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		<title>HEAR.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 18:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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Sometimes living in New York is like living inside of some weird version of Coachella-Lollapalooza-CMJ thing&#8230; Here is a day-by-day, or should I say night-by-night account of the last 7 days&#8230; 
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<p>Sometimes living in New York is like living inside of some weird version of Coachella-Lollapalooza-CMJ thing&#8230; Here is a day-by-day, or should I say night-by-night account of the last 7 days&#8230;<span id="more-1816"></span> </p>
<p>SUNDAY: I saw a band I really like called<a href="http://dailyrindblog.com/assets/surferblood/surferblood_Swim.mp3" target="_blank"> SURFER BLOOD </a>play an acoustic set at Other Music and then I saw a full set at Mercury Lounge. They are on tour in the States right now&#8230; you can<a href="http://www.myspace.com/surferblood" target="_blank"> GO SEE THEM</a>.</p>
<p>[TAKE IT EASY]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sing.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/sing-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1818" /></a></p>
<p>[ADOLESCENT SOUR MASH]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/jump.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/jump-168x300.jpg" alt=""  width="168" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1819" /></a></p>
<p>[JUST THINK IT OVER...]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/blood.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/blood-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1820" /></a></p>
<p>[HOW'S EVERYTHING COMING ALONG...]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SUFERBLOOD.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/SUFERBLOOD-300x169.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="169" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1821" /></a></p>
<p>MONDAY: I went out to see my little buddies<a href="http://loftandlost.files.wordpress.com/2010/02/02-hannah.mp3" target="_blank"> FREELANCE WHALES </a>play a SOLD OUT show at Williamsburg Hall of Music with The Shout Out Louds&#8230; RAD SHOW! LOVE YOU GUYS!</p>
<p>[FREELANCE WHALES]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/freelance.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/freelance-300x169.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="169" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1822" /></a></p>
<p>[SHOUT OUT LOUDS]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/comeback.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/comeback-300x169.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="169" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1823" /></a></p>
<p>I also stopped by Grammercy Theatre to see my friend Mitch&#8217;s new band AMERICAN LIVING.</p>
<p>[AMERICAN LIVING]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/living.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/living-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1824" /></a></p>
<p>TUESDAY: I was invited to something that just doesn&#8217;t happen every day&#8230; my friends Charlotte &#038; David took me to my first show ever at Madison Square Garden&#8230; yes, I said first show&#8230; I had never been to see anyone there before and for my first show, I saw a guy you might have heard of before named JAY-Z a.k.a HOVA a.k.a JIGGA a.k.a Sean Carter&#8230; </p>
<p>Let me share with you how a JAY-Z show works.</p>
<p>[RISES OUT OF THE FLOOR]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rise.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rise-300x169.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="169" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1825" /></a></p>
<p>[HUGE EXPLOSION OF LIGHT]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/light.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/light-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1826" /></a></p>
<p>[ABOUT 35 MINUTES OF #1 SINGLES]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/millionways.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/millionways-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1827" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;Wayne went in, got locked up today&#8230;&#8221; NO HE DIDN&#8217;T!!!</p>
<p>[LIL' WAYNE, YOUNG JEEZY, DRAKE &#038; NICKI MINAJ TAKE OVER FOR A WHILE]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/drakenikiwayne.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/drakenikiwayne-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1828" /></a></p>
<p>[JAY COMES BACK TO "RE-INTRODUCE" HIMSELF]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/PSA.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/PSA-300x169.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="169" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1829" /></a></p>
<p>[HEART OF THE CITY]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/formycity.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/formycity-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1830" /></a></p>
<p>There is just an insane number of hits, all of which everyone sings along to&#8230; the show is like a circus, banger after banger&#8230; Akon and Trey Songz were there too. I owe a BIG THANKS to my friends for taking me along for an unforgettable experience.</p>
<p>[HARD KNOCK LIFE]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hardknock.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/hardknock-300x169.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="169" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1831" /></a></p>
<p>WEDNESDAY: I was invited by the people at the<a href="http://shortyawards.com/" target="_blank"> SHORTY AWARDS </a>to DJ their award ceremony which took place at The Times Center. It was a very interesting evening complete with unplanned award show interruptions and colorful characters. Thanks SHORTYS!</p>
<p>[HEY SHORTY]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/shorty.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/shorty-200x300.jpg" alt=""  width="200" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1919" /></a></p>
<p>[SUP DOGG?]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/2shorty.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/2shorty-300x199.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="199" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1920" /></a></p>
<p>[HEY BUDDY]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/meshorty.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/meshorty-300x199.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="199" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1921" /></a></p>
<p>THURSDAY: I got to see<a href="http://apt104.com/Nov%2008/mailbox/04%20Used%20to%20Did.mp3" target="_blank"> J.RODDY WALSTON &#038; THE BUSINESS </a>at Mercury Lounge&#8230; This band sounds like Woodstock&#8230; They are the closest our generation will ever get to Bethel 1969&#8230; 100% REAL</p>
<p>[VINTAGE MARSHALL]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/marshall.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/marshall-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1832" /></a></p>
<p>[DOIN' ALL KINDS OF EVIL]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/roddy.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/roddy-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1833" /></a></p>
