Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
That's Richard Sayer AKA French. Am I allowed to say his name? He's curated a show of his own at Scion! It's tomorrow and it should be fun. But at Giant Robot we have Meatbun Game Night 3! Big Time. There's a lot to do, and a lot of fun to be had. Come down to Giant Robot. His show will be fun, and he's a nice guy, but ours is too and the Meatbun guys are just as nice. But if you're in SF… yeah, don't forget about the GR table at APE. Yes, tons of greatness, and then hit up the rad art show that's perfectly timed and themed, Removable Pants, with Marc Bell, Jason Thompson, and Jason Mclean.
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We do. I'm proud to tell anyone that we're offering prints by some of my two favorite artists. Chiho Aoshima and Takashi Murakami. As I was looking back, here's an older blog post that has photos of both of them. I met both of them somewhere in 2001 and now years later, they blew up. Chiho now speaks English, and Takashi has shows everywhere. Check out the prints meanwhile. It's almost like a time capsule art show with pieces from many “generations” of Takashi's work.
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It seems so simple. A sandwich board sign with letters on them. But it's surprising how not easy it is to apply vinyl letters sometimes. Either way, this little Banner-style sandwich board sign is for Giant Robot San Francisco. Like the little robot head above the O? I did that on the fly. I hope it lasts a little while. Take a pic with it. Actually the first person who does that and sends me the pic, I'll send you a gift. Meanwhile, don't forget APE + Removable Pants after party art show at Giant Robot. And at least show up with pants on, and if you want, take 'em off.
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That neighborhood cat is Balthazar. He's a small black cat probably about 8 lbs which is on the small side and has the right mix of being friendly but also being unfriendly at the same time. That's probably how he lives longer than the next cat. He does hang out in front of bushes and I have a feeling he's looking for mice. Gladly, he has a tag, and knows how to get home, even if it's many blocks away. My camera was jammed up in black and white and the photographs are actually shot in almost darkness. It was about 7:15pm and the exposures were ranging from 1/10 to 1/2 of a second at f/1.8. The last image that's in color was on Auto setting and came out in color. Balthazar didn't seem to mind that I was shooting his photo, but even stood fairly still in these tough lighting situations. We all have neighborhood cats, and this one is mine.
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Eugenia Yuan picks apples. You might have seen her in a movie called Fog, or Strangers, or Three, but she eats apples too. One great thing about produce straight from someone's tree is the joy in picking them. There's a moment when someone says, “hey why don't you take home some apples?” Then you put on some shoes and you go back and pick which ones you want. It's a joyful 5-10 minutes. They won't look like most supermarket steroid apples which have the perfect shape and sheen. Red Delicious looks practically painted. These are natural and in a backyard. The tree isn't what you'd imagine. Aren't apple trees supposed to be tall with a big trunk? This is one tree that's spread out horizontal and there's a ton of apples on it. Super great, these are better than ones at the market and they're fairly plentiful. We're not sure why this year, there are so many apples as compared to last year, but there's no complaints. Growing backyard fruits and vegetables is something we're afforded in Southern California. Imagine if we ALL grew produce, there'd be less busy markets, and we'd all save some dollars. I swear growing this apple tree wasn't done with much effort and the results are many 100 or more pounds of apples.
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