Showing posts with label austin. Show all posts
Showing posts with label austin. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 3, 2014
Thursday, August 7, 2014
Austin Texas Artist Paul Beck and Rainforest Partnership
One of Austin's favorite visual artist Paul Beck is partnering with Rainforest Partnership
Order Online Collect on of Paul Beck's prints and 50% of the proceeds are donated to the good works of Rainforest Partnership. It is that simple. The rainforest is considered the lungs of the planet. So let's keep the rainforest healthy. from the about section of http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/ Rainforest Partnership partner with forest communities to help them make an income that allows them to protect their forests. We do this by working with communities to develop and market products made out of raw materials found only in the rainforest or by providing services that are unique to rainforest. By developing the market for these products, locally, elsewhere in Latin America, and in the U.S., sales of these goods and services give residents a financial stake in protecting their forests. http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/
Order Online Collect on of Paul Beck's prints and 50% of the proceeds are donated to the good works of Rainforest Partnership. It is that simple. The rainforest is considered the lungs of the planet. So let's keep the rainforest healthy. from the about section of http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/ Rainforest Partnership partner with forest communities to help them make an income that allows them to protect their forests. We do this by working with communities to develop and market products made out of raw materials found only in the rainforest or by providing services that are unique to rainforest. By developing the market for these products, locally, elsewhere in Latin America, and in the U.S., sales of these goods and services give residents a financial stake in protecting their forests. http://www.rainforestpartnership.org/
Friday, February 7, 2014
Austin Texas Short Term Rental, A place to stay
Austin is the town of events. Here is a great secret home for short term. With a Pool!
Home for rent during March, April, May, June and so on 2014
click link to homeawy: http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p255246#summary
- Enjoy great Austin weather in this backyard oasis.
3 bedrooms, 2 full bathrooms, sleeps up to 6
Relax during your stay in Austin at the Dandelion Muse Guest
House, a quiet ranch house on a shaded lot in laid-back South Austin. A
nice place to getaway but still be close to it all. Enjoy the tall oak,
elm, and pecan trees, a large wooden deck and herb garden in back as
well as your own peaceful egg-shaped swimming pool.
Quaint, clean, peaceful, and fully furnished - great for good sleep and enjoyment. Hardwood floors throughout, berber in the bedrooms. There is a queen all-latex bed in the main bedroom, truly a treat with all-cotton, high thread count sheets. The other bedrooms have high-quality, thick full sized futons (one with inner coils, the other wool-wrapped), and all guests are provided with high-quality, all-cotton linens. The house is cleaned using environmentally responsible products. Nicely equipped kitchen. Washer/dryer in the house. Chickering upright piano. High-speed wireless internet (6 Mbps) and free Netflix streaming movies with a Roku box.
Quaint, clean, peaceful, and fully furnished - great for good sleep and enjoyment. Hardwood floors throughout, berber in the bedrooms. There is a queen all-latex bed in the main bedroom, truly a treat with all-cotton, high thread count sheets. The other bedrooms have high-quality, thick full sized futons (one with inner coils, the other wool-wrapped), and all guests are provided with high-quality, all-cotton linens. The house is cleaned using environmentally responsible products. Nicely equipped kitchen. Washer/dryer in the house. Chickering upright piano. High-speed wireless internet (6 Mbps) and free Netflix streaming movies with a Roku box.
- Suitability:
- children welcome
- limited accessibility
- non smoking only
- Low Allergen Environment
- Mar 7, 2014 to Mar 16, 2014
- Venue: Austin Convention Center
- Location: Austin Convention Center Website
Noted filmmakers, musicians and multimedia artists from around the world converge to showcase music, film and interactive media during this internationally-recognized event.
