SARAH'S BRAIN!!!

My wife got an MRI brain-scan while she was taking part in a sleep study. Then the nice doctor gave her the dvd!!! I had to get special MRI reading software---called OSIRIX--that let me export as a quicktime file!!! The original is 33 minutes long so I just took the really exciting bits!!!

DETROIT 2D artshow in EAST LANSING, MI

"DETROIT 2D" curated by Cedric Tai and Tim Lane at the SCENE METROSPACE in East Lansing, Michigan May 15, 2009.
Featuring:
Davin Brainard
Karen Khalifah
Kathy Leisen
Taormina Bros
Vince Troia
Corine Vermeulen-Smith
More info HERE

PUDDLES book

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
TIME STEREO presents "PUDDLES", a new book of drawings by DAVIN BRAINARD.
"Davin has been drawing puddles since 2002 and has become very good at it. This is the first printed collection of Davin's puddle drawings. 44 pages, B&W with color cover. Signed first edition of 50 copies. Manufactured by TIME STEREO."
-LABEL PRESS RELEASE

PEEKING CLOUD---available only at the MOCAD BENEFIT this friday

My newest painting---you can buy it only at the MOCAD BENEFIT silent auction this Friday 5-8-09!!!

CAMO EFFECTOR

New METAL DUNGEON/LITTL

E PRINCESS gear.

CLOUD WINDOW

My new painting CLOUD WINDOW!!! See it in real-life at CPOP GALLERY Saturday May 2, 2009!!!

GRAFFITI CONTEST

I just painted my boarded-up alley garage door that we never use (see this post)...now it's a nice blank canvas for a neighborhood graffiti writer!!! Calling all McGraw BOYZ!!! How long will it take to get tagged??? The first tag will be featured on this blog!!!

DRUID PERFUME dvd now available!!!

If you live in Detroit then you must know all about DRUID PERFUME!!! After THE PIRANHAS broke up some of the guys decided to add WADE on sax and start a new prog-freak-aktion band. I just finished editing a new dvd for the band and made the cover art too.

R.I.P. LUX INTERIOR

Man it was sad last month when RON ASHETON from the STOOGES died but somehow I'm even sadder that LUX INTERIOR from THE CRAMPS died the other day!!! When I was a kid (1983) I never even heard of THE STOOGES---the records were hard to find and they didn't have their comeback yet---but boy did I love THE CRAMPS!!! They helped create a PSYCHOBILLY scene in Detroit when ELVIS HITLER, SNAKEOUT and THE GORIES were all influenced by them. I first saw THE CRAMPS on the NIGHT FLIGHT cable tv show in the early 80's??? It was on USA NETWORK or something??? Anyways they played URGH A MUSIC WAR and THE CRAMPS were awesome!!! Then I finally got to see them live in person in 1986---it was great!!! R.I.P. LUX INTERIOR and I hope the best for his widow and CRAMPS guitarist POISON IVY!!! And then I realized that LUX had the same birthday (October 21) as both me and my beautiful wife!!! No wonder I loved him so much!!!

JIM SHAW BENEFIT ARTSHOW & CONCERT

Our pal Jim Shaw is being treated for cancer and has no health insurance!!! So there is a benefit show on Saturday February 7, 2009 at the MAGIC STICK and CPOP GALLERY in Detroit. I made a painting just for this event---it's called FUZZ---it will be auctioned off at CPOP---I hope it makes a lot of money for Jim!!!

CLOUD MOVIES

Did you know that there is now a place to watch all of the TIME STEREO cloud movies all in one place??? Now you can check the CLOUD MOVIES blog to watch them all!!!

THE FOUR SEASONS

I do love how in Michigan we have four distinct seasons...
But winter does kind of suck!!! It looks nice in paintings and everything but in real life it is uncomfortable, expensive and DANGEROUS!!!

SPACE CHRISTMAS
This is your Christmas present...

SPACE CHRISTMAS mix

Here is my Christmas mixtape from a couple years ago---SPACE CHRISTMAS. Mostly Christmas trax with a little "space" too...

01 Pogues-Fairytale of New York
02 Darlene Love-Marshmallow World
03 White Stripes-Candy Cane Girl
04 Staple Singers-Last Month of the Year
05 Harry Nilsson-Spaceman
06 Johnny Cash-I Heard Bells on Christmas Day
07 Pretenders-2,000 Miles
08 Pearls Before Swine-For The Dead in Space
09 Big Star-Jesus Christ
10 Switched on Santa-Santa Claus is Coming to Town
11 Stereolab-Into Outer Space
12 Rotary Connection-Silent Nite

DOWNLOAD (43 MB .zip file)

MONKEY DAY

I made two paintings for MONKEY DAY at BIDDLE GALLERY:

FLYING BANANAPEEL

and MONKEY CONE...
Call Karen if you want to buy one--- 734-281-4779

LOOK AT THE MOON---NEW PAINTINGS

I just made a bunch of new paintings for Christmastime!!! Oops I mean the holidays!!! Check them out here LOOK AT THE MOON and send me an email if you want to buy one!!! And watch for my new animated film SNOW TRICKS premiering at THE MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT on December 6, 2008!!!

NEW "IDA" BOOK--FROM JAPAN

Our pal Norio asked me to contribute some artwork for his book about that great band IDA on his label SWEET DREAMS. I sent him some JPEG'S and he used them in the book! Here is a scan of a couple pages. The book also features an article on WARN DEFEVER and drawings by ERIKA HOFFMANN and collage by IDA PEARLE. You can get it here: http://sweetdreamspress.com

PDM--NATURAL LAW--BUSAN, KOREA

PRINCESS DRAGONMOM was so happy that the curators at the BUSAN BIENNALE 2008 asked if they could include our NATURAL LAW movie in the show!!! Of course we said "yes!". Then we told them "We will need three tickets to Busan, Korea---we want to attend the opening" and they said "No thanks---but we WILL send you three catalogs". So here are our pages from the catalog!!! I hope that the show was fun!!!

I WENT TO VISIT BEATRIZ

I was just in Miami so I got to visit Beatriz Montevaro at the studio she shares with her husband Gavin. It was great!!! She let me take a picture of a bunch of drawings.

SILVER HEART PAINTING

It looks more silver-er in real-life (photography has a hard time capturing shiny silver paint). About 8 x 8"...you can buy it for just $40.00 ppd in USA!!!