Cap Blackard News & Updates

CoS "Top 100 Albums Ever"

2010-09-16T15:54:00.000-07:00

So, suffice it to say things have been quite busy. There's about (and this is just an approximation) a kerjillion things I haven't posted since January. Huge stuff. Hopefully I'll have a chance to lay out some of the finer points soon. The flickr feed to the right has some recent stuff, also Nerdy Show and my Consequence of Sound page should give you an idea of what's up. For now, here's the latest:

Consequence of Sound recently celebrated it’s third birthday. For this momentous occasion we decided to have a momentous article - “Consequence of Sound’s Top 100 Albums Ever”. In order to compile this list, every staffer at CoS had to produce a list of their 30 favorite albums. After that, the CEO, the President, and myself compiled the rest. It was definitely difficult. We considered albums’ influence, lasting relevance, and took into account the lists of the staff. Our goal was to make a list that was interesting and fun, something we could live with, which might be the most difficult part when it comes to these sort of things. No one will ever agree with someone else’s list - we’ve learned that from our past “Top Albums” articles. This list is far from perfect or definitive (there’s no such thing) and there’s not a one of us who wouldn’t change something on it, but it’s ours.

When I was making my top 30 list I was moving albums around on the floor, trying to wrap my head around the task and create an order that was, as I said before, something I “could live with”. In doing this I ended up pushing some of them back past the 30 mark, comparing what came before them, rearranging, etc. In order to really get a perspective on what I was doing and what I was going to submit to CoS as my top 30, a top 50 just sort of happened. Looking back at my own list there’s an awful lot I’d change, some things I forgot, some placement that I could debate with myself about, but I love these albums and I don’t give a damn what order they're in. Click the image below to check out my full list as well as my unedited write-ups from the CoS article:

Something else that's in the pipe is a full-sized poster I'm doing that visually represents each of the albums on the list. The featured image at the CoS article is just a fragment of the whole thing.

“Consequence of Sound’s Top 100 Albums Ever”
I did write-ups for #s 99, 66, 57, 55, 25, 17, & 7

Published Writing: The Florida Review & E.T.C.

2010-01-28T15:01:00.000-08:00

This month I had some of my writing published in print, including my first national publication! My review of Lilli Carré's graphic novella, The Lagoon appears in the Winter 2009 issue of The Florid Review (volume 34.2). Florida Review is a nationally distributed literary journal published twice yearly through the University of Central Florida. They've featured some terrific comics in past issues and my review is the first review they've published for a comic of any sort. The Summer 2010 volume of The Florida Review will feature a page of sequential art by me for an illustrated interview with The Surrogates author, Robert Venditti.
A poem I wrote, entitled "Greenbriar Street, 1985" is featured in the 6th and final issue of E.T.C. (Everybody That Creates), "Déjà vu". The issue's cover is also a juxtaposition of two photos of mine. I've done a good share of work with E.T.C. in the past: a photo of mine was used for their third issue, "Blur"'s cover, and another was used as the basis for the cover of their 5th issue, "Next". Issue 2 featured a flash fiction story by me. Though E.T.C. is over, my work with writer/publisher Chris Wiewiora isn't. We're working on a comic project together.

You can still find issues of E.T.C. in independent stores such as A Comic Shop, Park Ave CDs, Quimby's Bookstore, Domy Books, The Regulator Bookshop, and a handful of others across the U.S.

NERDY SHOW Season 3 (now an LLC)!

