30.3.09

BULLY BEATDOWN.

MY NEW FAVORITE SHOW: BULLY BEATDOWN
( I DONT ADVOCATE FOR,ENCOURAGE, APPROVE, NOR RECOMMEND TV. I STILL CONSIDER IT A PLAGUE...MIND-FUCKER IF YOU WILL.)
I confess i was bored late,really, really, late last night. I turned on the TV...who can resist hotel TV in the wee hours?
anyway there i was flipping through channel after channel of mindless ridiculousness...
until i came across a this show. in initially i stopped on this channel because of a glance on kim kardashians...um.... pretty smile, or a flashy music video...wait mtv doesn't do that anymore. Well anyway this show is called is called
'Bully Beatdown" it takes bullies and gives them a lesson in manners...
I loved it! i know a couple i would love to nominate...here is one to start with.


bully of the day:
robert powell of Dallas, Texas needs to have his next tv debut on this show, id love to see this a-hole get what he surely deserves....

"IF I DONT NEED SERVICE, NOR PROTECTION THEN I DONT NEED YOU..."


The Gestapo chief wanna be:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yQFGzaYZV2A

http://blog.beliefnet.com/crunchycon/2009/03/robert-powell-worst-person-in.html

The Show:

http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/bully_beatdown/series.jhtml

17.2.09

COLLABORATIONS: SAFETY FIRST











ANTJUAN ODEN AND SAFETY FIRST
ART EXHIBITION OF COLLABORATIVE WORK.
STATEMENT OF INTENT:
THIS IS MY FIRST COLLABORATIVE EFFORT OFFICIALLY WITH SAFETY FIRST.
I HAVE BEEN A LONG TIME ADMIRER OF HIS TENACITY AND PROLIFIC NATION WIDE OUTPUT OF SOME SERIOUSLY AMAZING AND THOUGHT PROVOKING WORK.
THE WORK WE DO OVER THE NEXT 9 MONTHS WILL CULMINATE WITH AN EXHIBITION.
OUR GOAL IS TO DEVELOP A BODY OF WORK THAT REFLECTS NOT ONLY OUR PHILOSOPHIES.BUT, WILL ALSO REFLECT OUR UNDERSTANDING OF THE CURRENT PAST AND FUTURE STATE OF COLONIALISED PEOPLES OF THE WORLD. WE ALSO INTEND TO EXPLORE POP CULTURE THEMES, CURRENT EVENTS, AND ECONOMICS.
ONE OF THE UNDERLYING THEMES THAT WILL BECOME APPARENT WILL BE THE IMPACT ALTERNATIVE LIFESTYLES, THOUGHT, RELIGION AND PURSUITS ON RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN MEMEBERS OF ETHNIC AND CULTURAL GROUPS.
OUR METHODS USED TO COMPLETE THIS BODY OF WORK WILL INCLUDE, BUT NOT BE LIMITED TO,
INTERNET, STANDARD POST, TELEPHONE, AND VISITING EACH OTHERS STUDIOS NO LESS THAN ONCE A WEEK TO COMPARE NOTES, SHARE IDEAS, AND WORK ON VARIOUS PAINTINGS, SCULPTURE, MUSIC AND WRITING FOR THE EXHIBITION.
IT IS OUR INTENTION TO FOCUS ON PROPSING THE EXHIBITION LOCALLY IN SAN FRANCISCO TO GALLERIES AND OTHER GALLIERIES IN THE USA, JAPAN, EUROPE, AND SOUTH AMERICA.
APPROPRIATELY THE NEXT NINE MONTHS WILL SEE THE GESTATION OF THE ANTJUAN ODEN AND SAFETY FIRST EXTRAVAGANZA! STAY TUNED!

