Going to school in Boulder and working at Installation all my co-workers were skaters, I was the sneaker head actor/host and they were skaters. At that shop I really was introduced to skate culture, that being films, professional skaters,and one of my favorite websites, THE BERRICS (we went in on watching Battle at the Berrics!). [...]
I introduced you to photographer you JaeAn Lee in an earlier post. She is a great friend and a professional photographer hailing from Seoul, South Korea and now living in Brooklyn, New York. JaeAn is amazing behind the lens and has shot for such magazines as Esquire, W, Nylon, people such as Michel Gondry, Alexander [...]
I have a friend, his name is Tyson Johnston, he is 22 years young, and is bad ass director. After years of knowing of each other in Boulder, we finally met in Los Angeles and right away talked of working together and made that happen in less than a year. He directed the video for [...]
I was cleaning out old files from my Mac and came across this! The last time I was in the Bay Area I was invited to come to Comcast Studio’s in San Francisco to be a guest on a show called Upside. The interviewer was Myriah Johnson and she was great! I really appreciate the [...]
I recently hit up my friends over at Yea.Nice to say hello and to cop some new 5 panels, two days later I get a box at my door of my New York apartment. It’s been amazing to see Josh Sherman and JJ Thomas grow the brand the way they have in the last two [...]
Working with MTV IGGY has it perks, at Iggy we get put onto some great music from around the world, I consider that a perk! Last year we featured a band, actually more like an indie quartet out of Australia named San Cisco. The first video I had ever seen was called Awkward, and from [...]
I have and always will support Gay Marriage, it is a human right to love who you want and rights have to be extended to individuals of same sex marriages. NO FREEDOM UNTIL WE’RE EQUAL, DAMN RIGHT I SUPPORT IT! This MACKLEMORE & RYAN LEWIS song/video “SAME LOVE” featuring MARY LAMBERT is a beautiful piece [...]
After many years of wanting to host at MTV I finally got my opportunity hosting MTV Iggy’s Artist to Watch. In the show we feature an artist interview, a 3 song performance, behind the scenes, and 1 song live performance video, all with a live audience. The first band we featured and that I got [...]
If I had a theme about my time thus far in New York City it would be coming across creative people. Another person who now is a friend is Flethcher Williams III. An artist from originally from Charleston, South Carolina now residing in Brooklyn, he is a creative in every sense of the word. He [...]
Sometimes it all comes full circle. Years back when I really started my creative endeavors in Boulder, Colorado many people would tell me to connect with “this guy” Tyson Johnston and vice versa. We had never met in Boulder but knew of each other. Fast forward to 2012 in West Hollywood, through a mutual friend [...]