:: Jon Pylypchuk ::
Jon Pylypchuk is an Canadian artist, living and working in Los Angeles. He does great sculpture work that you can see here and here. He also has a show opening at Jack Hanley this Friday
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Posted: jesse // 01.31.07 //
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:: Tonight ::
Artist and Gallery 16 onwer Griff Williams does some great work. He has a new show opening tonight at Andrea Schwartz Gallery that will be up through March 2nd. -- Also tonight is the 2nd bike movie night at ATA and they are showing bike crashes.. nice one. Go to both.
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Posted: jesse // 01.31.07 //
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:: Faster Fecal! ::
Things may be a bit weird until Wednesday afternoon as we're moving to a MUCH faster server thanks to the kind folks at Media Temple who have been nothing but amazing in hooking us up with hosting over the last year and making sure the site is moving as fast as she can... so, as of right now at 1am, I'm working on it, and I'm on beer and am very tired... my eyes hurt, but my heart's good.
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Posted: trippe // 01.31.07 //
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:: Thee More Shallows ::
One of our favorite SF Bands, Thee More Shallows, are playing this Saturday at Bottom of the Hill with Dosh. Check out T.M.S.'s MySpace page to get a taste (not as good live as the albums though). Read an interview we did with them awhile back.
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Posted: trippe // 01.31.07 //
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:: Coro ::
San Francisco-based artist Coro has a new website and it looks great. Check out his still life work.
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Posted: jesse // 01.30.07 //
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:: Poloriods ::
PLRDS.COM <-- Mike Brodie (aka, The Polariod Kid) has updated his site which features photographer portfolios and found polariods. Read our interview with him.
 Savannah Rose Locklin |
Posted: trippe // 01.29.07 //
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:: Serge Maksimov ::
OMIE.RU <-- Russian editorial and commercial illustrator... Speaking of Russia, you gotta check out this video clip. Nuts.
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Posted: trippe // 01.29.07 //
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:: Sunday Morning Movies ::
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Posted: // 01.28.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
Space Invader studio visit. Shot by Giant Robot (as have a bunch of the last ones I posted.)
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Posted: jesse // 01.26.07 //
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:: Free Fridayz ::
Be sure to get your Free Fridayz entries in before 3pm on Friday for a chance at winning a mystery package from Fecal Face (contents announced Fri). This week's theme is Boredom. Email your entries to freefridayz(at)fecalface.com
 Entry from Jesse Balmer |
Posted: trippe // 01.25.07 //
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:: The New Graffiti ::
LIGHT CRITICISM <-- GRL and The Anti-Advertising Agency put together this short movie about New York's Fortune 500 vandals. From the site: "Between October 2006 and December 2006, the City of New York has removed or obscured 59 illegal banners on sidewalk sheds."
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Posted: jesse // 01.25.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
Souther Salazar's rubber arms. Souther left out the rubber arms when we interviewed him a while back.
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Posted: jesse // 01.25.07 //
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:: Free Movies! ::
"This website is dope. It has movies & documentaries who's copyrights have expired. Lots of old good stuff. Peter Jackson's Bad Taste is posted- sort of hard to find. A good chance for people to catch his pre-Lord of the Rings goodness." - Ryan... Dude, fuck Bad Taste, they got BATTLE ROYALE up there! Ok, if you've never seen this, make some popcorn, bundle up with your laptop tonight and watch it! Such a great film!
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Posted: trippe // 01.24.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
Documentary on Cut and Paste's founder Jenny Kwok. If you have never checked out the Cut and Paste site, they have some good stuff.
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Posted: jesse // 01.24.07 //
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:: Headlands: Close Calls ::
PHOTOS <-- F.F. correspondent, Billy O'Callaghan, heads up to Headlands Center for the Arts to view Close Calls 2007- showcasing 29 California visual art applicants for headlands center for the arts' 2007 artist in residence program.
 work by Chris Duncan |
Posted: trippe // 01.23.07 //
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:: Bush ::
Our favorite president is giving his little talk to the nation tonight and it's bound to make us all ill yet again, but cheer up. His reign is almost complete. Celebrate with a End is Near shirt. A percentage of the sales goes to Human Rights Watch, Democracy Now, and Iraq Veterans Against the War.
