Mark Mauer

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Gulity Pleasures at Ghettogloss

Mark Mauer
Ryan Graeff, Sharktoof and Pingping at Ghettogloss This is what's going on in Los Angeles right now: You drive to an art gallery having a show. On the way, you pass several buildings, traffic light boxes and walls covered in graffiti, paste-ups and murals that city officials or property owners......
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Another Free Download from NIN

Mark Mauer
Yet another free download from Trent Reznor is available from the Nine Inch Nails website. No new full-length LP this time - in fact no new NIN music at all, but a batch of songs from the bands that are opening for them on their summer tour. Here's what you......
Eva Restaurant; Credit: Photo credit: Mark Gold

Clinton Street Art in NYC

Mark Mauer
After posting a couple of different Obama art pieces (Iron Man, Obey and Kofie'One), I said that I would happily post photos of pro-Clinton art if only I could find any around town. Well, I didn't find one, but Andrew Sullivan did. And uh, yeah - It's not exactly from......
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MBW All Over LA

Mark Mauer
Mr Brainwash is on fire. His solo art show opens in just two weeks, and he's been pasting and painting his icons all over LA. So which gallery is he showing at? None. Try the recently abandoned CBS TV studio in Hollywood on Sunset Blvd. MBW has been holed up......
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The Ambassador Forty Years After RFK

Mark Mauer
I drove by the Ambassador last night inadvertently, trying to find some way to shave a couple of minutes off of my commute. The last bit of the hotel's signage faces south-west and caught the setting sun. On the radio, commentators talked about the historic nature of Barack Obama's win......
Credit: Courtesy of Mike Stutz

Live in LA: Elvis Costello Goes Way Late at the El Rey, May 28

Mark Mauer
Elvis Costello and the Imposters, El Rey, 5/28 By Randall Roberts Photos by Timothy Norris Elvis Costello performed a jumbo show at the Hollywood Bowl with the Police earlier on Wednesday night, but apparently he was itching for more, because he and his Imposters headed up La Brea to the......
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New Free Gobbledigook (and Naked People) from Sigur Ros

Mark Mauer
We're getting spoiled with all of these free albums, right? Just one song for free? Oh well - for a Wednesday morning it will have to do. Click on over to this page on Sigur Ros' website and in exchange for your email address you'll get a fast download of......
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Ekundayo on Melrose

Mark Mauer
Hawaiian born, LA based artist and illustrator Ekundayo had a small, but very cool showing at Suru on Saturday the 24th of May. The store had previously featured his artwork both inside and out, so it's a natural place to hold the opening. He re-painted the outside chunk of wall......
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Seventh Letter Wall, Long Gone

Mark Mauer
These pictures are from late '07, and never got posted. The plan was to go back at another time, and get over the fences to get more pictures. Unfortunately, not long after I took these, the whole area got blasted. Auger and some others have since put up some stuff......
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Retna, Revok and Frida Kahlo

Mark Mauer
On the south side of Pico near Harvard is this nice two artist piece on the side of a Korean food store. Revok. I'm not sure of the age of the wall. It looks recent but there are already some ugly tags marring it along the bottom. Retna. Not sure......