posted: July 3, 2009

WKCR is celebrating July 4th by playing the music of Louis Armstrong all day. Satch gave July 4th 1900 as his birthdate in many interviews, and it wasn’t discovered until after his death that his real birthday was August 4th 1901. If you make a list of America’s contributions to the world, Louis Armstrong has to be at the top of that list. His music can make you feel good about being alive. Check it out. http://www.columbia.edu/cu/wkcr/

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posted: June 30, 2009

It was an honor to work on a project for The National Infantry Museum in Ft. Benning Georgia. The new museum tells the story of America’s ground soldiers from the colonial period to the present day, and had their Grand Opening on June 19. The exhibit design and museum planning firm, Christopher Chadbourne & Associates asked me to design six posters that would be used as large entry graphics for each of the main galleries.  The idea was to give the pieces a twentieth century war poster vibe that would set the tone for each segment of the story, and would work well with the wealth of information and artifacts in the museum.  These images required a serious level of research to be sure that the details were correct.

Posters

posted: June 15, 2009

Tuesday is June 16, Bloomsday, and WBAI is broadcasting a James Joyce Celebration from 7pm - 1:30 am EST.

"Radio Bloomsday is an intimate radio program featuring readings of James Joyce's Ulysses, plus selections from Joyce's entire canon, performed by leading actors.  Bloomsday is celebrated every year on June 16, the day Ulysses takes place.
Radio Bloomsday makes the works of Joyce accessible to a 21st century audience, the newly initiated and devoted stalwarts alike," explains host/producer Larry Josephson."This years annual Radio Bloomsday, The priests, the Jews and the Irish, highlights the "Wandering Rocks" episode of Ulysses.  But we'll take  listeners on a freewheeling tour throughout Ulysses --a mixture of live performance, pre-recorded excerpts and Irish music."
Larry Josephson is not only my cousin and friend, but a lengendary radio producer and host. His work with Bob & Ray won Peabody Awards and this Bloomsday broadcast is definitely something to check out. You know you never finished reading Ulysses in college.

 

posted: June 4, 2009

The legendary artist-airbrush pioneer-illustrator-sculptor-visionary Charlie White is having a one-day sale at his studio in Venice Beach California on Sunday June 7th from 3pm-6pm. He’s putting some classic original paintings and prints up for sale.

Charlie broke a lot of new ground in the 1970’s and 1980’s and his name was synonymous with the California air-brush look that graced so many album covers and magazines. His work always brought an unexpected idea and was executed beautifully.

Charlie’s influence on other artists is hard to exaggerate, He and Dave Willardson ran a studio in the early 80’s and they laid enough work on me to keep me afloat for my first years as an illustrator and I’ll always be grateful for the lessons I learned there.

Olio - 9 Wavecrest Avenue
Venice, CA 90291
310.452.1912

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