10 Rare cloud formations
Saturday, March 6, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Leilani Heather
Leilani Heather is an Auckland based photographer who takes awesome photos. My friend Matthew showed me her website last year and then she contacted us to take some Gladeyes band photos.
Check out her website www.leilaniheather.com
Check out her website www.leilaniheather.com
Nobrainers
*Patti Smith blog
- http://www.pattismith.net/news.html
* We played with Jens Lekman on Thursday night. One of the things I like about him is that he was in part responsible for letting people know about Arthur Russell.
Arthur Russell was one of the pioneers of the Downtown music scene in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. His music is some of the most idiosyncratic and soulful I've ever heard and it is vast in it's exploration and quantity. There is a documentary about Arthur Russell called "Wild combination" and it showcases much of his amazing music as well as having some lovely interviews with his family members and his long-time partner Tom Lee, who since Arthur's death has made it his life's mission to release and preserve Arthur's music.
Jens Lekman compiled an Arthur Russell tribute EP. "Four Songs By Arthur Russell" in 2007. It includes covers by Jens Lekman, Vera November, Taken by Trees and Joel Gibb.
Wild Combination is a good album to start with if you want to check out Arthur Russell. I think anyway.
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A Movie about the Photographer Diane Arbus. I found this on the Patti Smith blog. I hope it's good.
- http://www.pattismith.net/news.html
* We played with Jens Lekman on Thursday night. One of the things I like about him is that he was in part responsible for letting people know about Arthur Russell.
Arthur Russell was one of the pioneers of the Downtown music scene in New York in the 1970s and 1980s. His music is some of the most idiosyncratic and soulful I've ever heard and it is vast in it's exploration and quantity. There is a documentary about Arthur Russell called "Wild combination" and it showcases much of his amazing music as well as having some lovely interviews with his family members and his long-time partner Tom Lee, who since Arthur's death has made it his life's mission to release and preserve Arthur's music.
Jens Lekman compiled an Arthur Russell tribute EP. "Four Songs By Arthur Russell" in 2007. It includes covers by Jens Lekman, Vera November, Taken by Trees and Joel Gibb.
Wild Combination is a good album to start with if you want to check out Arthur Russell. I think anyway.
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A Movie about the Photographer Diane Arbus. I found this on the Patti Smith blog. I hope it's good.
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Monday, December 28, 2009
Sarah Gruiters
Okay so I figured it was high time we did a post about our friend and long-time collaborator Sarah Gruiters. Sarah is an artist/designer/seamstress/maker extraordinaire. She did all the artwork for our recent album "Psychosis of Love" and all the tour posters as well. She makes lots of awesome things including jewellery and clothing and you can check it all out at www.sarahgruiters.com.
ANONYBOOK
anonymous book jackets so no-one can tell when you are reading pretentious books on the street :)
EYES AND EGGS PATCHES
BEADED NECKLACES
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Anyways there is heaps of awesome stuff on her site presented way better than I have here so check it out!!!
ANONYBOOK
anonymous book jackets so no-one can tell when you are reading pretentious books on the street :)
EYES AND EGGS PATCHES
BEADED NECKLACES
Anyways there is heaps of awesome stuff on her site presented way better than I have here so check it out!!!
Saturday, December 19, 2009
Alison Bechdel
Okay so I just wanted to start posting on this blog with stuff that I really love because otherwise it's just Gladeyes news and well......... you know.
Anyways, my flatmate introduced me to Alison Bechdel about a year ago when she recommended her book Fun Home and ever since then I have been completely hooked. Fun Home is a graphic novel/book about Bechdel's Dad and all his exploits and about how he could never really come out. It's also about their relationship and her coming out story. It's smart funny and Alison Bechdel's illustrations are just amazing.
She also wrote and illustrated a comic series which started in 1983 and chronicles the lives of a group of "crunchy lesbian friends" (thanks NY times) called Dykes to Watch Out For. The strip finished in 2008 and sees through break-ups, civil unions, protests, arguments amongst friends about a bunch of issues including trans-sexuality and the gay community. There is a compilation of the Dykes to Watch Out For strips called Essential Dykes to Watch Out For
, I picked this up and was totally hooked. Chances are they have a copy of Dykes to Watch Out For in some form at your local library, so there's no excuse not to check it out.
So I came across her blog the other day and it's also fun and informative and awesome. http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/blog
Anyways, my flatmate introduced me to Alison Bechdel about a year ago when she recommended her book Fun Home and ever since then I have been completely hooked. Fun Home is a graphic novel/book about Bechdel's Dad and all his exploits and about how he could never really come out. It's also about their relationship and her coming out story. It's smart funny and Alison Bechdel's illustrations are just amazing.
She also wrote and illustrated a comic series which started in 1983 and chronicles the lives of a group of "crunchy lesbian friends" (thanks NY times) called Dykes to Watch Out For. The strip finished in 2008 and sees through break-ups, civil unions, protests, arguments amongst friends about a bunch of issues including trans-sexuality and the gay community. There is a compilation of the Dykes to Watch Out For strips called Essential Dykes to Watch Out For
, I picked this up and was totally hooked. Chances are they have a copy of Dykes to Watch Out For in some form at your local library, so there's no excuse not to check it out.
So I came across her blog the other day and it's also fun and informative and awesome. http://dykestowatchoutfor.com/blog
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Gladeyes T-shirts
We have done a small run of Gladeyes T-shirts in various sizes and colours. We are selling them for just $30. If you'd like one email us at thegladeyes@gmail.com. Get in fast before Jade's mum buys them all :)
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