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Brian James Griffo

California~find yourself here.

About Me

I am an ambitious person who is attempting to create a meaningful life, a rich story of existence. I enjoy my work in television and love to travel. I live in California where I am surrounded by wonderful friends, co-workers, and fulfilling personal projects under the name Perfect Karma.

My Interests

Living, loving, learning, photography, a good book, a good cigarette and glass of wine, a conversation, a friend, a movement, an idea, a time period, a romance, an ocean, a history, family, friends, the winding road and so on......

I'd like to meet:

I would like to have met Hunter S. Thompson. I like his style of writing and find his behavior perfectly acceptable.

Music:

The record collection is getting pretty stacked. I love indie rock but used to spin drum and bass and have produced electronic music for television. Producing electronic music is a current occupation.

Movies:

For Example a few movies I like:Stand By Me, Waking Life, A Scanner Darkly, Human Traffic, Defending Your Life, City of God.

Television:

Television? Oh, you mean, "NFL BOX" that sits in the middle of my apartment, yes, HD Sunday Ticket Bliss. Go Bills!

Books:

I just read Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance and loved it. I like Henry Miller and Hemingway and Fitzgerald, and all the old standbys.

Heroes:

My father was a strong influence...

My Blog

Epic!

The Great Wall of Los Angeles is the longest mural in the world (half mile) and tells the story of Los Angeles. I recently did a series of photographs documenting it and I have them here for you onlin...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Mon, 21 Jul 2008 06:21:00 PST

PUNK OFF!

Phil, Ryan, and myself created a short online series about a streetpunk label here in LA called TKO Records. The first episode introduces the label and some of the bands, with weekly episodes now for ...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Fri, 11 Jul 2008 08:12:00 PST

Spring Ahead and Summer Too...

Three Months of Scattered Thought Coachella has come and past, I went, and I feel it's too far in the rearview mirror to reflect properly on. The three days and four nights were spent honestly, wit...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Sun, 29 Jun 2008 01:00:00 PST

SXSW 2900 Miles Later...

Ryan, Phil, and I are making an online show about punk rock. At the beginning of this Spring 2008, an episode calls for our attendance in Austin Texas for the TKO Records showcase. Ryan and I are avai...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Fri, 21 Mar 2008 12:58:00 PST

Burned Out Photos Burned Out Years

I was sifting out some of my better photos for framing when that odd feeling started to fill the back of my head like mind heartburn. It was, as best described, bittersweet. It made me feel like I was...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:49:00 PST

The Desert Highway

Worked on The Bachelor the other night. It was nice jumping onto another show for a minute and doing something different. I even got to light a set! (it's a big thrill for someone always working in ca...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 06:17:00 PST

hello 2008

Does the internet have more writers than readers? My statistics say 25 people care what I write in the space everyday so I might as well add to the writers colum. First of all does anyone know anout t...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Sun, 13 Jan 2008 04:38:00 PST

Rusty Western Pipes (The Lookout Man)

In this atmosphere all the highways are arteries with the ocean on the side And the stars in their cars and the pull of the tide This is where the sun sets last and dreams reside This is where the ...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Fri, 30 Nov 2007 11:58:00 PST

In Between Apartments

I have been living in a small studio for about eleven months now on the outer ring of Los Angeles. Ryan and I, myself alone, and Phil and I. Those are the combinations of people that have used this li...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:49:00 PST

Into the Wild

Into the Wild the movie hits screens tomorrow and if it's half as good as the book it will be amazing. I loved this story so much when I read it in college, it was basically everything I was (am) abou...
Posted by Brian James Griffo on Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:46:00 PST