Sally Shand and Ssswwonderful Opening Tonight!

Sally Shand is the brain child of Ragdoll Illustrations - a booming business which is super cute!

Tonight is the official release soiree at Swonderful which will exhibit her third collection, 'Sibels.' God damn that's a lot of sssss.

You can read a little Q and A about this HERE

Or simply pop along at 6 to see for yourself!

Super!

Ohhhh it's another Eavesdrop!

To all the boys and girls living in the city of AK, head along to Eavesdrop this Wednesday (that's tomorrow) to hear some awesome new tunes...Including ( but not limited to) Dinosaur Jr, Mono, Deerhunter, MSTRKFT, The Gossip Eels, Filthy Dukes, Elvis Costello, Wilberforces, Brand New Math, Street Chant, Faith No More, The Airborne Toxic event, Matt Joe Gow and the Dead Leaves AND MUCH MUCH MORE!

 Take your friends along or go and make some new ones. 

From 7pm, The Wine Cellar, St Kevins Arcade...seriously, why wouldn't you!?

Gavin Hurley

Gavin is an artist renowned for portraits which employ the technique ( or at least the aesthetic) of traditional collage. Rather than seek to represent the likeness of a person, he focuses more on their character and uses the age old craft of collage and highly disciplined oil on canvas to do this.

His latest show" A - Z" will open next Wednesday and he recently took a few moments to chat with me...

What has inspired your latest show ? This current exhibition is based on the past ten years of art practice (post -art school). I decided to make a publication to accompany the show called "A-Z".The subjects almost organised themselves into this format of a slightly more grown up version of a school exercise book.

What is the recurring theme in your work?
Looking at what I would call my favourite subjects from the past ten years, its obvious there are recurring themes of boyhood fantasies of exploration, detectives and sea captains. I'm not a historian although many characters are derived from tales of colonists and there are a few homages to artists who have been inspirational such as Christian Boltanski, Sam Mitchell and Rita Angus.

What's keeping you stimulated at the moment? I'm stimulated 'right now' by seeing work being made , planning the next show and getting some time to get to the second-hand bookstores.The Internet is great but so is a dusty old book sometimes.

And how do you find being an artist in New Zealand? Being an Artist in New Zealand has been pretty good so far, I've never once considered doing anything else, washing dishes was ruining my hands.

"A - Z" will open June 10th at Anna Bibby Gallery.

MY PARENTS ARE REALLY NICE PEOPLE MUTHA FUCKER

I got shown this last night, and I can't get it out of my head. In a bad way.

Monkey Eats Bananas

I love Princess Chelsea's new video for 'Monkey Eats Bananas!' Seriously, how cute is this!!!???

Do you heart music???

The Kitchen Sink, Radioactive and FLURO present to you - The Listening Post at Watusi! Tonight!!!   

It's all about new music, board games and a few glasses of wine...so bring along your friends ( or come and make some new ones), relax and enjoy!! That's 7pm at 6 Edwards Street. 

And a wee reminder for all those wanting to save a few pennies this weekend - Today is the last day to enter for The Ruby Suns double pass (here) and Shazam tickets (here). Good luck!

Flashy Tasty : Win a POPPET!

Rona Green is an artist from Melbourne known for her peculiar images of creatures bearing marks and scars that tell of past experience. Her first New Zealand Show entitled 'Flashy Tasty' runs from 20 May until the 13 of June and is being exhibited at Solander Gallery in Wellington.

Flashy Tasty explores ideas about identity and the darker side of the psyche and features 'various breeds from all walks of life...where chalk and cheese co-exist to battle the sodden elemental.' Her work is represented in over 40 public collections including the National Gallery of Australia, Artbank and Chiang Mai Contemporary Art Museum, Thailand...And she's generously giving FLURO one mini work to give away on our blog!

This soft sculpture doll, which she refers to as a 'poppet', is 10cm high and made with her very own blood, sweat and tears. Figuratively of course! To win this original art work simply tell us why you'd like a Rona Poppet to call your own!

Oh man, I found this clip and gonna RULE the D Floor

The fact that this clip was made to take this piss takes away from the humour a little bit ( I'm presuming that was the intention...?) but none the less - just how these guys manage to keep a straight face is beyond me! And to be fair there are some pretty AMAZING DANCE MOVES! The Ping Pong? I've definitely seen that before, 'Pet the dog?' - That's a Good Luck Favourite and if you've been to Mighty you would have definitely seen a few drunkards 'milking the cow.'
Enjoy!

Cutest campaign ever!

Do you remember how all the cool kids at school had Petit Miam yoghurt's? Do you remember how yummy they were and how you'd sulk and scream if your parents didn't by them? No? Well by god I certainly do. Advertisers take note : Food + Super Cute Kid w a European flair = BEST CAMPAIGN EVER.

Petit Miam, at 21, I still heart you! xxxx

Speaking of COCO...

This Friday COCO SOLID will play MUM at Cassette #9, along with Sydney MUM DJ's aka - the real DJ deal! Oh I really ought to stop paying attention to events happening in Auckland as I'm starting to get SUPER JEALOUS. Maybe Wellington needs one of these??? HMMM.
In the meantime, there's always grab a seat.

$10 from 9pm and $4 drinks till 11! Sweet!

Hot Choc : The survival guide to winter!

The cold gives me cravings...and cravings = hot chocolate!!! Yes almost every night it seems I found myself sitting next to the heater sipping on a cuppa and my pick of the bunch- Caffe L'affare's fair trade drreeeaaam.

Seriously this stuff is mighty good and we five packs up for grabs to get one lucky viewer through the cold! All you need to do is tell us ( via comments) which flavour is YOUR pick , Hot chocolate, Dark hot chocolate or Mocha hot chocolate, and how it is you like to have yours. Best answer wins! Winner Drawn Friday!!!