Posts tagged with Dan Deacon
May 25, 2011 | Video | 
by Gerry Mak |
Jimmy Joe Roche and Dan Deacon were in Hilvarenbeek, Netherlands, a while back where they made a film titled after the historic Dutch town. It’s completely hilarious, surreal, and absurd, but it somehow captures something about the pop-saturated, neon apocalypse a lot of us have in mind.
May 20, 2011 | Video | by Darwin Deez |
Noise-dance band Extreme Animals and neon cultural detritus art collective, Paperrad, both feature my friend and huge inspiration, Jacob Ciocci. His style is heavily borrowed by lots of visual artists and musicians, such as Dan Deacon.
January 18, 2011 | New Film | by Gerry Mak |
Dan Deacon has somehow managed to become a divisive figure without actually doing or saying anything controversial. Apparently, the cartoon voices, his psychotically happy and celebratory music, his big glasses, his physique, his whole vibe pisses off a lot of people. Good. That’s what punk rock was all about. Read more
August 13, 2010 | New Music | by Gerry Mak |
It’s been said recently that it’s amazing how in a town where the dominant music scene is very loud, a quiet band can still be heard. But Baltimore has always had loads of lower-key music, and while our ears may still be ringing from Whartscape, Small Sur hasn’t exactly been a sleeper act. Read more
April 9, 2009 | Video | by Gerry Mak |
One of Dan Deacon’s partners in crime is video/performance artist Jimmy Joe Roche. I saw one of Roche’s latest videos, Gather Round, this weekend at the Transmodern Festival, which consisted of the artist animatedly ‘preaching’ in front of a green screen background that shifted between color-saturated images of mountains, forests, and various other psychedelia. Though Roche seems to epitomize Baltimore at the moment with his crypto-hippie, neon-colored, absurdist mock-Americana, I have to wonder what all the fuss is about. I appreciate this latest iteration of the DIY spirit, but I get tired of the ‘just kidding’ vibe that guys like Roche and Deacon give off.
April 8, 2009 | New Art | by Gerry Mak |
I was introduced to Baltimore artist Erin Womack’s work via her incredible, paper-mache masks. These masks happened to be on display this past weekend on the last day of the Transmodern Festival, the poster for which Womack also designed. Womack’s work stands apart from the day-glo spazz aesthetic the minions of Dan Deacon and company go nuts over in this city. Dark without being gothic, drawing from nature and natural materials without being hippy-dippy, Womack creates eerie drawings, bulb-headed masks, installations, and Super-8 films of the creatures that inhabited her childhood imagination. Read more
The art that usually grabs me has a mythic sense to it. Katie Brookes’ intricate and delicate drawings definitely has me by my eyeballs. Read more
Being ashamed of your parents is played out. Just dig up some photos of them from back in the day and see how hot they were in the brand-spankin new clothing that your friends are now wearing third or fourth hand and claiming to be so original. Read more
Heavy metal and hip-hop are perhaps the most popular forms of rebellion for kids the world over. In Malaysia, metal — particularly black metal — has taken such a strong hold that the Fatwa Council there banned it, fearing that the music would compel listeners to rebel against religion. Contrary to the council’s intentions, black metal is as popular as ever in Malaysia, and is a recognizable cultural touchstone there, as indicated by the above clip from the 2005 film Filem Rock.
Forget about the giant Nazca lines that can only be seen from space (ooohhh, spooky), this effort from Argentine farmer Pedro Martin Ureta to create a guitar from 7,000 cypress and eucalyptus trees is even more mind-bending. Read more
UK music journalist Everett True comes from the Nick Kent school of writing: live the life and hope to come out the other end with one hell of a story. And he has. In this case, the story of Kurt Cobain and Nirvana. In this exclusive piece, he talks about his association with Seattle’s finest and his friendship with the perennially troublesome Courtney Love. Read more
A little infectious lollipop rock anyone? Feel free to embarrass yourself singing along at the stoplight. If the other drivers give you that look, roll down the windows and spread the love.
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Lana, the Romanian designer behind the Facebook profile dress, is back with a new collection, this time featuring wickedly cool digital prints inspired by traditional Romanian costumes. Read more
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Benjamin Edminston’s psychedelic heads seem to have some fearful wisdom behind their blissed-out eyes. Read more
Here are a couple awesome pieces by Matt Leines that were recently on display in the Doubting Thomases exhibit at Nudashank gallery in Baltimore. Gives me ideas for Halloween. Read more
Get lost in a daydream or a craving for something sweet while gazing at these cool sculptures by Brooklyn-based WiNK WiNK PONY. Made using clay, tree bark, wood, and mossy moss.
Never ever, ever, ever, ever park here
Some friendly advice for the neighbours, who simply don’t get it, or street art? You decide which one it is.
The return of the Brionvega rr226
Italian brand Brionvega has resurrected the classy Radiofonografio piece first created in 1965. The updated version is just like the original turntable/radio unit, but also has a CD/DVD player.
Inside this sea urchin shell is an organic perfume made from grapefruit and basil essential oils. This bottle, designed by Stephanie Simek, is refillable and is packaged in a wooden box decorated with a satin photograph and padded with slices of exfoliating loofah sea sponges. The Honeymoon-themed fragrance is all natural: made from plant-based oils and contains no alcohol or chemicals. We like. Read more
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