January 2010
11 posts
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On Creating :: The Problem of Good Taste
If you’ve never seen this interview with Ira Glass where he talks about the problem of “good taste”, then I suggest you drop what you are doing and spend the next 5 minutes with it.
If you have seen it, then you already know it’s worth watching again.
Although the interview is directed at would-be reporters (“podcasters”), the message holds true for any...
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15 Questions About Art :: Jenny Andreotti
(photo credit: Ty Rose)
Jenny Andreotti is the lead singer of the band FUNERAL CLUB. She currently resides in Bakersfield, CA with her husband and band mate, Joseph Andreotti, where she works as a Librarian at a local K-8th school. Their new full-length album - FUNERAL CLUB :: The Year of the Bloody Sevens - is set to be released in Spring 2010.
She also runs a blog called Triumphs and...
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When Books Mattered
Take a look here to see something truly beautiful.
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15 Questions About Art :: William Crump
William Crump is a New York based artist who works in drawing, painting and collage. His work is a romantic version of a distinctly American question: how to cross the desert between our heroes and ourselves. His seeks to remake our past dreams into a more forgiving view of our present circumstances, while offering a glimpse of another world just beyond our reach. William’s work will be...
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triple canopy
triple canopy is a cool thing. in their words: “Triple Canopy works collectively with writers, artists, researchers and other collaborators on projects that deal critically with culture and politics, and the ways people engage them, both online and in the world at large. These investigations are realized in an online magazine as well as in public programs and print publications...
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15 questions about art: Lisa Solomon
Lisa Solomon is an artist and educator best known for her body of work which questions and deconstructs the meaning of identity through the exploration of mediums traditionally associated with domestic crafts. Born in Tuscon, AZ to a Japanese mother and a Caucasian father, she now lives and works in Northern California with her husband, daughter, 2 dogs, 2 cats and many, many spools of thread.
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15 questions about art: Pi Ware
Pi Ware is an award-winning filmmaker who began his career as a camera assistant in Madrid, Spain. An alumnus of The Sundance Institute and the prestigious Fox Searchlight Directors Lab, his films have appeared at over 75 film festivals around the world, including Sundance, Cannes, Gen Art and AFI Fest. Pi often works in collaboration with his beautiful wife and writing/directing partner,...
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15 questions about art: Sophia Allison
Sophia Allison works in a variety of media including drawing, painting, sculpture and installation. Her work has been in multiple exhibitions within the U.S and abroad as well as in publications such as Make and the cover image for New American Paintings, Western Edition #42.
Currently, Sophia has a solo exhibition titled Home Home, Sweet Again atUnderground Gallery through December 12. She...
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15 questions about art: Sean U'Ren
Sean U’Ren grew up in the town of Mineral Point, Wisconsin and has been variously employed by Pizza Hut, Hardees, a few coffeeshops, a watch sales company, a telemarketing company, a Mexican restaurant, a slew of post production houses and a large agricultural company that sends kids out into the cornfields for hours of torturous labor.
He likes writing, reading, making and eating...
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An interview with photographer Dan Monick
Dan Monick’s capacity for love is immense. He loves his relationships - the good times and the trying ones, too. He loves inspiration, be it accidental or accidentally on purpose. He loves old signage, ominous skies and foreign advertisements stapled in a noisy jumble of symbol and language to telephone poles. He loves objects so far removed from context that the meaning becomes lost in...
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you are what you eat
Schlue’s Holy Crap Crepes with KGB Mushroom Sauce
This recipe is an attempt to emulate the Crepes you find at the Silver Lake Farmer’s Market on Saturdays. I affectionately refer to the Mushroom Sauce as KGB sauce in regard to the gentleman that runs the crepe stand. He is without doubt the toughest/coolest looking Master Crepe Chef on the planet. His crepes are simply amazing!
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