10 FAVORITE MOMENTS IN THE YEAR OF BAD LUCK

The Media just published a year-end issue featuring over 20 contributors from 2013. I published a photo essay of never before seen (that's right! NEVER! BEFORE! SEEN!) photos that depict some of my favorite moments from this year in music, arts and culture.

THE ARTICLE
THE ISSUE

Happy 2014. To infinity, and beyond.

PUBLISH OR PERISH

WEIRD WORLD photo zine--my photos at left.

December is the month for print!

Booklyn Artist Alliance has just released WEIRD WORLD, a photo zine to accompany the exhibition by the same name. The zine features 21 artists--many from the show itself, but some hangers-on, too, myself included. I'm happy to be a part of anything Aimee curates, and also to finally publish some of my photos in print.

You can purchase WEIRD WORLD at the newly-launched Booklyn web store, and in person next weekend at the Booklyn Book Shop (details below):

I also contributed a drawing to the Women Who Rock Coloring Book Vol. 2, to benefit Girls Rock! Rhode Island--a project I am really passionate about. Girls Rock! RI had an opening party for the coloring book last night, with performances by graduates of Girls Rock! and drawings from the book projected on the wall. Might make an awesome holiday gift? So check 'em out online at Etsy.

Women Who Rock Coloring Book Vol. 2 release party (photo via)

Cover art courtesy of Girls Rock! Rhode Island

AND--if you've made it this far in the post, I will be announcing the major project that I've worked on in the past year, which will finally be available at the end of December. Stay tuned!

NEW YORK SUMMER HITS!

Aimee Lusty & Scott Meyers' studio (with Briscoe)

Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn

Sharon Butler's studio during Bushwick Open Studios

Bushwick, Brooklyn

Ad-Rock peforms at Death by Audio (Pussy Riot benefit)

Williamsburg, Brooklyn

8-Ball Zine Fair

East Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Bushwick Sunset

Braid performs at St. Vitus

Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Atlantic Beach

Stephen Powers AKA ESPO

Downtown Brooklyn

Keith Haring at Brooklyn Museum

Prospect Heights, Brooklyn

C.L.I.T. Fest

Highland Park / New Brunswick, NJ

Lost Weekend performs at C.L.I.T. Fest

Island Park, NY

Sleepies at Rippers

Rockaway Beach, Queens

BRAIN WAVES: CLOSING TODAY

The BRAIN WAVES exhibition at RAC (Recession Art Culturefix) will be closing today, Sunday, July 1. Gallery hours are from 2pm-8pm.

We had a great opening on June 8. RAC was filled up with BRAIN WAVES artists, supporters, and tons of my favorite artists + zinesters from around New York.

First visitor of the night was the tireless Mr. Jason Andrew.

Madeleine Dahl is one of the 3 great RAC interns I've met during the span of the show.

Madeleine interviewed me in one of the most on-point and fun-to-answer interviews I've been asked to do.

You can find that on the RAC website,
along with an article of Madeleine's highlights from the show,
and a sweet hat-tip from RAC intern Erin Keane about ways to hang 3-dimensional art.

Jason Roy's print edition, April 15th-21st, Athens, Georgia.

Me & Melanie Kress, Curator of RAC and tons of other great projects (like Concrete Utopia and i am not a good enough feminist) celebrate after a successful opening.

Come visit us for our last day today, from 2pm-8pm.

9 Clinton Street

New York, NY

10002

BIG LOVE FOR LITTLE LUNGS

In tandem with Little Lungs' reunion shows this weekend, If You Make It did a digital re-release of their first EP, Hoist Me Up. I wrote a "liner note" to introduce it.

In 2007, I was in a band called Cheeky with 3 friends. Angela Boylan was our drummer. She was (and is) my favorite drummer to play with, but Angie had sort of secretly been writing songs on guitar on her own for years. She had a stockpile of songs she was waiting to play with a band.
Not long after I learned of Angie's secret songs, Little Lungs started practicing. Aside from being our sister/brother band, Little Lungs were some of my closest friends. So I was really excited for it.

Read the full piece and download the album (if you haven't yet) at If You Make It.

[THROWBACK] CRAFTY CHRISTMAS

It's been awhile since I've crafted at all. This past year, recession-style, I made my own Christmas cards, nametags, and even this fancy bag for my fabulous Aunt Denyse, whose tagline is "Shop 'til you drop!"  (pictured here in her natural habitat, Macy's). That cute little kitty has affectionately been renamed Christmas Puddin', and as per usual, my fine friends represented at Christmas dessert.