CONGRATULATIONS

MGMT "CONGRATULATIONS" In Stores Now!!!
album art by Anthony Ausgang.

man.

Jay West "SUMMER NIGHTS"

CHEMlab from Creative Control on Vimeo.

Treat your noses! D R U G S + C A N D Y is not a concept-heavy project but the recurring theme is addiction and indulgence. Phil.thegod directed the trailer and did the job of bringing that idea to life. That super bad-ass jam featured in the teaser is SUMMER NIGHTS and can be downloaded on the house. DRUGS+CANDY will be dropping sooner than you think. For now, INDULGE... DOWNLOAD "SUMMER NIGHTS" MP3

INSPIRATION: Timothy Berg

This is not new but its still awesome.
I don't suppose that I'm the only artist
that will gather and collection the ideas of other artists
in an effort to find inspiration for the work at hand.

Often times I will bounce across blogs and collect images
that remind me of my material.
The treats shown here brought to mind ideas
of candy and innocence.

I was scrolling through a collection of images
on my computer and I came across these.
I guess I never shared these before.
Indulge.

http://www.timothyjohnberg.com/.

“Get her back. Fowin. Sexual efficiency ring.”

Nice follow up to the previous post.

The Closet Story

Here's to the liar!

Inspiration: Wes Anderson

There is such a fashion to his films that makes
Wes Anderson iconic indie.
The feelings, the looks, the humor
all walk the same direction.

They have a certain gate that resembles reality
but the rhythm is unreal.

The films capture such universal feelings
as the family struggle, grief, and regret
but they are paired with such tongue-in-cheek humor.

His team of writers always delivers a point in a palatable way.
They never bash you over the head with preachy perspective.
I admire that.

Its not just the dialogue.
It’s the look of the films...with their wide shots
and the styling of the characters.

Its always awesome when you can watch a movie
and want to be one of the guys
or you connect and imagine the character is you!



Bottle Rocket. (1996)
Rushmore. (1998)
The Royal Tenenbaums. (2001)
The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou. (2004)
The Darjeeling Limited. (2007)

INSPIRATION: Eric Elms

INSPIRATION: Eric Elms

The devil didn’t make me do it, Eric did.

This Elms piece was what I
initially imagined “DRUGS+CANDY” to be.
I had the title in mind already
but this image put a face to the name.

Elms’ seems to have a knack for
juxtaposing the gross with the gorgeous.
I wanted to try my hand at the same
With the ideas and sounds on the mixtape.

Please view more of Eric’s work
See what I mean…

On the Road to Riches and Diamond Rings

People are so infatuated with the cocaine era. That's not exactly what this is.

With “D R U G S + C A N D Y” a lot of the drug references are used to draw a parallel between some vices. Sex, conflict and vanity are just a few that have their hooks in me.

I guess it be’s like that sometimes for an artist of any kind.
Oh well, I’m a man of many passions.

You know the age old Rap Game/Crack Game analogy. For drugs, whether user or dealer, the candle burns at both ends. I never sold drugs. That business is messy but just from the outside looking in, this is what I see.

Occupational hazard: your health. What other business is like that?

Your well-being is more at risk for as a seller than as a buyer. So who's really the addict? Is there any other business that is like that?

YES.

Music. At least for me and my counterparts. We've lost love, money and time on this rap shit. Seen a lot of nightmares trying to create this dream.

Something’s gotta give.

Me and the Devil

"Sold my soul to the devil. I had a choice immorality or immortality.
My life flashed before my eyes, and now I want a truce…
he laughed and he drowned me in the fountain of youth."

The image: Archan Nair's "Hey I'm The Devil"
The Quote: Jay West

Shorties Raising Shorties

Young Love. She is a poor sport, isn't she. She almost never goes quietly. Its mostly kicking and screaming when she goes away...Unless she "grows" away in which case she's no longer young love at all.

-Jay West

By Victor Del Toro

Untitled from Victor Del Toro on Vimeo.

*speechless*

chores.

Chore Damaris by Justin Anderson from Justin Anderson on Vimeo.

SEXY UNDERWEAR
AND
CLEANING SUPPLIES

SKY

Sky from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

5 DAYS and NIGHTS over DUBAI

Erykah Badu - "Window Seat" VIDEO

Not what I expected for this video. See it for yourself and watch the entire video, please.

23rd of Loneliness

"Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved. Drugs, movies where stuff blows up, loud parties -- all these chase away loneliness by making me forget my name's Dave and I live in a one-by-one box of bone no other party can penetrate or know. Fiction, poetry, music, really deep serious sex, and, in various ways, religion -- these are the places (for me) where loneliness is countenanced, stared down, transfigured, treated."

— David Foster Wallace

Tom Ford Eyewear 2010

for the lady and the gent...

Anne Hathaway in GQ

Guess who just made it to 1st String...

Fuel For Life

Would you agree that doubt is for the pessimist, what hope is for the optimist? Fuel for life. That happens to be the name of my cologne but for now I felt like it was fitting for the blog. Its obviously going to be your take on your experiences. Was it for better or worse? Was it a loss or gain? I always boast about how self-aware I am but in this case I can’t exactly I.D. myself. Jay West +/- ??? I kinda seasaw between the two and it drives me maaaad! I say this from my emo soapbox.

I’m in a drought right now. There are days when doubt is so overwhelming and I can’t get past myself to make myself do better. I sit and I sulk and all the world looks gray and I can only think of what’s wrong in my world. Its actually quite pitiful. Not really a side of myself that I like to share because it sounds bitchy but that is a blog for another day. Nonetheless, I hit a wall when I'm trying to write sometimes. Is there any other artist who goes into a panic when they can't work?

When I was a kid I used to wonder if I would only have enough to say for 3 albums…Oh dear god, please no less! I think about that now and I can see the good in my work ethic. I like that I can see my limits. I’m not gassing, there's a reason that I'm better than a lot of other rappers. Its because I refuse to work when I'm on a creative drought. If its wack, the rhyme will never make it past these 4 walls. I go until I have exhausted all of the ideas in me and then I stop, promptly call a girl, have a drink, watch a film or play a video game.

See, its simple. I pay for studio time so I make sure my songs are hot before I ever record. They only get better from there with the help of my team.

A friend told me that hindsight is 20/20. I see it clearer now looking back and there is no need to doubt...but if I ever do its that time that makes for good songswriting later.

Cupid's Got A Gun

but he's cross-eyed looking thru the crosshairs


I came across this when I did a google search for "Cupid Gun"





Check out her full photostream on Flickr. Cute as a button.

Damien Hirst Cufflinks

Drugs and Candy anyone?

thx. HighSnob

"I'm Here"

Press play and prepare to be touched...
Dir: Spike Jonze

Mads for D+G

the Cougar's on the prowl.

by Will Cotton

"She used to be at the bus stop with the lolly pop. What the fuck, she grew up. Now she rides around with suckers" -jay.west

The Little Wild Things

"i can read you lips and they're giving me cat calls" -jay west




GQ UK enlisted the lovely talents of the Victoria Secret models, Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, Shannan Click, Elyse Taylor, Lindsay Ellingson and Candice Swanepoel, to take them WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE Kitty cats and lollypops. Sounds awfully Jay West doesn't it?

Happiness in Business

Happiness in Business Venn Diagram by Bud Caddell