folsom u.s. tour, etc.

'dear kate, i'm sorry that i used your picture for this folsom tour poster without your consent. i know it shows a real lack of creativity and artistic merit on my part. and that my friends in the same industry are going to give me shit for it. but i really think it came out incredibly. and if you feel that you have to send a cease and desist, i'll eat the paper in the hope that it was once touched by your fingers.'
numbered edition of 60. three color print measures 12.5"x24.5" on 130lb. cover stock. available on the upcoming folsom US tour with lose none. visit their myspace for dates. or click the image to enlarge.
www.myspace.com/folsom

finally got some more copies of the book in from the publisher. still $30ppd in the US. for more pictures and information please look at the 'lonely days and wasted nights...' post in the february 2008 section of the blog archive to the right of the screen.

etc...

etc.

rain, work, rain

outlined one of these with a mike giant sharpie. i guess that makes me a fan.

hatefuck vol.4

it's been a while (the last issue come out last summer) but the newest installment of the art zine 'hatefuck' is finally finished. even more scraps and leftovers and recycled crap. smaller format this time around - 4.25"x5.5". but made up for the size with content; screened chip cover, fold out centerfold, some color pages for the first time, and it comes packaged with an HF button and photo insert.



80 pages. $5ppd in the US. for purchase contact ingivingup@yahoo.com

give up x hatefuck v. technology

it might seem backwards to say fuck technology while sitting at the internet pecking on a keyboard. but fuck technology. the other day matt showed me how to create and then stack layers in photoshop. the image above is the first thing i've ever done on my own. with the assistance of a few phone calls. after just over 3 hours of flaring tempers and frustration i can say with assurance that this was the most frivolous expense of time i've ever wasted on 'art' and will not become a regular occurrence. maybe i've already beaten it into the ground, but due to the obvious look and nature i feel i have to continually express the fact that i do not use computers for any of my work. unless you're jeff elrod computers don't have any place in art. computers are for graphic design. graphic design is not art. this is a shit entry. just striving for post proliferation to seem productive. maybe the picture looks cool anyway.

waiting in the wings

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through silver in blood

split open hand. exploding caps. flashing lights and sounds of sirens. I-10 visibility. worst billboard ever.

trapped under ice

"...can't say that i'm proud / of the life i've come to know / i feel the worst things in my soul / and if i never make it home tonight the streets have swallowed me whole.."

texas firehouse, nyc

went to new york to install some work at the texas firehouse gallery / art space in queens.

stayed at this oasis in brooklyn amidst a virtual sea of shit. thanks michael and dana.

new york hate.

made up for it a couple hundred times over..

with things i haven't done in some time..

and other things contradictory to previous posts.

didn't do anything on the street otherwise. hung the show. not many pictures. didn't stick around for the opening.

bought some records: nadja, tusk, earth, trapped under ice, merauder, sub zero, pleasure forever, black tusk, baroness, etc. visited cooper union. ate food. hung out with high chief.

flew home.

thanks robert and ken and all at the firehouse.

these three

finished these new prints in early june but never got them up here. except for one that was in a picture from some shit on the streets. here's the stats:

untitled. numbered edition of 44. acrylic on newsprint 24"x36".

fimbulvetr. numbered edition of 35. acrylic on newsprint 18"x24".

warehouse. numbered edition of 35. acrylic on newsprint 18"x24".

current television

the piece PR!MO did for current television / current.com finally went on the air. or a slightly re-edited version. changed to mostly showcase aerosol warfare, but give up still sneaks in. GIVE UP on tv? fuck.

i don't know the air dates or schedule, but check the current site or just watch cable all day and maybe it will come up.
to see the original version of the video check out the april 2008 section of the blog under the title 'video'.
thanks again PR!MO.