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Tom of Finland and then some at Feature, Inc., starting 06/25/10

by David Harper on June 21, 2010
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Artist: Tom of Finland and then some Date: Friday, June 25th 2010 – Saturday, July 31st 2010 Venue: Feature, Inc., 131 Allen Street Feature Inc doesn’t offer much information about this exhibition but you can’t go wrong with the over the top and drool-worthy beefcake drawings by the late Tom of Finland. The “and then some” of […]

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Brion Nuda Rosch at DCKT Contemporary, starting 06/25/10

by David Harper on June 21, 2010
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Artist: Brion Nuda Rosch Date: Friday, June 25th 2010 – Friday, August 20th 2010 Venue: DCKT Contemporary, 195 Bowery San Francisco-based artist Brion Nuda Rosch makes collages and sculptures from found materials. While this trend of assemblage may be ubiquitous to the point of becoming overexposed, Rosch’s simple, subtle works exhibit unusual elegance. This is the […]

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Best Link Ever! Pizza Kids!

by David Harper on June 18, 2010
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It's Friday, so that must mean it's time for BEST LINK EVER!!! Growing up in my house Fridays also meant pizza day, which naturally brings us this week's pick, Pizza Kids' “We Like Pizza (Radio Version). I assume this epic tune is a huge hit in Bulgaria or Sicily or some other place across the […]

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Best Link Ever! The Madness of Art

by David Harper on May 21, 2010
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Episode 3: Interviews, from the Madness of Art Who doesn't love a good fine art sitcom? Here at AFC we've come to consider ourselves voracious consumers of such projects: 2009's film Untitled, Bravo’s Work of Art, the Delusional Downtown Divas multi-episodic web series and now Jim Kempner's The Madness of Art (here’s his gallery being […]

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Best Link Ever! Meowmania!

by David Harper on May 14, 2010
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http://meowmania.jqln.org/ Paddy is in Rhode Island, so you are stuck with me. But fear not because today I bring you Best Link Ever! Will time ever run out on the cat meme? First there were LOLcats, then came keyboard cat, the cat that stands up, and even the cat that looks like Wilford Brimley. They […]

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Best Link Ever! People’s Choice Edition!

by David Harper on May 7, 2010
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EDITOR’S NOTE: We had some trouble determining this week’s Best Link Ever!, so we’re going to let you decide. Take a look at the links below and cast your vote. Monday morning we’ll announce the winner! Did you have any idea that Information Society was from Minneapolis and not England? I sure didn’t. Alas, this […]

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Best Link Ever! Answers to Eternal Questions

by David Harper on April 30, 2010
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http://whatthefuckshouldimakefordinner.com/index.php Finally a website that not only answers the question I ask myself around 4 o’clock every day, but also speaks my language. Over the years, I have found that no matter how many times you plug “what the fuck should I make for dinner” into a search engine, you never come up with anything […]

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Best Link Ever! Self Empowerment is a Dance Record

by David Harper on April 23, 2010
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Will Powers, “Adventures in Success”, 1983 This week’s Best Link Ever!, brings you “Adventures in Success”, a track from the best (and possibly only?) self-empowerment-themed dance record of the 1980s. I first came across this Will Powers song, a project of photographer Lynn Goldsmith, as a remix on an obscure Belgian New Beat compilation my […]

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Best Link Ever! Enter Melanie Griffith’s Magic Door

by David Harper on April 16, 2010
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Entering Melanie Griffith's personal website is like entering another dimension. Besides the acid-trip-meets-enchanted-medieval-forest look of the place, each link yields the soothing sounds of Melanie's voice set to some new-agey spiritual sounding computer music. Once you use “The Magic Door” your options are numerous – you can “chit chat,” visit the meditation room, or browse […]

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