From Los Angeles 04/30/07
From Portland 04/30/07
Motel Gallery permalink
Portland’s Motel Gallery has an impressive roster of artists. A fave from the list is Megan Whitmarsh, whose knitted, intergalactic worlds featuring yetis, crystals, boomboxes, and Flying Vs are pure gold.
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From Elsewhere 04/27/07
The Ponys Kansas In-Store permalink
More FreeYrRadio madness. This time The Ponys ripped it at our Lawrence, KS store. (Donate to KJHK here. More pix here.)
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From Portland 04/26/07
What is C.H.U.N.K. 666? permalink
We think they say it best: ”C.H.U.N.K. 666 is a mutant bicycle jaunting club, tallbike youth brigade and civic betterment society based in Portland, Oregon, USA.”
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From Australia 04/23/07
Deanne Cheuk’s Creative Juggernaut permalink
Australian export Deanne Cheuk is an unstoppable tidal wave of creativity. Whatever she touches - art direction for Urban Outfitters’ catalogs, her portraits of celebs, the apparel line Liness (which finds her teamed up with Rilla Alexander of Rinzen) - is imbued with a sense of the sublime and ethereal.
From New York 04/20/07
On Your Marc permalink
Super cheap and seriously limited, these Marc Jacobs totes are only $12. Unless of course you miss out in stores - then they’re as much as the stranger bidding against you on eBay is willing to pay. (Only for sale at Marc Jacobs stores.)
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From Philadelphia 04/19/07
From Chicago 04/18/07
Klaxons Chicago In-Store permalink
Klaxons showed up at our Wicker Park store on Sunday for their Free Yr Radio gig and blew doors. (Donate to WLUW here. More pix here.)
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From Los Angeles 04/16/07
The Whitest Boy Alive permalink
Geoff McFetridge strikes again. This time he provides hand-drawn animation for The Whitest Boy Alive’s beautiful “Golden Cage” video.
From Miami 04/06/07
Let the Rhythm Hit ‘em permalink
This is how they do in Miami when the Winter Music Conference is in town. (Via The Cobrasnake.)
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From Australia 04/06/07
Refill Seven Laserdeck Show permalink
An amazing traveling art show featuring an equally stunning list of artists. Each artist has been asked to explore the idea of lasering away the seven layers of ply of a skateboard deck to leave their own distinctive mark. More info and dates here.
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From San Francisco 04/04/07
All Together Now permalink
"All in Together Now”, a group show curated by Vancouver’s Lifetime Collective, is up thru April 27 at SF’s Receiver Gallery.
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From Los Angeles 04/03/07
Haus Music permalink
Mark Owens is the creative force behind Life of the Mind and we’re feeling his well designed send-up of one our favorite dance subgenres.
From San Francisco 04/03/07
Stories by Miranda July permalink
We love Miranda July so we were stoked when we heard that she wrote some stories and double stoked to find out that she’s going on a book tour to support her new collection No One Belongs Here More Than You. (Photo: Autumn de Wilde. Courtesy of the photographer.)
From Philadelphia 04/02/07
Who The Cap Fit permalink
With fitteds blowing up like nitro, it’s about time Philly’s founding father got one of his own.
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From DC 04/02/07
The Psychic Soviet permalink
Ian Svenonius’ toothy little book of essays spouts off on the use of rock ’n’ roll and art by the ruling class, and the sinister machinations behind popular fiction, film, and television serials.
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From Austin 04/02/07
Stitchin’ permalink
Sublime Stitching launches their “Artist Series”. First up to bat is Friend of Urban Kurt Halsey. Check out more from Kurt, plus other great artist finds here.
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From Philadelphia 04/02/07
Body of (Art) Work permalink
The human body gets dissected by the Space 1026’ers in their latest show, No Bad Blood. It’s up thru April 29 at Cinders Gallery.
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