Austin welcomes Maker Faire

Maker Faire
Saturday, October 18 - Sunday, October 19
Travis County Exposition Center (7311 Decker Ln.) iphone flix


Let me lead you into a world of madness & flying wieners!
That's right feast your eyes on amazing wood carvings, paintings & other curiosities! it's the amazing Hancock Brothers!





the flying wiener!



Make Table!



Motorized Skateboard!



Diet Coke & Mentos fountain as seen in Weezer's pork and beans video!



Some way cool cycle rides from SF based Cyclecide!



Electric guitars play through an amp as you pedal!!!



Avi Hartman and his "Carmadillo"a flame throwing armadillo on a go-cart chassis! read more...



visit his website: www.undeadmetals.com



Danny, having a blast with remote controlled robots!



Dope threads by Bonnie Rue @ modelcitizenclothing.com





Guitar City Knits! No words necessary!





A knitted recreation of the infamous guitar sacrifice!
Fender Stratocaster, first guitar burned onstage by Jimi Hendrix, March 31, 1967



Jimi Hendrix Burns Guitar


I leave you with Darth Vader trimming the Death Star "bush"

SUPER! ALRIGHT!

So I'm drivin' the Eastside and I see this cool sign!

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So cool that I had to stop and see what was inside this building! Looking through the windows I could see mac's and cinema displays. Wow I have to get inside! I wonder around pulling on doors, only yo find them locked...finally an open door!



I was greeted by Jacob Villanueva who kindly took the time to show me around this incredible studio. As it turns out Super!Alright! is a collective of freelance visual media artists specializing in visual media such as commercial and music video, web design, graphic design, and photography, with the goal to create an ever-broadening base of creatives working in all forms of media.



Concrete floors, leather couches, huge flat-screen w/ the guitarhero hook-up, story boards and more! In addition, there is art on display! What a Kick-Ass Space!







This is just a preview of this powerful & sophisticated studio.
I will return for an update with more info, for now click the logo below to go to the website.



myspace.com/superalright
ringring@superalright.com
+ 301 Chicon Suite A
+ Austin, Texas 78702
+ ph 512.524.1841
+ fax 866.781.2198

Ignorance creates opportunity

In this case it's the opportunity to use photoshop to speak volumes.

COMING SOON!

Super Alright, fresh graf, stencil bombs, makerfaire, The Yard, Murals, wheat paste posters and other cool shit from the streets of ATX!

Monkey Biz!

Monkey See Monkey Do on S. Congress is cool as all get out! Super fun, you won't be able to figure out how you spent so much time in this small but mesmerizing shop! For the best monkey biz in the ATX, swing in!

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Once you're in be sure to peep the dope mural and the fine chimp triptych by the amazingly talented Mez One aka Don Data









The staff is great especially Sookie!








Toys, collectables, books, stickers, buttons and much more with a fresh track bumpin' the speakers, shop in style like a mug!













Bag skills



Tha Boom Bag!










Monkey See Monkey Do
1712 S. Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78704
512.443.4999

Breakaway Records

Stashed away in Austin's east side Breakaway Records is a quaint spot that carries record rarities and uncommonly low-cost vinyl . I hear all the time there aren't good record shops in Austin, well I suspect folks aren't looking in the right place!

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Thank you Mike for taking time out to chat and show me some very cool vintage record players!

















Breakaway Records
1704 E. 5th St. #105
Austin, TX 78702
512-538-0174

Hobo Jungle!

Art Installation @ Domy featuring John Wesley Coleman & Virginia Yount
Saturday, October 25, 2008 at Domy Books, Austin. The vibe was great, the sounds were sweet and the art was ridiculously awesome!



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Domy Books

I would like to thank Russell & Crew for bringing an incredible book store to Austin Texas. Located just off !-35 on Cesar Chavez. Besides having some of the coolest books you've ever set your hands on the store offers sweet collectable toys and bags. Just when you thought it couldn't get any better, Domy also hosts a number of art installations/shows from local and traveling artists alike! Don't miss the Monster Show 3 Opening Oct. 31, 7–9pm, FREE ADMISSION Show runs through December 5

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Domy
913 E Cesar Chavez
Austin, TX
(512) 476-3669

iphone and CameraBag rule!

The images in this post were taken, edited and uploaded from the iphone! Thanks to a fairly new ap from the itunes store called CameraBag you can "edit" your photos on the iphone before you upload! (uploading is not an option from CameraBag) You can take a picture with Camerabag or choose an exsisting photo from your phone. The first four images are screen shots showing the interface.



overlay CamerBag filters for cool results! Some of the following are CB filter combos.

(Helga+1964)



(Helga)



(1974)



(1974+Cinema)



(Helga)



the two photos shown below are are the original from the ipnone and the same photo after the Helga filter was applied, Awesome! Your photo is now ready to upload via PixUp or Pixelpipe just two of the many uploading apps available for free at the itunes store.





CamerBag has some other cool filters too...

Big Top Candy Store!

When in Austin, you have to visit the Greatest Candy Shop on Earth...Big Top!

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Proprietor Brandon Hodge was very cool and took some time to tell me about his art. Steampunk music instruments...awesomely crafted wonders, based on the design of steam powered machines and gear driven mechanisms!





The store itself is inviting and captivating. I just want to hang out for an hour or two and listen to the cool music and take in the intoxicating smell of candy and ice cream. The walls lined with circus and freak-show posters, banners and old photos, gives the place a parlor feel with old wooden auditorium style benches to chill out while enjoying tasty treats you want to come back everyday!



Did I mention all the delicious candy and ice cream?





And now...the instruments!













Parting shots, see ya soon Big Top, see you soon.





Big Top Candy Shop
1706 S. Congress Ave
Austin, TX 78704
512.462.2220