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DotDotDot ArtSpace (1910 Haskell Lawrence, KS) presents landscapes translated by the Fresh Produce Collective on July 18th from 6-9 pm. No word on how long the show will hang so try to make it to the opening.
posted by: Brent Carter
Hearing facts like two-thirds of American adults are either obese or overweight doesn’t illicit much of a response anymore. Maybe a greater effect could be achieved if somebody actually documented the greasy, calorie-stuffed, explode-your-heart-out-of-your-chest food that makes America the foremost authority on fat. Exactly what the creators of the single-topic blog This Is Why You’re Fat have been doing since it started in February of 2009. And what they’ve found so far is nothing short of frightening.
Each artery-clogging dish submitted features a close up photo and its own silly name like The Coronary Breakfast Club, which is a buttered toast club sandwich with six slices of bacon, two eggs, topped with cheddar cheese and covered with beef gravy. You think that’s bad, it’s just the tip of the deep-fried iceberg. Consider serving The Porkgasm for your next dinner party. All you do is take some bacon strips, bacon sausage, ham sausage, ham slices, smoked pork sausage and roasted pork belly, surround it with ground sausage, shape into a pig, wrap it all in bacon and roast it all up in big pan. Or maybe you could make a sandwich filled with ground beef, bacon, corn dogs, ham, pastrami, roast beef, bratwurst, braunschweiger (whatever the hell that is) and turkey, topped with fried mushrooms, onion rings, Swiss/provolone/cheddar/feta/Parmesan cheeses, lettuce and butter on a loaf of white bread, appropriately named The 30,000 Calorie Sandwich. There are plenty of others we could name but I think I just threw up in mouth a little, so we’ll let you tour the rest of the site on your own.
posted by: Harold Johns III
An artist shout out for Michael C. Hsiung is long overdue considering The Rathaus is friends with him on both Twitter and Facebook and we’ve been following his work since we saw the Enjoi deck he designed back in 2007. His quirky ink drawings feature re-imagined characters from mythology and folk tales that are cute, funny and near romantic yet tinged with an almost morose mystery. Centaurs writhing in pain from arrow shots, a giant mollusk attempting to devour a skin diver, mermen struggling with life in general and knights falling over one another to lift an angora unicorn are but a few of the scenes Hsiung has created using an approach to form, line and color that is inspiring in its simplistic purity. The result is like if Aubrey Beardsley illustrated a Chinese scroll about mythical creatures while adhering to Jean DuBuffet’s color palette, in a word: special. We should also mention Hsiung has one of the most boss mustaches we have ever seen, so if you can’t respect the work you’ve got to at least respect the ’stache.
Click here to see more of Michael C. Hsiung’s work.
posted by: Harold Johns III
Between their well-received LP “Visiter,” their extensive tour schedule, and a Miller Chill advertisement featuring their song “Fools,” you have by now undoubtedly heard The Dodos. Their latest album “Time to Die” is due out July 28th digitally and September 15th physically, so to give a preview the band is streaming all the tracks on their site for free. If you dig the new record, The Dodos have provided links to place your pre-order through Insound. If not, at least you got to hear the new stuff without spending 12 bucks. Here’s your chance to form your own opinion on the record before the hype machine begins.
Listen to the free preview here
posted by: Harold Johns III
Operating an independent record store in the age of itunes is no easy task, so when one continues to thrive it should be uniquely celebrated. And that is precisely what Harvest Records of Asheville, N.C. is doing August 13-15, marking their fifth year as record store, record label, and overall supporter of the arts with a three day, three venue music festival called “Transfigurations.”
Plenty of stellar artists are slated to play including: Mount Eerie, Kurt Vile, Circulatory System, The Books, Budos Band, Akron/Family, Jonathan Kane, Ice Cream, Espers, Villages, The War on Drugs, The Coathangers, Steve Gunn, Brightblack Morning Light, and the recently confirmed Bonnie “Prince” Billy. Plus, “Transfigurations” will feature discussions with Eric Isaacson of the Mississippi Records label, Lance Ledbetter of rare recording specialists Dust-to-Digital, and Nathan Salsburg, producer and archivist for the Alan Lomax Archive and curator of the Twos & Fews imprint on Drag City.
Tickets are on sale now: $80 regular weekend passes (”Regafigurations”) guarantee your entry to every show and are limited. $130 special weekend passes (”Megafigurations” ) include guaranteed entry, a t-shirt, a limited edition silk-screened poster, a 7 -inch, and a bag full of swag, and are even more limited than regular passes so buy those soon. Tickets are also available for each individual show.
To learn more about “Transfigurations,” including a schedule, directions, and ticketing information, click here or email them at transfigurationsasheville@gmail.com.
posted by: Harold Johns III
