Friday, May 18, 2012
Andy Kessler Foundation Benefit
Proud to announce that the Picture Farm Gallery will be hosting
the Kessler Foundation benefit on May 31st.
I Want To Go To There
Alex Knost is funny subject matter. I get the feeling there were a lot of haters out there at some point and maybe that whole thing blew over as people begrudgingly accepted how fun it is to watch him surf. Or maybe there are still haters. Or maybe there never were. I've never met the guy but he seems squarely in the creative camp. But everytime he is around these parts and playing music and surfing and whatever, I seem to be elsewhere. Then again, I didn't surf yesterday, or today, so I don't seem to be anywhere these days. The funny thing is, I actually asked myself if I wanted to post a clip of just Alex Knost surfing. I'm not sure where that comes from. But the water looks too clean, the beach too perfect, the surfing too fun not to.
Oh yeah... via Desillusion.
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Ava in 'ol Times Square
Sometime EBNY contributor Primo Demmon has magically placed his daughter in Times Square in a bid to freak us out. It's totally working. The lovely Ava licking a lollypop some place where strip steak is eaten far more often than tri-tip .
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Art Brewer Retrospective
If you know anything about the history of the photography of surfing, you know a little more than the average joe. If you know anything about Art Brewer's odd prowess in that art form, you aren't claiming too much more. I only say that since Brewer is a surf photographer of such rightful repute you couldn't be mining the depths by figuring his schtick out. No, he's one of the first you stumble over. And one of the most affecting. The upcoming exhibition of his work will no doubt be required viewing. As Ty Breuer puts it "If you are a photographer, aspiring photographer, Instagramer, or give a damn about surf culture and you live in NYC, you should go to this.... The Art Brewer Retrospective"
And that's about it.
(Here's a glimpse at the last time we saw him here.)
Critical Slide Society
This outfit has been around a while. Things from them pop up on the Facebook feed and in emails and on blogs and so on and in true slacker fashion I've never really checked them out with the special thinking eye. Yesterday I see this great photo appear on the screen and I click it. Then I see all these other photos appear that I like just as much, if not more. This sort of viewing is not enough to make me feel ok about not being in the water this morning. I must have this crazy mixed up karma that gives me so much and then tugs the rug out right when the waves get surfable. It drives me insane. Anyhow, these photos are full of the promise of better times had soon. via CSS.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
LES (that's Lower East Side) (of Manhattan) (New York)(USA)
If you're around that part of this town today, tonight, in the immediate futre, there are some good things to see (and get) in unexpected places. Niki Polyocan's travel photos are gracing the walls of Casa Mezcal, and right down the street at Lost Weekend is a tidy pop-up shop put together by students from the local high school. Easy pickins.
Breathe.
When all is gone wrong, and the morning mist has turned an annoying drizzle, when you've let yourself down and in so doing forced others to let you down as well, there is always the simple thought of flow. Quiet flow. This is via Mollusk and via Desillusion via Facebook via the internet via procrastination (mine and others) and of course, via the Campbell Brothers. I couldn't think of a better thing to watch on a day like today, which only built it's stutter upon yesterday's wreckage. Is that stinking planet in retrograde again?
Monday, May 14, 2012
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Saturday, May 12, 2012
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