2010-01-28T14:12:00.000-08:00

When Triforce Mike, Hex, and I went out on our own to start recording Nerdy Sh ow (which we jokingly called "season 2" after our six month stint on WPRK) we didn't expect even remotely how popular it would be. The original Nerdy Show trio plus our recurring "season 1" guest, Atomic Robo and 8-Bit Theater writer/creator B rian Clevinger, have made an uncanny team . Over the past 5 months and 14 episodes we've had some outstanding interviews such as chiptunes mega-star Pixelh8, the breakthrough electro pop rock band I Fight Dragons, and Ninja Pizza's Roseangelo. What's more, our monthly special, Dungeons & Doritos, where we play a live game of Dungeons & Dragons, is a smash success. (We've even received fan art of our characters.)
We decided to have a season finale, ending with our Top 20 Nerdy THINGS of 2009 list (which got us recognized by the official Red Dwarf homepage). After three weeks of regrouping and strategy, we've returned, not just as Nerdy Show season 3, but as Nerdy Show LLC. That's right, Nerdy Show is now a Limited Liability Company, of which I am the registered agent. We're getting structured and preparing for a massive onslaught of awesomeness for the year to come. Our first episode, "Season 3 With a Vengeance" is up, episode 4 of Dungeons & Doritos is on its way, and next Tuesday's episode will feature the winners of the contest we launched last year, Tetris Rap Attack including a live interview with Astronautalis! There's even more contests and interviews planned, we're the official podcast of Nerdapalooza, and we're covering Star Wars Celebration V from the inside, so keep your eyes on nerdyshow.com and our twitter for all the coolness coming your way.

NERDY SHOW - Season 2

NERDY SHOW - Season 3

Nerdy Show presents: Dungeons & Doritos

CoS: Interview with OK Go's Tim Nordwind and a review of their new album

2010-01-28T13:54:00.000-08:00

In late December I got the chance to interview OK Go bassist Tim Nordwind over the phone. Their album Of the Blue Colour of the Sky, came out this month on the 12th. Our phone conversation lasted over an hour and was packed with a lot of terrific insight about the album and what went into putting it together. I edited and streamlined our conversation to over twenty minutes of audio clips making it the first of my CoS interviews to be presented in an audio format. I had only heard two tracks from Of the Blue Colour of the Sky when I interviewed Tim, but was able to listen to the whole thing soon after. It's an amazing album. I've listened to it countless times since reviewing it and haven't stopped. After all the list-making that went on last month I can't help but think I've already found one of my top picks for the year to come.

Interview: Tim Nordwind (of OK Go)

Album Review: OK Go - Of the Blue Colour of the Sky

CoS Top of 2009/ Media Potluck's Christmas Podcasts

2010-01-02T17:18:00.001-08:00

Hey there, a little late posting this. What can I say, December was a busy month. I filmed a music video with Charlie Honderick for his song "Keeping Track" (more on that soon) and that consumed most of the month.

Much as CoS celebrated the end of the decade, we celebrated the end of 2009 with a list of the Top 100 Albums and Top 50 Songs. I enjoyed doing the write-ups, but what I enjoyed even more was making the graphic for the Year End Report (as seen above).

CoS Top 100 Albums of 2009

Albums I did write-ups for:

23) Bat For Lashes - Two Suns
47) Empire of the Sun - Walking on a Dream
78) The Protomen - Act II: Father of Death
80) Pixelh8 - Obsolete?
87) Gil Mantera's Party Dream - Dreamscape

CoS Top 50 Songs of 2009

And I did the write up for song #29, Moby's "Mistake".
As with the Top of the 2000s lists, you can see my personal Top of 2009 lists HERE, at my blog for things not entirely news and update-like.

Last year, I compiled an album-length holiday music compilation for Media Potluck, called Media Potluck Holiday Feast. The collection was an eclectic alternative to the usual blechy holiday music, with a write-up for every track. This year, Media Potluck debuted Volume 2 of the Holiday Feast as well as the first episode of our semi-regular podcast, Media PODluck, with the yuletide-themed Media Potluck: A Christmas Evening Together.

Media Potluck Holiday Feast Volume 1 (2008)

Media Potluck Holiday Feast Volume 2 (2009)

Media PODluck: A Christmas Evening Together

CoS Top 50 Songs of the 2000s

2009-11-25T19:17:00.000-08:00

For Consequence of Sound’s 50 best songs of the 2000s list, the staffers were asked to compile a list of ten. As before, I did what I could to make a list I was comfortable with, but this one was considerably harder to settle on. As with the 100 best albums of the 2000s list, I composed a few of the write-ups:

5) Gnarls Barkley - "Crazy"
7) Postal Service - "Such Great Heights"
28) Björk - "New World"
31) Moby -"Extreme Ways"

CoS Top of the Decade: The Songs

You can see and listen to my personal top 10 songs of the decade list HERE, at my blog for things not entirely news and update-like.

