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Comment on Simon Gane Adapts Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Lot No. 249 by Bits and Bops for Dudes and Debs « Wow Cool

Bits and Bops for Dudes and Debs « Wow Cool — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 15:37:21 +0000

[...] the cover for the upcoming Halloween Classics edition of the Graphic Classics series. More deets in this article from last [...]

Comment on Mike Kelley: Hero 1954-2012 by Carnival of souls: special extra-large edition « Attentiondeficitdisorderly by Sean T. Collins

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:53:06 +0000

[...] Marc Arsenault presents a visual tribute to artist Mike Kelley, who sadly took his own life last week. Kelley’s friend and publisher Dan Nadel shared some [...]

Comment on Sequential Artists Workshop Grand Opening Friday by Tom Hart

Tom Hart — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:20:56 +0000

http://sequentialartistsworkshop.org/wordpress/2012/01/grand-opening-pics/ That's where you can see the pics from the opening, including Derek Ballard schmoozing with his fans. Thanks for the plug, Grit Boy.

Comment on Jesse Kimball on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives by michaela

michaela — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:41:44 +0000

wow! thats awesome! congrats jesse! we went to school together…. its been over 25 years but im good with faces… keep up the great work!

Comment on Jesse Kimball on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives by Marc Arsenault

Marc Arsenault — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:37:45 +0000

He sure is!
http://memphistaproom.com/jessekimball.htm

“Jesse’s career in food began in the early 80s in the homesteading movement on the coast of Maine. He spent his summers working on organic farms, picking and processing asparagus, heirloom melons, pickled green beans, and raking wild blueberries. When autumn came he would flip organic burgers, and Italian sausages at the Maine Organic Farmers and Growers “Common Ground Country Fair”. In the winter he would work in the sugar shack processing maple syrup.”

Comment on Jesse Kimball on Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives by michaela

michaela — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:33:46 +0000

is jesse kimball from maine? he looks like a guy i went to school with….

Comment on Kid Kameleon in The Mix by Drinking Ales With The Snails By The Tracks « Wow Cool

Drinking Ales With The Snails By The Tracks « Wow Cool — Sun, 15 Jan 2012 16:48:18 +0000

[...] You will also want to check out Om Unit’s end-of-year mix for XLR8R from a month ago. We ran a little piece on Kid Kameleon here just a few weeks ago. He knows his [...]

Comment on Andys Chair #4 Video Zine 1993 by Scientific Maps – People Love Their Troubles « Wow Cool

Scientific Maps – People Love Their Troubles « Wow Cool — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 21:50:03 +0000

[...] 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 [...]

Comment on A Special Welcome to Press Gang + More New Goods by Carnival of Souls Post-Holiday Special #3: Comics and Art « Attentiondeficitdisorderly by Sean T. Collins

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 02:24:47 +0000

[...] Wow Cool has opened up a special Press Gang store in honor of the new Portland small-press operation, and just added a whole bunch of other stuff [...]

Comment on Kid Kameleon in The Mix by Kid K

Kid K — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:54:57 +0000

Awesome! So glad you found the archive! It’s an ongoing project, there’s a lot more to add, but I hope you and anyone reading this finds some gems to tickle your ears!

-Matt / KK

Comment on Meet The Artists of Adventure Time by More Random Than Usual Tweet Spew « Wow Cool

More Random Than Usual Tweet Spew « Wow Cool — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 13:40:15 +0000

[...] The book will be written by Dinosaur Comics creator Ryan North. Get up close and personal with the artists behind Adventure Time in this report we posted last [...]

Comment on Jeffrey Lewis Rocks the Guardian by Mid-Week Mid-Moving Tweetdown « Wow Cool

Mid-Week Mid-Moving Tweetdown « Wow Cool — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:07:08 +0000

[...] Lewis will be playing at Pat Aulisio’s studio in Philly on November 23rd. Read the recent write up here on [...]

Comment on Simon Gane Draws Rodan – Godzilla Legends #2 by Monday Morning Rodan « Wow Cool

Monday Morning Rodan « Wow Cool — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:14:22 +0000

[...] Simon Gane, who shared it this morning via Twitter. Just a little tease of his upcoming issue of Godzilla Legends. It’s starting to look like a bit of a departure from the sytle Simon used in his previous [...]

Comment on Jason Martin’s Power Animal Systems NYC Windows by Jason Martin in the New York Times « Wow Cool

Jason Martin in the New York Times « Wow Cool — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:09:31 +0000

[...] New York edition with the headline: For a Gallery at the Edge, Fame Is Born Tuesday. Jason’s Power Animals Systems NYC Windows installations run through January 14, 2012. THESE risks include screenings and performances by [...]

Comment on Meet The Artists of Adventure Time by Gloria Badcock Launch & More! | Koyama Press

Gloria Badcock Launch & More! | Koyama Press — Sun, 16 Oct 2011 15:34:37 +0000

[...] Meet the artists of Adventure Time article on Wow Cool spotlights artists behind the show including DeForge. [...]