2/16/14
Austin Marathon
Downtown Austin
One of the country's premier races attracts nearly 20,000 participants from around the world. www.youraustinmarathon.com
3/1/14-3/16/14
Star of Texas Fair and Rodeo
Travis County Exposition Center
Austin goes cowboy as PCRA competitors hit the arena and area-students exhibit prize livestock. Headline entertainers perform in concert nightly. www.rodeoaustin.com
3/2/14
Zilker Park Kite Festival
Zilker Park
The nation's oldest kite festival features hundreds of kites in the air and is free to attend for people of all ages; complete with kite flying contests, food, games and more. www.abckitefestival.com
3/7/14-3/16/14
SXSW® Music, Film, and Interactive Conference and Festivals
Austin Convention Center, Various Locations
Over 300,000 attendees, filmmakers, musicians and multimedia artists from around the world converge to showcase music, film and interactive media during this internationally-recognized event. www.sxsw.com
3/17/14
St. Patrick's Day Festival
Various Locations
For over ten years the Celtic Cultural Center of Texas has organized the best Austin St. Paddy's Day celebration in central Texas. A family-friendly St. Patrick's Day where families can come out and enjoy the culture of Ireland including music, dance and language. www.stpatricksdayaustin.com
3/28/14 - 3/29/14
Clyde Littlefield Texas Relays
Mike A. Myers Stadium, UT campus
The premier track & field event brings together the best high school, college and professional athletes from Texas, the U.S. and the world. The weekend wraps up with the Urban Music Festival on Saturday, which features soul, R&B and hip hop artists. www.texassports.com
3/28/14 - 3/29/14
Austin Urban Music Festival
Celebrate this year's 9th Annual local urban music scene, aimed at enhancing and sustaining the Afro-Centric experience musically, culturally, and economically. This year's theme "The Music Speaks" helps enhance music as a universal language. austinurbanmusicfestival.com
3/29/14 - 3/30/14
Zilker Garden Festival
For over 50 years, the annual Zilker Garden Festival has been a one-stop, garden shopping destination when spring arrives in Austin and Central Texas. A family-friendly event, the garden festival offers something for everyone, including the annual flower show, live music, gardening talks, a kid's corner and food court. www.zilkergarden.org/about/events/ZGF2014/zgf.html
3/30/14
Capitol 10,000
Congress Avenue to Auditorium Shores
Texas' largest 10K race and one of the nation's top runs draws some 10,000 serious and not-so-serious runners. www.statesman.com/cap10k
April and May 2014
Home for rent during April and May 2014
click link to homeawy: http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p255246#summary
4/4/14 - 4/5/14The 13th Annual Lonestar Round Up
Travis County Expo Center
A huge outdoor car show and live music festival with tons of vintage hot rods and custom cars driven here from all over the country, and bringing visitors from all over the world.
lonestarroundup.com4/12/14 - 4/13/14
Art City Austin Festival
Downtown Austin
Get Ready for Austin's weekend-long arts festival that transforms the streets of downtown. The celebration of art, culture and creativity will invigorate the streets, plazas and open spaces along Austin's Cesar Chavez Street and 2ND Street District with art of all kinds.
www.artallianceaustin.org/art-city
4/18/14 - 4/20/14
Austin Reggae Festival
Auditorium Shores
A fundraiser for the Capital Area Food Bank, the event features three days of amazing reggae / world / dub talent on the Main Stage and Charlie's Dub Corner.
austinreggaefest.com
4/11/14 - 4/13/14
MotoGP
Circuit of the Americas
MotoGPTM is the premier motorcycle racing World Championship; an eighteen-race series visiting thirteen countries, four continents and with pan-global television coverage. Ten nationalities of the world's most skilled riders line a grid armed with cutting-edge motorcycle technology with prototype machinery fielded by three manufacturers; Ducati, Yamaha and Honda. As well as the premier class there are also two ultra-competitive World Championship Grand Prix categories, which form part of MotoGPTM.
circuitoftheamericas.com/motogp
4/23/14- 4/26/14
Moontower Comedy Festival
Paramount and State Theatres
Moontower Comedy and Oddity Festival presented by the Paramount Theatre brings to Austin, TX some of the funniest, wittiest and oddest world-class comics from around the globe. This marathon of side-splitting nights throughout the city is slated to bring over 100 comedians doing everything from stand-up and sketch to improv and musical comedy. National headliners, up-and-comers and local Austin-based comedians ensure that there are options for every type of comedy fan; die-hards to those just looking for a fun night.
www.moontowercomedyfestival.com
4/24/14-5/3/14
Austin Fashion Week
Locations around Austin
Austin Fashion Week showcases the work of fashion designers, photographers, hair stylists, makeup artists and models from around the state of Texas. Over a hundred events take place during Austin Fashion week including runway shows, designer meet-and-greets, themed parties and benefits for Austin non-profits.
fashionweekaustin.com
4/25/14 - 4/27/14
Austin Food & Wine Festival
Butler Park
Pamper your palate in one of the hippest cities in the country at the Austin FOOD & WINE Festival, presented by FOOD & WINE Magazine. Join top chef talent, sommeliers and winemakers from across the nation and Austin's own acclaimed gourmet scene for an indulgent, two-day epicurean adventure unlike any other, topped off with live musical performances.
www.austinfoodandwinefestival.com
4/26/14
Eeyore's 50th Annual Birthday Party
Pease Park
Live music, beer, food, acrobats and costume contests surround this annual gathering of Austin's most eclectic locals. Eeyore's Birthday serves as fund-raiser to benefit many local, Austin non-profits.
www.eeyores.org
5/2/14 - 5/4/14
Austin Psych Fest
Carson Creek Ranch
Mark your calendars, Austin Psych Fest will return to Carson Creek Ranch the weekend of May 2 - 4, 2014! There will on-site camping and three stages with music- the main stage and river stage with psychedelic light shows in the evening, and a tent stage featuring psychedelic light shows all day long.