<p>[USE YOUR LANGUAGE]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/walston.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/walston-168x300.jpg" alt=""  width="168" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1834" /></a></p>
<p>After J.Roddy I ran over to Piano&#8217;s where my best buddy Vintz was playing some songs&#8230; Hey I heard they might be doing some Jeff Buckley thing on Broadway&#8230; is that true? I can&#8217;t imagine anyone but this dude singing Buckley songs, for serious&#8230;</p>
<p>[ON MY WAY]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/stand.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/stand-169x300.jpg" alt=""  width="169" height="300" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1835" /></a></p>
<p>[A SONG THAT'S BEEN SUNG]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/piano.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/piano-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1836" /></a></p>
<p>FRIDAY: NEON INDIAN <a href="http://blog.klangschau.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/neon-indian-terminally-chill.mp3" target="_blank">NEON INDIAN NEON INDIAN NEON INDIAN </a>NEON INDIAN! Crazy packed sold out mayhem at Webster Hall&#8230;<br />
<a href="http://www.afghanraiders.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/Cheerleader-Neon-Indian-Studio-6669-Remix.mp3" target="_blank"> GOOD STUFF </a></p>
<p>[TERMINALLY CHILL]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/neon.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/neon-300x169.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="169" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1841" /></a></p>
<p>[CHEERLEADER]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/indian.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/indian-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1842" /></a></p>
<p>SATURDAY: I ran down to Fontana&#8217;s and into another packed room&#8230; another incredible show&#8230; this RADICAL band<a href="http://www.s-gimsl.kr.edus.si/danska99/glavno/KASHMIR.mp3" target="_blank"> KASHMIR</a>. These guys are from Copenhagen so lots of cute Danish girls were at that show&#8230; Hello Danish girls.</p>
<p>[ROCKET BROTHERS]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/kashmira.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/kashmira-300x169.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="169" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1915" /></a></p>
<p>[SURFING THE WARM INDUSTRY]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/kashmir.jpg" rel="lightbox[1816]" rel="lightbox[1816]"><img src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/kashmir-300x168.jpg" alt=""  width="300" height="168" class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1916" /></a></p>
<p>*CLICK ON BLUE WORDS TO HEAR &#038; SEE STUFF<br />
**CLICK ON PICTURES SO YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THEM</p>
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		<title>SEE.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 10:48:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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I&#8217;ve been running around for the last three days. I&#8217;ve been to five shows and seen a multitude of music&#8230; Uptown, Downtown, Boro to Boro, along the way there&#8217;s always a little something to see&#8230;
LISTENING TO: J RODDY WALSTON &#38; THE BUSINESS
Somone turned these Alexis Bittar ads into a PSA starring Joan Collins&#8230; very chic.
[AlWAYS]

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<p>I&#8217;ve been running around for the last three days. I&#8217;ve been to<span id="more-1797"></span> five shows and seen a multitude of music&#8230; Uptown, Downtown, Boro to Boro, along the way there&#8217;s always a little something to see&#8230;</p>
<p>LISTENING TO:<a href="http://www.buzzgrinder.com/media/jroddy_stopripandroll.mp3" target="_blank"> J RODDY WALSTON &amp; THE BUSINESS</a></p>
<p>Somone turned these Alexis Bittar ads into a PSA starring Joan Collins&#8230; very chic.<br />
[AlWAYS]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/joan.jpg" rel="lightbox[1797]" rel="lightbox[1797]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1799"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/joan-168x300.jpg" alt="" width="168" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>You&#8217;re looking for some help at Kinkos/FedEX ? GOOD LUCK! It&#8217;s like the two companies that we can&#8217;t live without combined to form a monopoly, raise their prices and give us the worst customer service possible&#8230; oh well, haha&#8230;</p>
<p>[BUELLER... ANYONE... BUELLER...]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/kinkos.jpg" rel="lightbox[1797]" rel="lightbox[1797]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1798"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/kinkos-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p><a href="http://factory413.com/shop/" target="_blank"> SOMEONE </a>has been hard at work on the East Coast&#8230; I see you CM&#8230;<br />
[I SEE YOU]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/supra.jpg" rel="lightbox[1797]" rel="lightbox[1797]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1800"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/supra-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></a></p>
<p>Take a ride on the L&#8230; walking down the platform I noticed herron needles have been replaced by glow sticks&#8230; All the world is a RAVE these days&#8230;<br />
[I'M RAVING, I'M RAVING]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/glowstick.jpg" rel="lightbox[1797]" rel="lightbox[1797]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1801"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/glowstick-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>On the streets on Brooklyn I&#8217;m reminded yet again&#8230; I think it should be common knowledge that you shouldn&#8217;t &#8220;Eff with Ray Liotta&#8221; my friends&#8230;<br />
[Don't Eff with Ray Ray]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rayliotta.jpg" rel="lightbox[1797]" rel="lightbox[1797]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1802"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/rayliotta-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></a></p>
<p>I&#8217;m convinced that Shep&#8217;s icon imagery will live forever&#8230;<br />
[OY VEY]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/oy.jpg" rel="lightbox[1797]" rel="lightbox[1797]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1803"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/oy-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>I forgot to thank the very cool people at the <a href="http://www.hardrockhotel.com/las-vegas/hotel/promo.cfm?id=519" target="_blank"> HARD ROCK HOTEL </a> in SIN CITY&#8230; The rooms in the new tower are straight out of a movie. The new club VANITY is amazing, I&#8217;ll DJ there ANY TIME!!!</p>
<p>[STEADY MOBBIN']<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/HardRock.jpg" rel="lightbox[1797]" rel="lightbox[1797]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1804"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/HardRock-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></a></p>
<p>*P.S. Hard Rock, I&#8217;m still bummed you forgot my wake-up call, let&#8217;s not let it happen again, haha.<br />
