Solitary Arts - Things I Make for My Daughter by Geoff McFetridge for Apartamento Maga

"Deckades" - GM Deck For Unicef

Geoff’s contribution to “DECKADES”, in the UK is available here, through eBay.

I sent this flyer to my friend, Jef as it looked like him in the photo…

Holy Sh#%*, haven’t seen this in DECKADES!!!
(ALVA Posse dayz… L-R: J.T., J.H., Dandforth in the U.K.!) What a TRIP… super cool the foto made the flyer! I seriously forgot about this shot… it was us 3 & Eric Dressen on this tour thru the U.K., skating & traveling with these guys was a total blast…
Eric D. at the top of his game. Actually… I’m riding my first SMA-Rocco board in this foto. It was a ALVA-Danforth, DOGTOWN-Eric D., and SMA-WORLD-J.H. tour… I think i paid for J.T.’s ticket so he could come with… those were the days!

- Jef Hartsel

Geoff did one of the 20 hand-painted, 1987 Chris Miller “Snake” blanks that are being auctioned with all proceeds going to Unicef.

Browse and bid on the complete list of boards up for auction, here.

All Style...

A few of us had a chance to take advantage of the nice morning weather this past Tuesday with some friends, and sessioned the park. Thankful…
I made a quick video of Bob Lake and the his smile-inducing lines.

Music By: Bronx River Parkway

Bob sent this video he made of his wheels conversing with concrete and his trucks barking at coping.

Mahalo, Bob.

On The Road... The Whitest Boy Alive

Solitary Arts studio visit…

Homesick on Tour

The Whitest Boy Alive’s most recent album is amazing. It is called “Rules”. These are some drawings I did for it:

and some others that did not make the cut:

- GM

The Whitest Boy Alive In San Francisco

The Whitest Boy Alive are playing to a sold-out crowd on Wednesday, April 14 at Slim’s in San Francisco. This is their first U.S. tour and one that leads to Coachella by weeks-end, followed by two evenings in New York before leaving the states. I had the rare opportunity to see their very first U.S. performance at a private show on Tuesday, April 13, 2010, at their friends home in Oakland. Many thanks to The Whitest Boy Alive!

erlend øye – guitar and vocals
marcin oz – bass
sebastian maschat – drums
daniel nentwig – rhodes and crumar

All [o]: Yong-Ki

04.14.2010 USA-San Francisco – Slim’s
04.16.2010 USA-Indio, CA – Coachella Festival
04.20.2010 USA-NYC, New York – The Bowery Ballroom
04.21.2010 USA-NYC, New York – Music Hall of Williamsburg
06.14.2010 CZ-Praha – Palac Akropolis
06.15.2010 AU-Graz – PPC
06.16.2010 SER-Beograd – Kalemegdan Fortress
06.17.2010 RO-Bukarest – E-Uranus
06.22.2010 HU-Budapest – A38

DO IT!!!

From a great series of photos documenting the L.A. punk scene by Anna Summa. A book of these photos designed by Lorriane Wild will be out this fall.

www.annsumma.com

- GM

Bill Frisell Residency...

I was honored and privileged to attend all 4 nights of Bill Frisell‘s residency this past week at Yoshi’s in Oakland. The shows were excitingly-varied, as always; the fans were diverse and interesting and the music was, well, like every Bill Frisell show… magical. I went to 6 shows in 4 consecutive nights (both sets on Saturday and Sunday) and I wasn’t alone as many did exactly the same. Amazing… He’s been my favorite guitar player for 20 years now.

Mystery guest on April 8th was Buddy Miller
April 9th, Music For Films featured animation from Jim Woodring, a short by Bill Morrison and scores accompanying Buster Keaton’s classic films.
April 10th was the liveliest of the sets since everyone knew most of the songs.
The April 11th show was the first-time Bill Frisell played with Jason Moran, live. Wow.

30 Days of Family in NYC

I was asked by Sammy Harkham and David Kramer to be a part of a show they are having in NYC. I am excited to be a part of it:

Geoff Mcfetridge * Brian Roettinger * Ashley Snow Macomber * Sergio Aragones * Pablo Ferro * Kyle Field * Hamburger Eyes * Cali Thornhill Dewitt * Deanna Templeton * Ed Templeton * Rodarte * Autumn De Wilde

I wish I got to go to dinner with all those people.

This art show is part of a larger project that seems to have something to do with Spike Jonze and his new short film: I’m Here. It is also a Pop-Up version of Family Bookstore, which is a bit local Los Angeles awesomeness. Well, they get it for a month then it is coming back.
This is a very contemporary situation; pop-up-shop, art, performance, film, music and corporate sponsorship. It looks like it turned out really great though. It is hard to see the art because of all the hipsters though (see above) There are events throughout this month.

70 Franklin Street like a knife in the heart of Tribeca

www.thirtydaysny.com

- GM