Inimitable art provocateur and Cremaster Cycle mastermind MATTHEW BARNEY isn’t shy about his love for dirty black metal. A fact that guests at his house party and pig roast featuring live performances by such delicately named bands as Copremeis, Inquisition, Dagon, Krallice, and S.M.E.S., couldn’t have been happier about. Master chef Barney kept his metal militia satiated by roasting and carving up several suckling pigs, providing a suitably decadent buffet for the occasion. Of course, Supertouch’s own metal casualty/toothless wonder STUNTBOY (aka: Erik Foss) was on hand to divine some swine and pop some shots. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

Nick takes OCD to the next level before opening nite while his army of masked groupie stalkers await the unveiling…

Genius YEAH YEAH YEAHS guitarist and Supertouch buddy NICK ZINNER likes to pass the time on his endless touring laps around the globe photographing the weirdness of his everyday life. As one would expect this can range from the girls in the front row, to airport weirdos and broken down tour buses, to the freaks, geeks, and scenesters of everytown USA and beyond. Now in his first NYC art show, Mr Zinner unveils a stunning retrospective of his life behind the lens with “It’s OK, Don’t Look at the Road,” at the venerable East Village art hotspot FUSE GALLERY.  HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

“Ass, gas, or grass, no one rides for free” in Nasty Neck’s clown car… 

The inimitable art gremlin and nonstop tagging phenomenon known as NECK FACE is back in Cali and hard at work hanging his show of new work at West Hollywood’s NEW IMAGE ART gallery. Aptly titled “Cannibal Carnival,” and set to open this Saturday, August 16, the show of new paintings and other grisly surprises represents the young demon’s best work yet, and we’re especially happy with his new “evil clown” theme. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

In a move that literally none of us could possibly anticipate, Supertouch’s own street saboteur & Popagandist, RON ENGLISH has written a musical homage to golden boy presidential hopeful BARACK OBAMA, and had it recorded by THE SUTCLIFFES, and just to up the ante, he’s filmed a video incorporating footage of his recent “Abraham Obama” street installation in Boston…

With all the mainstream news outlets presenting the “official” view of the 29th OLYMPIC GAMES in Beijing (including computer-generated fireworks and lip-synching 6-year-old body doubles), Supertouch brings you a street level look at the real haps around town from the back alleys to the 798 Arts District, you won’t see anywhere else. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

NYC legend Carlo McCormick (top), and (below) the real star of the nite…

The American onslaught of the new “Beautiful Losers” documentary film kicked off with the inaugural screening in NYC last week on Friday, 08.08.08, at the indie-centric IFC CENTER, hosted by director AARON ROSE. The usual cast of art freaks and downtown hipsters turned out in full force to take in the flick before repairing back to the East Village hotspot that is ERIK FOSS‘ venerable LIT LOUNGE for a late nite of celebratory god-only-knows-what, obligatory scandalous photo ops, and loud sounds by DJ CHRIS JOHANSON. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

The scene of the crime literally 5 minutes before opening…

Last week’s opening of the low-fi spectacle of downtown outsider art that is BEAUTIFUL LOSERS at Tokyo’s LaFORET MUSEUM in the hipster hotspot of Harajuku commemorated the Japanese premiere of the new “Beautiful Losers” documentary film and the beginning of the new NIKE SPORTSWEAR-sponsored “Make Something!” workshops. The show—smaller in scale than the full-scale exhibition currently on tour in Europe—included original art by Margaret Kilgallen, ESPO, Jo Jackson, Josh Lazcano (AMAZE), Alexis Ross of the Gents of Desire, Barry Mcgee (Ray Fong), Chris Johanson, Geoff McFetridge, Sean Barton, Shepard Fairey, Harmony Korine, Mike Mills, Thomas Campbell, and Ed Templeton, among others. Meanwhile, the “Make Something!” workshops hosted by Alexis Ross (Homemade Tattoos), Aaron Rose ( Zine Making), Sean Barton (Sign Painting), and Jo Jackson (Paper Mache Heads of World Leaders) gave the throng of eager Japanese fans something to do with their idle hands and deviant minds. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »

Commemorating the opening of the 29th OLYMPIC GAMES in Beijing and the global launch of NIKE SPORTSWEAR, the massive and thundering drumming event known as “88 BOADRUM” was held simultaneously in New York and Los Angeles on August 8, 2008 (aka 08.08.08). In order to create an aural spectacle worthy of the historic occasion, Japanese noise avatars THE BOREDOMS teamed up with NYC art rockers GANG GANG DANCE to perform an 88-minute composition beginning at precisely 8:08 PM on either coast. With the Boredoms ensconced in LA’s historic La Brea Tar Pits, and Gang Gang Dance lining Brooklyn’s Williamsburg waterfront, each group was surrounded by a massive spiral of 88 drummers thundering away in improbably synchronous harmony to create an echoing score that could be heard for miles. In light of a recently published BBC article attesting that rock drummers and performance athletes enjoy comparable cardiovascular fitness levels, a more fitting tribute could not be had. HAVE A LOOK: Read the rest of this entry »