Square Records opened on August 9th, 2003 in the Valley of the Underdog (Akron, Ohio) and is owned by Pat Carney’s younger sibling (The Black Keys). They’re proud to be part of the unique music and art scene in our city. They sell compact discs, records, magazines, music dvd’s and other essential items. Besides selling new and used records, Square Records also sells t-shirts, posters, stickers, bowls, purses and other objects made from records worn beyond play. They also sell tickets for the Grog Shop and Beachland Ballroom. No, they don’t have the new Carrie Underwood album.
If you would like to sell your unwanted cd’s and records to them please do so Tuesday through Saturday from 12-6. When buying records, they look for mostly rock, jazz, r & b, folk, and anything weird. Mostly they look for records from the mid 60’s to modern day, preferably in very good condition.
Store Hours: Tuesday through Saturday 11-9 and Sunday and Monday 12-6
Location: 824 West Market Street, Akron, OH (Highland Square)
1987 marked the debut of not only one of the most iconic skate graphics of all time, the “Screaming Hand” but also the release of Puma’s popular First Round Hi. As a homage to the most credible skate brands around, Puma will release a Screaming Hand influenced First Round Hi sneaker, including a matching t-shirt. The First Round features many design influences linked to the Jim Phillips designed Screaming Hand. Four different laces will be included upon the release, which has yet to be announced.
Whether or not Barack Obama would make a good president, it’s clear that he makes an excellent muse. It’s hard to think of a political candidate in recent memory who has, in real time, inspired so much creativity, exercised free of charge and for the campaign’s benefit. Perhaps this suggests something about Obama — or maybe it suggests something about his supporters.
The examples are many. One of the most prominent is the limited-edition print created by the Los Angeles artist Shepard Fairey in January. Fairey is best known as the creator of the “Obey Giant” imagery that, beginning in 1989, spread on city streets around the world by way of posters, stickers and stencils. (Disclosure: I contributed an essay to Fairey’s 2006 book, “Obey: Supply & Demand,” an extensive survey of that project and of his career so far.) Fairey made a brief statement when he unveiled the portrait, noting his “great conviction that Barack Obama should be the next President.” Poster sales, he added, would underwrite “a large statewide poster campaign.”
In addition to popping up on many streets, the image later made its way onto a T-shirt, created in collaboration with the San Francisco street-wear brand Upper Playground — and apparently onto the radar of the Obama campaign. The candidate himself sent a thank-you note, and his campaign had Fairey create a new poster that became the inaugural offering in an “Artists for Obama” section of the barackobama.com online store. Fairey told Creativity Online that while he has been politically active, there’s something new in the enthusiasm he now professes to feel. “I just thought it was time to stick my neck out,” he said. A variety of other artists apparently feel something similar. A California art duo known as the Date Farmers created an Obama screen print in an edition of 300; add the pro-Obama prints by Sam Flores, MAC and Munk One, and you’re on your way to a hipster gallery show.
One of the most prolific and well known designers around, resident nice guy Benny Gold offers up this video interview with the San Francisco Gate’s Art Adventure. The feature ranges from his past projects with Huf and Nike, the background behind him choosing Benny Gold and upcoming projects on the go. Definitely a good look into the personal life of a designer who’s had a big influence on many in more ways than one.
The Genocide Intervention Network, STAND, and Participant Media are partnering up to present the Darfur Now College Tour. The tour will feature the Cool Kids, Zion I, Goapele, Janelle Monae, Wale, Anthony David, DJ Drama, Asheru and more. The following campuses will enjoy a screening of the documentary Darfur Now as well as the concert, and were selected for their efforts to fight genocide.
Tour Dates/Locations:
April 24, 2008 - University of California Berkeley - Berkeley, CA
April 25, 2008 - Emory University - Atlanta, GA
April 27, 2008 - William Mitchell College of Law - St. Paul, MN
April 28, 2008 - University of Minnesota Law School -Minneapolis, MN
April 28, 2008 - Georgetown University - Washington D.C.
May 21, 2008 - University of Chicago - Chicago, IL
May 29, 2008 - University of California Los Angeles - Los Angeles, CA
“Banksy” is a well-known pseudo-anonymous English graffiti artist. Banksy’s real name is unknown, but he was born in 1974 and raised in Bristol, England. He trained as a butcher, but became involved in graffiti during the great Bristol aerosol boom of the late 1980s. Banksy’s parents think their son is a painter and decorator.
His artworks are often-satirical pieces of art that encompass topics such as politics, culture, and ethics. His vandalism, which combines graffiti writing with a distinctive stenciling technique similar to Blek le Rat, who began in 1981 in Paris to work with stencils. His art has appeared in cities all around the world. Banksy’s work was borne out of the larger Bristol underground scene which involved collaborations between artists and musicians.
Banksy does not sell photos of street graffiti or mount exhibitions of screen prints in commercial galleries, but his latest work can be seen throughout the streets of Los Angeles and London.
Wax Poetics is a bimonthly music journal/magazine focusing on hip-hop, Turntablism, jazz, funk, soul, reggae, disco, and Latin music. Based out of Brooklyn, Wax Poetics is still holding it down for the funk aficionados, record collectors, beat-heads, DJs, and producers.
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