Something tells me that this is what snipers do when they get bored.

Filed under:Uncategorized — words: ben.hustis on 01/30/2008 @ 2136

Goldfrapp’s video for A&E, the most recent single. I like it very very much. Something about the combination of a pretty song and synchronized dancers in ghillie suits works for me.

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i do damage without meaning it

Filed under:life — words: ben.hustis on 01/28/2008 @ 2315

My poor little freeside. Anyone who hangs out with me for more than about 10 minutes tends to find out that I’m pretty hard on my gear. Only two channels work fully on my DJ mixer (the result of a misplaced jungle juice), I destroy bicycle parts like I was getting paid, my right turntable only puts out both channels if it feels like it, and now my poor laptop’s left-hand side has a big dent in it. That’s what happens when you take a dive off the side of the couch onto a hardwood floor. After a quick disassembly and judicious application of force by mallet and pliers, everything seems OK (except for a slightly weird trackpad button) but I’m not really optimistic. If I suddenly disappear from the webernet for a few days, you’ll all know why now.

NYC was a lot of fun. Didn’t see Busta Rhymes, got lost a lot, and ate some pretty ridiculous food. Could not afford good beer. Thanks to Megan, Lee, and Steph for being stellar tour guides and gracious hosts.

start spreading the news…

Filed under:Uncategorized — words: ben.hustis on 01/25/2008 @ 1330

I’m leaving to visit New York for the weekend, so I’m not going to be able to totally finalize all sections of the site. Which is disappointing, however I am but a student in CSS-fu. Hopefully next week, the entire site will be fully live.
If you’re looking to check out my photography, go to my Flickr page (linked at the top of the screen). some of my live video work is posted up at my vimeo account (guess where that one is). If you need to get ahold of me, I’ll have my cell, and if you’re in New York ring me up. Time to be a tourist.

Things to do in NY

  • Find Busta Rhymes, try and get him to remember me
  • Take lots of pictures of graffiti
  • Be cold
  • Warm up with whiskey
  • Lunch with rock stars
  • Totally stare at the guy acting like a robot in the subway

it’s all coming together…

Filed under:life — words: ben.hustis on @ 0032

this page is finally starting to come together as a whole. thank god.

Human… are we?

Filed under:Uncategorized — words: ben.hustis on 01/17/2008 @ 1021

Bizarre dreams the past few nights. Things in my room (a boxing dummy, my covers, electronic equipment) coming alive and trying to attack me. The house I grew up in. There’s always this impending event, and it feels like I’m the only one who can do anything about it, but I have a million and one other things on my radar at the same time.

Which I suppose is a pretty good analogue to my real life, but I don’t like to admit. Stress does wierd things to people. Hopefully today I’ll have my photo portfolio updated and ready to rock. Live video should be coming soon, whenever I can get everything encoded to flash.

Detoxify

Filed under:life — words: ben.hustis on 01/12/2008 @ 1951

Motion Graphics Festival 2008

My body’s telling me I need a bit of a break, and to get refocused.

I’ve been approved to go to India with some Quakers as a photographer. Heavy stuff, more details to come. But I think that it’s a huge opportunity.

Hello world again.

Filed under:Uncategorized — words: ben.hustis on 01/03/2008 @ 1527

So a few things finally happened and came through, so I’ll be developing this web log and personal art/photo site in parallel with http://www.littlestereodesign.com. I’m kind of excited to see what happens going forward.

In the meantime I’m living in Philly, thinking about snow. If anyone needs a DJ you know who to call.