Giant Robot Store and GR2 News
Beautiful Losers the film is opening at the Nuart, just down the street from Giant Robot store. Director Aaron Rose is a pretty good guy. I hung out with him for nearly a week in Madrid, for another art exhibition and have run into him a few times locally in LA. We had some good conversations about Beautiful Losers and at the same time, I’d like to think I brought a different view point to what the film and movement might be. I thought it was a jumping off point, while many were pissed off about what the “movement” was all about. It excluded a ton of artists, who were probably worthy of being part of the “in” crowd. But what then it did was create a small fire under people’s asses to make their own movements and that might actually be the larger gift that came from the film. I remember in a press conference in Madrid, Aaron Rose mentioned that point about the film. Maybe it’s an easy out in times of tough questions, but it’s the truth. Beautiful Losers.CRIBS: Aaron Rose’s crib in the LA Times. We talked about the African masks once, well there they are.
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Imagine, bands all over the world are getting back together to play again. If you watched the closing ceremonies of the olympics, you saw Jimmy Page, who looked like a grandpa, and probably is, playing his Les Paul doing some Zeppelin. He looked nothing like Jimmy Page. Also on tour, again, is My Bloody Valentines. A band that really never marketed their faces over their music, I don't really know...
Imagine, bands all over the world are getting back together to play again. If you watched the closing ceremonies of the olympics, you saw Jimmy Page, who looked like a grandpa, and probably is, playing his Les Paul doing some Zeppelin. He looked nothing like Jimmy Page. Also on tour, again, is My Bloody Valentines. A band that really never marketed their faces over their music, I don’t really know what they look like. But here they are. The cool thing is that this band was doing their thing for over two decades, but you know what? They don’t look half bad compared the many punk bands, rock bands, indie or glam who are back touring again. Watch the video on youtube. If you’re a fan of the band, then this is amazing.
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You'd think there'd be more important things to post about aside from this. Look at this combination. Who thought of this? Imagine the creative department at Popsicle sat around and probably got lit at lunch and came back and said, "We got it. Banana, Root Beer, and Lime!" Imagine the furor. "What the fuck?!" Jobs may have been lost, people mad, but it's interesting to know that, this combo has...
You’d think there’d be more important things to post about aside from this. Look at this combination. Who thought of this? Imagine the creative department at Popsicle sat around and probably got lit at lunch and came back and said, “We got it. Banana, Root Beer, and Lime!” Imagine the furor. “What the fuck?!” Jobs may have been lost, people mad, but it’s interesting to know that, this combo has been around for a while, and it’s the only one I buy! Why is that? They’re all underdog flavors, but they’re my three favorite flavors. Rootbeer first, then banana, and then lime. The weird thing is that tonight, I pull out the lime and immediately, I notice that it looks darker. I turned on some more lights, and it still didn’t look right. Do you know Popsicles enough to immediately see that a color is wrong? It’s darker, less bright green, and the taste was off too! I wonder what went wrong with this one, and I look at the front of the box. “Natural Colors and Flavors!” The rootbeer was spot on, it’s still brown, the lime was off, but I’ll bet it’s because that’s the easiest flavor to be “natural”. The banana was about the same. Maybe a little more yellow and a bit more rich. Popsicle should hire me to taste and judge their colors.
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