< travis broussard >

someone put up a website under the domain 'travisbroussard.org'. it looks as if this travis broussard has a collection of ordinary objects ...i'm not really sure what to think about it. oh yeah, and he stole my name, just like the dude with travisbroussard.com...

_more zdf_

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_¡zdf!_

check out some of the pictures (in no particular order) from the adventures of zé dos frangos at sxsw in austin, texas.

_the eye_

'ao sept plus' contact solution does not belong directly in the eyes...

_ze dos frangos_

in case you kids out there are wondering, 'how should i spend all my hard-earned holiday money?' well, i have just the right thing for you ...take a digital trip on over to ze_dos_frangos and buy some fantastically fantastic music with european flavour. all proceeds got to getting us (nathan and i) to austin, texas so that we may perform at the sxsw music festival.

don't think ...just do.

_vitesse radsport gmbh_

last friday a friend and i went to check out a little cycling shop in germany called vitesse radsport. we had heard that they had some old track and road bikes as well as other vintage jerseys and parts. most of the vintage stuff wasn't for sale, but it was nice to look at all the same.


…more here

-future of the left-

a week ago future of the left played a show here in basel at the hirscheneck. i had seen the poster in roxy music and made a note just because the poster interested me. before the show i got a hold of their album 'curses' ...amazing. so, i went to show and it fucking rocked! it reminded me of all the great small loud concerts that saw in austin. i made the picture with my mobile and there was obviously not enough light, but i think it suits the atmosphere...



...so, if you don't know future of the left, then i highly recommend getting 'curses'.

week_o_concerts

two weeks back i had attended quite a few concerts. let us start with the first concert and go from there.

on monday the 12th voxtrot had a show in zürich ...finally they made it to switzerland (less travel time/expense for me). they played at one of, if not the oldest music venue in switzerland, 'mascotte'. they played a really good show and due to a broken d string, jason's bass had new strings on it for the first time in at least ten years.



more voxtrot

since they had the next day off, i crashed at the wonderful etap hotel with them. on tuesday the band 'electric eel shock' from 'tokyo ...tokyo, japan' (as the drummer explained to me) was playing at mascotte and the club owner put us on the list. i heard they are quite entertaining, so i decided to check it out. when i saw that the drummer was wearing only shoes, gloves and a sock ...on his dick, i was sure the show would be good. this speculation was justified when he began to play with two sticks in each hand and then i knew it truly was …'lock and loll!'



more electric eel shock

on thursday julie and i went to the interpol/blonde redhead show. i was happy to see both, but slightly confused as why two were playing a show together. none-the-less it was a good show, although it would've been nice to hear one or two of the b.redhead classics...






sunday brought cocorosie to basel along with bunny rabbit. i wasn't quite sure what to expect at this show. i wouldn've liked to have walked into the concert hall to find a bunch of sofas and seating elements, but no such luck. the show was in a really big hall (which i hate), but at least it was a smoke free concert ...amazing. bunny rabbit and black cracker rapped it up on stage and cocorosie also did some nice rapping action, but i think that to a certain extent, white girls can't rap. however, cocorosie didn't have a drummer per se, they had a guy beatboxin', and he ...he was awesome. he was able to produce a stupid-crazy amount of bass.

_livingroom2_

un monde de livres

here is the last semester project before the start of the diplom. the project was to design a bookshelf. before project we had a workshop with tomoko azumi, who also took part in the project as the external expert. i named the shelf system 'virosa' after a deadly form of mushroom. however, the forms i used as inspiration for the bookshelf are from a type of fungus lamellae. i developed four main forms for the shelf units which can be seen in the picture of the model.



for the prototype i was only able to realize one of the forms (the smallest one). this a prototype made of some standard styrofoam. i glued three 100mm thick pieces together then cut out the form. the material for the final prototype is intended to be expanded polypropylene (epp). i'm not quite sure of the exact thickness which would be required or if multi-density epp would be a better suited for this form.