Anarchy Tuesday
May 13, 2008 at 7:58 am
Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom
Description
Andy Warhol’s iconic image of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II hovers between the formality of a traditional portrait and the brashness of modern advertising. The photograph on which the image is based is an official Jubilee portrait taken in 1977. This vibrant screenprint is one of a number of portraits of Elizabeth II from a series by Warhol entitled Reigning Queens, which also includes images of the Queens of Denmark and the Netherlands. The technique of screenprinting enabled him to repeat the image with different colour combinations. Each block of colour is slightly misaligned, suggesting the imperfections of mass-produced commercial images.
Andy Warhol, one of the most important artists of the twentieth century, was born Andrew Warhola to Czechoslovakian parents in Pittsburgh. He studied painting and drawing at the Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh between 1945 and 1949, before becoming a highly successful commercial advertising artist in the 1950s. -DCMS
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” Castello - Clash Sketch ”
01. Frank Bango - Bunny In A Bunny Suit
The Sweet Songs of Decay (2008)
02. The Stranglers - Golden Brown
Wave- The Biggest New Wave Hits (Disc 1) (1981)
03. The Adverts - One Chord Wonders
Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts (Fire UK, 1978 )
04. The Adverts - On The Roof
Crossing the Red Sea with The Adverts (Fire UK, 1978 )
05. Minor Threat - In My Eyes
Complete Discography (Dischord, 1988)
06. Minor Threat - Small Man, Big Mouth
Complete Discography (Dischord, 1988)
note: I have no idea what’s going on today, so I am posting whatever I feel like it. Castello and early punk. Anybody notice the best punk are based on good songwriting? It’s all there, even at quadruple speed, some good song has to be there. Dig those to Sex pistols, Minor threat albums. The early ones, before everybody lost their brain on drugs, are all well written songs. well, enjoy.
Incidentally, if you live in Chicago. This is for you.
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Hey everyone,
If you get the time, please read this, especially if you are from Chicago. It’s a heinous law that will effectively bankrupt small venues (like The Empty Bottle, for instance) in the name of so-called security. Read more here:
http://savechicagoculture.org/2008/05/09/stop-the-promoters-ordinance
Jim D-Rog’s got a good summary as well: http://blogs.suntimes.com/derogatis/2008/05/background_reading_on_the_prom_1.html
Finally, I did my own post about it: http://minneapolisfuckingrocks.blogspot.com/2008/05/save-chicagos-vibrant-music-scene.html
I highly encourage you do one as well. The ordinance is set to go up before Chicago City Council TOMORROW. The petition so far has about 4,000 signatures. Even if you don’t live in Chicago, you know and support a band that wants to tour there. What this ordinance will do is essentially make that an impossibility, because there will be no underground, independent live music. Please consider, and then sign. Thanks.
Sincerely,
Jon Graef
http://www.myspace.com/flaresofpinkowls - Viscera eyes
(Thanks to Nicolas)