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Kidnap Yourself

Cinema, Concept and Content. Hell yes

About Me

Kidnap Yourself is an art collective located in the desert near Joshua Tree, CA. Celebrating its birth with the release of Sabbia, a feature length visual album for Brant Bjork and Duna records. Kate McCabe is an award winning independent filmmaker and cinematographer whose work screens in galleries and festivals. Upcoming projects include art books with KNY (kidnap yourself) and more music collaborations. Film. Film. Film.The Bra Project book is finished and available in a very very small quantity, email us at [email protected] to request a copy. 70 pages of color and composition, good humor and wry wit, all love, my babies....Give us a shout. X O

My Interests

Film (16mm, 35mm, 70mm, 8mm etc) Timelapse photography, rock-n-roll, dance all night, breaking new ground.......

I'd like to meet:

Musicians and funny people. Animators and film nerds. Archivists and adventurers. You.

Music:

Flower Traveling Band,Brant Bjork and the Bros, Black Sabbath, Kyuss, QOTSA, EODM, Blondie, Bo Diddley, The Spores, Gram Rabbit, Devo, Peaches, Like Hell, Lanegan, the earthlings?, the Monks, Devendra Banhart, Asteroid ..4, Black Mountain, the Cramps, 13th floor elevators, Blue Cheer, ZZ top, Johnny Cash, the Melvins, Fu Manchu, Arugula, Turbonegro, Desert Sessions, Death from Above 1979, Detroit Cobras, Etta James, the Roots, King Britt, Jill Scott, Public Enemy, T Rex, Bowie, NY Dolls, Johnny Thunders, War, MC5 must I go on? ain't got all day

Movies:

Sabbia, Trouble in the Image, Milk and Honey, The Decay of Fiction, A Darkness Swallowed, The End, MothLight, you know, weird stuff maybe some Cheech and Chong like Up in Smoke

Television:

not often, sorry TV, we were really good friends once.

Books:

read 'em, make 'em, can't live without 'em. I love you, Books.

Heroes:

anyone with the balls to follow through on their dreams, whatever they may be, like special lady Kim Montenegro (without her pants I would walk around bottomless.) Have a soft spot for drummers too, and most things Rock-n-Roll. Pat O'Neill and Freda Kahlo, love you guys.

My Blog

Lightning Forever

I Blew it,I blew it.Ima total jerk.I said the other day that this year I film lightning.I used to chase clouds with my camera, any old clouds.Even started Sabbia by chasing a storm through Arizona, it...
Posted by Kidnap Yourself on Thu, 26 Jul 2007 11:54:00 PST

A lil' Mention in Streetwear

Current issue of Streetwear magazine, people.They did an article on Trevor Lough's FreshAir project through Pepe Jeans, and they mention Kate McCabe, Sabbia and Kidnap Yourself. HElls yes.Although The...
Posted by Kidnap Yourself on Tue, 24 Jul 2007 09:18:00 PST

Nicknamiest

So, amidst all the pipe freezing, bursting and exploding this winter weekend in the high desert, a new career has been forged by the artists at KNY. In light of the recent abundance of nicknames being...
Posted by Kidnap Yourself on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 12:53:00 PST

Maggie is a keeper

Resident KNY artist Maggie Blackhands is painting like crazy. Apparently Yeti, marshmallows, and human bandaids are desperately in need of having their portrait painted while quoting rock lyrics and d...
Posted by Kidnap Yourself on Fri, 03 Nov 2006 12:56:00 PST

Fresh Air via Pepe jeans

Alrite, not bad! So Trevor Lough, the artistic director of Pepe Jeans started a killer creative website for art nerds etc. Go to http://www.pepejeans.com and click on the fresh air link. Kate McCabe h...
Posted by Kidnap Yourself on Wed, 25 Oct 2006 02:52:00 PST