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What you see is what you get: Shawn Kerri chronicling early LA hardcore

“I’m basically a cartoonist,” describes Shawn Kerri (born Shawn Maureen Fitzgerald) herself. It is her passion for cartoons, “the most fun artform,” through which she made herself a…

Unruly umlauts

It is the freestyle use of umlaut marks that makes me come back and have a second look at this logo from YMCafe, Seoul. Image from cafeym.com

Concrete bench

As simple as it can get. Walked past this in Berlin some weeks ago.

Black Flag X The Grateful Dead blanket

The 2015 and 2014 version of a Black FlagXThe Grateful Dead blanket made by Jeremy Dean under the header ‘We Can Discover the Wonders of Black Flag’ –…

Plates by Jiem

A couple of one-of-a-kind plates of a series of 12 made by Jiem in 2011. Images from jiem1.blogspot.com, more at flickr.com/photos/jiem1

Getting up straight edge style — Boston 1980s

Photo by Karen Windsor – Wall close to Gallery East, Boston, from https://www.facebook.com/allagesthefilm

Korean film posters continued

Image from ultracuerpos.com

Modernica streetwise continued

Another Krink-Modernica collaboration. No drips but a tame silver for this 2014 product. Images from krink.com

1990s hardcore’s love for Gustave Doré

Gustave Doré is one of those 19th century artists that gained international fame while being alive. Especially British publishers loved the illustrations of this French artist and commissioned…

Graffiti rugs continued: Earsnot

Another graffiti rug – a collaboration between Earsnot and

Carving knives re-discovered

One of a kind. Back and front. Crimeshaw knife carved by Matt Worthey. Images from instagram.com/wortheydesign

Lighting by David B Anthony

Wanted or not: this is a welcomed alternative to the “keep calm” fad. A unique (art) piece/lamp by David B Anthony in exact skateboard seize. Image from davidbanthony.com/

Tattoo tableware

Bone china cups, bowls and plates with motifs drawn by tattooers slowly become a staple in tableware. Some of the recent ones can be found all under one…

Korean cute: tableware by Mari Kim

The sophisticated alternative to Hello Kitty: South Korean artist Mari Kim’s “eyedolls” on tableware made in collaboration with Hankook Chinaware and their Young Artists Project (YAP) series in…

Book wrapped in Berlin underground upholstery

A portrait series of Berlin’s writers, Burning Down the House by Norman Behrendt is wrapped in the original Berlin Underground upholstery below – limited edition only. [1] copyright…

Pappalardo talks Radio Silence — Interview part 3

Anthony Pappalardo and I talked about his book Radio Silence. This is the third and final part of our conversation. This time around we talk about archiving hardcore,…

Pappalardo talks Radio Silence — Interview part 2

Anthony Pappalardo talked about his book Radio Silence with me. This is the follow-up part of our conversation —Part [1] is just here. —Part [3] can be read…

Pappalardo talks Radio Silence — Interview part 1

Radio Silence, published by Anthony Pappalardo and Nathan Nedorostek in 2008, is hands down the best book on hardcore. What makes it different from all other texts dealing…

Stone rubbing

[1] Thai Temple Stone Rubbing, [2] Korean lady stone rubbing; image from oneclick.or.kr A Thai buddhist figure printed on rice paper is what I came across in a…

Packaging coffee

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