13 Comments

1. 

   Balzac on August 13, 2007 at 9:02 am

   The whole notion of “underground Japanese Hip Hop” makes me want to riot.

2. 

   tony fitzpatrick on August 14, 2007 at 10:06 am

   Richard.. are you a fan of Half Japanese?… if not check them out — it’s your kind of thing.

3. 

   Richard on August 14, 2007 at 10:41 am

   I like them, don’t L O V E them. Although I saw the documentary of them the name of which escapes me and it was pretty f-ing stellar!

4. 

   Richard on August 16, 2007 at 8:13 am

   OH forum posters, why have you forsaken us.

5. 

   Bill Dolan on August 16, 2007 at 9:05 am

   I guess I’ve got nothing to say. Call it “midsummer blahs” or “doldrums.” I’m still lurking, though.

6. 

   Richard on August 16, 2007 at 11:00 am

   What happened to MSB? He seemingly has disappeared, I’ll have to checkout Sharkforum and see if he has been about over there.

7. 

   Bill Dolan on August 16, 2007 at 11:40 am

   It’s a sad day. Elizabeth Murray passed away. I’ve always liked her work and she always seemed like a nice person that was full of life.

   http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/chicago/chi-murray_obitaug16,0,333845.story

8. 

   Mark Staff Brandl on August 16, 2007 at 2:29 pm

   Sorry that I have only been lurking too! We do indeed have a big debate at Sharkforum, but mostly I was takin-cara-business stuff this summer — and even had a week long vacation hiking in the mountains above Berne with my wife and two dogs. A real vacation, imagine that! I did my big “Latinum” tests, had to deal with some show stuff, a gallerist who wants my art in Zurich and all those kind of artist-acting-as-his-own-secretarial-assistant stuff, which we all know and hate. Oh yeah, and on a good note I got a studio production assistant Yevgenia, a young Swiss-Russian designer and artist, and have been working out what she will do — and and and. And I even actually paint, which takes time. I’m not a Neo-Conceptual artist so I can’t substitute using the yellow pages for pushing the paint around.

   Oh yeah, and I made a powerpoint for use in of my Quicky Art History Speech (the entire history of art from Prehistoric to Postmodern in and hour and a half) which I will be a combination “performance” and art show in a couple of places.

   But as of this week I have to get some art to a collector and teach again, so I will be downloading and MP3-ing BAS regularly again, while driving or taking the train, which will encourage me to write comments instead of the two articles I’m supposed to be writing and working on the diss and so on. I’m the best poster when I’m avoiding some deadline thoughts. Is posting the new vacuuming?

   So, I’ll be back soon (said with Arnold’s Austrian accent).

9. 

   x) on August 16, 2007 at 9:15 pm

   once I met Julian Meyers and he was a friendly guy, smart too.

   and, Axl Rose: I miss you.

10. 

    tony fitzpatrick on August 17, 2007 at 10:09 am

    On a different topic : Has DeBennedetto seen ‘The Proposition’– it is a goddamn masterpiece– more quality kiils than any western since the ‘Wild Bunch’– it was written by Nick Cave and he also did the soundtrrack– check it out.

11. 

    Richard on August 17, 2007 at 11:36 am

    Not sure, but Mike has a piece coming up in next week’s show and he is always a crowd pleaser.

12. 

    Audrey Pillow on August 20, 2007 at 10:14 pm

    I second that RE: Tony’s recommendation of The Proposition. Fucking brill.

13. 

    Julian Myers on August 22, 2007 at 7:53 pm

    Just a footnote to our brief punk v. myspace discussion. Some one made a myspace for my old punk collective: http://www.myspace.com/epicenterzone. Woof.