HOT DEALS/ WHAT A STEAL/ ONE WEEK ONLY/ BLUE LIGHT SPECIAL/ BUY BUY BUY <-- We're offering 10% off this week for our side banner space (no, not the top right spot but a bit further down the page). FF receives an average of 15,000 unique visitors/ day and side banners receive approx. 50,000 impressions per day. Trust us, it's a hell of a deal. We draw people to what you do and you help support the bestest artiest dang website on the planet earth. Check what IOLabs said about their FF ad experience: I think the Fecal Face audience was the perfect fit for our web ad. I was surprised at how well it really did. Additionally, the traffic from that ad was much more inclined to use our services than the average Ad Words hit - definitely more bang for our buck! ---> Email us and find our more: advertise(at)fecalface.com

The Holster updated their site with their second edition of print on demand zines, with notable zines (among many) by Gary Fogelson, Matthew Hollister, Jaci Kessler, Dave Potes and my favorite, Nicholas Venaglia ;-)

GRAND CANYON

In October we featured Steve Powers (ESPO) great Philly mural project A Love Letter For You - Well, there's a new book published through Free News Projects about the... project. <-- WE TAKE LOOK INSIDE

OPENING NIGHT PHOTOS <-- from Jessica Whiteside's opening @Gallery Three in SF last Saturday. Above White Walls is this project gallery space.

OPENING NIGHT PHOTOS <-- from Oakland artist Aaron Nagel's show of oil paintings depicting youthful women in the nude Marks @The Shooting Gallery last Saturday evening. Scott Cooper checked it out.

DESIGNED SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN <-- yeah, can see that. For real?!

Written and Directed by Mark Osborne - Academy Award nominee, 1999

SF collage artist Alexis Mackenzie opens Dreaming Is Easy at POVevolving Gallery down there in LA Saturday, Mar 13. In the project space on the same night Ryan T. Christian opens Light Moves On The Water. Should be an epic show. 939 Chung King Rd. Saturday 7-11pm

Wife is having to work in some serious crappy MS stuff right now and reminds me of THIS GREAT VIDEO ON MS PAINT <-- ok, she's done. Bike ride to Wolfe's for a rapper-upper night cap beer.

Cubtis and Perspective, by Al Jarnow.

Be sure to get your Free Fridayz in by sometime Friday. This week's theme: Adult Diapers --> Gary Hill from Belfast, Northern Ireland got his drawing in already (as seen below).

OPENING PHOTOS <-- from the 2 person show @White Walls which opened last Saturday featuring work inspired by graffiti laden vehicles, trains, and urban environments from East Coasters Kevin Cyr & Jessica Hess - words: Scott Cooper w/ Photos: Gary Sexton

OPENING PHOTOS <-- from last week's show @Electric Works in SF featuring works from Jeremiah Maddock, Harry Clewans, and Dave Schubert. Words and photos: Chris Hamilton

If you're in NYC March 19th get to Lyons Wier Gallery for Anthony Lister's How to Catch a Time Traveler. - check a studio visit Manuel did with Lister last year.

This is an art video I just finished. I shot it on a phantom camera at a very high speed rate, 1800 frames per second. -Mike Barzman <-- Mike, thanks for emailing this over. Love the video :)

A random photo of Jeff Reeves I shot some time back w/ a b/s disaster in Pacifica.

Going through a crap load of photos from the last 10 years of Fecal Face... Thought we'd share a few from time to time. Here's Arcade Fire performing at a San Francisco party after one thier great shows at The Great American Hall. They played all cover songs and it was wonderful.

OTHER SCENES <-- the work UK based graphic artist Michael Willis - Also nice clean site.

OPENING PHOTOS <-- Solid lineup for the first show of this new San Francisco gallery space owned by Andres Guerrero, previous co-owner of White Walls. Chris Hamilton brings the flicks and text.

A TOOL TO DECEIVE AND SLAUGHTER (2009) <-- It is a physical sculpture that is perptually attempting to auction itself on eBay... Every ten minutes the black box pings a server on the internet via the ethernet connection to check if it is for sale on the eBay. If its auction has ended or it has sold, it automatically creates a new auction of itself. Work by Caleb Larsen --> Check this interesting interview with Caleb from NPR's On the Media discussing the project. Totally radical.

FISH UPDATES FROM THE ROAD <-- he's out in Austin for a show opening Saturday @Okay Mountain then heads to Denver for a show opening March 20th. Check it.

So just starting to work on my 45 min. Semi-Permanent talk set for March 19th in Sydney. Hum, what to talk about? What would people wanna know? If you spent money and this Fecal Face guy came onto the stage to speak, what would you wanna know/ hear me ramble about? Probably a good idea to get your opinions before I get too far into this. Your thoughts much appreciated.

