ALDEN ART – This Modern Life: Poetry and Image of Alden Marin
Posted: March 28, 2012 Filed under: Alden Marin, BRASS TACKS PRESS | Tags: alden marin, alt, alt music, alternative music, art, los angeles, los angeles art, los angeles music, music, poetry, sketch, venice, venice arts club, venice arts club music, venice beach, venice CA Leave a commentPHILOMENE LONG – Poet of Venice, CA
Posted: March 27, 2012 Filed under: Philomene Long | Tags: poet, venice, venice beach, venice CA Leave a commentPhilomene Long – Poet of Venice, CA.
TIME THAT’S LEFT – Alden Marin Poetry
Posted: March 21, 2012 Filed under: Alden Marin, BRASS TACKS PRESS | Tags: alden marin, art, drawing, los angeles, poet, poetry, sketch Leave a commentJAMES MATHERS DECODED – Storyboard scenes from the animated short film, ‘The Parking Lot At The Center Of Time’
Posted: March 17, 2012 Filed under: Bailey Rye, Cara Tompkins, Derek DeVries, Doug Lewis, James Mathers, Malia Luna, Pablo Capra | Tags: bailey rye, derek devries, doug lewis, james mathers, los angeles music, malia luna, pablo capra, parking lot at the center of time, post-paradigm, venice, venice arts club, venice arts club music, venice CA Leave a commentNo one would ever accuse VAC founding member James Mathers of spreading it on ‘too thin’. Everything he does is spread thick, especially his paint. Many of these oil-stick drawing were completed here at the VAC. During this period, the script for Parking Lot was refined then recorded with an ensemble cast including DJ Lyf, Malia Luna, Bailey Rye, Pablo Capra, Dead Dave, Doug Lewis, Cara Tompkins, Derek DeVries.
These drawings form the groundwork for the produced version of Parking Lot. Approximately 80 drawings make up the storyboard for Parking Lot, here are a few choice selects. The complete collection will be posted on this blog, coming soon.
JAMES MATHERS – STORYBOARD SCENES FOR ‘PARKING LOT AT THE CENTER OF TIME’
PARKING LOT AT THE CENTER OF TIME – YOU TUBE
BRASS TACKS PRESS – Chap Books
Posted: March 15, 2012 Filed under: BRASS TACKS PRESS, Pablo Capra | Tags: brass tacks press, chap books, life as a poet, topanga beach, venice arts club, venice CA Leave a commentVisit BRASS TACKS PRESS, the home of VAC member PABLO CAPRA, for poets, chap books, prose and media:
BRASS TACKS PRESS – Topanga Beach Experience
Posted: March 15, 2012 Filed under: BRASS TACKS PRESS, Pablo Capra Leave a comment“Topanga Beach Experience: 1960s-70s”
by Paul Lovas & Pablo Capra
(Brass Tacks Press, 2011)
FOREWORD
by Pablo Capra
As I delved deeper, I was impressed to learn how much Topanga Beach had contributed to surf culture. In the ‘60s, it was a place of refuge for Miki Dora (and Charles Manson!). “Surfer” magazine’s main competitor “Surf Guide” was based at Topanga Beach. Several pioneering skateboarders grew up there, including world champion Woody Woodward. In the ‘70s, the three best surfers in Malibu called Topanga their home break: Jay Riddle, Davey Hilton, and George Trafton. Topanga Beach was also home to three influential surf filmmakers: Hal Jepsen (“Cosmic Children”), Grant Rohloff (“Men Who Ride Mountains”), and Scott Dittrich (“Fluid Drive”). Surf films like “The Californians” by Jamie Budge and “Muscle Beach Party” starring Frankie and Annette were shot at Topanga Beach. The beach even had its own surf band, Blue Juice.
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CECI N’EST PAS PARIS – Alden Marin
Posted: March 15, 2012 Filed under: Alden Marin, BRASS TACKS PRESS | Tags: alden marin, artwork, ink, pen and paper, poetry, venice beach, venice CA Leave a commentCECI N’EST PAS PARIS
At twilight, we saw Paris
at Rose and Lincoln
in his red Mustang, turning left–
across from the Tasty Goody
but he wasn’t savoring
their famous Yang Chow rice
or garlic chicken just yet;
artfully puffing a cigarette
looking to the western sky–
preoccupied with the appearance
of Venus and Mars, their nearness
undoubtedly–with his window down
and one arm out–he also sees
the last lavender from the setting sun at seven
and considers purple & magenta
perfect colors for his next work
about cherubic, smiling children…
or a surrealist trompe l’oeil
at the elegant restaurant
that trusts him with its walls–
the look he imparts of time and life—
of croissants, eggs and the
Magritte pipe—“Ceci n’est pas Paris…”
at Rose and Lincoln–
but yes, it is–
before he disappears, like Houdini might
into Venice–with his enigmatic smile;
a world of paint—
and compelling images on his mind….
Alden Marin ‘Counting’, pen on paper 6″x6″, 2011