www.austinpsychfest.com/austin-psych-fest-may-2-4-2014/
5/3/14 - 5/4/14
The Old Pecan Street Festival
Sixth Street Austin
The Pecan Street Festival is a FREE, bi-annual juried arts and crafts festival held on historic 6th Street in Austin, TX. The show proudly features over 275 artisan vendors from all over the world who display and sell homemade art and craft work.
www.oldpecanstreetfestival.com
5/19/14 - 6/1/14
Chaos in Tejas
Various Locations
A nice lil mix of punk, hardcore, metal, hip hop, garage rock, indie rock, and all points in between.
www.chaosintejas.com
KGSR Blues on the Green
Zilker Park
Every other Wednesday during the summer, Zilker Park will be filled with thousands of people, blankets and lawn chairs, families and music lovers. As Austin's largest FREE concert series KGSR's Blues on the Green is consistently ranked as a top annual entertainment event and has become a staple of the Austin lifestyle and a very casual and comfortable experience.
www.kgsr.com/bluesonthegreen5/26/14
Lifetime Capital of Texas Triathlon
Palmer Events Center
Life Time Tri CapTex attracts all levels of athletes from top ranked professionals to first-time triathletes. The event includes the USA Paratriathlon National Championship, sprint and international distances, First Tri distance and sprint and international distance relays.
www.captextri.com
June and July 2014 6/5/14 - 6/8/14
X Games
Circuit of the Americas
Austin, Texas, the Live Music Capital of the World®, has been selected to host one of six stops on the Global X Games circuit for the next four years. Austin was chosen from a pool of four finalists and will replace longtime host Los Angeles.
xgamesaustin.com
6/5/14 - 6/8/14
ATX Television Festival
Various Locations
This Austin Television event's focus is on the celebration of the medium: looking back at its history, where it is now, and where it is headed. The weekend will consist of events where attendees can interact with actors, writers, directors, creators, showrunners, music supervisors, casting directors and studio executives involved in all stages of bringing their favorite series to the small screen.
atxfestival.com
6/12/14 - 6/15/14
Republic of Texas Biker Rally
Travis County Exposition Center and Sixth Street
The state's largest motorcycle gathering attracts thousands of bikers for rides, parades and music.
rotrally.com
6/28/14
Keep Austin Weird Festival & 5K
The Long Center for Performing Arts
Keep Austin Weird reflects Austin's creativity and culture through music, family activities and local food vendors.
keepaustinweirdfest.com
7/4/14
Fourth of July Fireworks and Symphony
The Long Center for Performing Arts
The Austin Symphony hosts an annual concert of patriotic music culminating in a spectacular firework display over Lady Bird Lake. austinsymphony.org
Tuesday, February 4, 2014
Secret Places to stay for SXSW
In Austin Texas during SXSW hotels fill up fast. The hotels become loud crowed crash pads. So here is a tip rent homes from the locals. The homes are quiet escapes from the downtown noise. Late night parting only to be awaken by the normal rush hour city going to work.
here is a link to the perfect SXSW rental: http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p255246#summary
SXSW rentals
short term rentals
here is a link to the perfect SXSW rental: http://www.homeaway.com/vacation-rental/p255246#summary
SXSW rentals
short term rentals
Monday, December 2, 2013
Austin Artist Paul Beck Reveals Grackles are Laughing at Us
by Owen Bay
South Austin artist Paul Beck slows grackles cackles revealing they are laughing at us.
Paul Beck's grackles crackles recording:
audio created in the vein of the crickets sounds like a bad wheel of fortune laugh track.
"It is clear we have been the punchline of the animal kingdom" Paul Beck
"Behind the Eightball" by Paul Beck one of Austin's top visual artist
Monday, November 25, 2013
South Austin Graffiti
South Austin graffiti is getting a little over the top.
Duster has hit most of the soco area.
and S. Lamar is just obnoxious.
soco:
some road off S. Lamar:
photos provided by P$
Duster has hit most of the soco area.
and S. Lamar is just obnoxious.
photos provided by P$
Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Lucy of Austin, Texas Welfare Revolution
Lucy of east riverside in Austin, Texas may have just started a revolution.
Lucy has just blown the lid off people who are healthy on welfare. Lucy called 590 KLBJ AM and explain the life of a healthy person on wealth. Once on the system there is know incentive to get off. Why should they. Listen to the phone call Audio:
The American middle class is being drained and guess who the target of the blow back will be. The poor who need a hand up. Lucy just gave the elite who run this country audio they can point to to keep the middle class and the poor fighting each other. Instead of realizing the 1 percent make the rules and reap the real rewards, Lucy just made herself and people like her the target of the majorities frustration.
