purely satirical

Do people do the whole satire thing anymore? I hope some of them do. I'm all about that. Here's a quick thing; I'm doing other stuff a lot lately.
Mega

Critical Mass Tacoma - September 2009

It's Critical Mass time again! Come out (rain or shine) for a casual ride through the streets of Tacoma this Friday (Sept 25) at 6pm. We meet up at Jefferson Park in North Tacoma (about N 9th and Madison), and figure it all out from there. Hope to see you there!

Is there a large version of the poster available? Yes. As a lovely, hi-res, print-ready PDF!

But what is it? Why should I come?

Because it's fun! Join fellow bicyclists for a leisurely and spirited celebratory ride through Tacoma. The ride is on rain or shine! Decorated bicycles, trailers, signs, flags, noise-makers, ghetto-blasters, sound systems, drums, and wildly modified bicycles are all highly encouraged!

Celebrated around the world, Critical Mass is a grassroots reclamation of public space--on the last Friday of the month--which allows cyclists and other self-propelled people to move safely and comfortably through city streets in a car-free space. Non-polluting forms of transportation are promoted.

Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren't a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we're living the world we would like to see--filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars, empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.

Critical Mass Tacoma July 2009

Critical Mass July is on! Meet up at the corner N 9th St and N Madison St. on July 31 at 6pm. Not sure where to go? Check the magical Google Maps: link

But what is Critical Mass?

Critical Mass bike rides are spontaneous, leaderless rides that begin at specific times and locations in various cities around the world. Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren’t a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we’re living the world we would like to see–filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass, we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars–together–empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.

Critical Mass rides sometimes enrage car drivers because bike traffic competes with car traffic for space on the road. Cars have their critical mass 29 days of the month when bikes get crowded out. It’s called rush hour! Critical Mass is a single day when bike traffic briefly outnumbers car traffic. Maybe in 50 years, bikes will outnumber cars everyday. As concerns about global warming increase, people are searching for alternatives like bikes. A community of cyclists is developing–demanding respect and some space on the road.

Critical Mass Tacoma - June 2009

Critical Mass in June is on! Meet up at the corner N 9th St and N Madison St. Not sure where to go? Check out the magical Google Maps: link



But what is Critical Mass?

Critical Mass bike rides are spontaneous, leaderless rides that begin at specific times and locations in various cities around the world. Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren’t a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we’re living the world we would like to see–filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass, we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars–together–empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.

Critical Mass rides sometimes enrage car drivers because bike traffic competes with car traffic for space on the road. Cars have their critical mass 29 days of the month when bikes get crowded out. It’s called rush hour! Critical Mass is a single day when bike traffic briefly outnumbers car traffic. Maybe in 50 years, bikes will outnumber cars everyday. As concerns about global warming increase, people are searching for alternatives like bikes. A community of cyclists is developing–demanding respect and some space on the road.

Memorial Day

Sorry it has been a long hiatus here at staticalaska. There has been no scarcity of artwork here--I would say more than anything else it has been a lack of confidence on most of the new stuff. Anyway, I figured that we were just getting into Memorial Day here, so this would be fitting to put up. It's a sad holiday.

There's a lot of art that I am really excited about that will hopefully be getting put up here before too long. I have been trying new stuff and exploring different styles.
Stay safe, readers.
mega

Critical Mass Tacoma - May 2009

[cross-posted from moink.net]

After last month's monstrous success (nearly one hundred riders!), Critical Mass in May is on! Meet up at the corner N 9th St and N Madison St. Not sure where to go? Check out the magical Google Maps: link



But what is Critical Mass?

Critical Mass bike rides are spontaneous, leaderless rides that begin at specific times and locations in various cities around the world. Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren’t a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we’re living the world we would like to see–filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass, we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars–together–empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.

Critical Mass rides sometimes enrage car drivers because bike traffic competes with car traffic for space on the road. Cars have their critical mass 29 days of the month when bikes get crowded out. It’s called rush hour! Critical Mass is a single day when bike traffic briefly outnumbers car traffic. Maybe in 50 years, bikes will outnumber cars everyday. As concerns about global warming increase, people are searching for alternatives like bikes. A community of cyclists is developing–demanding respect and some space on the road.

bears and hip-hop

So lately this blog has had a lot of band posters up on it, but I guess this makes a fair amount of sense given the number of shows we've been playing lately. Here's another! It was initially going to be for chopping into thirds, but I think it works pretty well intact. I got my ink out again, so brush and inking yielded this bear which goofily presents a hip-hop show happening tomorrow night. This will be the first show Flock headlines, and it's with a bunch of other hip-hop kids, which I am excited about.

