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Music of the Week : the gorillaz ‘plastic beach’

by Randy Hadzor
Wed Mar 10th, 2010:

the gorillaz have a new album out eh?

gorillaz!

These are some screenshots from the music video for ’stylo’.

gorillaz!

Bruce Willis? … Bobby Womack & Mos Def ?
Car chases!

Awesome.

Check out the full video for Stylo and more at the Gorillaz youtube place on the internet

The Gorillaz always have ridiculous beats, and smooth lyrical sounds. The mystery that surrounds them as they are known to the world merely as their animated incarnations.. check out their home too!

Also on the album are musical artists such as Snoop Dogg, Bobby Womack, Lou Reed, Mos Def, Super Furry Animals’ Gruff Rhys, Little Dragon, The Lebanese National Orchestra for Oriental Arabic Music, etc…

Check it out!!

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CNY Blooms Show!

by Randy Hadzor
Wed Mar 3rd, 2010:

Looking for a change of scenery? Check out the CNY BLOOMS show.

CNY Blooms

I helped some artists set up today and it was pretty much like walking into Spring. They were setting up full fledged gardens, with fountains, there was some art getting set up, there will be demos going on and art on display by the Skaneateles Artisans.

There will be a painting dog portrait and a stained glass demo for sure!

See the CNY BLOOMS website, to get more information.

It’s right around the corner from Variety Studios headquarters. Check it out at the Oncenter Complex, 800 South State Street, Syracuse, NY 13202.

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The Mind of Graffiti Artists: “Open Air”

by Marcus Lewis
Mon Feb 15th, 2010:

Learn how some old school graffiti artists came about and how they’ve come full circle from where they came from…

Enjoy!

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Pittsbirds. Art Bash at Mister Smalls, Pittsburgh

by Randy Hadzor
Tue Feb 9th, 2010:

11 days until Pittsbirds as I’ve been calling it. I will be showing my ever expanding series entitled ‘birds’ in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on Saturday the 20th.

The shindig starts at 7pm at Mr. Smalls Theatre (map).

There will be work from 15 different artists on display, work in all sorts of media & available for purchase. Five bucks to get in which includes a free beverage.

The name of the event is ‘Art Bash’, in addition to the artists, there will be music and a pretty solid representation of variety studios and friends heading down. It’s going to be pretty awesome, check it out if you’re in the Pittsburgh area or feel like a destination for a road trip!

I will also have prints available in addition to the canvases and wood paintings!

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AM-JAM Tattoo Expo: Syracuse NY

by Marcus Lewis
Mon Feb 1st, 2010:

This past weekend was the 24th Annual AM-JAM TATTOO EXPO in Syracuse/Liverpool NY, where Winky Dink Ink’s Bobby Ciffone and Matt Truiano participated in the festivities. It was an impressive convention that I expect to attend every year from now on. So many talented artists from all over set up shop at the Holiday Inn with tattoo enthusiasts mingling and getting tattooed everywhere you turned.

*Bobby Ciffone and Matt Truiano

Lots more pictures after the jump… Read More…

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Film Night at Craft Chemistry Gallery

by Randy Hadzor
Fri Jan 29th, 2010:

Check it out:

Craft Chemistry is a neat little gallery up the street in little italy, syracuse. Tonight they will be showing ‘beautiful losers’ at 7pm
check out the teaser:

Beautiful Losers film trailer from beautifullosersfilm on Vimeo.

Get out there and enjoy Syracuse!

- Randy

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Imogen Heap: Just For Now

by Marcus Lewis
Fri Jan 29th, 2010:

I might have posted this a while ago, but anyway, I don’t really care, you’ll get it again!!

I heard about this song/artist a few months back and keep listening to it on my iTunes… you ask why? BECAUSE!!!! :) This video actually made me a huge fan of Imogen Heap… Just For Now

Enjoy

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birds. in Pittsburgh

by Randy Hadzor
Wed Jan 27th, 2010:

I’ll be showing my ever expanding series of birds with the newest fuzzy little guys and prints available for purchase! Check it out at Mr. Smalls Jazz Club in Pittsburgh, PA.