**MR. NICHOLS &amp; MR.ANGEL, This is <a href="http://factory413.com/shop/apparel/tops/sweaters/harrison/k21046gry/" target="_blank">VERY FRESH</a>.<br />
***SHOW PICTURES, UP NEXT.</p>
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		<title>Happy Birthday My Friend&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 09:35:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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<p>There was a time when I would go anywhere I was invited&#8230; then I stopped, I don&#8217;t really know why&#8230; The last week<span id="more-1771"></span> I&#8217;ve been home and while looking through the pictures on my various picture taking devices I realized, people make me really stoked on life! People add so much to whatever it is you do&#8230; So I got up and spent some time with some rad people&#8230; some old friends and some new.<br />
I went to a place I&#8217;d never heard of before called Tom &amp; Jerry&#8217;s (that&#8217;s where I found that Deer Head up above).</p>
<p>SURFER BLOOD. SU<a href="http://media.nme.com.edgesuite.net/audio/2009/sep/02%20You're%20a%20Friend.mp3" target="_blank">RFER BLOOD. SURFER BLOOD. SURFER BL</a>OOD. SURFER BLOOD. SUFER BLOOD.<br />
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<div>I saw this band play an In-Store at Other Music.<br />
<br />[<a href="http://www.myspace.com/surferblood" target="_blank">SURFER BLOOD.</a>]<br />
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<div>One of the best men on the planet&#8230; if Superman was real, his daytime name would not be Clark Kent&#8230; it would be Mark Holloway.<br />
[M.B.H]<br />
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<div>TONIGHT&#8230; LIVE&#8230; FROM GLENDALE CALIFORNIA!!!<br />
[Bill Ciggs &amp; Sarah Terrible]<br />
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<div>The band got back together for Quinn&#8217;s 22nd Birthday&#8230; I could write a couple pages on my friend Quinn, she used to live on 10th street&#8230; she&#8217;s one of the most supportive, encouraging people you&#8217;ll ever meet, she makes wearing saddle shoes look rad&#8230; I love you Quinn.<br />
[Quinn &amp; Nicky]<br />
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<div>Sitting to the right of me at the Quinn-dig was Jenny &#8220;Penny&#8221; who invited me to go see Regis &amp; Kelly with her&#8230; um&#8230; maybe next time buddy.<br />
[JENNY SIAID REGIS IS LOSING HIS TOUCH]<br />
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<div>Sitting to the left of me was Mr. &amp; Mrs. Battjer&#8230; This is what genetically perfect people look like, they have a combined I.Q. of 900, -17% body fat and they write books, upside down, in the dark, backwards&#8230; I already put a down-payment on one of their children, sweeeet.<br />
[Battjer]<br />
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<div>Oh, hey, it&#8217;s Gurj&#8230; she&#8217;s my first and only pen-pal I ever had and she moved here from England! Then she got an awesome job and an awesome boyfriend and she&#8217;s going to be on MTv on a show called &#8220;Downtown Girls&#8221; and it&#8217;s supposed to be sorta like a real life S&amp;TC I think&#8230; I kinda don&#8217;t get to hang out with her as much these days, so it was nice to see her&#8230; Hi Gurj, I miss you, wanna be pen-pals again?<br />
[JEET]<br />
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<div>WHOA&#8230; ANOTHER BIRTHDAY!!!<br />
<br />My friends Stevie &amp; Maxx got together all these cool kids for Bia&#8217;s birthday, they were nice enough to invite me&#8230; it was a really rad time. To me, Maxx &amp; Bia are basically the future of art &amp; style in New York&#8230; he is a young film maker and she is an undiscovered movie star. Somebody needs to make a Souxsie &amp; the Banshees Bio-pic and cast Bia in that joint, no kidding. If you see them out A. You&#8217;ll recognize them, because they dress better than anyone I know and 2. When you do recognize them introduce yourself because they&#8217;re so inspiring to know&#8230;<br />

<div>[BIA'S BROOKLYN BIRTHDAY]<br />
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<div>[RED VELVET CAKE]<br />
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<div>Maxx I know it&#8217;s impossible to get an actual picture of you, but I&#8217;m on a mission buddy&#8230;<br />
[THE YOUNG FILM MAKER]<br />
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<div>Dear friends, old &amp; new&#8230;<br />
Thank you for getting me out of the house, always introducing me to new incredible things and sharing your interesting lives with me&#8230; if it wasn&#8217;t for you I&#8217;d get lost in my head and never come out, I&#8217;d forget to look around.</div>
<p>*Hold on to your <a href="http://tinyurl.com/ykzqdal" target="_blank">FRIENDS</a>.<br />
<br />**Hey Moz, why don&#8217;t you play a show (or 7) with your friends?<br />
***By friends, I mean The Smiths&#8230; if BLUR can do it, I&#8217;ll bet you could&#8230; wishful thinking.</p>
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		<title>I&#8217;M FOREVER A KID.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 17:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
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Spent some awesome time with the &#8220;Little Pals&#8221; this past week&#8230; I was reminded of how much time I spent growing up, with coloring books. I was looking around the other night at coloring pages and found some of my favorite historical figures. I think when I have some &#8220;Little Pals&#8221; of my own I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
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<p>Spent some awesome time with the &#8220;Little Pals&#8221; this past week&#8230; I was reminded of<span id="more-1756"></span> how much time I spent growing up, with coloring books. I was looking around the other night at coloring pages and found some of my favorite historical figures. I think when I have some &#8220;Little Pals&#8221; of my own I&#8217;m going to print out all kinds of coloring pages and have history lessons &#8220;JM&#8221; style&#8230;<br />
Check it out&#8230; these people are rad.</p>
<p>[Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela]<br />
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<p>[Mohandas Karamchand "Mahatma" Gandhi"<br />
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<p>[Martin Luther King Jr.]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/king.jpg" rel="lightbox[1756]" rel="lightbox[1756]"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1758"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/king.jpg" alt="" width="400" height="407" /></a></p>
<p>[John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy]<br />
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<p>[Gabrielle Bonhuer "Coco" Chanel]<br />
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<p>[John Winston Ono Lennon]<br />
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<p>[Andrew "Andy" Warhola]<br />
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<p>Thanks to<a href="http://www.thecolor.com/" target="_blank"> THECOLOR.COM </a>for having this stuff on your website.</p>
<p>*I love you, you know&#8230;<br />
**Thanks for stopping by</p>
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		<title>TWO TONE LIFE.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 04:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;m feeling the simplicity of BLACK &#38; WHITE&#8230;
I wish I could play DOO WOP and TWO TONE SKA in my set&#8230; can we do a night like that somewhere?
