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Now living in Los Angeles, O'Shea has not entirely given up the less remunerative struggles of being an editor. Post-Juxtapoz, O'Shea has just signed on as editor of Spread ArtCulture, a new quarterly art-and-design magazine from New York, and is lining up his myriad allies to start an art magazine of his own, in which all those careers he's launched in the last decade will be rubbing shoulders with their "official" art-world counterparts. [+/-] more profile.. [+] Japanese profile.. |
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FRIDAY FREAK OUT… This Friday enjoy some clips of our favorite children’s show of all time: KURE KURE TAKORA, aka: “Gimmie Gimmie Octopus.” Broadcast on Fuji TV in Japan from October 1973 — September, 1974, with a total of 260 shows, each three minute episode revolved around the central character, Takura, a tree dwelling octopus (of course) who coveted everything in view of his spyglass, saying “KURE, KURE! (I want it).” Truly akin to Sesame Street on bad acid, it was one of the most surreal shows to ever air and the template for decades of inimitable Japanese weirdness to come… |
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