remixes, colonialism, and art

Aight, so today's my last day of work at a place where I'll be in front of a computer for the whole day (hopefully, atleast, desk jobs can eat a dick sandwhich). I'll still try to update this as often as possible, but we'll see.

I stumbled upon this Kanye West remix album by a dude named J.A.M.E.S. Watts, its called "Summer Vacation: I'll Be Coming Home" with Kanye's raps over samples taken from many of Chicago's legendary musicians. I'm feeling the remixes for "Selfish" and "Two Words" but y'all can listen and judge it for yourselves.

Willie Wonka is hella racist, yo!

Also, for those in San Diego, y'all need to check out the current exhibition by Writerz Blok at the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego in downtown.

WRITERZBLOK ON THE WALLMCASD DOWNTOWN / JACOBS BUILDING CONSTRUCTION FENCE
SEPTEMBER 1 through DECEMBER 11, 2005

WriterzBlok is a non-profit collective of artists that offers the youth of southeast San Diego technical skills in the visual arts and opportunities to learn more about aerosol painting through a series of educational programs. This fall, the group's work will be featured at MCASD Downtown. The Museum will exhibit murals by some of WriterzBlok's artists in the lobby and Fayman Galleries, augmenting their work across the street, the banner project on the Museum's Jacobs Building construction fence on Kettner Boulevard. This outdoor installation, the group's largest ever, is a timeline of diverse artistic styles used by aerosol artists since the 1970s. Artists participating in these projects include Daze, Chor, Huge, Nemo, Brian Lagemann, Kuya, Zodak and Sake, and Zone.

WriterzBlok On the Wall is supported by a generous grant from The Legler Benbough Foundation

I'm rolling to this for sure, but I still need to check out the Basquiat exhibit at Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art.