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Friday, May 25, 2012
Art Rock Is the Latest Sculpture by One of This Year's Genius Finalists
Posted by Jen Graves on Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:29 PM
- Courtesy of the artist
It's carved out of a huge piece of fir, measuring 47 by 49 by 18 inches. It's pretty freaking great. MAKES YOU WANT TO ROCK, NO?!?
It's by Dan Webb.
All our freaking great Genius finalists are here. The winners will be announced live at the Moore Theatre on September 22. For more about the 10th anniversary Stranger Genius Awards, click here.
P.S. Rock will be part of Webb's show at Greg Kucera Gallery August 23 to September 29.
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Art / News / Bumbershoot UPDATE: Bumbershoot to Skip Flatstock This Year[?]
Posted by Grant Brissey on Thu, May 24, 2012 at 4:47 PM
A tip last week suggested that Bumbershoot organizers One Reel may not be including American Poster Institute's Flatstock at this year's festival. I sent out an e-mail last Wednesday, and One Real Associate Director Aubbie Beal responded to my e-mail late yesterday with this statement: "It's true that Flatstock is taking a break from Bumbershoot this year due to current space constraints. However, we are hopeful that we will find a mutually agreeable, suitable location for them next year, when new spaces become available after the Next 50 Celebration has ended."
And a request to reply with any further questions. With such a vague, PR-speak answer, of course I had further questions. This morning I replied with three:
Do you have concrete plans to reincorporate Flatstock in 2013, or is it still open to negotiation?
Were there other factors influencing this decision?
Why wasn't room elsewhere in the festival made for Flatstock?
Beal has yet to respond to the questions, but I will update this post as soon as she does. I also have an unanswered e-mail into American Poster Institute.
UPDATE: Geoff Peveto of API contacted me late last night saying he could talk tomorrow, but then failed to respond further today despite another attempt to contact him. Then this afternoon, Beal replied with this:
I have just spoken with Geoff Peveto from API, and it seems there was a misunderstanding on our part, which has been resolved. I'll be sharing some new information with him about the alternative space we had previously presented, and he's going to share that with his team for reconsideration. We still don't know if it's going to work in 2012, but we've enjoyed a collaborative and friendly working relationship for nearly 10 years, so we are both hopeful.
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Friday, May 11, 2012
Art Midnight Haiku
Posted by Sarah Galvin on Fri, May 11, 2012 at 11:11 PM
The phrase “Sour Sour Pinecone Fish” on a restaurant’s menu made me laugh so hard hot coffee came out my nose, which was odd because I hadn’t been drinking any. It poured out until the entire table was soaked. Several people approached me to ask if a doctor was needed, and I said no. I knew I was discovering how the power of language manifests itself in my life—as some kind of enchanted coffee sinus infection.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Art / Out of Town Courtney Love's First Ever Art Show
Posted by Kelly O on Wed, May 2, 2012 at 12:38 PM
In this video, taken by writer/comedian Mandy Stadtmiller, Love explains the process behind her drawing of a dead Sarah Bernhardt, inspired by the Robert Frost poem "Nothing Gold Can Stay." It's "really about being blonde," Love said.
Watch the video. Three of her paintings, on the gallery site. Hmm.
Wednesday, April 25, 2012
Art Jason Pierce Dissects Spiritualized's Album Artwork
Posted by Dave Segal on Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 10:02 AM
For a band whose music skews heavily psychedelic, Spiritualized haven’t really translated their trippy sonic tendencies onto the visual realm of their physical products. Sure, leader Jason Pierce’s concepts have been clever and distinctive, but there’s almost a clinical quality to the imagery he’s chosen for his album sleeves, starting especially with Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space. (The deluxe package for that one included individually wrapped 3” CDs made to look like pharmaceutical capsules, complete with instructions on how to use them.)
Regardless, Pierce obviously has put much thought and care into Spiritualized’s visual side and he offered to share his motivations behind it with MTV Hive. It’s interesting if you’re a fan of Spiritualized and album-design aesthetics in general. Read the interview here.
Tuesday, April 3, 2012
Art I Don't Know the Story Behind These Kanye Stickers, but I Love Them
Posted by Megan Seling on Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 12:04 PM
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Art / Album Sleep Reveal New Dopesmoker Cover Art
Posted by Dave Segal on Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 12:16 PM
Southern Lord Records is reissuing Sleep's methodical, majestic, stoner-metal classic Dopesmoker with new cover art by Arik Roper on May 8. It's seriously badass, but the band logo is totally legible, which will probably ruin some fans' day. Anyway, this deluxe edition is remastered and includes a previously unreleased live recording of "Holy Mountain" from a 1994 San Francisco show.
(Also, did you know that you can listen to Dopesmoker—albeit the old version—in its entirety on YouTube? Luxuriate in it after the cut.)
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Art Stop When It's Time To Stop: an Art Show by Jesse Lortz
Posted by Derek Erdman on Tue, Mar 13, 2012 at 8:11 AM
Sometimes the Internet fails to let a person know about everything, most likely because we expect it to always do so. I somehow missed all notices of Jesse Lortz's art opening last Thursday at Cairo, to my dismay. As the evening carried on, I bumped into more and more people who had gone and each had glowing reviews of what they'd seen.
- JESSE LORTZ
Thursday, March 8, 2012
Art / Zzzzzzzzzzzzz Dog Shredder's Brass Tactics vs. Chick Corea's The Leprechaun
Posted by Dave Segal on Thu, Mar 8, 2012 at 11:01 AM
Bellingham prog-metal brainiacs Dog Shredder are releasing a three-track EP, Brass Tactics, on April 17 through local label Good to Die Records. Your buddies at Pitchfork did a nice thing yesterday and posted “Battle Toads” from the EP. The track's full of very satisfying, complicated power moves that’ll raise your pulse rate and IQ.
