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Shepard Fairey: Portrait Of The Artist
shepard fairey: backward forward at Dallas Contemporary in Dallas, Texas, through July 23, 2023, is an expansive solo show of Shepard Fairey's most recent work that speaks to his evolution as an artist. When I was in Dallas for the opening of the exhibit, I had the chance to sit down with Fairey to hear about his journey and current practice.Fairey's work sits at an interesting intersection of American Art, graphic design, advertising, social justice activism, and entrepreneurship.Throughou... View Original… -
Not So Quiet On The Western Front: Remembering The Activism of Universal Pictures" Carl Laemmle
Netflix recently started streaming a new German-made production of "All Quiet On the Western Front," based on Erich Maria Remarque's 1929 Anti-War novel. This is the third filmed production, with a 1979 TV version adapted by Delbert Mann, and the original Academy Award winning 1930 version. It is worth recalling the impact of the original and the way in which it galvanized the humanitarian efforts of Carl Laemmle.Laemmle, the German-born Jewish immigrant who was one of the founders of Univer...… -
Larkin Poe's Deep Funk In "Blood Harmony"
David may have played a secret chord that pleased the Lord, but when it comes to a sound that pleases me deep in my own soul it comes from sisters Rebecca and Megan Lovell who perform as Larkin Poe (reportedly the name of one of their great-greats).They have a new album Blood Harmony that is 11 songs and 42 minutes of pounding driving guitar and slide guitar virtuosity â a deep funk that conjures bands as disparate as The James… -
Louis Armstrong: Black and Blues, A Very Human Genius
Louis Armstrong is an artist whose musical genius, expressed with his trumpet, his voice and his personality, rarely fails to bring a smile to whoever is listening. However, as Sacha Jenkins" new documentary, Louis Armstrong's Black and Blues (available on Apple Tv+) makes clear, Armstrong's persona at times was seen as cringe-worthy by younger Black artists and as conciliatory rather than outspoken on Civil Rights and Racism in the United States.Louis Armstrong, a creature of the road and t... View… -
Best Of 2022: At KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic, it's Novena Carmel and Anthony Valadez's Mix And Flow
This is the time of the year for "best of" lists, and if you care about adult contemporary music (i.e. adult alternative, singer-songwriter, world music), you will want to check out the end year best of list from KCRW's DJs Novena Carmel and Anthony Valadez who co-host that station's signature music program Morning Becomes Eclectic. KCRW will reveal their end of year lists on Wednesday Dec 14 with a reveal on Tuesday December 13 (This event is virtual, and free… -
Wagner, Tristan & Me
Recently, I spent three nights in a row at Disney Hall in Downtown LA listening to The Tristan Project, a Gustavo Dudamel conducted LA Phil concert performance of Richard Wagner's Tristan and Isolde, as directed by Peter Sellars with video accompaniment by artist Bill Viola, as well as participation by the LA Master Chorale. The Tristan Project was first performed at Disney Hall with Esa-Pekka Salonen conducting in 2004, subsequent productions have taken place in New York at the Met… -
Did Figaro turn Marie Antoinette's head? Can LA Opera engage yours?
Last Saturday, I spent the day at the Getty Center at a one day study program hosted by The Getty in cooperation with LA Opera, "Luxury and Liberation: Art and Revolution in 18th Century France," just one of the events in LA Opera's multi-faceted city-wide "Figaro Unbound"celebration. This is the... View Original Article -
The Book on Billy Joel with Fred Schruers
Fred Schruers is the author of "Billy Joel: The Definitive Biography" (Crown Books). Fred has written for Rolling Stone, GQ, The Los Angeles Times and Entertainment Weekly among many others. I"ve been friends with Fred for a long time., Recently I did a Google Hangout with him to talk about... View Original Article -
Inside the Mind of Artist Miri Chais
'Re:Mind,' a multimedia installation at USC's Fisher Museum of Art, is the first solo show in the United States for Miri Chais, an Israeli-born artist who now lives in Los Angeles....... View Original Article -
Documenting disaster in order to save the planet
Nov 24, 2014 ... Tom Teicholz is a film producer in Los Angeles. Everywhere else, he's an author and journalist who has written for The New York Times ...... View Original Article -
My father, who was not a hero
Jun 14, 2007 ... He left his mark fighting in the Shoah, spearheading postwar relief efforts, aiding migration to Palestine - and on me. by Tom Teicholz. June 14Â ...... View Original Article -
Andy Warhol Goes Disco At Los Angeles' MOCA
Today Andy Warhol, who died in 1987, is considered one of the greatest artists of the 20th Century (if not "the" greatest). Auction prices for Warhol's work, often silk-screened images, tinted or painted, sell for record prices at auctions: Warhol's "Triple Elvis"(1963) sold at Christie's for close to $82 Million... View Original Article