the life and times of the Wr

Koi of Hungwa

2010-05-19T01:00:00.002-04:00

atlanticghostempire.com

King Vizie

2010-05-11T21:46:00.002-04:00

ha. this shit is hilarious! this is why vizie is the man.

Neo Nutzy

2010-04-25T20:36:00.004-04:00

I don't know why I'm giving this away because I really want to print shirts but probably never will so I'm just posting this design. If you don't get the joke, then Google "Richmond Flying Squirrels". Somebody must have thought of this when they were designing the logo/name... too obvious not to have been intentional.

Collect Them All

2010-04-20T15:29:00.002-04:00

These poor bastards found their way in.. but not out.

Painted Moonlight

2010-04-12T13:36:00.001-04:00

circus train rolling into town

cease 34 epk

AGE is back!!

2010-04-09T12:44:00.002-04:00

Check out the newness.. atlanticghostempire.com

Unions and The Law

2010-03-31T00:52:00.002-04:00

If you have any sense in your brain whatsoever then you should already realize that an event like May Day is important to recognize and understand. Check out what's going down this year in the Fist to celebrate/eulogize the rights of actual workers around the world.
maydayrva.org

Heaven Sent

2010-03-31T00:15:00.003-04:00

So I dunno if anyone else has ever noticed this but I've been weirded out by this for a long time now...
In the opening sequence of 30 Rock, Scott Adsit's background images create not one, but two, Christiany references. Both these screen caps kinda suck since the really obvious frames are a second or two after these images but they are decent enough reference points. You've got one where he's got angel wings and one where he's got a halo. Just watch next time it's on.. you'll see.

twins

2010-03-28T00:27:00.003-04:00

kapowie!
blammo!
shabangarang!

bottom feeder

2010-03-26T23:10:00.002-04:00

i just logged onto the born ugly myspace for the first time in a while and this was in our "activity feed" or whatever it's called. i'm not sure what the fuck this is about but i'm pretty sure it's funny. i didn't look at the rest of the comments but i'm willing to bet they were just as insightful and heartfelt.

Morning Breath

2010-03-23T13:22:00.001-04:00

YIM09

2010-03-22T22:31:00.004-04:00

Ol' McDirty has posted up the Year In Music 2009 Edition. I've been listening to it at work recently. Some garbage from the juror's selections (Black Eyed Peas, DMB... Seriously?), but also some gems I knew nothing about. My pick was the Todd Snider jam. Thanks Will.. awesome job!!

Late Night Crew

2010-03-22T10:12:00.004-04:00

photo by host supreme, Mr. DangerRoss of pinkcrackkills.com

not yet ya'll

2010-03-18T22:20:00.000-04:00

Rainy Day River Dance

2010-03-15T21:23:00.001-04:00

lean to
boneyard

rosssssssserisms

2010-03-15T01:33:00.004-04:00

this was a lot of fun building and destroying.

after the show rosser and i threw half the installation over a wall onto I-20 and dumped the rest of the show in a rail yard and set up a sign directing passersby to it.

deeskricious

2010-03-09T16:07:00.002-05:00

my parents are great cooks. beet towers sanwiched with goat cheese, mixed greens, candied pecans. ka pow!!

dirty birds

2010-03-08T21:54:00.001-05:00

Two Things At Once

2010-03-08T10:20:00.000-05:00

bornuglymag.com
pinkcrackkills.com

hearing aid

2010-03-04T00:12:00.005-05:00

Tim's new album came out a few weeks ago. There are a few weak spots (ok.. just one really) but this is fucking good! The slow songs on this album really shine.

readings

2010-03-04T00:08:00.002-05:00

just finished reading this. subtle and powerful.

wigger?? music

2010-02-15T22:35:00.002-05:00

heard about the carolina chocolate drops today on ATC. awesome.

no wax

2010-02-11T00:19:00.001-05:00

metal coping should not be waxed. here, DEW applies a wax removing/rust encouraging solution. metal coping likes some rust.. it makes it scream.

harshin

2010-02-10T00:54:00.000-05:00

Sunny Days

2010-02-07T11:11:00.000-05:00

beginnings

2010-02-03T22:33:00.003-05:00

origins

2010-01-29T02:33:00.003-05:00

recession be damned.. they didn't need fancy dolly shots and HD bullcock. this is the first skate video i ever saw.. at my friend darren's house while high as fuck and eating mama celest pizzas his little brother cooked for us.

