BOADWEE BLOG

2012-01-30T15:45:00.000-08:00

CAN'T BE ARSED.

2012-01-26T17:10:00.000-08:00

January 26, 2012

Keith Boadwee, Butts, 2007.
California College of the Arts
Now Accepting Applications for the MFA Studio and Social Practice Programs
Office of Graduate Admissions
1111 Eighth Street
San Francisco CA 94107
1.800.447.ARTS
cca.edu

2012-01-26T08:09:00.000-08:00

2012-01-23T19:54:00.000-08:00

PULP RETURN TO THE U.S. !!!!! ON YOUR MARKS, GET SET, GO!!!!

2012-01-20T11:06:00.001-08:00

2012-01-19T08:45:00.000-08:00

I just watched Robert Hughes' THE MONA LISA CURSE and boy did it make me sad. It's heartbreaking to know that we've got generations of artists now that believe if an artist isn't successful in the market place, he or she is an utter failure. More often than not, the market embraces the anodyne and I know for a fact that there is a paradigm for a successful practice outside of the confines of the market. I played that game and I'm wary...

2012-01-14T05:36:00.000-08:00

2012-01-14T05:34:00.000-08:00

I'm fairly certain I post a lame "back to school" photo here every new semester. So here's my lame back to school photo.

2012-01-07T16:10:00.000-08:00

I'm in New Orleans working with a great group of SFAI grads and undergrads. THANK YOU NEW ORLEANS for the outpouring of warmth and generosity. We are having an EXTRAORDINARY time here.

2011-12-30T13:11:00.000-08:00

THANKS ROB CLARKE!!! XX

2011-12-29T10:29:00.000-08:00

I'm headed to New Orleans on New Year's Day. I'll be gone a couple of weeks. Seeing the folks and touring Prospect with a bunch of SFAI students. Kenny will also be joining me for the end of the trip. Transmissions will be intermittent for a while.

ENJOY THE REST OF YOUR HOLIDAY! XX KB

2011-12-23T09:22:00.000-08:00

NOTES ON MUSIC, 2011

2011 was the year that I finally made good on my promise to switch back to vinyl.I have embraced it so much that I have, in fact, stopped downloading music and buying CDs. I find that I actually listen to a lot more music now and more attentively as well.I was always "new music" guy and realized last night when I was listening to some of the NME's top 50 singles of the year that I miss that. I'm gonna work on getting back in the contemporary music loop in the coming year. There's so much historical vinyl that I want to add to my collection that it's hard to commit to newer titles. Having a semi-regular deejay gig has of course changed my collecting habits too. I'm usually thinking of things that I might actually play during a night in the booth and that leans heavily toward Brit Pop, Glam and British Invasion. I've collected a smattering of jazz platters but am still nowhere near as knowledgable in this area as I'd like to be. Probably the biggest surprise is my new found interest in "the Laurel Canyon sound" and all things Southern California, early 70's. I don't love it all but am definitely taking baby steps toward having a deeper understanding of the genre.

This isn't a "best of" list and it isn't in any particular order. These are just some of the records that made me laugh or cry or smile or dance or think about the ghost of christmas past.

Merry Christmas, Happy New Year. Kick out the Jams.

THE BYRDS SWEETHEART OF THE RODEO (LP)
GRAHAM PARSONS GP (LP)
BOBBY GENTRY ODE TO BILLIE JOE  (LP)
BRIAN FERRY ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE  (LP)
HARRY NILSSON NILSSON SINGS NEWMAN  (LP)
GIORGIO MORODER SON OF MY FATHER  (LP)
THEOLONIUS MONK SOLO MONK (LP)
THE STROKES ANGLES (LP)
THE VACCINES POST BREAK UP SEX (SINGLE)
NOEL GALLAGHER THE DEATH OF YOU AND ME (SINGLE)
PETE AND THE PIRATES UNITED (SINGLE)
WIRE PLEASE TAKE (SINGLE)
ARCTIC MONKEY'S SHE'S THUNDERSTORMS (SINGLE)
CHARLES MINGUS AH UM (LP)
THE LAs THE LAs (LP)

2011-12-22T08:50:00.000-08:00

KEN RUSSELL, R.I.P.

