Yesterday was pretty cool, heard the term "Hippy Holiday" many a time. Now the real reason I bring it up is because I work at 420 Main St. I thought that was pretty funny.

I also heard of band, twice, in one day, that I had never heard of before; Bedouin SoundClash. I could see this being an amazing beach and relaxation band. Very chill, probably should've been listening to them yesterday in fact.

Also saw a friend's band I had never seen before. Dali's Ghost, they're kind of like a cross between Dylan and Pink Floyd. The have a good feel, great music to watch or to have as background in a bar. I really believe it adds so much to a bar to have live music, especially if its free. The Allenstreet Hardware is one of my newest favorite places because of this. Not only that but the music is phenominal. I went and saw Babique (spelling?) on Wednesday and they were SICK. They were playing with a stand-in horn player that was just jaw-dropping. He had an old style microphone for his horns that really rounded out the image of the band. The violin player was better than ever. People were dancing, the band was practically cracking musical jokes at eachother, at one point playing a jazz lounge version of Spiderman. I loved every second of it.

All in all, its been a good couple days. Musically oriented I'd say. Can't argue with that, I mean why would you want to.

PS. I think I'm lazy. The portfolio site is taking way too long. I promise, one of these days though. Oh, it will be great.

So, I noticed that I have 600 some odd views by people on estrip. Which topples the amount of hits I have on other forum/blog type accounts. So in light of this, I think this will become my new haven for posting. People seem to take more interest in art and writing than they do in just harnessing more friends. And that I like.

In other news, I'm building a new portfolio site, so everything will be all shiny and good looking again. The other one was taken down when I graduated. This is just a short small post on the happenings of late, I'm sure much more will be coming soon. See ya.

Alright a little bit more information about me. Just so you know what your in store for if you decide to keep up to date on my journal (and if I decide to keep it frequently updated).

I've never quite liked classifications, but for this next minute it'll be the easiest way to describe myself. An artist, musician, technician, monotheist student. How's that? Explain anything. No? I didn't really think it would. I guess its easier to explain that I just like creativity and knowledge, and that when you combine the two you can get some spectacular results. That's probably what drew me to Computer Science and Digital Media Arts, which just so happen to be my (dual)major.

If you want some examples of work I've done you can go to

for fine arts pieces. Made in 2001 half the images point to the wrong images, but you get the idea.

Then there's
www.kosko.net
that's the one to check back to frequently.

Well its been fun. Eat, drink, and be merry.

So here's my first entry. Good work, I'm Dan or Kosko or whatever. Most people are confused when they read "Kosko" so I thought a nice introduction would be the origination of the name. My grandfather's name is Leon Koschushko, he was an artist and architect from the Ukraine, survived WWII and came to America and was a professional artist. Nobody would know how to spell (or pronounce) Koschushko so he signed all his paintings Kos-ko.

So I've grown up with his paintings around my house and his named signed Kosko on all of them. So its kind of a tribute to him and a bit of me just stealing the name. Sadly I never had the chance to meet him, but through his works and stories and philosophies on life he will always live a little through me, at least to the extent I live. Incredible people that WWII generation aren't they.

I recently purchased www.kosko.net and your all welcome to check that out if you'd like. Currently it's about my band, but will soon be a portfolio of my work, I'll make sure to include some of the "real" Kosko's work as well.

So that's the first entry from me. I'm sure there will be plenty more to come.