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Steven Cerio‘s film “The Magnificent Pigtail Shadow” – narrated by Kristin Hersh – will have its screen debut at the MAKING MOVIES 2012 FILM AND VIDEO SERIES curated by Terry Cuddy and organized by the Schweinfurth Art Center and held at the Auburn Public Theatre (108 Genessee street, Auburn NY) tonight, Thursday, May third. Check it! By Marc Arsenault | May 3rd, 2012 |  Leave a comment
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Categories: Upcoming Blasts, Video, Wow Cool For those who were without New York public access TV or forgot to steam this last night. It’s Jason Martin on the Chris Gethard Show. Apologies to our Philly friends. The Jason action starts around 21 minutes in with “Alpha Dog”. They return at 45:30 with Mariah Moriah. After that you’re on your own. It’s pretty much an Evolution Revolution reunion with Aaron Smith, Troy Pohl and Jesse Pellerin. Chris knows his history, and he gives a little love to Brown Cuts Neighbors:
In other Jason news, there are some astounding photos up on Brooklyn Vegan of the Andrew W. K. show from a few nights ago which featured Jason’s Power Animals with Aleister X. Get Jason’s songs on his SoundCloud page. The show is also available as a podcast on iTunes It’s episode #41.
Lady Starlight is profiled in the online magazine IN*TANDEM, with many pull-quotes and video loops by Jason Martin. Jump to page 95 for the action. Has she traded in the Jack Daniel’s for donuts? Denim for diamonds? What is going on? By Marc Arsenault | April 10th, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Git yr ass down to the Roxie in SF this weekend for the Mission-style glory that is Cine-Madness! Friday, March 23 – Sunday, March 25, the Roxie teams up with L.A.’s Cinefamily and Austin’s Alamo Draft House to present three nights of wrong and twisted viewing pleasures. Get all the details on the Roxie’s site. The stylish poster above was designed under great duress (seriously, it’s been a pretty heavy week here) by Wow Cool’s own Marc Arsenault (me). How often do you get to draw Nixon, Elvis and George Kuchar together? By Marc Arsenault | March 19th, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Categories: The Stupid Pages, Upcoming Blasts, Video, Wow Cool After this past weekend I think we all need a double dose of the following… Three of my all-time favorite songs from when I first heard them to forever. By Marc Arsenault | March 12th, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Categories: music, Video, Why We Do This, Wow Cool Erin is my hero. Go listen to her awesome Life During Wartime radio show, which she’s been co-hosting for over 15 years. The shows used to be released on cassette back in the ’90s. This is the video of the week over on Maximum RockNRoll, where Erin and I are both fairly lazy contributors. OMG, the cameraman is quite in love with Erick Lyle and Anandi in that concert video! Erin rocked the drums with our own Joshua Baker in Things I Hate and Chased and Smashed (as seen in the video, duh). The Chased and Smashed – 30 Seconds Over Hillsboro EP is still available right here. By Marc Arsenault | March 10th, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Categories: Andy's Chair, music, Video, Wow Cool Joe Sorren and The Veridic Gardens of Effie Leroux. Looking forward to more motiony goodness from the Annie and Attaboy team. Wow Cool has been stocking the print edition of Hi-Fructose in the new shop since the re-launch last October. Every once in a blue moon, tabs get cleared out and links get posted. Here’s the latest installment of the cool stuff roundup. If you can click on only one, please check out “The 20 Most Beautiful Bookstores in the World” by Emily Temple, on FlavorWire. The ultimate in shelf porn. I think I’ve been to only one of these, Shakespeare & Company in Paris. As you may have heard, the artist Mike Kelley is dead. The above video of the unholy trinity of art hooligans Mike, Gary Panter and Matt Groening is a great romp to lift your spirits. The Magic Band (as in Captain Beefheart’s) has been touring recently – with original members John “Drumbo” French, Mark “Rockette Morton” Boston and Denny “Feelers Rebo” Walley. This tour report from Drumbo is much more interesting than you might guess. His history of the band Beefheart: Through the Eyes of Magic is well worth tracking down. Sold out of its first printing well before it actually goes on sale this Monday, the new comic book of Adventure Time looks like it might actually be ‘all that’. The many alternate covers of issue three – including one by Michael DeForge – are previewed on the Frederator site. Read Wow Cool’s roundup of the Artists of Adventure Time. You may have heard of 24-Hour Comic Day, there appears to also be something called Hourly Comic Day – “On February first a bunch of people make a journal comic every hour they are awake. and then they show these journal comics to other people on the internet.” Bad Machinery‘s John Allison participated. I’m sure others did, but there are only so many hours in the day… Apparently Too Much Coffee Man shows up as an NPC in some strange incarnation