Arts Bombast: Joel Ross
By now, you know about my penchant for conceptual art involving text. However, Joel Ross is unlike most of the artists I’ve featured on this site in that he’s based … Continue reading
San Francisco: Lydia Lunch
Fact: It would be fucking impossible for me to be more stoked about seeing Lydia Lunch tonight. If you don’t already have tickets, they’re $16 here. Did I mention she’s … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Marc H. Miller
In this amazing series of photographs, artist and “punk curator” Marc H. Miller captures his friend and co-curator Bettie Ringma hanging out with legendary bands from the CBGB scene. Talking … Continue reading
In the Mood For… Watt
I am drunk off whiskey and just returned from seeing Mike Watt for the (what?) 20th time in my life. All is well in the world. Too many dudes at … Continue reading
Style Ish: DIY jackets
There are few things in this life better than a tried-and-true, genuinely DIY punk jacket. Whether denim or leather, it defies the conventional style notions that “less is more” and … Continue reading
Noisegasm: Snatch
Experimental ambient-art-punk duo Snatch was comprised (mainly) of Judy Nylon and Patti Palladin. The two women collaborated from 1976 through 1980 before moving on to solo pursuits. Good-times Snatch punk … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Christy Rupp
Christy Rupp is a (where else?) New York-based sculptor, street artist and activist. She was using rat imagery LONG before most street artists (certainly before Banksy, but also preceding France’s … Continue reading
RAB Radio #21: Burning Skulls [Halloween Edition!]
Okay, so I’m a couple days late, but last week’s edition of Ribbon Around a Bomb radio was (predictably-but-still-fantastically) HALLOWEEN-themed. Gore, death, bats, blood, ghosts and zombies are ALREADY some … Continue reading
In the Mood For… Dia de los Muertos
Happy Day of the Dead, folks. Please respectful of this beautiful cultural and religious holiday and remember that it is NOT Halloween. Procession and Festival of Altars starts in the … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Rene Ricard
Tonight (!) is the opening for Warholian art hero Rene Ricard’s “New Paintings and Not So New” at Highlight Gallery here in SF. I’m not sure why he has never … Continue reading
Ribbon Around A Bomb 