Comments for Jeff Smack : Direction + Design http://jsmack.com underpromise. overdeliver. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:33:43 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Comment on Practice. by jsmack http://jsmack.com/2012/01/practice/#comment-2882 jsmack Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:33:43 +0000 http://jsmack.com/?p=985#comment-2882 As long as we're talking infinites, that works too. Lately, flipping a coin has been much more efficient though. As long as we’re talking infinites, that works too. Lately, flipping a coin has been much more efficient though.

]]> Comment on Practice. by kieran http://jsmack.com/2012/01/practice/#comment-2881 kieran Sun, 29 Jan 2012 19:26:22 +0000 http://jsmack.com/?p=985#comment-2881 Hugging it out with infinitely favorable possibilities leaves me all warm & fuzzy. I think I'd like a t-shirt that says: "I'm with Infinitely Favorable Possibilities." Hugging it out with infinitely favorable possibilities leaves me all warm & fuzzy. I think I’d like a t-shirt that says: “I’m with Infinitely Favorable Possibilities.”

]]> Comment on Aram Bartholl’s "Dead Drops" by +++ http://jsmack.com/2010/11/aram-bartholls-dead-drops/#comment-1891 +++ Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:49:08 +0000 http://www.jsmack.com/?p=458#comment-1891 More Dead Drop story over at Animal New York : http://animalnewyork.com/2011/09/dead-drop-drive-with-cold-war-secrets-installed-in-berlins-spy-tower/ More Dead Drop story over at Animal New York : http://animalnewyork.com/2011/09/dead-drop-drive-with-cold-war-secrets-installed-in-berlins-spy-tower/

]]> Comment on Black Markers by jsmack http://jsmack.com/2011/03/black-markers/#comment-977 jsmack Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:35:55 +0000 http://jsmack.com/?p=853#comment-977 Wow. I just got the poster in the mail. Each marker is illustrated by the artist. That takes the dedication one level further. Also it came with 4 crisp black push pins. Beautiful Wow. I just got the poster in the mail. Each marker is illustrated by the artist. That takes the dedication one level further. Also it came with 4 crisp black push pins. Beautiful

]]> Comment on BLK Book : a thing of beauty by jsmack http://jsmack.com/2011/01/blk-book-a-thing-of-beauty/#comment-964 jsmack Mon, 28 Mar 2011 12:25:25 +0000 http://jsmack.com/?p=777#comment-964 These things still are not available for purchase! These things still are not available for purchase!

]]> Comment on Healing Toxic Future Music by Barfy http://jsmack.com/2011/02/toxic-future/#comment-849 Barfy Thu, 10 Mar 2011 14:57:17 +0000 http://jsmack.com/?p=819#comment-849 If that show flyer is any indication, the future of music is bright.. albeit a bit red-hued and acid-rainy. If that show flyer is any indication, the future of music is bright.. albeit a bit red-hued and acid-rainy.

]]> Comment on Self Portrait : Blind Contour by jsmack http://jsmack.com/2011/01/self-portrait-blind-contour/#comment-585 jsmack Tue, 01 Feb 2011 21:52:47 +0000 http://jsmack.com/?p=790#comment-585 I prefer Rasputine Mesmerizer. I prefer Rasputine Mesmerizer.

]]> Comment on Self Portrait : Blind Contour by Malk http://jsmack.com/2011/01/self-portrait-blind-contour/#comment-579 Malk Tue, 01 Feb 2011 19:44:01 +0000 http://jsmack.com/?p=790#comment-579 A Portrait of the Artist as a Mephistophelian Hypnotizer. A Portrait of the Artist as a Mephistophelian Hypnotizer.

]]> Comment on Fishbone, The Story by jsmack http://jsmack.com/2011/01/fishbone-the-story/#comment-536 jsmack Fri, 28 Jan 2011 16:51:42 +0000 http://jsmack.com/?p=761#comment-536 I don't claim to be a music blogger expert but I've thought about this so I'd say that Fishbone would have been glad to get rich. They just never did. They only focused on being themselves through the music. Where as Fugazi deliberately only profited enough to cover cost and pursue a creative vision further, as far as I know. Superchunk ( I think started the label MERGE ) was a very business savvy group and used the business to prioritize the music, broadening their creative options and nurturing a scene. Commercially viable, commercially unproven, commercially successful...if you're going to attempt a career in music you have to be somewhere in there, unless you're the king's harpist or something. I don’t claim to be a music blogger expert but I’ve thought about this so I’d say that Fishbone would have been glad to get rich. They just never did. They only focused on being themselves through the music. Where as Fugazi deliberately only profited enough to cover cost and pursue a creative vision further, as far as I know. Superchunk ( I think started the label MERGE ) was a very business savvy group and used the business to prioritize the music, broadening their creative options and nurturing a scene. Commercially viable, commercially unproven, commercially successful…if you’re going to attempt a career in music you have to be somewhere in there, unless you’re the king’s harpist or something.

]]> Comment on Fishbone, The Story by Malk http://jsmack.com/2011/01/fishbone-the-story/#comment-532 Malk Fri, 28 Jan 2011 04:10:05 +0000 http://jsmack.com/?p=761#comment-532 those were hand-me-down bands from this guy Christopher who used to babysit me and my siblings. He drove around with a little Violent Femmes sticker on his mazda and ragged on lead singers that wore trench coats in music videos (e.g. Mister Mister). But getting back to fishbone: it is possible that their sound - that particular brand of funk/punk - was less commercial by definition? Also, is there a distinction between commercially unsuccessful and underground? (It's becoming increasingly obvious that I'm in over my depth, out of my head...) e.g. How do they compare to Fugazi or Superchunk in these respects? those were hand-me-down bands from this guy Christopher who used to babysit me and my siblings. He drove around with a little Violent Femmes sticker on his mazda and ragged on lead singers that wore trench coats in music videos (e.g. Mister Mister).

But getting back to fishbone: it is possible that their sound – that particular brand of funk/punk – was less commercial by definition? Also, is there a distinction between commercially unsuccessful and underground? (It’s becoming increasingly obvious that I’m in over my depth, out of my head…) e.g. How do they compare to Fugazi or Superchunk in these respects?

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