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Julia Gfrörer’s Flesh and Bone reviewed at Poopsheet!

December 29, 2010 1626

Justin Giampaoli reviews Julia Gfrörer’s Flesh and Bone at Poopsheet. Insightful as always! http://poopsheetfoundation.com/forums/reviews/731-flesh-and-bone-by-julia-gfrorer 

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Heavy Hand and Lemon Styles make best of 2010 list.

December 29, 2010 3465

Justin Giampaoli has created a pretty awesome best of 2010 list (including work by Patrick Keck whom I like a lot). Heavy Hand by Chris Cilla and Lemon Styles by David King both got flattering praise as well as Sparkplug in general. ...

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Philip Barrett’s Matter Summer Special on 365 Zines a year.

December 27, 2010 1622

One of my favorite blogs just reviewed Philip Barrett’s Matter Summer Special. 365 Zines a Year is a really cool combination of review and personal blog. Take a look: http://365zines.blogspot.com/2010/12/matter-summer-special.html

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Hellen Jo in Bust Magazine this month!

December 27, 2010 1777

Hellen Jo just got a bunch of love from Bust Magazine:   Make sure to read about the amazingness.

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Flesh and Bone on Village Voice’s 2010’s Best Comics and Graphic Novels

December 22, 2010 1641

Julia Gfrorer’s Flesh and Bone made Village Voice’s 2010’s Best Comics and Graphic Novels. It is pretty awesome. http://www.villagevoice.com/2010-12-15/art/2010-s-best-comics-and-graphic-novels/

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The Heavy Hand at BookGasm

December 22, 2010 1872

A really great, thought out review of Chris Cilla’s the Heavy Hand, reviewed by Alan Cranis at Bookgasm: http://www.bookgasm.com/reviews/comics/the-heavy-hand/

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Captain Beefheart – Best Batch Yet

December 19, 2010 2010

Former Magic Band drummer Robert Williams posted this to his MySpace blog this morning. It is an astounding performance. If you can wrap your head around it, then you might get a bit why people can get so crazy about the music of Captain...

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Short Time Work

December 19, 2010 1601

We are updating this site over the next couple days so please pardon any problems. They’ll soon be fixed, and (we hope) everything will be for the best.

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Sun Worship VII – BUOY Gallery – Kittery, ME – 12/18/10

December 18, 2010 2036
Sun Worship VII – BUOY Gallery – Kittery, ME – 12/18/10
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R.I.P. Don Van Vliet – Captain Beefheart

December 18, 2010 2160

It might be going too far to say that none of this (Wow Cool, Brown Cuts Neighbors, etc….) wouldn’t be here without Captain Beefheart and his Magic Band… but it wouldn’t be going very far from the truth. I tend to spend...

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Jason Martin Live at Tide Pool – Sara Meltzer Gallery – New York, NY – 12/17/10

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Andrice Arp and Allie Tiedeman at Artisan Holiday Market this Saturday

December 17, 2010 1658

Andrice Arp will be selling my little magnet guys, prints, wallets, paintings, catnip toys etc. at the Art Department’s Artisan Holiday Market this weekend, again sharing a table with Allie Tiedeman. Allie has handmade cold-process soap...

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