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Monday, June 17, 2013
Art The Most Badass Record Covers Featuring Aviator Shades
Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 10:09 AM
The iconic coolness of aviator shades is one of those irrefutable phenomena in pop culture. Go ahead—try to refute it. Nice try, Poindexter, but you simply cannot.
With that in mind, I would like to present the most badass record covers featuring that devastatingly handsome eyewear. I have a nagging feeling I’m leaving out some great ones, but that’s where you come in, reader.
Here we go.
Giorgio Moroder's From Here to Eternity
Billy Cobham's Inner Conflicts
Idris Muhammad's Turn This Mutha Out
Dennis Coffey's Goin' for Myself
Bruce Ditmas' Aeray Dust
(By the way, all of these albums deserve space on your shelves/hard drives. With a little lab time, you could develop a dazzling DJ set with only these five LPs.)
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
Art / Party! Party Vibes: RIP Bob Collins Edition
Posted by C.M. Ruiz on Wed, Jun 12, 2013 at 12:09 PM
Bob Collins house is a house on 13th that just lost its lease and has to shut down. I went to a house party/show there on Sunday, but the cops broke it up midway through the third band's set.
More vibes after the jump!
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Art / Hardcore / History Art of Punk: Raymond Pettibon
Posted by Mike Nipper on Tue, Jun 11, 2013 at 2:02 PM
Right fucking HERE is perhaps the greatest single collection of Raymond Pettibon-designed Black Flag flyers! I really recommend y'all take some time to scroll through 'em. These flyers are from the collection of Bryan Ray Turcotte, the author/compiler of the amazing book of '80s hardcore flyers Fucked Up + Photocopied and Punk Is Dead, Punk Is Everything!
What you see here are the Black Flag flyers that I found with Raymond's art. Some are non-official, but most are straight from the band Black Flag flyers. There’s no real guide to Raymond’s Black Flag flyers that I can find, but I’m pretty sure at this point I have all of them, although I did leave out two insane Black Flag pieces you can see in MOCA's new series, the Art of Punk. I don’t own them.
Also MOCA, via it's MOCAtv Youtbe™ channel, is producing a handful of shorts in an on going video series dissecting the importance of visual design of '70s punk and '80s hardcore. Posted below is MOCAtv's Pettibon/Black Flag episode; godamn, I've been posting a lot about the Black Flags lately.
A Dead Kennedy's episode is due June 18th, followed by Crass on June 25th. I hope they have a Rudimentary Reni episode too.
Friday, June 7, 2013
Art / Merch / Upcoming Punk Rock Flea Market This Saturday
Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Jun 7, 2013 at 3:09 PM
And! Bands are playing, too! Finger, Chaotic Noise Marching Corps., the Piniellas, and the Witches Titties will be your shopping soundtrack.
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Art 3-D Printers and That Album Cover for Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures
Posted by Grant Brissey on Tue, Jun 4, 2013 at 2:11 PM
By now you’ve heard of 3-D printers and how they can make a gun or a turkey or a spleen or other junk like that. If they really can make anything, I would like a 3-D printer to print out a couple million dollars, a girlfriend who will put up with all my crap, and two tickets to the Caribbean or some such place. Anyhoo, located over here is a 3-D printer replication of the album cover to Joy Division’s new-wave classic, Unknown Pleasures.
The original artwork was actually a graphic representation of a cut and stacking of sections of the frequency readout of a signal emitted from a pulsar. The band found the image in the Cambridge Encyclopedia of Astronomy and presented it to artist Peter Saville, resulting in the now very iconic artwork. (See an interview with Saville here.) In other 3-D printer news, NASA is funding a 3-D printer that can print out pizzas so that the shiftless layabouts on the International Space Station, whose muscles don't even have to contend with gravity, can get fat, or something. Thanks for reading about 3-D printers.
