The Useless Critic 2.0

My friend Alyssa will be featured in a Bushwick art show. Yes like "Girls." But I don't watch "Girls" that often. Okay, you can view her art at her website ( click here ).  It's happening all weekend   at the Ange Noir Cafe at 247 Varet Street. NO I DON'T REMEMBER WHERE THAT IS.  Diana Abi Khalil is curating it. Other featured artists: Emmanuel Germond, and Michael Linton Simpson (a.k.a. Percy Feils). Here's the facebook event so you know it's legit. 

My   Melancholia   review Britt Y SO SRS Okay,   Melancholia .  Blah blah blah Lars Von Trier blah blah weeping Charlotte Gainsbourg (not disemboweling any penises this time) blah blah Kirsten Dunst can really act! Blah blah oh look Kiefer Sutherland now has something to do after they cancelled  24 . JUST KIDDING. I totally Ashton Kutchered you. For me personally, there was a LOT riding on this film, because Lars Von Trier is a whirlwind of a fellow! I mean, this guy is just something else. It’s as if we live in this world of movie directors who are chocolate bars (the Hershey variety, noneother) and here is this dude who is made out of vanilla plastic. He made Bjork want to never act again. HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN! What I saw of  Antichrist  left me bemused, entertained and very aroused. I happened to watch the entirety of  Melancholia , unlike my companion, who passed out like a sleepless baby within the first few seco...

I don't know that much about metalworking, but I do know that my friend, Erica Sperrazzo, who I met through the magic of last.fm and Edinboro University, is very good at it! SEE FOR YOURSELF You can see more of her stuff here  on Tumblr !  recently , Erica announced her work will be available at Glass Growers Gallery , which is a pretty awesome local place. A big deal? Definitely. I've noticed Erica's art on and off the past few years I've known her and decided to ask her about things that I do not understand aka art and metalworking. Here are her very eloquent, and very verbose, answers!  When did you start making metals? Erica:   I took my first metals class sophomore year of college, round about six years ago, and it was definitely love at first sight. Prior to signing up for the class I wasn't even aware that my school offered metalsmithing. I was clueless! Jewelry design was something that had always fascinated me, but at the time I was actually a graph...

Priscilla Crockett is one "self taught" artist. Her story is a little bit of an unique one: "When I was in high school I wanted to take art classes & my parents made me drop it for Spanish," she explained to the UC via email. "I left town that day, ended up in Oregon & raised three kids there. Now the youngest is 14. A few months ago I decided it's time I live my own authentic life, so I sold everything I owned and moved to NYC to make my art career happen. ..Sink or swim and I don't intend to sink!" A big move, a bold move, but a needed move.   "I have so many different styles and techniques and I attribute that to the absence of professional training." she goes on. "I have been told that organized art schools would have narrowed my creativity & essentially 'ruined' me. My motto is "Imagine outside the box!"    I am getting lazy, so Ima let Ms. Crockett do the talking from now on: "So, wha...