Munster Style On Hold

So it is official, I have put Munster Style (people who regularly read this blog will know that Munster Style was a periodical that I started several years ago) on hold until I can get some extra hands and some extra time and edit all the articles. It was a great idea and we have dozens of great articles, but many are dated because this took so long. I will rock it another day...

The Big Closing Sale

We had a big sale this weekend to sell off Art School property and items in order to generate cash and pay back parents for advanced tuition they had paid last year- as well as other outstanding financial obligations. The school is a non-profit and charity. We are closing the school next month because of financial difficulties (and numerous other reasons) and want to do so with a clear conscious. The last two years have been very difficult for our family as the school lost money and we had to severely cut our own wages to keep the school going. I sincerely feel that going non-profit and having a Board Of Directors that was mostly made up of house wives who have never run any kind of business, killed our school. Of course the dank financial climate did not help. We did raise funds and almost made our first goal with this weekend sale. We will be doing another soon to see if we can sell the remaining items and meet our goals. 

Next Tattoo

Rotex or Dymo Machine? 

Made this with a old Dymo (or Rotex there's no inscription on the machine itself) lettering machine. The original letters were white on red tape. Scanned the tape into my Mac and then edited and colorized in Photoshop. I want to get this on my right top forearm, so it will be very visible when I play my basses. I am hoping that the artist can get the letters to have a slight raised 3-D look through shading. I dig those old Dymo machines. I had one as a kid, and I always remember the labels curling and falling off things that I had labeled. 

Kustom Kulture Festival Silverdale, WA

We had a blast vendoring at the Kustom Kulture Festival in Silverdale, Washington yesterday. The weather started off overcast and a bit chilly. Forecast was for 20-30% chance of showers, of and on all day. We rode the ferry out to Kingston from Edmonds (love riding the ferries in Seattle). Highlights of yesterday were hanging with my wife and daughter (wish my son wanted to come along), meeting tons of cool and legit car owners, getting some kill Salmon Burgers (right across from us on the vendor alley), talking a bit with Gordy Lee, meeting Miss Cara Mia and April MayPhotography in the flesh, finally getting to interview Hatchet Mike Roberts about his Caddy, hangin' with Justin Vincent and his bad ass repainted Chev Pick-Up, getting a hello hug from Miss Kitty Mansfield and making a few bucks selling my films and merch. to boot. Downside was getting a massive sunburn on the back of my neck. My new Canon HF G10 seems to be doing what I need it to do. Easy video taping on the fly in unpredictable lighting and with chaotic backgrounds all in 16:9 1280p HD. These are stills I pulled from the video clips. I am amazed at the quality compared with my Panasonic AG DVX100. The Canon is also insanely simple to hold and run around with for handheld shots. Go-kustom TV is back!