My iPod Top 25 Most Played

July 29th, 2010

25. The Stranger by Rjd2

24. Uprising by Muse

23. Angels by Flight of the Conchords

22. Knockin’ on Heaven’s Door by Bob Dylan

21. Let’s Go Surfing by The Drums

20. Put Your Hands Where My Eyes Can See by Busta Rhymes

19. No Surprises by Radiohead

18. Condemnation by Depeche Mode

17. Time to Say Goodbye by Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman

16. Such Great Heights by Iron & Wine

15. Psychic City (Voodoo City) by YACHT

14. Karma Police by Radiohead

13. The Food [Live] by Common

12. All for the Best by Thom Yorke

11. Home by Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros

10. Fog (Again) [Live] by Radiohead

9. Amnesiac / Morning Bell by Radiohead

8. Hurt Feelings by Flight of the Conchords

7. Doomsday by Elvis Perkins in Dearland

6. Starlight by Muse

5. You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC

4. Sleepyhead by Passion Pit

3. I Am A Citizen Insane by Radiohead

2. Bulletproof by La Roux

1. Gagging Order by Radiohead

The Scratch Papers, Page 82: “Sal Slummo, Mayer of Hobotown”

July 28th, 2010

The Scratch Papers, Page 82: 'Sal Slummo, Mayer of Hobotown'

Colored pencil, 2010.

Portraits and Caricatures: Aaron and Lexi

June 20th, 2010

Aaron and Baby Lexi

And to every father, every where, Happy Father’s Day.

Clave Graduates

June 16th, 2010

Jesse Baggs pictured with high school graduate Clave Fourie

Congressional Caffeine Caucus Catastrophe! Part IV

June 5th, 2010

Congressional Caffeine Caucus Catastrophe! Part IV

Finally! Part I here, Part II here, Part III here.

Happy Birthday Lola!

June 5th, 2010

Photograph of Lola Baggs wearing sunglasses

The Scratch Papers, Page 81: “Swing, Kick, Fail”

June 1st, 2010

Pencil drawing of Batman swinging into an alley to kick a superstitious, cowardly criminal in the face

Pencil, 2010.

“I Am an Amanuensis” 71: Kaplan’s CSET Test Prep on Noam Chomsky

June 1st, 2010

“[. . . M]any five-year-olds entering kindergarten will still be mastering morphological rules, a typical feature of emergent speech. They will say, ‘I goed to my friend’s house yesterday.’ This grammatically incorrect utterance actually employs a sophisticated, though unconscious, understanding of grammar. The child knows that the way to form the past tense of most English verbs is to add the –ed suffix. This is an application of what [Noam] Chomsky calls Universal Grammar, enabled by the Language Acquisition Device. The child has observed, verified, and used a rule of English grammar, which is incorrect in this case not because the child failed to observe the rule, but because the verb fails to follow the rule.”

From Kaplan’s CSET preparation guide (Passing Score Guaranteed!), Third Edition, by C. Roebuck Reed, Lee Wherry Brainerd, and Rodney Lee. Page 8, emphasis added.

Amanuensis –noun.  A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another.

The Scratch Papers, Page 80: “Jesse Cries (A Lot)”

May 24th, 2010

'Jesse Cries (A Lot)'

Colored pencil, 2010.

Back to the Blogging

May 24th, 2010

It’s been over a month since my last post, for which I apologize. Things got a little busy for me and then I started work on a new comic brochure for Plant Bros, so I haven’t had a chance to finish the latest Congressional Caffeine Caucus Catastrophe. But both should be finished soon, so watch this space! In the meantime, here’s a fun little painting of me by the very talented Tristan Rumery (whose dramatic talents inspire rhyme and rhythm), my coworker at Studio 700, based on a drawing of me crying.

'Jesse Cries' by Tristan Rumery