Another of my friend's bands. "30 Seconds of Shame". Of the "nu-metal", "rip your face off with a vengeance" varitey. Mmm... meh - tallll! See my gallery of these freaks here. You can see their MySpace page here, and then you can go buy their shizzle from iTunes here.

 

 

My Gator Girl, Nicole, created the sustainable packaging division (above) within the company she works for: Design & Source Productions. She is an active board member of Green Home NYC, and she is also the President of her local alumni association, The Gotham Gators. (God help us... I swear it's a cult! But more of a *happy*, drink beer and yell at the TV sort of cult. Not the "put on your white Nike's, drink your vodka, and follow the pretty, shiny comet sort of cult.) She also has a joint business venture with her brother providing customized stained glass and mosaic pieces of functional artwork (inluding windows, doors, countertops, and floors) which can be seen at DesignsBySmith.com.

My Brazilian Baby (on the right in the photo above). Ana studied film at NYU, completed her Journalism degree in Rio in 2005, and currently works in São Paulo as an Assistant Reporter on 'Em Cena', a trends column for 'O Estado' - one of Brazil's largest newspapers. She has also worked for the International Film Festival, and as a Client P.A. on feature films and commercials. Ana has worked on such accounts as Nike, Gatorade, Miller, Kodak, & Verizon Wireless with Brazil's prestigious production house Conspiração Filmes and agencies such as Ogilvy, McCann, and Weiden + Kennedy. You can see her older Fotolog (that she abandoned) here.

My German 'Puppe', Daniela. (You won't get that unless you speak German.) A wonderful graphic designer, who also has a great eye when it comes to photography. She teaches graphic design in Angermünde(?). I think that's the city she's currently in. And what the hell does that even translate to? "Angry World"?! Well, it would befit our times, no?

My friend, Kara Suzanne. A girl with a sultry voice who's always playing gigs somewhere around this Big Apple of ours. Her record contract should be in order any day now.

3 of my friends (DEET-da-DEE!) put together a little band. They were genius enough to call it "3". Because... there's, like... THREE of them. They're smart like that. For musicians. heh-heh-heh... But they really are great musicians. Mostly in the 'Classic Rock' vein, but ranging from 70s-90s, and also including original material. Steve D, Dirty Uncle Loker, and Mr. Shawn. You guys ARE *rock stars*!