Back in May, Torche singer-guitarist Steve Brooks announced he’d be leaving the band after one last tour this fall opening for Meshuggah. The band didn’t specify at the time whether they’d carry on with a new frontperson in Brooks’ absence, but — a few days after the release of new single “It Never Began” — two-month-old comments from Brooks’ personal
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When change happens it often takes the perspective of looking back years, or even decades, later to appreciate just how meaningful that change was. Other times, it happens so fast that it can be difficult to appreciate its magnitude because people become desensitised to the perpetual torrent of bad news. It is the latter situation in which we find ourselves
Interview with Bill White – Painting Perceptions
I am grateful to this fabulous Virginia-based painter, Bill White for agreeing to participate in this email interview with me where he talks about his background and painting process as well as sharing some details from his long, dedicated engagement in painting from life and career in teaching painting at Hollins University.
Divided Light, 1999, 32×36 inches, oil on linen
A Rare Glimpse of Comet Leonard’s Last Moments Wins the
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September 16, 2022
Grace Ebert
“Disconnection Event” © Gerald Rhemann, Tivoli Southern Sky Guest Farm, Khomas, Namibia, December 25, 2021. All images © Astronomy Photographer of the Year, shared with permission
The brilliant Comet Leonard put on a mesmerizing performance late last year when it streaked across the sky on
September 17 Birthday Horoscope 22-23
September 17 Birthday Horoscope 2022-2023
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You’re a very practical person, yet also attuned to spiritual values. You expect a lot from others, but even more from yourself! The tendency to be controlling, overly controlled,
Grizzly Bear’s ‘Shields’ Turns 10
In hindsight, 2012 was the twilight of the aughts blog-rock boom. A new crop of rap and R&B acts like Kendrick Lamar, Frank Ocean, A$AP Rocky, and the Weeknd — to say nothing of established superstars like Kanye West and Drake — was mesmerizing the audience that traditionally lapped up new indie rock bands. A rising wave of poptimism, the
Interview with Christopher W. Benson
Knuckle Sandwich, 2021, oil on linen, 48 by 36 inches
I was recently introduced to the work of artist, Christopher Benson while visiting his gallery, EVOKE Contemporary in Santa Fe, NM. I was intrigued by the strength of his compositions and execution as well as the wide range of styles he has worked in over his many years of painting,
A New Book Explores the Practices of 38 Black Ceramicists
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September 15, 2022
Grace Ebert
Morel Doucet, “Skin Congregate on the Eve of Every Mountain” (2019), slip-cast porcelain with decals. Photo by David Gary Lloyd, courtesy of the artist and Galerie Myrtis
Ceramics is both versatile and enduring, allowing for myriad aesthetic sensibilities, degrees of functionality, and the ability to last lifetimes.