San Diego band The Material (@thematerial) might have a chance to play at the Vans Warped Tour if you vote for them on Ernie Ball’s Battle of the Bands by June 10. So what does that have to do with Twitter pictures? Well the band’s lead singer, Colleen D’Agostino (@Colleen52), says to DM her if you’re going to a show and want to buy one of her paintings. If you have questions, you can toss them her way on her Formspring. Beatweek Magazine (@beatweek) already asked a bunch of questions in a recent interview. For more about the band, visit The Material on MySpace, and make sure to check out their YouTube channel to watch some acoustic covers and studio footage. Finally, here is D’Agostino’s art from that tweet.
Los Angelino Debra Chow (@lepetitdoodler) has been sharing pictures from a movie she is making called “Til Death Do Us Part.” You can watch an animatic of her “light-hearted way of highlighting the issue of depression in the elderly” on YouTube. She hopes to finish the project on May 28.
Ben Brockert (@wikkit) used a laser and a flashlight to create this light painting of an rocket called Xombie. You see, Brockert is a rocket scientist who builds vehicles for Masten Space Systems in the Mojave Desert. He was part of a team that last year won $150,000 prize in a contest funded by NASA when Xombie took off from one pad, hovered for 91 seconds and then landed on another pad. You really need to subscribe to the videos on Brockert’s YouTube channel to fully appreciate his work.
Here is a video of the flight that qualified them for the $150,000 prize.
