The Art of David Kramer - NYC

Naturally people want to equate any artwork they hear or see to something familiar....For instance during my last studio visit a patron saw this painting and mentioned Ruscha....Great!....When I see a black and white photograph (of a figure) I'll prob mention Robert Mapplethorpe....Or if you see an action painting you'll almost immediately mention Pollock....Well, that's all good and well....but artists....true artists....typically have a number of different styles.....A number of different techniques ....On top of that, they should also understand a bit of selling/marketing.....I love David Kramer's work......He's one of 'those'.....A true artist.....His work may have you mention Neiman.....but....he is just a true artist with a number of different facets to his work:

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Daughn Gibson "All Hell" - 2012 LP

I woke up at 4am sweating....For a moment I had flashbacks of college waking up in the middle of night trembling from too much partying....Now that I'm older the fever is from a cold....A good 'ol fashioned summer flu.....I rarely get sick and it has been a while....This particularly strain is gnarly.....it takes a lot to keep me out of my studio painting but today calls for fluids, pills, and lots of music.  I put on a new album I knew little about (thanks trav)......Within 30 seconds the music was transcending.....In my feverish state I exited my body for a sec....The sound was simply some of the best I've heard this year....Daughn Gibson was a 30yr old truck driver from Pennsylvania.  During his routes he became obsessed with country music.  Gibson's spin on the classic genre is extremely unique.  He is to country, what James Blake is for R&B (but better).  A contemporary spin on a classic sound.....So as the room spins and I'm curled up under numerous blankets at least my mind is driving a muscle car through the desert....scorpions scattering across the desert floor....hopping a train with Woody Guthrie....or many other visualizations that make up this albums unique take on the American landscape......country fried dubstep/rock/gospel sampling elements/Elvis on acid/Roy Orbison on stronger pills/excellent:

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Daughn Gibson "Rain on the Highway" mp3

Daughn Gibson "Dandelions" mp3

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Marco Polo Magazine Interview

If you aren't hip to Marco Polo Arts Magazine......Get here......My latest interview with Marco Polo is about the most personal and revealing questions I've answered yet.......Read it here

Fiona Apple "The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than the Driver of the Screw and Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do" - 2012 LP

If you're my age you probably remember when baseball cards were a big deal....Your father prob got back into buying trading cards as well....He could live vicariously through the resurgence and forever begrudge his mother for throwing away his original collection.....You more than likely owned a flannel shirt, cut holes in your jeans, and prob dyed your hair after you saw the "Longview" video for the first time....In a time when there was a serious drought in female vocalists, out comes Fiona Apple.....Tidal came totally out of left field.....It didn't fit into any current trends.....It couldn't be categorized as "rock" or "pop" or "grunge".....It was an original....An album that only comes around once a decade.....You prob sat in your first car next to public parks with your first love and hashed out arguments, made out, and smoked your first cigs...For a lot of us Fiona Apple was a major part of our teenage years and with her only 4th album she proves that quality has staying power.....And as for your enormous quantity of baseball cards now in your parent's attic?....Guess twat?....They're not worth shit and they never will be again:

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Fiona Apple "Hot Knife" m4a

Fiona Apple "Every Single Night" m4a

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Ty Segall "Slaughterhouse" - 2012 LP

All of sudden Ty Segall is the new James Brown.  Ty Segall is the hardest working man in showbiz 2012....First with his combo album with White Fence, then his producing credits, and now with his highly anticipated '012 release "Slaughterhouse".....this kid is killing it.....it is a slaughter.....he's a mini Jack White and purdy soon all your friends will know that tooooooo.......get ahead of the curve and dig this garage/retro/fuzzed out guitar/Kobain influenced/twisted little deviant genius:

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Ty Segall "Tell Me What's Inside Your Heart" mp3

Ty Segall "Diddy Wah Diddy" mp3

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