I went to a Ricky Powell slideshow event last month at the silent movie theatre in Hollywood that was put on by Altamont. It was one of the funniest things I’ve been to in a while. Ricky is a very entertaining MC and his documentation of the 80′s and 90′s NY street scene is great. He is no Glen Friedman, but his photos have a very real “street photographer” point of view. Anyway, Ricky was quite lit for the evening, and interrupted the slideshow on multiple occasions demanding weed. Interspersed between his grab-bag (and I mean that literally…he pulled his slides out of a plastic shopping bag) of early era NYC hip-hop, art and street scene documentation were numerous slides of one Joe “Willie” Namath, shot from the tv – 70′s era broadcasts on ESPN Sports Classics. Joe is one of Ricky’s idols, and as I just bought a print from Ricky (of 2 of my idols – Basquiat and Warhol), I decided to do a quick illustration for Ricky. Here it is.
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Wednesday, August 13th, 2008
I went with some friends to a David Lynch book signing / Q&A thing that was hosted by Design Within Reach over in Hollywood the other day. Lynch mostly talked about transcendental meditation. It sounds like one of those things that, if it really works, would be awesome; a great way to tap into creativity and peace. However, it’s also one of those things that sounds suspiciously bogus. Anyway, I’ll use this opportunity to post a more developed drawing of Mr. Lynch based on an earlier sketch (which you can find below on this blog). I think I like the quick sketch better than this more final illustration though. It’s funny sometimes how when you try to draw something well and take a lot of time with it, sometimes it’s just not as “good” as when you just don’t really care too much and try to make something quickly.
