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A lot of folks like Yelp. As a user, it's probably fun. You can read reviews, get previews, learn the inner secrets of places, and more. In the end, everyone's a critic and everyone's a reviewer, even if they shouldn't be, right? The internet has created overnight food experts, movie critics, and whiners everywhere. Yet Yelp is handy, yet from my perspective, aside from the content issues of Yelp,...
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A lot of folks like Yelp. As a user, it’s probably fun. You can read reviews, get previews, learn the inner secrets of places, and more. In the end, everyone’s a critic and everyone’s a reviewer, even if they shouldn’t be, right? The internet has created overnight food experts, movie critics, and whiners everywhere. Yet Yelp is handy, yet from my perspective, aside from the content issues of Yelp, it’s sales folks are annoying. It’s great they hustle, and I’m sure it’s commission based and we all need more money, but the repeated phone calls, shifty marketing words, and their persistence and a-hole style is just too much. So Yelp… although we thank you for the kind words, the hard sell is always a drag and it doesn’t stop. If it’s not one person, it’s another. If you ask them not to call, they’ll still call. Here’s another post I did a while ago about Yelp salesmanship. I hope posting this doesn’t give us more negative comments on yelp. Here’s our sites. You can’t but help read the negative comments!GRSF YelpGRLA YelpGR2 Yelpgr/eats YelpGR SilverlakeGRNY Yelp
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I knew this painting would catch your eye. It looks almost like a photo and well of course it'll catch your eye. It's work by the woman pictured below Natalia Fabia at the Corey Helford Gallery. The original plan was to see the KAWS show like the rest of the kids in LA. The Culver City bound La Cienega offramp was packed. You couldn't get off from the 10 freeway going south. Driving by the line...
I knew this painting would catch your eye. It looks almost like a photo and well of course it’ll catch your eye. It’s work by the woman pictured below Natalia Fabia at the Corey Helford Gallery. The original plan was to see the KAWS show like the rest of the kids in LA. The Culver City bound La Cienega offramp was packed. You couldn’t get off from the 10 freeway going south. Driving by the line was gigantic. The same kids who’d wait 24 hours for a sneaker were there. You can’t win when that happens. The Natalia Favia show had a long line as well. Luckily, rolling with James Jean gets you in places. Imagine, all of these glamour folks, and the man who’s not boisterous or flashy can paint with the best of the them, or maybe better. Someone should make a comic and then a movie about this guy. That’s Jessie Mann, my intern from maybe 8 or 10 years ago. Haven’t seen her much at all, or maybe not at all, since then. It was nice to see her out. Umar Rashid. MC Hi-Fidel who’s in his new band Friday Night. Here’s his music video. Work from Dave Muller at Blum and Poe. Can’t ever go wrong with Snoopy Harry and James. Jimmy Smith
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[nggallery id=83] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE -Group Art Show For the Love of…. at GRSF, February 21, 2009-March 24, 2009 Reception: Saturday, February 21, 6:30 pm-10:00 pm GRSF 618 Shrader Street San Francisco, CA 94117 gr-sf.com 415-876-4773 Giant Robot is proud to present For The Love Of…, a group art show featuring artists that we love, doing what they love. Contributors represent a variety of media, including painting, illustration, and indie comics, and include the following: - Robert Bellm paints vibrant images from nature, calling the eye-pleasing mix of natural shapes with manmade forms “organic technology.” - Christopher Bettig develops products, graphics, and installations for a wide range of clientele from his studio, The Mountain Label. - Matt Furie is a San Francisco-based artist whose richly detailed illustrations reflect the unholy crossbreeding of The Neverending Story and The Muppet Show. - Tim Gough is a Philadelphia artist whose imagery goes for a direct approach that addresses the human condition and the situations surrounding it. - Benjamin King is a young, upstart artist from the Bay Area whose illustrations reflect a unique perspective on mainstream celebrity and underground culture, among other topics. - Jesse LeDoux is an accomplished commercial illustrator who handles creative collaborations with high-profile clients through his site, LeDouxville. - Aaron Martinez is a Los Angeles based artist, who creates somber yet thoughtful monochromatic images, and is currently designing for Element Skateboards. - Sidney Pink is a Japan-based illustrator who was nominated for the 2008 GEISAI Museum 2 Jury Awards. - Albert Reyes is a prolific artist from Los Angeles whose style reflects the grittiness of the streets fused with the refinement of classical portraiture. - Daria Tessler is a New York-based illustrator/printmaker whose delicate, intricate, detailed works give a sense of story ripped straight from your imagination. - Joe To is a San Francisco-based artist whose unique illustrations portray the irregular as normal, the normal as strange, the strange as safe. - Aiyana Udesen creates exquisitely detailed works that blend nature with celebrity, and publishes “How to Draw” books that marry the subjects seamlessly. A reception featuring many of the artists will be held from 6:30-10:00 on Saturday, February 21st. For more information about the show, GRSF, or Giant Robot magazine, please contact: Eric Nakamura Giant Robot Owner/Publisher eric@giantrobot.com (310)479-7311
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