i wish i had some clever way to describe this blog. i don’t, it’s a blog. what more can i really say? alexishyde(at)gmail(dot)com_uacct = "UA-3453115-1";urchinTracker();Tumblr (3.0; @hydeordie)http://hydeordie.com/<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83azkx1nkZOIdES1W_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>On Friday’s (or Thursdays for a three day weekend) I buy the office snacks and drinks to encourage them to clean before they leave the office.  You can’t REALLY tell in the picture but the chips are red, white and blue! http://hydeordie.com/post/40897128http://hydeordie.com/post/40897128Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:09:00 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83azjdbz2rXPj4lZs_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>My coworker just brought me a big cup of cherries that he just bought!  This has been a good free food week.http://hydeordie.com/post/40893800http://hydeordie.com/post/40893800Thu, 03 Jul 2008 16:26:10 -0700“Fuck ‘em if they can’t take a joke.” - Bette Midlerhttp://hydeordie.com/post/40888164http://hydeordie.com/post/40888164Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:25:11 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83azgx8m0AxqwtliH_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Art crush of the day: <a href="http://www.pacewildenstein.com/Artists/ViewArtist.aspx?artist=TimHawkinson&type=Artist&guid=a94d6879-27e1-4a00-8e60-54a144ccaf3d" target="_blank">Tim Hawkinson</a>.</p><p>Keep an eye out for him, any time you have an opportunity to see his work in person do, I promise you won’t regret it.</p>http://hydeordie.com/post/40887713http://hydeordie.com/post/40887713Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:17:35 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83azfnqcdiWLMtnxx_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Because I had to keep it a secret for so long I will now tell the world! My friend’s band <a href="http://thedeadlysyndrome.com" target="_blank">The Deadly Syndrome</a> has there last concert for awhile next <a href="http://losangeles.metromix.com/music/alternative/hammer-museum-concert-series-westwood/476850/content" target="_blank">Thursday at The Hammer</a> (I’ll be there, you should be too) and then they will sit down and pen their highly anticipated sophomore album.*</p><p>*Their first album The Ortolan is so amazingly kick-ass, if you bought the whole entire album on itunes right now, with actual real hard-earned money, you would thank me. </p>http://hydeordie.com/post/40884320http://hydeordie.com/post/40884320Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:42:00 -0700Vans: I rented your favorite movie, House of Yes.Hyde: House of Yes? What is that about?Vans:...http://hydeordie.com/post/40882455http://hydeordie.com/post/40882455Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:22:46 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83azahr94Ui8QQUYg_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><a href="http://steinerlenzlinger.ch" target="_blank">Gerda Steiner and Jorg Lenzlinger</a> do some truly intricate installations.http://hydeordie.com/post/40870197http://hydeordie.com/post/40870197Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:17:00 -0700Gerda Steiner and Jorg LenzlingerArtInstallation<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83az9yzxdyyZt9hhK_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://hydeordie.com/post/40868919http://hydeordie.com/post/40868919Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:02:56 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83az9we3lxYKi6zlH_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>After a lovely late dinner with my friend at the El Coyote (always delicious) I put this on before I went to bed.  I don’t even know where to begin on how amazing this movie is.  It is so beautifully shot, the story is so moving yet inspiring to see his friends and family gather around him in support of his physical therapy and his perseverence in writing this book. </p><p>*Forgive me, I’m having a Julian Schnabel heavy week, watched Basquiat on my day off.</p>http://hydeordie.com/post/40868793http://hydeordie.com/post/40868793Thu, 03 Jul 2008 12:00:00 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83az85z6tGqBrsUtb_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><blockquote>“June 30, 1922. Washington policeman Bill Norton measuring the distance between knee and suit at the Tidal Basin bathing beach after Col. Sherrell, Superintendent of Public Buildings and Grounds, issued an order that suits not be over six inches above the knee.”<a href="http://www.shorpy.com/node/1070?size=_original" target="_blank"> National Photo Co</a></blockquote>http://hydeordie.com/post/40863489http://hydeordie.com/post/40863489Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:12:27 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83az81cl9DEcO6Q7z_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Oh, he is so sad…I want to see Wall-E now.http://hydeordie.com/post/40863212http://hydeordie.com/post/40863212Thu, 03 Jul 2008 11:08:47 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83az6yt9nodKESINW_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Theme of my weekend/Trying to be healthy after Vegas.http://hydeordie.com/post/40860262http://hydeordie.com/post/40860262Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:38:52 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83az710h0gmPWurFk_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Well…maybe not only greens.http://hydeordie.com/post/40860447http://hydeordie.com/post/40860447Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:38:00 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83az6hhbknFV5dvIG_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.eigen-art.com/Kuenstlerseiten/Tim_Eitel/Tim_Eitel_EN.html" target="_blank">Tim Eitel</a> <i>Tauben </i>2007.</p><p>*He paints the most beautiful photorealistic borderline monochramitic pieces of some incredibly mundane subjects.  It’s almost haunting.</p>http://hydeordie.com/post/40858777http://hydeordie.com/post/40858777Thu, 03 Jul 2008 10:25:25 -0700Police Suspect Giraffe in Circus Breakout: *I couldn’t make that up.http://hydeordie.com/post/40855568http://hydeordie.com/post/40855568Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:59:41 -070023 Album Covers That Changed Everything: (via simko)http://hydeordie.com/post/40849129http://hydeordie.com/post/40849129Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:08:39 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83ay70rits6vzxbQR_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>I haven’t mentioned lately that I need a new bookshelf.  I’m running out of places to stack.http://hydeordie.com/post/40759983http://hydeordie.com/post/40759983Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:52:40 -0700<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83ay4axqoXV2Ad7PB_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>Art crush of the afternoon: Luciano Fontana who consistently dominated the Sotheby’s auction yesterday.http://hydeordie.com/post/40753352http://hydeordie.com/post/40753352Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:36:30 -0700Luciano FontanaArtArtistCut<img src="http://media.tumblr.com/6PxqjMt83ay47occJqjj2Vdy_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>10 days until my birthday!*</p><p>*Not that I am counting.</p>http://hydeordie.com/post/40753231http://hydeordie.com/post/40753231Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:33:59 -0700I will answer you with this statement on how I am feeling right now: This is the second month in a...http://hydeordie.com/post/40752991http://hydeordie.com/post/40752991Wed, 02 Jul 2008 16:29:52 -0700