Monthly Archives: February 2006

Duval-Carries. Art from Haiti.


Went to the Figge Art museum in Davenport yesterday as it was the first sunday I’ve had off since the car windshield in Madison incident last fall. Anyway the museum is very nice and set up more as a community resource than a full fledged museum, which is the way i see more museums going anyway. The Figge has a large collection of Haitian art in it’s permanet collection which offers a view of a country I admit to be under exposed to. I enjoyed the permanet collections very much but really enjoyed the special exhibit of Edouard Duval- Carries work on the fourth floor. His work ranges from the painting above to large resin boats hanging from the ceiling, representing everything from Haiti’s history to it’s Mystical ancenstors. It was a great history lesson, and one i recommend to anyone interested in S. American Art, history, or even imperalism studies.

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some albums

this is what has been tormenting my turntable/cd player for the past 48 hours.
Mf Doom/ Danger Mouse adult swim cd.
William Shatner “has Been” cd
Sigur Ros “takk” cd
Tilly and the wall.
Mark Schwaber “the killing card”
City on Film. “informal introduction.” Lp
Jejune/jimmy eat world split 7″
Polyvinyl sampler 2005.
red 40 s/t 7″

Yeah I’m all over the map.

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low.

low live is just what you would expect. pretty, harmonized, and slow. There new bass player does a fine job. it was very nice.

Want to read thoughts about art? Jessica has a new part of her site called Manifesto of the Day, where she tells you what she thinks about art. read all about it HERE

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2 indies, one major comic.


Good day at the comic store. Two books published by indy powerhouse Drawn and Quarterly and one by the monster Marvel.
The first book is Big Questions Number 8 “theory and practice” by Anders Brekhus Nilsen. The cover has a neat disection of a bird on it and it caught my eye. I’m not familiar with what has happened so far in this story but this series seems to be told from the viewpoint of various birds who witnessed a plane crash. To them the plane was a Giant bird and the human survivor inside was a hatched egg. It’s interesting and the art flows nicely. I’m not sure if it’s a story i could follow regulary or not, but it’s presented very well.

Crickets # 1 by Sammy Harkham, This book is pretty good. Harkham, who edits the Art Comic anthology Kramer’s Ergot, tells a story of a Golem and his master here in 6 panel pages. The artwork is highlighted by a green and yellow pressing, and it moves along nicely. I’ll buy the second issue on this one.

before i move on to the major, i just finished Jason’s latest Meow Baby from Fantagraphics and like all his work, i loved it.

O.k. here goes Astonishing X-men # 13 by Whedon and Cassady. Yeah the comic community has been waiting six months for this one and it delivers mostly. There’s absolutely no action is this ‘super’ hero book but that is not where Joss Whedon shines anyway. His dialogue is beyond impecable, he knows the characthers and makes double crossing villians human. I’ve admitted here before to loving Serenity, Whedon’s sci-fi film that none of you went to see. Well I can say this, the new x-men film will be no where as good as this comic. Someone at Fox should shut down that production fire brett ratner and wait for Whedon’s screenwriting scheldule to clear up and then let the man direct it. This comic is what an x-men movie could be without spending a single dime on special effects. Of course he could throw those in as well. Either way i’d rather spend my 2.99 every month on this book than my seven dollars on what looks more and more like a crappy x3.

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so a crime is a crime. unless.

so does anyone think if that rich old white dude cheney shot had died, our vice president would be in court? or that any of us would actually know about the shooting. forget about it. Probably what would have happened is. 1st the security detail would rush Cheney out of there. 2nd. there would be a man hunt for some minority with a past felony who just had the bad luck of being in that town probably working some crappy parole officer enforced job. He would have gotten arrested and even though there wouldn’t be real evidence, he’d be lucky if he even got a real trial.
Thanks Mr. Vice President for only wounding the old guy. I’d hate to see someone possibly die for your mistakes. oh. i forgot. that’s called Iraq. And we know already, were bringing democracy. Can’t wait to hear about a drunken Iraqi politician shooting his friend. “uh we were aiming for a terrorist.”
Sure you were. I’m Sure your were.

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something to look forward too.

Just bought tickets to see LOW on wenesday evening after LOST. Let’s see. Get up have the day off on Wenesday. go Shoot hoops. Meet Jessica at the funny book store and go out to get lunch. Watch Lost, go see Low. What a great day.

in other news i have now played about half of resident evil 4 and it still impresses me. My camera is broken which is why theres no pictures here lately. Really like the city on film record i bought, and yes, im still reading Fortress of solitude at night right before bed, which explains while im still reading it. Hope everyone is tucked in, stay warm.

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city on film.

Just got back from seeing City On FIlm aka Bob Nanna(hey mercedes, BRAID) perform. His solo set was nice and peaceful and just what this icy midwestern night needed. I’ve always been drawn to his lyrics and the way they have a beat of there own. Bought his record and look forward to it turning over and over on my record player. Very Enjoyable. Even played an old braid song acoustic. lovely.

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New Avengers # 16, Loveless # 4

New Avengers 16. Great issue. Although some of you may complain that there wasn’t a single Avenger in the story besides Tony Stark, this issue has beautiful artwork of Alpha Flight in it ever. Did they all die? Anyway, A great Bendis setup for the next issue!

That Kickers Inc back up story. CRAP!.

Loveless # 4 I love the colors of this book. The material is so dark and twisted and the colors are so bright and right on. I’d like to see Azzarello move the story along a little, and I’m hoping he knows where it is going.

So i finally got Resident Evil 4 for the gamecube, and i’ll join the masses. It’s freaking amazing. There’s something to be said for a video game that scares you and thrills you all at the same time. Going to go play it now!.

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