Vox participated in No Soul For Sale this summer in London. You can check out more about NSFS here.

This issue of Megawords features work by Gary Fogelson, Rebekah Maysles, Micah Danges, LeJosh, megawords, and a very important essay by Matt Schwartz. Contact me if you can’t find a copy.

Friday a.m. skate at POP’S.  We had the whole place to ourselves!

I took a trip to SF in late February.  One of the highlights was spending a nice afternoon/evening printing at Hamburger Eyes with Rebecca and Dan.  It had been a while since I printed in the darkroom, good times for sure.  Big ups to Stefan and Ray who run the whole damn thing.  If you are not familiar with H.E. do your homework because you’re missing out.

These pics are taken from Becky’s studio in Richmond/Oakland area.  She has a bunch of new paintings going on and they look great.  It’s nice to see the work in progress, I’m looking forward to the show.

I just found these photos.  They are from a cross country trip last summer.  We drove through a bunch of states that I had never been to on our way to California.  We were lucky enough to be driving through through the Utah/Nevada border and caught this crazy sunset.  The body of water that looks like a Ocean or a large lake is actually shallow salt flats.  You could walk out 200+yards and the water was only ankle deep.  I remember the date was June 25th because it was the date of Michael Jackson’s death.  We heard the sad news somewhere in rural Nevada earlier that day via public radio.

I’m psyched to be involved in this project.  Issue 12 of Megawords is 48 pages in full color, featuring photography from Megawords, Zoe Strauss, Adam Wallacavage, Micah Danges, John Taylor, Mike Levy and Kathryn Murphy.

What is megawords you might ask?

Answer- Megawords is a non-commercial record of place and human experience.
Our mission is simple: to document our surroundings, experience, to have a voice free from the noise of commercialization and competing novelties, and to create an open and active dialogue between Megawords and the community at large. We have self-published eleven free issues, broadcast a weekly internet radio show, and organized multiple events and performances under the banner of Megawords. With time came positive feedback from a diverse audience and a strong realization that this project had a profound impact.

Through the magazine, we have worked with a number of intriguing artists, photographers, designers, writers and creative people in a collaborative and direct manner. Each issue has its own aura and direction, yet remains integral to the Megawords aesthetic and mission. A new context for the allocated and appropriated images and ideas coming from our contributors and ourselves is created, and in turn a unique and timely outlook on society and our time is presented.  Megawords continues to be an experiment in contemporary media and communication, and strives to provide a relevant and critical contribution to the art of our time.

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