A video of Know Hope’s “The Times Won’t Save You”

Know Hope in NYC

The problem with Twitter is that the lag between my claims and the proof that I’m not a big liar. Maybe I could build a career of of twittering about doing some big name stuff everyday and parlaying that perception into actual big name stuff. I sincerely hope that whoever was behind @jamesfrnco got the real life recognition they deserved. That individual could ghost write for any number of wealthy individuals with time constraints, oversized fingers, or lack of imagination.

Today vindication comes in the form of a contribution to Arrested Motion. I was lucky enough to sit down with Adam Yekutieli aka Know Hope while he worked on some prints during his visit in Los Angeles for the “The Times Won’t Save You,” which I went on and on about everywhere I have a presence on the net. Or street corners. Or bar stools. You get the idea.

Editing this piece was an onerous task and, while it was certainly necessary, I hated seeing almost every line go. We killed one set of recorder batteries and had enough print material for a college dissertation. It was a pleasure to see Adam work and gain some insight into his work. Maybe someday I’ll figure out what to do with all the little tidbits of information that didn’t make it in. Until then, check out the interview here. I hope you enjoy it because I had a great time on my end.

Thanks to David, Seth, and especially Elisa at Carmichael Gallery for all their help and, of course, Adam for his attitude towards personal time.

Songkick is a social networking site simply based on what concerts you go to.  You can track upcoming shows and follow what your friends are going to.  I’m linking to @iancr’s because I saw his tweet about needing more people on there.

Invader: The Rubik’s Cube at its Best One of my favorite artists right now.  If you live in any major city in the world you’ve probably seen one of his pixelized pieces.

No Soul For Sale: A Festival of Independents “anti art fair of sorts”

my love for you is a stamped of horses is giving away a Carson Ellis pattern from Jenny Hart’s Sublime Stitching.  You have to enter by Monday morning though.

Jemina Pearl (of the now defunct Be Your Own Pet) blogs. She’s on Thurston Moore’s Ecstatic Peace label, who has an interview about death metal on Decibel Magazine

Interviews from the Past: Kaws in 1995

Make a youtube round (aka cannon) Way too fun.  Definitely better than when we had to do them for Row Row Row Your Boat in elementary school.