Bosko Hrnjak and Truus de Groot’s multimedia project The Salton Sea is a bleak but beautiful escape into decay featuring Music, Video and Photography.
FILM
THE GODDESS BUNNY – Transexual Polio Superstar
The Goddess Bunny is a transsexual polio victim with a rabid, underground GLBT fan base from before there was such a term.
KULTURE
VOINA GROUP’S LATEST ACTION- Vaginal Liberation of Food
Russian radical art group VOINA perform “How to Snatch a Chicken: A Tale of How One Cunt fed the Whole of the Group Voina”
DRUGS
HIP DEATH GODDESS – Ben Van Meter / Circulus / Bridget Hayden / Peter Sundae
Hip Death Goddess is a celebration of the psychedelic and surreal through live performance, film and projection.
ART
IRA COHEN – UPDATE! Influential Poet, Artist and Filmmaker NEEDS HELP!
Influential Beat Poet Ira Cohen is in immediate need. Read this article to find out why and how you can help!
ART
EPICUREAN ARCHITECTS – Bompas & Parr Bring Absurdity to Food
Bompas & Parr create astonishing edible worlds crafted to make the stingiest art lover stare in wonderment.
ART
TOM ESTES – “Sewing Performance” at Tate Modern
Tom Estes stages a “Sewing Performance” at the Tate Modern as part of Post-Museum’s contribution to “Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents.”
MUSIC
TRUUS de GROOT – Playing the Sonas Inflecto
Very cool psychedelic music video of underground legend Truus de Groot playing the Sonas Inflecto and an Omnichord. Filmed by artist Bosko Hrnjak.
MUSIC
LAURIE ANDERSON – Advanced Listening for “Homeland”
Listen to Laurie Anderson’s new album, “Homeland”, in it’s entirety before it is released on June 22. Antony and the Johnsons, John Zorn and Lou Reed guest!
PEOPLE
OHNO KAZOU – You will be missed.
A dance legend passes away, and takes an art form with him. Butoh legend Ohno Kazou passes away at age 103.
FILM
TWILIGHT ZONE LIVE! – @ The Dark Room in San Francisco
Eight directors, four Rods and a bunch of unique “commercials” over four weekend performances, The Twilight Zone Live is something to go back to over and over.
MUSIC
HANATARASH – Venue Destruction as Music
Amazing photo document slide show of Hanatarash destroying a venue as part of their Nerima, Tokyo performance in the mid 1980s.
ART
Somnambulist Factory Girls — Rodarte Revisions Maquiladora Exploitation for Profit
The Rodarte sisters’ Fall 2010 collection ruminates on the plight of female maquiladora workers and, in that process, lazily betrays the horror visited upon more than 400 las muertas de Juárez.
MUSIC
MUSIC FOR DOGS — Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed
Your dog is going to fall in love with Laurie Anderson and Lou Reed at a free concert that’s so high-frequency you won’t be able to hear it.
DRUGS
HIP DEATH GODDESS – Kenneth Anger / Flame Schon / Wolf People / The Lucid Dream
A celebration of the psychedelic and surreal through live performance, film and projection and will take place at the end on May 30th in Balham, London.
KULTURE
BILL MURRAY READS POETRY – To Construction Workers
Members of the construction team that built the new facilities for Poets House joined Bill Murray in May, 2009, for the first poetry reading at 10 River Terrace.
FILM
RETURN TO THE PLEASURE DOME – Kenneth Anger / Lou Reed / Sonic Youth / The Virgins
Lou Reed, Sonic Youth, Kenneth Anger, Moby, Brian Butler, The Virgins and others help raise money for Jonas Mekas’ legendary Anthology Film Archives.
ART
Marina Abramovic Made Me Cry – A Site Devoted to Tears
Marina Abramovic Made Me Cry is a site devoted to the tears brought into the world by the famous performance artist’s piece, “The Artist Is Present”.
KULTURE
SWANS AT SUPERSONIC – Michael Gira’s Band Lives!
Michael Gira’s Swans will be doing a rare performance at the Supersonic Festival this year in Birmingham! This may be worth the price of a plane ticket…
MUSIC
BLIND BUDDY BURTON – Rare Home Wire Recordings on the Organ!
Rare home wire recordings of the minor Jazz celebrity, W E “Buddy” Burton, the blind organist, from Chicago in the 1940s.
ART
DEAD FINGERS TALK – Exhibition of Unreleased Tape Experiments by William S. Burroughs
Two rare, unreleased tape experiments by William S. Burroughs are the impetus for 23 musicians, artists, writers, composers and curators to create a unique exhibition.
MUSIC
JESSICA RYLAN – Video of Awesome Talk at MIT
Watch this great hour long talk with Jessica Rylan at MIT from back in 2007. Rylan is so full of ingenuity and ideas.
ART
DECONSTRUCTING BETTY BLUE – A Stag Reel Dissected
This stag reel of the gorgeous Betty Blue has been torn apart frame by frame for your voyeuristic pleasure. Plus, you can watch the video here too!
FILM
NORWEGIAN WOOD + JONNY GREENWOOD — Who’s A Happy Hipster?
A beloved author and an idolized musician go big for the big screen adaptation of Norwegian Wood. Sorry though kids, release date applies only to Japan thus far, better save up those dollars to tix to Tokyo.
MUSIC
THE COOPER-MOORE / JEREMY BARNES DUO – Two Amazing Musicians Team Up
The outstanding jazz improvisario Cooper-Moore teams up with indie darling Jeremy Barnes for a brand new duo!