FEB 2009

**THE FOLLOWING IMAGES ARE THE INITIAL 13 PAINTINGS OF THE TAG TEAM EFFORT.THE IMAGES REPRESENT WORK ON VARIOUS MEDIA THAT I BEGAN (FROM 3YEARS AGO TO NOW) AND "TRADED" OFF TO SAFETY FIRST FOR HIS DYNAMIC INPUT.AND, WHEN HE IS DONE HE WILL DO THE SAME FOR ME UNTIL WE FEEL THEY ARE COMPLETE. THIS IS ONE OF THE METHODS WE WILL BE USING TO CARRY OUT AND COMPLETE THIS PROCESS.
THESE ARE 13 INITIAL PAINTINGS
(FOTOS TAKEN USING 2.0 MEGA PIXEL CAMERA PHONE
FEB.13.2009 OAKLAND,CA)

8.11.08

DIGGING APPLES IN THE OCEAN EAST

DAMN LOSE WEIGHT AND CHANGE COMPLEXIONS
THIS IS SOME REAL POST COLONIAL APOCALYPTIC MINDFUCKISM




WAXING MOONISH

14.9.08

mirror.



EL CAPITAN: STILL FLOATING IN GLACIAL POOLS AT SUNSET .
I FOUND MOSS IN MY POCKET.
"Its Paint on my hands", said the voice on the phone.
.tyrants deserve...

YOU SEE MY THING IS...LOOK AT ALL THE COVERS, THE ONE MAGAZINE THAT SEEKS OUT AND CATERS TO "BLACK" MALES HAS BOOTY ON THE COVER...THIS WAS AT THE AIRPORT IN DENVER..
IT HELPS NOT TO HELP SOMETIMES.
YOU SEE?

5.9.08


Ïîëó-ìèëîðä, ïîëó-êóïåö, Ïîëó-ìóäðåö, ïîëó-íåâåæäà, Ïîëó-ïîäëåö, íî åñòü íàäåæäà, ×òî áóäåò ïîëíûì íàêîíåö.
GOING ON HOLIDAY.

3.9.08

FREAK-NICKED AS IT NEARED 2am.


THIS WAS A SCHOOL. THE POINT WAS GOOD PIZZA NEXT TO JERK CHICKEN, I WAS A MINUS PLUSSED THERE,
5 POINTING TO THIS AND THERE I REMEMBER.
373 MORELAND
OFF HIGHWAY..HEAR COPULATION BLACK CREAMED,
BUMP AND BUMPS.
THE OWNER WAS A WHITE BEARDED WHITMAN WANNBE DEVIANT
POINTS TO NOW THIS WAY TO BIG BEER AND KRUSTY PINK DROWNING StICKS NOIR.
POINT WELL TAKEN NOW.
ADD+GLAD=DANKE

9.8.08

THE POINT IS..

SOOOO DEEP IS THE WELL.


THIS FOR THE PERSON WHO ASKED ME IF I KNEW MY FATHER AND WAS SHOCKED THAT NOT ONLY DO I KNOW HIM, BUT WE ARE VERY CLOSE, I EVEN KNEW HIS FATHER AND THE FATHERS BEFORE HIM ARE LEGEND.
THIS SAME PERSON ALSO WANTED TO APOLOGIZE FOR WHAT HER PEOPLE, (I THINK SHE WAS JEWISH) DID TO MY PEOPLE.

(IDIOTS ABOUND)
P.S.
I HAVE A DIFFERENT LAST NAME BECAUSE MY MOM IS DEMANDING, (AS A WOMAN OF HER CALIBER SHOULD BE.)AND WILL FIRE A HUSBAND WITHOUT HESITATING, MY DAD WAS NOT FIRED BUT HE AS OFTEN HAPPENS WITH YOUNG LOVERS, THINGS DON'T WORK OUT. VIETNAM DIDNT HELP, SO HE REMARRIED AND MY MOM REMARRIED, THUS MY LAST NAME.

