I am eBaying!

That's right... I have officially and most joyfully burst my "selling on eBay" cherry. It is probably equal parts financial desperation and need to clear out some shizzz that I don't use at all, and it is fun!

The first item I put up was this video and film editing book that I bought long ago when I thought I was going to go to an editing school, and then didn't. It was really expensive, and still is, as you can see here:



I have a bunch of really good editing books that I'm going to be putting up for bidding. For someone who is actually an editor, I would think they'd be a score, so tell your editing friends to jump on the bidding train! I held onto these books forever thinking that I would someday read them and spend long hours learning to edit. This afternoon, in the midst of a crappy cold, I came to the realization that I've got other fish to fry and different artistic strengths to focus on! Huzzah.

xo
julio

Sign of the Apocalypse?

Here is something I never expected to see...

The Evangenitals at WalMart???

Crazy times we're living in! I dig it. :-)

Evangina Roxx TruXtop

The Evangina show last night at TruXtop gallery was awesome. It's always a crazy and incredibly vulnerable experience when Lisa and I strip the Evangenitals act back to its barest bones and do the femme duet thing. Luckily it's also always a really beautiful and validating experience as well, as folks really respond to the sweet simplicity of our two voices and the minimal guitar accompaniment.

I was playing a new (to me) guitar, a really awesome junior Epiphone electric that super friend and super fan Albert gave me as a present. I am loving its sound. I mainly played bass lines and finger-picked on the tunes while Lisa covered the strumming and rhythm parts. It was super-intimate, super-tender, and ridiculously fun. We brought along our bin of play-along instruments and closed out with "Home"... which has now become a tradition since the Road to Oprah tour.

We did a few new tunes/covers... including the Ramones, Misfits, and some Bob Dylan. Good times! The art show was great, and I loved the gallery/space. Be sure to pay them a visit, check out the art, and support this new gallery. As for Evangina, I'm thinking that we need to get out on the town and play some more gigs. It's really good practice for us to put our asses on the line like that. :-)

Lick the Beaters with Evangina!

Friday, November 9th, 2007

truXtop gallery

Lick the Beaters w/ Evangina! - 9:30pm

2876 Rowena Blvd
Los Angeles CA 90039
USA
323-661-1665

Price: free

truXtop gallery is proud to present:



LICK THE BEATERS 4: CANDY and the WHIP

KIO GRIFFITH

MISATO NAGARE

ALLEN D GLASS II

a mixed media extravaganza sure to get your artistic taste buds tingling...with a custom cake centerpiece to boot! these 3 artists all have incredibly varied approaches to their work, and it's the way in which the work visually plays off each other that makes this grouping particularly engaging. their feisty familiarity is conveyed to the viewers by the stunning visuals created by each unique artist within the individual pieces themselves, with the proverbial icing on the cake being the overall cohesiveness achieved by grouping the work together in a single show. get a sneak peak at http://www.myspace.com/lickthebeaters , then come to truXtop gallery to get a chance to lick the beaters yourself...c'mon, you know you wanna!


"I think I understand why they choose to exhibit as a group: each one's work inevitably (yet unpredictably) refers to the others' in one of those happy accidents for which we should all be grateful. I applaud their obvious confidence about what they're doing (we're not talking ego here; we're talking maturity!), and their acknowledgement of change as an artistic imperative. These three are presenting work that "speaks" to our need for mystery and brilliance. Tempting as it is to succumb to "art blather," I will leave it for the experts to address issues of composition, color, and vision (except to say that everybody gets an A+ on the test!).

Recently, I told this to Allen Glass II, but it is equally true for Kio Griffith and Misato Nagare : "You have this knack for making me see things as if for the first time. If that's not Art, I don't know what is." "

~Dorothea Grossman, Los Angeles 2007

Artists' Statements:


Allen D Glass II

"When the moon shines like a dead garage I travel with gasoline ghosts
down all those haunted miles of the past, twenty-seven Model A miles
an hour in 1939, going to where I have forgotten. (Richard Brautigan)"

Lick the Beaters 4: Candy and the Whip!

and after a bit of a hiatus, truXtop gallery is oh so excited to announce a live musical performance by Evangina ( www.evangina.com)!
evangina: Bio
evangina - the love band
juli crockett and lisa dee are best friends, late bloomers, and totally goofy. they have made an artform out of humility via humiliation and take great joy in showing people that it's okay to be completely retarded in public. they are best friends, not lesbian lovers. they are very romantic girls, love the d, and like to play their guitars and sing. they are in the band the evangenitals.

lovely local ladies juli crockett & lisa dee are crooners of the highest caliber, and they have graciously agreed to put on one heck of a sweet set for all of you who show up at the opening this friday, november 9th at 7pm ...music to start around 9:30 0r 10pm.

Opening night:

November 9, 2007 7pm till midnight (or beyond!)
Evangina (live band) goes on round 10pm
"there will be snacks..."
Full bar / Credit Cards accepted