Reagan an I recently watched the documentary film “It might get loud.” I’m kind of surprised that we waited so long, since so many people had recommended it to me. The film profiles Jack White, Jimmy Page and The Edge. Each of them discuss their approach to playing guitar, their take on music, etc.. It was really cool. I have always been a huge Led Zeppelin fan. I was all over U2 in the late 80′s/early 90′s, but I can scarcely stand to hear Bono’s voice these days. I felt like The Edge had no business being in a film about rock guitar. But if nothing else, he provided some pretty stark contrast. And Jack White was (is really weird and) awesome. I have really been into the White Stripes for the past few years. “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground” is probably in my top 10. But for whatever reason, until watching this film, I didn’t realize that Jack White was part of the Raconteurs. Their sound is a lot different than the White Stripes. It isn’t as consistent, either. But is still pretty solid stuff. I was trying for days to pick a good Raconteurs song to share, and ultimately punted. I’m sure that everyone has heard “Steady as she goes” a million times. But hey, it’s pretty good. So press play if you are feeling like hearing it one million and one times.

Reagan had this fancy idea to pass along some of her clothing via her blob. So, on Sunday night we had a little shoot with her modeling the clothes. I couldn’t help but make this little video compiling all of the frames (including outtakes with Reagan walking out of the frame, and shots where the strobe didn’t fire). Watch it, if you want.

It has been a rough couple of days, following the holiday. I have been stuck at the office basically non-stop since then. I did, however, take the opportunity to stop off at Houston St. on the way home last night and snap a couple of shots of the new Kenny Scharf mural going up.

Also, my college football team beat its biggest rival by one point (I watched the whole thing in a conference room peeking over my monitor at the screen).

I was able to breakout on Saturday night in time to go to dinner with Reagan, and have a late night hangout session with some friends. Today, I’m back in the office.  I’m hoping to get out of here before it gets late, though.

Here is one additional look at the mural (which I will continue to snap updates of [something to stay on the edge of your seat about, hehe])

Of course no holiday is complete without some good old fashioned family togetherness time. We had a blast hanging out with Piper on Thanksgiving morning. When we showed up, her nurse had dressed her in a super festive little outfit, complete with an orange ribbon in her hair. She was walking around by her crib acting as cute as possible (above).  She was being equal parts playful and snuggly.

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For whatever reason, Piper is obsessed with shoes and feet. In this case, she could not get over my boots. I had them propped up on the top of her mini-piano, and she jumped out of Reagan’s lap to come check them out. When I started playing peek-a-boo, by opening and closing my feet, so that she could see my face, it was too much for her to handle. She was cracking up.

We also did horsey rides and a modified version of airplane rides. Check Reagan’s blob for a video of that action. A few more photos from our T-day visit with Piper (and T-day generally), over here.

We got the pre-game going on Wednesday night, of course. Reagan had already received a huge order from Fresh Direct, and stopped by Gristedes on the way home. But of course, that did not preclude me having to rush back out to the bodega, as soon as I walked in the door from work. So, after buying a $10 bottle of pure cranberry juice, along with some fresh sage and rosemary leaves (for the turkey brine), we rolled up our sleeves and got after it. Reagan made three pies: Apple (below), Pumpkin (above) and Chocolate.

I whipped up some turkey brine, dropped in the turkey and put it out on the fire escape to marinate over night. After doing all of this, and a bunch of other stuff, we finally retired to the couch to watch the second half of a James Bond movie. Syfi, is having a JB marathon all weekend. Around 2ish, we finally called it a night.

We got up kind of early (by holiday standards) and headed up to Westchester to hang out with Piper (I’ll write more about that in a different post). We got back to our pad around 12:30 or one. I fired up the oven and got the turkey going. Note, this is the first time that I have ever attempted to cook a turkey. After 6 hours of meticulous tending (and a cat nap), this is what I pulled out of the oven:

I wish that I would have thought to get a shot of it before I started carving it up. It was juicy and delicious. I had to give myself a pat on the back for that one. Since we don’t really have a dining table, Reagan made some cute little place settings at either end of the coffee table, where we sat on the floor and ate our T-day dinner together. I hope that everyone else had an awesome Thanksgiving!