The 1 percent thank you Lucy.
art work provided by Paul Beck Austin Texas
The 1 percent thank you Lucy.
art work provided by Paul Beck Austin Texas
Thursday, July 18, 2013
The Rainbow Killer, Austin Gay Community Shocked by The Murder of David Villarrea
Austin's Gay community rocked by murder of David Villareal.
The murder dubbed "The Rainbow Killer". Police have little to go on and are asking people in the gay community to come forward with information on the man captured in surveillance photos.
according to poplar gay blogs 360 Condos are popular in the gay community:
from http://joemygod.blogspot.com
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from a previous post:
Photo of man police want to question in the murder investigation of David Villarreal
Police claim to have video surviellence from the time period in question. Police state the video shows a white male in his 20s to early 30s, with a slender to medium build. Police are investigating.
Police allege the men met downtown and proceed to David Villarreal's condo. They believe the date went wrong.
from : AUSTIN (KXAN) - Detectives said Tuesday they have video of a possible suspect in the death of a 37-year-old man at the 360 Condominiums.
Police Sgt. Anthony Hipolito said around 9:45 pm on Monday, they received a 911 call alerting them of a missing person. The caller said they had not seen the victim in a couple days.
Officers went to the building at 360 Nueces Street and found a David Villarreal dead inside a unit on the 18th floor with traumatic injuries.
Homicide detectives were called to the scene and a preliminary investigation showed possible signs of trauma to the body. That led detectives to believe the death was suspicious.
About 3 p.m. Tuesday, detectives said they had video of a possible suspect. The person is described as a white male in his 20s to early 30s, with a slender to medium build. The video has not yet been released.
Police said they don't know the relation between the 911 caller and the victim.
Homicide detectives are expected to continue their investigation on Tuesday. Hipolito said at this point, he doesn't believe residents at the condo should we worried about their safety.
APD is asking the public to call 512-472-TIPS (8477) with any information.
other comments from http://joemygod.blogspot.com
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And of course, KXAN is avoiding all mention of "gay" or "Oilcan Harry's."
KEYE is at least saying "Oilcan Harry's," as is KVUE.
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Posted by: datlaw | Jul 17, 2013 10:37:46 PM
This is a shame. People go to bars, they pick people up. It's almost always fun and so rarely ends in murder.
Posted by: Omar | Jul 17, 2013 10:53:19 PM
Reminder to everyone - don't go home with a stranger you just met a few hours before.
Posted by: Sad | Jul 18, 2013 1:12:35 AM
bandanajack is right.
This kind of stuff happens a lot more than people realize.
The number of missing persons continues to explode, and I believe many of them are gay.
The FBI released a report in mid or late 2012 that estimated that gang member numbers increased 40% in the last 2 years.
There are thousands and thousands of Matthew Shepard types of crimes every year, and most of which will never be known, as I believe, because most of them are missing.
And most of use 'gays' don't want to deal with that reality because we already have to deal with so much negativity from oppression and persecution that will just can't take anymore sometime.
If you're gay, and not a gay rights activist, you need to become one, myself included.
Someone has to put these pieces of trash in prison, and we can't count on law enforcement and the government to do real due-diligence in all cases.
Posted by: Kevin LS | Jul 18, 2013 5:59:24 AM
Newsflash:
There are bad gay and bi men and women with bad intent, who prey on gay and bi men and women. Not every murder of a gay man involves an evil homophobic 'straight', less still gang initiation.
Is it a wise thing to leave a bar with a stranger you've only slightly know and go home with him? No, it's not.
Posted by: ratbastard | Jul 18, 2013 11:47:56 AM
Guys who do things like what this murderer did are usually desperate, often serious drug addicts, excons, etc., He and pretty much everybody else know perfectly well there are CCTV cameras all over the place and in this case he was observed by witnesses and cameras leaving the bar with his victim, entering and leaving his victim's condo building. They do it anyway. Go figure. Hopefully, somebody who knows him, and maybe needs to cop a plea for their own criminal charges, will rat him out. Or he'll get caught some other way and claim it was an accident or some such BS.
Posted by: ratbastard | Jul 18, 2013 11:52:33 AM
The murder dubbed "The Rainbow Killer". Police have little to go on and are asking people in the gay community to come forward with information on the man captured in surveillance photos.
according to poplar gay blogs 360 Condos are popular in the gay community:
from http://joemygod.blogspot.com
Jackhoffsky Vegaslamb • a day ago
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◦ Plus, 360 Condos is almost nothing but gay people. there's always a party going on. I mean, if you met at Oil Can's and then go back to 360, you can't really use "gay panic" as a defense. That being said, it opens this up to a variety of possibilities. I am NOT reading into anything just yet (especially as tragic as this is), but honestly, my first impression on watching the vid was that they both seemed like they were in a good mood. That's just me though. This is so sad. We are such a small community here sometimes.
from a previous post:
Death At 360 Condominiums
Police claim to have video surviellence from the time period in question. Police state the video shows a white male in his 20s to early 30s, with a slender to medium build. Police are investigating.
