05.08.2008
Deathbowl to Downtown
05.08.2008
Takashi Murakami
Now up at the Brooklyn Museum, this retrospective of Takashi Murakami’s work is the most comprehensive to date. Check it out!
05.06.2008
Burma
We joined forces with an amazing group of people to create this viral public service announcement (PSA). The purpose was to raise awareness on the Burmese peoples ongoing peaceful protests against their military government’s notorious human rights violations. Working on this piece was a unique experience for us and it was exciting to work with such a passionate group of people.
An important goal for each of us, in every project we take on, is getting people to think. With this piece, it is not just a provocation but a call to action. The people of Burma are oppressed: They are not free to express themselves. At Shilo, we are a group of individuals who make art for our livelihoods and we value personal expression as the highest of our freedoms. We are inviting people to join the global conversation about this issue and hopefully we’ll inspire people to make a positive difference for the people of Burma.
This has become even more relevant due to this weekend’s cyclone that ravaged the area, killing thousands. Please join us in showing your support for this cause. Here are some helpful sites.
Click here to go to the Burma Campaign
Click here to go to the American Red Cross
Click here to go to None of Us Are Free
Click here for the to watch the film and read the full article
05.01.2008
❤ Herb Lubalin
Found this really great resource of Herb Lubalin’s vast body of work. The work holds up after so many years and we can thank him for some of our favorite typefaces. It’s very easy to spend a lot of time going through each image… enjoy.
05.01.2008
Blek le Rat
Blek le Rat (original street stenciler and provocateur) has a book coming out in May on Thames & Hudson titled “Getting Through the Walls” which covers the past 27 years of his work. Clickety clack to check out a slide show.
“Everytime I think I have painted something slightly original I find out that Blek le Rat has already done it, 20 years earlier.”
-Bansky
04.29.2008
Platinum Knuckles Radiohead Remix!!! Vote!
I just finished my submission tor the Radiohead Nude Re/mix competition. You can listen and vote below. Thanks!
- Evan
04.21.2008
iPhone Production
Can’t wait for this! As seen on Kanye’s blog (which is really dope by the way).
04.18.2008
David Lynch "Fishing For Ideas"
“ Cinema is a language. It can say things – big, abstract things. And I love that about it. I’m not always good with words. Some people are poets and have a beautiful way of saying things with words. But cinema is its own language. And with it you can say so many things, because you’ve got time and sequences. You’ve got dialogue. You’ve got music. You’ve got sound effects. You have so many tools. And so you can express a feeling and a thought that can’t be conveyed any other way. It’s a magical medium. For me, it’s so beautiful to think about these pictures and sounds flowing together in time and in sequence, making something that can be done only through cinema. it’s not just words or music – it’s a whole range of elements coming together and making something that didn’t exist before. It’s telling stories. It’s devising a world, an experinece that people cannot have unless they see that film.
When I catch an idea for a film, I fall in love with the way cinema can express it. I like a story that holds abstractions, and that’s what cinema can do.”
-David Lynch.
04.18.2008
GLK - I Spit On Your Grave Mix CD
Other than the amazing Pretty Titty Mix that we posted the other day we’ve been listening to this new mix from The Gas Lamp Killer which we highly recommend. It’s a perfect blend of all the the different musical tastes around the office and is a full hour of head bobbing goodness. The mix is out on Obey Records and you should go buy it right now…
You won’t regret it.
04.16.2008
Arthur Russell
Click here to check out the video and listen to a great track by Arthur Russell.
04.10.2008
Remembering Harold Hunter
Our old friend Harold always made us laugh. He was a great skateboarder and a great person. Check out this cool collection of photography of the one and only Harold Hunter. Click here to see the book
04.10.2008
Shilo Presents: Pretty Titty
Download and Listen to Shilo Presents: We Make It Good Mix Series, Vol.01
We’re all huge music fans over here at Shilo so we decided to get together with our friends at Death of the Party to start up a monthly series. Working with the top DJ’s out there doing it, DOTP will curate the series. We’ll do our part by posting the mixes at We Make It Good, bringing great music to the people.
Kicking it off, we’ve got Pretty Titty. Click here for the full track listing and more!
04.09.2008
Ban This!
“Ban This”, one of many seminal Powell Peralta skate videos, not only had awesome footage of Ray Barbee, Steve Caballero, and Mike McGill but it also featured these crazy sonic collage pieces made by a never to be heard from again Michael Cook. Heavily influenced by Double Dee & Steinski with less precision and more of the rough charm of something a high school kid would make with two cassette decks, this is the coolest skate vid music ever! I also need to mention that Paul Devro brought this to my attention by ripping these mp3s directly from VHS. So awesome!
-Clayton Vomero