Critical Mass Tacoma - April 2009

I've been quiet for so long, but I noticed the "nonsensical bike advocacy" and had to post that Friday, April 24 starting at 6pm is...

Critical Mass!

Meet up at the corner N 9th St and N Madison St. Not sure where to go? Check out the magical Google Maps: link

But what is Critical Mass?

Critical Mass bike rides are spontaneous, leaderless rides that begin at specific times and locations in various cities around the world. Since no one organizes the rides, the rides have no agreed agenda or demands. They aren't a protest. Instead, when we ride on Critical Mass, we're living the world we would like to see--filling the streets with bikes, laughter, human speed, clean air, engagement and life. At Critical Mass, we can bike down the street safe from speeding cars--together--empowered by our numbers. Critical Mass is a celebration.

Critical Mass rides sometimes enrage car drivers because bike traffic competes with car traffic for space on the road. Cars have their critical mass 29 days of the month when bikes get crowded out. It's called rush hour! Critical Mass is a single day when bike traffic briefly outnumbers car traffic. Maybe in 50 years, bikes will outnumber cars everyday. As concerns about global warming increase, people are searching for alternatives like bikes. A community of cyclists is developing--demanding respect and some space on the road.

Show on Monday

This show is on Monday, and the rest of the details are all here on the posters!
I made three to compensate for the fact that they are just 8.5x11 black and white prints.
So here is the info on what I expect will be three great days to start off my pseudo spring break: today there is a party that Flock and $2000 Puma are both playing, then tomorrow I won tickets to Ratatat in Seattle, and then we have this show on Monday (plus all of the Lapelles are visiting, which will be a party in its own right).
I hope that everyone else is having comparably exciting times.
mega

Flock Rides Bikes

Here's some more nonsensical bike advocacy coming out of staticalaska.
Flock: we ride bikes cause we and bikes are tight.
I think I mostly just like the phonetics of it. It was not thought out at all, and Eric was really not consulted. There are other images from when this picture was taken; something similar to this, but a little easier to take seriously, will likely be up in the coming weeks.
peace out, little planet

Don't Forget to Breathe

Compared to the last post, this is some pretty good advice.
mega

you can always trust bears

The title of this post is not a wise message, and is not true whatsoever.
That said, if you are looking to staticalaska for wisdom, you must be either desperate or misguided. Let me guide you somewhat: Kevin Nguyen and the folks at the bygone bureau might be more helpful in that regard (though wisdom might not always be the best word for it), and if you have some time for lectures, watching something on TED is generally about a twice a week occurrence for me.
Peace
megacat

So there's a show on Friday

Have you heard? There is this show on Friday. In a rush for time, I put this poster together yesterday, and ended up scrapping several ideas before cutting back to an aesthetic I feel like I have a handle on pretty well. Here's what I got together; it might look sort of familiar (and the image is of Tokyo). To the bands: I do not know what order everyone is playing in. Once I had exported stuff to an uneditable format, I realized that the order of names is something I should have given more attention to. Also sorry on this image maybe being too big to fit on your screen, I'm at school so I'm just uploading the print size.
-mega

I'm still looking for freelance work!

radio radio.

rumblepack has a radio show.
thursday nights.
9-10pm Pacific Time.
stream online @ www.kups.net
or listen at 90.fm in north tacoma, wa

the album is done

Hey everybody,
This is brief: the Flock album is now released (as of Friday) and I am trying to fix the myspace (more like crapspace) for it. To that end, I have a wallpaper here that I redid from an earlier post, and I am posting the cover for it here, too.
the wallpaper:
as a png:

and as a .jpg:

and the cover!

Here's what the desktop looks like all tiled out (if you have all the same stuff on your desktop as I do).

don't let the haters get you down.
Oh and some of our music can be found here.
mega

Punching is the new Hugging

Punching is the new hugging, and fronting is the new loving.
I think the style in the last couple posts on here is where I plan to go with my future illustration work. Long term, maybe I want to do a children's book, but I am pretty sure most of these images would kind of creep kids out.

mega

hats>clothing

Here's a ridiculous new image.
I'd like to warn everyone against perfectionism and recommend Vonnegut, because he makes for some interesting reading. While we're on unrelated topics, I think Deltron 3030 is worth a close listen.
Anyone with work I can do should let me know, as I am currently underemployed yet reasonably agreeable. This offer may not last long! The employers are practically lining up trying to hire me, seriously. I am just trying to make up my mind. Not really, though. Hire me please!
megacat

ps I swear the contrast is higher on my computer.

carnivorous cloud concert poster

Here's a crazy poster I made. Rumblepack and I will be in both Puma and Flock. You can see that the png, #1, has handled colors better than the crazy jpeg below it. Party!!!
-mega

toothawsandnyne!

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