I went to the House of Blues this past Tuesday to catch The Vettes, Lady Gaga, Metro Station, and Gavin Degraw. The Vettes were awesome (they’re actually from around here). Lady Gaga put on an awesome show. I had doubts of her performing live but she can actually sing. I enjoyed her performance a lot. I’m not a huge fan of Metro Station so I sat back and enjoyed the surroundings for their entire gig. It explains why I don’t have any pictures of them haha. By the time Gavin Degraw came out, we were already tired. We left two songs in but I would assume his performance was good too.
The Vettes!
Lady Gaga and her crew come on stage. She’s wearing some LED glasses while the rest of the crew wear LED shirts. Very awesome performance.
Lady Gaga’s DJ, Space Cowboy
Gavin Degraw at the end of the night.
And now for my cupcake post.
I was out and about today and thought I’d drop by my favorite local T-shirt shop, Dirty Coast. Took me awhile to get there since there was mad traffic on the bridge I was crossing. Anyway, as usual, I buy a shirt. There was this talk about a new cupcake place that just opened right next door to them. I thought “Hey, might as well check it out while I’m here.” To be more honest, I was like “Fuck, I can go for some fuckin’ cupcakes.”
The place is called Bee Sweet Cupcakes. Not the most original name in the world but it was a nice, if a little small, shop. Logo is fairly simple but it gets the message across… I like it. Even though they’re fairly new, they’re getting popular fast. A friend told me she tried to get some once but there was a sign that said they were sold out and was told to come back the next day. When I came in, there were a handful left so my little sister and I each chose one. Verdict: Excellent. The one I had was a bit sugary sweet but good nonetheless. I’ll definitely come back.
Hey its Santa Clause
The box it came in.
Bee Sweet Cupcakes is located on
5706 Magazine St.
New Orleans, LA 70115
(504) 891-8333
http://beesweetcupcakes.com/
(Try to track the bee with your cursor. nice subtle effect.)
They’re right next to Dirty Coast Press. Make sure you check both shops out.
Other updates:
Portfolio is updated with some projects I did for Computer Graphics III and Advanced Darkroom Techniques.
Did I mention that it snowed here the last week?
01 StereoType feat. Breakfastaz & Ken Mac - Cold
02 Damian Wilson feat. Ann Bailey - (Can You) Take Me Way (Slipmatt Remix)
03 StereoType feat. Foreign Beggars - Bangers & Mash
04 Deekline & Wizard - Baila Baila (Stereo Type Remix)
05 Cool Kids - Basement Party (Slyde Beats Edit)
06 Savage feat. Aaradhna - They Don’t Know (Bass Kleph Remix)
07 Johnny Cage feat. Serenity - Do It
08 Crisp Biscuits - Felix
09 StereoType feat. Tali - Under My Skin
10 Tittsworth - WTF (Deekline & Ed Solo Breaks Mix)
11 DJ Icey - The One
12 Malpractice - Oh My Gosh
13 Dalgo - Love Lockdown Remix
14 Wiley - Burning for You*
*I kinda remember I used this track before but not sure where.
I tossed in a few oldies-but-goodies tracks in there. I had a remix I was working on but I’ll save that for another set.
OK, its been awhile since I last mixed up a set. It’s coming. Just don’t expect it to be soon. Be patient. As always, there’s no set date. And as always, I think it’s still pretty stupid to set a date for yourself for these types of things. You’ll get it when you’ll get it =)
This semester isn’t as busy as the others but it’s sucking up my funds each month. It doesn’t help that I have to look for items that aren’t being made anymore (like Polaroid 669 film). Just one more year!
As for games: Rock Band 2: I still play it at least once a day. ‘Nuff Said. New DLC each week keeps me happy.
Gears of War 2: I never played the first one so I’m not really sure what’s going on. Great game nonetheless. Very awesome ride from the beginning to end with the exception of a few boring parts in between. The story is a bit corny for me but who cares about the story anyway? And why was it raining razors at one point of the game? And Horde mode is awesome.
Guitar Hero: World Tour: I seriously wanted to like this game but came off disappointed. If there’s anything that will annoy the graphic designer in me, it’ll be the inconsistent design elements and art direction present in the game. Nit picky I know and it doesn’t really affect the game directly and it shouldn’t sway your decision to buy the game. Solo career is OK. Full band experience is underwhelming. Custom track creation is not intuitive and very cumbersome to use (You have to use the guitar and/or drums to lay down notes). Sound quality is OK at best. If you must, rent it to check it out. I already traded it in along with Guitar Hero 3 (to get GoW 2 no less haha).
So I was watching TV and this commercial came on. It was about a site called neworleans.com. Obviously, its a site about New Orleans. “Oh, its just another generic New Orleans commercial.” I say to myself. Then at the end of the commercial, the logo for their site shows up. It looked oddly familiar.
Check it out:
neworleans.com’s logo
Now where have I seen that graphic before? Oh that’s right. I did a project last semester that had a similar design. It was an advertising project where we had to create a billboard to advertise the city of New Orleans. The catch was you had to think about how you would advertise New Orleans outside of Louisiana. Anyway, here’s what I came up with (NewOrleansOnline.com is a real site by the way. I just used their site for the sake of the project.):
My billboard ad
Side by side comparison
Coincidence? Probably. Am I going to do anything about it? Probably not. I just found it funny to see a very similar design on TV. Even my version of Andrew Jackson’s statue almost fits perfectly with theirs. Only the size and detail of the cathedral is different. Again, I’m probably not going to take any action as I really do think its just a big coincidence. And besides, its just a class project. And who knows? They probably thought of the design before I did :p
“Ableton Live looped cover of Something About Us by Daft Punk, performed on Nintendo DS Ubisoft Jam Sessions, Midi controlled software electric bass, drums, synth, vocoded vocals, and solo theremin, recorded in a single pass, with a single camera.”
Very awesome. Please watch this with an open mind.
