for the first time in my life, i finally got one of those official name plates that you have to identify who happens to work in your cubicle. the nice blue background with the huge "HOLLY JOHNSON" written on it in white font is pretty sweet. the problem is, i don't really need this now. this gives me many very great ideas.
what can i put my name plate on?
a kitty?
a stop sign?
some dude on a bench?
my car (i figure this could become dangerous, seeing as though many people know i've left weird items on their cars...they'll come after me now)
some random elementary school?
the record exchange?
pilsner glasses?
a jacket?
tracy maret?
a skateboard?
a republican?
a carton of milk?
a bamboo plant?
a cactus?
as you can see, a photo series will most likely ensue based on this wonderful new add on in my life. as you also probably figured out, this means i actually have to finally purchase a camera. why i want to waste this much time with my name plate is beyond me, but the idea is a series called, "where has holly been today?" where the name plate is somewhere else very random, travelling cross country to find america. only more along that hunter s. thompson version, not the kerouac version. well, okay maybe a little of both. this would also go along with the various other ideas i have of droplifting a bunch of stuff downtown. yes, more droplifting. oh, for those that have no idea what i am talking about:
http://http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=droplifting
my personal favorite droplifter of recent times is the all famous banksy who as wikipedia will tell you, "In August/September 2006, Banksy replaced up to 500 copies of Paris Hilton's debut CD, Paris, in 48 different UK record stores with his own cover art and remixes by Danger Mouse. Music tracks were given titles such as "Why am I Famous?", "What Have I Done?" and "What Am I For?". Several copies of the CD were purchased by the public before stores were able to remove them, some going on to be sold for as much as £750 on online auction websites such as eBay. The cover art depicted Paris Hilton digitally altered to appear topless. Other pictures feature her with a dog's head replacing her own, and one of her stepping out of a luxury car, edited to include a group of homeless people, which included the caption 90% of success is just showing up." They have recently released a Banksy book that you can surprisingly enough by at urban outfitters (and yes, i found this to be just as weird and random myself. i almost purchased it, but eh...i got too many books as it is). for those of you though that know of the band that tracy and i had originally back in the day (and known best for being chaotically loud and involving droplifting all the music in various weird places downtown, primarily the rec exchange), we have officially changed band titles to, "love the apocalypse"...the music is supposed to premire soon at industrial night and various dj spots downtown (opa, i think the loft as well). i'll spread the details as to when this whole thing is going down. speaking of which, after my tax returns come in, i will be finally working on the official holly johnson website. yes my friends, a real website with actual mp3's and artwork on it. also the possibility of buying weird crochet stuff, buttons, t-shirts...but that will all be down the line...
but it will also give the timeline of the various projects and things i've worked on, such as:
tracks with jeremy from boise
tracks with axe wounds/kill whitey
shot gun
christy in the wild (not the movie, the band. get it right, folks)
spirit + spit/love the apocalypse
the predictors
(hopefully down the line) beautician
government cheese
the glo project
and of course, the solo music.
keep your eyes and ears open! i'll be trying to get this out pretty soon, hopefully...
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