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Ohhh, that's my company listed there!

Tue, 02 Mar 2010 03:18:30 GMT

Ohhh, that's my company listed there!

Josh Keyes "Side Effects" at Joshua Liner Gallery

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 11:04:46 GMT

Josh Keyes "Side Effects" at Joshua Liner Gallery

Josh Keyes sketch

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:45:41 GMT

Josh Keyes sketch

Josh Keyes: "Watcher #1", 12"x12", acrylic on panel, 2007

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:41:21 GMT

Josh Keyes: "Watcher #1", 12"x12", acrylic on panel, 2007

Josh Keyes: "At The Edge", acrylic on panel, 12"x12", 2007

Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:38:16 GMT

Josh Keyes: "At The Edge", acrylic on panel, 12"x12", 2007

LOOPER'S DELIGHT

Fri, 26 Feb 2010 03:07:57 GMT

Looper's Delight is a cultural and informational resource for musicians creating with audio loops of every sort. Loop based music essentially involves the repetition of audio samples, or loops. From that basic premise looping moves off in numerous directions, encompassing a wide range of techniques for building, manipulating, and using loops. The technique crosses many musical boundaries and appears in a wide range of musical styles and genres.

http://www.loopers-delight.com/loop.html

Joseph Arthur, 'Crying Like a Man,' live on KEXP. This is amazing - he uses l...

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 10:23:34 GMT

Joseph Arthur, 'Crying Like a Man,' live on KEXP. This is amazing - he uses loops to record the guitar and drum sounds live on stage, then he sings *and* paints at the same time. Incredible performance, lovely song too.

The Holy Grail of Velvet Underground Tapes (they better be released, I can't ...

Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:10:43 GMT

The Holy Grail of Velvet Underground Tapes (they better be released, I can't believe some record company fatheads are holding onto them! And why do we still not have the 4-track version of VU 1969? Oy); ref: White Light/White Heat: The Velvet Underground Day by Day

READ/WRITE/ THINK/DREAM; An Installation by John Baldessari

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 10:42:20 GMT

READ/WRITE/ THINK/DREAM; An Installation by John Baldessari

One of my favorite American artists; this piece in particular attracted me (for obvious reasons!).

Arts.21 | Still Unbowed Ai Weiwei in Munich

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:57:28 GMT

Arts.21 | Still Unbowed Ai Weiwei in Munich

»Colored Vases« (Neolithic vases (5000 – 3000 BC) and acrylic) by Ai Weiwei. ...

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:27:25 GMT

»Colored Vases« (Neolithic vases (5000 – 3000 BC) and acrylic) by Ai Weiwei. via VVORK » 2009 » April

Ai Weiwei, Colored Vases, 2006, neolithic vases (5000-3000 BC) and paint, ins...

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:24:52 GMT

Ai Weiwei, Colored Vases, 2006, neolithic vases (5000-3000 BC) and paint, installation size: 50 x 200 cm, in different sizes H ca. 9 -31 cm. via http://arttattler.com/japantokyo.html

Ai Weiwei, Coca Cola Vase, 1997, vase from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and pai...

Thu, 18 Feb 2010 07:23:14 GMT

Ai Weiwei, Coca Cola Vase, 1997, vase from the Tang Dynasty (618-907) and paint, 24cm x 18cm, © FAKE Studio. via http://arttattler.com/japantokyo.html

Speed; Claude Flight, circa 1922

Mon, 01 Feb 2010 10:47:54 GMT

Speed; Claude Flight, circa 1922

The dynamics of modern life and their effects on cities and their inhabitants were a special area of interest for Claude Flight and other artists [...] inspired by the Italian Futurist poet Filippo Tommaso Marinetti who had declared London to be a Futurist city with its 'brilliant hued motor buses and the Underground'.

"CRIMSON & CLOVER 1969 - Roulette Records CRIMSON & CLOVER ..."

