MR. BRAINWASH: “ICONS” (EXTENDED)

The somewhat questionable Mr. Brainwash, whose “Icons” exhibit has been on displays in the Meatpacking since Valentine’s Day has been extended through the end of April. Regardless of your thoughts on Mr. Brainwash, the exhibit is worth checking out. Yes, it’s a lame version of Banksy and yes it subsists on the tired and played […]

MORE MR. BRAINWASH

More Brainwash along Houston Street… want more?  Check out Mr. Brainwash’s webs. >http://www.mrbrainwash.com/

THE CULT OF MR. BRAINWASH

The Lower East side gets brainwashed… stumble down Bowery from the East Village towards the LES, eyes peeled for some new giant billboard sized wheat paste-ups with a sarcastic look at pop culture and politics, complements of eccentric French filmaker/graftiti artist, Mr. Brainwash aka MBW. Want more? Check out: Mr. Brainwash Also keep on the […]

Exit Through The Gift Shop : Maybe There Isn’t A Joke

Exit Through the Gift Shop: Maybe there isn’t a Joke by Dave Jackowski  By the end of the film you’ll be scratching your head trying to separate “Art” from well… everything else. Exit Through The Gift Shop is an insightful commentary on street art, and how easily it can go from countercultural movement to a […]

The Article is a Remix : Is Remixing Culture the New Direction in Music and Art?

This Article Is A Remix: Is remixing culture the new direction in music and art? For better or worse, like most of my generation and those younger than me, I grew up voraciously consuming and interacting with pop culture. I spent endless hours holed up in my parents’ basement watching after-school cartoons, playing with toys […]

gift guide

  Orange Juice Box Set: Coals To Newcastle The boxset is made up of six audio compact discs and one DVD that contain the band’s complete discography and other studio recordings as well as a collection of their BBC sessions. Coals To Newcastle contains 16 previously unreleased tracks with another 23 tracks previously unavailable on earlier […]

This Article is a Remix

This Article Is A Remix: Is remixing culture the new direction in music and art? by Discosalt For better or worse, like most of my generation and those younger than me, I grew up voraciously consuming and interacting with pop culture. I spent endless hours holed up in my parents’ basement watching after-school cartoons, playing […]

EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP: SOUNDTRACK

[rating:4] Exit Through the Gift Shop: Various Artists Label: Oscilloscope Laboratories Release Date: Unknown Exit Through the Gift Shop, “the World’s first street art disaster movie” from Banksy and Mr. Brainwash, has a pretty awesome soundtrack worth checking out. The original score was written by Portishead’s Geoff Barrow with additional music penned by Roni Size. […]

FILM REVIEW: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

By the end of the film you’ll be scratching your head trying to separate “Art” from well… everything else.   Exit Through The Gift Shop is an insightful commentary on street art, and how easily it can go from countercultural movement to a social status symbol sold to the highest bidder. The film centers on LA […]

BANKSY DOCUMENTARY: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP

Keep on the look out in theaters this March, for the new Banksy film: “Exit Through the Gift Shop”, which premiered at Sundance earlier this year.  Billed as “The World’s first street art disaster movie”, the film is narrated by Welsh film star Rhys fans of “Knotting Hill” fame and stars the anonymous international renowned […]

BROOKLYN HEIGHTS STREET ART SIGHTINGS

Two adjacent street art paste ups spotted  on the Brooklyn Heights waterfront for ya. One, from what looks like Brooklyn street artist Judith Supine and another rasterbated wheat paste of punk icon Sid Vicious from what could be the work of Discosalt favorite Mr. Brainwash.