IS POSTER BOY BACK?
This looks like the work of NYC’s masked avenger Poster Boy. About a year ago, we were seeing more of these crude cut and paste jobs, even a street art collaboration with NYC street artist Aakash Nihalani. On Jan, 30, Poster Boy was busted by undercover cops in a Soho gallery space and carted off […]
POSTER BOY ON YOUTUBE
Check out the latest “Poster Boy” Video as he roams New York’s subways on Youtube Poster Boy
POSTER BOY AND NIHALANI BOX IT OUT
NYC street artists Aakash Nihalani and the anonymous “Poster Boy ” have been late night collaborating on a series of subway graffiti projects that showcase their common love for absurdity. They are being torn down as fast as they go up, so if you spot one, snap a pic and send it to us: care […]
POSTERBOY STRIKES AGAIN OR COPYCAT?
Either New York’s “Posterboy” is back in action for a third time or there is a copycat offender out there cut and pasting subway ads with the same conviction. This is the latest ad spotted on the Church Avenue bound platform at Nassau Avenue. For more “Posterboy” check out these links: Posterboy 1 Posterboy 2 […]
POSTERBOY AND FREE BEER
When: Friday, April 24th; 7:00pm – 12:00am Where: 3rd Ward (195 Morgan Ave.) Damage: Free with RSVP Discosalt first spotted New York’s mysterious “ Poster Boy ” back in July and now you can check out more of his ironic film commentary and bizarre ad re-mixes this Friday in the gallery at 3rd Ward(but this […]
NYC’S POSTER VANDAL HATES BEER, LOVES BBQ
New York’s mysterious “Poster Boy” strikes again this week hitting the subways with more ironic film commentary and bizarre ad re-mixes. His message: anti-drugs, beer, NPR, image, mike myers movies, will smith, Iran, baseball players. Loves BBQ. Check out all his work on flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/26296445@N05/sets/72157605066109339/
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 […]
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 […]
MISSBUGS CUT OUT AND FADE OUT: THIS IS THE REMIX
Walk down the street, put on your headphones, turn on the tube, there’s an emerging trend in popular culture to remix culture. While artists have always recycled from their predecessors, there is something unique about re-mixing pop culture almost at the same time it is originally being created. From the music re-mixes of Girl Talk, […]
Brad Elterman
Los Angeles, CA Brad Elterman’s career started with a borrowed camera at the age of 16. His first photo, of Bob Dylan performing onstage, was published in 1974. That lead to endless nights of covering the rock scene in Hollywood encompassing pop, punk and rock bands including the Faces with Rod Stewart, David Bowie, the […]
HOW TO OVERTHROW THE GOVERNMENT AND HAVE A GOOD TIME TOO
Directed by Tristan Patterson and executive produced by indie-maverick Christine Vachon, DRAGONSLAYER is the Grand Jury Prize winner for Best Documentary Feature at SXSW 2011, and is the second feature to be released theatrically by Drag City following Harmony Korine’s Trash Humpers. The film documents the transgressions of a lost skate punk falling in love in […]
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 WEEK FROM ROOFTOP FILMS: ROOFTOP SHOTS (SHORT FILMS ABOUT ENDINGS)
It’s hard to believe it, but the time has come. Summer is winding down, and with the end of summer comes closing night of the Rooftop Films Summer series. This year, they’ve saved some of the best for last, with razor sharp short films all about endings. Closing night will be this Friday, August 20th […]
PARAPHRASE: GROUP EXHIBITION AT ARARIO
What: Paraphrase Where: Arario New York 521 W. 25t St., 2nd FL New York, New York 10001 When: Opening Reception Thursday, June 25 (6-8pm) On view from June 26-July 24 Arario, an NYC gallery for Asian contemporary art is showcasing a new group exhibit called Paraphrase this month. “The title—meaning a restatement of a text […]
LYRICS BORN: EVERYWHERE AT ONCE
Lyrics Born: Everywhere at Once Label: Anti Release Date: March 18, 2008 Quannum poster-boy Lyrics Born (born Tom Shimura) didn’t just step off the ship-hop. Collaboratively producing albums as far back as Latyrx’s The Album, LB has subjectively perfected unique vocalizations characterized by buzzing baritone and vocab depth. This go LB explores the trappings of […]