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Alex

Phantom nuts.

About Me


Project 365 on Flickr

My Interests

Watson Atkinson - Tattoo artist
***UPDATE*** Watson will be guest Tattooing at Fat Ram's in Jamaica Plain, MA. He will be there on Saturdays, Sundays and Mondays. Call Fat Ram's at 617.522.6444 for an appointment. Check out Fat Ram's site here
Pictures of walls
Found
Mental Floss
Clouds
Sky
9-11 is still killing
Just Good Tattoos

I'd like to meet:


Music:

I like to listen to music while taking photographs. Music allows me to see photographs in a different way. These are some of the bands/artists I listen to:
Boards of Canada
Jesu
Mono
Nine Inch Nails
Tool
Pelican
Hoots & Hellmouth
Godspeed You! Black Emperor
Arovane
Mastodon
Hum
Isis
The Flaming Lips
Doves
DJ Shadow

Movies:

The Big Lebowski, The Crow, Half Baked, Amelie, A Very Long Engagement, Alien, Toxic Avenger, Ichi The Killer, Audition, Batman Begins, The Life Aquatic, Fight Club, Scratch, Groundhog Day, Ghostbusters (and most other Bill Murray movies, except Broken Flowers. That movie blew.), Akira, Detroit Rock City, Boondock Saints, V For Vendetta, Brazil, Monty Python's The Life of Brian, The Elephant Man, American Psycho, Dead Alive, Bad Taste, 2001 A Space Odyssey, 13 Monkeys, American History X, City Of God, Kill Bill, Finding Nemo, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Seven, This Is Spinal Tap, 28 Days Later, Evil Dead, High Tension, Children of Men, THX 1138

Television:

Arrested Developement, Lost, Adult Swim, Most anything on the History Channel, National Geographic Channel or Discovery Channel

Books:

A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, The Martian Chronicles, My Life In Heavy Metal, The Fuck Up, Breakfast of Champions

Heroes:

anyone who is able to do what they love and not be disillusioned by the surrounding bullshit

My Blog

Saul William’s new record: would you like it for free?

This will be a treat for those familiar with Saul Williams. His new album The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust is being distributed online through Saul's website at http://niggytardust....
Posted by Alex on Sat, 27 Oct 2007 07:14:00 PST

Project 365

I have rediscovered the joy of using a point and shoot camera. My Canon 20D is a fantastic digital SLR, but sometimes using a big boxy camera is a pain in the ass. Often times a casual shot is all I r...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 26 Oct 2007 11:00:00 PST

That good old Boston reputation...

The Red Sox come back to win the ALCS! The Sox go wild. The fans go wild. And then someone goes and pours BEER all over the trophy......not only is it beer. It's Bud-fucking-Light. Stay classy, Boston...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 23 Oct 2007 04:44:00 PST

Can you believe it? More pictures!

While we were in Michigan I saw something that nothing else may ever compare to. Since I was a kid I always wanted to see the night sky without the hindrance of light pollution. I had trouble taking m...
Posted by Alex on Mon, 24 Sep 2007 02:21:00 PST

Pictures from the trip to MI are up

I put up some pictures from our trip to Michigan. I'll be sorting through and putting more up every day. Please check in again to see if more are up because Michigan is more beautiful than what I saw ...
Posted by Alex on Thu, 20 Sep 2007 10:02:00 PST

Become a friend of ASAG on myspace

The Artists Supporting Artists Gallery (ASAG) is up on myspace now. Check it out at www.myspace.com/asagportland and feel free to join our friends. This site is and almost always will be in flux ...
Posted by Alex on Sat, 08 Sep 2007 05:56:00 PST

Its time to trim the fat. In other words, stuff for sale!

Hi. I have come to the conclusion that I have too much stuff. It is time to sell some of this stuff so that I can put that cash towards something more useful and fulfilling. Hopefully you or someone y...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 17 Aug 2007 12:01:00 PST

Come work with me!

Are you ready to join the exciting world of coffee?!?!? No, seriously. It is interesting and it can be fun. I'm not blowing smoke up your ass.The Coffee By Design on India Street is in need of some Su...
Posted by Alex on Tue, 07 Aug 2007 08:36:00 PST

new tattoo photo

Here it is. My new profile photo is a portion of my new tattoo. I am hesitant to post more pictures right now because it is still healing (scabby) and the tattoo is in its early stage. I feel like thi...
Posted by Alex on Sat, 14 Jul 2007 09:10:00 PST

Some changes coming to this site

Oi! First thing's first. The tattoo is healing nicely. By next week I'll have some pictures to show people.Now let's get down to business. I am going to start using this myspace page as a platform for...
Posted by Alex on Fri, 13 Jul 2007 06:35:00 PST