Last night Benji and I went to Shank Hall here in Milwaukee to see Jeremy Enigk. Just as an aside - Milwaukee is frequently passed over whenever a national indie rock act comes through the midwest. Usually it’s Chicago and sometimes Minneapolis, Grand Rapids, or Cincinnati - but no Milwaukee. Milwaukee of course has it’s […]

I like conceptual art. It’s not always as visually stimulating as the Dutch masters, but it’s intellectually satisfying. Cory Arcangel creates art with the philosophy that pretension is bad, simplicity is better, and something that “knows it’s ridiculous” is best. Arcangel was visiting MIAD recently and brought along his “studio” to demo his work and […]

november was a hard month.
So what’s with all the dinosaurs? - “When it is finished and open to the public next summer, it may, quite possibly, be one of the weirdest museums in the world.” [the guardian] Arrows for the War… - “Quiverfull mothers think of their children as no mere movement but as an […]