NEXT!!

I spent the weekend down in Austin, Textus for the MOG party at the sxsw music festival/interactive conference. It was an unveiling of the MOGmobie and it seemed as though it was a hit. If nothing else, it is a smile generator.

I had a great time. The Black Keys, Broken Bells and my favorite, Demolished Thoughts featuring Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth), J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), and Andrew WK. I was rocking my homemade leather pants, my Chuckie T Experiments and a clean function shirt. I felt like a hundred bucks.

The function shirt attracts a weird demographic. I was getting the "sup, we-have-high-visibility-stripes-in-common" head nod from the traffic and construction guys. One citizen thought I worked for the city. I was eating one of the tastiest pulled pork sandwiches when the guy came up to me and said,"Excuse me, sir? There is a dead dog in the river over there. Could you take care of it, or call someone?"

I said, "Now you tell me, right after I dropped four bucks on this sandwich!" indicating that I could and would have been happy with a free dogmeat sandwich, had he informed me 5 minutes earlier.

But enough about the past.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words but a decent picture costs a thousand bucks. That is a dollar per word. Maybe I should consider a career in wordography. How many words are in an average epic? I'll call it The Baths I've Taken. That would get me in the lettuce.

let·tuce

   [let-is] Show IPA

–noun

1.

a cultivated plant, Lactuca sativa, occurring in many varieties and having succulent leaves used for salads.

2.

any species of Lactuca.

3.

Slang. U.S. dollar bills; greenbacks. fun tickets.

This is a tentacle of the multipus growing in my head as I try to figure out how to make the MOGmobile project a juicy worm that will attract more pleasure. I mean, work. Where do I go from a big blue hairy monstermobile? Maybe I'll do a boat with Dorrito sails or figure out a way to attach mini ad banners to mosquitos. Let's make a phone for the clumsy and the fatfingered!

As much as I love furniture, it is the design process that really curls my toes and I am hoping to use the MOGmobile project as a way to broaden my appeal. This weekend my friend suggested following his sister's lead and sell anti-fungal cream to podiatrists. I have to take that as proof that my appeal has already broadened and I am looking forward to a future more vast than bright.

vast

   [vast, vahst] Show IPA adjective,-er, -est, noun

–adjective

1.

bloated with opportunity, oozing good fortune; dripping fortuity, etc: the future looks vast.

2.

of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous: vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the war.

3.

very great in number, quantity, amount, etc.: vast sums of money.

4.

very great in degree, intensity, etc.: an artisan of vast skill.

Can you tell I read a David Sedaris book on the plane? I would be honored if you could.

Things You Don't Want Your Client To See

I'm going out on a limb here because that is where I feel most comfortable. Here is a link that will let you see live action MOGmobile fabrication, thanks to Dead Letter, the manager of the Watershed building. There will be action between the hours of 8 and 8 every day, give or take a few hours on both sides. If you see anyone in a Function Shirt slacking off, please send me an email and I will have them replaced.

The MOGmobile is progressing with deadline fervor. I am picking polyester resin out of my hing hong as I type. My hope is to post frequently but my fear is that the MOG brass will panic at the sight of an out of context process image. Sometimes are not the best times for a client to see a work in progress. Back at Carlton House Restoration, Kenny had a process by which he would actually light a table surface on fire with some alcohol to bring out some orange hue from the wood grain. Not the ideal time for the client to stop in for a look. The MOGmobile is in a similar state right now. Hopefully not on fire, but you never know with that resin. Mix it a little too hot and we will have more orange hue than we know what to do with!

We are basically building out the van with foam which we will fiberglass over. Then we will give the bald bambino 24,000 beautiful blue hair plugs, add a psycko sound system and send her down south.

Below are some images of the mogression.

We actually used whipped cream to form the fenders.

Here is the van with the plug- pre glass

This is the scene here. It is like a work hurricane.

Taking form.