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Here’s to a lady who multi-faceted talent and dedication have inspired me to re-create myself several times over. Her works an exhibition of grace in the realms of business and pleasure. Come celebrate the success and bask in the fellowship of Bethany Shorb and _{birthday bud} Michael Doyle on this wonderful evening.

Are you fucking dumb get a map

ps check out these beauties:
sexy photo
hex tie

Don’t forget to buy something, you ought to to look this good.

Original Article:

Bethany Shorb’s Cyberoptix Tielab 2010 Preview and Photography Exhibition:
Special Musical Performance by Justin Carver from “Something Cold” and Deth Lab

Friday Jan, 15th 2010 6pm @ 323East in Royal Oak, MI.

These are not your father’s ties – let’s make that clear first. Cyberoptix? Right – and with a fresh bottle of Old Spice wrapped up with it. Knot quite.

These are the works of an imaginative artist and photographer named Bethany Shorb who took the mundane reality of neckwear and proceeded to give it a twist or two in new directions – with bold color, bolder materials, and the novel idea that a traditional symbol of subservience could be transformed into “a subversive object of desire.”

Reaching that goal was aided immeasurably by Shorb’s other talents; besides photography, she is trained in sculpture, costume design, and prop construction. And THOSE accomplishments, we hasten to add, are complemented nicely by her brutally direct understanding of what see sees or what she wants us to see. Shorb has tackled a variety of subjects and (as evidenced by a recent exhibit inspired by J.G. Ballard’s novel CRASH) her “eye” is not a blinking one by any stretch. Something is heated to an almost unbearable degree in her works. And if you can’t stand the heat … well, best you seek out an environment where the climate is more controlled.

But you don’t want to do that. What you want to do is to see the latest creations by this intriguing talent – the ones that 323 East will unveil on January 15. The cravats are cool. The pix are pulsating. Nice way to make a knot in our opinion.

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Schooled in both sculpture and photography, Bethany Shorb creates elaborate prop, costume and set constructions that blur the line between both editorial fashion photography and performance art documentation. Her recent Crash series refers to J.G. Ballard’s novel of the same name with scenes titled by the lyrics of The Normal’s song of similar influence, “Warm Leatherette.” Technology, celebrity, sex, and death are perversely glamorized and fetishised in unison in a single explosion of red Swarovski crystals and inflated black latex rubber. Models, wardrobe and set decoration all retain the same visual and emotional weight, a hyper-saturated amalgamation exploring the interstitial space between the alluring and repulsive; hedonism and restraint; the seductive speed of expressways and the still finality of Last Rights.

Bethany Shorb was born in Boston, MA in 1976. She received her Masters of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture, with an elective in Photography, from Cranbrook Academy of Art and received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in Sculpture from Boston University with minors in Art History and Photography. Her photography and product design work have been widely published in the United States and abroad; her visual art and product work has been exhibited throughout the United States and is included in numerous private collections. This past summer she taught several printing workshops in her Detroit studio and was recently reviewed in the New York Times and Wired. Her dj alter-ego has performed as half of “Dethlab” at the Guggenheim Museum in New York.

Shorb also founded The Cyberoptix Tie Lab in 2006. As a designer of witty hand printed neckwear, she has applied her experience as a sculptor, couture, costume and graphic designer to transform a much maligned business necessity into a subversive object of desire. Cyberoptix ties and scarves are represented by more than 150 stores in a dozen countries: from Fred Segal in Los Angeles to Libertine in Western Australia. A paradox for the times, Cyberoptix Tie Lab operates one of the largest eco-friendly, solvent-free print shops in the country in Downtown Detroit, while providing a seditious, punky fashion statement for executives bound to the neck noose, and a sharply styled alternative for those who don’t need to wear a tie, but choose to do so.

cyberoptix.com
toybreaker.etsy.com
trunkt.org/cyberoptix
toybreaker.net/blog
dethlab.net
myspace.com/teamdethlab

323East.com
Original Metrotimes article via Facebook

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2944 Woodward, Detroit
Our Gallery Showing is Tonight, Starts at 10, goes till about 4 I think.
5 bones after 11pm
Call if you are confused. 248722.1682.