You just heard it seconds ago. It happens every Tuesday @12pm here in San Francisco. Well, this short film will teach you what that siren is all about.

From Goddard's Band of Outsiders

SOME PHOTOS <-- from the Armory show which went down in NYC last weekend. Marty shot a few works that caught his eye.

I'M SPEAKING AT THIS YEAR'S SEMI PERMANENT IN SYDNEY MARCH 19TH <-- yep, I am to a (*gulp) whole lot of people... along with many other talented folks such as Mel Kadel and Travis Millard. If you're in that side of the world, get your tickets now. We'll be blogging from our travels beginning next week.

Chris Hamilton made it over to the Partisan Gallery last Thursday to check out Liz Harris & Jamie Potter's show. Grouper performed as well --> PHOTOS AND WORDS

PHOTOS <-- from openings at 111 Minna and Ever Gold last Thursday here in San Francisco. Artists Seth Armstrong & Christopher Russell @111 Minna with works from David Mark Grant and Chadwhick Heath Moore - both nice shows. Check the pics.

The internet, shacks, Michael Sieben, Tacos, Austin, mini ramps... I've seen the first episode. It makes me happy, and it will thus make you happy. --> but wait, THERE'S MORE

ARTY ART SHOWS TONIGHT/ SATURDAY: Our trusty gallery watcher and Free Fridayz assembler, Ashley Taylor is showing some of her photos along with a grip of other talented shutter bugs tonight at the home art space 31 Rausch down in the SOMA. 31 Rausch showcases work under $200 and artists receive 100% of the sales. Nice place. Show Details 6-10pm
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The brand spanking new Guerrero Gallery opens tonight with a super solid group show. Beautiful huge 3,000 square foot space and complimentary beverages. Not to be missed. Check the lineup. Expect great things from this new gallery in the Mission. 2700 19th 7-11pm
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Down at White Walls/ Shooting Gallery/ Gallery Three in the Tenderloin (same building) is a grip of shows opening tonight. @White Walls you have two artists creating paintings of street scene snap shots of facades adjourned in graffiti - Kevin Cyr and Jessica Hess - @The Shooting Gallery will be Aaron Nagel's naked ladies paintings - upstairs at Gallery Three will be work from Jessica Whiteside. All worth getting to and all in one convenient location. 835 Larkin St 7-11pm
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Just down the street from the previous art complex is the newish Gallery Heist and they're showing work from artists who live in the Tenderloin and one of them is no other than Megan Wolfe who you may have seen FFDG gallery sitting. show details - 679 Geary St 7-11pm
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More shows: Jerry Ross Barrish @Sculpturesite Gallery - 100 Performance For The Hole At SOMArts - T.w Five ON TIME @ SOAP - Austin McManus @FreeGoldWatch - Babylon Salon @Cantina SF.

SAVE YOUR LAPTOP/ CELL PHONE BATTERY LIFE <-- by unpluging it from time to time.

That was a late night last night and only the first night in three with many-a-opening. Tonight see: SOEX MONSTER DRAWING RALLY <-- you should know by now that a crap load of artists draw live while you wonder around looking over their shoulders. You get excited and bid on thier work when it's posted to a wall. The night beneits SOEX and costs $10 to get in. Good cause and it's kinda a SF art convention of sorts as everyone seems to be there chatting and mingling. @Verdi Club 2424 Mariposa 6-11pm --> --> Been a long time since we've seen Dave Schubert's b/w photos of general debauchery. He's showing tonight @Electric Works with woodblock print artist Harry Clewans & Jeremiah Maddock - Show Details 130 8th St. 6-8pm Brian Barneclo is about to start a massive mural project at 7th and Townsend St based on Systems of all sorts. Tonight's show @Fabric 8 coincides with it. Show Details 7-10pm 3318 22nd St near Valencia

Help San Francisco become even a better/ safer place to ride your bike. They've released a new FREE app for the IPhone called CYCLETRACKS which records your bike route and then uploads it to the Transportation Authority's servers so they can help plan bike lanes/ routes/ lights/ etc... They can easily record auto info, but not bikes. By using CycleTracks, you'll be helping San Francisco's transportation planners better understand the needs of cyclists - and you'll get to see maps and statistics of your rides. Be a good citizen and use it from time to time.

