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So many mashups and whatever

Knile — Sat, 12 Jul 2014 16:00:43 +0000

Awkwafina “My Vag” (Official Music Video) NSFW
Lenlow – Chocolate Cake Revisited
Carly Rae Jepsen & The Cure “Close To Me Maybe” (DJ Reset Mash-Up)
George Michael vs The Cure – Close To Faith (FTech Mashup)
RFK Stadium Crowd Scene – June 12, 1989
Stare at Shannon – Episode 17 – Hot Car Edition
Nutella Priestess
Nosego murals
Philadelphia Pickup Truck Expo 2014

Stories of Ghosts, of Trains, of Music

Knile — Sat, 29 Mar 2014 10:00:21 +0000

Your Ghost Stories
David Lynch: The Factory Photographs Exhibit
Hear Nebraska Sessions: Jake Bellows (Episode 9) (on songwriting, artistic values, and related themes)
Bangladesh Acid Survivors Foundation – 1000 Hobo DJs
Sure Thing, a one-act play
Ishod Wair, a skateboarder sponsored by a cookie store
focus skate mag

Colorways Zine

thos — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 20:00:17 +0000

Colorways. As soon as I saw the name and cover I knew, Jonathan Handel (GustoNy.com) has a kindred spirit in me cuz I’ve been meaning to put together a zine in the same vein. Colorways is a dope photographic study in color and ‘street’ photography. The shit pops. But don’t take my word for it, check the whole thing out online…

Colorways
by Jonathan Handel

(Put out by ALT Zines & Publishing, always support!)

“Satellite of Love” by Mario Desa

thos — Mon, 24 Feb 2014 19:35:56 +0000

It’s always great to see old friends get some shine. Mario Desa and I used to trade back and forth drawing skate deck graphics and then graffiti from middle school through high school. His skills were always on point and blew me out of the water. He’s been tattooing now for awhile (at Great Lakes Tattoo) but just worked with 1xRun to drop a brand new print and as to be expected, it’s dope. Scoop it up quick cuz it’s on the cheap and in an edition of only 50 (as of this writing half have already been sold).

Get yours, here.

Geneseo’s “Automatic Music Can Be Fun”

Knile — Thu, 30 Jan 2014 22:50:08 +0000

Photo by Sharon Cantillon / Buffalo News

Preparing myself for the whatever-whatever that is the annual Grammy Awards, I came across a nice little story. A coupla guys who call their band Geneseo, after the upstate New York town they hail from (not far from a couple places I call “home”), were up for a Grammy for album art, against David Bowie, Jay Z, Metallica. They’re not a household name yet, but they partnered with a couple of local visual artists, Annie Stoll and Brian Gunert of White Bicycle to create a unique-sounding package with scratch-off surfaces. Looks like Geneseo got together an Indiegogo campaign to travel to the awards ceremony.

The article that I learned a lot of this from was from The Daily News, a local-to-Geneseo newspaper.

Excellent work, all.

Artists We Dig: GoddoG

thos — Tue, 12 Nov 2013 19:14:34 +0000

Hailing out of France comes a young artist (Flickr profile reads: “Young artist // no kids, no dog but a pretty woman, and a beautiful home”) armed with a fierce arsenal of geometric shapes and color. While most of his creations are living large, literally, on walls of buildings he also has the uncanny ability to transform them into prints that look dope framed on the wall of a living room. As many of us know, this transition doesn’t always translate very well with a lot of graffiti/muralist artists whose work only feels really right when it’s in a very specific urban environment. He’s got a little Doze Green, a little Kid Acne, a little Roa, and a whole bunch of his own style. If you’re digging any of these by any means you need to check out his Flickr (where all these photos are from) for a lot more, here.

(All photos from GoddoG’s Flickr)

SF Zine Fest

thos — Sat, 31 Aug 2013 16:28:27 +0000

If you’re in the Bay area this weekend definitely slide through and check out some goods, there’ll be more than 140 creators/exhibitors. And it’s free. Check out more @ sfzinefest.org.

Artists We Dig: Tyler Spangler

thos — Mon, 19 Aug 2013 18:18:28 +0000

Photo still from reblogs of Tyler Spangler on commonfolkcollective.tumblr.com

Usually when an artist uses digital or collage to describe their art they’re already at a disadvantage in gaining access to my hallowed “I like your art! club.” One way to overcome this is with whimsy and simultaneous boldness and subtlety. Look for a deeper message. Or not.

Check out lots more of Tyler Spangler at TylerSpangler.com.

The Future Is Now

thos — Sat, 03 Aug 2013 19:22:28 +0000

If you’re in Nyc this weekend you should definitely check out what promises to be a dope ass art/music pop-up show curated by No Agenda, Ad Hoc Art, and McCaig-Welles at The Highline Loft, 508 W. 26th Street. Some of my favs will be showing such as Dalek, Maya Hayuk, Cycle, John Breiner, Cern, Mike Giant, Indie 184, Dave Kinsey, Greg Lamarche (aka Sp One), Swoon, Thundercut, Morning Breath, and a grip more of talented mofo’s. There’ll also be a performance by “revolutionary sound/music/noise group,” Gray.

You can check out some more of the artwork at McCaig-Welles tumblr.

1xRun Limited Edition Print Runs

thos — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:51:32 +0000

(Two recent prints Greg Mike- Identity Crisis & Roger Gastman- Spray Cans)

If you’re ever looking for limited edition prints of low brow, no brow, street, graffiti, progressive, juxtapoz-ish art from up and coming and established artists, 1xRun is a pretty good spot to keep an eye on. They’re based out of Detroit (Inner State Gallery [formally 323East]) and got their head firmly in the game.