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Posted: trippe // 01.23.07 //
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:: Peter Sutherland ::
Nieves Books has put on a 60 page color offset book of photos from photographer Peter Sutherland- Photographs of Chinatown Soccer Club, NYC, 2003 - 2006. Published in conjunction with the exhibition Game by Peter Sutherland at MU, Eindhoven, The Netherlands. $28.
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Posted: trippe // 01.23.07 //
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:: Peck ::
MARION PECK <-- Great work from this west coast-based artist. She is married to artist Mark Ryden and their work is similar, but she has her own developed aesthetic.
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Posted: jesse // 01.22.07 //
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:: i-everything ::
APPLE PHOTOSHOP CONTEST. An online contest to create the best new apple product using photoshop. Check out the "i-brator" and the "i-pet".
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Posted: jesse // 01.22.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
BUMPER CARS <-- I don't know why this makes me laugh so much. It just seems sort of ridiculous.
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Posted: jesse // 01.22.07 //
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:: Sunday Morning Movies ::
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Posted: trippe // 01.21.07 //
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:: Taxidermied Mouse ::
GIVING YOUR DEAD MOUSE DUCK FEET <-- and you guys got all worked up over our little lesson?!
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Posted: trippe // 01.20.07 //
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:: Saturday Night ::
CHECK THE CALENDARS (LA-NYC-SF) <-- There are a lot of great things worth checking out tonight. Probably one of the best documentaries, Grizzly Man, is playing at the SFMoma as part of the Herzog retrospecitve that's winding down there. If you've never seen it, go to this. Brilliant! Done in such an unassuming way. (not this one. This one). --- SARA THUSTRA @NEEDLES & PENS --- GROUP SHOW @GIANT ROBOT --- ART SHOW @SFMART featuring works from Matt Furie, Aiyana Udesen, and more. --- In LA you have KOZYNDAN @SIXSPACE --- FAILE + SWOON + DAVID ELLIS @NEW IMAGE ART
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Posted: trippe // 01.20.07 //
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:: Wood Fire Paper ::
GREGORY EUCLIDE FIRE PAPER <-- paper from wood then fire from ice or paper from water or ice from biscuits.. I forget. check it out.
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Posted: trippe // 01.19.07 //
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:: Hetch Hetchy ::
BOTTLED WATER IS JUST TAP WATER <-- never understood people who have bottled water in their homes here in SF when we have the best water in the country, especially when it's just water bottled and filtered in another part of the country with worse water. see for yourself
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Posted: trippe // 01.19.07 //
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:: Mini Mini Mini ::
Live near Vancouver and skate? If so, be sure to check out Antisocial's new mini ramp as thier throwing a unveiling this Saturday. The ramp looks sick. Nice one.
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Posted: trippe // 01.19.07 //
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:: Stark ::
JEN STARK <-- Florida based artist who makes some amazing paper sculptures. She does great illustrations too, so check out the whole site.
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Posted: jesse // 01.19.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
ALBERT REYES SPIT ART -- It's sort of old by now, but check out the video if you've never seen it.
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Posted: jesse // 01.19.07 //
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:: Tonight ::
Some good shows tonight - THE GOOD, THE BAD, AND THE UGLY @ NEW LANGTON --- JASON MIDDLEBROOK @ LISA DENT --- PATRICK WALSH @ ELK IN NYC. Check out what's coming this weekend in the calendar as well.
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Posted: jesse // 01.18.07 //
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:: Moz ::
After you check out all the awesome shows listed above, you should come down to the Attic on 24th Street. It will be the last Smiths Night so it's going to be fun. Very fun. Possibly even really fun.
