Oakland Archive
tech toys
It doesn’t take a social media branding analyst to notice that artists are hot with car companies these days. Today, we add the Chevy Sonic to our previous
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paintings
Tara’s Organic Ice Cream in the Temescal neighborhood of Oakland is quickly becoming one of my favorite spots to see local art. It doesn’t hurt that they showcase affordable
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books
Was there some sort of a sporting event on TV yesterday? I wouldn’t know; I was on a visual odyssey through Skinner‘s Every Man is My Enemy. Skinner
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illustration
Friday night, Jen Oaks opened her pin-up girls show at 1-2-3-4 Go! Records in Oakland. The back room / performance space is now adorned with a baker’s dozen inspiring, curvy pin-up
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books
SKINNER‘s eagerly-anticipated new book, Every Man is My Enemy, will be released this Friday, February 3rd on ZEROFRIENDS.com. The following afternoon, February 4th, from 2-3PM, SKINNER himself (the man,
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sculpture
Art? Check. Popjects? Check. Resin? Check. Coffee? Check. Local? Check. Ice cream? Check. Really, with that kind of pedigree, what’s left to say about Kristen Gentilucci‘s “Off the
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paintings
Thanks to a tip from Mike Sutfin, I decided to make the unusual decision to leave my house. The trip was instigated (and then Instagramed) on behalf of recent
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industrial
Following up yesterday’s Classic Toys Turned into Lamps, here’s another one to file under Re-purposing Something Old, Unused and Probably Broken Into a Light Fixture. Jason Hull makes vintage cameras
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Pop CULTure
Please upgrade your browser Have you been wondering what ever became of Oakland’s very own “Ghetto Geppetto,” Roy Miles Jr.? Well, lots. But currently, he’s working on raising
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Pop CULTure
I started writing this post in June of 2010, and it languished in the vast dungeon known as my WordPress drafts. Then, this morning, I heard about Starbucks
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