- Cap

CoS Top 100 Albums of the 2000s

2009-11-17T13:50:00.000-08:00

As a staff member of Consequence of Sound I helped in making their Top of the 2000s lists. The first list is the 100 best albums. To create this list, each staffer submitted their top 20. Some tough decisions were made and a lot of time was spent on it. The list is now up and features a write up on each album, including several by me:

12. Sigur Ros - Ágætis Byrjun
14. Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
38. Daft Punk- Discovery
50. The Decemberists - The Crane Wife
51. Tom Waits – Blood Money
71. Astronautalis – Pomegranate
99. Outkast - Speakerboxx/ The Love Below

Check out the full list, and my write-ups HERE:

CoS Top of the Decade: The Albums

What I ended up with was something I could live with rather than something I feel is fully accurate. Naturally, many of my choices didn’t make the final cut for the CoS 100. So I've posted my personal top 20 HERE on a new blog for stuff not pertaining to news and updates.

Cap's Fun-Time Blog

Does it make sense to have two blogs? I don't know, haven't decided yet. Maybe I'll consolidate, but for now it is what it is.

Also, last month I published this Halloween-themed article:

Break Yo’ TV (Tricks or Treats Edition): “Anything Can Happen on Halloween”

-Cap

UPDATE: Busy, busy, busy (Articles & Radio)

2009-10-03T15:36:00.000-07:00

There haven't been updates for a while because there's been too much going on. I've spent the last two months traveling, first to Edinburgh for a study abroad trip at the Edinburgh College of Art, then to Geneva - down to Venice, Florence, and finally, Rome. Then I had some R & R in Fort Lauderdale, followed by a short time at home before going on a road trip to Nashville to go to the CD release show for The Protomen's second album. From Nashville, I flew to Chicago, drove to Detroit to see KISS, then back to Chicago to interview Moby (which didn't end up happening, but the concert was great). Needless to say, it's been crazy. I've got a lot of summertime artwork and photos to upload - I'll tackle that soon. In the meantime, here's what I've been up to:

Consequence of Sound Articles

So, the in-person Moby interview fell through, a phone-in might happen in the near future. What did work out was seeing Moby live, which was awesome and I took the pictures to prove it. After the show Moby did a DJ set at a club elsewhere in town. CoS editor in chief Mike Roffman wrote the main write-up and I covered the DJ set.

Moby dazzles Chicago, saves Wednesday night (9/30)

The CoS staff did articles for every one of the Beatles Remasters. I contributed to the oddball of the remasters - the singles compilation, Past Masters. I expected it to be an easy article, but things got really in-depth. It's quite awesome.

Review: The Beatles - Past Masters [Remastered]

"Break Yo' TV" is a recent CoS feature on weird, music related online videos. I contributed one of the inaugural articles, the topic? Why the degenerative Internet video collages , YouTube Poop, of course!

Break Yo’ TV: YouTube Poop

The last two "Watch" articles I've done were both for comedic videos. I reviewed "Weird Al"'s video for "Craigslist" from the then forthcoming, now out, online EP Internet Leaks.

Watch: “Weird Al” uses the Internet to summon the ghost of the Lizard King, readies EP

More recently, I reviewed Eric Wareheim's unconventional video for Depeche Mode's "Hole to Feed."

Watch: Depeche Mode’s “Hole to Feed”

Media Potluck/ Audio Archaeology

I updated my article on Kate Bush and Cocteau Twins' Fruitopia Ads for its C onsequence of Sound debut, and premiered the first new Media Potluck article in quite some time: "Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)". The article digs deep into one of the most unusual children's films of all time. Many secrets are uncovered.

Kate Bush & Cocteau Twins' Fruitopia Ads (1994-5)

Mother Goose Rock 'n' Rhyme (1990)

And now...

NERDY SHOW!

After a hiatus during August, Nerdy Show is back in action. We've had a roster change, and myself, Hex, and Triforce Mike are now joined by none-other than Atomic Robo and 8bit Theater creator Brian Clevenger. We'll be streaming again soon, but for the time being we're podcasting weekly. So far we're six episodes (plus one "pilot" episode) into what we're calling "Season 2" - you can check it all out on nerdyshow.com with new episodes up every Wednesday.

- Cap

Art of Spring 2009

2009-06-27T09:45:00.000-07:00

This Spring my drawing work was focused on human anatomy. The result was more studies and scraps with less displayable, finished works than before. I certainly took a lot from it, though.

