Wols (A. O. Wolfgang Schulze), 1913–1951, was a German painter, photographer, and illustrator. He could’ve been a first string violinist, but took up photography as an apprentice instead. He lived in France at the turn of the century, but was put in an interment camp when World War II broke out. By 1940 he managed to flee the Germans several times before returning to France after the war died down. At that point he had already turned to alcoholism after repeated attempts …
Month: February 2014
Roland has been working on a release for their AIRA line of electronic musical equipment, as mentioned in a previous TMG post. Roland launched their new AIRA line at Dancefair 2014 over the weekend (February 15 & 16) according to djworx. The AIRA line contains a drum machine; TR-8 – emulating classic TR-808 & TR-909 sounds, bassline synthesizer; TB-3 – emulating classic TB-303, vocal processor; VT-3, and synthesizer; System-1. At first glance the AIRA line appears to be analog but they’re …
It was black, punk and from Detroit, Michigan. It was Death. Three brothers, Bobby, David, and Dannis Hackney formed a garage band and created music that predated when punk was supposedly invented. It was the early 70’s, and while people were sweating it out in discos and Motown was dominating the charts, these three brothers were pioneering punk. The first time I heard of them was when I saw the trailer for the documentary, A Band Called Death (Drafthouse Films). It was literally, …
Day 4-5 photos of painting murals at Pow! Wow! Hawai’i. via Pow! Wow! Hawai’i …
“HIGH ART” is an annual arts competition open to artists around the world. The winning designs become the package brand for three OrganiCann products: Kronic Kush, Mendocann and Royal Humboldt. Artist Skinner is a “celebrity guest judge.” The contest winner gets a $5,000 cash prize and his or her art will be featured on Juxtapoz’s three product pages for a year. The second and third placers get $2,500 and $1,000, not bad. The deadline is March 9th at (que Price …
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