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My friend Jeff is actually picking up David Blane from the airport right now so that’s a given guest appearance. He’s doing a practice run for some trick on his tour.

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This is the first gallery showing of 2009. The event is being throw in collaboration with DetroitByDesign.org to celebrate the founding and development of DetroitExposure.com. Come join us, drink be merry, and buy some of my limited edition works.

[Get Directions].

[DetroitExposure.com]
[GrimIndustries.com]
[DetroitByDesign.org]

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park bar + cluff bells. Andrew you are a good man, stacey pullen you are also good. i was trashed while shooting these as well as exporting them to the web gallery, let me know if the links are broken as i am too tired to check myself. if you wanna see a better version of this evening, head over to grimindustries.com. xoxox christos. omg hernanxorz omg

[enter 12.14.08 gallery]

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[enter 12.06.08 gallery]

been uber busy, I might put up the shots from motorcity if a few more people mail me.

[cyberoptix.com] clothing by Bethany Shorb

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Just a reminder, this is going down on friday the 23rd around the same time is demf, will be going until 5am whereas they’re ending demf at like 11pm this year. so you know where you’re gonna be to get your after hours bidnass. this will be a techno blood orgy.

Brief Description:
This DEMF Pre-Party will be monumental and unlike any other. We will be showcasing Michigan’s most talented and cutting edge underground electronic artists as well as special guests Skymall (Addict/Distort) and Heartworm (Digital Hardcore Recordings/ Teen Suicide). There will be non-stop electronic mayhem from 9p.m. until 5a.m. with music ranging from Breakcore, Gabber, Jungle, Industrial, Noise, Gabber, Techno, Ghettotech, Downtempo, Ambient, Hip-Hop, Happy Hardcore, Grindcore, and many other types of electronic madness.

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we stayed at the hyatt this week, i dont know what jena and aimee said to the concierge, but they gave us the top floor next to the conference suite and the view was pretty tight, not to mention we ate for free cause they keep the conference suite stocked. did some clubbing. happy birthday jillian. got drunk ended up at some kind of a drag queen rave, with bongos. stumbled to a taxi, ended up at the wrong hyatt hotel, peed on some pedestrians. overall alright tuesday night. paul rodrigeuz, if you’re reading this, your friends at the green dolphin were very hospitable, sorry we missed each other.

weekend affairs

before the weekend:





mia made the fox smile… kinda. it’s true, the most beautiful people in the US come from detroit.

and technically it’s friday over herr, so here’s your independent film friday.

music by Andrea Martignoni
produced by Mercurio Film
assistant: Sibe
[blublu.org]

i’m crashing an employer’s house tonight, they got this fat ass cat that’s so starved for attention, it reminds me of an ex.

ana you’re good people. scott, thank you for the wine. here’s some sexy for your high class ass.

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With all of our recent technological advancements, we’ve collected our greatest minds for the ultimate goal, allowing our god complex to dictate over our honed morality twisting it into ungodly reason. Without government restrictions, a scientific task force in a South Korean lab has executed their reprehensible agenda, and spawned the abominable cybernetic organism that is…
Humanoid Robot, Albert Hubo v1.0.

Abilities:
1.) Live Speech Recognition and excellent pronunciation.
2.) Can wiggles his ears (just like Albert Einstein would if he were here today).
3.) First jewish robot (unless i missed something from spaceballs).
4.) It’s a god damned android with Albert Einstein’s head.
5.) Is a physicist.