Wow, it's the first of the month once again?! --> Here are some shows that we're going to check out, and there are many more on the calendar SF-NYC-LA --> Liz Harris/Jamie Potter/Grouper @Partisan Gallery <-- Never been to this cozy gallery space located in someone's home, but after a bit of research, we've noticed they've some good shows and has wet the whistle for tonight's. Seattle based Jamie Potter showing some video works with Liz Harris (of Grouper performing @8pm) focusing on drawings involving intricate black ink work. 112 Guerrero Street between Duboce and Clinton Park (6-9pm). details. Plastastik @Ever Gold Gallery <-- featuring eco-styled works from David Mark Grant and Chadwhick Heath Moore create works out of plastic which is a wink at rich guy David de Rothschild's sailing plastic garbage boat with the same name 'Plastastik' also created for enviro ideas. Hopefully the art show tonight doesn't try sailing to Australia. 6-9pm near Union Square. More info <-- --> Fort Big Mountain @111 Minna <-- features work from Oakland painters Christopher Russell and Seth Armstrong. We've admired Christopher Russell's work for sometime. Excited to see what he's up to these days. Opening 5-late. Details.

Megawords is a Philadelphia based free, non-commercial printed publication. This Friday, March 5th, Megawords is celebrating the opening of a new exhibition at Printed Matter in New York City. The show will offer an introduction to the entire project, including displays of all past issues, photos and work by Megawords and Megawords contributors, and other related ephemera and inspiration. In addition, a light and sound installation will be on view for the show's opening.

Another week has about passed (damn, that was quick), and another round of Free Fridayz will go live on Friday (or Sat) with yet another mature theme. This week's: Adult Diapers. Get your work in by Friday like Renato from Sao Paulo, Brasil has. Email your entries to freefridayz(at)fecalface.com

OPENING PHOTOS <-- from Jonathan Levine's 5 year anniversary show which opened last weekend in NYC. J.L. Schnabel brings back some photos and text.

Ok, some things are too good not to post.

PHOTOS <-- from the inaugural show of the new gallery Second Street in Hong Kong featuring works from Wu Yue (France) and Jasper Wong (USA).

Our buddy FISH DID A TEE FOR SNOOP DOG?!

OPENING PHOTOS <-- from Saturday's opening of Pythagorean Nightmare @Receiver Gallery where SF based artist Owen Schuh created a drawing machine... That wooden robot makes better work than a lot of people we know.

FRIDAY IS SOEX'S 10TH YEAR OF ITS MONSTER DRAWING RALLY <-- going down again at the Verdi Club. The evening will consist of four one-hour shifts with approximately 30 artists drawing simultaneously each hour. As the drawings are completed they will be hung on the walls and available for purchase for $60 each. Way too many artists to name. $10 for entry, but all proceeds help to support Southern Exposure's Exhibitions and Artists in Education Programs. Bonus: bike parking and curbside tacos for sale. Friday 6-11pm @Verdi Club - 2424 Mariposa. --> JOHN CASEY BLOGGED UP LAST YEAR'S EVENT.

Wanna get to understand the Norway Black Metal scene a little better, be sure to check out Until The Light Takes Us which focuses on the rampant music scene which lead to murder and church burnings in the mid 90s. Formerly San Francisco-based filmmakers Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell lived amongst the bands to get this intimate portrait of the scene and what transpired a decade or so back... Playing in Berkeley at the Elmwood Theater on Friday 3/5 --> As a warmup, you may wanna download our death metal podcast compiled by French.

GETUNCOMMON.COM <-- seems there are a million custom IPhone computer skin setups out there, but Uncommon seems pretty good (plus there are a couple Fecal Face skins up there). You can scale/ resize/ select/ upload your own artwork and images. Check it out.

PAINTING WITH LIGHT

THE TRAILER FOR THE RADIANT CHILD <-- Directed by Tamra Davis, the documentary features never-before seen footage of the prolific artist painting, talking about his art, and existing in the two years prior to his death in 1988. -view the trailer - The film, which was nominated for the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance last month, was released February 21 and will be shown at SXSW.

HANGOVER-LESS ALCOHOL?! <-- Korean researchers have found a way of tweaking booze to limit the fallout - without cutting its strength.

FURTHER <-- order your copy now. We're dropping a bunch in the mail later today. The book is solid weighing in at over 4 pounds featuring work from artists Mars-1, Nome Edonna, Oliver Vernon, Tomokazu Matsuyama, Damon Soule, David Choong Lee, and Robert Hardgrave... The book is thick (353 pages!) and very nicely printed --> CHECK OUR PREVIEW - BUY HERE FOR $40

Don Pendleton just wrapped up this great mural @Juice Design here in SF. And if you're walking down 16th you should check out tyhe new mural out front by Charlie Callahan (collaboration with Cory Stafford). Thanks for the flics, Andrew. See previous murals they've had here.