-jc del barco ii
counting/down/the days.
9.19.2009
The Gentlest Gentleman
It's nice to see and hear a classic performing presence. An instrument so small and a girl far from tall can sing a song with a timeless appeal. She collaborated and sung many songs on The Decemberists' recent rock opera album, The Hazards of Love. She is currently touring with them, though will sadly skip over LA. I hope to catch her live again when she visits town.
-jc del barco ii
still crushing/needs to go to a concert soon/sigh
9.01.2009
Dreams of Flying
Jan von Holleben is a photographer from Cologne, Germany. He often works out of London.
Here are some photos from one of his series
titled "Dreams of Flying".
I like it. They are simple and well composed. Fun cheap camera tricks that really rekindle that childhood dream.
You can find the rest of his series on his website @ http://www.janvonholleben.com/?page_id=4
Don't grow up too fast.
-jc del barco ii
victim of gravity/young/hopeful
8.17.2009
The Kuroshio Sea
Kuroshio Sea - 2nd largest aquarium tank in the world - (song is Please don't go by Barcelona) from Jon Rawlinson on Vimeo.
Let it finish loading before you push play. Watch it in the dark, full sized on the biggest screen you have available. It's breathtaking.
It reminds me of futuristic cars going down the skylanes at various altitudes in sci-fi movies, but in a nice cerulean outer space. Everything is so graceful: the little fish, the manta rays, the whale sharks, even the scuba diver. The song ("Please Don't Go" by Barcelona) is a little cheesy, but it works. I would have chosen a song with an epic feel by Sigur Rรณs or M83. What would you have chosen?
7.23.2009
Argyle Smile in Print!
Hello friends.
Please check out this article on some of my very talented friends, Argyle Smile.
Check out Argyle Smile and a few tunes of their new Tipsy Turvy EP on their myspace at http://www.myspace.com/smileargyle.
Best of luck to all of your professional, romantic and creative endeavors,
-jc del barco ii
fan/friend/excited
7.20.2009
Animals Not Welcome?
Hello.
Sorry about the hiatus, reader(s). Life has been extremely busy and good!
Today I found two articles that deal with wild animals not belonging at certain locations.
1: The government hunt for late Colombian druglord Pablo Escobar's hippopotamus has been called off. He had a male and female hippo imported from Africa a while back, which then escaped his private zoo and had a kid in the wild. The governement shot the male dead and animal rights activists gave them enough guff to convince The Man to figure out a way of relocating the mother and it's calf intact.
I don't know if this makes me proud or ashamed of being half Colombian. Eitherway, I wish the best to the mother and calf. Though Colombia is a long way from home in Africa, I think the gorgeous landscape would be more exotic and fruitful for a hippo.
2: San Diego judge orders seals to be chased out of the kiddie pool cove. The Children's Pool was made to be a safe swim area, but the seals were keen on it and sort of strongarmed their way onto the turf, or sand rather.
After a turfwar between humans and seals, the judge decided
enough was enough and that the seals were to be chased out of the pool, or else Children's Pool officials would be fined.
I reckon there will be some bloodshed.
Naive as it may be, I really just wish that San Diegoans, Colombians, Hippos, Seals, etc. could all just get along and play nice. Just last week my roommate Alex and I were trying to figure out how to adopt a koala that is willing to wear a diaper.
Well, this post was useless, just caught my attention to see so much Human/Animal conflict in today's modern world...
The world needs something unifying. Something good. Something Bear...
-jc del barco ii
animal/human/machine
7.06.2009
Irate Panda Blog: Summer Prompt
Hello Friends,
My good friend Sebastian Pardo (http://iratepandaboss.com) is launching some summer play today!
He selected a handful of friends to contribute to the project, I got to be one of the selected!
We recieved a prompt: "What is summer to you?"
We were free to submit whatever we wanted in response.
Check out works from Thomas O. Bailey, Daniel Kaufman, myself, and a few others this week. Each day will feature a new submission!
Check it out at http://iratepandablog.blogspot.com
Thomas' submission is up.
