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Tricky has a new album coming out soon. And he's back in the U.S. for a national tour. He will land in The O.C. at the House of Blues, Anaheim on Thursday, September 11. Last I checked there are still tickets available. I last saw Tricky live back in 2000 in San Francisco while in art school. One of my most memorable concerts. He's worth seeing.I've listen to the new album in its entirety, and it's really a throwback to his Maxinquaye days. Good listen.--James ...

25 August, 2008 /

If you still haven't seen Helvetica: A Documentary, flix it. The best documentary on the most ubiquitous typeface on the planet.Now the director Gary Hustwit is at it again. This time with a documentary about industrial design. The movie will have a world premiere sometime at the beginning of 2009. In the meantime, head over to the website. There is a really good blog on there as well.--James ...

25 August, 2008 /

Chris blogged about this I think a couple of weeks ago. Beautiful Losers the movie opens in Los Angeles this Friday. It will be showing for one week only at the Nuart in Santa Monica. I'm sorry, but I'm afraid you'll have to leave The O.C. to go see this one.--James ...

25 August, 2008 /

I've been in Holland for the past week and a half with Finishing School. We are in an exhibition here called De Zone. We have been staying in the former red light district in a city called Arnhem. It is about an hour by train from Amsterdam. We have been having such a nice time. Our hosts have been very gracious. This is probably one of the best trip I've been on aside from the one I took to Japan. I've been chronicling the trip...

16 August, 2008 /

This Saturday night from 7-10pm The Box Gallery will open Ubermensch featuring artists Matt Linares and Todd Von Heiland. Also, there will be an outdoor screening of Fritz Lang's classic Metropolis starting at 8pm. ...

13 August, 2008 /

Watch out for flying turds.. ...

12 August, 2008 /

This Saturday night @Space Gallery opens the group show Flatland. Some of the artists who will be showing include Bradford Salamon (image), Richard Turner, Jane Bauman and Max Kin Cap. The opening will run from 6-9pm. ...

08 August, 2008 /

This Sunday the fine folks at LAM are giving you not one, but two opportunities to get a walk-through of the current exhibit In The Land of Retinal Delights: The Juxtapose Factor led by LA gallerist Billy Shire. First walk-through will be at 1pm and the second will be at 4pm. Couldn't think of a finer way to see this show. ...

06 August, 2008 /

Here's a clip of the new Beautiful Losers documentary that opens this weekend at the IFC Center in NYC. Features HB local Ed Templeton. Enjoy: ...

05 August, 2008 /

This past Sunday the art collective Fallen Fruit presented their project, Public Fruit Jam, at Machine Project. The public was invited to bring in any kind of fruits to be turned into homemade jams. It was such a tasty event that the entire Finishing School crew headed out there to join in on the fun. I was able to capture a short interview with Matias Viegener, one of the members of Fallen Fruit. Here he talks about the collective itself and Public Fruit Jam in...

05 August, 2008 /

I think it is safe for me to say that Lamson is Finishing School's newest favorite artist. Head over to his website for more.--James ...

03 August, 2008 /

The OC Art Blog and The Hoff Foundation are in this months Arts Spotlight in Orange Coast Magazine. Check it. ...

02 August, 2008 /

I saw a similar t-shirt on sale at the Buffalo Exchange in Long Beach today. Man, if this does not explain what I do from day to day as an artist, I don't know what does.--James ...

01 August, 2008 /

Franz Keller is a VJ/ artist living in Claremont. The piece above, HAMMERHEAD, is currently up in the Bunny Gunner's 1st Birthday show in Pomona. Incidentally, there are quite a number of O.C. artists in that show. Try to go check it out while it's still up.--James ...

01 August, 2008 /

All profoundly original art looks ugly at first. - Clement Greenberg ...

26 July, 2008 /

"What have I learned from my ordeal? I’ve learned that with tens of thousands of supporters, with hundreds of thousands of dollars, with one of the best legal teams in the US, with a crack media team, with a group of experienced fundraisers, with four years of one’s life, and with total innocence, sometimes one can slice off a piece of American justice. Which in the end means: The overwhelming majority of people ain’t gettin’ justice, and we have to keep fighting until they do." ...

26 July, 2008 /