Comment on New in the Shop: Drag Bandits from Retrofit Comics by Carnival of souls: Sparkplug, Netflix, Partyka at the Whitney, more « Attentiondeficitdisorderly by Sean T. Collins

Wed, 12 Oct 2011 21:03:44 +0000

[...] Brown’s Retrofit Comics is up to its second old-school alternative-comic-book-format release, Colleen Frakes and Betsy Swardlick’s Drag Bandits. To paraphrase Barton Fink, I got a feeling we’ll be hearing from that Colleen Frakes, and I [...]

Comment on Meet The Artists of Adventure Time by uncle phil

uncle phil — Wed, 12 Oct 2011 03:13:28 +0000

Good people. Great artists. Amazing friends.

Awesome write up on these guys. They’re truly the best.

Comment on Meet The Artists of Adventure Time by Wow Cool’s resurrected small-press store is indeed cool | Robot 6 @ Comic Book Resources – Covering Comic Book News and Entertainment

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 17:02:00 +0000

[...] insane price of $6.99. The Wow Cool blog is a great read, too — witness this recent post on the artists of Adventure Time. Go ye and [...]

Comment on The Bitterest PiL (I Ever had to Swallow) by This is What you Want, This is Psychic Life « Wow Cool

This is What you Want, This is Psychic Life « Wow Cool — Thu, 15 Sep 2011 14:41:27 +0000

[...] Having covered the one-off PiL reunion of Jah Wobble and Keith Levene – sans their well-known ginger-out-of-the-bottle singer last year – I’d be amiss to not point you to their much more official reunion on an upcoming release on Cherry Red Records and in the promo clip for the single ‘Tightrope’ from the new unit centered on Wobble and Julie Campbell called Psychic Life. More so than anyone else in Public Image Limited, Jah Wobble has regularly issued vital slabs of new tunes, from his collaborations with Bjork, Sinéad O’Connor, Pharoah Sanders, Bill Laswell, Adrian Sherwood, and members of CAN and Urban Dance Squad, to his more recent excursions like Damage Manual, The Chinese Dub Orchestra and last year’s ‘Welcome To My World’. Wobble has been a singular example of an artist who has balanced a long history of DIY releases (most recently and consistently on his 30 Hertz label) with major label outings. He continues to be a vital artist and an inspiration to anyone trying to make a go of it in the current Bizzaro World landscape of the music industry. So this new joint is certainly worth a listen. Psychic Life also have a very lovely website. I’m curious to see where they go with this clear nod to psychogeography. Hopefully something a bit deeper that what you get from a Will Self column. Tightrope’ is released as part of a four track Psychic Life EP on 10th October. It features Keith Levene on guitar. ‘Tightrope’ is also on the Psychic Life album which will be released on the 7th November 2011. Both the EP and album will be released on Cherry Red Records. Keith Levene features on three tracks of the album. By Marc Arsenault | September 15th, 2011 | Leave a comment Print | Tags: atkins, levene, lydon, metal box, post punk, virgin, wobble | Categories: music, Video, Wow Cool [...]

Comment on DC Comics ReBoot by Simon Gane by : Marc Arsenault: DC Comics ReBoot by Simon Gane | Milo Riano: Comics (Marvel, DC, etc) for hobbyist

Fri, 03 Jun 2011 15:31:53 +0000

[...] More: : Marc Arsenault: DC Comics ReBoot by Simon Gane [...]

Comment on Lost Awesome Book Cover Designs by Books, Books, Books! « Wow Cool

Books, Books, Books! « Wow Cool — Fri, 27 May 2011 12:27:04 +0000

[...] here we are, at long last, with the sequel to the “Lost Awesome Book Cover Designs” post. Unlike that previous posting, I can thoroughly endorse these ten covers as being very [...]

Comment on Happy Hollow 2010 – Another World by Tom Otterness by Marc Arsenault

Marc Arsenault — Tue, 17 May 2011 05:37:23 +0000

C Merry,
I found out about that little incident after I wrote the above. I don’t think there is any artist that hasn’t done a few stupid and awful things, but very few that have gone that far and wrong. If you read my followup piece on the exhibit (linked above in the comments here) things did not work out so great for the Happy Hollow installation. It’s all just sad.

Comment on Happy Hollow 2010 – Another World by Tom Otterness by C Merry

C Merry — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:28:21 +0000

Weird that a place dedicated to animals hires an animal killer for over 930k.. that could have helped a lot of animals instead it just made a depraved killer richer and every dog owner and rescuer that pays taxes PAID for it. SAD
http://www.gopetition.com/petitions/stop-dog-killer-from-creating-sculpture-for-ny-public-l.html

Comment on Pete Von Petrin West Coast Tour by Pete Von Petrin Live on KPSU April 23, 2011 « Wow Cool

Pete Von Petrin Live on KPSU April 23, 2011 « Wow Cool — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 02:33:37 +0000

[...] Von Petrin Live on KPSU April 23, 2011 As mentioned here recently, Pete Von Petrin just did a little West Coast Tour with his noise making springs and such. To close [...]

