This Unreal Estate serigraph series by Austin-based artist Tim Doyle takes you to Moe’s, the Seinfeld diner and all other “locations” you’ve been going to for decades, but not really. Or yes, really. Don’t pretend that these works with their bold hues and heavy, comic-book lines don’t conjure up a chummy feeling of familiarity. “These places are in our memories transmitted and entrenched there through a cathode-ray tube,” from the time you zombied out in front of your parents’ rickety television circa Simpsons’ first season, to the time you… zombied out in front of your Megaupload stream of the Simpsons’ fifteenth season. Ah, life, huh? “Unreal Estate,” Tim Doyle, Feb 2 – Feb 23, Spoke Art Gallery, San Francisco.
Remember those Simpsons’ helicopter gag gasps of insurgency against their FOX overlords? Yeah, barely. Now, after 23 seasons and almost 500 episodes, looks like News Corp is tightening its grip around the show’s throat, with the executives forcing the actors to take a draconian 45% pay cut or eat their shorts, presumably. Read more »
Sunday, The Simpsons continued their little insurgency with a second helicopter gag. Not only is Fox News #1 with racists, but also “Unsuitable for Viewers Under 75.” Looks like old man O’Reilley got to them though, as the ‘copter was wiped from the online streaming version of the episode. Read more »
The Simpsons took direct jabs at Fox News last night. The “unbalanced” Fox news-copter crashed and Smithers cozied up to Dick Cheney because he “likes to stack men naked.” Read more »
Street art’s most successful artist, Banksy, created the opening sequence for last night’s episode of the The Simpsons. The extended intro shows a slightly vandalized Springfield followed by a descent into the dark world of consumer culture where teams of laborers work in unison to create merchandise. Wait, is he critiquing Fox or himself? Read more »
The English village of Dunchurch recently awoke one morning to find one of their historic statues transformed into Homer Simpson. The cartoon caper is the latest in a 40-year tradition of Christmas vandalism that’s seen the the 19th century figure of Lord John Scott turned into Harry Potter, Shrek and Spiderman. Read more »
Hey remember Playboy?! I used to subscribe to that mag and honestly don’t think I’ve picked up an issue in the last 10 years. And hey remember The Simpsons?! I used to watch that show but don’t think I’ve watched a full episode in the last 10 years. With that said, these two American cultural institutions have finally found each other and Playboy may finally publish an issue that nobody jerks off to the cover model. |Videogum|
Meet The Angolan Simpsons
To announce that Africa’s digital satellite TV service DStv now offers The Simpsons on channel Bué in Angola, ad agency Executive Center in Luanda, Angola decided to, uh, re-culturize America’s most famous TV family. For comparison purposes, here’s the original shot. This Simpson’s aficionado has several questions. What’s with the huge honkin’ speakers? What strange brew is Homer drinking? Was this illustration cleared by Matt Groening/Fox lawyers? My favorite details are the cool threads on Homie and Marge, and the replacement of the shitty sailboat painting (which inspired Marge’s romance novel) by a Serengeti elephant scene. |Image: AdsOfTheWorld|
Editor-in-Chief:
