Thursday, April 29, 2010

Cool Pop Music from 1960s Malaysia

Help Xeni's brother get to Malaysia to research and archive psychedelic '60s pop.

Boingboing LINK , kickstarter link

Tuesday, April 27, 2010

My Dirty Blond Banjo-uke (Crehore)


Click on image to enlarge. Original design by Amy Crehore.
This vintage banjo-uke still needs some varnish, tuners, tailpiece and strings. But, here's a direct scan of my original painting, because I couldn't wait to show you. (The scan has some glare, but you can get the idea.) It's called "Dirty Blond" and it's a Slingerland from the 1920s with birdseye maple veneer on the sides. It's in excellent shape, restored to a natural shine by the luthier. I will take slides when it's all done. Stay tuned....I also have some slides coming of two new canvases.
This uke is on boingboing.net!
(Huge thanks to A. Barrett of CA for the generous uke donation.)
See more of my ukes here: flickr
Plus, Tickler #2 Uke built from scratch.

Saturday, April 24, 2010

Julie's New Boy Paintings

Self Portrait as Boy in Flight 2010, oil on canvas, 52 x 68 inches by Julie Heffernan
Julie Heffernan is painting herself as a boy now and I quite like them. Her works are ambitious and visionary. There's a nice sense of order to her dream-chaos. She's got the painting chops to pull off complicated imagery such as the one above - from her "Boy, Oh Boy" exhibit which opens April 29-June 5, 2010 at PPOW Gallery, 511 West 25th Street, Room 301, NYC. Here's a LINK to the gallery and a few more images.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Anniversary of SF Earthquake 1906


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Originally uploaded by ricksoloway
The San Francisco earthquake of 1906
April 18, 1906- anniversary today.
Set of images on flickr.
Thanks Ricksoloway.

Friday, April 16, 2010

Jan Svankmajer's Alice



I already blogged about the original Alice manuscript in the British Library and the first Alice film from 1903. John Cusack, guest-blogger on BoingBoing, recently blogged this wonderfully surreal clip of Alice by Czech animator Jan Svankmajer. Love it.

The Art of Amy Crehore