Smashing Pumpkins Album Art
Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness is the ultimate expression of unrestrained ambition, zealous stargazing, and confronting the "human condition of mortal sorrow."
On the cover of the album (illustrated by John Craig), the angelic figure embedded in the star is a collaged combination of Saint Catherine of Alexandra (1507) by Raphael and The Souvenir (Fidelity) (1787-89) by Jean-Baptiste Greuze. The provided muse for this album was born across two centuries of European fine art, removed from our earth and cast into a glowing constellation claiming Infinite Sadness.
In 1995, the physical copy of the album came with a booklet of artwork. Corgan’s description of the music to designer Frank Olinsky was "psychedelic music by a heavy metal band from the 1920s." The collage-style artwork reflects this with daring and surreal anthropomorphic scenes indebted to both Renaissance and Rococo art.: Continue reading :
George Lewis & Friends
February 5, 2012 | 3:00pm
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
220 East Chicago Avenue, ChicagoInternational Contemporary Ensemble (ICE)
Steve Schick, guest conductor and percussionTrombonist and composer George Lewis’ recent book, A Power Stronger than Itself, traces the personal history of the performers and composers that formed the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians, a group whose experimental legacy is vital more than 40 years after its inception. ICE presents a concert featuring music by George Lewis, whose own accomplishments put him at the frontier of experimentation in jazz, improvised music, computer music research, and trombone performance, alongside works of a younger generation of composers who have been influenced and shaped by Lewis’ pioneering efforts. (Source)
Mind Crunch : Stickman
Posted: December 26th, 2011
at 5:03pm by mnp
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Muzak Video Sunday 12.25.11: X-Mas Edition
Justin Bieber & Busta Rhymes, Justin Ryan, Twisted Sister, Run DMC, Nat King Cole
On the heavy metal X-Mas my true love gave to me, a tattoo of Ozzy?! My Ninja, Please!
That Nat King Cole record has gotten SERIOUS run in my household since I was a kid.
Posted: December 25th, 2011
at 12:29pm by Black Ock
Tagged with Justin Bieber & Busta Rhymes, Justin Ryan, Twisted Sister, Run DMC, Nat King Cole
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