What I’ve Been Up To
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.
Read moreAll Fours by Swamp Baby Out Today
Old friend and occasional collaborator Michael Hotter releases his band Swamp Baby’s CD today, Tuesday, April 27, 2010, on Collar City Records. Full Color, 6 panel jacket, with original artwork by Phil Pascuzzo (again!). Get yours here. or download here:
Read moreHello. The Shop Appears to be Open
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.
Read moreCreature Comforts / The Glassines / Ornithology – The Stud – San Francisco, CA – 04/22/10
Food For Witches – New from Scientific Maps
Scientific Maps have unleashed their new record Food For Witches on the world. It is available now on iTunes. Cover art by book cover design genius and SM drummer Philip Pascuzzo. Driving force by former nickname: Rebel man Aaron Smith. On the B3nson Recording label. The release party will be...
Read moreHelp Pete von Petrin put out his debut EP!
The Yes Men Help DOW Salvage ‘Run For Water’ Event
Brooklyn’s Bucolic Prospect Park in Brooklyn, NY played host to a bizarre spectacle on Sunday, as a dramatically under-attended Dow-sponsored “Run for Water” was infiltrated and turned upside down by hundreds of furious activists, including a hundred dressed as...
Read moreThe Strange World of Maxwell Maltz
By John Culhane. This is a documentary about the famous plastic surgeon Maxwell Maltz. He wrote plays which included himself as one of the characters. He was also a best selling author of the book Psycho-Cybernetics which came out in 1966. The book dealt with self-image psychology. His work...
Read more2010 NYU MFA Closing Performances – 80WSE – New York, NY – 04/19/10
Record Store Day 2010 is GO!
Somewhere in the world, Record Store Day has already begun as I write this. I’ve still got about a dozen hours until it gets going here. Pitchfork has a very fine guide to the event(s). Bob Gamber of Monterey’s Vinyl Revolution, A Truly Unique Record Store Providing The Monterey Bay...
Read more2010 NYU MFA Closing Performances
You will enjoy this: The closing performances of the 1st group NYU MFA thesis show at 80WSE. Monday, April 19, 2010 6:00pm – 8:00pm 80 Washington Square East, NYC Jason Martin wolf vs dog wrestling match 6pm in the back room O grande Amor Finale with Jennie Hagevik Bringaker and very...
Read moreI Need That Record! Indie Record Store Documentary
Record Store Day is this Saturday. 3,000 Indie record stores have closed in the US in the last decade. “I Need That Record! The Death (or Possible Survival) of the Independent Record Store” by guerrilla filmmaker Brendan Toller features interviews with Thurston Moore, Ian MacKaye, Noam...
Read moreGo Get: The Yes Men Fix the World DVD
Go buy one of these babies right now and share with all your friends. THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world’s most...
Read moreAnd this is interesting… Part 1
or, I swear, I shall close every last one of these tabs. Sorry it’s been slow blog lately. A casual look around reveals that most others are even lazier. Anyway. Been very busy getting a record out to press, a 2011 calendar started and getting a front yard garden put in. More on all that...
Read more2010 Atomic Athletic Olde Time Strongman Picnic May 15, 2010
The PICNIC is BACK! Saturday, May 15th, 2010 Witness Death Defying Feats of Strength & Power! Featuring Performing Strongmen Amazing Andrew Durniat & His Flying Barbells! & Pat “The Human Vise Povilaitis! Saturday, May 15, 2010: See old time strongmen and martial...
Read moreNYU MFA Thesis Exhibition 2010 – NYU Steinhardt – the Barney Building – New York, NY – 04/06/10
Lady Starlight-order of magnitude
The Mystery Deepens. Second in the series from Lady Starlight, starring BREEDLOVE and DARIAN DARLING.
Read moreStephen Fry on Language
While assembling the accounts and inventories of the past year that the IRS wants for some reason or other, I have spent an excessive amount of that time with a TV on. I have gone through an incredible number of season box sets and the like. After finishing Season Two of House M.D. I thought
Read moreWeirdo Records
Record Store Day is just two weeks away! We’re starting the countdown with this awesome stop-motion spot by Linda Aubry Bullock for Cambridge’s Weirdo Records.
Read moreStrotter Inst. and Offset Needle Radius Vs. birdorgan – 119 Gallery – Lowell, MA – 04/02/10
Lady Starlight – this was the beginning of many misleading theories in the history of physical science
The latest video from Lady Starlight is her best yet. Some explanation is at Lady Starlight’s Rock N Roll High School Blog. Music is an ‘Unmix’ of Peter Hammill’s 1975 track, ‘The Institute of Mental Health, Burning’.
Read moreBits and Bobs – Real quick Version
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...
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