As before, these drawings are large, around 24x36 inches, and on either newsprint or Arches paper. The anatomical projects varied a lot from a simple skeleton study, to making drawings of a perfectly healthy model obese and emaciated, or designing a fictional skull:My best selections from this semester can be found in the Illustration Hits set on my flickr account. Three additional sets of my less-polished work from the semester can be found here:

Figure Studies Spring 09 I
Figure Studies Spring 09 II
Larger than Life Skeleton

There's one more piece from the spring that's yet to be uploaded. It's very large and very unfinished, I'll be taking progress pictures of it as it gets worked on and posting them.
As always, with another passing season comes another volley of in-class doodles. I've recently expired the mini-sketchbook I carry with me everywhere, and have harvested two final collections of doodles from that. Finally, just for fun, I've compiled all of my 12oz. Mouse doodles into one image.
- Cap

Sled Island Showcase Poster

2009-06-23T15:50:00.000-07:00

In addition to being a writer for the music blog Consequence of Sound, I've recently become their art director. This is a poster I designed for their 5 band showcase at the Sled Island Festival which starts today in Calgary, Alberta. All elements were hand drawn (or tea-stained in the case of the background) and then composited and colored in Photoshop. The style of the poster is based on the festival's hand-drawn/ hand written cursive style as seen on their website. There are cute viking-bunny doodles all over the website which I took to be the mascot. After a bit of doodling I took into account just how metal vikings are and just how badass rabbits can be (*cough* Watership Down) and whipped up the metal viking bunny.

- Cap

5 New CoS Articles - All In One Weekend!

2009-06-15T14:22:00.000-07:00

This weekend has yielded a bumper crop of Consequence of Sound articles by yours truly. 2 video reviews, one interview, an Audio Archaeology article, and a news article. Why so much all at once? Well, some of it was backlogged, but mostly nearly all the other writers were at Bonaroo getting rained on. Someday I too will get rained on at Bonnaroo, but until then... Read:

Last month I interviewed up-and-coming rapper, Izza Kizza. He's been releasing album-length mixtapes for free online.

Interview: Izza Kizza

Yet again, I've reworked a past Media Potluck post into an Audio Archaeology article for CoS. This is an expansion of my article for one of my favorite rock operas ever, Hooverphonic Presents: Jackie Cane.

Audio Archaeology: Hooverphonic Presents Jackie Cane (2002)

One of CoS's regular article types is "Watch", which reviews individual music videos. Previously I'd only done one, on Feist's "The Water". This weekend I wrote two:

Watch: Darker, moodier Moby rides in on “Pale Horses”

Watch: Depeche Mode soldiers on in “Peace”

Lastly, I did an article on the upcoming DJ simulator game, Scratch: The Ultimate DJ. The Guitar Hero spin-off, DJ Hero has been getting a lot of press lately so I thought the more realistic, Rock Band-esque alternative disserved some face time.

Can Numark's Scratch kick DJ Hero to the curb?

-Cap

New CoS Article: "Thomas Dolby Gets Re-Wired"

2009-05-25T08:29:00.000-07:00

It's hard for me to pin my favorite musical acts into any sort of ranked, top 10, system. Thomas Dolby is one of the few that I know would make it somewhere in the top of the list. He is not just a phenomenal electronic composer and song writer, but a brilliant DYI inventor. Anyway, I go into that a bit more in my article. His last album came out over a decade ago and now things are stirring, so check out:

Thomas Dolby Gets Re-Wired

-Cap

Cover Art: E.T.C. #5

2009-05-09T14:48:00.000-07:00

The cover of the most recent issue of E.T.C. (Everybody That Creates) Magazine's 5th issue, "Next" is based on a photo of mine, with terrific illustrator, Dan Folgar's work atop it.

My photography was also used on their third issue cover, "Blur" and will be used on the upcoming 6th issue, "Déjà vu". I've also done some writing for them - issue 2 featured a flash fiction piece and issue 6 will feature a poem.

You can pick up a copy of this fine magazine ONLINE or at independent book stores.

