Book: Our Noise: The Story of Merge Records, The Indie Label That Got Big And Stayed Small
The Fanzine12.07.09
After 20 years of hard work, dedication, and a lot of pogoing to powerpop ballads (the cover of this book appropriately just shows Mac McCaughan and…
Art: Joseph Beuys: The Multiples at LACMA
The Fanzine12.07.09
At the heart of Joseph Beuys’s practice was a European form of multiples, two- and three-dimensional objects issued in editions. LACMA’s new…
Art: Tim Burton at MOMA – NYC
Alyssa Bianca-Pavley12.07.09
Tim Burton got his start at Walt Disney studios, where he worked for several years as an animator before jumping to live-action directing with the…
Forever Green
The Fanzine12.05.09
Seems every fest right now is December 3rd through the 6th. Well maybe that’s just my Miami beer, sun or…wait – art goggles; there, that’s the…
Art: Dotty Attie, What Would Mother Say
Alyssa Bianca-Pavley11.30.09
Dottie Attie’s show at PPOW is a compelling installation, exploring gender ambiguity and the way words can completely change an image. Her…
Art: The Early Work of Edward Kienholz at LACMA
The Fanzine11.23.09
In Southern California in the 1960s Edward Kienholz started creating assemblages which were often scathing narratives of social and political…
Music: Wizard Smoke – free album
The Fanzine11.23.09
Heads up (or is it down?) fans of stoner metal – ok you like your stoner metal. Well I am telling you, and in case Andee at Aquarius Records SF…
Music: Devo in NYC, 2 nights, 2 full albums
Michael Louie11.20.09
I can’t believe the amount of good shows happening in the city this month. The great DEVO is playing two nights and playing two of their records in…
Music: Big Star in the Big Apple
Michael Louie11.18.09
Paul Westerberg never travelled far without a little Big Star and neither should you. This band made records in the 1970s that would play seamlessly…
Food: Ali Baba
Casey McKinney11.14.09
I won’t go into too much detail, but you know how they say people get lactose intolerant? Well I think I caught this ’cause someone I knew didn’t…