Police allege the men met downtown and proceed to David Villarreal's condo. They believe the date went wrong.
from : AUSTIN (KXAN) - Detectives said Tuesday they have video of a possible suspect in the death of a 37-year-old man at the 360 Condominiums.
Police Sgt. Anthony Hipolito said around 9:45 pm on Monday, they received a 911 call alerting them of a missing person. The caller said they had not seen the victim in a couple days.
Officers went to the building at 360 Nueces Street and found a David Villarreal dead inside a unit on the 18th floor with traumatic injuries.
Homicide detectives were called to the scene and a preliminary investigation showed possible signs of trauma to the body. That led detectives to believe the death was suspicious.
About 3 p.m. Tuesday, detectives said they had video of a possible suspect. The person is described as a white male in his 20s to early 30s, with a slender to medium build. The video has not yet been released.
Police said they don't know the relation between the 911 caller and the victim.
Homicide detectives are expected to continue their investigation on Tuesday. Hipolito said at this point, he doesn't believe residents at the condo should we worried about their safety.
APD is asking the public to call 512-472-TIPS (8477) with any information.
other comments from http://joemygod.blogspot.com
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KEYE is at least saying "Oilcan Harry's," as is KVUE.
Gotta love local news, even in Austin.
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Posted by: datlaw | Jul 17, 2013 10:37:46 PM
This is a shame. People go to bars, they pick people up. It's almost always fun and so rarely ends in murder.
Posted by: Omar | Jul 17, 2013 10:53:19 PM
Reminder to everyone - don't go home with a stranger you just met a few hours before.
Posted by: Sad | Jul 18, 2013 1:12:35 AM
bandanajack is right.
This kind of stuff happens a lot more than people realize.
The number of missing persons continues to explode, and I believe many of them are gay.
The FBI released a report in mid or late 2012 that estimated that gang member numbers increased 40% in the last 2 years.
There are thousands and thousands of Matthew Shepard types of crimes every year, and most of which will never be known, as I believe, because most of them are missing.
And most of use 'gays' don't want to deal with that reality because we already have to deal with so much negativity from oppression and persecution that will just can't take anymore sometime.
If you're gay, and not a gay rights activist, you need to become one, myself included.
Someone has to put these pieces of trash in prison, and we can't count on law enforcement and the government to do real due-diligence in all cases.
Posted by: Kevin LS | Jul 18, 2013 5:59:24 AM
Newsflash:
There are bad gay and bi men and women with bad intent, who prey on gay and bi men and women. Not every murder of a gay man involves an evil homophobic 'straight', less still gang initiation.
Is it a wise thing to leave a bar with a stranger you've only slightly know and go home with him? No, it's not.
Posted by: ratbastard | Jul 18, 2013 11:47:56 AM
Guys who do things like what this murderer did are usually desperate, often serious drug addicts, excons, etc., He and pretty much everybody else know perfectly well there are CCTV cameras all over the place and in this case he was observed by witnesses and cameras leaving the bar with his victim, entering and leaving his victim's condo building. They do it anyway. Go figure. Hopefully, somebody who knows him, and maybe needs to cop a plea for their own criminal charges, will rat him out. Or he'll get caught some other way and claim it was an accident or some such BS.
Posted by: ratbastard | Jul 18, 2013 11:52:33 AM
Tuesday, June 4, 2013
Sunday, April 7, 2013
Tony Hawk Winner Nick, Austin Texas meets Paul Beck
Tony Hawk HawkHunt winner Nick...no last names please.
The HawkHunt took us to Paul Beck's current world.
Dig the mural created to celebrate the great Willie Wells
Nick, Tony Hawk HawkHunt winner poses with artist, video of the year grammy winner Paul Beck
AUSTIN,TX: Big Boy paints Big Man that the Big Bambino wished he could have played with Photo Clue #hawkhunt – FOUND
The HawkHunt took us to Paul Beck's current world.
Dig the mural created to celebrate the great Willie Wells
Thursday, March 7, 2013
Paul Beck sxsw 2013 Molotov, Radiohead, Atoms for Peace
interview by Owen Bay
theowenbay@gmail.com
Owen Bay: Molotov is coming to SXSW 2013, this must bring back good memories.
theowenbay@gmail.com
Owen Bay: Molotov is coming to SXSW 2013, this must bring back good memories.
Paul Beck: Yes, we worked together on two videos. One, Frijolero received a Latin Grammy and the Latin MTV Video of the Year. The other Hit Me was nominated in the same categories the following
year.
