Published Issue 120, December 2023 Mark reflects on his new work and how his inspiration from Beat-style stream-of-conscious expression evolved: “When I was a single digit-aged human back in the 1950s, I remember seeing human wreckage sprawled on the sidewalks of downtown Akron. My mom would hold my hand and try to hurry me past […]
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Published Issue 120, December 2023 The hummingbirds and black flies were swarming in the back yard. It had been a typically fierce winter. But the ice had almost receded and the base would swing back to life. The little one who shall here forward be referred to as ROO, had just finished eating salmon with
Published Issue 120, December 2023 Welcome to the short list of non-local music I found compelling over the past year, much of it is informed by seeing the artist live. Hope this list is interesting and useful to you as well as the extended list to be published on queencitysoundsandart.wordpress.com in early 2024. Andy Loebs
Werewolf Radar: The World’s a Mess, It’s In My Claus By Nate Balding Art by Dave Danzara aka Lost In Time Designs Published Issue 120, December 2023 Dear Santa, I know you have a lot going on and I don’t want to press your schedule at this time. Surely you must be inundated with demands
Words by Michael David King | Concept by Jonny DeStefano Published Issue 120, December 2023Best of Birdy, Originally Published in Issue 058, October 2018 Jonny DeStefano is the co-owner and co-founder of Birdy Magazine. He is also the founder of the comedy activist space Deer Pile. His favorite color is red, he loves shark attacks, hockey and
Dangers of Role Playing By Moon Patrol Published Issue 120, December 2023 Moon Patrol is a Northern California-based artist. Taking themes including 80s cartoons and video games, classic pulp illustrations, and comic book narratives, Moon Patrol remixes these many and varied cues using a collage technique he compares to “Kid Koala’s turntable albums, and in
Take A Tour of Tiny Meow Wolf By Jena Braziel Published in Issue 120, December 2023 Explore some of the many miniatures and dioramas to be found across our four permanent exhibitions. Meow Wolf’s love of miniatures is nothing new. We’ve been obsessed with itty bitty objects for years. Who doesn’t let out an “awww”
Book Club By Hana Zittel Published Issue 120, December 2023 We Were Once a Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America by Roxanna Asgarian (2023) In early 2018, a disturbing and confounding headline shocked people across the country. A horrifying road accident had claimed the lives of two adult women and
Cat In The DEVO Hat By Rob Ginsberg (D.A.S.A.) Published as the Centerfold of Issue 120, December 2023 Originals and prints of Cat In The DEVO Hat are available. Shoot Rob a message on Instagram to learn more. When man first walked on the moon I crawled out on planet Earth, where I decided to
School In The Snow By Dan Moran Published Issue 120, December 2023 Best of Birdy, Originally published Issue 072, December 2019 “Japanese School in the Snow,” (illustration for a book), ball-point pen on paper, 8.5″ 11″, 2013. Artist Bio I am a self-taught artist and have been drawing as long as I can remember, since