Next time someone calls you a cheap fuck, beat them with this handy little gold-plated wand from Citizen:citizen. “Sleek, silent, and waterproof”; limited and only $375. That’ll teach ‘em.
Cans Seurat, 2007
Digital C print, 72×110″
Depicts 106,000 aluminum cans, the number used in the US every thirty seconds.
Partial zoom:
Detail at actual size:
Next interview victims – GusGus (now one-word trinity). Andy is arranging it. We all met 5 years ago, through Michal and his wife “Shoplifter” who helped arrange the after-party DJ set on their tour for their last CD 2002’s “Attention.” The ex and I went to the show, “enhanced”, while Andy held it down on the 1’s and 2’s. Upon arriving at Passerby, they were taken with Andy’s demented Disco rarities and they’ve been chummy since; now he’s doing their P.R. Someday, someone’s kids will never hear that story, so I’m name-dropping now – not that we ever need an excuse.
Here’s the newest video from the latest release “Forever.” The track “Moss” also appears on former singer Daniel Agust’s solo CD “Swallowed a Star” out now as well, albeit in a more stripped down version that pushes his vocals to the forefront of his ambient operetta. Fortunately, GusGus still have Earth, perhaps the blackest whitest diva on, um, earth. Like the former collective, “Forever” is a bit leaner, harder, more “classic” Detroit, but the blue-eyed soul still shines through all the techno machinations. Videos, mp3s, mixes and more at GusGus.com. Enjoy.
Well, at least on iTunes. This morning I came across Deee-Lite’s “Infinity Within” in Cara’s room and instantly imported it. Overshadowed by the mind-boggling success of the debut “World Clique”, the follow up remains one of my favorites. The campy/kitschy eco-conscious skew still feels a bit forced for a dance record, but it’s so well-produced and so much gosh-darn fun, its charms are impossible to deny, especially when tempered by nostalgia; a great way to chase the retrograde blues away.
Bulls-eye, Mr. Brezny. The weather brightened and warmed yesterday, and with it, my mood. Farewell to the funk. At least for now.
GEMINI (May 21-June 20): Calling all you big fish languishing in small ponds, all you flashy amateurs who’ve been avoiding tougher audiences, all you closet geniuses who have used shyness as an excuse to keep your idiosyncratic brilliance under wraps: This is your wake-up call. Sneak or saunter or leap up to the next level of excellence–or else! Or else what? Or else your pretty fantasies will start to decay. Sorry to be so pushy, but I’m aching to see you seize the starring role in the unlived chapters of your life story.
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