Overheard at the Record Store-19

Posted on | April 16, 2011 | 2 Comments

In honor of Record Store Day 2011, may I present another round of Overheard at the Record Store. It’s not always fun, but it’s always interesting. Go out and support your local, independent record store!

“Just because something is rare doesn’t mean it’s worth anything. There’s a lot of rare crap out there.”

“I hate this. What is it?”

“Ooh. My pants are too tight for this dance.”

“Is it me or does T. Rex sound exactly like Devendra Banhart?”
“Just walk away, dude.”

“This is my jam!”
“No, you have to share this one with us.”

“Listening to Mozart is like hanging around with beautiful women. After that, you can’t do anything else.”

“Dude, compared to them, this place is a well-oiled machine.”
“What?”
“I know.”

“A woman just asked me if Pink Floyd was ever a popular band.”

“Is this Stryper? This is the worst!”
“And in that same way it is also the best.”
“Yes.”

“Daddy, this store creeps me out.”

BONUS FACEBOOK THREAD
“What do you think is more debilitating…reggaemylitis or Baudizm?”
“Definitely Bjorkitis.”
“I know a lot of singers stricken with acute ChanMarshallistic syndrome. It’s becoming an epidemic.”
“I & I think Reggaemylitis.”
“I dunno. Baduizm had Common wearing crocheted pants for a while. I wasn’t sure he was gonna live through it.”

Happy Record Store Day!

Category: Culture, Music, Overheard at the Record Store
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Fresh Ink: Rockwell Style

Posted on | April 10, 2011 | No Comments

While researching a piece I wrote on Rosie the Riveter, I found my appreciation for Norman Rockwell being rekindled (the first go-around consisted of an occasional flip through my grandparents’ coffee-table book). One of these days I’m going to pick up a book of my own, but in the meantime I’ve been googling around looking at his paintings online. He was so good at conveying ideas through images. This one is a favorite among favorites.

Category: Art, Culture, Design, Painting
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The Collage Mastery of Derek Gores

Posted on | March 19, 2011 | No Comments

Remember cutting up magazines to make collages? Looking for interesting words to combine; putting eyes over a different face; putting tiny buildings with giant people? Well, this is what happens when collage is taken way beyond the land of cut-and-paste projects, and carried into the realm of eye-poppingly inspiring pop cultural treasures. Check out the work of Derek Gores.

Category: Art, Culture, Design, Mixed Media, Paper Art, Typography, Wordage
Tags: collage > Derek Gores > pop art

Three Years Worth of Doodles

Posted on | March 12, 2011 | No Comments

Every morning illustrator extraordinaire Larry Roibal doodles on his morning newspaper.

“For years, I’ve been doing these morning doodles, done over coffee or on the train, right on the morning newsprint (very green). They’re quick and spontaneous, done in ball point pen without tracing or correcting and off they go into the recycling bin without fanfare. It could be liberating to draw something without the pressure to create art. Having drawn pretty pictures for over twenty years, these doodles hold a strange appeal to me, you know, one man’s trash…”

This month marks the three year anniversary of his newspaper doodling blog project. He put together a video of his work to celebrate. Enjoy.