At the beginning of the video it looks like it’s suffering, so lifelike i actually feel a bit bad. If you’d like to see more of Albert Hubo’s impressive expressions [click here]
Arnold will be president, and these bad boys are going to be at your door collecting the census and gunning down your children.

face was designed by [Hanson Robotics]

post by Christos

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Sinister Foxy Showcase
(Music » Rock/Pop)

Friday, March 21

With the Muldoons, the Black Hollies and the Bird Dogs.
Location:
The Lager House
1254 Michigan Ave.
Detroit [map]
313-961-4668

[Sinister Foxy]
[The Lager House]
[MetroTimes Listing]

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On the daily I ran across a familiar still from a short that was featured. I first saw Gaelle Denis’ City Paradise, on IFC when i lived at Emily’s and we had on demand. Every month new films would appear on the on demand raster and i would burn through all the short films (about 30-40) in a matter of two days, until my mind was saturated with obscure, inspirational meanderings from the twilight zone. It’s enough to make you sick, (could have been the snack foods and bacardi151). This one is a very delectable make, with live action, animation, and some cg renders. it’s wonderful productions like these that make you wanna quit your day job. It won the British Academy of Film and Television award for short films in 2004.

London is a big city, and for those new to it, it can sometimes seem quite scary. But Tomoko, who arrives from Japan to learn English, accidentally discovers a mysterious, secret city underground, inhabited by friendly little aliens and beautiful blossoms. After she’s found it, everything changes…

Format: 35mm, Digi Beta
Year of Production: 2004
Running Time: 5 mins, 55 secs
Director: Gaelle Denis
Producer: Erika Forzy
Editor: Tony Fish
Screenwriter: Gaelle Denis
Director of Photography: Sarah Bartles Smith
Sound: Fabrice Gerardi
Music: Jocelyn Mienniel, Joanna Newsom
Principal Cast: Hiroe Takei, Robert Stevenson

Passion Films is also responsible for such productions as:
[Sony Bravia: "Play-doh"] and
[Warp Records: "Ted"]
and the Gorillaz music video “El Mananna”.

now that’s quite the collection of exotic insects.

[erika@passion-pictures.com]
[passion-pictures.com]
[2008 Animation Nomination]

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So “Stuck on Repeat” starts out like your typical electro-disco banger—semi heavy synth line, shuffling beats and a little dash of arpeggio. At a very limited first impression, and aside from the most awesome use of a sleigh bell in probably forever, it all seems pretty safe. Pretty safe that is, until the vocals come in, and you realize that instead of a trendy little dance number what you are in fact listening to is Kylie Minogue and Ladytron having a pool party with Simian Mobile Disco before hitting a nightclub in Milan circa 1979. The weird thing about italo disco is that a lot of people who are riding the current revival forget how, well, cheesy a lot of that music was (not that we’re knocking it, we mean where would we be today without Baltimora’s “Tarzan Boy”?). Where “Stuck on Repeat” succeeds is that it really does take that style of ultra sleek, glossy production and updates it today’s dance music standards. Oh, and can we talk about the way the beat drops around the 4:30 mark (the fact that, in this day and age, a song can wait until the 4:30 mark to drop the beat, is a testament to its brilliance)? It’s almost hard to believe that Little Boots is just one (strictly anonymous) woman from London and not a supergroup made up of Calvin Harris, Justice, SMD and Xenomania. We know what we will be jamming to all this summer in every club on the planet…

[via rcrdlbl.com]

[Download little boots - stuck on repeat]

[Stuck on Repeat @ last.fm]
[myspace.com/littlebootsmusic]

i know i know, the gallery i havent touched it since day one, so its long overdue. wanna see what im workin on today, is not done yet so yep.

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Ok, finally some chaps from LRC bring us a very nice release for friday’s evening: a dvdscreener of The Golden Compass. Although this movie didn’t meet its expectations, it’s still a nice family flick to watch and this screener means a great progress in quality since the last CAM i posted. The quality is perfect with no visible watermarks and crystal clear AC3 stereo (CBR though).

Based on author Philip Pullman’s bestselling and award-winning novel, The Golden Compass tells the first story in Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. The Golden Compass is an exciting fantasy adventure, set in an alternative world where people’s souls manifest themselves as animals, talking bears fight wars, and Gyptians and witches co-exist. At the center of the story is Lyra (played by newcomer Dakota Blue Richards), a 12-year-old girl who starts out trying to rescue a friend who’s been kidnapped by a mysterious organization known as the Gobblers – and winds up on an epic quest to save not only her world, but ours as well.

