Lauren Weinberg, Art and Design editor at Time Out Chicago, wrote an article on the Justseeds RESOURCED and “Operation Exposure” show at the In These Times building that opens today…
On the plane ride back to Providence from Chicago, I dug into my backpack and pulled out the book I have been intending to dive into for years– Dorothy Allison‘s…
I got a great used book for my birthday, World Architecture 2 a large picture book of architectural trends from 1965. It contains many examples of Brutalism, an architectural style…
This may seem like an obscure genre, but there’s a good few of these movies out there…. there’s even some I didn’t include because they weren’t any good! With all…
Exit Through the Gift Shop A Banksy Film I never pegged Banksy as a fan of gothic novels, but he and his crew pull off a pretty good Shelley…
Chinese Posters, Stefan R. Landsberger & Marien van der Heijden (Prestel, 2009) Soviet Posters: The Sergo Grigorian Collection, Maria Lafont (Prestel, 2007) North Korean Posters: The David Heather Collection, David…
I was fortunate enough to have Favianna Rodriguez and Jesus Barraza drop by my house late last Thursday. With very little arm twisting, at 1AM, they convinced me to go…
Here’s a list of ten of my favorite quotes pertaining to the state of the world that I’ve gleaned in the past several years: A: “We don’t change our behavior,…
I’ve been trying to organize some of us Justseed-ers to start posting top ten lists of various things, I’ve always thought they were fun to both write and read. To…
Just saw Avatar tonight. I appreciated the anti-capitalist, pro-environment message, its too bad it comes in the tired narrative of whitey coming to save the natives. It was exciting, the…
I was making out a list of books for a friend, and realized I could share it with all our blog readers. For those that don’t know, I’m both a…
Bill Daniel Mostly True Microcosm Publishing, 2008 Hummm, book? zine? scrapbook? film companion? Mostly True straddles all these things, introducing us to the cluttered archives (and head?) of Bill…
I used to play in a park across the street from the county jail while growing up. I vividly remember (when I was really young) heavily armed policeman guarding those…
I can’t remember where I found this book, but this is a children’s biography of Lenin published in 1934 by the CPUSA press. The writing is a basic heroic summary…
As a lover of books, I’ve been meaning and wanting to regularly review them here on the blog. Unfortunately life and work seem to rarely leave much time to convert…
Posted below is the long version of an exhibition review of Signs of Change that I wrote for the April/May issue of Left Turn. 800 Images, Histories, and Struggles: A…
Review: Illustrations from the Inside: The Beat Within edited by Louis E.V. Nevaer Mark Batty Publisher, 2007 The Real Cost of Prisons edited by Lois Ahrens PM Press, 2008 Back…
When I was in LA I got over to the California African American Museum to see Howard L. Bingham’s photographs of the Black Panther Party. The exhibit is made up…
PEEL: The Art of the Sticker Dave and Holly Combs Mark Batty Publisher, 2008 Stickers, easy to make, easy to use, a quick and cheap way to get…