In June (on the 5th of 2009), I threw a party in cahoots with DYPAC, a non-profit for the youth performing arts, to bring some artists together, in the first experiment of many: “The Purple Carpet Party.” Being able to benefit amazing local artists, and having fun doing it, was an honor.
The show consisted of art by Kyle Danley, Alex Milidrag and myself. Kyle also did a live painting while I spun some of the funky stuff I do, and we all had a blast. Pictures below.
Bat For Lashes is the work of British singer/ songwriter, multi- instrumentalist and visual artist Natasha Khan. Born in 1979, yet combining influences that span decades, Natasha’s work dwells in the elemental, emerging in timeless forms.
A new Bat For Lashes album ‘Two Suns’ is released on the 6th of April 2009.
Shepherd Fairey, the famous graffiti artist responsible for Obey as well iconic imagery used in the Barack Obama presidential campaign was arrested in Boston on Friday night. Fairey was in town for an opening of a new show of his, “Supply and Demand,” at the Institute of Contemporary Art. He was arrested on two outstanding warrants for graffiti in Boston.
Miss Dior Cherie Commercial by Sofia Coppola. I’m so in love with this commercial. Maybe it’s the yellow sunglasses, the flying away with balloons, or perhaps my infatuation with French pop…
Billy Corgan is someone who I really thought understood “the album.” Siamese Dream, and Melancholy and the Infinite Sadness were both masterpieces. It’s a shame to see someone so in tune with “the album as an art form” would say stuff like this:
Speaking to the Chicago Tribune, lead singer Billy Corgan has sounded the death-knell on albums, saying: “We’re done with that. There is no point. People don’t even listen to it all. They put it on their iPod, they drag over the two singles and skip over the rest.”
Ye of little faith, Corgan – nobody would ever do that with the brilliant Siamese Dream, but Zeitgeist on the other hand…
Why are we killing ourselves?
Instead of creating ‘arty’ tracks for albums (read: fillers), Corgan has decided the good ol’ single is the way forward.
“The listening patterns have changed,” Corgan laments. “So why are we killing ourselves to do albums, to create balance and do the arty track to set up the single? It’s done.”