What’s equally interesting is Brass Tactics’ cover art; it bears a striking resemblance to Chick Corea’s 1976 LP, The Leprechaun, which is most famous for its song “Imp’s Welcome” being sampled by P.M. Dawn on their paradigm-shifting 1991 debut album, Of the Heart, of the Soul and of the Cross: The Utopian Experience. I suspected that Dog Shredder were serious prog/fusion heads, and this visual homage/desecration proves it. (Although it should be noted that Brass Tactics sounds very little like The Leprechaun.) Well played, guys.
Friday, March 2, 2012
Art Midnight Haiku
Posted by Sarah Galvin on Fri, Mar 2, 2012 at 11:40 PM
If a well-dressed Victorian lady burst out of the floor in your basement and said, “Excuse me, can I ask you a question?” would you call poison control about the bottle of Robitussin you just drank? Would poison control call you, and tell you you’re smart and your hair looks good? Because I would. You should take off your shirt.
Thursday, March 1, 2012
Art Brendan Small's Galakticon Cover Art: Impluse Buy or Clearance Rack?
Posted by Grant Brissey on Thu, Mar 1, 2012 at 2:01 PM
Sunday, February 19, 2012
Art Midnight Haiku
Posted by Sarah Galvin on Sun, Feb 19, 2012 at 12:12 AM
You have huge tits
but they’re lopsided and made entirely of newspaper
I should not have said that
words are inadequate.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Art / Housekeeping Audio of a Pumpkin Being Dropped Down a Garbage Chute
Posted by Trent Moorman on Tue, Feb 7, 2012 at 11:59 AM
- And this bird you can not change.
Newton’s law of universal gravitation is described as the mutual attraction between any two bodies in the universe. Applied here, that mutual attraction would be between a pumpkin left over from fucking Halloween and the dumpster five floors below.
I was hoping for more of an explosive, sickening sound when the pumpkin hit, but it ended up just sounding like a basketball being thrown into the hull of a tanker. Except this basketball doesn’t bounce. The dumpster must have been empty. I wanted so much more.
Due to the bland nature of this pumpkin’s landing sound, I made some sonic alterations. Here now for you are those sounds:
Clean Audio of a Pumpkin Being Dropped Down a Five-Story Garbage Chute:
With Alternate Ending 1: Guitar Solo From Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird” Live at the Fox Theatre in Atlanta, GA, 1976:
With Alternate Ending 2: Aunty Jaynes Animal Sounds:
With Alternate Ending 3: Travis Ritter’s Burp of the Motherfucking Year:
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Art / ??!! / Zzzzzzzzzzzzz Today in Toilets
Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 2:57 PM
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Art Need A Band Logo?
Posted by Kelly O on Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 12:43 PM
See Mark Hall-Patch. I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love, I'm in love.
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Art Bear in Heaven's I Love You, It's Cool Cover: Impulse Buy, or Dollar Bin?
Posted by Grant Brissey on Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 10:06 AM
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Now, I like Bear in Heaven. 2009's Beast Rest Forth Mouth is a work of gliding synths and kraut-influenced beauty. This song, off the upcoming I Love You, It's Cool, sounds pretty promising too. But Jesus, people, please stop making bad 1980s paean cover art and adding the word "teen" to everything. The '80s weren't that fucking cool, at least not these aspects of them. See another flagrant example after the jump. And probably check out I Love You anyway.
Friday, December 30, 2011
Art / Name Worst Album Cover/Title Combo of the Year
Posted by Grant Brissey on Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 11:06 AM
I submit Limp Bizkit's Keeping Up With the Kardashians:
Please submit your choice for Worst Album/Cover Combo of the Year in the comments section.
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Lady Actors & Old Computers: Paintings By Derek Erdman
Posted by Derek Erdman at 12:49 PM in Art / Conflict of Interest
Wednesday, December 14, 2011
Monday, December 12, 2011
Cairo Expo 89 (Comp & Mixtape)
Posted by Trent Moorman at 9:07 AM in Art / Film / Mix
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
Have You Seen This Bike Covered in Mosaic Tiles Locked Up Outside Neumo's?
Posted by Christopher Frizzelle at 10:51 PM in Art / ??!!
Tuesday, November 22, 2011
Two Weeks Barber Shop: They Cut Heads
Posted by Kathy Fennessy at 2:54 PM in Art / Life / 206
Friday, November 18, 2011
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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
Amanda Palmer, Kickstarter and FUCKING JAMES FRANCO
Posted by Bree McKenna at 4:06 PM in Art / Media / Teh Internets
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Impulse Buy or Dollar Bin: Liquor Store's Yeah Buddy Album Cover
Posted by Grant Brissey at 9:05 AM in Art
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Impulse Buy or Dollar Bin: Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire Lost in Translation Album Cover
Posted by Grant Brissey at 11:20 AM in Art
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Hey Everybody, Bill Adler & Cey Adams Speak On Def Jam @ EMP In A Couple Hours, And You Should Totally Go
Posted by Larry Mizell, Jr. at 5:10 PM in Art / Album / History / Video / #1 Fan
Friday, October 21, 2011
Impulse Buy or Dollar Bin: Lulu's Lulu Album Cover
Posted by Grant Brissey at 3:19 PM in Art
Monday, October 17, 2011
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Muppet Rawk III: All Ages. FREE
Posted by Trent Moorman at 2:02 PM in Art / Tonight / Album
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The Happy and Sad Times of C.M. Ruiz
Posted by Travis Ritter at 11:28 AM in Art / Merch
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