"SXSW is now like going to the mall drunk." Paul Beck
year.
"SXSW is now like going to the mall drunk." Paul Beck
Owen Bay: So far what has been your favorite video with Molotov?
Video: Hit Me, Molotov Paul Beck
Owen Bay: There
was talk in the Austin film community that Radiohead and you were going to
create an animated film.
Paul Beck: Yes, at one point we were in the
process of creating a project.
Owen Bay: Can
you elaborate on what the project was?
Paul Beck:
Will we had been featured on The Most Gigantic Lying Mouth. After that we were asked to pitch some
animated film ideas.
I
came up with Successful Living In The Melt Down We Call The Future. Successful Living was picked to
develop. The basic concept behind
Successful Living was to create an animated story dealing with the slowly
developing corporate police state and environmental mess the globe is slowly
slipping into.
Within
this total surveilled society we would follow a few characters as they stumble
through media manipulation, mutation and other feel good flops sold as to solve
your problems.
Two
of my characters where inspired by Desert Storm. I watched Shock and Awe as it played out on cable T.V. I
felt this mission statement was directed at the viewers. We were being taught what could come
are way if we do not go along with the program.
Shock
and Awe basically became two characters I created. The character Shock was in a perpetual state of shock. He saw behind the curtain. I designed his eyes to have the thousand-mile
stare and his mouth to be slightly open with barely an expression. Shock new too much.
Awe was designed to be a gullible goof in awe of whatever you flashed in front of his face. Awe was the type to camp out to be first at the Christmas sale.
Shock and Awe maybe they will be with us soon.
Owen Bay: Paul Beck and Shock SXSW 2013?
Awe was designed to be a gullible goof in awe of whatever you flashed in front of his face. Awe was the type to camp out to be first at the Christmas sale.
Shock and Awe maybe they will be with us soon.
Owen Bay: Paul Beck and Shock SXSW 2013?
Shock created by Paul Beck
polar shock south congress Paul Beck
Paul Beck: What? anyway we stuck Shock's head around town to start creating underground hype and what not.
Owen Bay: Why did the project not proceed?
Owen Bay: Is it true Atoms for Peace are playing a secret show at SXSW 2013?
Paul Beck: I have know idea. But their Album, CD whatever they call it these days just came out. Maybe, Atoms for Peace and Justin Timberlake secret SXSW show since Thom Yorke and Justin Timberlake and Angry Cat like to dance. "We are a Sad Band", "Atoms For Peace" Angry Cat. do the math.
Owen Bay: You have also worked with Austin's own The Calm Blue Sea and Panjoma. Are they involved with SXSW?
Paul Beck: I know there label Modern Outsider is holding events. I plan on checking that out.
Video by Paul Beck, The Calm Blue: Sea Literal
Paul Beck: And I believe Panjoma is playing at a couple events downtown. Panjoma allowed me to experiment with some new animation techniques. Thanks Panjoma for letting an artist play and learn. Watch the video and melt into your reality.
Transmit Invocation
Animation by Paul Beck. Music by Panjoma.
Owen Bay: Have you been working on future projects?
Paul Beck: Well, A Thousand Pound Bomb has been shown in several festivals over seas and what not, So we may be developing with elements from that project. That's all I got to say on that front. I am always tinkering on something, art, animation, music, and lawn darts.
Paul Beck
Paul Beck
Owen Bay: What do recommend for SXSW 2013
Paul Beck: Well things have changed over the years, SXSW is now like going to the mall drunk. I use to see crazy shows at Trophy's. But now that is closed. Always check out bands from Japan, over the top rock. Flaming Lips is on the list. Then just wonder the streets checking out the freaks. Angry CAt
Also follow Marc Savlov of the Austin Chronicle, Marc Savlov always finds the cool underground events of SXSW. Don't look for Paul Bearer or Hugo Chavez. But North Korea's Kim Jong Un and Dennis Rodman are rumored to party like a preemptive nuclear attack...Rand Paul may Filibuster Drones at SXSW 2013 it's a new panel.
Owen Bay: Thanks Paul.
Wednesday, March 6, 2013
David Ball, Jennifer Davis & Megan Kimber Grayduck
David Ball, Jennifer Davis & Megan Kimber Jennifer Davis at Grayduck Gallery:
review by: Owen Bay
theowenbay@gmail.com
Jennifer Davis painting have a subtle minimalistic approach, Davis tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she often creates work using creative game tactics, but these are never permissive. Play is a serious matter: during the game, different rules apply than in everyday life and even everyday objects undergo distortions.
Her works never shows the complete structure. This results in the fact that the artist can easily imagine an own interpretation without being hindered by the historical reality.
