Ever notice how the most of the best (non-local) shows in Chicago during the winter feature bands from the South? My first couple of years in town I assumed that it was because nobody bothered telling them how disgusting and miserable winter could be. I was wrong.
Year: 2008
Dälek and Russian Circles Live in Chicago
The pairing of heavy rock instrumentalists Russian Circles and experimental hip-hop duo Dälek might seem to be a mismatched live bill for genre purists. However, since both groups are known for their intense live shows and for pushing the boundaries of their respective genres, it is more of a meeting of musical kindred spirits. Last Tuesday was the kick-off of a touring cycle that brings the two groups together on tour (along with energetic noise-rockers Young Widows) for series of shows until March 2.
Andrew Schoultz: In Chaos We Become The Ocean
Andrew Schoultz, who has been a huge supporter of ALARM in the past, and was featured on the cover of ALARM #17, has a new solo exhibition in New York.
Andrew Schoultz:
In Chaos We Become The Ocean
March 6 – April 12, 2008
Opening reception: Thursday, March 6, 6-8pm
Morgan Lehman Gallery
Artist Laurie Lipton at TAG Art Gallery
Laurie Lipton
also featuring small paintings by Emily Leonard
May 3rd – 31st
Reception – May 3rd, 6 to 9 pm
Laurie Lipton was born in New York. She was the first person to graduate from Carnegie-Mellon University in Pennsylvania with a Fine Arts Degree in Drawing (with honors). She has lived in Holland, Belgium, Germany and France and has made her home in London since 1986.
Laurie Lipton has had numerous one woman shows in England, Belgium, Holland and America. She was previously represented by the prestigious Vorpal Gallery, and has had her work exhibited in both New York & San Francisco. She recently had a major retrospective show at the Chamber of Pop Culture. Lipton has had three fine art books published on her work and was recently featured in the show “High on Life” at the American Visionary Art Museum.
The Music Biz Wins For Once P2P Users Beware; The Sherrif Just Got a Brand New Gun and it’s Aimed at YOU
You may have heard about the RIAA’s recent major victory in court. Although over 20,000 lawsuits have been filed by the RIAA against people who file share music, only one, so far, has made it to a court room. Everyone else had the good sense to settle out of court for a few grand.
But Jammie Thomas, 30, a single mother from Brainerd, Minnesota, says she was wrongfully targeted by SafeNet, the RIAA’s net detective that patrols the Internet for illegal file sharing.
Weekly Burlesque: Sex Worker’s Art Show Riles ‘Em Up
I wanted to go on the Sex Workers’ Art Show Tour this year, as I did last year, but I withdrew my application because I also wanted to stay and work on the new space for the School of Burlesque. It was a tough choice because SWAS means more than a lot to me, but I’ve been getting lots of calls and messages from the road that make me feel almost like I’m in two places at once. Love is good stuff. I can’t be there now so I’m really putting myself into this blog post to establish my undying affection and solidarity for my peeps on the road.
NCC: Lost Control
Neasden Control Centre (NCC) is the British design agency of Steve Smith. Smith, who is in his early thirties and lives in Brighton, maintaining a secret identity similar to other artists working in the genre of street-art-inspired design. Smith refers to his work as “visual rants;” his work shows an obvious background in experimental street art and cut-and-paste ‘zine making.
The Breeders, Islands, Fucked Up, NOFX to Play Free Show in Texas
MESS WITH TEXAS 2 ANNOUNCES A FULL DAY OF FREE MUSIC AND COMEDY IN AUSTIN, TX AT WATERLOO PARK
Mess With Texas, an annual party thrown in Austin, in the south by southwestern region of the US, at the same time as a certain other major music festival, has expanded in its second year to a massive, outdoor, FREE, ALL AGES event with three stages and an exclusive Austin performance from headliners The Breeders and NOFX and comedians like Janeane Garofalo, MTV’s Human Giant and Brian Posehn.
Facebook Is To Socializing…
Well said.
Is Print Dead? Or Does It Just Smell Funny?
If you are like me, you have a life long love affair with print in all it’s manifestations—books, magazines, newspapers, graphic novels, comics books, posters, drink coasters—in short, anything you can feed through a press and slap some ink on can be the object of this affection.
With the rise of the web and “new” media, newspapers and magazines are shrinking from reduced ad revenues and circulation. The venerable Punk Planet has folded, publishers of every stripe struggle to break even, and kids spend the majority of their reading time online, instant messaging and the like.