Style Ish: Philip Colbert’s Sequined Pop Art Frocks
New goal in life: get a friend to wear this Duchamp-Fountain number below as a wedding gown, then dub myself Maid of Honor, and rock the Dali-Lobster-Telephone one. The above … Continue reading
San Francisco: Jello DJs Oldies Night in the Mission Tomorrow
Thank you x a million to Mission Mission for tipping me off to this one: The KO is always a solid joint. [Biafra]
Arts Bombast: Lynn Hershman Leeson’s Roberta Breitmore Series
I just returned from a brilliant 5-day escape to New York City. Besides hanging out with some of my best friends in the world, eating a plethora of delicious bread-based … Continue reading
San Francisco: Hedwig and the Angry Inch
My dear friend Krissie recently attended a performance of one of her all-time favorite stories, the musical Hedwig and the Angry Inch, here in SF. I asked her to write … Continue reading
Noisegasm: Mia Zapata, 20 Years Later
“I don’t like to be a violent woman, but I know I have it in me.” -The Gits, Here’s to Your Fuck Mia Zapata was the frontwoman of Seattle punk … Continue reading
San Francisco: Burger Boogaloo
If you’ve been reading Ribbon Around a Bomb for awhile, you no doubt are aware of my extreme distaste for (ugh, I struggle even now to type the word)… FESTIVALS. … Continue reading
In the Mood for… Pride
O HAAY, San Francisco. This weekend is one our beloved city’s most significant, majestic, and celebratory events: SF PRIDE. With the federal government overturning DOMA on Wednesday, I have a … Continue reading
Film Bombast: MOCATV’s The Art of Punk
“My name is Raymond Pettibon and I designed this motherfuckin’ thing.” –Raymond Pettibon MOCATV is a contemporary art video channel hosted on Youtube, operated by (obviously) the Museum of Contemporary … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: The Hipsterization of the Contemporary Art World
Has anyone else noticed that 90% of everything in galleries and at art fairs these days look, well, the same? [David Fleck] Before I launch into a diatribe, let me … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Lorna Simpson
Lorna Simpson is not a nonchalent photographer. She creates very intentional, carefully crafted photographic works, usually with still details of the body and associated words. The stark images and words … Continue reading
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