-jc del barco ii
friend/noisemaker/summerlover
6.16.2009
Farewell Runty, My Dearest Cat
Runty,
Though most people never thought much of you, I always vouched for you. Kitty gave birth to you on June 14th, 2005 in our house in Covina. Out of the litter of 5, you were clearly the most incompetent kitten. The siblings pushed you away from the teet and we picked you up and put you back in the action. When you and your siblings were learning to walk, we would line you up in a line and have races. You were always last. We found homes for your siblings, but I wanted to keep you. Small, slow, and silly, you were the best little girl in my eyes.
I liked coming home on weekends from college so I could play with you. You were skittish with most people, but you came to me with a kind meow and a quick rub on my leg. I felt like you knew that I loved you even though you were probably a retarded kitty. To be honest, I felt like I had to look out for you. It's probably why I liked you so much.
Don't get me wrong, I love your mother, Kitty, but she can kind of come off as a bitch sometimes. Her affection was exclusive and she was like the pretty girl at school that a boy was lucky if she glanced at. Nobody really took you seriously, but I liked you all the same. I was always excited when you wanted to play with me. Usually my excitement would scare you and you would run off.
Remember that one time I put you in the pillow case and you freaked out? I'm sorry if it bothered you, I was just teasing you.
I remember coming home late many nights and seeing you on the roof looking up at the sky, waiting for someone to come home and let you in the house. I credit you for getting me into stargazing and astronomy. There really is alot to look at in the big black night sky.
Runty, you weren't really good at being cat, but you had a good heart. I remember when you almost won the fight against the grasshopper. You were gnawing on it and I was watching and proud that you made a kill, yet it still managed to hop away with one leg. I hope it's other leg didn't scratch the roof of your mouth. You sure did cripple that son of a bitch.
I will say, you kicked up your sass when we got Bruce Wayne. You put that big silly dog in his place. I was proud to see you carry yourself well in the face of danger, even though Bruce had no cruel intentions.
I'm sorry you were scared when the family moved out of the house. You spent every day of your life at that house, so it's no surprise that moving made you scared. I don't know why you had to run off, but I miss you. I'm going to miss you sleeping on my bed and annoying me. I'm going to miss your little chirps and skittish ways. I will always miss you and I will always love you. Kitty hasn't been the same.
Good luck, Runty. You are the nicest little girl I have ever known.
much love,
Though most people never thought much of you, I always vouched for you. Kitty gave birth to you on June 14th, 2005 in our house in Covina. Out of the litter of 5, you were clearly the most incompetent kitten. The siblings pushed you away from the teet and we picked you up and put you back in the action. When you and your siblings were learning to walk, we would line you up in a line and have races. You were always last. We found homes for your siblings, but I wanted to keep you. Small, slow, and silly, you were the best little girl in my eyes.
I liked coming home on weekends from college so I could play with you. You were skittish with most people, but you came to me with a kind meow and a quick rub on my leg. I felt like you knew that I loved you even though you were probably a retarded kitty. To be honest, I felt like I had to look out for you. It's probably why I liked you so much.
Don't get me wrong, I love your mother, Kitty, but she can kind of come off as a bitch sometimes. Her affection was exclusive and she was like the pretty girl at school that a boy was lucky if she glanced at. Nobody really took you seriously, but I liked you all the same. I was always excited when you wanted to play with me. Usually my excitement would scare you and you would run off.
Remember that one time I put you in the pillow case and you freaked out? I'm sorry if it bothered you, I was just teasing you.
I remember coming home late many nights and seeing you on the roof looking up at the sky, waiting for someone to come home and let you in the house. I credit you for getting me into stargazing and astronomy. There really is alot to look at in the big black night sky.
Runty, you weren't really good at being cat, but you had a good heart. I remember when you almost won the fight against the grasshopper. You were gnawing on it and I was watching and proud that you made a kill, yet it still managed to hop away with one leg. I hope it's other leg didn't scratch the roof of your mouth. You sure did cripple that son of a bitch.
I will say, you kicked up your sass when we got Bruce Wayne. You put that big silly dog in his place. I was proud to see you carry yourself well in the face of danger, even though Bruce had no cruel intentions.
I'm sorry you were scared when the family moved out of the house. You spent every day of your life at that house, so it's no surprise that moving made you scared. I don't know why you had to run off, but I miss you. I'm going to miss you sleeping on my bed and annoying me. I'm going to miss your little chirps and skittish ways. I will always miss you and I will always love you. Kitty hasn't been the same.
Good luck, Runty. You are the nicest little girl I have ever known.
much love,
jc del barco ii
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