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1/20/2016

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Picturewhere the fuck did monday go, mixed media, 7" x 5", 2016
   one of the pillars of rock & roll has fallen and picasso has died twice in david bowie. what i mean by that is there are performers and there are artists; those who embody a higher calling and live their art. as far as i can tell, bowie was never just a performer. much has been written about him following his passing, and much has been written about how much has been written.....so i won't belabor the point, but now giving it some thought and sorting through why it seems like his death creates a huge cultural hole, it's because it absolutely does. like picasso, or any number of history changing creators before him, bowie represents an artist in the classic sense, a master spanning decades, bodies of work, each more compelling than the last, and all of it culminates to be nothing short of mythology. the anti-hero with a thousand faces. i can think of few people with the range to sing with bing crosby and trent reznor both while launching so many musicians down their paths. not surprisingly, he was also a champion of the visual artists too. the most obvious being tony oursler. oursler was probably bound for success anyway, but catching bowie's eye and support certainly didn't hurt.

Picturebowie study, oil on canvas, 5" x 5", 2016
like so many others, i was compelled this week to do a couple pieces regarding bowie. the first (right) was just pushing paint.....a small study depicting him on stage in the 70's. the second (above) more graphic and based on his final album and videos (which are amazingly poetic in confronting his own impending death), occurred some days later when i realized i wasn't quite done thinking about him. still not, really.....i like that, like him, these two pieces are quite different in tone. occasionally an artist will "reinvent" themselves, and that sounds cool and all, but bowie actually did that time and time again, all the while staying true to his art and arc. oh, and what a seemingly great guy........perhaps  a little less self-serving than picasso in that respect.

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50 albums 0f 2015

1/3/2016

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this is usually the only non-art related thing i post here, but i've been keeping track for the last several years and log a lot of listening time in while working, so what the hell. i also usually find a glaring omission or two about 3 months later...that's just the nature of the beast.
i also also keep running playlists of favorite songs on spotify. some of those lists are organized by year and tend get additions after the fact. of course by now most people have their musical sourcing routines set, however, if you're so inclined to follow up, you can find them here.
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1) girls names- arms around a vision
2) viet cong- viet cong
3) ex-cult- cigarette machine - EP
4) ceremony- the L-shaped man
5) palehound- dry food
6) metz- II
7) thee oh sees- mutilator defeated at last
8. disappears- irreal
9) swervedriver- i wasn't born to lose you
10) sharon van etten- i don't want to let you down EP
11) kurt vile- b'lieve i'm goin down...
12) ty segall- ty rex
13) beachhouse- depression cherry
14) wavves/cloud nothings- no life for me
15) buck biloxi and the fucks- streets of rage
16) shilpa ray- last year's savage
17) purity ring- another eternity
18) parquet courts- monastic living
19) killing joke- pylon
20) team me- blind as night
21) public image ltd.- what the world needs now
22) david gahan and soulsavers- angels & ghosts
23) sleaford mods- key markets
24) humans- noontide
25) dan deacon- gliss riffer











26) protomartyr- the agent intellect
27) tallest man on earth- dark bird is home
28) alex g- beach music
29) dilly dally- sore
30) surfer blood- 1000 palms
31) mikal cronin- MCIII
32) oneohtrix point never- garden of delete
33) the dø- shake, shook, shaken
34) car seat headrest- how to leave town
35) damaged bug- cold hot plumbs
36) new order- music complete
37) chastity belt- time to go home
38) waxahatchee- ivy tripp
39) violent femmes- happy new year EP
40) a place to bury strangers- transfixiation
41) w-x- w-x
42) ratatat- magnifique
43) sexwitch- sexwitch
44) tame impala- currents
45) iron maiden- book of souls
46) bully- feels like
47) pinact- stand still and rot
48) umami- ephemeral
49) aphex twin- syro

50) weskust- last forever
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