Simon Grigg Shines Light on AK79
Music

Simon Grigg Shines Light on AK79

by R. Kellie
Designed by Terence Hogan using an image of The Terrorways’ Dean Martelli, the front cover of AK79 has become one of the best known images of New Zealand rock and roll over the years The defining release of the thriving Auckland punk scene of the late 70s, AK79, compiled by Auckland...
KKKYLIE + KKKenneth
Criticism / Music / Pop Culture

KKKYLIE + KKKenneth

by R. Kellie
Hey, she's stroking that car like it's a dick! OMG she has a feather duster, HOW HOT. Is it a car commercial? A commercial for some new type of sexy energy drink for automatons that makes you work out to achieve this level of 'greatness?'
Nocturnal Digressions: Musings on Peter Laughner
Music / Pop Culture

Nocturnal Digressions: Musings on Peter Laughner

by R. Kellie
Been on a pretty serious Peter Laughner kick in the store lately. After a bootleg CD emerged at the store recently called Nocturnal Digressions, that no one seemed to know where it came from, I have not been able to stop listening to it over and over again. Each listen...
Xway Vision
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Xway Vision

by R. Kellie
  In honor of our forthcoming Sandra Bell reissue, take a look at this sickkk video compilation of Xpressway artists from 1992. Originally released as a VHS tape, and then later co-released in the states, this thang has been so out of print, it’s not even funny! A certain someone *cough,...
Jennifer Herrema Participating in New Museum Store's Artist Residency December 5-7, 2012
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Jennifer Herrema Participating in New Museum Store’s Artist Residency December 5-7, 2012

by R. Kellie
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New NZ Comp Bulletholes 4: Exploring the Unknown
Music

New NZ Comp Bulletholes 4: Exploring the Unknown

by R. Kellie
Auckland’s Powertool Records, the same label to thank for releasing new works by Sandra Bell, The Puddle, Robert Scott, Bill Direen, ( I could go on)  and generally speaking– the label that actively releases a diverse range of ex-Corpus Hermeticum, Xpressway, and Flying Nun artist’s material;  has a new compilation...
HOLY BALM...(holy shit!)
Music / Performance

HOLY BALM…(holy shit!)

by R. Kellie
  Holy Balm is Anna John, Emma Ramsay and Yoni Hochman. I was stoked to read on their Tumblr that they will be coming to the states this fall. Their live sets sound and look super fun. CTI meets Wax Trax vibes renders their post-house post-synth party jam haze. Holy...
Times New Old Friendship Video
Music / Performance / Video

Times New Old Friendship Video

by R. Kellie
New Video for an old song, with re-purposed footage
HENNE$$EY YOUNGMAN UP IN HERE
Criticism / Straight to Youtube / Video

HENNE$$EY YOUNGMAN UP IN HERE

by R. Kellie
HELLO WWW, THIS YA BOY HENROCK ALLAH AND IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. WE ALWAYS SEEM TO MEET IN PLACES LIKE THIS. ANYWAYS, THIS PARTICULAR ART THOUGHTZ IS MORE OF LIKE A PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT OFFERING A PAID SERVICE TO YOU AND YOURS. BUT IMA LET MY VIDEO DO...
Dirty Looks: On Location- Queer Interventions in NYC Spaces
Cinema / Exhibitions / Performance / Pop Culture / Video

Dirty Looks: On Location- Queer Interventions in NYC Spaces

by R. Kellie
Dirty Looks: On Location is a month-long series of queer interventions in New York City spaces. Over the course of July, Dirty Looks, a roaming series– which typically hosts screenings on the last Wednesday of the month–will install film and video work in queer social spaces and former sites of...
US Premiere of 2 New Street Chant Vids, 7" Pre-Order + Interview
Music

US Premiere of 2 New Street Chant Vids, 7″ Pre-Order + Interview

by R. Kellie
I can’t say enough how great Street Chant are– as a band, as people, as artists. I, for one have been waiting for these two songs to be released since hearing them live months ago. And now these two videos (comprising a double A-side 7″ available via Arch Hill soon)...
Straight to Video: Ohio Music Video Comp #1: Columbus
Music / Video

Straight to Video: Ohio Music Video Comp #1: Columbus

by R. Kellie
Straight to Video: Ohio Music Video Comp #1: Columbus 4/18/2012 @ Spectacle Theater, Brooklyn 8PM A screening program of live performance footage, music videos, and cable access appearances with bands from the underground music scene in Columbus, Ohio. Featuring bands/artists such as: V̶-̶3̶, Thomas Jefferson Slave Apartments, True Believers, Mike...
ESAD Production's History of Bloomington Music
Music / Video

