[a] paper tiger

. . . aka: yojfo.com

hi, I'm jesse forest.

I live in Boulder,
hang out at Victors & Spoils,
and sometimes rock a six string with the talented Natalie Walker.

I also post photos here
and when a song is stuck in my head, it might wind up here.


Neato.


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  • This song is in heavy rotation. 

    Thinking of covering it on the ukulele, cause I can’t get it out of my head.

    So much talent on YouTube, it’s amazing and inspiring. Makes me want to play more music.

    This young lady also does a mean Bon Iver medley. Watch it. So beautiful. 

    Song: Against the Current

    Artist: Mree

    permalink 6 notes Against the Current Mree YouTube Crazy effing talent Bon Iver medley
  • The video I did for “Bulletproof” has officially broken 6,000 plays.

    Wow.

    Thank you to all who have watched/shared/retweeted/posted it, couldn’t have hit that lovely number without you. 

    I found the footage from the Christina Aguilera cover I did this summer and will be working some iMovie magic to get that puppy posted on my YouTube channel.

    I’ve also been busy writing new material with my friend Travis McClearen, which will hopefully make its way onto MySpace sometime soon. 

    Until then, thank you all for the love/support and stay tuned!

    *jfo 

    permalink 3 notes jesse forest Bulletproof La Roux youtube cover song Travis McClearen
  • Very excited that my cover of La Roux’s “Bulletproof” broke 1500 hits today.
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Thank you to everyone that watches/shares the videos. 

    Very excited that my cover of La Roux’s “Bulletproof” broke 1500 hits today.

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    Thank you to everyone that watches/shares the videos. 

    permalink jesse forest yojfo La Roux Bulletproof YouTube
  • PUMA Takes a Step Outside the Box

    fuseproject and PUMA recently launched an initiative to reduce the amount of materials used in packaging shoes.

    How? …with a clever little bag.

    Picture of PUMA's new shoe packaging

    Collaborating with designer Yves Béhar, PUMA spent 21 months developing a solution to decrease both shipping costs and the use of paper products.

    PUMA aims to unleash this beast into wild sometime in 2011.

    Learn more by visiting fuseproject’s website.

    photo credit: core77

    permalink Fuseproject PUMA eco-friendly video YouTube core77 clever little bag
  • OBAMA SINGS REPLAY?!?!

    ( via YouTube )

    permalink OBAMA auto tune replay video youtube
  • Valerie

    I’m loving this cover…been on heavy rotation this evening.

    permalink valerie acoustic cover amy winehouse youtube
  • Top Ten (Free) Mac Apps and Add-Ons

    1.    Desktoptopia 

     Where to get:  Desktoptopia

    Why it rocks:  Have your background continually change…but with high resolution pictures that are mind blowing.  Once installed, it lives in the right-upper hand menu bar.  Make sure to select Start at login and Show Desktoptopia in menu bar in the preferences.  Once enabled you can rate or forever reject backgrounds from your computer.  The best part?  It randomly selects images, and the more you rate or reject a certain style…the more the program learns and caters to your taste.

    2.   Last.fm Scrobbler

     Where to get:  Last.fm

    Why it rocks:  Pops up with wiki style info for artist currently playing in iTunes.  Also allows you to export data in a variety of ways (Wigdet, Yahoo! Pipes, etc.) to virtually any type of site (blog, MySpace, Facebook).  Nifty way of sharing and discovering what others are listening to.

    3.       iPhoto2Gmail 

     Where to get:  iPhoto2Gmail

    Why it rocks:  Instantly resize and email photos right from iPhoto using your Gmail account.  Makes it a breeze to batch send photos on the fly.  

    4.      Alarm Clock 2 

    Where to get:  RobbieHanson.com

    Why it rocks:  It turns your Mac into an alarm clock.  Easily installs in upper-right menu bar, control from there.  Wake up with iTunes tracks, specify snooze time, etc.  Also adds time and stopwatch capabilities.  My favorite feature: snooze the alarm clock with the Apple remote…yeah!

    5.       MoodBlast 

    Where to get:  CircleSix Design

    Why it rocks:  Moodblast allows a user to update all their social networking status (Facebook, Twitter, iChat, etc) right from the desktop.  It installs in the upper-right task bar within OS X.  Special Tip:  Easily blast out iTunes track info by prepending status update with: !itunes.  Download and check out other cool features.  

    6.       jDarkRoom

    Where to get:  jDarkRoom Website

    Why it rocks:  If you’re anything like me, the computer/internet can bring out the adult ADD really quick.  This customizable and simple word processor blacks out the screen so you are not so distracted when trying to type out that important document.  jDarkRoom allows the user to change the background and text color. 

    7.       iConcertCal 

    Where to get: iConcertCal Website

    Why it rocks:  Hate trolling the internet and pouring over street papers for shows?  Make your iTunes work for your concert needs.  iConcertCal pulls shows based on zip code and artists within your iTunes.  There is also a feature to send show date and info to iCal.  Really slick.  Once installed: 

    1. Select View -> Visualizer -> iConcertCal
    2. Select View -> Turn On Visualizer to see your personalized calendar
    3. ⌘T can be used to switch between iTunes and the calendar

    8.    Tooble Tooble

    Where to get: Tooble Website

    Why it rocks:  Ever see a video in YouTube that you want to put on your iPod? Sync or send video to your iPod or AppleTV easily and instantly. This app not only grabs the video, but it also re-encodes it for iTunes. From there automatically placing it into your iTunes movies section.  

    9.    iChax   

    Where to get: Chax Website

    Why it rocks:  Adds useful features to iChat.  One of my favs is “Always On Top,” install, and look for it under Window in iChat.  Another helpful feature is that it adds a band-aid within iChat’s drop down menu, next to the features that are iChax specific…helping highlight what’s available.  

    10.     More Photobooth Plug-ins.   

    Where to get: Apple Downloads

    Why it rocks:  Adds more fun effects to Photobooth and iChat.  Take more candid and crazy photos with even more of a muse.  

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