces.

So excited for this!! It looks amazing,...

Sat, 05 Dec 2009 23:09:16 -0500

So excited for this!! It looks amazing, Amanda!!

damadesign:

getting dresses ready for Jacob’s family. Messy studio.

I just ran into Ronen V randomly on the street in midtown. I think he owns this city.

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:37:22 -0500

I just ran into Ronen V randomly on the street in midtown. I think he owns this city.

nathanjohnson: Music Monday: The Baker Brothers - Don’t Turn...

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:01:28 -0500

nathanjohnson:

Music Monday: The Baker Brothers - Don’t Turn Your Back On Me

Around the time I did the score for Brick, I was living in a beautiful little apartment on the coast of Bournemouth and right in the midst of a thriving weird little music scene. It felt like the social life in town revolved around a little cafe called Blu. During the day they served the best grilled Halloumi salad I’ve ever eaten. During the night they turned into a full-fledged, dancing-on-the-tables, beer-on-the-floor, clothes-on-the-benches party.

My wonderful friend Chris Pedley (seen stateside as the bassist during the autumn Annasthesia tour and as the upright bassist for the Brick score) and his band The Baker Brothers were the driving force behind those nights, and when Chris asked me to do the lyrics for a new song they were working on, I jumped at it. So, out came this tune.

I had just spent a lot of time in Williamsburg finishing the Annasthesia record and my imagination was fresh with images of getting of the L train at Bedford so I loosely wrote the words around that feeling. A bit of New York by way of the Baker Brothers self-described country bumpkin dirty funk jam.

The track here is from a live album recorded at the Jazz Cafe in London a long while later, so it sounds quite a bit slicker (find the original here featuring Chris Mears on the chorus), but I still haven’t been to a party in London (or New York, for that matter) that rivals the vibe of The Baker Brothers at Cafe Blu.

Lunch in New Orleans.

Sat, 28 Nov 2009 14:15:42 -0500

Lunch in New Orleans.

Thanksgiving is coming!

Thu, 26 Nov 2009 15:27:25 -0500

Thanksgiving is coming!

Ha! A classic. zucherman: Wendy’s…

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:17:42 -0500

Ha! A classic.

zucherman:

Wendy’s…

Ronen - when are you flying in?? nathanjohnson: You’ll have to...

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 14:35:36 -0500

Ronen - when are you flying in??

nathanjohnson:

You’ll have to excuse the slew of food pictures that are surely coming. We just landed in Mississippi and Kelly started cooking. Fish Tacos. Pressed tortillas. Take me home! (p.s. Ronen, get your ass down here. Now you’ll be able to taste Thanksgiving, and you don’t want to miss this one!)

Tut gallery 3. AGO Toronto. This is what I do.

Tue, 24 Nov 2009 01:33:09 -0500

Tut gallery 3. AGO Toronto. This is what I do.

Toronto by morning.

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 08:35:44 -0500

Toronto by morning.

Dress made of ties that I found in a back room at the Art...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:03:18 -0500

Dress made of ties that I found in a back room at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Photo

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:02:23 -0500

Photo

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 17:01:44 -0500

Winter is coming…

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 01:18:59 -0500

Winter is coming…

ronenreblogs: kenyatta: Adam Quirk Cradles a Dinosaur (2009),...

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 07:59:54 -0500

ronenreblogs:

kenyatta:

Adam Quirk Cradles a Dinosaur (2009), kenyatta cheese (American), found art, jpg on browser, 400x524

I’d so purchase adamquirkcradlesadinosaur.com if we weren’t in a recession.

For Chad Williams.

Denver.

Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:17:12 -0500

Denver.

Trick or treating in new haven.

Sat, 31 Oct 2009 19:27:55 -0400

Trick or treating in new haven.