of Half-Life. Lynda Barry delights in coloring book misuse and abuse and many other wondrous sights on her tumblr. Didn’t hear much noise about this elsewhere, but it seems that the “Monty Python team set for film reunion with Absolutely Anything” It’s animated, yes. I’m currently in the process of reading this interview with and exploring the sounds and software of Richard Devine. I’m a particular fan of Graincube. Richard’s DEVSND blog. Wow Cool crucial guy Joshua Baker has recently returned to Portland after a long sojourn up in Maine. He and partner Eli have a blog of their trip up that you may enjoy. So… does this mean a chapter three in the God Hates Computers/Chased and Smashed Saga (or is that a chapter four in the Things I Hate/God Hates Computers/Chased and Smashed Saga? Or wait, are there more?… goddamn punk bands…) Simon Gane draws cathedrals. Sure, mummies and Rodan are cool, but these big ass churchy things could probably kick your ass too! By Marc Arsenault | February 6th, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Categories: Funny Books, music, Video, Wow Cool The actor Ben Gazzara has died. He may be best remembered as part of that great trio with John Cassavetes and Peter Falk that made the film ‘Husbands’ as sort-of promoted above. I thought I had run this video before, but can find no evidence of it. This is one of the most insane talk show appearances ever. I could never get quite as behind the rat pack or the beat crew of Bill, Jack and Al as I could with these guys.
Jason Martin brings his Power Animals to Florida today, Groundhog Day, February 2nd, 2012… POWER ANIMALS TRANSMISSION DEVICE 2012 (video projection w/sound, runtime: 1 hour, looped) @ Orlando Museum of Art, event curated by artist Johannah O’Donnell: “From Robots to Warlocks: Sci-Fi and Fantasy Art in the 21st Century.” Power Animals screening 6-9PM @ SunTrust Auditorium, Orlando Museum of Art, 2416 North Mills Avenue, Orlando FL — Features new videos, strange raw footage, works made for the internet, previously screened videos, all remixed and scored with original music for this particular screening. By Jason Martin | February 2nd, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Categories: Upcoming Blasts, Video, Wow Cool In 1977, Ringo Starr did four commercials hawking Simple Life Leisure Suits for Japanese TV. They contained variations of the song, “I Love My Suit” – sung by Ringo, featuring background vocals by Harry Nilsson and Davy Jones of The Monkees. I can’t begin to say how awesome I think this song and video are. Would love to see a higher quality copy of the commercial. Info here. Download the song from backup singer Davy Jones.
UNREST Perfect Teeth / 7″ Box Set from Teen-Beat on Vimeo. UNREST’s landmark indie-rock album, Perfect Teeth, has been out of print for 15 years. Their last, and widely considered their best album. Featuring M.T.V. hits “Make Out Club” and “Cath Carroll”, the other 8 songs, plus 6 non-LP tracks. it is being re-released in it’s original 7″ vinyl box set format, revised with a 7″ 24-page booklet filled with photographs of the band by Erin Smith and recording session photos by Mark Robinson, six records all on color vinyl, full-color labels, replicas of the Unrest and Teen-Beat stickers, and a download coupon. Just like the original, the box will be printed by Independent Project Press, this time with metallic gold ink. Each box will be numbered. You may pre-order it today at http://teenbeatrecords.com It will ship in Spring, 2012. It is no secret that we at Wow Cool *heart* Unrest all over like a cheap suit. By Marc Arsenault | January 18th, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Categories: music, Upcoming Blasts, Video, Wow Cool Media artist Dara Greenwald has been a close friend to many of the people involved in Wow Cool on both coasts for many, many years. I am sad to report that she lost her fight with cancer on Monday, January 9th, 2012. Although I have never met Dara in person, I feel her loss greatly and have never heard so many great things said about someone by so many people involved in my life and work from so many different areas. She contributed much to this world and I invite you to explore her work at http://daragreenwald.com/ This post will be updated with more information as it becomes available. By Marc Arsenault | January 11th, 2012 | Leave a comment
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Categories: Video, Why We Do This, Wow Cool This is a couple years old, but somehow I totally missed it. The Empire State’s favorite sons The Scientific Maps present a video loveletter to Albany, New York(!!!???). Starring ace designer Philip Pascuzzo as the bubblegum bandit. Makes a nice follow up to the Andy’s Chair 4 video zine posted here awhile ago – see the same settings virtually unchanged after over a decade and a half. Look for a special appearance by my Brown Cuts Neighbors “Make Room” poster featuring Frank Beam, towards the end of the video. Thanks to all the folks that shared this on facebook this week. Pieces of Ralph E. White performing his original tunes “farewell to the river daughter” & “no stranger” live at the United