An anonymous tagger [redundant, right?] decided to spray his/her ugly, uninspired [and not worth duplicating here, that’s for sure] tag, ‘Yuck!’ several nights ago on one of our windows.  It must be really tough to tag a gallery window.  Things must be hard.  Mommy must not have said ‘I kind of don’t regret you’ enough.  Luckily, I wasted two minutes on the phone calling LADPW’s graffiti hotline, and today the little mess was wiped out by the experts.

Notice: If you’re going to tag us, make it good.

Notice also: If you’re going to tag us again, bring your running shoes.  We’ll eventually catch you and force you to watch the American Masters series on Dick Avedon.

You’ve been warned.

Found Gallery

Although several of my friends are participating in this show, it’s hard for me not to be completely honest when thinking about tonight’s CRAZY 4 CULT show at 1988.

‘Over 50 artists put their own spin on classic cult films with one-of-a-kind original [sic] artwork’

That, I’m fine with. However, the evening will be hosted by Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier, and I have to call shenanigans on someone for that. Granted, I had Clerks on VHS when I was in seventh grade, but then I grew up. Did I miss something? Is Kevin Smith [see: Jersey Girl] the face of cult films or is he just a poor fat man’s Tarantino? I’m all for introducing other elements into a typical gallery setting, but there’s a huge disconnect.

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