art soup

came across the website of an artist named esao. paintings, illustration, comics, sketchbooks, and self designed site. nice. lot’s to see. his links pointed me toward a group of fellow artists all dabbling in the same elements, all interesting. check tomer hanuka’s illustations (my favorites of which are the more personal kent ave. 1, and 2) and gorgeous covers for the comic bipolar. also of interest are james jean (particularly the collaborative work called polite winter, and his covers for the comic fables like this one). other’s of note are zachary baldus, zachary flagg (who in all likelihood are the same person), farel dalrymple, and last but not least yuko shimizu. interesting work, and most of these folks are local, so give them a look.

posted by jmorrison on 01/03 | sights & sounds - art | | permalink
midden of the middlebrow

or dunghill of the semi-cultivated if you prefer. according to this article in the globe and mail, 2003 saw a revival in the american intellectual’s anxiety over the dumbing down of culture. so far as i can see, though the “dumbing down” has never so much as slowed down to take a breather in my lifetime, the general anxiety level over it still seems to be a trickle of impotent tweed jacketed grumbling, and nothing more. no booming speeches from charismatic, literate leaders hit my ears calling moronic fat asses across the nation to action. quite the contrary is true i would say.

posted by jmorrison on 01/01 | lost & found - ideas | | permalink
subway token r.i.p.

1953-2003, after a short life of fifty years the once ubiquitous token gives up the ghost, to be replaced by the 10 times more convenient, 100 times uglier metro card (couldn’t they at least put a little effort into the look of that damn thing?) here are a few obituaries: r.i.p., we hardly knew ye, only the good die young, you’ll not be forgotten.

posted by jmorrison on 01/01 | news & views - headlines | | permalink
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