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
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
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
Arts Bombast: Women Who Rock
Other than the fact that the title is shamelessly trite, I’m not sure what to make of the National Museum of Women in the Arts’ current exhibition, Women Who Rock: … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Franklin Furnace
Franklin Furnace has been “making the world safe for avant-garde art” since 1976. That was the year that outsider/performance artist Martha Wilson founded the institution with the intention of promoting … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Sigmar Polke
If you’re anything like me, you dig Germans and you dig pop art. Sigmar Polke was an experimental painter and photographer from East Germany who, along with Gerhard Richter, started … Continue reading
In the Mood For… Cool People Hanging Out with Cool People
You know, like when I hang out with my friend Krissie. It’s pretty much like this: [Patti Smith + Lizzy Mercier Descloux] [Tina Weymouth + Grandmaster Flash] [Nick Cave + … Continue reading
In the Mood For… Good Hair
I want my hair to do things that it cannot do. Such as, be messy AND sexy at the same time.
San Francisco: Good/Upcoming Shows
Fact: Lots of good (mostly punk) bands are playing in the Bay Area soon. I’m both boring and broke, so I unfortunately can’t attend all of these. Which ONE to … Continue reading
Ribbon Around A Bomb 