Here&#8217;s two pictures I took&#8230;
KARL&#8230; you need to throw this in your runway music holmes&#8230; SHIMMY SHIMMY WATUSI&#8230; Can&#8217;t deny that, that&#8217;s a classic jamm&#8230;
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<p>I&#8217;m feeling the simplicity of BLACK &amp; WHITE&#8230;<span id="more-1741"></span><br />
I wish I could play DOO WOP and TWO TONE SKA in my set&#8230; can we do a night like that somewhere?<br />
Here&#8217;s two pictures I took&#8230;</p>
<p>KARL&#8230; you need to throw this in your runway music holmes&#8230;<a href="http://www.rocktownhall.com/RockTownHall/ShimmyShimmyWatusi.mp3" target="_blank"> SHIMMY SHIMMY WATUSI</a>&#8230; Can&#8217;t deny that, that&#8217;s a classic jamm&#8230;</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re gonna pay 400$ for them boots&#8230; you better wear the sh*t outta &#8216;em. I love New York because people buy stuff you only see in magazines, then wear it like it&#8217;s supposed to be worn&#8230;</p>
<p>[WHA'TWO'C]<br />
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<p>I&#8217;ve never been big into musicals&#8230; except for Woody Allen&#8217;s &#8220;Everyone Says I Love You&#8221; because well&#8230; it&#8217;s Woody Allen, c&#8217;mon. I finally got around to watching Sweeny Todd the other night&#8230; This is how the movie starts. I&#8217;ve never seen that clause before&#8230;</p>
<p>[FOR GRAPHIC BLOODY VIOLENCE]<br />
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<p>*I was serious about the DOO WOP and TWO TONE night.<br />
**Click Pix, Leave Love XO JM</p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 22:48:51 +0000</pubDate>
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I am of the mind that art is a decision that your soul makes. I was with a group of friends last week and sarcastically made a comment about graffiti&#8230; I was deeply saddened when I later learned that my comment didn&#8217;t come across the way I had thought&#8230; I learned that I can&#8217;t go [...]]]></description>
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<p>I am of the mind that art is a decision that your soul makes. I was with a group of friends last week and sarcastically made a comment about graffiti&#8230; I was deeply saddened when I later learned that my comment didn&#8217;t come across the way I had thought&#8230; I learned that I can&#8217;t go around causally being sarcastic, expecting that people just know me and know of how passionate I really am about certain things&#8230;<span id="more-1724"></span></p>
<p>My appreciation, specifically for this medium is such, that I&#8217;m of the belief that climbing Mt. Everest with a can or marker and painting a dot on a rock would not make me an artist&#8230; I mean, I know it can be argued, but I&#8217;d like to take the chance and say right here that the amount of planning and execution that goes into this medium is what inspires me&#8230; not to mention, when an individual then shows up, puts in the work and the result is social commentary, thought provoking piece of art. We&#8217;re talking about individuals who don&#8217;t get scaffolding in the Sistine Chapel&#8230; they work in the dark, with the constant threat of authorities who have nothing better to do, but hassle them&#8230;</p>
<p>I grew up on While You Were Sleeping and was fortunate to work with that magazine on some stuff a few years back&#8230; I&#8217;m not trying to be down or co-sign anything, graffiti and the artists who work in this medium do not need any help from me. The history, the legacy, the people who work in this medium sacrifice a lot for their love, it is a lifestyle and is of the utmost respect in my eyes. How we can worship artists like Jean-Michel Basquiat and still arrest artists is beyond me. There are a lot of people who have been working for years and are just getting a look now&#8230; I guess &#8220;better late than never&#8221; but pop culture owes many of these artists an apology and I&#8217;d like to start it off by saying&#8230; I learned a lesson, I don&#8217;t want anyone to ever think that i take their life&#8217;s passion lightly. Yes, this all may seem a little cryptic, but I&#8217;m sharing what I&#8217;ve learned and I appreciate learning in whatever shape or form it may come&#8230;</p>
<p>Check the dates on<a href="http://www.gzzglz.com/" target="_blank"> ZEVS </a>videos&#8230; he goes way back&#8230;.</p>
<p><a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevs_losangeles.jpg" rel="lightbox[1724]" rel="lightbox[1724]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1727"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevs_losangeles-300x189.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="189" /></a></p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevsss.jpg" rel="lightbox[1724]" rel="lightbox[1724]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1728"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevsss-300x225.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="225" /></a></p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p><a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevs_liquidatedlv_wall.jpg" rel="lightbox[1724]" rel="lightbox[1724]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1729"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevs_liquidatedlv_wall-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8211;<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevss.jpg" rel="lightbox[1724]" rel="lightbox[1724]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1730"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevss-300x199.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="199" /></a></p>
<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-</p>
<p><a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevs-arrested-over-liquidated-chanel-sign.jpg" rel="lightbox[1724]" rel="lightbox[1724]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1731"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/zevs-arrested-over-liquidated-chanel-sign-300x236.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="236" /></a></p>
<p>Like I said&#8230; there&#8217;s no timeline on art, there&#8217;s also no reason to stamp out something you haven&#8217;t digested yet&#8230; value inspiration where you find it, share it and be open to the idea that in the future someone will be doing the same for you.</p>
<p>*Thank you to artists of all mediums who continually inspire me and live &amp; die for their passion.</p>
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		<title>EAT.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 10:03:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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DISCLAIMER: I know this post is all over the place&#8230; it&#8217;s like my life the last two weeks. I promise i&#8217;ll do better next time&#8230; I promise.
