Arts Bombast: Guerrilla Girls
Guerrilla Girls were/are a group of anonymous radical artists and activists dedicated to fighting sexism and discrimination in the art world. Around ’85, they started printing cheap, humorous posters with … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Swissted
Something that happens to me more than I’d like to admit: I see something BEAUTIFUL, I stop and question how I feel about the principle behind it, and then I … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Louise Nevelson
“The greatest thing we have is the awareness of the mind. There we can build mansions. There we have all the things that are not given to us on earth.” … Continue reading
Style Ish: UT
There are two very unfortunate things about Uniqlo’s UT campaign. 1. UT (Uniqlo Tee?) is also the name of the best band ever. One of my friends was like, “Oh, … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: Punk in Museums?
If you know me (and internet-knowing me totally counts) then you know that two of my fav things in life are punk music and art museums. No, you know what, … Continue reading
Arts Bombast: David Wojnarowicz’ Rimbaud in New York Series
Why do all the cool New York artists (see: Ginsburg, Patti Smith, and Wojnarowicz) love Rimbaud so much? Oh, that’s right, because he’s the shit. Below, a couple violent verses … Continue reading
Noisegasm: Lydia Lunch at the Verdi Club
Lydia Lunch is a force of nature. A tempest of sex, noise, booze, and wrath. Lucky for me, San Francisco was directly in the path of the storm called RetroVirus: … Continue reading
Noisegasm: Bush Tetras
Best news ever: Bush Tetras has a new (old) album out that was released TODAY! Happy is a “lost” Bush Tetras record that was stuck in label-limbo for 15+ years. … 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
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