Here are some photos I took recently of some real nasty looking spiders.

The second one is an scorpion impostor (Solfugids, not technically spiders but belong to an order of arachnids known for their speed and their large, biting fangs). I think it’s a camel spider or a sun spider.

I found this site called Spiderzrule that has more info on these guys, and loads more images.

Me vs. a can of corn beef hash…..

The Dr. had to turn my shit inside out in order to stich it up. Unfortunetly I didn’t have my camera there.

Catch Saber talking about his involvement in wanting to advance Health Care Reform.

DON’T MISS THIS!!!!

STAND UP AND SPEAK OUT IF YOU AGREE!!!

Nice To Have A Mention In Playboy…… Here’s the whole article. I’ve added the shots of the LA River piece, before and after the buff.

The main point of these was to create some accessible art. I want anyone who wants to become a collector to be able to afford something.  From the carving to the printing and then the hand touching, I like being able to do everything in studio. I printed them on mini pieces of archival paper card stock. They’re in small editions and are priced between $15-$30.

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Saber recently participated in Organizing For America’s Health Care Reform Video Challenge, a contest to create a 30 second video ad in support of reforming America’s health care system. His entry depicted him painting an interpretation of the American flag being overwhelmed by the language of his personal struggle with our country’s system of medical care. “Basically the video is a visual metaphor of my battle with epilepsy.”

Saber’s entry, subsequently featured as one of the top 20 finalists, attracted a lot of negative attention by right-wing conservative media for what they called its defacing of the American flag. According to Saber “It was never my intention to insult or disrespect anyone. The decision to paint the flag was to show it as a living, breathing, changing organism, that represents me as an American trying to manage this lifelong disease without heath care”

Fox “opin-u-tainment” Network aired portions of the video, even reediting it so that it appears the video ends with the flag being painted all black, which was indeed not the case, for in Saber’s version the flag comes back to life.

We call Fox “opin-u-tainment” for several reasons.  First because we think it was disingenuous to reedit the video (come on guys, it’s was only 30 seconds long!). And secondly because we were under the impression that a “fair and balanced” news network would not have devoted that much time, money, and energy to any news story without contacting the individual in question for their statement. The conservative media’s coverage of Saber’s video entry would lead people to believe Sabers intentions were ego and/or politically driven, instead of the truth, that they are grounded in the frustration, pain, and fear of having no access to a Dr. or hospital.

For the record, Saber is a registered Independent and not part of the Democratic Party. He isn’t even on the OFA’s mailing list. It was his fiancée who is on that list and was contacted when the contest was announced. The bottom line for Saber’s decision to become involved is simple: “Like many of my fellow Americans I don’t want to have to declare bankruptcy on the back of my medical debt, and more importantly I don’t want to die young because I have no care. I don’t understand why as it stands, this country is only concerned about the state of your health if you are under18 or over 65. What about the rest of us? And why isn’t every citizen 65 or older fighting for us all to be able to share in that security?”

*On Nov 17 2009 the winner, “I Deserve Health Care” was announced. We would like to send our congratulations to the producer of that clip.

-SABERONE.COM

“The American flag is a very powerful symbol of unity. It’s time to come together and fight for those of us who are too sick to fight for themselves.” –Saber

“The American flag is a very powerful symbol of unity. It’s time to come together and fight for those of us who are too sick to fight for themselves.” –Saber

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From VBS.com

This is my buddy Coax from AWR, was an influence on me when I was coming up. We’re very proud of him.

Early on the morning of the 1st of September, I was woke by the phone ringing: My Piece Was Getting Buffed! I immediately went down to the river, found a crevice to hide in, so that I could watch the whole production of the piece being painted out.

Watching something that I had done 12 LONG years ago, being painted over, I didn’t expect my reaction to be what it was. I thought I’d feel horrible, it was something I had done when I was in my twenties, when I still felt invincible and had an unwavering sense of mission. But hiding there watching the workman paint, what I actually felt was a calming sense of accomplishment. What I sacrificed to create this piece, gave back to me ten fold. I never expected it to reach all corners of the world. And even though it was only a blurb in history, I feel it helped put LA graffiti on the map.

Ultimately I’m not happy with them painting over history, BUT, I won’t mind, if it means they will follow through and adopt an intelligent policy along the lines of the Friends Of The LA River’s mission:” to protect and restore the natural and historic heritage of the Los Angeles River and its riparian habitat through inclusive planning, education and wise stewardship”. Fuck it! I would rather trade shopping carts, rotting canine corpses, and florescent purple water with a shit brown tint, for clean water and a flourishing, vital habitat, wouldn’t you?.

After I got back home from the river I was inspired to make some adjustments to a small number of the river posters I have, one hundred of them in total. They were signed, dated, numbered, and hand touched, all on the day it was buffed.

Here’s what I came up with, what do you think?

For Sale In My Shop NOW

Friends of the LA River

IS THIS THE REMOVAL OF LOS ANGELES HISTORY?