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:27:18 GMT

"CRIMSON & CLOVER
1969 - Roulette Records

CRIMSON & CLOVER must be considered quintessential Tommy James and the Shondells and was certainly the most important LP of their career. For so many reasons, it was their pivotal creative moment. Written, produced and performed solely by Tommy and the group, it allowed the band to expand their audience from AM Top-40 Pop to the newly emerging FM Album Oriented Rock...one of the very few sixties acts to make that transition.

–Tommy James and The Shondells Official Website

(Image)

Wed, 27 Jan 2010 11:26:15 GMT

Albums of the decade No 1: The Streets - Original Pirate Material | Music | guardian.co.uk

Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:42:48 GMT

The Guardian's album of the decade. Very british choice. Not my cup of tea. I much preferred their #2, Radiohead's Kid A.But as one commenter said, "each to their own."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/musicblog/2009/nov/29/streets-original-pirate-material

The Decade In Music: '00s : NPR

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:50:09 GMT

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=120180908

via Amazon.com: The Velvet Underground: New York Art (9780847830848): Johan K...

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:40:07 GMT

via Amazon.com: The Velvet Underground: New York Art (9780847830848): Johan Kugelberg, Lou Reed, Vaclav Havel, Maureen Tucker, Jon Savage: Books

"Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, and Doug Yule will meet with Rolling Stone journali..."

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:38:26 GMT

"Lou Reed, Maureen Tucker, and Doug Yule will meet with Rolling Stone journalist David Fricke to talk about the band's music and legacy and to promote the new book, The Velvet Underground: New York Art."

–Velvet Underground Reunite In NYC - All Songs Considered Blog : NPR

From one of my fave tv shows, 7 Ages Of Rock. This is from the second show, a...

Thu, 05 Nov 2009 11:06:17 GMT

From one of my fave tv shows, 7 Ages Of Rock. This is from the second show, about Art Rock. Pink Floyd, Velvet Underground, Roxy Music. "Breaking the barriers between art and music."

Liked this artist; the song played was a jazz cover of Bjork's Isobel. Commen...

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:52:46 GMT

Liked this artist; the song played was a jazz cover of Bjork's Isobel. Commenter in podcast noted that jazz musicians have always covered popular songs (e.g. old school jazz musicians used to cover Gershwin); they put their own interpretation on a song and "make it their own." via The Year's Best New Jazz : NPR

The Year's Best New Jazz : NPR

Sun, 01 Nov 2009 08:50:19 GMT

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113931867

Banksy doc. Like the bit about him promoting his art and not himself.

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 04:09:32 GMT

Banksy doc. Like the bit about him promoting his art and not himself.

I used to have this picture of The Velvet Underground as a poster hanging on ...

Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:11:17 GMT

I used to have this picture of The Velvet Underground as a poster hanging on my wall, when I was a teenager. I love all of the poses here: Lou on guitar setting the tone, Sterling looking cool and holding a beer, a relaxed John Cale singing in that Welsh drawl of his, Mo hiding away in the background (but always a steady force). They're all dressed in black... and those silver balloons. This was taken in Warhol's Silver Factory.

Work in progress: I'm painting this copy of Modigliani's "Portrait of Madame...

Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:05:47 GMT

Work in progress: I'm painting this copy of Modigliani's "Portrait of Madame Hanka Zborowska" (see original here). I have 1 week left in my beginners art class to finish it. I've learned that acrylic painting is all about layering, so this is by no means the finished version. Another layer or two is needed for the window, face, neck, hair, dress and background. And I haven't even started on the lips, ear or collar thingy. In other words, nothing is finished. It's all fun and I'm enjoying the painting process :-)

New album from MUSE

Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:49:06 GMT

New album from MUSE

My fave new band this year without a doubt: The Thermals.

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 02:29:35 GMT

SPIN - SXSW 2009: The Thermals, "Now We Can See"
My fave new band this year without a doubt: The Thermals.

au revoir simone homepage

Wed, 16 Sep 2009 20:29:31 GMT

Interesting Flash site. New band I discovered this week.

http://www.aurevoirsimone.com/site.html

Byron: Excited Passion [love the line about shaving!]

