The California Solitary Times...

With other newspapers going out of business, we thought it might be good for us to come out with our own 4 pager called The California Solitary Times.

You’ll be able to pick them up at our fine selection of retailers as well as other locations worldwide shortly.

Porous Walker VS Bob K. "Holding out for a Hero..."

Dear Bob,

I’ve got the Mumps and the Measles.

Porous Walker VS Bob K. "Apple Rebuttle"

...Bob K. is waiting

John Zorn's Masada Residency

I really don’t know how I’m going to manage attending every single performance by John Zorn’s residency here in San Francisco. If I had to pick a few, it’d have to be the Masada Book I and II as well as Bar Kokhba I and II. At $50 a pop, I might have to settle on the last show with the Electric Masada.
It’s been a number of years since I’ve seen the original lineup of Masada with John Zorn: Saxophone, Composer, Joey Baron: Drums, Greg Cohen: Bass, and Dave Douglas: Trumpet so maybe if I had to choose one… hmmm, super hard decision but I’ll be at Yoshi’s for sure as this is going to be pretty awesome.

Colnago Mini Shredder

Geoff just got a mini Colnago for his daughter Frances. Awesome little Italian bike!

Porous Walker vs Bob K. Park IV: Happy Apple

Dear Bob,

Have you ever seen real cabin fever?

Friday, March 6, 2009: "Spare Change" @ Hibbleton Gallery

Spare Change with: Andy Jenkins, Russ Pope, Chris Pastras, Chris Yormick, & Mike Myers

Jet Black Crayon in SLAP

SLAP posted an interview with Jet Black Crayon with a short film for “8 Bad Years” by Greg Hunt.

LA Trip: 02/17 - 02/18

With the rain consistently pouring down and the wind picking-up here in San Francisco, Isaac and I weren’t sure about the drive down to LA this week. We decided it was worth the risk even with the grapevine being closed the day before on the I-5 due to ice and snow. We pleasantly found the drive to be relaxing and got into LA without any problems.

Majority of the car-load were all of the decks from Todd Francis’ personal collection that was installed for the 3131 solo show he had last September. Sitting on the top of the box is the original Anti-Hero eagle artwork packed for safe delivery.

Phone photo of the I-5 on our way down.

Our first stop in LA was the Stereo office. They have the Todd Francis x 3131 Deck over their door.

Isaac setup a quick photo shoot in their hallway.

I walked into the Stereo warehouse and found the Big Red up against the stock-shelves.

Geoff and myself at his Champion Studio going over the advanced copy of the latest Solitary Arts line sheet.

Isaac conducting an impromptu interview with Todd Francis at the Element office (Kingman’s office).

Hanging on Kingman’s wall was the Geoff McFetridge x Juice deck.

A small stack of bags from In4mation and Poetree were on the floor. Hawaii represent.

Went to Andy Jenkins office at Girl. Both the Solitary Arts Traveler and Pocket Horn were displayed on his bookshelf.
Sorry we missed lunch with you, Andy… next time for sure.

Isaac and Michael Coleman at the Girl park getting ready to film a Fourstar short flick that Isaac created.

Isaac and Coleman, shoe-less.

Chinook over Girl.

Isaac and Andy Mueller and the Chinook helicopter flying above.

Visited the Gallery Space in Hollywood. New Solitary Arts shirts on the front table… thanks to Mollusk!

A few blocks from the Gallery Space is the Nike Cinema at The Montalbán. Geoff did the installation over the entire building.
Yeah, this is MEGA!

Found 1 of 2 skateboarders.

The other skater in the mix.

We had coffee and rice crispies, dusted with chocolate and cinnamon before heading home.

Isaac had one… I had two.

Thanks to everyone for their hospitality!

Isaac also wrote about our trip down to LA last week on the SLAP blog.

MATTSON FAMILY BENEFIT SHOW SUNDAY FEB 22ND @5PM - ENCINITAS

Featuring the Mattson 2 & Ray Barbee
Sunday, February 22nd 2009
Elks Lodge
1393 Windsor Rd.
Encinitas, CA 92024

Hello Friends,

As some of you may or may not know, Jan and Arlene Mattson have had some health problems lately. Arlene had surgery two weeks ago to remove a brain tumor that had grown back after 15 years. She is still in northern California recovering and is expected to be back home in about four weeks.

Jan was recently diagnosed with colon cancer. He went in for an outpatient procedure last Friday to remove the cancerous tumor. The surgery did not go as expected. The surgeon was unable to remove the tumor and caused an ulcer to bleed during surgery. They could not get the bleeding to stop since the tumor was in the way, so they admitted Jan to the hospital with severe internal bleeding. The doctors told Jan he would not make it but miraculously the ulcer stopped bleeding on it’s own and Jan has been getting better everyday since. He is now back at home slowly recovering so he is strong enough for a second attempt at removing the tumor.

Both Jan and Arlene are self -employed and are not able to work right now. Bills are beginning to accumulate and we are reaching out to you, as friends, to help support this wonderful couple.

Please see the flyer below for info on the benefit show we are hosting for them. I realize that times are financially tough for all of us right now, but any and everything is helpful at this point. If you are unable to attend the show but would still like to make a donation, please send it to . . .

Jan & Arlene Mattson
c/o
Brooke Mattson
1563 Village View Rd.
Encinitas, CA 92024

Thank you in advance for your love and support and we look forward to seeing you at the show. Please forward this info on to anybody who you think may be interested, spread the word.

If you need to contact me, I can be reached at 760.271.5406 or via e-mail.

Jonathan Mattson is in the works of setting up a Paypal account for donations via internet, and support from overseas. Thanks again for your support.