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... The title of this blog has to do with a Will Bruder quote I heard while attending the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) during the Fall of 1999 - "Learn to master the trash can and you might become something" - It really resonated with me and has stuck with me to this day. I suppose for me the concept hit hard that although you can discard an idea, concept, sketch, design, whatever for a certain project you may be able to revisit it at a later date under different circumstances - In other words designs never die, they evolve, they hibernate, they circle-back but they never die...Or maybe he was just telling us to quit our ideas of becoming Architects and to go live in a public park somewhere; which, given the current state of the industry probably would not have been such a bad idea...

That is what this Blog will be for me - With over a decade in the industry I have come to realize that what I thought I would be doing on a daily basis and what I actually do are pretty darn different - BUT - I still have ideas, I still have hopes and I still have my creativity; So, I figured this would be a good outlet...I will share my thoughts on work and the industry as well as whatever moments of creativity I can muster - And, yes, at the direction of my Wife I will keep the swearing to an absolute minimum.

Cheers...B.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

ROCKAFELLA' Y'ALL:


... In honor of Jay-Z's 44th Birthday a few weeks back Hova' ranked his albums in order of most to least favorite - Here are a couple links to some articles:

http://entertainment.time.com/2013/12/05/jay-z-ranked-his-own-albums-for-his-44th-birthday/

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/jay-z-ranks-his-albums-from-blueprint-to-kingdom-come-20131205

Now it probably goes without saying that I am a huge Jay-Z fan and I own all his albums - AND - For the most part I agree with his list - Although I really did not care for "American Gangster" that much; the movie was good I just thought the album was eh...Anyway, this is Jay-Z's list in case you are interested including his notes on each album:

1. "Reasonable Doubt" (Classic)
2. "The Blueprint" (Classic)
3. "The Black Album" (Classic)
4. "Vol. 2" (Classic)
5. "American Gangster" (4 1/2, cohesive)
6. "Magna Carta" (F***wit, Tom Ford, Oceans, Beach, On the Run, Grail)
7. "Vol. 1" (Sunshine kills this album ...  Streets, Where I’m from, You Must Love Me ...)
8. "BP3" (Sorry critics, it’s good. Empire (Gave Frank a run for his money))
9. "Dynasty" (Intro alone...)
10. "Vol. 3" (Pimp C verse alone... oh, So Ghetto)
11. "BP2" (Too many songs. F*****g Guru and Hip Hop, ha)
12. "Kingdom Come" (First game back, don’t shoot me)

... So, yeah - IMHO "Reasonable Doubt" was a hard LP and "The Blueprint" was pretty much the Soundtrack to my Junior Year of Design School.

Happy Sunday Trash Canners...

#Rockafeller
#ItsTheRoc
#Out
B.

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