Monthly Archives: October 2006

I’m mp3 Blogging on Pampelmoose

Posted on October 28, 2006 by greg

So, today I’m officially an mp3 blogger. I just published my first post for Pampelmoose, a Portland-based record label, management company, and music blog run by the legendary British punker, and recent Portland transplant, Dave Allen. Dave’s resume is pretty … Continue reading →

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learns_to use Expect for Easy Automation

Posted on October 20, 2006 by greg

One of the great hopes you might have in beginning to learn about technology and computers is that they will save you time and effort. This is such an obvious expectation that it almost goes without saying, but, in my … Continue reading →

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Immense Miniatures: Saltz on Toba Khedoori

Posted on October 18, 2006 by greg

“Untitled (Table & Chairs),” 1999, oil and wax on paper, 469.9 by 350.5 inches Thought: I’ve had Toba Khedoori sitting in my inbox of interesting artists for more than a year now, ever since I first saw her work in … Continue reading →

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The Final Utilization of Tank: Hankang Huang’s Unfunny Paintings

Posted on October 12, 2006 by greg

“Help”, 2005, watercolor on paper, 31.5 by 44.5 inches. Thought: Hankang Huang’s paintings are about humor, which is not to say that they’re particularly funny, or meant to be. Instead of aiming for laughs themselves, Huang’s delicately drawn and deliberately … Continue reading →

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Stampology: Jonathan Herder’s New Western Sublime

Posted on October 11, 2006 by greg

“stampographic panorama (detail)”, 2003, collaged stamps, ink on paper, 60 by 16 inches. Thought: Jonathan Herder collages together thousands of US postal stamps to produce large scale landscapes that playfully tweak the traditional image of the iconic American west. Treating … Continue reading →

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Lullaby Land: Amy Chan’s Anxious Nintendo World

Posted on October 10, 2006 by greg

“Mall of America”, 2004, gouache on paper, 38 by 50 inches. Thought: Amy Chan paints the universe you might find in the imagination of an especially nervous video game designer — as if Philip Guston had somehow been made to … Continue reading →

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Passing Shadows: Adia Millett’s Photographed Miniature Interiors

Posted on October 8, 2006 by greg

Note: This post inaugurates an experiment I’m trying with the hope of assuaging the growing group of readers and friends I’ve heard from in horror lately as the proportion of technical content around here has grown. On each weekday, I’m … Continue reading →

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Another Red Day: Largehearted Goat Follow-Up

Posted on October 7, 2006 by greg

Well, I’m proud to say that because of me today was red: If you mouseover that Goat, you’ll see that the most recent edition of Shorties quoted at length from my post introducing Largehearted Goat. Since I mentioned The Mountain … Continue reading →

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Largehearted Goat?

Posted on October 4, 2006 by greg

Here’s something ridiculous. Like many people who find themselves both music- and blog-inclined, I read Largeheared Boy with some regularity. It’s amongst the more influential and more professional members of the mp3-blogosphere, replacing the conventional diary-driven individual record and song … Continue reading →

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