I Remember Halloween

2010-01-21T13:37:00.002-05:00

Laying next to this was a stack of flyers for a Halloween Festival in 2000. Nine years of sitting on a dirty concrete floor.

Disaster Capitalism

2010-01-21T01:30:00.003-05:00

In case Anderson Cooper hasn't made it clear what is going on down in Haiti, here are two links that might help.

Proclaimers: The Solar Powered Bible

US Mercenaries in Haiti

In case this is all too serious...
Enjoy. And yes George, this is all for your enjoyment.

Business Partner

2010-01-14T22:42:00.005-05:00

Barfy James from the last time he dropped off issues at Rumors. Just Google image up some "born ugly."

New Work

2010-01-13T17:19:00.000-05:00

New pieces from last year on wiltedroses.com

Left & Leaving

2010-01-08T11:04:00.001-05:00

New Year

2010-01-04T13:38:00.001-05:00

We have a winner!!

Beginnings

2010-01-03T01:14:00.003-05:00

Animal Farm

2009-12-22T22:27:00.000-05:00

Jesus's Top 3

2009-12-20T23:07:00.003-05:00

Watch these movies instead of shopping for shit that people don't give a fuck about.

Straight up incredible.

Classic shit.

Probably not as widely viewed but possibly the best of the group.

People Wanna Know

2009-12-17T18:30:00.004-05:00

My buddy Jason at Wooooo Magazine posted some Google autofills of things people commonly search for. Seemed funny, so Brionna and I did some research of our own. People are fucking weird.

WPA

2009-12-08T12:01:00.001-05:00

New book sounds awesome...
Heard about on Diane Rehm today.

slowly coming along...

2009-12-06T21:48:00.000-05:00

Hippie Dip Food Stuff

2009-12-04T10:04:00.003-05:00

Was up at Ellwood yesterday picking up our awesome Virginia raised/grown/produced food from the Farm to Family bus. We joined the winter CSA so we get this great food every two weeks now. We went into Ellwood to grab some other random stuff and picked up one of their new brews crafted in conjunction with Blue & Gray in Fredericksburg. B&G makes some great brews and this is no exception. Eat and drink quality... yeah it costs a little more now but you'll end up paying for eating garbage later when you have some fucked up stomach cancer from consuming a lifetime worth of Yellow-2 and Red-5.

Born Ugly Issue #4

2009-12-01T19:43:00.000-05:00

Out Now.

Bikeriders

2009-11-25T00:58:00.003-05:00

Brionna bought me this book.

It reminds me of many of the odd things I've come across on bike rides.

T.S.W. II

2009-11-12T22:27:00.000-05:00

T.S.W.

2009-11-11T19:12:00.000-05:00

Creationism

2009-11-10T22:58:00.003-05:00

Earth and Water

2009-10-26T21:08:00.000-04:00

All Things Awesome

2009-10-23T22:23:00.002-04:00

All Things Considered did a really cool story on a Portland based grocery chain today. That reminded me today donate to our local NPR station, WCVE. Don't be an ignorant, cheap bastard. If you live in the Richmond area, donate... they need it!!

And there was also this story about Jay Farrar and the dude from Death Cab for Cutie collabing on a Kerouac-inspired album. Awesome.

AGE Ch. 11

2009-10-22T10:36:00.002-04:00

Newness from Mr. Will Thaxton in the form of Atlantic Ghost Empire's 11th installment.

studiophonic

2009-10-19T23:08:00.003-04:00

Homeboy Greg got some lights!!

Jingle Sells

2009-10-14T21:57:00.002-04:00

Well it's been a long time coming but today my Jingle Jihad begins!! I have always wanted a jingle like in ads on local radio and I wanted to get musicians I know to make them for me. After years of harassing many people/groups, my best buddies over at daybyday finally came through. You guys are the best.

Money Matters

2009-10-10T15:36:00.001-04:00

County, City and Army Gang Up on "MTA" Tag from blogdowntown on Vimeo.

This would not fall under the heading of "wise investment of resources."