Living life on the go means you have what you can carry&#8230; there&#8217;s not a lot of food in the fridge and whatever you can grab on the move [...]]]></description>
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<p>DISCLAIMER: I know this post is all over the place&#8230;<span id="more-1691"></span> it&#8217;s like my life the last two weeks. I promise i&#8217;ll do better next time&#8230; I promise.</p>
<p>Living life on the go means you have what you can carry&#8230; there&#8217;s not a lot of food in the fridge and whatever you can grab on the move is what you&#8217;re going to be &#8220;making do&#8221; with.<br />
I&#8217;ve been known to clean out a green room or five&#8230; crackers and peanut butter anyone?</p>
<p>[Backstage Foods]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dressingroom.jpg" rel="lightbox[1691]" rel="lightbox[1691]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1705"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/dressingroom-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>&#8220;Then there are times when we &#8220;live fat&#8221;, we go out on the town, we pretend that this night is the last night of our lives, there&#8217;s no end to the money and every meal is a feast&#8230;&#8221;</p>
<p>Lemmie tell you about <a href="http://www.yelp.com/biz/lulas-sweet-apothecary-new-york" target="_blank"> LULA&#8217;S</a>. It&#8217;s RAD&#8230; that&#8217;s all there is to know. Last week I took some friends to this little favorite &#8220;throwback style&#8221; secret spot of mine. That&#8217;s Stas, he&#8217;s an ILL-ILLY-ILL photographer&#8230; the &#8220;interesting&#8221; looking gentleman to his right&#8230;</p>
<p>[LULA'S]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/stash.jpg" rel="lightbox[1691]" rel="lightbox[1691]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1674"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/stash-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>That&#8217;s Roberrrrto B, my brother from an Italian mother (Bronx peoples, where you at!)&#8230; he&#8217;s just really overwhelmed by the ice cream awesomeness&#8230; to his direct right is Dan Ravine&#8230; look at the girl in the back. She is Lauren. She is way stoaked&#8230; If you&#8217;re ever in NYC let&#8217;s meet up for ice cream&#8230;</p>
<p>[I SCREAM]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/robbie.jpg" rel="lightbox[1691]" rel="lightbox[1691]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1675"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/robbie-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>A few days later, before practice CH decides to get some pizza down on Houston&#8230; Mario&#8217;s ey? How have these guys avoided an infringement lawsuit? I will never forget my buddy asking the girl at the counter if the &#8220;Ketchup is made with blood?&#8221; haha&#8230; I guess you just had to be there.</p>
<p><a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mario.jpg" rel="lightbox[1691]" rel="lightbox[1691]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1711"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/mario-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>What&#8217;s up to one of my favorite eating places <a href="http://souen.net/" target="_blank"> SOUEN</a>!!! This is the first place that I ate with my buddies Bryan Ling and Steve Aoki&#8230; it will always be one of my top choices when it comes to eating time&#8230; One question to my Souen homies&#8230; WHAT IS UP WITH THE TIE-DYE, PEACE SIGN, BASEBALL on your counter?</p>
<p>[TIE DYE &amp; PEACE &amp; BASEBALL]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/souen.jpg" rel="lightbox[1691]" rel="lightbox[1691]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1676"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/souen-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>Okay, wait a minute&#8230; <a href="http://www.maxwellsrestaurant.info/fatkidpizza/" target="_blank"> FAT KID PIZZA</a>&#8230; I have an issue with you. Look, ask anyone who&#8217;s know me for a minute&#8230; I love food! I was 215 pounds in my senior year of college FOR REAL&#8230; that&#8217;s how much I love food! I grew up on Ho-Ho&#8217;s, Doritos, Cinnimon rolls, Root Beer&#8230; etc.<br />
[I LIKE THE LOGO BUT...]<br />
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<p>That said&#8230; I know I would never pass out with decent pizza anywhere in my vicinity&#8230; who does that? Even as I&#8217;ve grown up (and now I only eat half a pizza at a time) I&#8217;m not really down with your depiction of a &#8220;FAT KID&#8221; out cold with half eaten slices everywhere. A. It makes me look bad, as if loving pizza makes you pass out like some kind of derelict. &amp; 2. I would NEVER, I repeat NEVER leave a slice unattended&#8230; by the way, this just makes your product look less than awesome. FAT KID CO. gimmie a call&#8230; I have some genius marketing ideas that don&#8217;t involve alienating my people.</p>
<p>[HALF EATEN SLICES?]<br />
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<p>I had lunch at RUE 57 the other day&#8230; it&#8217;s one of the first restaurants I ate at when I first visited New York. Whenever I go there I get this weird feeling, like something really life changing is about to happen&#8230; I guess because of the positive changes going on at that point &amp; time in my life&#8230; it&#8217;s weird because that mind set makes everything there taste pretty amazing.</p>
<p>[Rue 57]<br />
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<p>Time to travel&#8230; when you go different places you see variations of things you don&#8217;t see at home&#8230; of course you do. This is a little number I like to call &#8220;Everything I don&#8217;t like in a can&#8221;.</p>
<p>[Clamato...really?]<br />
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<p>Cheeburger Cheeburger&#8230; okay, it&#8217;s really cool that someone let their 7 year old name their company but&#8230; nobody is getting their Cheeburger on at 7:34 in the a.m. I haven&#8217;t had a cheeseburger in about 9 years so I&#8217;m not really an expert these days&#8230; I don&#8217;t really know if anyone should be eating a Cheeburger before they get on a plane? Just a thought&#8230;</p>
<p>[Cheeburger Terminal 5]<br />
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<p>1. On a serious note. If you&#8217;re gonna drink some<a href="http://www.7-eleven.com/NewsRoom/7ElevenCoffeeCupWithACause/tabid/364/Default.aspx" target="_blank"> COFFEE</a>.<br />
2. &#8220;A<a href="http://ihatewheat.files.wordpress.com/2007/10/08-glamorous-indie-rock-roll.mp3" target="_blank"> coffee house with a cause </a>man I&#8217;ll freak you out&#8230;&#8221; ***any excuse to post a song I like.</p>
<p>[COFFEE WITH A CAUSE]<br />
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<p>I take self portraits. It started because I&#8217;m alone a lot of the time. I do it now because it&#8217;s become a little project&#8230; I think setting up a shot, then allowing people to walk into it, not knowing they are part of my picture might be a new addition to this experiment&#8230; we&#8217;ll see.<br />
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<p>*Lots of new &#8220;little things&#8221; to post&#8230; now I&#8217;m home for a few days and I&#8217;m stoked to write some&#8230;<br />
**Yes, I know I&#8217;ve been wearing the same thing for 2 weeks&#8230; that situation is being attended to.</p>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 20:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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When it grows cold in New York City, or probably anywhere for that matter&#8230; the streets get empty&#8230; when the streets get empty there&#8217;s less noise&#8230; when there&#8217;s a lack noise I have to re-adjust how I think.