States Art Authority. Video by Neil “Cloaca” Young of Yeay! Records and Fat Worm of Error. This is an astounding performance. Please do watch the above and have your mind gently blown before reading the following. But you might want to wait… I had never heard of the Czech-born International cartoon legends Pat & Mat until today. It’s very likely that you had not either. I discovered them while trying to find some fun new games for my son to play – browsing the offerings in the Steam Autumn Sale. He’s five, and he loves Pajama Sam and puzzles. There do not seem to be a ton of age-appropriate point-and-click adventure games for him out there currently. We mostly pick up older games that will still run in the classic environment on his iMac. It’s one of the last ones that Apple made that will still support it. So, at some point I stumbled on the Steam page for the Pat & Mat game. Oh no! This doesn’t seem to work right! Can we fix it? The description makes a big point of playing up the international brand recognition of these two schlubs that I had never heard of nor seen before. Google power to the rescue and it is little wonder why. Despite having logged 78 episodes in over a quarter of a century and being shown worldwide (apparently being quite popular in most of the middle east and even Iceland!), they have somehow skipped any sort of US TV programming or video release. You can score More Pat & Mat – Series Two [Region 2] The shorts are astounding. They are mind-rendingly funny. The two clear animated decedents of the show in both style and content are Bob The Builder (Which could be read as an elaborate apologia of it’s Slavic ancestor) and Wallace & Gromit, which pays clear homage in several moments, especially Wallace’s chin-grabbing pondering. The short I picked to show above brought many great attempts at audio art to mind, including the various vinyl-de(con)structive releases by the Haters. Remember the slab of vinyl, needle and set of instructions LP they did? No? Ok… Seriously, whoever can sell me the North American distribution rights to these cartoons, please get in touch soon. Oh, was that too crass? Sorry. Have a happy Macy’s Day. With music by Burial! Archangel from Untrue, even! Jason used to make fun of me for liking that kind of stuff! Hey! By Marc Arsenault | November 20th, 2011 | Leave a comment
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Categories: music, Video, Wow Cool I used to play the shit out of We Got Our Own Thang back in ’89. It was such an amazing time for music and this was a great bridge between hip hop and the emerging House music scene. Godspeed, brother. By Marc Arsenault | November 9th, 2011 | Leave a comment
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Categories: music, Video, Why We Do This, Wow Cool OK. To get started. This game looks fun and gruesome. Stealth Bastard: Tactical Espionage Arsehole is free to download and play. It’s Windows only, but may run fine on Mac and Linux through Wine. Read the write up on Rock, Paper, Shotgun. Serious funnyman Michael Kupperman is the subject of the latest Gweek podcast over in Boingerland. We just recently got a stack of Mike’s bit of awesomeness he did for Timely Comics a couple years back in the shop – All Select Comics #1 featuring MARVEX! Theo Ellsworth gives strange interview over at Don’t Panic. In further related, ‘hey go buy stuff from the Wow Cool Shop’ news, there is now a page of Theo art on there. Yup, Capacity, Sleeper Car and two anthologies with bonus Ellsworth are on sale now. The guests and exhibitors for the 2011 Brooklyn Comics and Graphics Festival have been announced. Wow Cool won’t be there in person, but, about sixth tenths of the artists whose books we carry will. You must go watch this wild Salvador Dalí documentary narrated by Orson Welles! “A Soft Self Portrait” from 1967 on Ubu Web. Paul Pope talks about teaming up with Legendary Comics (publishing arm of the film studio that produced Inception, The Dark Knight and others) to finally get some more books out, over on CBR. Susie Cagle has posted a report on AlterNet about her experiences with the Oakland Police Department while trying to cover Occupy Oakland as a journalist. “Oakland has spent more than $1 million on Occupy policing, but nearly all of that overwhelming force has been used against innocent people.” By Marc Arsenault | November 8th, 2011 | Leave a comment
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Categories: Funny Books, Video, Wow Cool Once upon a time, Charles Band, director of such personal favorites as Metalstorm: The Destruction of Jared-Syn and Trancers, got the option to produce a film based on Marvel Comics’ Doctor Strange… and then the rights expired. He braved on with the project, changing various odd details, and created “Doctor Mordrid Master of the Unknown”, which was released in 1992. I had never heard of it before I picked up a promo copy VHS tape of the film for 99 cents today. The whole thing is viewable online, of course. It’s quite entertaining. you can also get it on DVD Jack Kirby allegedly did concept art for the film. |
      
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