Try to solve the puzzle below. You can mouse over the image at the bottom left to see what the finished image should look like. Click “play again” to re-shuffle the pieces. To move a tile, click (don’t drag) the tile, and it will slide into the blank space.

Factory Fresh Block Party sliding puzzle game » make sliding puzzle

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I though this was kind of cool. I heard that Tissot had teamed up with Hayden for a campaign, but I had never actually seen any of the ads. This month in GQ, the image above was run as 2 page spread. Go Nicky! He has had rough run, since he won the GP world championship. I can’t help thinking that being Rossi’s teammate on the Ducati factory team, next season will give him the boost that he needs.  Part of me thinks that the new found Rossi connection will also help him with more Tissot-type endorsements. Either way, pretty cool.

Note from Jake: I think it is awesome that this feature with a pseudo Spanish name, is finally including some music with Spanish flavor.

Pete’s Post:

Sometimes I wish I knew more Spanish… I don’t though… so… short and simple it is. I really enjoy música de estilo de ranchera. I would like to share one of my favorite “grupos de música,” Los Horoscopos de Durango. I hope you enjoy.
Los Horoscopos de Durango: La Duda

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Peter Breinholt is a guest contributor for La Musica Coolica, and Jake’s brother. All of Peter’s contributions can be found here | Peter’s personal blog can be found here.

The photo above is a bit anachronistic, if I were to order things according to the title of this post. But I really, really like it. So there it is (at the top). Friday night, I was running around like crazy person trying to get some stuff shot before galleries closed, etc.. The last thing I shot before getting the weekend started on Friday night, was an installation by the UK based artist Hush. He did a few outdoor pieces in LES, in connection with the pop-up exhibit that opened Friday night. The shot below is one of them.

The exhibit itself was in this seriously cool old church. The way that they had it lit, meshed perfectly with Hush’s work (below).

Now, for the coolest part. I was talking to the PR guy as I was about to leave. Asking him about prices, prints, etc.., when he mentioned that Hush had created 30 miniature works, to give out at the reception. So, look who came out of there with #1. Woot!

Saturday, I was able to escape the clutches of the office and instead spend the day gallivanting around Brooklyn. Factory Fresh had a huge block party next to the gallery. There were several artists working on 200 ft. section of wall. I wish that I could have stayed all evening, to watch it unfold. It was super cool.

I think that my favorite shots from the afternoon, are the ones that I got from the roof. There are plenty more images on Curated, if you want to take a look.

After having such a great Saturday, I am stuck in the office all day, today. Ah well. It’s about give and take.

Above: my new beard. When I returned to my (real) job after the TN trip, I discovered that several of the first-year associates in my group were sporting some pretty aggressive facial hair. I was promised a certificate and a tote bag if I joined in on the cause. Although I have since discovered the the tote and certificate bribe was a joke, I am still enjoying being barbudo. Reagan appears to be a pretty big  fan, as well. I currently have 3 weeks worth of growth. We’ll see how long it lasts (grows).

Next item: I was flipping through some crap that I wrote a year ago and noticed that I picked up Negrita (my 7d) one year ago yesterday. I also realized that some of my favorite stuff that I have ever shot (to date) was shot with my old 40-D. It kinda makes me miss her. Yet another realization that I had, was that some of my most heartfelt posts didn’t even include an image from my camera. *Sigh* Last November was a pretty freaking good month.

Moving on:  I’m not really sure how this weekend is going to go. I’m lined up to shoot a ton of cool stuff, but only if I can some how squeeze it in with the work from my real job. I didn’t even find out that my real job was going to require my services for the weekend until Thurs. So, yeah. It’s tough to get amped about the weekend. I still hope that everyone else has a stress-free pile of awesome this weekend. Do it, do it.