August 17th, 2009

The Laugh Sabbath Comedians

Joe's goes on another adventure!

Oshega Crowd 2009

Yup. I know. I don’t care about my blog anymore. Sorry Mom. Sorry cousins. Sorry random person on facebook whom I didn’t add and whom I will see at various concerts around the city and still will not have had a conversation because we are not and at this point likely will NEVER be friends. I am SORRY. I tell you people that I am busy. I say, “I am busy – I am working so I don’t need to waste my time trying to promote myself and ranting about how much my apartment sucks because it DOES suck and I SHOULD have moved months ago..

Oshega Crowd 2009

I am going back to Europe today and I had planned on doing many things before I left but I just didn’t have it in me. In the past two weeks alone I was hired to do a shoot for Spin Magazine, sent to Montreal to shoot a huge band for Gasoline Magazine, had photos in the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Now Magazine, Eye Magazine, edited a stop motion video for Evan Biddell’s summer 2010 runway show in October, and planned out and photographed the bio photos of a bunch of great bands. I really am making a living doing photography – but my self promotion really sucks these days.

Oshega 2009

Also, my blog used to be really fun for me. I used to really enjoy posting photos and trying to write funny things between them. I don’t have a comments feature because I didn’t want my blog to stop being fun – but between my apartment flooding and then the summer from hell of constant construction to fix the same apartment – I started to hate this stupid blog. I became very angry every time I went to update the thing and despite promises to stop my ranting, rant I did because angry I was.

Piper at Oshega

Well today I leave for my work vacation. I love what I do, so work and pleasure can never be separated; but to leave behind my apartment, and the always present but never visible “Toronto Art Community” can hardly be called anything else but a vacation. The second I step on that plane all my worries will be against the picturesque backdrop of Ireland, France or Germany. Garbage strike in Toronto?!! Yah – that hardly set me Che in it’s chakra. (NOTE: I have no idea what a CHE or a CHAKRA are but I am pretty sure my inability to frequently take Gingko Biloba has somehow permanently damaged both.

Adrian Grenier or Vince from Entourage

I planned on updating this at the airport or while on the plane to Dublin tonight, but while sleeping my bookcase literally exploded. My bookcase has been the victim of damage from floods and though it appeared to be in good condition at approximately 2:35 AM a huge BANG sounded the death of the upper level of shelving throwing around 100 volumes very heavy and very valuable art books across my room and onto my sleeping legs. A lovely collection of Karsh photos weighing around 40 pounds once again became known to me as it nearly severed my Achilles tendon.

Karen O from Yeah Yeah Yeah's

Since I am now shaking with fear that this has started a trend of things falling from the sky today – I am NOW updating my blog. Yup. Update Update. Photos of famous people. Update Update. Oh LOOK, THERE my Zardoz DVD is – it was jammed in my spine while I slept soundly all these long months! How had I not noticed it all these times? I would play it but the lower half of my body has been crushed useless by the additional burden of my series “The German Photographic Journal” Years 1965- 1972. (Note: If you are looking to buy any of the books in this series, 1969 was a great year for crushing my big toe on what used to be my right foot).

Artic Monkeys (Courtesy of Gasoline Magazine)

Hey just did anyone read my epic Science fiction Blog which was written using random photos as a method to dictate the structure? No? It’s ok – neither did I.

You Say Party! We Say Die!

So in other news, I have a new domain name to house my blog. The site is “WhatthefuckamIdoingwithmylife.com” If you check it now; it will either be nothing or a spinning skull with a link back to this blog. It will start to look all fancy when I get some html time in Paris next week. The hilarious thing is I bought this domain name last year and did nothing with it until now. Isn’t that hilarious?!! (Joe rolls around like a spinning skull) I am going to use this to house my blog for the time being because it’s a kick-ass domain name and I own it and you don’t.

Tali Band @ Sneaky Dees

I don’t really have much to say at the moment – It is 3:30AM and I have a LONG day of packing, going to banks, mailing out discs to clients etc. Check back frequently – the next month and a half should be fun!