Art Out Of Words

from the NY Times Glenn Ligon: Art Out of Words The New York Conceptual artist Glenn Ligon, whose paintings, prints and drawings use phrases written or uttered by famous personalities, has a new midcareer retrospective at the Whitney Museum of American Art.  [ click...

You Smell, Sir

from SF Weekly This Is Why Your Used Bookstore Clerk Hates You By Michael Leaverton ​Although bookstore workers love their customers, or are at least morally obligated to, sometimes the love is so great it turns murderous. Ever tried to finish all-you-can-eat coconut...

“There is more to reggae than ‘ooom-chicky…”

from The UK Independent Adrian Sherwood: The man who built Jamaica in the Midlands The founder of On-U Sound tells Nick Coleman that there is more to reggae than ‘ooom-chicky…’ Not much reggae music came out of the Home Counties during the early...