aaron farley & co.

because LA is actually such a small town (which you know if you live here) you end up running into the same people quite often and under random circumstances.

i was pleasantly surprised to reconnect with Aaron Farley last week.

Aaron and a group of other artists, including my buddy Dan Monick, have joined forces to bring us THIS.

i’m really looking forward to seeing what these guys turn out in terms of shows.

(this is one of Aaron’s photos that i just had to post and keep in my folder of art by others)

metal spider webs video

black mold is an instrumental project by singer/songwriter chad van gaalen.
it’s pretty different from his other recordings.
after a couple listens, the album started to grow on me…
or at least some of the songs did… not all.

this is a video for metal spider webs, the first track off the album.

(chad does all his own artwork. pretty impressive)

Black Mold: Metal Spiderwebs from Flemish Eye on Vimeo.

Jean-Michel Basquiat (Dec 22, 1960 – Aug 12, 1988)

Today Jean-Michel Basquiat would have been 49 years old.
There’s no telling what he would be up to these days considering all that he accomplished by the time he died at the age of 27.

I love watching him in Downtown 81. The film had to
be overdubbed because the original audio was lost.
Saul Williams provided the voice for JMB’s character.
Basquiat’s band Gray has two songs on the soundtrack
and he offers up some poetry on Coati Mundi Hernandez’s
track Palabras Con Ritmo.

I also found out recently Basquiat
plays the DJ in Blondie’s Rapture video.

here’s his Wiki page if you want to read more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean-Michel_Basquiat

never thought i’d see this

http://thebirdinmymouth.com/2009/12/09/diamonds-on-my-neck/#comment-471

no shit, right?

thanks dallas.
more HERE.

wolfie’s christmas by drawlings

as promised.
not sure if this constitutes as a xmas song but it has it in the title.
and i like it.

Wolfie’s Christmas

mixtape #7

most of these bands are new to me.
and i know nothing about them.
they all have a similar vibe though.

liars is an exception – i have all their albums & eps.
i’m looking forward to their upcoming record Sisterworld.
i can’t say i love all their releases but i am always drawn back to them as a band and listen again and again.

i do know of Blank Dogs. and again, like liars, i can’t say i like everything but i recently took another listen and this track caught me enough to buy it.

Hollow Tongues is a different vibe from the other songs but i still like it in the mix.
i don’t know anything about this band. stereogum had two songs for download.
i opted to only keep this one. i couldn’t make it through the other.
check out both tracks HERE.

my favorite in this find of new music hands down is Vibes. this song is just rediculous enough for me to love it. not rediculous in a bad way. just the lo-fi production and the lyrics – at least what i could make out. just made me laugh. plus the cover for this 7″ is pretty epic.
i might have to order it HERE just to have it.

none of this is exactly xmas music but i can’t say i really like xmas music.
i do have one song that i will post separately that is xmas-y and it’s pretty radical.

Woods – Rain On
Small Black – Bad Lover
Smith Westerns – Girl In Love
Best Coast – When I’m With You
Fergus & Geronimo – Harder Than It’s Ever Been
Liars – Scissor
Blank Dogs – Around The Room
The Intelligence – Singles Barge
Cheap Time – Glitter And Gold
Reading Rainbow – Restless
Hollow Tongues – Unknown Jewel
Naomi Punk – Shouldna Started Trouble
Vibes – Night Court

the known universe

i love these kind of things!!!
one of my favorite things to do is go to the Observatory here in LA
and watch the movie they do about space and the history of astronomy.
part of their film is like this – where the viewpoint extends out from Earth
and then goes back… but this video is just epic!
i love that i can watch this whenever i want now.

mika miko is done…

man i really liked this band too…
go see them live one last time…
buy tickets HERE

just another reason why joe mckay is not average

found on http://www.learnsomethingeveryday.co.uk/

the brooklyn heist

My good buddy Danny Masterson of That 70′s Show fame
has a movie called The Brooklyn Heist that just came out.
you can cop it via these links -  iTunes or Amazon.
great job DM!

watch the trailer…

wifey strikes again

my wife, Holly Palmer has teamed up with Paul & Price
for the music for the new Halle Berry fragrance commercial.
nice work guys!!! sounds great!!!
the full length version will be out in January via iTunes.

the briggs – silent night – not so silent

a little xmas tune for you from my buddies THE BRIGGS!
click the link to download for free:

http://www.myspace.com/thebriggs

check out their most recent record here

good art hlywd

my buddies from GOOD ART HLYWD stopped by tonight
to drop off some gifts for me and the wifey!
i was so stoked to open up this little envelope
and find a Good Art pendant of the letter M!
which could be for McKay or for my son Maceo… either is great!!!
thanks so much Josh & Rachel!!! you guys are awesome!!!

be sure to check out the GOOD ART HLYWD website
and get yr fucking jewelry on sucker!

air guitar (and then some)

so wifey was a little down one day so i started playing air guitar for her…
because when i do stupid shit it makes her laugh…
and my favorite thing in the world is to hear my wife laugh…

air guitar (and then some) from joe mckay on Vimeo.

some pics from last night

see lots more here

that’s what friends are for…

thanks DM!!!

artistaday.com

geoff from artistaday.com contacted me and asked if he could post some of my work on his site.
and he did!
thanks geoff!

check it out here:
http://www.artistaday.com/?p=5289

i love what this site is all about!
here it is in their words:

“We feel artists are under-valued, under-exposed, and generally under-appreciated. Our goal is to bring attention to artists that otherwise don’t get the attention they deserve. If we can bring their art to one person that would have otherwise missed the opportunity to see it, we feel like we have made a contribution to the art community.”

fuck yeah. i’m all about that!

mixtape #6

first up on this installment:
*a new song from Sigur Rós singer Jón Þór Birgisson who is releasing his upcoming album under the name Jónsi.
*a new track from Toro Y Moi. i’ve been looking forward to the full length since i heard the Human Nature cover.
*a track from Lil’ B in which he remembers his childhood and how he was “a freaky young boy”. fucking epic.
watch a video and download the mp3 for “BasedWorld 1989 BASED FREESTYLE” which he just uploaded.
*an all-time favorite from one of my all-time favorite artists, Chad Van Gaalen.
*too tired to talk about the rest… hahaha… just listen.

Jónsi – Boy Lilikoi
Toro Y Moi – Blessa
Lil’ B – Memories PT1 (Based Freestyle)
Chad Van Gaalen – Phantom Anthills
Wale – Strings
TOBACCO – Hairy Candy
Nodzzz – I Don’t Wanna (Smoke Marijuana)
Enon – Murder Sounds
Six Finger Satellite – Parlour Games
Blackalicious – Cliff Hanger
Baby Huey – Hard Times
Bill Quick – Take Me Away
Devendra Banhart – I Feel Just Like A Child
LCD Soundsystem – All My Friends
Dudley Perkins – The Last Stand

Where We Met – print now available!

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Where We Met by Joe McKay
Archival Pigment Print
Printed at POVevolving Print Studio
Museo Max 365gsm Paper

Sheet Size: 13″ x 13″
Image size is 12″ x 12″

Edition of 20 Prints

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