Here are the photos the final cover was based on:

- Cap

INTERVIEW: Astronautalis

2009-05-09T11:50:00.000-07:00

In October I interviewed outstanding indie-rapper and friend, Astronautalis. The interview is at long-last up on Consequence of Sound (I'm a bit late posting this here). It's an engrossing discussion that digs deep into not just the production of his latest album, Pomegranate, but the secret origins behind the album's tracks. He's a true southern storyteller and the digressions are fantastic - everything from MST3K to Chris Van Allsburg, not to mention a music video about Nazi Vampires. Of all that I've done during my thus so far brief existence with CoS, this is my favorite.

Read the interview HERE.

- Cap

Audio Archaeology ROUND-UP 2/25

2009-04-25T12:53:00.000-07:00

When I when I started this News & Updates blog I decided I wasn't going to post an update every time I wrote a new Media Potluck article, including the Consequence of Sound-partnered Audio Archaeology articles. I've now decided to do a round-up every month or so of the Media Potluck/Audio Archaeology articles. Here's the list so far:

Audio Archaeology

2/5/09

The Voyager Golden Record (1977)

2/28/09

Drastic Measures (1983)

3/29/09

Corky & the Juice Pigs (1987-1998)

4/22/09

Musique D'Express (1990)
[An expansion of my original Media Potluck article]

Of course you can always go to the source, over at Media Potluck.

- Cap

New CoS Article: "Feist gets heavy in “The Water”'

2009-04-17T12:21:00.000-07:00

My first contribution to Consequence of Sound's "Watch" category is a short write up on Feist's latest video, "The Water", from her 2007 album The Reminder. It's very different from the majority of her videos.

Check out the article HERE.

- Cap

Photography Featured in the Cypress Dome

2009-04-05T14:23:00.000-07:00

Last year three of my poems were featured in the Cypress Dome Literary Magazine's 19th issue. (One of which won an Editor's Award, if I may gloat.) This year I'm pleased to announce that two of my photographs were featured in issue 20's collection of artwork:

"Value Meal" (2007) features one of the Oviedo chickens in an ironic pose...

...and "Downtrodden" (2004) is of a homeless man sleeping on the streets of New York City.

They really contrast one another.

- Cap

New CoS Album Review: Dreamscape by Gil Mantera's Party Dream

2009-03-26T16:48:00.000-07:00

An album review I wrote on Gil Mantera's Party Dream's latest is up on Consequence of Sound. It's a really fun album. The review shares my first experience with Party Dream from many years ago, they've come a long way. Prior to this review I saw them perform live. It was awesome. Here are a couple pictures as proof:

You can find the full list of my articles HERE.

- Cap

New CoS Article - Where We Live: Will's Pub

2009-03-08T23:09:00.000-07:00

Consequence of Sound has a fun article series called Where We Live about venues local to the authors. I recently put in my two cents and gave props to a staple of Orlando's music scene, Will's Pub.

Check out the article HERE.

Also, don't forget Audio Archaeology, the partnered project between my blog, Media Potluck and CoS.

You can check out those articles HERE.

- Cap

Consequence of Sound: Vistoso Bosses Interview

2009-02-27T09:24:00.000-08:00

Recently I had the opportunity to interview the Vistoso Bosses, a young duo of truly remarkable girls gearing up for superstardom.

They have a pop-fusion sound that I'm really into. Here's hoping they're the next big thing, 'cause I want to hear their music on the radio and I think you will too.

Check the interview out HERE.

- Cap

Special Edition TNTM: Freezepop Interview

2009-02-18T23:44:00.000-08:00

You may know Freezepop from being featured in bestselling Harmonix music games such as Rock Band, Guitar Hero 1 & 2, and Amplitude to name a few. Well tomorrow, as part of a special edition of Talk Nerdy to Me, the TNTM crew (including yours truly) will be interviewing them live on the air.

Check it out at 4:30 EST at 91.5 FM in Orlando or WPRKdj.org online.

And, as always, check out the regular show every Wednesday night:

- Cap

Audio Archaeology Premiers!

2009-02-05T17:01:00.000-08:00

Audio Archaeology, my new bi-monthly column on Consequence of Sound has debuted!

Now, twice a month, Consequence of Sound will be imbued with Media Potluck goodness.

Check out the first article HERE.

