One Nutmeg.

many years ago toward the end of high school i began seeking out hip hop. not just the rap music i grew up on, but HIP HOP. a lot of my skate homies were constantly talking about this Wu-Tang and i even saw many Ws appear on decks in my CCS catalogs. one day a good friend of mine turns me on to this MC from Wu. he hands me a cd and lets me borrow it. i took it home and popped it in my stereo as soon as i got home. the cd was Supreme Clientele and the first track, as many of you know, called Nutmeg. this was the FIRST and official that set me off down the path of hip hop. i was hooked immediately from the music alone. the name on the cd was Ghostface Killah and when Ghost approached the mic i was blown away!! i truly was in complete awe of this new style of "rap". this led to many more Wu sessions and finding other of my favorites like Jedi Mind, Atmosphere, and even Joell Ortiz down the road as well as MC battles, graffiti, and the entire hip hop culture. crazy how ONE cd managed to make that strong of an impact on my life and my work.

thanks Aaron, that cd truly changed my life. get out there and cop some Ghostface Killah if you haven't already and show ya peoples what real hip hop is all about.

11" x 14" acrylics and inks on bristol

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The Portal Hopper.

last year i was @ a friend's recording studio and before settin up, Pandora was blazin up the monitors. suddenly the most chilling and extiting electrical notes filled the room. it was unlike anything i ever heard and i was immediately drawn in. high pitch notes with a fantastic delay set this track off from jump street. it was like the most cosmic nerdy shit you ever heard that had me feeling like i was on a spacecraft millions of light years away. its like a heart pumping jolt to your system. the song was called Portal Hopping by The Polish Ambassador. i sought this cat out shortly after and yo this dude is on some intergalactic nebulae notes man, straight up. so i felt what better way to continue this musical exploration by doing a piece on the man, the myth, the cosmic legend....The Polish Ambassador.

crank this cat's music up super loud and watch as your living space getz transformed into an all out electric dance party and you get hurled into a time-space portal of epic proportions.

ps. this is technically last week's piece, so expect another one this week!!

11" x 14" acrylics and inks on bristol

$65 or $80 framed.

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to purchase, shoot me an e.mail: bluzillaone@gmail.com

Soooooo....

hey and welcome!! sincerest apologies to anyone following this blog, its only the third week and ive already fallen behind!! BUT--with great reason..i have all my mini art books done and printed and ready for your viewing and drooling pleasure!! please visit bluzillaone.blogspot.com for info on how you can purchase one and i will be back @ it tomorrow and the rest of the week to post TWO pieces for this blog!! thanks for your support and patience, life getz crazy @ times!!

Kurt Too Soon.

the late, the great, the man (and band) who started a much needed musical revolution. Kurt Cobain was a HUGE influence on me as an adolescent coming up in a school dominated by sagging pants, west coast gangster rap, and trouble. Nirvana was simply one of those bands i could not stop listening to well into high school, college, and even today. we don't have many albums from Nirvana but i definitely hang tight to those we do have. i still have the entire Unplugged set on VHS somewhere. and sadly, on that same tape, i have the report they [MTV] did following his death. it was a ridiculously long special spanning a few hours. you know, when MTV actually played music videos and music-related shows and not the garbage "reality" tv it has become. Nirvana will forever be one of those bands i will not ever get to see live which is a deeply saddening reality, but in the end, the music is what is important and i have plenty to grow old too in my tattered pants.

Rest In Paradise Kurt. you were taken way too soon from the world of music.

11" x 14" acrylics and inks on bristol

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L'Via In Tune.

here we have a band i haven't been able to get enough of lately; The Mars Volta. between this band, At The Drive-In, and Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Group, i have been burning my (and my roommate's) speakers with the insane effects-driven guitar riffs and shrieking melodic vocals of Omar and Cedric, respectively. i don't know much about these bands other than they are from my home state of Texas (GEEUUHH!!, recognize!!) and that i really enjoi the different incarnations of these guys. i've been diggin their music a lot lately and seemed like a great place to start this weekly blog. Google or Tube or Bandcamp these cats and turn your speakers up!! your neighbors will thank you later.

or call the cops. either way, its still great music.

11" x 14" acrylics and inks on bristol

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WELCOME!!

hello friends!! welcome to my new art blog!! for those of you unfamiliar with who i am and what i do, feel free to visit bluzillaone.blogspot.com or my facebook page to learn a little about me, my my work, and my run-a-muck nonsense i call humor. for those who know me already, here's the new project i've been working on.

for the passed few weeks i have been following a daily blog by a great artist and inspiration Dave Crosland aka King Gum. his daily blog is Alphabet Attack and everyday [he] did a painting corresponding with a letter of the alphabet. i have a lot of fun watching what else he is going to create as hes done everything from Aeon Flux to Transformers to Star Wars and all our nerdy favorites. watching these constant creations i decided i'd like to do something similar with an ongoing idea i already had. for some time now i've wanted to do a series of paintings on my favorite bands, MCs, rappers, etc. so i thought a weekly blog would be a good way to a) keep me creating and b) flesh this idea out a little more cohesively. but having to work a dayjob, i cannot do a daily blog myself. so i am gonna do my best to have a weekly piece posted here instead.

expect music of all genres as i love all types of music. and i will most likely have them all for sale as well for anyone interested in purchasing one. i tend to sell a lot on facebook and @ my shows in town so please email me (bluzillaone@gmail.com) immediately if interested.

hope you enjoi and without further hesitation, i give you numero uno!!....