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Posted: jesse // 01.18.07 //
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:: Free Fridayz ::
FREE FRIDAYZ <-- this week's theme is going to be Jealousy. So get your drawings in before 2pm Friday! freefridayz(at)fecalface.com - The prize will be announced then, and fuck, we're behind on getting prizes out (like way behind). If you won, don't fret, it's on it's way! (note to self: gotta get those interns going)
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Posted: trippe // 01.17.07 //
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:: NoisePOP Art Show ::
 CALL FOR ART ENTRIES <-- Noise Pop is about to begin again this year, and this year they're going to be putting on some art shows around the city with a large one taking place at the opening night party at Mezzanine on February 27th, and they want you to participate. To take part and submit your work, go here. Get on it because the deadline is Jan 24th!
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Posted: trippe // 01.16.07 //
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:: Caroliner ::
PHOTOS <-- from CCA's Playspace gallery's retrospective show on the band Caroliner.
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Posted: trippe // 01.16.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
San Francisco streetcar ride. The film cuts back and forth between footage from 1905 before the earthquake, and then the 1906 aftermath.
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Posted: jesse // 01.16.07 //
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:: User Galleries ::
When Jacksonville based artist Byron King felt that there was a lack of good contemporary art where he lived, he contacted fellow Jacksonville artist Dan May after finding him through the Fecal User Galleries and curated a group show featuring Sean Mahan and Dana Turner. We love stories like this and if you haven't checked out the User Galleries in a while, take a peek. There is some good stuff in there.
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Posted: jesse // 01.16.07 //
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:: POTD ::
This week's Photo of the Day is brought to us from one of our favorite photographers, Mike Brodie who gets down with some train hopping!
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Posted: trippe // 01.15.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
'One Week of Art'. Japanese artists creations over the course of a week. Grabbed this one from the forums. Good stuff!
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Posted: jesse // 01.15.07 //
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:: Format ::
FORMAT MAGAZINE <-- Online magazine which was started last year with a strong lean towards art and fashion. Check out the interview they did with Fecal favorite Aiyana Udesen.
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Posted: jesse // 01.15.07 //
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:: Bubbles ::
THE BUBBLE PROJECT <-- 30,000 bubble stickers were printed and placed on top of ads all over New York City. Passersby filled them in and later the results are photographed.
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Posted: jesse // 01.15.07 //
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:: Sunday Morning Movies ::
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Posted: // 01.14.07 //
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:: Tonight ::
Some good stuff happening tonight - 'BRING YOUR OWN ART (SHOW)' @ TRIPLE BASE --- PRINCE ANDREW ROMANOFF @ GALLERY 16 --- BIKE MOVIE NIGHT @ ATA -- 'THE OUTSIDERS' @ STAY GOLD IN BROOKLYN. Bundle up cause it's cold out there.
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Posted: jesse // 01.12.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
Panning time lapse experiments yield some interesting results on film.
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Posted: jesse // 01.12.07 //
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:: GRL ::
GRAFFITI RESEARCH LAB <-- We have mentioned them before but you should check out their website. Pretty much every single project they work on is worth getting excited about. Awesome.
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Posted: jesse // 01.12.07 //
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:: BLK/MRKT ::
BLK/MRKT Gallery down there in LA is hosting their second BMG Artists' Annual group show this Saturday! The lineup of artists is what you'd expect from this great gallery: Jeff Soto, Dave Kinsey, Ben Tour, Tiffany Bozic, Weston Teruya, Gregory Euclide, and many many more.
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Posted: trippe // 01.11.07 //
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:: Free Fridayz ::
Get your art relating to Global Warming in by Friday at 3pm for a chance at winning this epic print set. freefridayz(at)fecalface.com (posted the wrong one before- sorry 'bout that)
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Posted: trippe // 01.11.07 //
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:: Tonight ::
WE'VE IMPROVED OUR ARTS CALENDARS FOR MUCH EASIER BROWSING <-- and there are some shows we think you should check out tonight here in SF, LA, and in NYC. JEFF BURWELL @ LINCART --- CULTIVATING CREATIVITY @YBCA --- NAKED AT CREATIVITY EXPLORED --- DODO BIRD AT 12 GALAXIES read our interview click here --- THE OUTSIDERS @STAY GOLD IN BROOKLYN with work from FF favorites Tara Lisa Foley, Mike Giant, Rich Jacobs, and more.