- Cap

A Bi-Monthly Column & A Weekly Radio Show

2009-01-31T15:25:00.000-08:00

I'm now part of the Consequence of Sound team, full-fledged, and with my own recurring feature. This feature, Audio Archaeology, is an extension of Media Potluck focusing on just our music posts. Audio Archaeology will appear simultaneously as both a Potluck post and a CoS article. Additional CoS articles by me will continue on a more regular basis.For the last three weeks (and the foreseeable future) I've been a co-host on local Rollins College radio program, Talk Nerdy to Me. Along with host Andrew Grey and fellow co-hosts: Aaron Haaland, Michael Pandel, and Hex, we put on a two hour show of nerdcore rap, news, and tom-foolery. Check us out, we're super fun.
- Cap

Art of Fall 2008 Part 2

2009-01-17T18:26:00.000-08:00

I've just uploaded the artwork that occupied me for the bulk of last fall. Lots of studio models, skeletons, and self-portraits for scholastic pursuits. You can find them in the Illustration Hits set on my flickr account.
These drawings are very large, around 24x36 inches, and on either newsprint or Arches paper.

Now... on to the next tier of drawing!

- Cap

Art of Fall 2008 Part 1

2009-01-09T20:14:00.000-08:00

The fall semester ended and so the drawings I produced then are now finding their way to the internet. Because I was doing a ton of studio art in drawing classes there really wasn't much time for personal stuff. The one major drawing I have of my own accord is this portrait of the Ninja Turtles character, Ninjara.Ninjara is a character from the Ninja Turtles comic series Eastman & Laids Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures which was published by Archie. (Not the original comics where the Turtles all wear red bandannas by Mirage.) The series was originally based on the old cartoon show, but in due time gravitated far away from those kid-friendly beginnings towards much darker stories. Series writer Dean Clarrain (recently revealed to be a psudonym for Steve Murphy) crafted epic tales that tackled heavy environmental, political, religious, and emotional issues with awesome characters. 2009 is the Ninja Turtles 25th anniversary. There's a lot of awesome things happening this year including the republishing of some of the TMNT Adventures (most of which never saw reprinting) as well as the long-awaited finale to the series which never saw publication.

TMNT Adventures had a profound impact on me growing up and has been both and influence to my writing and my artwork. Series artist Chris Allen profoundly influenced my art style. I've written more on Chris Allen's influence in the write-up for the art posts. Both the color and the inked versions of this piece can be seen in my flickr gallery.
Every semester that goes by I collect all the doodlings in my notes and compile the best ones. I've been doing this since 8th grade. All together the pages form an interesting look at how my drawing skills have grown and changed. The fall semester was a bumper crop of doodles, four pages. You can see pages 16 through the latest, page 34, in my flickr archive.
Next up, I'll post the best of my large-scale studio drawings.

- Cap

Consequence of Sound: Boyfriends Inc! & 2 new photos!

2008-12-05T12:07:00.000-08:00

Check out my article on Astronautalis & Bleubird's new side-project, Boyfriends Inc. and their Youtube hit, "Lookin' Kittie."

Article - Listen: Boyfriends Inc.

Also, two new PHOTOS:

I was asked to do the cover of E.T.C. (Everybody That Creates) Magazine's 3rd issue, the theme was "Blur".

While vacationing in Chicago this summer, I took the photo on the left with the cover in mind. Unfortunately it didn't fit the bill monochrome printing. Instead, I dusted off a photo from all the way back in high school (on the right) which also fit the theme.

You can pick up a copy of this fine magazine ONLINE or at independent book stores.
(Issue two a piece of flash fiction by yours truly.)

-Cap

A few new photos

2008-11-15T23:28:00.000-08:00

I've got all matter of photos back-logged, not scanned, refined or uploaded since spring, but these were readily available for the computer as they were digital. Three pictures from the recent night launch of Space Shuttle Endeavor. Tricky business to photograph, but an amazing sight. Night completely turns into day. So, two shots of the launch and then...a rather somber photo of some pavement...

Additionally I found a stray vintage photo kicking around that I hadn't added to my collection. So enjoy this fine young sir, showing his love for outdoorsmanship on his terms, and his terms alone.

Check my flickr out.

-Cap

Party Boys Interview

2008-11-08T21:54:00.000-08:00

The hit-makers behind "Halloween Night", The Party Boys, discuss their holiday single. Meet Paul, Steve, and Cameron Right - the new faces of holiday pop music, THE PARTY BOYS!