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Art / Tonight Poster of the Week: Poster by Chris Rollins
Posted by Aaron Huffman on Fri, May 17, 2013 at 11:04 AM
Two things about this poster: (1) It's always refreshing to come across one of Chris Rollins's linocuts amid the glut of cookie-cutter rock posters out there, and (2) Tokyoidaho is my new favorite band name. Look up Chris on gigposters.com to see more of his unique and charming work.
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The event your poster advertises must be at least 10 days in the future in order for us to consider it.
Art / ??!! / History Butcher Billy's Superheroic, Post-Punk Cartunes
Posted by Dave Segal on Fri, May 17, 2013 at 9:47 AM
Brazilian illustrator Butcher Billy has a series of drawings featuring post-punk and new-wave icons recontextualized as superheroes. The set includes Morrissey, Siouxsie Sioux, John Lydon, Ian Curtis, Devo, Robert Smith, and Billy Idol recast as comic-book characters you probably read about as a youth. Gawk at the well-wrought pictures here.
Dunno about you, but this seems to me like a very Derek Erdmaniacal project.
Tip: Jason Pettigrew
Wednesday, May 15, 2013
Art / Party! Party Vibes: Chill Summer BBQ Edition
Posted by C.M. Ruiz on Wed, May 15, 2013 at 10:11 AM
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Wednesday, May 8, 2013
Art / Party! Party Vibes: High School Party Edition
Posted by C.M. Ruiz on Wed, May 8, 2013 at 11:01 AM
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Saturday, April 13, 2013
Art / Tonight Poster of the Week: Poster by Julia Bork
Posted by Aaron Huffman on Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 11:09 AM
There are tons of great posters on the street this week, but none as striking and unique as this one by Julia Bork at Mint Design (mint-usa.com). Also, if you haven't heard Zebra Hunt's new EP, Beaches, check it out at zebrahunt.bandcamp.com.
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Friday, March 29, 2013
Art / Upcoming Poster of the Week: Poster by Matt Harvey
Posted by Aaron Huffman on Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 11:58 AM
Neumos has been kicking ass in the poster department lately, as regular POTW readers may have noticed. Here's a fine example by local designer Matt Harvey, whose work can be found at mharvey.net.
Send a high-resolution, color .jpg (no more than 1MB) to potw@thestranger.com.
The event your poster advertises must be at least 10 days in the future in order for us to consider it.
Art / Mischief / ??!! Vampire Weekend Light Cars on Fire, Piss Off Car Lovers
Posted by Megan Seling on Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 10:54 AM
In their new video for the song "Diane Young," Vampire Weekend destroy a couple cars, specifically Saab 900s. The band bought the cars from two different owners, without disclosing what they were planning on doing with the vehicles, and now some car enthusiasts are pissed.
Here's the video:
Of couse material things get destroyed all the time in the name of art, and perhaps it would've been more responsible to use cars that weren't running, or just CG that shit and then give the car to someone who could really use it, but alas, that is not what happened. The cars were torched, they're gone forever, whether it was a dick move or not.
So does this make Vampire Weekend complete jerks?
Let's have a poll!
Friday, March 22, 2013
Art / Video MIRROR at SAM Begins Sunday
Posted by Trent Moorman on Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:32 AM
This Sunday, March 24th the Doug Aitken MIRROR at SAM unveiling is happening at 6:30 PM on the corner of 1st and Union. The advance (free) tickets are reportedly sold out. Food trucks and surprises will commence.
As Dave Segal pointed out, Terry Riley will be there conducting his piece In C.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Art / Album / ??!! Of Course This Is the Album Cover for a Utah Reggae Band
Posted by Dave Segal on Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 3:04 PM
Monday, March 18, 2013
Art / Upcoming Doug Aitken Unveils MIRROR at SAM Sun. March 24; SSO Plays Riley's In C
Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 10:45 AM
Doug Aitken's MIRROR will be unveiled at Seattle Art Museum Sun. March 24 from 6:30 pm-7:30 pm. This is a permanent art installation that will adhere to the façade of SAM. Learned people predict that this work will become a Seattle landmark.
