Vote for JAI LIVE on YOUTUBE.COM

Yo!

My friend Scott Novosel from Tokyo has a video up on YOUTUBE.COM and it is part of the underground music video contest. His band's name is JAI LIVE and the video is called "Out of Sight".

Public voting is from Wed. 10/25 until 11/16.


JAI LIVE would totally appreciate you checking out their video and voting "Out of Sight" for best music video.

Please spread the word!

Here is the link to the video:



Domo Arigato from Scott!!

Life is Simple

Lately, I have been present to the fact that I make things more complicated than they really are. I know exactly why I do this. It's because I have it in my head that if I really work on something that is difficult, I believe that the end result is worth while. That's how I've been for most of my life. I always complicate things so that I can say "wow, I really made it through that one", when in fact, there could have been a simpler solution. And I always refuse the simpler solution because I have it in my mind that a solution that simple could not come so fast and easily as it does. Does this sound familiar to any of you readers out there? Do you make your life more complicated that it really is? I just had this thought right now and thought I would share it with you. I was sitting in front of my computer killing myself trying to figure out the functionality of a client's website and then just realized that it's not that complicated, looking over the grand scheme of how I work as a web designer. Anyway, moral of the story is, don't complicate things and move on.

Art Party: The Global Citizen Movement

Art Party: The Global Citizen Movement
Chicago Artists' Month 2006: Beyond Boundaries
Opening Night Reception - Friday, October 20th, 2006
Featuring the sounds of DJ CT


The John Fluevog Store
1539/41 N. Milwaukee Ave, Chicago


"Art Party: The Global Citizen Movement" is a celebration of works by Chicago artists and their colleagues. Organizers Joanna Burgraf, Leigh Anne Bush and Ron Sager have produced fashion, multimedia, photography and painting exhibits in Chicago, Miami and New York City.

ART PARTY is part of the "Chicago Artists' Month" program coordinated by the Chicago Department of Cultural Affairs. This is the first event exploring what it means to be a global citizen in the context of Chicago artists' Month Beyond Boundaries theme. Work showcased goes beyond traditional forms of media to include video installation, performance art and fashion.

Event hosts John Fluevog Shoes designs footwear worn by artists such as The White Stripes, Black Eyed Peas, Goldfrapp and Gnarls Barkley.

Guest artists and exhibitors include:

• Antone (Fashion & Fine Art Photography, Antone Photography; Fluxcore, Chicago)
  
• Beth Emery (Painting, Atlanta)
  
• Joanna Burgraf (Painting, Graphic Design; Fluxcore, Chicago)
  
• Leigh Anne Bush (Fashion, Lambush; Fluxcore, Chicago)
  
• Likalee (Digital Fine Art Photography; Fluxcore, Chicago)
  
• Melissa Kolbucz (Designs from surplus & recycled materials, [WIRED] Jewelry; Fluxcore, Chicago)
  
• Ron Sager (Multimedia and Photography, Sageron Multimedia; Fluxcore, Chicago)
  
• Sara Rahbar (Mixed Media, New York City)
  

HOSTS:
Erica Ann
g.ROCK
Kylie
Jonny Balz
Varushka

About the Organizers: Ron Sager, Leigh Anne Bush, and Joanna Burgraf have been producing shows nationally for three years. Clients include Pontiac, Jerry Azumah of the Chicago Bears (retired) and Bella Lounge. As directors of the artist collective Fluxcore, they have produced several avant-garde art shows.

Thanks for the birthday messages

Wow, I have received so many wonderful birthday greetings from such great people. I am so grateful for having such amazing friends and family. You guys are the best. I am currently working on my birthday list of "to dos" and will post some of the items on my list shortly on this blog. One major birthday "to do" item is that two years from now, on October 8th, 2008, I will have completed my first feature film. Talk about aiming high! I will take nothing less. Although I am recovering from a bit of a hangover from last night's festivities, I feel like a million bucks.

Right now I would like to share with you a great video about the laws of attraction. Check this website out:

www.thesecret.tv


It truly is amazing and is well worth the $4.95 that you must pay to view it online. Heck, buy the DVD while you're at it. There are so many things that you can waste your money on, so you might as well purchase "The Secret" video. Just look at it as an investment for yourself. Cheers guys!

I love Autumn

Mr. Automatic
Originally uploaded by Ron Sager.

This is Bill a/k/a Mr. Automatic at Modern Love - The Make Out Sessions, an awesome night that I deejayed for this past week at Celebrity in Chicago.

Gosh, I've done so much over the last couple of weeks. I deejayed for Puma at Nortdstrom for their Glam Event, met some awesome people at Celebrity, Rodan, and Betty's Blue Star Lounge during Sadie's Bon Voyage to France, and donated some of my t-shirts and CDs during the Pilsen Open Studios for Sadie's Bon Voyage.

Speaking of Pilsen Open Studios, check the pictures that I took here. I saw some really great art work in Pilsen last weekend. Here are some of the artists who you should be checking out:

Rodney G. Jeanbaptiste
www.jeanbabtistephoto.com

Marco Logsdon
www.marcologsdon.com

Karena Karras
www.karenakarras.com

Amir Normandi
www.artsfordemocracy.blogspot.com

Diane Carriere

The last two artists I saw (Amir Normandi and Diane Carriere) were part of an exhibit at d'Last Studios and Gallery entitled "Desire No Shackles", which is part of Chicago Artists' Month 2006.

Also, I was in Colorado in September, and I visited the coolest gallery in Boulder. If you are ever in Boulder, Colorado, you must check out:

Art & Soul Gallery
www.artandsoulboulder.com

The exhibit that I saw was entitled "Alliance", and it featured works by

Jason Thielke
www.jasonthielke.com

and

Scot Lefavor
www.scotlefavor.com