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Chunklet has posted a 45 min. audio montage of Fugazi's onstage banter here.

Facetious questions to the audience ("what else can I do for you you little mtv-generation piece of shit?") are a highlight.

Slow Pans

Kenneth Anger's Mouse Heaven (2004), described as "a fantasy featuring the Birnkrant collection of extremely rare vintage Mickey Mouse toys" is just as erotic as his Scorpio Rising (1964). It's the cheesecake slow panning camera:

Allison Shulnik

Some of the most gunked-up paintings I've seen. Thicker than some in the abex warehouse at Christie's. Inches thick. And they look like Chaim Soutine still-lives. Video here.

Horse Dance of the False Virgin

Mike Kelley, Extracurricular Activity Projective Reconstruction #32, Act 11: Horse Dance of the False Virgin, at the Judson Church Nov 18 2009, New York, NY during Performa09. Choreography by Kate Foley, music by Mike Kelley and Scott Benzel. Scored by Devin McNulty.

Candice Breitz, Him (1968-2008) and Her (1978-2008)

At the Power Plant, Toronto

Roberta Smith interview

This spring, Irving Sandler asked Roberta Smith about what's fashionable in art today. I like her honest (as always) answer:

"Rail: ...What are your thoughts about what is considered the fashionable style at the moment?

Smith: Oy. There are probably several, with most of them involving some form of appropriation, whether the medium is abstract painting, or the juxtaposition of odd found objects. I think the notion that everything—whether materials or narrative—needs to be found, not made is a bit of an obsession. Another one is this reverence for the late 1960s and early 70s. It seems like a certain kind of early 70s conceptualism is considered a kind of antidote to the market and the corruption—I’m using scare quotes—of object-making. I find that kind of tiring, or perhaps a way of hiding from your own time. There’s also resurrection-for-resurrection’s sake: the rediscovery of forgotten artists just because they’re neglected. Some of these artists aren’t that interesting, but the mere fact of their having been overlooked makes them heroic in some people’s eyes."

I also like alot of other things she says in the full Brooklyn Rail interview here.

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.

Real Life Cartoons

An exerpt from the Baltimore Annex Theatre's production of The Point, written by Harry Nillson, is shown here. The original animated version had Ringo Starr narrating.

My First Glossy Mag

Syked for my article on the extremely talented, multi-faceted designer Dan Funderburgh in the Oct/November Issue of American Craft.

Teenie Url

Tiny blogger Tavi of Style Rookie rules the fashion world! Scrolling through her blog's archives (they start way back when she was 12 in 2008) it's amazing to watch how she refines her sense of style.

hoser.

my hose collection.

enjoy xxx

Nu-House

Even on the crappiest of computer speakers, TeenGirl Fantasy sound awesome. But a post on their official fan-site describes it best:

"Sometimes when I close my eyes I picture a club far away where there is free piña coladas. People are happy and no one can hurt me, not even myself. Suddenly a glitter ball light starts pulsating out of a cube that appeared out of the ocean. It slowly walked towards me and asked me to dance. I figured, why not? The night grew into a sunrise, I sat on a rooftop and cried while falling asleep, but with a glimmer of a smile on my face. It was possibly the most beautiful club I'd ever been to. The pulsating ball of light was called Teengirl Fantasy."
teengirlfantasy.angelfire.com/

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Brian Jonestown Massacre's Anton Newcombe has a Myspace blog.
It's terrifying...and fascinating.

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monster skin wing-back chair by joshua ben longo

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via here and here

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EYE x Joshua Petherick x PAM (i-D Magazine clipping)

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hello, francoise hardy

roo-day

cold cave's new album cover all gussied up

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Helle Mardhal, from Finland, just closed her show at Laviola Bank Gallery on the Lower East Side.

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"Uni" by Stewart Coffin, packaging design. Skor-Mor Corp,1970s

Stewart Coffin, author and famous polyhedral puzzle designer, welcomes the replication of his designs, many of which are not under patent. He writes:

It is not necessary to ask my permission to manufacture and sell any of the designs listed here. I encourage others to become involved in this rewarding and fascinating craft. Unless otherwise indicated, all of these designs are my own creations. Yet you might say that is only partly true, for they are all based on ideas that have evolved over centuries, their origins fading away into the dim and distant past. As far as I am concerned, they can all be regarded as in the public domain.

Link to this and autobiography here.

"Aries" by Stewart Coffin, Skor-Mor Corp, 1970's.

Stewart Coffin, "Cetus" Skor-Mor Corp, 1970's

Stewart Coffin, "Tauri",Skor-Mor Corp, 1970's



Other puzzles of interest:

"Ring a-Ling" Designer unknown, Skor-Mor Corp 1970's.



Mike Reilly, "Weaver's Puzzle"

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Montgomery Perry SmithCreamyLittle Orphan Andy. (Photo by Lucas Blair )
Brad Callahan Big Face sculpture

Darwinian Dandies, photo by Lucas Blair
via Hannah Shaw