DEATH/REBIRTH

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Just letting everyone know that I consider Family Family Tree a mostly dead project. It is no fault of your own. I am open to suggestions. Leave them in the comments I guess.

Happy Holidays.

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I LOVE PERFUME

I, too, have been thinking about perfumes a lot lately. People have been telling me how great I smell lately. I don't use perfume.
Case in point: In handing over my one year old nephew to my sister in law, she commented that he smelled of my aftershave. I don't use aftershave.

From my time home during Thanksgiving, I learned two things about myself. Apparently, I smell like the woods. Also, I look either professorial or like a lumberjack (depending on who you ask, or who inquires to tell).

The Hill-Side, a company best known for producing some pretty classy WWII garb (mostly ties and scarves), has decided to open an online old-timey department store. They seemingly did this while no one was looking. A virtual ode to Macy's heyday.
My favorite things include their vintage boots and their toiletries sections. And God, the toiletry section. Portland General Store supplies their "Tweed" Lotion Stick, "Wood" Body Cream, "Whiskey" Wet Shave Balm.

A quick look at the packaging:


And taking a look at Portland General Store's Etsy, the selection gets just a bit odder. How does "Tobacco" Bath Scrub sound? How about "Moss no. 017" Cologne?
As described by the alchemist herself:

Portland General Store is the brainchild of Lisa Brodar. The inspiration for Portland General comes from a love of Maine and all things artisinal, and the idea that peak oil and cheap transportation of imported goods is coming to an end and being replaced by a more local means of trade. Portland General Store products are made using the most natural and highest quality ingredients available.

Sounds good to me.



I officially dub this week Perfume Week on Family Family Tree.
Stay tuned for another entry relating A.P.C.'s new line of cologne to Glen Baxter's remarkable wit. I told you a Glen Baxter entry was in the works. If you have any information regarding interesting perfumes, who's making them, or anything else neat, you know where to get at me. No Patrick Süskind allowed.

SOCIAL €XPANSION

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THE NEXT BEST THING

Jackson showed this to me. It is awesome.

FIRST POST

It's not my first post, but it's been so long it might as well be. It is, however, my very first 5x5.

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1. Press (via Crosh Snelbwaks)
2. Through The Night Til Morning Light (via Crosh Snelbwaks)
3. EEEE
4. Choices
5. 5.25

SWIM SWIM SWIM SWIM SWIM SWIM SWIM

BEING THAT SEAN'S "SWIM" POSTS HAVE ACTUALLY COOLED DOWN BOSTON AND MAY OR MAY NOT HAVE CAUSED TONIGHT'S RAIN STORM, I FIGURED I WOULD TRY MY HAND AT THIS THING. HOPE I DON'T JINX IT.

FELIX IS THE SUN, FELIX IS THE EGG, FELIX IS THE POLICE OF POLICE

If you've talked to me in the past few months, you've probably heard about my epic, sprawling Dada comic book that I plan on creating. Also, If you know me well enough, you know that most of my projects end up being trashed, or reintegrated into new projects. This is usually because I spend 90% of my time educating myself on the subject matter at hand (in this case, surrealist/dadaist animations/comics), and sometimes less than 10% of the time actually creating. In the meantime, I've found some pretty cool stuff, using that as an excuse to avoid starting the comic.

Last night, I think I may have reached the end of the preparation stage when I found this cartoon. Felix the Cat "Skulls and Sculls" is one of Pat Sullivan's last Felix cartoons, which aired sometime around 1930. "Skulls" has been pretty heavily critically panned for its mediocre animation, bumbling plot-line, and general incoherence.

I guess that makes sense as when most people analyze the original Felix cartoons and comics, they expect something politically savvy, or biting. This assumption concerning the cartoons derives mostly from the fact that Felix was a highly socialist cartoon during the 1920's, a concept that definitely became less taboo as America moved into the Great Depression. As a result, Sullivan allowed the surrealism in Felix cartoons to flourish, cutting back on anything that may generate a negative morale at the time. However, if you're really looking for a plot in this thing, maybe we can break it down.

It's been suggested that this is a cartoon about college hazing, which may be apt due to a possible Skull and Bones reference in the title. In this case, Felix is being terrorized by his fraternity brothers, they realize the error of their ways, and the rest of the cartoon is a party. Pretty simple. The only problem I have with this is that the head "fraternity brother" much more resembles the Grand Wizard of the KKK. In which case, Felix would be the African American (ie. the first Felix comic strip... "I don't want any cats hanging around here!"). Under this assumption, the use of the pendulum makes sense as an allegory for the Spanish Inquisition (via. Edgar Allen Poe), and minority oppression/discrimination as a whole. And the cartoon is an example of what would happen if whites would have stopped being so god-damn oppressive (see: a party). Also, zoo implications (I know why the caged Felix sings), Skull and Bones society being metonymous for privileged white boys (AKA white brotherhood), so on and so forth.

In short, this is my favorite Felix cartoon. Totally surrealistic experience that allows the viewer to go however deeply that they want to go (which in this case was probably voiding the actual artistic intention). Am I defeating the purpose of Dada?


Other Cool Dada Comics:

David Lynch's The Angriest Dog in the World



Glen Baxter (more on him later)

POP & POVERTY IV

HINDSIGHT FROM JUNE

This was the first time that I brought a video camera down to cover a HINDSIGHT shoot and the batteries made it the whole way through. Our plan was to get to Connecticut early, and shoot some nature scenes around town, then head to the high school to set up for graduation. Greg shot most of this footage and I edited it together to show a little bit of our day, plus the drive back to Boston. The music used is "City of Dog" by Console, sort of an ode to a video I made in high school, and I thought it was fitting since we were shooting graduation.

FAMILY MEN

PETER SUTHERLAND

Peter Sutherland is bringing back the vertical in a way that makes me wonder what I've been doing with my life. He also has a great photo series on the Badlands over at Vice. Keep on the watch for his new website that launches "soon."

FUN SATURDAY

OUR SATURDAY AFTERNOON from Jackson Adams on Vimeo.

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CURRENT MOON

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CURRENT MOON

These moons will change depending on the current moon phase. Check back for updates!

PS. HAPPY NEW MOON!

SUBMIT!

SWIMMING IN CHINATOWN

Some extra footage from Jenna's underwater test shoot, put to the best song ever recorded.

IF WE WERE A STRAIGHT EDGE SEWING GROUP

20 BLOCKS FROM HARVARD SQUARE

THIS WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED ON KICKTOKILL
ENJOY

NOT MY MEMORIES

When I was going through VHS home movies looking for clips to use in HINDSIGHT, I came across this footage of a circus bear. It seemed completely random until there was a quick shot of my sister looking rather bored. Circa 1989.

Music: Oahu (w/ Miss Lily Banquette) by The 6ths

SHE ALWAYS GETS ON TOP

I wrote a play.

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