MEET LIEUTENANT A. LONG III AND THE LATE GREAT A. "BUDDY" LONG JR.
I WAS ABOUT 12 WHEN THIS WAS TAKEN.
Im thinking right now, as i write of a to sink into this post.
why dont i just post some photos, i cant seem to put words together to convey what i feel. I will say this, WHEN YOU HERE ON THE NEWS THAT YET ANOTHER HUMAN BEING HAS BEEN KILLED BY POLICE, HELL ONE CASE WHERE IT WAS THE KILLING COPS SECOND MURDER IN 15 MONTHS! AND NOT ONE VALD SHOUT OF FOUL, WHEN YOU HEAR THIS AND THEN HEAR A STORY OF BRAVE, CARING , LOVING, PEACEFUL HUMANS RISKING THEIR LIVES AND FREEDOM TO SAVE TREES, T MAKES YOU QUESTION HUMAN NATURE. I HAVE NOT YET HEARD ANYONE RISKING LIFE AND LIMB, CHAINING THEMSELVES TO THE DOOR OF THE POLICE PRECIENT TO DEMAND ANSWERS FOR THESE DEATHS OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. I DO NOT HEAR CRIES OF PROTESET ABOUT THE CONDITION OF SCHOOLS IN THE POORER AND NON-WHITE COMMUNITIES IN AMERICA. I DO NOT SEE CROWDS GATHERING OUTSIDE THE EMBASSIES OF COUNTRIES INVOLVED IN ALL SORTS OF MAYHAM AGAINST HUMAN BEINGS. I DO NOT SEE ANYONE CHAINING THEMELVES TO A HOMELESS PERSON DEMANDING
THEY BE FEED AND HOUSED..I CAN GO ON BUT I WANT OFFER PICTURES. LOOK AT THEM AND THINK.
ONE CONCLUSION THAT SEEMS OBVIOUS IS,THE WORLD IS FULL OF PEOPLE WHO ARE FULL OF SHIT, AND PEOPLE WHO DONT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT SAVING ANYONE BUT "THEMSELVES" OR A TREE.
WHICH ONE ARE YOU?
I CAN RESPECT SOMEONE MORE WHO SAYS OUT RIGHT: "I DONT CARE ABOUT THE PLIGHT OF ANYONE BUT A CHOOSEN FEW" THATS BEING HONEST, AND THAT DESERVES MORE RESPECT THAN SOMEONE HANGING UPSIDE DOWN TO SAVE A TREE, BUT QUICKLY RETREATING FROM REAL BRUTALITY AGAINST HUMAN BEINGS" FUCK YOU AND YOUR TREE!
(PROTESTNG IS COOL DUDE!)
(PROTESTING IS A GOOD WAY TO GET LAID!)
(PROTESTING IS FUN!)
(PROTESTING IS WASTE OF TIME UNLESS IT IS TIME NOT WASTED.)

OR COULD IT BE:
KEEP THE POOR, POOR UNDER-EDUCATED, OPPRESSED AND BRUTALIZED BY THE CRIMINAL
IN- JUSTICE SYSTEM, PRETEND YOU CARE UNLESS IT MAKES LIFE FAIR FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO EAT THE SAME GOOD FOOD YOU DO, DRIVE THE NICE CARS YOU DO, LIVE IN SAFE COMMUNITIES, LIKE YOU DO, HAVE HAPPY STABLE FAMILIES LIKE YOU DO, COMPETE, YOU KNOW SURVIVE...














THE COST TO THE TAX PAYERS (AS YOU READ THIS THINK ABOUT THOSE KIDS IN NEARBY OAKLAND WHO HAVE NO ART PROGRAMS OR SCHOOL BOOKS, OR TEACHERS LIVING IN SQAULOR)
UC Berkeley-ites take to the trees, protest campus connections to British Petroleum - others are in the trees re saving the historic oak trees , still others have diffrent reasons. How come no one ever sits in trees over the border issue? This is the kind of thing that should appear on that “Stuff White People Like” that I linked to last month. Or is protesting in trees about “Things White People Dislike” ? I emailed this to some less ‘privileged’ at a state school, who have bigger, more awful things to protest about- they laughed.

UC Berkeley officials say the tree-sitters have cost the school $367,000 since the protest began one year ago:

$100,000

Police staffing

$125,000

Private security

$37,000

First fence around protest site

$80,000

Second fence around protest site

$25,000

Equipment, cleanup and other costs

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/12/02/BAONTM4SC.DTL