ESAD Production’s History of Bloomington Music

by R. Kellie
    Somewhere between video diary and music nerd tribute jerked on video–like Bill Nye, but cool– this gem of a CATV special maps out and documents the somewhat subjective, vastly complicated network of musicians and bands in the Bloomington Music Scene from 1977 through 1993.  ESAD Production’s History of...
Netherlands Media Art Institute ceasing activities due to lack of funding, announces future plans+ projects
Video

Netherlands Media Art Institute ceasing activities due to lack of funding, announces future plans+ projects

by R. Kellie
Netherlands Media Art Institute will cease activities due to lack of funding at the end of 2012. A result of the Ministry of Culture’s decision to terminate funding, an announcement was made yesterday that the Institute will receive no further financial support, and will vacate its present premises on the...
Moron Movies and Len Cella
Cinema / Video

Moron Movies and Len Cella

by R. Kellie
Initially aired on Johnny Carson’s ‘Tonight Show’ in 1968, Len Cella’s Moron Movies became a regular feature between 1983 and 1985, then eventually surfaced on ‘TV’s Bloopers and Practical Jokes’ as Len Cella’s Silly Cinema a title which he allegedly despised. Curiously available in every video store in North America...
Bruce Russell on 'Time To Go-The Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1981-86'
Music

Bruce Russell on ‘Time To Go-The Southern Psychedelic Moment: 1981-86’

by R. Kellie
Really can’t say how stoked I was to stumble 15 minutes late into work today, coffee spilt, phone forgot in bed, and log onto the interwebs to find that Bruce Russell contributed the following piece to Volcanic Tongue on the genesis of the NZ Underground on the occasion of the...
Cash from Chaos / Unicorns & Rainbows
Exhibitions / Performance / Pop Culture / Video

Cash from Chaos / Unicorns & Rainbows

by R. Kellie
Alex Bag and Patterson Beckwith Team gallery 83 Grand Street March 29th – April 28th 2012 Reception on Thursday March 29th at 6:00PM Team presents a collaborative installation by New York-based artists Alex Bag and Patterson Beckwith, featuring their rarely shown public access show which ran between 1994 and 1997....
Beryl Korot: Selected Video Works: 1977 to Present at bitforms
Exhibitions / Video

Beryl Korot: Selected Video Works: 1977 to Present at bitforms

by R. Kellie
bitforms gallery presents an exhibition on video artist Beryl Korot. Featuring her landmark video installation “Text and Commentary” (1977), the show also includes two of Korot’s more recent investigations into the medium,“Florence” (2008) and “Yellow Water Taxi” (2003). Recognized since the early 1970s as a pioneer of video art and...
Jud Yalkut 26’1.1499” For A String Player TONIGHT @ ANTHOLOGY
Performance / Video

Jud Yalkut 26’1.1499” For A String Player TONIGHT @ ANTHOLOGY

by R. Kellie
Jud Yalkut is  easily one of my  favorite video pioneers. In conjunction with many other events around NYC celebrating John Cage’s centennial, Anthology will screen Yalkut’s 1973 video 26’1.1499” FOR A STRING PLAYER; a recorded video manipulation of Cage’s composition of the same title.  Performed in 1973, the video features...
Throwing Up: Big Love Tour
Music / Performance

Throwing Up: Big Love Tour

by R. Kellie
Beloved Brits Throwing Up are coming back to the States to play some shows. In NYC, it is a rare treat to see the London-based three piece rip it up live, but I can say that I was blown away after seeing them play at Bruar Falls with Blood Orange...
Screaming Urge in the New Age
Music / Video

Screaming Urge in the New Age

by R. Kellie
On the occasion of Sing-Sing Records’ reissue of Screaming Urge’s 1980 “Homework” single earlier this year, I touched base with Myke Rock and Michael Ravage about the Screaming Urge days and the beginnings of Columbus Punk. Since I spent a decent chunk of my 20’s in the Columbus music scene,...
TV Party Documentary
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TV Party Documentary

by R. Kellie
In true democratic spirit of cable access TV and DIY ethics so associated with the revolutionary NYC show TV Party, some excellent person has shared the recent documentary of the show on Youtube. Much has been written on the now iconic show, so we’ll leave that at bay for now–but...
Purple Pilgrims Video and Spring Tour Info
Music / Video