After travel, travel, travel, sitting in the house is fun for approximately 2 days&#8230; somewhere around the 53rd [...]]]></description>
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<p>When it grows cold in New York City, or probably anywhere for that matter&#8230;<span id="more-1661"></span> the streets get empty&#8230; when the streets get empty there&#8217;s less noise&#8230; when there&#8217;s a lack noise I have to re-adjust how I think.<br />
After travel, travel, travel, sitting in the house is fun for approximately 2 days&#8230; somewhere around the 53rd hour when I just start to stare at things, I have to get out.</p>
<p>So I took the membership card that my good pal Roberrrto B. got me and went to the MoMA all the way up on 53rd street and looked at what some other people had spent their time creating&#8230; I spent about 3 hours walking around and you know how it is when you work out and it feels like nothing is happening? Then the next day you are sore?  That&#8217;s what happened&#8230;</p>
<p>Basically the next day I&#8217;d grown a new interest, everywhere I went I saw repetition in a new light. It&#8217;s kinda funny&#8230; so simple but all of the sudden I was staring at repetition&#8230; repetition in it&#8217;s relation to choices. While I keep looking everywhere for entertainment, at this time I find myself entirely satisfied with the simple commentary of a multitude of choices&#8230; you can often catch me in a deli staring at a bunch of different colors, packages containing the same thing with the slightest little difference, a choice, something fine tuned for each consumer&#8230; a dozen flavors&#8230; a different use for the same thing&#8230; made specifically just for us&#8230; so it seems&#8230;<br />
My only disclaimer is: This is not an attempt to be interesting&#8230; I only desire to be interested&#8230;</p>
<p>LITTLE BOOTS &#8211; <a href="http://sicario.tv/wp-content/uploads/musica/01%20Stuck%20on%20Repeat.mp3" target="_blank">STUCK ON REPEAT</a></p>
<p>[<a href="http://thebeancoffeeandtea.com/" target="_blank">THE BEAN</a>]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/The-bean.jpg" rel="lightbox[1661]" rel="lightbox[1661]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1663"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/The-bean-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a><br />
[CHOICES on top of CHOICES]<br />
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<p>[<a href="http://www.muji.com/" target="_blank">MUJI</a>]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/container.jpg" rel="lightbox[1661]" rel="lightbox[1661]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1665"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/container-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>[NEWS is NEWS]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/news.jpg" rel="lightbox[1661]" rel="lightbox[1661]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1666"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/news-300x150.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="150" /></a></p>
<p>[FLOWERS]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/flowers.jpg" rel="lightbox[1661]" rel="lightbox[1661]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1667"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/flowers-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>[EVERY DIFFERENT NOSE]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/kleenex.jpg" rel="lightbox[1661]" rel="lightbox[1661]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1668"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/kleenex-300x174.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="174" /></a></p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.nycgo.com/?event=view.venuedetails&amp;id=2230" target="_blank">COOKIES</a>]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cookie.jpg" rel="lightbox[1661]" rel="lightbox[1661]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1669"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/cookie-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></a></p>
<p>[GARBAGE TRASH]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/trash.jpg" rel="lightbox[1661]" rel="lightbox[1661]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1670"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/trash-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>[FRUIT]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/fruit.jpg" rel="lightbox[1661]" rel="lightbox[1661]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1671"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/fruit-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>[<a href="http://www.ketchupcreativity.com/" target="_blank">KIDS DESIGN KETCHUPS</a>]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/katsup.jpg" rel="lightbox[1661]" rel="lightbox[1661]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1672"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/katsup-168x300.jpg" alt="" width="168" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>[REPEAT REPO MEN]<br />
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<p>Carrying a camera with me means going places might take me an extra minute or five as I take time to notice these previously overlooked instances of repetition, choices.  It&#8217;s a funny little thing, realization&#8230;<br />
A continued reminder that all of this is free&#8230;</p>
<p>ENJOY.<br />
*<a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_jf4moFqB1Lg/SeSSOtLOWWI/AAAAAAAAATo/CxWsBa5QzVw/s400/minorthreat.JPG" target="_blank">SALAD DAYS </a><br />
**<a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cLI19EXK2oU/SjUQpRNROQI/AAAAAAAAAKQ/4tQzH5KffaA/s400/repeater.jpg" target="_blank">REPEATER </a><br />
***<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-g8MBq7XW14/SY4aAoO2HlI/AAAAAAAAABA/bV5g0ovkCfo/s400/fu.jpg" target="_blank">STEADY DIET OF NOTHING </a></p>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 19:47:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Josh</dc:creator>
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There are a million blogger A-holes&#8230; telling you where, when, what, why &#8212; to buy, see, go, try&#8230; I&#8217;m not that person. It&#8217;s none of my business how you spend your time. I&#8217;m just here looking for my own inspiration. I&#8217;m not typically a tourist activity, sight-seer, guy&#8230; living in places like Washington D.C. &#38; [...]]]></description>
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<p>There are a million blogger A-holes&#8230;<span id="more-1648"></span> telling you where, when, what, why &#8212; to buy, see, go, try&#8230; I&#8217;m not that person. It&#8217;s none of my business how you spend your time. I&#8217;m just here looking for my own inspiration. I&#8217;m not typically a tourist activity, sight-seer, guy&#8230; living in places like Washington D.C. &amp; New York City, ignoring the gifts those cities offer has been my ignorant choice much of the time. I struggle daily to find inspiration, without just a little, I have trouble making it out of the house. Yesterday I went to the Moma. There is a reason this place exists. Big thanks to my friend Robbie for the season tickets membership card thing&#8230;</p>
