This is for those days when cigarettes and coffee aren’t enough. No matter how good Otis Redding coos it to you. The two founding members of NewVillager are multi-media artists from San Francisco and New York. It’s no wonder, given those spatial influences that the duo are rewriting pop music. This is new mythology. And I’m all in.
“New York is where stars are born, LA is where they go to die.” – Swiper Bootz.
“… who lives on Drury Lane?”
Nah – more like Delancey…
“Our place does not have phone or internet.” Judging by this comment from visual artist Ted Coconis, it’s understandable if you’ve concluded that he has either retreated into Amish country or fallen into one hell of a time warp. From his secluded studio in a beautifully bucolic stretch of Maine, the prolific and influential illustrator laughs incredulously at the idea of being tethered to technology past and present. “We’re solar powered, so there’s no traditional electricity available. No cell reception anywhere near either, so we’re basically incommunicado.” While the thought of being unable to access social networking platforms like Twitter or Facebook for more than an hour would equate to torture for many, this is splendid solitude to 84-year-old Coconis. “I deal with the outside world when I go to town every few days. It’s a bit of a nuisance for others, maybe, but it suits me just fine.”
#thousandwordessays
Happy Independance Day…
#breakfree #ladyliberateyourself
Professor Andy Warhol’s Screen Tests – Students: Edie Sedgwick, Lou Reed, Nico, “Baby” Jane Holzer, Dennis Hopper, Paul America, Ingrid Superstar
“The Edge of Glory:” It’s an edge, and it’s glorious – and that’s all we need to say about that.
A splash of symphonics, a dose of distilled spirits, twist of turntablism on tap, chilled swelter of the most aurally intoxicating blend… resting forever assured it will satisfy most any fiending trap… Mix me a beat fit for the most keen of tongues, and cultured of eardrums… intoxicate me: i’m a lush #inthelyricalsense
New York has more culture in one sidewalk square than some towns have in their entirety – and it is the only City.
If only said streets could talk…
Last week, Irrational Exuberance opened at The Invisible Dog in New York City. The work in the group exhibition dealt with seemingly rational systems of mass belief or delusion, and their relationship to values, whether economic or moral. The show is curated by Bradley Bailey and features work by Paloma Crousillat, Tate Foley, Nikita Gale, Danny Ghitis, James Gillispie, Ani Katz, Sam Keller, Ely Kim, Conrad Kofron, The Ladies’ Auxiliary, Alma Leiva, Azusa Murakami, David Needleman, Johanna Povirk-Znoy, Jay Peter Salvas, Holly Streekstra, Gabriela Vainsencher, and Anusha Venkataraman. The opening also attracted singer and pseudo New York socialite Solange Knowles.