The.Golden.Compass.2007.DVDScr.xVID-LRC

2 CD, 1400 MB, lrc-tgc

98 min, 576×304, 1265 kb/s, 448 kbps ac3

sample #1, #2, #3, thumbs, video

IMDB (6.6), Homepage, NFO, torrent

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left over salmon, aioli mustard sauce, sesame. this was very tasty for left overs.

i’ll post no country for old men tomrrow.

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The week brought tight tidings. Dama came in from San Diego to visit for her birthday. It was a pleasure to see her and the family. There’s some photos from the weekend in the flickr on the sidebar. Now I’m back in Chicago, it’s colder than ever, I feel a cold coming on.

Amon Tobin should be considered classic. It had been a while since I gave it a listen, but he’s a man of my own heart. Submarine in nature, his soundscapes engulf and deliver the evolutions in tides. Best heard through a seven point surround system or headphones. I pulled together a short bio from different sources and collected album art and solid hi-def audio torrents for your pleasure. I’ve uploaded four tracks from this morning’s playlist. Don’t miss out on this conceptually mammoth artist.

Amon Adonai Santos de Araujo Tobin was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He acquired the surname Tobin from his Irish stepfather. After travelling back and forth between Brazil and Portugal, he eventually relocated to England at an early age, where hip hop, jungle, blues and jazz caught his interest. He released four EPs and an album, Adventures in Foam, under Cujo moniker which he borrowed from a Stephen King novel, before he signed with Ninja Tune in late 1996. He has since released six critically acclaimed albums under his own name. He is well known for his song “Saboteur”, which was featured as the main theme for the 2003 movie The Italian Job.

Tobin is perhaps best known for his creative use of sampling. He uses everything from old recordings to motorcycles (Supermodified) and even the acoustics of buildings (Out From Out Where) and stretches and skews them often beyond recognition. Resonances, delays, reverbs and a wide variety of sound effects also contribute to transform what was once familiar into something grotesque and unnatural. Psychedelic ambiences are frequently blended with retro-jazz beats, creating a barrier of apparently incoherent sound layers. This uniqueness and complexity make the task of categorizing his music a difficult one. Each of his albums introduces new polyrhythms and soundscapes. In his live shows, Tobin uses vinyl emulation software, Final Scratch, in order to access all of his altered samples quickly and efficiently.^[3]

[via Wikipedia]

Nova

Slowly

One Day In My Garden

Rosies

Album torrents:

Amon Tobin – Adventure in Foam [1996 (ninebar, as cujo. Re-released by NinjaTune 2002)] 140mb

Amon Tobin – Bricolage [1997] (320kbps) 181mb

Permutation [1997] (320kbps) 172mb

Amon Tobin – Supermodified [2000] (320kbps) 166mb

Amon Tobin – Out From Out Where [2002] (192kbps) 82mb

Amon Tobin – SplinterCell3: Chaos Theory OST [2005]

Amon Tobin – Foley Room [2007]

Amon Tobin – Verbal [2003 Remixes and Collaborations

[AmonTobin.com] Get the hang of this gorgeous interactive experience.
[Myspace.com]/tobinamon
[NinjaTune.com] All good things.
[Last FM] Amon Tobin at LastFM.

Albums

• Adventures in Foam (Ninebar, 1996) (as Cujo) (Re-issue, Ninja Tune, 2002)
• Bricolage (Ninja Tune, 1997)
• Permutation (Ninja Tune, 1998)
• Supermodified (Ninja Tune, 2000)
• Out from Out Where (Ninja Tune, 2002)
• Chaos Theory – Splinter Cell 3 Soundtrack (Ninja Tune, 2005)
• Foley Room (Ninja Tune, 2007)

Collaborations & Live Recordings

• Verbal Remixes & Collaborations (2003)
• Solid Steel Presents Amon Tobin: Recorded Live (Ninja Tune, 2004)
• Peeping Tom (Ipecac, 2006) (An album by Mike Patton. Amon Tobin is featured on the track “Don’t Even Trip”.)
• Two Fingers – Untitled (2008). A new production collaboration between Amon Tobin and Doubleclick featuring MC Sway^[6].

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