Wow Cool has relaunched it’s comics, zines and music mail order shop. All the fun is at: http://wowcool.com/. There are still at least a hundred books in stock that have not yet been posted to the store, but will be very soon. That includes all the in-print issues of Zap, Weirdo and Hi-Fructose; a couple dozen [...] [...]
Returning for a fourth installment is the Instrument A Day all during February on MoonMilk.com. This years installment features some of the most and least (but to good effect) ambitious projects yet. Moonmilk comes to us from sound artist (and Brooklyn neighbor) Ranjit Bhatnagar. The project is also viewable as a flickr set of photos [...] [...]
Snock ‘N Roll: Adventures With Michael Hurley (Complete Documentary Short) from Marc Israel on Vimeo. Phenomenal World Cinema presents you with a 25 minute documentary about legendary folksinger Michael Hurley, based on chance encounters with him this past summer. Hurley’s music has had a broad influence on other performers, including Lucinda Williams, Smog, Yo La Tengo, [...] [...]
The must-see show this season for those of you in the frigid northeast is the Bleak November Micro-Tour 2010. With stops in Wallingford, CT, Somerville, MA, Albany, NY, Philadelphia, PA and Brooklyn, NY from November 19-27. Basically, close enough to get to for anyone between Philly and Boston. You still drive for a good show, [...] [...]
Benoit Maubrey/ Audio Gruppe’s The Audio Ballerinas (2010) use light sensors that enable them to produce sounds as they dance. Friday, September 17th, during AbsoluteZER0. San Jose, California. AbsoluteZero is a street art fair with a heavy DIY tech vibe. It’s a spin-off from the similar annual SubZero event. My sole contribution was the music video [...] [...]
The Wow Cool Garden has taken a lot of bloody work. Four 4′x8′ raised beds. Redwood. 128 Square Feet. 9 cubic yards of soil. Over a ton of rock for the path (scored those babies on freecycle). Man, my back hurts. Lots going on. Stay tuned. [...]
Yes. The Wow Cool shop has finally re-opened. I guess you could call this a beta stage. Some products are not on there yet. Some art is either fuzzy or squashed. But, otherwise, everything should work just fine. Currently shipping is strictly via USPS Priority Mail. Feedback is appreciated. [...]
NEWAVE Minicomix brick gets rave review from The Onion’s AV Club Strotter Inst. and Offset Needle Radius Vs. birdorgan will be playing next Friday, April 2 at 119 Gallery in Lowell, MA Steve Goodman’s (AKA Kode9) Sonic Warfare book, which was written about here previously, now has a blog. Simon Gane has posted an excessively lovely illo to [...] [...]
Bahman Ghobadi, the director of the movie “No One Knows About Persian Cats” says why every one can watch his movie without paying for it, while his movies are banned in Iran. He asks people to support anyone working for underground music like the children in the movie. If it’s not playing near you, I’m [...] [...]
fognozzle, the noise act I was part of in the mid-90s with Mister Pete Von Petrin, that was relaunched solo a couple years ago by Pete has announced it’s retirement. Following is the statement released today on facebook: Crawling back into my hole. Attached is a link to a free download the final fognozzle track (at [...] [...]
1 weekend, 1 thrift store toy, 1 Arduino, and 1 obsessed geek. Scott is one half of Evidence, Brown Cuts Neighbors’ former steel pan player and the original drummer/co-conspirator in nickname: Rebel. [...]
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.flickr-photo { border: solid 2px #000000; } .flickr-yourcomment { } .flickr-frame { text-align: left; padding: 3px; } .flickr-caption { font-size: 0.8em; margin-top: 0px; } ArtofZines11, originally uploaded by Marc Arsenault – Wow Cool. The Art of Zines show opened at Anno Domini Gallery in Downtown San Jose this past Friday. Stacked on shelves along the walls are dozens of [...] [...]
During at least the last two February’s, Ranjit Bhatnagar has built and blogged an instrument a day for the whole month. Ranjit works with interactive and sound installations, with scanner photography, and with internet-based collaborative art; and, he has been maintaining his personal web site moonmilk.com in one form or another since 1993. The moonmilk [...] [...]
In case you missed Fluke on tour recently with Andrew Jackson Jihad, you can pick up the latest issue from me at Anno Domini’s Art of Zines show in San Jose this Friday. Published in Tucson, Arizona, 2010. 68 pages, half size, offset print, $2.00 by hand, $4.00 by mail. interviews with Christ on Parade, [...] [...]
There is a nice little writeup of the NEWAVE! Minicomics book by the esteemed Mark Frauenfelder on today’s edition of BoingBoing. Go read that thang. NEWAVE! is now in stock and ready to ship from Amazon. UPDATE: Some photos from the release party at the Fantagraphics Bookstore/Gallery. [...]
Get on down to the glorious DTSJ (that’s Down Town San Jose, folks) for the South First Friday art walk this coming February 5th; and, do not fail to stop in at Anno Domini for their Art of Zines show. Wow Cool will be at a table there hawking our wares, too. All the details [...] [...]
It’s Official! Fantagraphics Bookstore & Gallery in Seattle, Washington will be hosting a release party for this massive brick of a book on January 30, 2010. The event marks the debut of their new Spectacular Saturday series. The show will feature original art and graphics by underground mini comix pioneers Jaimie Alder, Jim Blanchard, Wayne [...] [...]
More previews and info on Fantagraphics site. Pre-order yours today! Newave!: The Underground Mini Comix of the 1980s on Amazon. [...]
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