February 20, 2010; 7pm.

Here’s a photo from the last show, which was a blast.

See you there.

- Randy

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Wolves and perhaps bicycles!

by Randy Hadzor
Sun Jan 24th, 2010:

Lots of stuff going on lately, we’ve been putting together some promo stuff for a band out of Brookline, Mass called ‘Wolves and the Radio’. Above is a bunch of hand out cards that we had some fun painting in accompaniment with the printed illustration I’ve been putting together.

Marcus and I got to meet up with the guys from the wolves as they performed with some of their side project groups, up in Oswego, where the whole venue pulsed, singing along. This illustration will be available soon on t-shirts and stickers.

Also exciting news, there is beginning phases of a new cycling team going into effect with the combined effort of BTB Athletics, Mello Velo Bicycles, Variety Studios, and a handful of other local people who like to ride hard and have fun. Nothing solid yet, but their is some potential! Let us know what you think, or if any of you cyclists are interested!

Hopefully this rain stops soon and it gets nice and cold for some pond hockey!

- Randy

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24th Annual AM-JAM TATTOO EXPO: Syracuse New York

by Marcus Lewis
Mon Jan 18th, 2010:

Featuring New & Rising Artists along side the Great & Legendary
The AM-JAM Family proudly presents the 24th Annual
Tattoo Expo
Featuring The Lizardman / Shows Daily

January 29th-31, 2010
Fri: 6pm-12M
Sat: 12noon-midnight
Sun:  12noon-6pm
continuous entertainment
live music

over 75 working international artists
piercing artists & assorted vendors

Our friends at Winky Dink Ink will be having their own booth so come join the fun and support these great artists!
Read More…

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Facebook Facelift – Home, Profiles & Publisher

by Marcus Lewis
Sat Jan 16th, 2010:

“The Facebook Facelift is a self initiated project to challenge the form and functionality of Facebook. It’s streamlined, structured and linear interface is more comprehendible, enhancing the user experience and absorbability of content.

The home page features many new benefits: the publisher toolbar enables users to post content from any page within facebook, saving time in navigating needlessly through profiles; the streams’ two-tiered filter (content type & content contributers) also creates a more coherent structure with the core elements retaining their position throughout most of the site; and the live feed displays a constant stream of all content posted in a users network, which expands upon mouse over.

Profiles also integrate with the system more seamlessly. Just as friend lists filter the stream by a select number of people, user profiles simply filter content to a single person, creating a clearer and more comprehendible layout.

The Facebook Publisher subsite is designed to support the growing use of Facebook as a primary form of contact as email once was. The separate address, publisher.facebook.com, would be permitted in businesses where Facebook is banned, allowing users to send messages without the distractions of user generated content. The interface is a mirror of the publisher toolbar ensuring a consistent interface.

Skimmer: I openly accept that components of this were inspired by the beautiful Skimmer but I think there is more than enough individuality in this project to not call it a copy. I’ve never understood making things different just for the sake of it, it is a method of progression. From using Skimmer I found that the feed layout and expanded view were useful, and tried to improve these aspects through further simplification and clarity.

Advertising: As this is a concept, I intentionally omitted banner advertising. However the layout has been designed to accommodate ads to the right, user content would simply scale to make space. It’s no different to a concept car leaving out, say… the engine.” – Barton Smith

Click Here for full size image on flickr.

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STREETLIGHTS collectif

by Marcus Lewis
Fri Jan 15th, 2010:

*Picasso’s Light Painting

Light paintings have been around for years, people create long exposures and paint their own picture using LED’s, flashlights and other illuminating tools. There are numerous amounts of videos out now showing light animations that would blow your mind. Plus I love some stop animation as you already know.

Here’s a quick video from STREETLIGHTS collectif…

Enjoy!

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