From the press release:
MIRROR is an urban earthwork that changes in real time in response to the movements and life around it. At the unveiling, guests will experience an unprecedented performance with synchronized choreography of MIRROR in relation to compositions by minimalist composers Steve Reich and Terry Riley. Mr. Riley will be in Seattle for the performance of his monumental work In C, featuring musicians from the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Stuart Dempster, faculty at the University of Washington School of Music, who performed with Riley for the original debut of In C in 1964.
TERRY RILEY'S IN C, PERFORMED IN SEATTLE. *faints*
Note: Trent Moorman's next Sound Check column (out this Wednesday) features an interview with Aitken.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Art Poster of the Week: Poster by Jesse Codling
Posted by Aaron Huffman on Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 10:00 AM
I admire Jesse Codling's ability to pack a lot of information on a poster and make it look like something you actually want to read. He's pretty good with the colors and textures, too. See more of Jesse's work at foryoungmoderns.com.
Send a high-resolution, color .jpg (no more than 1MB) to potw@thestranger.com.
The event your poster advertises must be at least 10 days in the future in order for us to consider it.
Friday, March 8, 2013
Art Happy International Women's Day
Posted by Kelly O on Fri, Mar 8, 2013 at 1:10 PM
Sayeth Beth Ditto, of The Gossip: "Amazing graffiti from Egypt—it says "Beautiful... despite your fascist standards!""
Saturday, February 23, 2013
Art Poster of the Week: Poster by Chris Rollins
Posted by Aaron Huffman on Sat, Feb 23, 2013 at 10:38 AM
Here's another lovely linocut poster by Chris Rollins, who—if I have anything to say about it—will probably appear in this space every time he puts something out. You can find a bunch of his work at gigposters.com.
Send a high-resolution, color .jpg (no more than 1MB) to potw@thestranger.com.
The event your poster advertises must be at least 10 days in the future in order for us to consider it.
Friday, February 8, 2013
Check Out Tom Dewar's Prints Tomorrow Night!
Posted by Mike Force at 4:27 PM in Art / Very Great / Upcoming
Monday, February 4, 2013
The Great Pet Portraits (+ More) Of Zerrin Koch
Posted by Derek Erdman at 1:10 PM in Art
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Jess Rees Show Poster: Foreign Friends at Hollow Earth 2/15
Posted by Derek Erdman at 2:41 PM in Art
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
This Friday: An Art Show of Professional Wrestlers on Velvet
Posted by Derek Erdman at 4:41 PM in Art
Thursday, January 24, 2013
Fhysical Graffiti at FRED Wildlife Refuge
Posted by Trent Moorman at 1:36 PM in Art / Mix
Strong Female Leads: Katie Kate At Hugo House
Posted by Sean Jewell at 10:27 AM in Art / Upcoming / 206
Friday, January 18, 2013
Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Party Vibes: Epic Movie Trilogies Edition
Posted by C.M. Ruiz at 9:06 AM in Art / Party!
Tuesday, January 8, 2013
Tonight is the Last Night to see Shana Cleveland's Famous Faces Show at Cairo
Posted by Derek Erdman at 2:43 PM in Art
Saturday, December 22, 2012
Poster of the Week: Poster by Derek Vander Griend
Posted by Aaron Huffman at 11:39 AM in Art
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Poster of the Week: Poster by Jesse Codling
Posted by Aaron Huffman at 11:31 AM in Art
Monday, December 10, 2012
Poster of the Week: Poster for Nouela at Chop Suey
Posted by Aaron Huffman at 9:04 AM in Art
Monday, December 3, 2012
Rejoice in Some Bargain Bin Blasphemy
Posted by Dave Segal at 2:03 PM in Art / Shit Talk
Sunday, December 2, 2012
Poster of the Week: Poster by Aric Atienza
Posted by Aaron Huffman at 9:33 AM in Art / Tonight
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