<p>[art]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bulb.jpg" rel="lightbox[1648]" rel="lightbox[1648]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1650"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/bulb-168x300.jpg" alt="" width="168" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>[Self portrait with Edward Scissor Deer]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/DEER.jpg" rel="lightbox[1648]" rel="lightbox[1648]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1652"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/DEER-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>Do you know who this is?</p>
<p>[Richard Avedon's photo of her]<br />
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<p>There&#8217;s a limited number of photos because people were getting taken out left and right&#8230; it&#8217;s some kind of major crime to photograph anything. All that is important is that, inspiration was found&#8230; found in a big way, so back to work for me and a new, hopefully more interesting post will be up soon.</p>
<p>*<a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank"> MoMA </a> a.k.a <a href="http://www.moma.org/" target="_blank"> Museum of Modern Art </a><br />
* I LOVE YOU <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coco_Chanel" target="_blank">GABRIELLE </a></p>
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I wouldn&#8217;t ever in a million years say I&#8217;m a bad son&#8230; though I don&#8217;t call my Mom nearly as much as some people call their Moms and it could definitely never be enough for me, I&#8217;d talk to my Mom all day long if I could, she&#8217;s so amazing&#8230; but these days I just [...]]]></description>
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<p>I wouldn&#8217;t ever in a million years say I&#8217;m a bad son&#8230; though I don&#8217;t call my Mom nearly as much as some people call their Moms and it could definitely never be enough for me, I&#8217;d talk to my Mom all day long if I could, she&#8217;s so amazing&#8230; but these days I just don&#8217;t get to talk to<span id="more-1595"></span> anyone every single day.<br />
I&#8217;m lucky to be as busy as I am right now, there were times where I&#8217;ve had nothing&#8230; I mean, less than very little and the only thing worse than that is having nothing and nothing to do, because all you do is sit there and wish there was something to take your mind off of the nothingness of everything. Oh come on, I&#8217;m not being dismal, I&#8217;m just explaining that I&#8217;ve accepted the idea of not having tons of &#8220;stuff&#8221; and made the trade for life experience. I looked in the mirror and said &#8220;Dude, get over it, you&#8217;re not a money guy, you should try that adventure thing out&#8230;&#8221;<br />
It seems these days, I&#8217;m communicating with the world, and not as much with some of the people I know. I&#8217;d like to openly apologize for this and offer a glimpse of where I&#8217;ve been when you call&#8230; I do love the people in my life more than they could ever understand. I hope wherever we are we are thinking fondly of each other and sharing our best &#8220;selves&#8221; with those that we meet&#8230; When we get see each other we will cherish the time and share what we&#8217;ve experienced with each other.<br />
Oh and Mom&#8230; I love you, I promise I&#8217;ll be home soon.</p>
<p>I left for Utah&#8230; I always meet amazing characters at Sundance.</p>
<p>[Fly Right]<br />
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<p>&#8220;I wasn&#8217;t on a mountain, when it came to me&#8230;&#8221;<br />
[Land in Utah]<br />
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<p>Caffeine, yes. Caffeinated beef jerky&#8230; um, no.<br />
[Perky Jerky]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/perkyjerky.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1598"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/perkyjerky-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>I DJ&#8217;d this thing with my buddy DJ EQUAL. First of all he&#8217;s a really good DJ, I like watching him work. Second, he dances kinda like a drunk toddler, but somehow he makes it look cool&#8230; I guess because everything he does just seems pretty &#8220;on accident cool&#8221;&#8230; quality dudage here.<br />
[EQUAL]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/equal.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1634"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/equal-300x167.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="167" /></a></p>
<p>This poor guy&#8230; this was taken at about 4pm. I&#8217;m guessing freebie cocktails + schmoozing + high altitude =&#8217;s not good times.<br />
[Yux broheem]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yux.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1599"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/yux-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>Why is water in a bag? I dunno but it was interesting looking to me and tasted great.<br />
[Ice Rock]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/icerock1.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1626"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/icerock1-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>I got the opportunity of a lifetime&#8230; and I took it.<br />
[Snow gear]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/uniform.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1601"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/uniform-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>A friend of mine asked if I wanted to spend the afternoon riding up into the mountains through the snow&#8230; on a snow mobile. Going 50 miles an hour while snow falls non-stop is incredible.<br />
[All Snow]<br />
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<p>My DJ pal Sam French came along too&#8230; he got stuck in drift and was almost left behind at one point. Sorry buddy.<br />
[Sam French]<br />
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<p>After that, we went to Bruce&#8217;s party in a crazy lodge, with a tunnel driveway that goes through the mountain&#8230; It was one of those places where they asked people to take their shoes off. I saw these kicks&#8230;<br />
[Dirty South]<br />
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<p>I&#8217;m weird okay&#8230; I got this mustache kit for my brithday, with all these different mustahces, and I decided to wear one all night long. I&#8217;m a guy who doesn&#8217;t mind being called Luigi&#8230; if people get a laugh, then we all have fun.<br />
[Luigi]<br />
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<p>I DJ&#8217;d an Oakley party where a bunch of buddies, Kelly James, Shwayze, Mike Posner, performed&#8230; John Legend sang happy birthday to someone in the middle of my set, have you ever heard his voice it&#8217;s &#8220;like a cross between Fergie and Jesus&#8221;&#8230; and Oh, I see you Mr. McCassy a.k.a Sir P90X, haha<br />
[Oakley Party]<br />
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<p>The next morning it was time to leave Utah. It&#8217;s always fun to play the game of &#8220;Take an exploded carry-on and cram it all back in to itself as fast as you can&#8230;&#8221;<br />
[Leave Utah]<br />
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<p>Scenario: Window seat. Sleeping middle &amp; isle seats. Gotta go to the bathroom&#8230; you&#8217;re stuck.<br />
