On my desk: Best Coast Group Tightener 7-Inch & My Empty Wallet
November 4, 2009
I went to work this morning, and on my desk, was the Best Coast Group Tightener 7-inch that I ordered a few days ago. I still need to get the BC Art Fag release, but it has since sold out. Bummer. To the right, is my aging wallet by Comme des Garçons. I think its time for a new one. But really, you can’t buy a new wallet with an empty wallet. Ouch!
On a lighter note, Best Coast will be performing at Art Fag Fest later this month. Also on the bill are No Age, Crocodiles, Dum Dum Girls, Ganglians, Grass Widow and Pearl Harbor. It’ll be the perfect post-Thanksgiving dinner shindig. Satisfaction guaranteed. Check out the clip below to know what you’re getting into.
Tara Donovan at the MCASD Downtown
November 3, 2009
I had the day off today and spent my time over at the MCASD to check out the newly installed Tara Donovan exhibit. The Eternal Ruler left me a museum voucher before he moved to Japan a few months ago but I just now got around to using it. It was midday, and I pretty much had the museum all to myself (I like it that way). Upon entering the show, I was really blown away by Donovan’s appropriations of familiar objects into an artistic experience.
Stacks of plastic cups are turned into a world of organic swells, while layers of paper recreate topographical dioramas of canyons. The large-scale installations definitely create a setting that can only be experienced in person. Sometimes, the atmospheric experience is the medium, at least, this time, for me it was.
This Thursday, MCASD will be hosting their first TNT since their last, earlier this spring. Admission will be charged this time around, but I can assure you that it’ll be worth it. Mark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark (also the guy who plays keys on the Beastie Boys’ Ricky’s Theme) will be performing live; and that alone will be awesome. A museum membership will save you money in the long run and will even get you and a friend in for free. Get one. It’s a gift that keeps on giving.
The wall instilled with cloud-like forms (shown bellow) was entirely constructed out of straws cut in various lengths. Its pretty deceiving from a distance, since looking at it directly from a horizontal point-of-view creates a brownish cloud around your focus point. I you move parallel to the wall the cloud seems to move along with you. When you get closer, you begin to notice how important each straw is to the composition as a whole. [Did that make any sense?]
I was also able to check out the 1001 Kettner building, a portion of the MCASD, across the street. Here are a few photos.
Satoshi Hashimoto Illustrations for Monocle
November 2, 2009
Satoshi Hashimoto is one of the few selected pencil-men behind the visual atmosphere of Monocle Magazine. His work usually coincides with the issue ending Observation editorial by Tyler Brûlé, and every now and then through various briefs within the issue.
The illustration shown above is from Monocle’s November issue and is one within a series of illustrations in support of Robert Bound and Jonathan Openshaw’s musician insightful article on How to be a Band in 2010. Available now at your local newsstand.
Currently listening to: “Kava Lounge Mix” by Oli Baba
November 2, 2009
The recession, flat tires and misplacing a matching sock are all bad. This Kava Lounge Mix by Oli Baba isn’t. It’s good! Click the image above and download it.
On my desk: Blue “Heist” Cap by Brixton and Monocle Magazine
November 1, 2009
I bought this cap a few days ago at 5&aDime and can’t seem to take it off. I also picked up the latest November issue of Monocle. Can’t wait to read it. Now… off to my morning coffee!