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The Good, The Bad and The Ugly 2
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Monday, January 31, 2011
What I've been up to
I bought a Dr Don's button maker in 2000 for my mod show. Last week I dusted it off and started playing with the button forms again. It's a really nice machine and the end result has a great manufactured look.
Saturday, January 29, 2011
Album of the Week 6 - Bad Brains
1982's self titled Bad Brains. When I first heard this, in the mid 80s, I wasn't all that into it. The individual songs were great and wound up on quite a few mix tapes, but the album didn't quite work for me. I even got to interview H.R. for my college radio station but still couldn't be convinced. It goes from extremely fast metalish hardcore to slow reggae jams. To a teenager that pacing just threw me off. Now that I'm middle aged, I've come to realize that this is really a great album.
I saw the reissue and decided to give it another try, it worked. It's perfect pacing for a forty something working in the garage. Each side starts out fast with a good 10 minutes of hardcore. It gets your blood going and you can crank at whatever your doing. Then the last track comes on and slows you down, you take a brake flip the album and start all over again. It's a bit like hardcore interval training.
Friday, January 28, 2011
The Car Is Back!
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Monday, January 24, 2011
Sunday, January 23, 2011
A Show I'm in - Resounding
Curated by Dan Cameron, Resounding is part of Prospect 1.5 and up Jonathon Ferarra Gallery in New Orleans through February 1. It features Rhona Bitner, Tim Lee, Ted Riederer, Fikret Atay and me. It's a pretty great group show about the representation of music after it's done playing.
The first piece that came to mind was Lonesome Town. It's a turntable with no tonearms playing Ricky Nelson's Lonesome Town to the flickers of it's sync lights. It was inspired by The Cramps version of Lonesome Town but Nelson's is so much sadder.
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| Lonesome Town, 2006, turntables and Ricky Nelson 45 |
I wish I could've made it out to the show, the installation looks great.
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| Angry Eyes, 2003, scraped album covers and permanent marker |
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| The Moon is a Harsh Mistress (in process), 2010, scraped album covers and permanent marker |
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| I'm Not in Love, 2003, scraped album covers and permanent marker |
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| I'd Rather be a Man, 2003, scraped album covers and permanent marker |
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Saturday, January 22, 2011
Album of the Week 6 - Serge Gainsbourg-aux armes et caetera
I got new vinyl records for Christmas!
New vinyl had almost disappeared from my life but thanks to wonderful companies, like 4 Men With Beards, reissues are something I've been experiencing more and more. There's nothing quite like breaking the seal and seeing the pristine vinyl.
This weeks album is Serge Gainsbourg's Aux Armes Et Caetera. There's not much to say about it that you can't find on the web, so I won't. I've just been listening to it all week. It's good to paint to and let your mind wander.
In general I'm not a big dub or reggae fan (I lean towards the pre-reggae stuff) but this album really grows on you. Maybe its the production of Sly and Robbie but I really think that reggae should be sung in French. It meshes so nicely with the beats. I'm going to have to track down some more French reggae and see.
Friday, January 21, 2011
Thursday, January 20, 2011
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