Comment on The Beauty of Urban Decay by The Beauty of Urban Decay 2 « Wow Cool

The Beauty of Urban Decay 2 « Wow Cool — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 14:03:10 +0000

[...] Beauty of Urban Decay 2 As documented earlier, we continue to build with either no real purpose to the buildings themselves or no realistic plan [...]

Comment on Music Monday: DUSTdevils by michael duane

michael duane — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 07:05:03 +0000

you know, i came across this article from a google search trying to buy a copy of “… Is Big Leggy”… i do not have one… I remember an ex of mine breaking my last copy into pieces in front of me… not a good relationship…

Comment on Music Monday: DUSTdevils by Marc Arsenault

Marc Arsenault — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:48:59 +0000

Thanks for checking in here Michael! I would love to have seen/heard that Pyramid show. I think Steve deliberately gets those multi-drummer gigs happening, I’ve seen a couple where that happened with him.

Comment on Music Monday: DUSTdevils by michael duane

michael duane — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 02:31:15 +0000

also, my good friend Steve Cerio did end up playing with DUSTdevils; we did one show at The Pyramid club in NYC… Keith (from The Wedding Present) was visiting us, so i put together a line-up with 3 drummers, two bass hitters & me & Jaq… Rick Nance & Steve Cerio on full Kits, Jez (who played on the 1st Railroad Jerk lp) played a stand up kit & Mark Ibold & Keith Gregory on bass… i think i remember that it was quite good…

Comment on Music Monday: DUSTdevils by michael duane

michael duane — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 00:55:01 +0000

it was indeed named after an Haysi Fantayzee song…

Comment on See fognozzle Reunited in Oakland Friday by Pete Von Petrin West Coast Tour « Wow Cool

Pete Von Petrin West Coast Tour « Wow Cool — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 17:03:38 +0000

[...] See fognozzle Reunited in Oakland Friday [...]

Comment on KFJC Presents Silver Blood Transmissions: The Music of Neurosis and Tribes of Neurot by OffsetSound

OffsetSound — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 17:51:55 +0000

Yeah, I’ve hung out with those dudes. Ed used to come into Homemade At Hollis when I was a “host” there back in ’90. That guy is super nice, generous. Also Noah who once screeched for Christ On Parade. There was a spell I worked with Doug from COP and we’d play a little music together. HE introduced me to the Neurosis folks as well as turning me on to Nirvana. Old times…

Comment on Lightning Bolt Photos and Videos from 08/30/09 Brooklyn Show by Brian Gibson of Lighting Bolt gets Up Close and Personal « Wow Cool

Brian Gibson of Lighting Bolt gets Up Close and Personal « Wow Cool — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 13:24:44 +0000

[...] Barnyard Critters cartoons on the YouTube. For some touch of the Lightning Bolt experience go visit this post with video and photos. I like them, so they show up here sometimes. Enjoy. By Marc Arsenault | [...]

Comment on I Cover the Waterfront South Bay Punks by Marc Arsenault

Marc Arsenault — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 05:42:53 +0000

Oh, I feel I should probably mention… I didn’t so much watch Fight Club as background noise for writing this post… more as inspiration for what is to come. You wanna know about gonzo journalism? Hey, I don’t know crazy, but I know kung fu.

Comment on Punk Rock and Remember by I Cover the Waterfront South Bay Punks « Wow Cool

I Cover the Waterfront South Bay Punks « Wow Cool — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:17:38 +0000

[...] comics, which earned me a place as a character in the Queen of the Scene comic strip (More rambling about that episode here.). My first post is on the pretty seriously neglected exhibit of original art by Love & [...]

Comment on Swipe File – Paul Rand gets Jacked by Robert Boyd

Robert Boyd — Mon, 21 Feb 2011 14:13:40 +0000

As the originator of “Swipe File” (really! that and “Minimalism” were my two enduring contributions to the Journal), I have to say that Paul Rand is surely among the most swiped designers in history. Not only specific images like this (good catch, by the way), but his whole style.

Comment on Psycho Nurse! 2011 Calendar by Monday Office Playlist « Wow Cool

Monday Office Playlist « Wow Cool — Tue, 18 Jan 2011 13:05:54 +0000

[...] Psycho Nurse! 2011 Calendar [...]

Comment on Brown Cuts Neighbors Homepage by Brown Cuts Neighbors – X Simple X and More « Wow Cool

Brown Cuts Neighbors – X Simple X and More « Wow Cool — Mon, 10 Jan 2011 20:58:44 +0000

[...] Brown Cuts Neighbors Homepage [...]

Comment on Brown Cuts Neighbors Homepage by Peter LookSeeSeen Retroreflected in MAKE Blog « Wow Cool

Peter LookSeeSeen Retroreflected in MAKE Blog « Wow Cool — Thu, 06 Jan 2011 00:16:23 +0000

[...] Brown Cuts Neighbors Homepage [...]

Comment on I’m the Cover Story in the New Cupertino News by Marc Arsenault

Marc Arsenault — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:43:06 +0000

I thought I did. Did you get a package from me recently?

Comment on I’m the Cover Story in the New Cupertino News by RevJB

RevJB — Thu, 30 Dec 2010 23:13:40 +0000

Hoy, you should remember to send me one too!!!