here is a video of my friend jon chase. he’s an artist and designer. if you look at the “other projects” section of his site, you can see that in addition to all his other work, he created art for blink-182 and +44. in fact, he spray painted the grills of my bass amps for one of the blink-182 tours. he is our friend from way back in the day and is making a name for himself in the art world. jon even created a “bob smith” canvas for me, which hangs in our studio to this day. he says he loves art but still hasn’t gone to see the murakami exhibit here in los angeles. but he still rules and here he is bringing the awesome. My Yoda Canvas for Revenge Of The Empire Show
my friend thom sent me this link to a clip that one of his friends filmed. it’s pretty amazing. just think of the amount of time it took to learn this.
part three of the in-the-studio-with-our-lunar-activities saga. in this episode, blades gets contrary and challenges my authority as producer. guess whose background vocal is getting cut 5 dB in the mix? watch and enjoy.
blink-182’s tour manager and great friend gus brandt now manages a band called HiFi Handgrenades. for those of you who subscribe to the himynameismark podcast, there is a free download of their cautionary tale of a song called Sunset to Sunrise.
