As well, I got posted on a rad tumblr today called Nympho Ninjas with this photo (gasp, I'm naked).....
I submitted this one as well:
Follow my tumblr for all kind of nakedness, others as well as myself: sweatandsilence
Also, my dog is is a gremlin.
Also, this dude.
Some quick self portraits.
LA was super fun - I hadn't been back since I was a wee lad so it was cool to properly check the city out. The hostel I stayed in was right in Hollywood so it was easy to check things out. I saw the Quicksand reunion show, which was fucking fantastic, with a good friend from home and some new ones (Larry from Pelican and Kim from Sparkmarker). The Kubrick exhibit at the LACMA was fantastic as well. I also drank a lot of extremely good beer (Pliny the Elder twice, oh yeah) and had fun exploring, eating awesome food and going on extremely long walks.
Oh, and I hung out with the ever rad and very lovely Chloe who was kind enough to provide me with a place to crash the last night, among supplying wonderful company, whiskey and campy movies.
Here's a bunch of photos from LA:
The new Dead Again album "Occultus Lake", in which I do vocals and artwork, has been receiving really good press thus far which is nice. We got a write up in the Georgia Straight, which the Vancouver media paper. You can check out the album here: http://deadagain.bandcamp.com
I recently moved into a new place as well, which I'm really stoked about since the old place had a really awkward layout. Plus, the new place is really swank.
Pimp kitchen, which makes me quite. happy.
New couch.
Heated floors in the bathroom. If my cat previously had a god, it's been replaced by this.
New art for the walls.
Other than that, I'm just trying to get various projects going and/or finished and being more productive with my life in general, which includes trying to shoot more in the future. I've also got another session on my back with Ryan Mason at Scapegoat Tattoo in Portland on Friday so I'll post pictures of that in a week or so.
Here's some random photos to end this post, mostly of my animals......
Pug cuddles.
Looking handsome.
Ambrose in the sun.
Winston.
An old project from photo school I found while moving,
zzzzzzz.
I ended up just booking a hostel in LA as I couldn't figure anything else out. As I said, if you're in the area and want to hang out, give me a shout!
I'm headed there on Tuesday (22) for a few days and the person I was supposed to be staying with seems to be flaking out on me so I might need a place to crash. I can't really afford to spend money on a hotel and I'd rather not stay at a hostel - any offers/help would be greatly appreciated!
I also did the artwork for the album, which was inspired by old slasher movie art.
Also, I'll be in LA next week - let's hang out!
I'm going to be in LA from Jan 22-27 so if you're in that area, we should hang out.
Anion did our album with Matt Bayles (Mastodon, Botch, Isis) back in October and it turned out amazing - it should be out in the spring on No List Records. Dead Again just finished our album as well, which comes out tomorrow.
I've also been busy with life, dogs, brewing, etc. Here's a bunch of photos to sum things up:
I started this back piece with Ryan Mason of Scapegoat Tattoos in Portland OR (see Silencia for more of his work). We'll be doing more work on it in Feb and March.
Some gratuitous self shots:
I went up to the frozen far north of Canada for Christmas:
And my animals:
For those who want to keep in touch, you can find me on the following sites:
facebook (I'll only add you if I've actually talked to you on here though),
tumblr, flickr, and colebenoitphoto
You can follow my bands, Anion and Dead Again, as well if you're so inclined.
Anion - facebook and bandcamp
Dead Again - facebook and bandcamp
