1. Reading Rainbow – Mystical Participation
2. Volcano Choir – Unmap
3. Espers – Espers III
4. Say Anything – Say Anything
5. Audacity – Power Drowning
6. Daughters Of The Sun – Rings
7. Wavves – Wavvves
8. Nesey Gallons – Eyes & Eyes & Eyes Ago
9. Sean Bones – Rings
10. Themselves – CrownsDown
Filed under: Art, Comedy, Hotness, Movies, Music, Photos, Stuff, YouTube
James sitting in a chair.
The new Julian Casblancas song is totally amazing. Listen to it!
I went to see The Patter Merchants performing their version of Abigail’s Party at Stereo on Monday. I’ve only ever seen Mike Leigh’s TV adaptation (which I love to death) so it was fun to see it performed in the flesh. It was hilarious. I haven’t laughed so much in a long time. If you ever get the chance to see it, please do. I tried to find some clips on YouTube but there were only a couple, neither of which really do it justice. Take my advice and buy the DVD. I’m sure you could get it on Amazon or wherever.
This evening I finally got a chance to see Beautiful Losers, which was screening at the Glasow Centre For Contemporary Art as part the DIY Glasgow festival. For those who don’t know, it’s a documentary from 2008 which focuses on Aaron Rose’s Alleged Gallery and a bunch of artists and filmmakers who were involved, most of which who came from a Skateboarding background. Ed Templeton, Barry McGee, Margaret Kilgallen, Jo Jackson, Chris Johanson, Thomas Campbell, Geoff McFetridge, Mike Mills, Harmony Korine and a few more are featured. It’s pretty inspiring stuff. It made me want to come home and paint. I guess it’ll be out on DVD at some point so pick it up! Here’s the trailer.
Fuck Buttons tomorrow night. Should be trippy. Also, this guy is hot.
Filed under: Art
This evening I stumbled upon the website of Osaka born artist Misaki Kawai. I feel like I might have seen some her work before but I may be wrong. Her website, which you can look at with your eyes here, has more of her bizarre and frequently very cute paintings. If you like kittens or koala bears playing football (which I do) then you’re in for a treat! There are also some drawings (which I wasn’t too keen on, sorry!) and photographs as well as some inventive sculpture work.
Here’s a nice ten minute interview with Misaki from VBS.tv. Her house/studio looks fucking incredible!
On August 25th she has a new book being published by Nieves. There are no pictures from it on the Nieves site yet, but I’m sure it’ll be great.
Filed under: Art
C.M. Ruiz is a young artist and graphic designer from Seattle. He has designed gig posters for Crystal Stilts, Jay Reatard and Thee Oh Sees, among others. He has also been responsible for the covers of records by the likes of Fungi Girls and Coconut Coolouts. Here’s his amazing cover for the Fungi Girls ‘Seafaring Pyramids’ 12″.
I can’t seem to find an official website but Ruiz’s Myspace page has over 100 of his posters to delight your eyes. Just don’t waste your time looking at the folder named ‘Artwork’. It’s full of juvenile, embarrassing sketches that I can hardly believe are the work of the same artist responsible for such awesome posters. The less said about the Neko Case and Jenny Lewis watercolour the better.
So yeah… Horrendous, ugly, wretched sketches, beautiful posters and record covers!
Filed under: Art
Filed under: Art
Adrian Fleet is a young illustrator from London. His work is occasionally a little cartoon-ish for my tastes but there are a fair few lovely pieces on his website. Definitely worth a look if you like cute, furry, big-eyed things. And hey, who doesnt?
Filed under: Art
Filed under: Art
Mikko Rantanen is a Finnish artist who currently lives in Berlin. The majority of his work is collage based although he has done bits and pieces in other fields, including some commissioned illustration work for Paramount Comedy among others. He has also designed the covers for a few releases by Howling Bells, all of which are lovely. Not sure what the music is like but they sure look pretty.
