Dec
06
This is well worth a watch. Or a listen. Not much happens visually. Open Culture says about it: In early October of 2009, Malcolm McLaren was nearing death but didn’t know it yet. He showed up at the 2009 Handheld Learning conference feeling fatigued, but managed to deliver a provocative and heartfelt speech titled, “Never Mind the Bullocks, Here’s …
Nov
16
This picture is by long time blog friend Danielle Meder of Final Fashion. She says: I’ve been reading Technicolor Ultra Mall, the debut novel by longtime blog friend Ryan Oakley of The Grumpy Owl. I’m a great fan of Ryan’s blog, but this is the first time I’ve read his fiction. I wasn’t sure if I’d like …
Sep
25
pic nicked from here
Sep
12
Aug
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Nov
27
Sacramento artist Christy Savage. painted a portrait of my wife and her (our) dog. I love it. Pulp art is close to my heart. Same with the wife and dog. I’ve got a soft spot (and a hard one) for sleazy trash. Funny enough, in the gift giving guide of The Sacramento News and Review, right …
Oct
18
I dislike installation art almost as much as I dislike artists. I do, however, make exceptions for things involving robots. Then I tell myself it’s not an installation at all but a future zoo exhibit that has been somehow dislocated in time. Neil Mendoza and Anthony Goh have made this easy for me by collaborating to …
Jul
03
the art of alex varanese – alt/1977: we are not time travelers. Alex Varanese looks at modern products through a 1977 lens.
May
08
Portrait of Félix Fénéon by Paul Signac. Portrait of Félix Fénéon in Front of an Enamel of a Rhythmic Background of Measures and Angels, – Olga’s Gallery. And a portrait of him by the French Police.
Apr
07
KRAFTS BY CHRISTOPHER GOLEBIOWSKI on yay!everyday.
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
