Not a Boring Post I Promise

Mick's ponytail and Steevie's sleeve match the spur of the "F" and the lower bowl of the last "s" in the album title, respectively.

Duchess Says....

S & M synth band Duchess Says (Montreal) play CMJ next week. Singer Annie-Claude Deschênes wears a hockey goalie mask while performing, barking like Stasi commander above a din of guitar shreds and deep synth. This song is the poppiest they get, but thanks to the video, their perversity shines through.

Nina Chanel Abney

Class of 2007, 2007

The Boardroom, 2008

Whoosh, as a friend says, so good. The earlier works are more Hurvin Anderson (link to my buddy Alex Taylor's article on him), with the deranged faces of Alice Neel. The newer works are flatter, mocking John Wesley.The first two here are already in the Rubells' collection.

Sister Corita Kent (1918-1986) at Zach Feuer

"Drawn to the power of the word, Sister Corita incorporated fragments of text, slogans and signs taken from billboards, street signs, advertising jingles, pop songs, poems, newspapers and magazines into her work. She sampled quotes by Martin Luther King Jr., Rainer Maria Rilke, Phillip Roth and the Psalms.... Corita's innovative use of loaded text...enhance the power of the quote to create unique revolutionary, spiritual and social statements. Sister Corita was not only an activist and Pop artist but also a teacher."

@ Zach Feuer from Oct 23-Nov 5.