2011-12-21T08:57:00.000-08:00

This is a great record by Jimmy Webb's kids about drugs and unrequited love. I revisited it while Club Paint was working this week. They did another one after this and, more recently, one with their Dad, but they never hit this high again.

Another installment of CP has come and gone. Next stop, Steven Wolf Fine Arts, February, 2012.

2011-12-20T09:46:00.000-08:00

BIG CLUMSY HANDS: TEA BOX, I AM GOING TO MAUL YOU!!

TEA BOX: STOP IT! YOU ARE HURTING ME!

2011-12-19T09:09:00.000-08:00

CLUB PAINT. NEW JAMS.

2011-12-16T00:40:00.001-08:00

CLUB PAINT DRAWS.

2011-12-15T08:33:00.000-08:00

CLUB PAINT DRAWS!!

(not pictured here)

2011-12-13T07:37:00.000-08:00

Kenny and I were in a BAD car accident yesterday (NOT pictured here). Our car was totaled but we are fine. Scared shitless but fine. I'm so glad neither of us are hurt or dead.

2011-12-09T12:35:00.000-08:00

FYI: I LOVE SWEET POTATOES. That's all I've got.

2011-12-05T07:13:00.000-08:00

R.I.P. ALAN SUES!!!

2011-12-02T09:21:00.000-08:00

CHRIS HOOD just turned me onto LEOGABIN. LOVE IT!!!!!!

2011-11-29T13:17:00.000-08:00

An oldie but goodie from CLUB PAINT.

2011-11-29T12:08:00.000-08:00

Birthday in LA was brilliant. THANKS TO EVERYONE for the good times and all the fantastic gifts.
My evening couldn't have been more perfect!

Nothing but busy until XMAS.

xx KB

2011-11-22T11:24:00.000-08:00

Yep, it's true, I'm turning 50 the Saturday after Thanksgiving and celebrating with a big blowout in So Cal. HAVE A GREAT HOLIDAY. I'm checking out until next week. XO KB

2011-11-20T19:40:00.001-08:00

2011-11-18T14:51:00.001-08:00

Seeing Turandot tonight. LOVE HOCKNEY, LOVE PUCCINI.

2011-11-14T21:13:00.000-08:00

BRIAN FERRY, ANOTHER TIME ANOTHER PLACE. His second solo album. Fantastic.

2011-11-13T15:02:00.001-08:00

GENIUS THIS!!!

2011-11-10T21:11:00.001-08:00

2011-11-09T07:49:00.000-08:00

If my e-mail is to be believed, I've won 850,000 of these today (they're British Pound Coins).
My handy currency converter informs that that's 1,355,100.71 U.S. Dollars. Shout Hallelujah, Come on get happy!

2011-11-08T00:05:00.000-08:00

NICOLE EISENMAN'S "COPING". Corny Girl, I adore you. You know that. xo

2011-11-03T08:01:00.000-07:00

A BLOG CALLED BOADWEE is goin' to CHICAGO FOR A FEW DAYS. DEEP DISH!!
Nothing but busy around here.

2011-10-31T20:00:00.000-07:00

KARL HUBBUCH

2011-10-30T02:14:00.000-07:00

CLUB PAINT RULES. Big Thanks to STEVEN WOLF!

2011-10-27T19:26:00.001-07:00

It's all about MATISSE right now.

2011-10-21T22:49:00.000-07:00

NEW JAMS! IZZY and ERAL. You bitches are a pain in the ass but I love you both to bits.

2011-10-21T12:30:00.001-07:00

FASSBINDER'S WORLD ON A WIRE is unbelievably GREAT!!!

2011-10-19T23:06:00.000-07:00

Bitch stole my shit...