Purple Pilgrims Video and Spring Tour Info

by R. Kellie
Purple Pilgrims.- s/t 8″ It has been said that ex-Christchurch now Hong Kong based sister duo of Clementine and Valentine Nixon is really a live act, with their haunting, heartfelt, carefully layered drone; pure enough to summon goosebumps. This outsider marble-fuzz project has reproduced the same wide eyed simple magic...
Ministry at EXIT in Chicago,1984
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Ministry at EXIT in Chicago,1984

by R. Kellie
Ministry live at Exit in Chicago, IL on December 20, 1984 By: Scott Kiernan   Setlist: Intro All Day Do You Even Like It? Cold Life The Nature of Love It is a tasty herb that can cheap viagra from india be added to your previous knowledge? There is a great...
Dispatch from Aoteara #1
Music / Performance

Dispatch from Aoteara #1

by Joe Stumble
  Joe Stumble ran my favorite blog, Last Days of Man on Earth for five years, before moving to NZ from the [American] Midwest in 2010 to pursue his Masters degree at Auckland University. He will be writing regularly for Straight To Video about life in New Zealand, primarily with...
Graham Lambkin's new improvisation recorded in a Honda Civic
Music

Graham Lambkin’s new improvisation recorded in a Honda Civic

by R. Kellie
For nearly two decades, Graham Lambkin has been redefining our concept of domestic disturbance. From his time in The Shadow Ring to his solo ventures (2003’s Poem for Voice and Tape and Salomon Run, from 2007) to his collaboration with Jason Lescalleet (2008’s The Breadwinner), he has continually transformed everyday...
Latest entries
Criticism / Exhibitions / Performance

Diamond Shine

by R. Kellie on 02/25/10
Here are some things that I have been up to lately that I have not had time to blog about because of the oppression that is being a 25 year old s/w/f living in New York, going to grad school, while working part time. It’s soooo awwwwful. I can’t even blog about all of the... [ Read More → ]
Exhibitions / Pop Culture

You make me happy when skies are gray

by R. Kellie on 02/25/10
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2009: Best of (in no particular order)

by R. Kellie on 01/7/10
X Initiative– If no one writes a book about the importance of X in the coming year, I am going to make it the topic of a dissertation. Meant to exist for exactly one year from it’s conception, X has offered excellent exhibitions and even better spontaneous performances, lectures, and events. It has easily been... [ Read More → ]
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Mr. Mom

by R. Kellie on 12/10/09
Walking down the street one day, I happened upon a bag full of brand-new mostly deplorable dvds. Some movie called “Pale-Male,” “Pirates of the Carribbean 2,” “Face-Off,” some show tunes, you get the picture. I did find myself tempted by a double feature of “Baby Boom” and “Mr. Mom.” After selling the crappy ones to... [ Read More → ]
Performance / Pop Culture / Video

The Sheer Ingenuity of "Shredding"

by R. Kellie on 12/7/09
At first, I was hesitant about these videos, but there is something amazingly fulfilling about watching these douche-mops egos be completely emasculated through simple sound editing. Wikipedia’s definition of “Shredding”: Shred guitar or shred refers to lead electric guitar playing that relies heavily on fast passages; the act of playing fast passages on an electric... [ Read More → ]
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Len Lye: The Cosmic Archive

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Video Witch: Joan Jonas’ shamanistic approach to performance

by R. Kellie on 11/17/09
I had no idea what to expect for the performance billed ‘Joan Jonas reading Dante.’ I read the Performa summary, which lent almost no information, as well an ArtForum article about the work as instantiated for the 2008 Biennale of Sydney and some other scraps; yet nowhere in the limited information that I could cobble... [ Read More → ]
Criticism / Video

Museum Futures: Distributed

by R. Kellie on 11/17/09
Last Tuesday, I went to the New School for a screening of Marysia Lewandowska and Neil Cumming’s 2008 film ‘Museum Futures: Distributed.’ The artists have collaborated between 1995 and 2008, in institutions such as banks, museums, galleries, archives, auction houses, universities, and department stores. Commissioned for the 50th anniversary for the Moderna Museet in Stockholm,... [ Read More → ]
Criticism / Performance

Bruce High Quality Foundation- Art History with Benefits

by R. Kellie on 11/9/09
Seeing BHQF for the second time last week, as part of Performa at X-Initiative in Chelsea, I finally realized that the art world really still is anyone’s oyster. Bruce have formed a collective under the auspices of the late social sculptor Bruce High Quality, for which it acts as the official arbiter of the estate.... [ Read More → ]

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