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:40:04 GMT

Byron: Excited Passion [love the line about shaving!]

Saint Catherine of Alexandria; Raphael (pencil drawing)

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:33:53 GMT

Saint Catherine of Alexandria; Raphael (pencil drawing)

Saint Catherine of Alexandria; Raphael"Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a pai...

Sat, 12 Sep 2009 11:26:47 GMT

Saint Catherine of Alexandria; Raphael

"Saint Catherine of Alexandria is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Raphael. In the painting, Catherine of Alexandria is looking upward in ecstasy and leaning on a wheel - an allusion to the breaking wheel (or Catherine wheel) of her martyrdom.

It was painted circa 1507, shortly after Raphael's arrival in Florence and shows the young artist in a transitional phase. The depiction of religious passion in the painting is still reminiscent of Pietro Perugino. But the graceful contrapposto of Catherine's pose is typical of the influence of Leonardo da Vinci on Raphael, and is believed to be an echo of Leonardo's lost painting Leda and the Swan.

This picture was partially used on the cover of The Smashing Pumpkins album Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness."

Wikipedia

Modigliani "Portrait of Madame Hanka Zborowska"I'm doing a beginners acrylic...

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:31:25 GMT

Modigliani "Portrait of Madame Hanka Zborowska"

I'm doing a beginners acrylic painting course, enjoying it a lot. Last week we were asked to choose one painting from a bunch of (black and white) photocopies and reproduce it from scratch as a new painting. Without knowing anything about the artist, I chose the above. It seemed like it would be relatively simple to draw (drawing not being a strong point yet), and I was attracted to the painting. My classmates all chose landscapes, but I decided a portrait was more interesting for me. I'm only partway through painting it; I will finish it over next couple of weeks and upload the result here.

After last week's class, I went to the library straight after and got a couple of art books on Modigliani - particularly after my teacher mentioned that he was an "interesting character." Indeed it turns out he was a fascinating artist and I like his paintings a lot. He died young, at 35, after a life of debauchery in Paris at the beginning of the 20th century. He met Picasso et al. Still grokking him, but I'm certainly glad I chose that painting to reproduce!

Modigliani, Seated Nude

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:18:53 GMT

Modigliani, Seated Nude

Byron and his poetic persona

Sun, 06 Sep 2009 09:13:02 GMT

Byron and his poetic persona

Radiohead - Live on Le Reservoir (in HD, this is an excellent show; highlight...

Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:00:02 GMT

Radiohead - Live on Le Reservoir (in HD, this is an excellent show; highlight for me is 'Sail to the moon.' One thing: only Thom and Jonny play this show, but it is promoted as Radiohead. Other members look pissed in interviews, although a couple of them hide it well.

C4TV > Video > Music > Fly My Pretties - Let's Roll

Wed, 26 Aug 2009 00:15:51 GMT

Full version of excellent FMP live song - guitar break rocks.

http://www.c4tv.co.nz/Fly-My-Pretties---Lets-Roll/tabid/1002/articleID/5680/cat/123/Default.aspx

Fly My Pretties - Let's Roll. Sky City Theatre, 3 June 2009 (this is a snippe...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:18:22 GMT

Fly My Pretties - Let's Roll. Sky City Theatre, 3 June 2009 (this is a snippet of '09 version, from Auckland show, but inexplicably stops when the great guitar bit starts!)

Fly My Pretties - Let's Roll (the 2009 live version is much better, some amaz...

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:16:19 GMT

Fly My Pretties - Let's Roll (the 2009 live version is much better, some amazing guitar work. Watched on dvd tonight, but not yet online. This version here is 2007 version)

Read/Write/Think/Dream, 2001; John Baldessari, Geisel Library, San Diego

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 03:27:14 GMT

Read/Write/Think/Dream, 2001; John Baldessari, Geisel Library, San Diego