Friend them on MySpace and subscribe to their YouTube to keep posted on all the freshest holiday jams.

-Cap

Consequence of Sound: Lou Reed Album Review

2008-11-08T11:27:00.000-08:00

New article up on Consequence of Sound! A review for the album and film of Lou Reed performing his classic 1973 concept album, Berlin, live. Check it out:

Album Review: Berlin: Live at St. Ann’s Warehouse

-Cap

Post-Halloween Halloweening

2008-11-03T19:59:00.000-08:00

The aforementioned second piece of art for Starmen.net's 2008 Halloween Funfest! Fortunately, it hasn't passed the deadline yet. I'm glad to have finished it, the parts I did a year ago are obvious.

EDIT: This piece won 3rd place in the Hand Art, Most Eartboundalicious category of the Funfest

The Halloween Night video did very well for as small an event as it was, 459 hits as of now. My thanks go out to all the Party Boys supporters. An interview with the band will be up in the near future, and the originally intended version of the song may be up around the same time. You haven't heard the last from the Party Boys, so be sure to friend them on MySpace to keep posted.

-Cap

Halloween Time!

2008-10-29T19:21:00.000-07:00

Just in time for Halloween I've got a video goody ready!

Some friends and I got together, and made a kooky spooky Halloween song. 'Cause, you know, there just aren't enough Halloween songs.

Anyway, our group is called the Party Boys and the song is called Halloween Night.

Enjoy!

PS- On a similar Halloween note, I made some Earthbound themed Halloween art for Starmen.net's 2008 Halloween Funfest. Well, actually it was started for their 2007 Funfest but I never finished it. There's another half-done piece on the sidelines which hopefully I'll find time for, though it's unlikely. Yay!

-Cap

ANOTHER New Consequence of Sound Article Sept. 23, 2008

2008-09-23T17:15:00.000-07:00

Astronautalis' new album, Pomegranate came out today. I gave it a glowing review, which he himself referenced.

It's a seriously awesome album. I do not lie.

CHECK OUT MY ARTICLE (as if you needed incentive) and then BUY THE ALBUM.

-Cap

New Consequence of Sound Article - Sept 20, 2008

2008-09-20T14:24:00.000-07:00

My debut article on the budding and blossoming music blog Consequence of Sound is up!

I reviewed Laurie Anderson's tour for her yet-to-be-released album, Homeland. Lou Reed performed with her on two songs and Barenaked Ladies’ Kevin Hearn was one of her accompanying musicians throughout the concert.

Check out the article!

Next up is my review of Astronautalis' forthcoming album Pomegranate.

- Cap

Projects & Developments - SEPT 11, 2008

2008-09-11T18:32:00.000-07:00

The day has come at last! (Well, two days ago actually.) The I Hate This/ Raw Sewage 7" split I did cover art for finally dropped. You can pick up a copy HERE.

Similarly, sometime later this yearAfterbirth Books will be publishing a novel by Gin a Ranalli that will feature my photo Mannequin & Vibrator on the cover. The book is aptly titled: "Still Life With Vibrator"!

On the writing front: late last month a pal and I premiered a blog called Media Potluck. Here, we share with the world eclectic and fascinating morsels of video, music, etc. from off the beaten path. Give us a look-see, won't you? We happily accept contributions, so if you've got something please bring it to the multimedia feast.

In the near future I will have some articles appearing on up and coming music blog Consequence of Sound including a concert review for Laurie Anderson, an interview with Astronautalis, and a review of his forthcoming album, Pomegranate. Posting dates forthcoming.

- Cap

Welcome to CapBlackard.com

2008-09-11T18:06:00.000-07:00

Things are taking shape.

Capblackard.com has been a long time coming, and, though simple in its purpose I am proud to present it to you.

The home page offers links to my mainstream photo and illustration galleries hosted on flickr. I will be using this blog to post updates regarding new uploads and project developments. Please, feel free to subscribe to this blog or my art accounts. I promise I'll make it worth your while.

MY SERVICES ARE AVAILABLE.

My illustration and photography skills are diverse in style and of a superior quality. Commission new work or utilize a currently existing piece. Contact me, and we'll make beautiful music together.

-Cap