In the Mood For… MANIFESTOS
I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the power of manifestos. This might have something to do with the fact that I recently re-picked up Manifesto: A Century of Isms, … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Beth Hoeckel
I’m completely taken with Baltimore-based collage artist Beth Hoeckel! And why wouldn’t I be? Her work clearly has strong similarities to Linder Sterling (one of my favorite human beings ever), … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: In Wonderland: The Surrealist Adventures of Women Artists in the United States and Mexico
When most people consider Surrealism, they imagine an exclusive group of men, whose highbrow and absurdist antics embody that ironic, bohemian European man that (too) many of us know today. … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Hollywood is a Verb
Since I’m in Southern California (and heading to LACMA tomorrow!), here is what looks like fantastic exhibition to have attended 10 years ago. Hollywood is a Verb was a group … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Evolution of Social Serigraphy in San Francisco
So, I just got home from the Raincoats show, which was pretty ACE. All-female, SF-based lo-fi outfit Grass Widow opened, and returned to the stage during the encore to join … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Joe Brainard
I have Brainard on the brain. Yesterday would have been Joe Brainard’s 71st birthday. For me, the New York poet and visual artist embodies everything good about pop art, queer … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Valerie Phillips
Photographer (and skateboarder) Valerie Phillips does the whole “unruly youth” thing right… as in, check out the amazing photo of PJ Harvey. I’m digging the attitude in these photos. Sure, … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: David Lynch
“Lynchian” is def one of my favorite words. And although I’m not a fan of transcendental meditation (personally, I can’t just sit still and RE-fucking-FLECT like that), I can always … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: 13 Questions for Bobby Grossman
Bobby Grossman, people. He’s that guy- the one who truly lived and captured the spirit of the 1970s New York punk scene. Grossman both documented and shaped the early punk … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Jad Fair
Jad Fair is certainly best known for founding the ’70s/’80s alt-rock group Half Japanese. The lo-Fi, DIY sounds of Half Japanese are one of those things… that are good because … Continue reading
Ribbon Around A Bomb 