This blog post utilizes an amazing dropcap…so be prepared.

“Pierce Pettis doesn’t write mere songs, he writes literature…End to end the songwriting is brilliant…Pierce Pettis albums are events in my listening. His writing just gets better all the time and his singing is marvelous, wry and warm…”

I sat down with Evan McIntyre – artist, photog, barista, DJ, beard wearer, SIKE! Zine Big Brain and we talked for 45 minutes about most of those things…in this short podcast, we discuss SIKE and the upcoming release party.

“All art was once contemporary,” reads a scrawl above the entrance to the Harn Museum’s “Highlights of the African Collection” exhibit in Gainesville. The words from Romanian artist Dan Perjovschi are a reminder of the ever-evolving and temporary nature of art. And I love this quote…it reminds me that to a certain generation Elvis Presley was as provocative [...]

Overboard fandom is nothing new but it’s interesting to me that fantasy is becoming more and more realistic…and brings with it more extreme problems. Besides the aforementioned Post Traumatic Avatar [...]

I read recently that Nick Dewar, a very talented illustrator has died at the age of 37. The Nick Dewar website features his work and information about this talented artist. This is what he wrote about himself on his website: “My work has appeared in magazines, on billboards, in books and on the wall next to the [...]

First comes thought; then organization of that thought, into ideas and plans; then transformation of those plans into reality. The beginning, as you will observe, is in your imagination. ~ Napoleon Hill
We’ve been spending the last few weeks imagining what the S.P. Spring will be like. So far, this is what we’re thinking:
Sometime in January, we’ll [...]

There was an interesting, if oddly written, article on the NPR website wherein the writer compares the fifth taste, known as umami, to the way that artists view the world. I say oddly written because the author, Robert Krulwich, throws in the paragraph about artists seemingly out of the blue. But it’s an interesting paragraph, [...]

Here they are, in all their light brighty glory…pictures from the October 24 Drew Holcomb/Michael Claytor/Light Writing Show.

What an amazing night of music, art, and audience participation! The light writing, led by a mysterious and strangely hypnotic owl from planet 10, was a big hit and we will post pictures soon. Michael Claytor had a warm, personable presence, with witty lyrics and a slyly laconic delivery and Drew and Ellie Holcomb delighted [...]