all things mau

How to do Halloweeny the right way.

You guys ready for some halloween fun? I sure am!! but what should I be? Help me out with ideas while a start working on the projects below. Update: so much more here Meathead — Yummy Halloween fun: “ John writes – ‘I saw your ‘Cannibal-themed Halloween supper’ post and it reminded me of this [...]

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Rodin’s “The Thinker”, recreated with Sardine Cans

How do you construct a world without hunger? Albeit, a noble question to ask, philosophers and sociologists have mind marinated this utopian concept, among others, for centuries. Maybe there is no easy answer, but at the very least, my buddies over at Killefer Flammang Architects and the organization Canstruction are doing their best to fill [...]

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English Syntax

We’ve been doing a lot of office art on a whiteboard lately.  I thought i’d start documenting it.  Click for larger view

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Playing volleyball across US-Mexico fence

I absolutely love this story. How would you react if you were border patrol? Regardless of your stance on immigration law? Playing volleyball across US-Mexico fence: “Mark Frauenfelder: Joshua Bearman wrote a story for LA Weekly about a game of ‘border volleyball,’ in which players on either side of a two-story fence separating the US [...]

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Life on the Block

A time lapse experiment

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Nintendo Stole a Super Mario Theme from 6 years ealier?

In light of the upcoming Hollywood Bowl “Video Games Live” (see you there mel). I like to bring up a subject that’s been bothering me for some time now. I’m a LP record digger. I love finding obscure stuff, even well past my DJing/sampling years. I feel like I’m finding a lost piece of time [...]

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The Gates of KCRW

My first discovery of true LA corporate-less culture was probably thru public radio, and more specifically, Santa Monica’s KCRW. Despite my infrequent criticisms of the station, I’ve been a listener for 7 years now, and have always thought, any station that delivers such polished, creative content, is bound to have a palace of a home. [...]

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Zankou Chicken

Zankou Chicken defined 3 wonderful years of my lunch life with Kevin and the American Dreams crew at Technicolor Sound. It has a special little place in my heart. Literally, I think I may have some clogged arteries from this place. Zankou chicken kicks so much ass, I had to rock the shirt to work [...]

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Why the Blank Look?

I welcome you readers to remix this photo.

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Calvin and Hobbes Moment (aka How I Feel Today)

Calvin and hobbes Moment Originally uploaded by maubrowncow. “You can’t just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.” “What mood is that?” “Last-minute panic.” -Calvin and Hobbes PS, if you don’t know why I posted this picture with a Calvin and Hobbes quote, you are not a true [...]

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