CRITICAL MASS HYSTERIA! (1978-)

Just after finishing the Indianapolis 500 Mini-Marathon on May 5, 2012. This was a bit of a moment for me, as I’d been training for six months to run 13+ miles in under two hours.

ADAM “MCA” YAUCH, 1964-2012.

visualamor:

theohpioneer:

seriously. this. every day.

Stay the course, keep your head down and keep moving forward. 

(Source: fearlessnotreckless)

My brother and his wife are going to have a baby. I’m ecstatic…

Hi, everyone. The band I was in, The Elms, is releasing a full-length documentary of our final show, which occurred a little over a year ago. We’ve called the film, THE LAST BAND ON EARTH: A Film About THE ELMS. This is the limited edition DVD cover.

I’d be honored if you checked it out, as it’s something I’m very proud of (both the band and the film). It comes out on Black Friday, November 25. Details here. This is the final piece of work that The Elms will release, so it’s a monumental moment for me on a few levels. More on that later.

Watch a piece of the film here, and if you don’t mind helping spread the word about it, I’d be very grateful.

Thanks.
Owen 

By Art Jonak, in memory of Steve Jobs.

WILLIAM SAROYAN (1908-1981).

If you’ve not yet noticed, I’m an admirer of great pragmatists, and I like to quote the wise words of able minds past & present. William Saroyan was an Armenian American author and poet (Wiki HERE), and he wrote the 1951 Rosemary Clooney hit, “Come On-A My House.” Saroyan’s writings have been hugely encouraging to me on numerous occasions, and historically I don’t think he’s given the credit he deserves. And, I have a modest little blog. So I’m doing my part. Here a few of my favorite Saroyan quotes, in no particular order:

“The role of art is to make a world which can be tolerated.”

“In the time of your life, live - so that in that wondrous time you shall not add to the misery and sorrow of the world, but shall smile to the infinite variety and mystery of it.”

“The greatest happiness you can have is knowing that you do not necessarily require happiness.”

“Good people are good because they’ve come to wisdom through failure.”

“I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human race, and the most constant. How do you take away from a man his madness without also taking away his identity?”

“I can’t hate for long. It isn’t worth it.”

(And of course…)

“Try as much as possible to be wholly alive, with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell and when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”