the brutal poodles chariot

wtf? seems to be something around lately with vehicles with pink highlights.

the pink is a bit crazy, but the little cherub bolted (well i hope it is) onto the bonnet takes the cake for me.

the brutal poodles are a sydney band, well duo, who are pretty keen to get noticed. nothing like a bloke pulling out some falsetto. prince did it so well, but took himself too seriously. i’d give you a link, but he pulled the prince official website off in 2006, when he became a born again christian.

we can thank flight of the conchords to make the man falsetto thing fun again, i think.

you can check out the brutal poodles music on their myspace page. below i’ve posted one of their clips – a song called ‘star’. check it out, i think they could be good fun to see live.

good luck boys, oh and maybe wash your car, the birdshit eats the duco.

TAGS: art, brutal poodles, cars, music, Sydney

Edited: July 12th, 2010

amazing, just released pic of fidel castro in hospital on his deathbed.

well, kind of….

this is an awesome work by artist Shen Shaomin showing on cockatoo island as part of the 2010 sydney bienalle.

fidel is prone in hospital here, mechanics providing a rising and sinking chest as he is making his death rattles. he is positioned as a point of a pentagram, the other points are life-sized and equally freakish models of lenin, great leader chaiman mao, uncle ho, and great leader kim il-sung.

he’s in great company. very tongue in cheek, the work is called ‘summit’(2010). i like.

another photo from the amazing series.

Edited: June 20th, 2010

more concrete remote controls

i love these things on oxford st, i still haven’t heard back about who has been doing them. you can see the others i have found here and  here.

i found a concrete computer too.

Edited: March 21st, 2010

concrete mobile phone

more of the same from the same person who did this and this.

i also found a concrete computer.

Edited: November 17th, 2009

stunned mullets

why do they look like stunned mullets?

anyway, the stunned mullet on the right, in the white shirt is barnaby. he is one half of the team shooting for sprout daily.  the other mullet is murray (not in shot). they threw an exhibition showcasing their last 6 months of work and contributing to the manly surf festival.

they run an awesome mailing list which shoots out a daily newsletter so that you get to see and smell the sea every day, no matter where you live. check them out here. don’t be shy, join their mailing list.

Edited: November 5th, 2009

yet more guerilla art

Okay then, will the real Phil James please stand up, please stand up?

For those of you who are regulars here, you would have already seen this post. Here is another piece found in Paddington.

Whoever this guy is, he really likes to see a mashed-up Princess Diana as you can see here, posted by a Kate Bedwell (nice name BTW, do you?).

Dumbo Feather has also mentioned him here, as has Darlinghurst Nights.

Someone called Reemski has posted this on her Flickr account as well.

I really hope this is not some clever viral marketing campaign that has us hoodwinked and that rather, it is a homegrown Banksy-type thing.

If it IS a marketing thing, I vow to take down all posts regarding this and replace them with something else i shot that day. You know I DO take more than one photo a day.

If anyone finds more of this guys work, please put your links into my comments.

PS. – Haberdashery – what an excellent word.

Edited: July 24th, 2009

concrete guerilla art

I have noticed over the past few weeks these things appearing on Oxford Street.

Someone has made these pre-fabs (out of concrete?). There are TV and video remote controls, as well as one Nokia phone. Seems that they have poured the concrete into the mould, buttons and all and have scratched messages into them. The detail is amazing. They have been stuck onto brick walls with liquid nails or something.

One of them, a TV remote, is enscribed with the word “Isolation”. I like it. Here is another.

i also found a concrete computer.

I would love to know if anyone else here has seen these things and if anyone knows who is doing it?

My message to the perp is this – “Thank You!” – I hope the Saturday shoppers get your message.

Edited: July 22nd, 2009

guerilla art in Sydney

Is it art, or advertising? hmmm. Looks like someone ripped another one off, just to the left of this one.

Edited: July 10th, 2009

art auction

Some of the works up for auction to help raise funds for my favourite radio station – FBi. 94.5 FM.

For those of you from outside of sydney, or if you just don’t know, it’s a community radio station that plays 50% aussie music, and 50% of that comes from sydney.

i’m a supporter – you should be too

Check them out and listen to their stream here: www.fbiradio.com

Edited: July 3rd, 2009