Month: September 2010
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Today in Tacoma: Art takedown party at Amocat Cafe
It’s the end of the month, and that means Stuart M. Dempster‘s “Last Solo Sail” art show will be vacating the walls of Amocat Cafe. Today is your last chance to see the nautically-inspired works before the art is removed in what Dempster is calling an “unhanging”. The takedown party will occur from 2:00 PM to…
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Captain Manley and Shannancy’s Shanty
Back in June, I made a promise: I swore that if I won a certain Frost Park Chalk-Off, I’d use the prize – ten Spanish doubloon replicas and a Mayan calendar medallion – to make a pirate-themed video. Now, at last, the promise is fulfilled. I shot Captain Manley and Shannancy’s Shanty back in June,…
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Vlogtag: A thwash of general Septemberiness
Can one have links in one’s pants when one isn’t wearing any pants? Oh, the terminology trials and tribulations inherent in pantsless vlogging. Write-up: “Seafaring art sails into harbor at Amocat Cafe” The Vlogtag forum (within the AdamTheAlien.com forum) Stuart M. Dempster Norman Tweeter Chuck DeClown Treefish Studio (a.k.a. the soon-to-be-wed Stuart & Kendra)
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Adam Responds: Pants for Gears
I’ve finally started a proper video response channel, with the ever so original name of AdamResponds. Here on AdamTheAlien.com, I’ll post all video responses along with the video that I’m responding to, so you won’t have to go looking for it. The Adam Responds series of videos won’t always be featured in the main site feed,…
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Seafaring art sails into harbor at Amocat Cafe
Amocat Cafe has been transformed. No longer is it merely a place to sit, drink, eat and be local. For the month of September, Amocat is a port – a harbor for seafaring artwork. Docking on its walls are nautical scenes of varying shapes and sizes. Some of the intricately rendered ships float on framed…
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The Creative Process
I’ve recently been introduced to a lovely webcomic called FreakAngels, written by Warren Ellis, that godlike writer responsible for Transmetropolitan. The story revolves around a group of twelve brain-whammy super-powered types called the FreakAngels who were somehow responsible for the end of the world. The details of how and why are not initially disclosed, but…