Jennifer Davis Lucid Acrylic, charcoal & graphite on panel 12” x 16”
David Ball:
David Ball is an artist who mainly works with mixed media. With a surreal approach, Ball tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
His surreal mixed media artworks are characterised by play as a serious matter: during the game, different rules apply than in everyday life and even everyday objects undergo transubstantiation.
By examining the ambiguity and origination he tries to approach subjects in a multi-layered way, likes to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and believes in the idea of function following form in a work.
David Ball Your Freedom Mixed media 16” x 20”
Magen Kimber:
Kimber absorbs the tradition of remembrance art into daily practice. This personal follow-up and revival of a past tradition is important as an act of meditation.
Her paintings are an investigation into representations of (seemingly) concrete ages and situations as well as depictions and ideas that can only be realized in painting. By examining the ambiguity and origination via retakes and variations, she tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
Her works are based on situations: visions that reflect a sensation of indisputability and serene contemplation, combined with subtle details of odd or eccentric elements. By emphasising aesthetics, she wants the viewer to become part of the art as a kind of added component.
Her works sometimes radiate a cold and latent violence. At times, disconcerting beauty emerges. The inherent visual seductiveness, along with the conciseness of the exhibitions, further complicates the reception of their manifold layers of meaning. By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she seduces the viewer into a world of ongoing equilibrium and the interval that articulates the stream of daily events. Moments are depicted that only exist to punctuate the human drama in order to clarify our existence and to find poetic meaning in everyday life.
Megan Kimber Hummingbird Ink & mixed medial 6” x 8”
images from http://www.grayduckgallery.com
review by: Owen Bay
theowenbay@gmail.com
Jennifer Davis painting have a subtle minimalistic approach, Davis tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she often creates work using creative game tactics, but these are never permissive. Play is a serious matter: during the game, different rules apply than in everyday life and even everyday objects undergo distortions.
Her works never shows the complete structure. This results in the fact that the artist can easily imagine an own interpretation without being hindered by the historical reality.
Jennifer Davis Lucid Acrylic, charcoal & graphite on panel 12” x 16”David Ball:
David Ball is an artist who mainly works with mixed media. With a surreal approach, Ball tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
His surreal mixed media artworks are characterised by play as a serious matter: during the game, different rules apply than in everyday life and even everyday objects undergo transubstantiation.
By examining the ambiguity and origination he tries to approach subjects in a multi-layered way, likes to involve the viewer in a way that is sometimes physical and believes in the idea of function following form in a work.
David Ball Your Freedom Mixed media 16” x 20”Magen Kimber:
Kimber absorbs the tradition of remembrance art into daily practice. This personal follow-up and revival of a past tradition is important as an act of meditation.
Her paintings are an investigation into representations of (seemingly) concrete ages and situations as well as depictions and ideas that can only be realized in painting. By examining the ambiguity and origination via retakes and variations, she tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
Her works are based on situations: visions that reflect a sensation of indisputability and serene contemplation, combined with subtle details of odd or eccentric elements. By emphasising aesthetics, she wants the viewer to become part of the art as a kind of added component.
Her works sometimes radiate a cold and latent violence. At times, disconcerting beauty emerges. The inherent visual seductiveness, along with the conciseness of the exhibitions, further complicates the reception of their manifold layers of meaning. By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she seduces the viewer into a world of ongoing equilibrium and the interval that articulates the stream of daily events. Moments are depicted that only exist to punctuate the human drama in order to clarify our existence and to find poetic meaning in everyday life.
Megan Kimber Hummingbird Ink & mixed medial 6” x 8”images from http://www.grayduckgallery.com
| David Ball, Jennifer Davis & Megan Kimber | |||||
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| opening reception: friday, february 22, 7-10pm | |||||
| exhibition dates: february 22 – march 30, 2013 | |||||
Friday, March 1, 2013
Sonya Berg Tiny Park
Sonya Berg mixes
paintings and photos. By examining the ambiguity and origination via
retakes and variations, Berg creates intense personal moments
masterfully created by means of rules and omissions, acceptance and
refusal, luring the viewer round and round in circles. Her
paintings doesn’t reference recognisable form. The results are
deconstructed to the extent that meaning is shifted and possible
interpretation becomes multifaceted. By applying abstraction, she
absorbs the tradition of remembrance art into daily practice. This
personal follow-up and revival of a past tradition is important as an
act of meditation.
Her works never shows the complete structure. This results in the fact that the artist can easily imagine an own interpretation without being hindered by the historical reality. By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
Her collected, altered and own works are being confronted as aesthetically resilient, thematically interrelated material for memory and projection. The possible seems true and the truth exists, but it has many faces, as Hanna Arendt cites from Franz Kafka
tiny park Hours: Saturday: noon – 5pm or by appointment
Physical address: 1101 Navasota Street, Suite 2, Austin, TX 78702
Her works never shows the complete structure. This results in the fact that the artist can easily imagine an own interpretation without being hindered by the historical reality. By contesting the division between the realm of memory and the realm of experience, she tries to increase the dynamic between audience and author by objectifying emotions and investigating the duality that develops through different interpretations.
