2 posts tagged “design”
What better way to kick off a gloomy-weathered Memorial Day weekend than with a good old-fashioned Zombie Mob? I found a perch along Market Street after work Friday night and watched as the undead shambled by, attacking not-so-innocent passersby who had marked themselves as willing victims by pasting duct tape to their clothes. And did I mention that Critical Mass was taking place at exactly the same time? The tourists, they were doubly puzzled and confounded.
At Park Life - Michelle Blade: I Would Give Everything. This was my first visit out to Park Life, which I would characterize almost as a sister store to Giant Robot, filled with awesome art books and Japanese goodies. They might be mortal enemies for all I know, so at least they're separated by geography. I was immediately sucked into Blade's dramatic large-scale paintings, the subjects of which included everything from a mob of people climbing Mount Shasta to a group of teenagers participating in trust-building activities at summer camp. The tension in her work comes from the backgrounds she puts behind these scenes, what often looks like an impression of fire and brimstone. All is not quite as it seems.
I've been meaning to take a class at the Rock Paper Scissors Collective for a while now, as they always have such a great schedule (screenprinting! skateboarding! DIY!). This Saturday local promoters Club Sandwich were presenting a seminar on How to Book a Show, so I went for it. The Club Sandwichers were awesome, taking us through the process step-by-step, and I learned a ton. I don't have something specific to do with the information quite yet, but I am ever hopeful.
The one thing I totally flaked on was the Capsule Design Festival in Hayes Valley on Sunday, mostly because I got stuck on my side of the Bay after my DJ shift. I was having too much fun record shopping on Telegraph, I admit it. But I'm bummed I missed the fair. I normally don't turn down an opportunity to run rampant through tables and tables of locally-designed merch.
Tomorrow night: KALX co-announces Voxtrot, Sound Team, and Au Revoir Simone at the Great American Music Hall (859 O'Farrell Street, San Francisco). All Ages as usual. Show starts at 8 pm, doors at 7:30 pm. Aimee and I will be there, as I need to continue my streak of seeing Voxtrot every single time they swing through town.
Universally Acclaimed Health Care?
How did Michael Moore manage to woo even Republicans with his new documentary? Find out in this Moore interview with Bill Maher.
At Receiver Gallery - the group show I Think We Better Split Up. Even though they're known for being jerks and ignoring their email, Poketo actually does manage to pull together some great artists, among them Susie Ghahremani, Esther Pearl Watson, Stella Im Hultberg, and Aya Kondo. Go to this show to support the artists, not Poketo.
At Giant Robot - the group show Printed Matter. All screenprints, all amazing, and oh the lust that filled my heart for the Daniel Clowes Eightball cover. I was also drooling over the Little Friends of Printmaking concert posters, not to mention adorable prints by Souther Salazar and Saelee Oh. It's almost not natural how much I love a good screenprint.
As for the Throwing Muses show at the Great American Saturday night, words cannot describe. If you listened to my show yesterday you would have heard me try (and fail) to express myself, but I will simply repeat: Kristin Hersh is a goddess. I seriously almost passed out as her voice built from a growl to a scream during Shimmer. Also: her husband is the cutest band husband ever. And Throwing Muses fans are surprisingly polite and well-mannered. Probably because we're all old.
Yesterday afternoon Aimee and Sophie and I visited the Crucible for their Gifty Holiday Art Sale 2006. Happiness was running smack into Raven, Suzanne, and Jeremy at the Made With Molecules table, and also just seeing all of the amazing stuff people had made with glass, metal, plastic, glowy bits...among many many other materials. The Crucible also had many of their furnaces going full blast, and I was totally inspired to try to find time to take a class. If nothing else, next year I'm saving all of my holiday gift spending money for that sale.
The Daily Show jazzes up Al Jazeera:
Watch as "The Daily Show's" Samantha Bee offers her advice to "Americanize" the new English version of Al Jazeera.
Sylvie Fleury: Delicious. Shopping bags and contents, 1994