[Trapped]<br />
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<p>I land in San Diego and realize that sometimes, just sometimes, it might actually be okay to tattle.<br />
[Call]<br />
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<p>A hand full of days practicing on the compound with my band mate Charles&#8230;<br />
[CH]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CH.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1610"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/CH-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>On the West Coast, after a long day of rehearsal, meetings and other random stuff, we end up having group dinners&#8230; at one of these dinners 3H, the guy in that red sweater over there, bet me 500$ that I couldn&#8217;t eat 100$ of Denny&#8217;s food in an hour&#8230; It&#8217;s all going to be recorded as I win this bet in the very near future.<br />
[3H]<br />
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<p>Got some good hang time in with one of my main heavy hittin&#8217; San Diego players Grant a.k.a G-Money a.k.a &#8220;where&#8217;s my green Lego dude&#8221; a.k.a The Littlest Lo Head. My man keeps it so real&#8230; we&#8217;re looking at a strong 2010 and beyond for all of our business ventures.<br />
[The Littlest Lo Head]<br />
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<p>My friend J.S. from Maryland started this company called <a href="http://www.music-skins.com/store/" target="_blank">Music Skins</a>, they make covers for stuff and the difference is, you can switch the covers out because they aren&#8217;t stickers or whatever&#8230; it&#8217;s some smart technology or something like that. I sent them my logo and they made me one of my own!<br />
It may seem kinda self involved from an outside perspective, but it makes it easy, so you&#8217;re not answering the &#8220;What&#8217;s your DJ name?&#8221; question all night long while you&#8217;re working&#8230;<br />
[Madden]<br />
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<p>I always fly first thing in the morning to- and redeye home&#8230; it allows me to have a full day on both sides of my trip, but the result is that I&#8217;m pretty tired&#8230; on the way home I had 3 seats, fell asleep before we took off and woke up to a crazy sideways turn, just before landing. If you click on the picture you can clearly see the street below&#8230; asleep on a wing.<br />
[Flyhome]<br />
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<p>It&#8217;s weird, go away for a few weeks and come home to new stores in my neighborhood&#8230; My sister Sarah is gonna bug out, there&#8217;s a new Gluten-Free Bakery on my block. I can&#8217;t wait for her to come visit so we can get gnarly over there.<br />
[Tully's]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Tullys.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1615"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/Tullys-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>Went up to the new Ben Sherman offices to visit&#8230; How did I not know about this Madness collaboration? WHAAAATT!!!<br />
[Madness]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/madness.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1616"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/madness-300x168.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="168" /></a></p>
<p>They keep LARGE samples in the showroom because they know I&#8217;d find a way to get these out on there if they were smalls&#8230; Everything looks so RAD!<br />
[Ben Mad]<br />
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<p>My friend Ian and his lady Emm flew all the way from England just for the weekend, it was Brain Fallon&#8217;s birthday so they surprised him&#8230; that&#8217;s just the kind of radical people they are. I was lucky enough to spend a while with them, catching up, laughing, sharing some stories. I want to go visit them in the U.K. soon hopefully.<br />
Ian still claims he&#8217;s &#8220;Numba one&#8221;&#8230;<br />
[Ian "From England"]<br />
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<p>Emm is the boss, and Ian is like a teenager, it&#8217;s a good pairing&#8230; one day, one day I&#8217;ll have a &#8220;boss&#8221; to keep me in line, haha.<br />
Em still claims he&#8217;s &#8220;Numba chooo&#8230;&#8221;<br />
[Emma "From England"]<br />
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<p>My friend Sarah also has an English boyfriend&#8230; who got her these HUGE shark mittens for Christmas&#8230; what&#8217;s up with all this Anglophilia? Nah, but for real, my Brits are some of my favorite people. Whenever I get the chance Sarah and her boyfriend a.k.a Craig Daaayyy-vid take me to Benny&#8217;s where we sit for hours on end&#8230;<br />
[Sarah]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sarah1.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1621"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/sarah1-168x300.jpg" alt="" width="168" height="300" /></a></p>
<p>Last night I DJ&#8217;d a crazy private party at this crazy nice place for this crazy group of people wearing crazy masks&#8230; it was like Happy &#8220;Eyes Wide Shut&#8221; Birthday&#8230; nothing freaky happened, but a lot of freaking went down. Happy Birthday Nikki.<br />
[New York Birthday]<br />
<a href="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/party.jpg" rel="lightbox[1595]" rel="lightbox[1595]"><img class="aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1628"  src="http://joshmadden.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/party-300x169.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="169" /></a></p>
<p>A few weeks ago my friend <a href="http://stasmayphotography.com/" target="_blank">Stas </a>took my picture. This is probably my favorite of the ones he took. I tried to pull an In MacKaye in front of some important looking books at Dan&#8217;s house. I remember this because I had spent all day listening to Minor Threat and Youth of Today and I was thinking about the song<a href="http://cowsarejustfood.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/minor-threat-good-guys-dont-wear-white.mp3" target="_blank"> Sometime Good Guys Don&#8217;t Wear White</a>.<br />
[Stas takes pictures]<br />
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<p>In summary, I&#8217;d like to again, apologize to my patient friends and family as they call, text and e-mail&#8230; I&#8217;m off somewhere meeting a new couple hundred people, in the air, working on some new project&#8230; really all I want is, eventually to have the means to fly around and see each and every person I know for a few days at a time. I take pictures and write, not because I&#8217;m good at either&#8230; I was just always convinced that I needed to have a life that was all &#8220;One way&#8221; or all the &#8220;Other way&#8221; and I&#8217;m here to tell you it&#8217;s a choose your own adventure. It&#8217;s a crazy time right now, it seems like every aspect of the world is going through a re-generation/re-configuration all at once, to many to list. I can tell you, traveling around and getting to see it all happen is a real amazing experience. I hope I get the chance to meet everyone&#8230;<br />
Until then&#8230; see you on the road.</p>
<p>*click pictures<br />
**leave me love notes</p>
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