Equinox: New World Language on Saturday
Stop by the new Cult Status Gallery this Saturday | 8pm – Midnight Art groups, (or individual artists),1 giant room. Complete a 1,500 sq ft. installation. Alluding to the rhythms of MC Escher’s tessellations, the modern street-art themed mix-up, and, yes, probably vampires; using the burgeoning art scene in Minneapolis as a platform for a
10 Years of Isolation
This man endured 10 years of solitary confinement – I can’t even begin to wrap my mind around that experience. “From May 1980 to May 1990, nuclear scientist Hussain Al-Shahristani — Iraq’s current oil minister — was thrown in solitary confinement and subjected to torture. Last month, in a revelational and deeply personal interview, Al-Shahristani spoke
gods & monsters on saturday
Heading over to the 33 gallery this Saturday to check out another MPLS Deth Crew event.. there’s a theme to this one – favorite horror films (monsters) and some of the genre’s greats, including Bela Lugosi, Vincent Price, and Alfred Hitchcock (gods).. Where: 33 Design Gallery When : Saturday 12/12 @ 7:00pm Plus: To Kill a Petty
xo Nov 20.09
audio a look at the sad but true Music Industry FAILs – 4 Musical Mistakes Of The Decade .. good article on Transformative v Incremental Change – a look at why big music just doesn’t get the internet revolution.. the story behind the UK ‘draconian pro-copyright plans’ of the leaked Digital Economy Bill (similar to
xo Nov 13.09
- AUDIO – Wired noted that the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 could bring another round of tumult to the music and publishing industries, due to “provisions that allow authors or their heirs to terminate copyright grants — or at the very least renegotiate much sweeter deals by threatening to do so”.. Creative Deconstruction posted a
Mashup: 7 Minute Decade + TiltShift App
Just finished watching the “Newsweek Presents The Decade In Seven Minutes” video – loved it. Watch it here (on Laughing Squid). On a completely unrelated note, I just downloaded the Tiltshift Generator iPhone App after seeing this image of Vegas (left), taken by Rob Sheridan. Then @heideland sent me this cool tiltshift video – check it
xo Nov 06.09
- AUDIO – Jack White’s Third Man Records to going to release “A Glorious Dawn” on Vinyl – if you’ve never seen the video, this is one of my all-time favorite things in the world Explore Music posted 3 articles (and now a follow up) on 11 Ways the Internet Has Ruined Music – all of
look art below
There’s a cool art opening happening tomorrow night – Over Under Sideways Down is a group show featuring 10 local artists and live music by Bernie King – perfect for hitting on the way to Art Attack, since it’s right near the Northrup King Building. Participating Artists Joe Aschebrock Jesse Draxler Kara Hendershot Todd Hollingsworth DC Ice Gina Louise Toneski Love Rhea Pappas Todd
art attack this weekend
It’s Art Attack time again.. so here’s a list of some of the Artists we usually visit during the annual open studio art crawl. Hours + directions below the studio list. GROUND FLOOR / MAIN ENTRANCE dock 3 Heinz Brummel | Jewelry dock 3 Randy Walker | String + Light Sculpture UPPER STUDIOS #272 Sean Tubridy (twitter @tubes) | Polaroids
Secret Copyright Treaty is a Disaster
having a great day until I slowed down enough to really read up on this – very unsettling Note: I am adding new related articles as they’re posted.. - Copyright Treaty Is Policy Laundering at Its Finest [DMusic, Nov 5] - Leaked Trade Agreement Paints a Bleak Picture for the Internet’s Future. [Exclaim, Nov 5] - New Copyright