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Thamian

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About Me

Food Lover. Book reader. Doodler. Rascal. A firm believer in the power of accidents and the miracle of mistakes.

My Interests

fake meat, knife fights, black outs, the elderly

I'd like to meet:

the future. embarrassing stories told delightfully. leg crossers. daredevils. go-getters. people with appetites. genuine articles. -I'd also like to go swimming with Jenny Agutter one day...or be a backup dancer for Shah Rukh Kahn.

Music:

Smog, Lightning Bolt, tim kinsella & co., peter brotzmann, liars, roxy music, xiu xiu, nina simone, animal collective, unwound, mat brinkman, old time relijun, oldies, prog rock, the hip hop.

Movies:

Children of Paradise, Mulholland Drive, Last Year in Marienbad, Billy Elliot, the Good, the Bad, the Ugly, Gummo.

Television:

THE WIRE!!! ++ the Amazing Race! ++ (cept why is it on Sundays?)Last One Standing, the Rockford Files. AVS: Indian Music Videos. Complete seasons on DVD, irregardless of quality.
Most addictive show ever:

Books:

Donald Barthelme, DFW, Don Delillo, Richard Brautigan, Ian Banks, David Markson, contemporary Non-Fiction, Mat Brinkman, Zines, various comic books, Richard Price, George Singleton, can I get a George R R Martin without apologies? books... seriously. the way to my heart.

Heroes:

wener herzog. sonic youth. rich jacobs. jordin isip. tom devlin. devinn flynn. ben mcosker. chris forgues. andrew jeffrey wright. kevin christy. bill owens. lee friedlander. anthony bourdain. archie bunker.

My Blog

everyday an adventure

Dec 3rd - if you have to ask.... yet another 10 year anniversary for a philly staple, this time 700 club... speaking of which -what the hell was philadelphia before 1997?Dec 4th - the Wire Season 4 co...
Posted by Thamian on Mon, 03 Dec 2007 09:19:00 PST

Snack Isle!

Giant Robot437 East 9th St.New York, NY 10009Another pretty awesome group show! Everyone in it is pretty incredible but of note:Diane Barcelowsky Marc BellWilliam BuzzellC.F.Brian ChippendaleKeith Wa...
Posted by Thamian on Wed, 05 Sep 2007 09:56:00 PST

The Way to my Heart

B-O-O-K-S.One of the only five things that matter in life. And I've been Blawwging about them for Art in the Age...You know how it goes, a tree falls but the forest is all cluttered and you think some...
Posted by Thamian on Mon, 16 Apr 2007 07:58:00 PST

Brains! Brains! Brains!

Amazing. I'm in this show over in Denver, CO at Andeken Gallery that opens this Friday, June 29th that's being curated by the dude among dudes AJ FOSIK and frankly, the line up? It's amazing, literall...
Posted by Thamian on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 08:48:00 PST

Dead Piano Place

So, I owe Josie a show for the Bean, (the Bean is a coffee shop, and here in Philadelphia the majority of home-grown artists show within alternative spaces as there really aren't that many other optio...
Posted by Thamian on Fri, 04 May 2007 08:43:00 PST

March woah seven

Hey gang,Whew! The last month and a half was a doozy... Was in the Rich Jacobs curated MOVE # 15, the blue ball point pen show at Cinders, I had a collaboration drawing with Andrew Jeffrey Wright over...
Posted by Thamian on Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:48:00 PST

Move . 15 ,

Oh brother, as if it coudn't get any better, it gets a little better:CINDERS GALLERY is proud to present:Move.. 15 "These Bagels Are Gnarly"A Ballpoint Pen Group Drawing ShowGuest Curated by Rich Jaco...
Posted by Thamian on Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:32:00 PST

Nervously Nervous, Excitingly Exciting (Oct 28th- Draw!)

So, continuing proof builds up that I may very well be the luckiest unlucky guy ever. My dude Erik Foss asked me to be a part of his drawing show over at Fuse Gallery (93 2nd Avenue, NYC) and then mad...
Posted by Thamian on Fri, 20 Oct 2006 03:56:00 PST

IT WITH FLOWERS (Oct 6th opening)

Opening Friday, October 6 from 6-9 pm215 Fest and Damian Weinkrantz present:IT WITH FLOWERSan exhibition of storytellers featuring:Jim Houser, Mat Brinkman, Martha Rich, Kyle Field, Keith Shore, Joel ...
Posted by Thamian on Wed, 04 Oct 2006 10:00:00 PST

Sherbert

So, a drawing of mine is in this maga/zine: 'Sherbert' that, in Philly, you can prolly pick up at www.Marketeast.com when weisner puts it up. He has them. I'm led to believe it's relatively easy to pi...
Posted by Thamian on Thu, 28 Sep 2006 09:47:00 PST