Smash the State

2009-10-07T13:16:00.001-04:00

Interesting article on the history of "terrorism" on the BBC.

Nonvelope of the Month

2009-10-06T20:27:00.002-04:00

I guess it was a slow month of at Thrasher in the Envelope of the Month category because they used one of my images that didn't fit in the Canvas I had a few months back as an envelope. Weird. But I guess I get some product. They need to turn that shit into a shirt.

Brewtality

2009-10-06T00:18:00.001-04:00

Just watched Beer Wars. Pretty cool film about beer and small businesses pitted against multi-national mega corporations.

Police State

2009-09-29T14:42:00.001-04:00

Why are these people protesting? This movie should probably give a pretty good idea.

Born Ugly: The Third Heat

2009-09-23T18:35:00.001-04:00

Effectively synergizing backwards overflow... The Third Heat!!

Tonight There's Gonna Be a Jailbreak...

2009-09-18T12:35:00.003-04:00

I always figured this is exactly what I would do if my pup was gonna be put down... Except I wouldn't get caught.

Fuckin Revs

2009-09-15T23:38:00.001-04:00

This is about the best interview I've ever seen.

Next Friday Ya'll

2009-09-12T21:52:00.000-04:00

BU #3...

2009-09-10T16:12:00.000-04:00

next week.

Auto Align

2009-09-08T23:02:00.002-04:00

While trying to stitch a shirt graphic scan for Kulture it became clear that Photoshop's auto-align does not "get" my drawings.

Back to Skool

2009-09-08T12:48:00.002-04:00

This is probably pretty old but I just heard about it on Kojo. Clever.

fuckall

2009-09-05T22:21:00.002-04:00

Holy shit. California is fucking retarded. Whichever shitbag politician signed off on this needs to be drowned in the river.

Cash Cow One

2009-09-04T23:10:00.002-04:00

I was at the bookstore tonight and came across this enormous waste of paper. The goon that did this book should have hit hands, feet, and eyeballs removed for being such a moneywhore. What a fucking joke.

Ha. Awesome.

2009-09-03T14:40:00.002-04:00

Done proper.

Been Back

2009-08-27T00:45:00.004-04:00

Oregon coast... I will live here. I will stare into the fog, take in the constant crush of the ocean, and soak in the fact that nothing at all matters. The waves and the cold could kill a person in seconds... and that would be it. Nothing more.

AGE Ch. 8

2009-08-24T09:54:00.001-04:00

My good friend, Will Thaxton's project continues... Atlantic Ghost Empire: Chapter Eight (which I did illustrations for) is now online.

Lynch Mob

2009-08-19T10:58:00.002-04:00

So I was listening to a story about health care... and it got me thinking about one of my favorite ways to kill time on the interweb. Emailing elected representatives is both responsible and amusing. You can get your voice heard and spout off some weird opinions that someone who works for your representative will have to read and log into some database. If you live in Richmond Virginia, the links below will be of use...

US Senators:
Jim Webb
http://webb.senate.gov/contact/

Mark Warner
http://warner.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?p=Contact

US Congressman:
Bobby Scott
http://www.bobbyscott.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=272&Itemid=63

Governor:
Tim Kaine
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Contact.cfm

City Council:
You can find your dumbass Council Member here.
http://www.ci.richmond.va.us/citizen/city_gov/council.aspx

These are just a few of the many, many people you bombard with your brain-makings. And remember, the more local they are, the less contacts they probably get, and the more likely they are to take your opinion seriously.

Tripping

2009-08-17T15:00:00.002-04:00

My friend/former professor from VCU, Peter Baldes was spotlighted on NPR yesterday. Check out Pete's non-site.

With a Tilt and a Shift

2009-08-14T16:08:00.003-04:00

Silverman Balls

2009-08-12T23:52:00.004-04:00

Pretty interesting article on Goldman's Sack from last month's Rolling Stone (yep, the one with the three gay guys on the cover).

DRI...

2009-08-12T19:58:00.001-04:00

... is playing fucking Jaxxx in Springfield on December 12th. Weirder things could happen... I suppose.

AGE Ch. 6

2009-08-12T12:04:00.001-04:00

The saga story continues over at Atlantic Ghost Empire. Here's a sketch from something I'm working on for chapter 8.

