Disfarmer: Bill Frisell

I jumped at the chance to attend Bill Frisell’s, “Disfarmer Project” this past Friday at the Palace Of Fine Arts in San Francisco.
Using Mike Disfarmer’s (1884-1959) photographs from small towns in Arkansas from the 1940s and 1950’s, Frisell’s compositions were a perfect match with the stark photographs that were projected during the performance.

Spring 2009 Fundraiser for The Land Of Plenty

Red Brick Gallery in downtown Ventura, California is hosting The Land Of Plenty 2009 spring fundraiser art show.

Opening: Saturday, April 11, 2009
Time: 7-11PM

Me vs. Me - New Works By Porous Walker

Porous Walker, aka Jimmy DiMarcellis’ opening reception is this Saturday, April 4, 2009 at Receiver Gallery in San Francisco.
You know this is going to be something special! We’ll see you all there…

Receiver
1415 Valencia Street
San Francisco, CA 94110

Tel: 415.550.RCVR

Where The Wild Things Are...

Geoff McFetridge did all of the hand-drawn title sequencing for the upcoming release of Spike Jonze’s, “Where The Wild Things Are” full length feature film. They’ve recently released 33 stills and in the mix, they included these…

Shawn Mortensen Portrait

[o] by: Shawn Mortensen

[o] by: Shawn Mortensen

Framing The Times...

Folks have started to frame the inserted newsposter from the California Solitary Times. Thanks to Jason Herring for sharing!

The Whitest Boy Alive & Geoff McFetridge - "Rules"

The new album, “Rules” from The Whitest Boy Alive will be released stateside on March 31, 2009. It’s currently available through iTunes for your download needs.

All artwork by Geoff McFetridge for The Whitest Boy Alive.

As featured in Zeit Magazine

Online Solitary Times

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John Zorn's Bar Kokhba Book II

I had a difficult decision to make regarding which performance to attend from John Zorn’s residency at Yoshi’s in San Francisco this week. They all seemed awesome. Fortunately, I picked one of the most emotionally moving and amazing evenings of live music, ever. I decided to attend the 10PM, Friday the 13th (March) performance of Bar Kokhba Book II last night and it was…perfection. I can’t believe I had the opportunity to be in a room, with 100 folks, in the only place on earth where this was happening. I’ve seen a good handful of live performances from Zorn over the years, but this was magic.

Tonight and tomorrow are the last set of four performances from Zorn’s residency. I highly recommend attending one of them as you won’t be disappointed. Thank you John Zorn… it’s been 19 years of dedication from my ears and I plan on continued listening loyalty.

John Zorn and Yong-Ki Chang

UNDFTD x GM x SA

Thanks to UNDFTD, we’re offering a small batch of these while their in-stock. Check the Mini Skate Shop to your left to order.