Over the long weekend of mural painting and surfing sunburns, a friend introduced me to this awesome band, Fanfarlo. Immediately reminiscent of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and summertime, I took a liking to them. Here is their music video for "Harold T. Wilkins." Turn it up and then head over to fanfarlo.com where you can buy their album for $1 dolla until July 4th!
Posted By carly | 6/29/2009 | 8:06 AM | Add a Comment
The Whistle Stop is hosting another evening of band collaboration tonight, this one getting a little more hyphy than the last one. The set will feature Jamuel Saxon versions of Tape Deck Mountain songs, one of which you can stream or download for free here:
In The Dirt (click to download)
Jamuel Saxon Ep's will be available including every Tape Deck Mountain remix to date. Come get your experimental dance on after 9, those riding critical mass should be able to make it in time for some after-partying.
Posted By joelpwest | 6/26/2009 | 9:05 AM | View Comments (1)
Good news girls and boys: school is back in session. On Saturday, June 27, from 7-11 pm at North Park's Point of Departure (3712 30th St) the good folks that brought you the first Homework Show will be presenting the results of their second assignment. This Homework Show will be a massive zine swap, featuring a large variety of artists and designers from San Diego and beyond.
For those who haven't studied up already, here's a quick wiki-cheat-sheet: a zine is an "inexpensively produced, self-published, underground publication usually reproduced via photocopier on a variety of colored paper stock". Some zines are sold, and some are given away for free.
In this case, all zines will be free (with a relatively refreshing catch)--the zines in this show will be displayed, then followed by a period where artists can trade each of their zines for another artist's zine. Similar to swapping baseball cards, the aim is to make a fun (and most importantly, free) event where artists can gain exposure, meet with each other (in person!), and be inspired by a barter economy. After the bartering there will be music (including the DJ stylings of Lucha and Triceratron's JohnZ) as well as the usual jolly-good social hour (or two, etc).
Don't have a zine to trade? Don't sweat it. All attendees are welcome to trade something for an artist's zine they'd like to have--something intangible, like praise, or something tangible, like a service, object, clever treasure, etc. Artists may also give their zines away for no trade if they wish.
Most importantly, however, Homework Show founders Steph Walker and Juliana Miloseski urge everyone "to interact in a meaningful way. Get to know each other. No one has any money these days, so friends and collectives are a few of our most important resources."
For more information, be sure to check out http://thehomeworkshow.wordpress.com/.
Posted By jordan | 6/25/2009 | 11:54 AM | View Comments (3)
Sezio has teamed up with Society6 to offer a creative stimulus package of $500, which will be awarded to an artist choosen by the community. To apply or to help curate this grant, visit Society6.com/grants.
Posted By zack | 6/24/2009 | 10:22 AM | Add a Comment
We're prepping this week for Switchfoot's 5th Annual Bro-Am. Sezio will collaborate with The Glue Network and Jedidiah to create two art walls, one to be auctioned and one raffled to raise funds for StandUp for Kids. Tocayo, Andrew Heine, Brent Sandor and Carly Ealey will be tackling Sezio's wall and you could win it for $1! We'll have some freshly printed shirts as well, so cruise out to Encinitas this Saturday (10am-5pm).
Posted By zack | 6/23/2009 | 8:42 AM | Add a Comment