We'll Die Sooner

2009-08-12T01:12:00.004-04:00

Here is a smart idea that I first heard promoted when we were traveling down the West Coast. It's good to hear it's spreading, but sadly, can we really expect that the people writing health care reform will give this sort of thing a ghost of a chance... NOPE. Fuck.

Thuggery

2009-08-09T18:12:00.001-04:00

...And the Party Never Ends

2009-08-08T00:38:00.000-04:00

Well, eventually it does.

Garbage Mouth

2009-08-07T09:23:00.000-04:00

Get your learn on. Solid film that makes the point without a gross-out shock factor. Pay a little more for food now so you don't have to pay way more for sickness and suffering later.

The Road Goes On Forever...

2009-08-06T22:38:00.000-04:00

AGE Ch. 5

2009-08-06T12:53:00.000-04:00

The fifth chapter of Atlantic Ghost Empire is online with illustrations by John Powers. Get your serial novella on.

11 Days, Nonstop Movement

2009-08-04T23:23:00.000-04:00

Flip Side

2009-07-23T02:17:00.000-04:00

Independence Weakened

2009-07-16T22:56:00.000-04:00

nutrition

risk management

see the pig?

fireworks barge in va beach

road raging

All Coiled Up

2009-07-10T23:48:00.001-04:00

Google's header today is sick. Reppin' Nikola Tesla.

BU#2 Launch Jam

2009-07-09T12:27:00.000-04:00

Jim outdid himself on these... fucking clinical!! See everyone at Bike Lot.

Funny Things for Make Laughter

2009-07-07T00:55:00.000-04:00

Coming Soon... #2

2009-07-06T17:34:00.000-04:00

AGE

2009-07-01T09:08:00.000-04:00

My good friend, Mr. William Eppes Thaxton, has launched his project site, Atlantic Ghost Empire.

Tell em All to Get Fucked. Oooohh!!

2009-06-24T22:42:00.000-04:00

Another reason why NPR and Todd Snider are awesome.

Fakers

2009-06-21T23:32:00.001-04:00

Fuck... Nails it again.

We've Been Had (again)

2009-06-20T00:31:00.000-04:00

Oh yeah, I sat around my house all day nursing a broken rib and read the new Harper's. It is SOLID. Yes, it be lot of words, but they are important words. Read it and accept that Obama is doomed to fail our dreams.

They Got All the Liquids

2009-06-20T00:14:00.000-04:00

My parents gave me this bottle opener a while back. I love it. It looks almost exactly like this sea lion I drew as a Refuse to be Smart graphic almost 10 years ago. It opens lots of things.

Here are some things it opened tonight.

Bush Style

2009-06-18T23:56:00.001-04:00

Money, Compliments, Publicity

2009-06-18T01:34:00.000-04:00

Todd Snider's new album is fucking great. That's a fact.

Skate and Destroy

2009-06-09T22:23:00.001-04:00

My purpose in life has now been fulfilled.

Stay High

2009-06-09T10:35:00.000-04:00

Manhattan's High Line Park officially opens today. This is an awesome project (even though the High Line was a lot cooler when it was basically a floating haven for vandals and urban explorers). The High Line site has some great old photos like the one above of the area before the line was built.

Greg is the Man

2009-06-06T22:15:00.000-04:00

My brother from a different mother shot some photos of me skating during his bachelor party camping trip. I'm actually stoked as hell on them. Thanks Greg!!

Stand, And Be Counted

2009-06-05T11:50:00.000-04:00

This is how you communicate with your local government officials. I actually feel a little bad about the final response... I mean, I got a politician to apologize. Ha!

Possibly the best yet

2009-06-05T00:49:00.005-04:00

This New Rules is spot fucking on.

Crumble

2009-06-03T08:51:00.000-04:00

From a March 2009 Richmond Police public report.
Wow. Debbie sure has been doing a great job shutting down antique shops, restaurants, and clubs. We really need more good local businesses shut down.
If you live in Richmond you need to get involved. Start by emailing City Council. Remind these dumb fucks that they were elected to represent you, the voter, and that it is their job to do what you say.

Green Livin'

2009-06-03T00:15:00.000-04:00