Last Monday I went to see a pop-up art show. I’ve heard of pop up events in larger cities. Pop up restaurants, pop up fashion shows, pop up parties, etc. A trend best exemplified by the Old Brewery experiment earlier this spring and sporadically witnessed at various Midtown venues. Memphis culture tends to run a little behind the curve, so when I heard the first pop-up Trans-American Art Tour decided to make a stop here I had to go check it out. Continue reading PopUpArt.us
Just one more picture.
I think I’m a groupie. I went to see Marcella Simien perform three times in a row and I was fully entertained the entire time. Generally, my attention span for any type of show is limited to once a week at best. Rarely do I want to follow any particular group or artist from one venue to another, let alone record the experience each time. The last time I did that was the Yojimbo double feature earlier this summer. That pair of shows was entertaining not only because Yojimbo has amazing stage presence, but also because of the contrast in the venues. From a Midtown Memphis pirate bar to a Tupelo highway honky-tonk shack. Yojimbo performed with gusto each time and it’s encouraging to see people from all walks of life enjoy the same music, even if they don’t all do it in the same place. The places where Marcella performs aren’t quite so disparate, but it wouldn’t matter because her stage presence could make a TJ Mulligan’s swanky. Continue reading Best 3-way Ever.
Someone hugged me last night and said, “keep doing what you do,” as I was leaving the Buccaneer. I’m optimistically assuming he had any idea who I am. Even if he just knows the genre of art I work in, I’ll take the encouragement. More importantly, he hugged me at a time I really needed a hug. Memphis is like that sometimes. You just have to relax and accept a hug from a stranger.
I’m at DKDC right now waiting for The Lovers to set up. Yes, that’s a third Marcella show in a row. The three different venues are so staggeringly different from each other, it never feels like the same show. From Mollie Fontaine Lounge to the Buccaneer and then a third night in Cooper Young. It makes me wonder how she handles the disparity in audience. Aspects of DKDC cycle into the Thursday night crowd…
But more on that later. Now for the music.
Take a look at this and tell me what you think…
I just watched what might be the best targeted advertising of the year. Then again, I don’t watch that much TV.
I’m also impressed with the new game genres that developed while I was gone. I might have to get in on some of this shit.
The transition from August to September was jarring this year. After a weekend out of town and then a weekend of unbridled debauchery celebrating my birthday, I wasn’t ready to get back to business last week. Instead, I went in search of something new and free to do in Memphis. The aforementioned trip left me a little broke, so my options were limited. For inspiration on Monday I visited the best free entertainment in the city – open mic at P&H presented by Tiffany Harmon. Continue reading The funny thing about Memphis
This little blog has learned to walk. Huzzah! (Ask me about my Huzzah.)
Hopefully this change will yield more posts and (better) more youtube uploads. I bit the bullet and got myself a Surface Pro 3. A rare moment of budgeting and bravery, this is an investment and I am treating it as such.
Now I just have to learn how to use it. I’m pretty much treating it like my desktop at the moment, which Windows 8 kindly allows for for a newb like me. As I attune to the dynamic quality of this machine, I believe it will become a seamless part of my creative experience. As with any Windows version, I have to learn how to break down the parts so I can rebuild it for my own purposes.
Until then – I’ve got a new toy, yay!