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Thomas Campbell’s website is now up. I just got a notice. You should definitely check out this man’s art. I guess the blog entry is perfect timing with the Beautiful Losers movie. Random! I met Thomas Campbell way back in the early 2000s. He was painting with Barry McGee in a building. I didn’t know his work then, but he was living in San Diego at the time (I think). He was doing art, and sitting quietly. He’s always been a nice guy and that’s why we distribute his book Sing Ding a Ling. We’ve had it for a while, and got it into a bunch of shops. Aside from art, this dude makes films, and is sort of a jack of all trades and a master of a few of them. See the book here. Thomascampbell-art.com
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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...
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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