Archive for June, 2008

Mike Nesmith is Intense…

The Monkees love, Hangin’ Round…
Mike Nesmith’s vocals in this classic Monkees tune are completely golden. For those of us who loved The Monkees, this declaration is not news. Contrary to some popular Monkee belief, Nesmith was actually a very talented musician. I mean, I love Davey just as much as the next person, but [...]

Monday, June 30th, 2008

Vivienne Westwood Has a Gypsy Heart…

Vivienne Westwood (left), Spring/Summer 2009, Milan. Westwood is wearing her own design.
Vivienne Westwood has dressed bands like the Sex Pistols and the New York Dolls. She even designed a line called ““Clint Eastwood” that included some boss shoes. I’m not sure what Vivienne’s dress is made of (above), but I love it. Anyways, [...]

Friday, June 27th, 2008

GTFO: The Wild Whores of Burma…

Wendy O did 1000 sit-ups a day just for fun. What the fuck did you do today?

Wendy O was a bit of a workout-a-holic, but who can argue with those results? The only other thing I have to say is that red electrical tape is the luckiest guy in the world.
Anyways, I’m in a shit [...]

Thursday, June 26th, 2008

Chet Zar, Ugly American in London…

Chet Zar, Solid State, oil on board, 2008.
…opened in London’s Strychnin Gallery last Friday. Which was Friday the 13th. Which is about right for Zar’s 2008 collection, Ugly American. Zar talks about his influences (like Beksinski) and where he gets his inspiration on his site:
The characters i paint may seem like creatures from another [...]

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

The Neighborhoods Rule…

The Neighborhoods, Prettiest Girl & No Place Like Home, Live - 1979.
I remember. Do you? The Neighborhoods are hands down, one of my favorite Boston bands. Vocalist/guitar god David Minnehan (Minnehan’s solo in “Girl” is a permanent earwig of mind. And I think about guitars a lot) continues to work behind the scenes in [...]

Wednesday, June 25th, 2008

Steven Tyler: Woman of the World…

Steven Tyler and his Crocs…
Okay, my day has already been to hell in a hand-basket today. Twice. But what did I do to deserve this? Steven Tyler in CROCS? My idol in fucking CROCS? I’d cry right into my G&T but that would just water it down.
Has the whole world gone fucking mad? I’d rather [...]

Tuesday, June 24th, 2008

A Zombie A Day…

Rob Sacchetto, Self-Portrait, Zombie style.
…is exactly what Ontario based artist Rob Sacchetto posts on his Zombie Daliy blog. A different non-computer generated, hand-drawn Zombie every day. You don’t have to eat brains to know that is pretty cool. Sacchetto has got the classic, creepy, Creepshow art-thing totally down. Down too the bone, that is.

Rob Sacchetto, [...]

Monday, June 23rd, 2008