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Shots of the artwork from Double Trouble, Todd Jame’s show at Dont Come Gallery, opening tonight and running until the 7th of February.

If your in Melbourne over the next few weeks make sure you get into Don’t Come and check it out.

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Ove-Naxx (real name Isao Sano) is a Japanese Breakcore/Raggacore artist from
Osaka, Japan. Often less serious than most Breakcore artists, Ove-Naxx is
one of the more eclectic Breakcore artists, as he fuses death metal, J-Pop,
Dancehall with samples of Latin American music and farmyard animals. He is
currently signed to Adaadat records, which is also home to fellow Japanese
electronic musicians DJ Scotch Egg (whom he has both callobrated and remixed
with).Ove-Naxx is currently releasing records on his accelmuzik label and
various labels.

Layers have been named too.

Todd James (a.k.a. REAS) is an internationally recognized artist who began his career as a child in the New York City subway system.

He is a co-creator of the seminal Street Market exhibition at Deitch Projects in New York, which was selected for the Venice Biennale in 2001. James’ work has also been shown at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Philadelphia, the Tate Museum in Liverpool, the Parco gallery in Tokyo, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, the V1 gallery in Copenhagen, and the Lazarides gallery in London, amongst other venues.

Todd James lives and works in New York City.

He also recently exhibited a 17X17 foot painting in the Walsall museum window, seen here.

In what will be a massive start for 09, Todd James will be launching his exhibit, DOUBLE DISASTER at Don’t Come Gallery on January 17th.

Yo. I know this is a little late for NY howzits, but, howzit?

I just got back from Berlin, man, what an unbelievable city you cats got. I have to get back to explore some more, 4 days of parties and hangovers did me no justice.

I dropped in on our Berlin retailer Van Liebling, and was happy to see the Meggs x Orko & Nice Classic T’s in the front window. Mr Van Liebling himself was running things on NYE of all days, and invited us into his world for one hell of a NYE party. No photos, and no questions.

Cop a few flicks of Van Liebling over in Berlin.

Thank you (and your people) for the hospitality mate. See you all again soon.

Happy New Year everyone, more reaches from the North in 09. NiceProduce is running worldwide. Drop me a line if you’re ever in town.

PEACE.

Portuguese magazine Dif just printed a 4 page feature on No Comply in their December issue. If i could speak Portuguese i’d be able to tell you more.

In 1975, Alejandro Jodorowsky embarked on the adaptation of Frank Herbets Dune.

The film planned a cast which included, Salvidor Dali, Orson Wells and Mick Jager with a soundtrack by Pink Floyd, the film would have summarized the psychedelic creative spirit of the 70’s in a way which would of still been endearing today.

Unfortunately… due to lack of funding the film with its 14 hour epic script was canned. Luckily, at least the character and set design from the likes of Giger, Chris Foss and Moebius endure, to placate our need to imagine what the film would of be like while further lamenting its loss.

Here are some beautifully detailed and colored Dune character designs by the influential French comic book artist, Moebius which i think precede Peter Chung really nicely, particularly from Reign.

You can find out more about the Unseen Dune here.

On a side note.. This is why popular culture sucks and why i need to stab people who listen to shit music and watch shit films, ultimately throughout history such people are individually responsible for funding going to mediocre commercial projects rather than enriching ones such as the Unseen Dune. Its a crime against humanity and it should be treated like one and I for one put my hand up to help administer the justice.

KRink by VC2 producer Dan Bruun and Jason Schneider

Here’s an old set of photos from the first letterheads show organized by KidReksi and myself a few years ago at WoodenShadow.

I setup and ran WoodensShadow in an abandoned warehouse in downtown Richmond and it was the site of epic parties and also a tetanus ridden tinderbox that at any one night could of wiped out the entire Melbourne art scene in a fiery ball of death. Letterheads was an exhibition of remixed letters of the alphabet by Australian artists met with Chairman Mao and Flying Lotus thanks to RBMA.

Reka and I are currently trying to motivate each other into nutting out Letterheads 2 so i thought i’d post some shots, stir the creative juices and whatnot.

A by Kab.
B by Puzzle
C by Scram

D by Merda

Other Highlights included…

Q by Jagi

O by Dmote

Check a slideshow of all the pieces here.