Her collected, altered and own works are being confronted as aesthetically resilient, thematically interrelated material for memory and projection. The possible seems true and the truth exists, but it has many faces, as Hanna Arendt cites from Franz Kafka
tiny park Hours: Saturday: noon – 5pm or by appointment
Physical address: 1101 Navasota Street, Suite 2, Austin, TX 78702
Tuesday, February 26, 2013
Monday, February 25, 2013
God's Wind Ends Hipster Fedora Fad
40 mile an hour wind gust in Austin Texas put end to Hipster Fedora Fad.
God " I have been busy, I had know idea it had gotten so bad."
written by
Owen Bay
God " I have been busy, I had know idea it had gotten so bad."
written by
Owen Bay
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Malcolm Bucknall at Wally Workman and The Drawing Show at Pump Project
Malcolm Bucknall has some interesting intriguing work at Wally Workman. Malcolm Bucknall has been creating work since 1963. for real.
Malcolm's work on the Jesus Lizard and on the Nirvana and Jesus Lizard 'Puss/Oh, The Guilt' split-single.
The drawing show at Pump Project is worth getting off your couch. An eclectic group show of unique drawing techniques.
Middle Management by Austin artist Paul Beck
or just stay and google Super Bowl Beyonce Illuminati Ritual
Malcolm's work on the Jesus Lizard and on the Nirvana and Jesus Lizard 'Puss/Oh, The Guilt' split-single.
The drawing show at Pump Project is worth getting off your couch. An eclectic group show of unique drawing techniques.
or just stay and google Super Bowl Beyonce Illuminati Ritual
Tuesday, December 18, 2012
Austin Noodle House owner Eddie Nimibutr
Thailand-born Nimibutr’s crass racism “I’m failing to give a damn about the CT shooting. I don’t care if a
bunch of white kids got killed. F**k Post-Racial bullshit. When kids
from minority groups get shot, nobody cares. When Israel launched
missiles at the school on Gaza, everybody was too busy jerking off. Why
should i care about people who dont give a damn about me? Personal
responsibility, right?”
not PR for the Noodle
Sunday, December 16, 2012
Paul Beck is Busy
What is Austin Texas artist Paul Beck up to? We are hearing strange rumors from one of artist Paul Beck's studio. This is the buzz, two animated videos to be released, new work and something that will be new for the Austin community.
We have reported early in this blog that an animation has been released. The video, a surreal journey through the universe accompanied by the music of Panjoma.
We have been trying to contact Paul Beck to confirm what is next.
see video here:
We have reported early in this blog that an animation has been released. The video, a surreal journey through the universe accompanied by the music of Panjoma.
We have been trying to contact Paul Beck to confirm what is next.
see video here:
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Austin Police Sweep the Street
Austin Entertainment District gets a good old fashion street sweep. Austin's police go street by street checking homeless people ID's. Cleaning up downtown Public Order Insensitive
Over the weekend 300 hundred homeless were arrested compared to the average 90.
Homeless advocate believe the actions taken by the Police are in preparation for the F1 event. The wealth attending F1 do not need to be subjected to the homeless. Unlike the citizens of Austin who have to on a daily bases.
Austin Texas who does No Refusal Weekends mainly on local events but not on tourist beer fueled events like SXSW or ACL. seems to be creating a pattern.
Over the weekend 300 hundred homeless were arrested compared to the average 90.
Homeless advocate believe the actions taken by the Police are in preparation for the F1 event. The wealth attending F1 do not need to be subjected to the homeless. Unlike the citizens of Austin who have to on a daily bases.
Austin Texas who does No Refusal Weekends mainly on local events but not on tourist beer fueled events like SXSW or ACL. seems to be creating a pattern.
Friday, August 24, 2012
Lance Armstrong Doped or not
Lance Armstrong continued to deny ever doping, “an unconstitutional witch hunt” to deal with his matter was “one-sided and unfair.”
Armstrong said “There comes a point in every man’s life when he has to say, ‘Enough is
enough,’ " “For me, that time is now.”
Armstrong “finished with this
nonsense.”
According to the World Anti-Doping Code, means he will be stripped of his seven Tour titles, the bronze medal he won at the 2000 Olympics and all other titles, awards and money he won from August 1998 forward.
Armstrong said the case against him was flimsy without that physical evidence.
“Regardless of what Travis Tygart says, there is zero physical evidence
to support his outlandish and heinous claims,” Armstrong said. “The only
physical evidence here is the hundreds of controls I have passed with
flying colors.”
and sleep
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