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Posted: trippe // 01.11.07 //
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:: Free Fridayz ::
 Don't forget to get your drawings in for this Friday's FREE FRIDAYZ. This week's theme is Global Warming and the winner will win themselves the Low Tech High Life print set featuring four 16X20 prints from Mel Kadel, Jeremy Fish, Travis Millard, and Michael Sieben! That's a $160 prize right there. Get them drawings in by Friday 3pm!
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Posted: trippe // 01.10.07 //
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:: Helmut Smits ::
HELMUT SMITS <-- does all sorts of interesting stuff including some great installations like the one below where you can become a hostage!
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Posted: trippe // 01.10.07 //
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:: Madison, WI? ::
Live in Madison? Go and check out Smooth Sailing featuring works from Fecal Pal, Isaac McKay-Randozzi & Jon Dragonette @Drunken Buetterfly this Saturday night!... You don't live out there? Well, that's ok 'cause Isaac is going to guest blog his adventures sometime soon.
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Posted: trippe // 01.10.07 //
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:: Porous Coppola ::
Congrats to our friend Porous Walker who, besides being a great art art, is now in charge of marketing for everything Coppola. Never thought I'd be one friend away from one of he greatest directors of all time- Reminds me that I haven't watched The Godfather in awhile.
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Posted: trippe // 01.10.07 //
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:: Unconflicted ::
TOMOKAZU MATSUYAMA <-- Amazing artist from Japan whose work has been getting a great deal of attention lately.
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Posted: jesse // 01.10.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
'The Skeleton Dance' - Part of Disney's Silly Symphonies circa 1929.
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Posted: jesse // 01.10.07 //
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:: Killer of Giants ::
ANGELA BOATWRIGHT <-- Fecal pal Angela Boatwright got herself a new website and it looks damn good. Check out the 'personal projects' section of the site, as well as the equally awesome Killer of Giants link.
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Posted: jesse // 01.10.07 //
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:: Photos ::
Fecal Face corespondent, Billy O'Callaghan, checked out a few shows here in SF and brought back a few photos: After Modern 1yr. Anniversary Show - Anne Faith Nicholls at The Shooting Gallery - James Drake at Paule Anglim
 Ben Woodward @After Modern |
Posted: trippe // 01.09.07 //
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:: IWhatever ::
IPHONE <-- know this is linked everywhere, but whatever, it's gosh darn damn good.
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Posted: trippe // 01.09.07 //
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:: Aurel Schmidt ::
Live in LA? You should check out NYC artist Aurel Schmidt's show that's opening on January 13th at Peres Projects. We love her work, and this show is bound to be brilliant. Details. Read an interview we did with her last May.
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Posted: trippe // 01.09.07 //
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:: Mark Dean Veca ::
Check out the work of Brooklyn-based artist Mark Dean Veca. Great style and amazing work.
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Posted: jesse // 01.09.07 //
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PHOTOS <-- from Upper Playground's artist furniture show that opened last Saturday here in SF. This is a preview of their furniture line that's due out sometime this year.
 Jeremy Fish table |
Posted: trippe // 01.08.07 //
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:: Crownfarmer ::
Jeremy Fish and Michael Sieben shirts for this months Crownfarmer's Monthly Window Project.
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Posted: trippe // 01.08.07 //
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:: POTD ::
This week's Photo of the Day comes to us from Danny Espinoza.
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Posted: trippe // 01.08.07 //
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:: Ice Fields ::
MIKE HOLLIGSHEAD <-- Mike is a Storm-chaser and photographer who shot some amazing photos of the recent ice storms in the midwest. Check out the rest of his site as well for some pretty epic storm photos.. Like these ones.
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Posted: jesse // 01.08.07 //
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:: Light and Sound ::
MACOTO YANAGISAWA <-- Programmer and Designer from Japan who does some great shockwave work. We stared at this for hours.
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Posted: jesse // 01.08.07 //
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:: Blow You Up ::
BLOW UP <-- a review of a great over-sized photo magazine from Brussels.
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Posted: trippe // 01.07.07 //
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:: Sunday Morning Movies ::
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Posted: // 01.07.07 //
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:: Saints and Sinners ::
PHOTOS <-- from Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock's two person show that's running right now @111 Minna here in SF.
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Posted: trippe // 01.06.07 //
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:: Crap? ::
THISISCRAP.ORG <-- not at all. A bunch of good good from Belgium.
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Posted: trippe // 01.05.07 //
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:: Friday Night ::
Some shows worth checking out tonight: ANDREW SCHOULTZ BOOK SIGNING/ PARTY @PARK LIFE --- ANDREW MCKINLEY PHOTOGRAPHS @ADOBE BOOKS --- AND MORE
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Posted: trippe // 01.05.07 //
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:: Vic Blue ::
VIC BLUE <-- is a photographer we've known for like 10 years, and damn has photo skills improved over the years. Check out his site. He's got some intense stuff up there. Looking good, Vic!
 Members of the Mara 18, El Hoyon prison  Gutting a house in the Ninth Ward |
Posted: trippe // 01.05.07 //
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:: Global Warming ::
We moved out to California to escape the cold, and here it is JANUARY and
our weather is just like NYCs?! What's going on here? Damn, might be time to move back east before it starts snowing here and it's t-shirt weather there.
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Posted: trippe // 01.04.07 //
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:: Jesus G Time ::
THE SPIRIT OF TRUTH <-- wouldn't it be great to have this guy ordinate your wedding?!
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Posted: trippe // 01.04.07 //
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:: Andrew Schoultz ::
ANDREW SCHOULTZ'S <-- new book entitled Ulysses: Departures, Journeys, & Returns is freakin' great. Read a little review and pick yourselves up a copy. And don't forget that Park Life is holding a release party & signing this Friday night. details.
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Posted: trippe // 01.04.07 //
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:: Free Fridayz ::
Ok, Sketch Book Mondays is no longer. We're combining SBMs with Free Fridayz. It's basically the same thing except with prizes. We're still on for the hungover theme, so get yours in before Friday for a chance at winning $50 worth of product from UmbrellaMarket.com and you'll also win these Dave Kinsey designed shell-toes from Adidas (sorry size 10 only). Email your entries to freefridayz(at)fecalface.com. Make sure they're at least 600 pixels in width.
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Posted: trippe // 01.03.07 //
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:: Thursday ::
Well, it's first Thursday of the new year, and there are tons of shows to check out. Of course, there's the whole 49 Geary round that's always worth checking out. At 111 Minna is SINNERS AND SAINTS featuring works from Kelly Tunstall and Ferris Plock which is bound to be great!
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Posted: trippe // 01.03.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
Mr. Show - The Last Donut. We post a lot of Mr. Show on here, but there is so much to draw from. This stuff is wake-you-up-laughing funny.
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Posted: jesse // 01.03.07 //
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:: TTC ::
TELEFON TIL CHEFEN <-- A Great Danish zine site with tons of art and photo zines scanned up for your enjoyment. If you really like them, I noticed a couple on there that you can buy over at the Hamburger Eyes online store.
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Posted: jesse // 01.03.07 //
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:: Weeee ::
LINERIDER.COM <-- draw a line that a little dude then sleds down. Me like.
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Posted: trippe // 01.02.07 //
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:: David Lynch ::
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE FILMMAKER <-- Consciousness, Creativity & the Brain
Award-winning writer, director, and producer David Lynch discusses his films and his 30-year relationship with Transcendental Meditation, and its role in his creative process.
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Posted: trippe // 01.02.07 //
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:: ~~ ::
PAPER TOYS <-- Shin Tanaka is a paper toy creator. When he started creating paper models and templates for all his favorite sneakers he couldn't afford when he was a student.
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Posted: trippe // 01.02.07 //
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:: ClipODay ::
"The Hasher's Delirium" (1910). Great old-timey animated morphing.
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Posted: jesse // 01.02.07 //
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:: Treasure Chests ::
TREASURE CHESTS <-- Good examples of photo manipulation from a time before photoshop.
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Posted: jesse // 01.02.07 //
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