2011-10-15T22:13:00.000-07:00

Painting

2011-10-13T20:06:00.000-07:00

Terry Southern

2011-10-11T13:33:00.000-07:00

2011-10-08T19:59:00.000-07:00

Channeling at bit of one of my heroes, the late, great Yves Saint Laurent (the jacket I'm wearing is one of his).

2011-10-08T18:03:00.000-07:00

Just picked up a book on JUNE AND JENNIFER GIBBONS, THE SILENT TWINS.

2011-10-08T11:24:00.001-07:00

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/04/gay-resume-study_n_994098.html

2011-10-05T07:09:00.000-07:00

Life will be UNBEARABLE without NBA BASKETBALL. PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE come to an agreement.

2011-09-29T13:59:00.000-07:00

FIGHT THE POWER!!

2011-09-25T08:32:00.000-07:00

A BLOG CALLED BOADWEE TURNS 100 YEARS OLD TODAY!!!

2011-09-24T19:02:00.000-07:00

I HATE RELATIONAL AESTHETICS.

2011-09-21T20:17:00.000-07:00

I have next to no enthusiasm for blogging these days. Words of encouragement are in order...

2011-09-19T19:28:00.001-07:00

2011-09-13T14:49:00.000-07:00

2011-09-09T15:12:00.000-07:00

NOEL GALLAGHER, England's greatest living comedian.

2011-09-07T22:05:00.000-07:00

R.I.P. GEORGE KUCHAR.

Mentor, legend, friend, and genius to generations of artists, filmmakers and kids. It's hard to imagine SFAI without you.

2011-09-06T22:26:00.000-07:00

Anita Pallenberg.

Can't be arsed blogging lately.

Funny message on my Facebook page. I posted a rant against the Beats and someone reminded me of Truman Capote's critique of Kerouac's ON THE ROAD, "It isn't writing at all, it's typing!"

2011-09-04T11:13:00.001-07:00

I want to draft this guy into CLUB PAINT.

2011-08-31T07:31:00.001-07:00

2011-08-26T11:51:00.000-07:00

I love MARIAH ROBERTSON as much as I love anyone. Saying goodbye to her pains me as if Satan's hooves were embedded in my head.

2011-08-23T10:28:00.000-07:00

JERRY LIEBER and NICK ASHFORD die on the same day. BUMMER.

2011-08-21T17:24:00.001-07:00

I'm back in the saddle...

2011-08-08T06:48:00.000-07:00

Transmissions will be intermittent over the next couple of weeks while I visit my beloved New Orleans. Enjoy the waning weeks of summer!

2011-08-05T14:39:00.000-07:00

The new season of PROJECT RUNWAY is reminding me of my massive crush on Michael Kors. I don't care if you don't understand my taste, he is ADORABLE.

JOE FINLAW and I deejaying at THE CASANOVA LOUNGE, 527 VALENCIA STREET, SAN FRANCISCO, TONIGHT, AUGUST 5, 9PM TO CLOSE!

2011-08-03T11:38:00.000-07:00

KARL LAGERFELD SANS SHADES!

Gearing up for a busy 9 months. I'm off to New Orleans for a couple weeks and then it's full on with teaching and Club Paint until the middle of next June.

2011-08-01T17:43:00.000-07:00

I was at Peet's coffee next to the MOMA in SF on Saturday afternoon. A guy shows up to meet someone he's been chatting with on the internet. She's clearly an M to F trans who's not "passing". The guy was actually really nice to her, he just said that he wasn't interested in dating or having a sexual relationship with a trans person. The woman was clearly upset as she said, "I am a woman, you were looking for a woman, what's the issue?" Did the woman in question have an ethical obligation to inform the potential date of her trans status? It all made for an afternoon of fascinating theatre, let me tell you!

2011-07-30T00:38:00.000-07:00

I'm givin' it up for Giorgio Armani at 77.

2011-07-27T19:39:00.000-07:00

Jerry Hall

2011-07-26T09:14:00.000-07:00

BILL KELLER. NEW YORK TIMES.

2011-07-24T19:10:00.000-07:00

EARLY ALBERT OEHLEN. THE SHIT. This painting just looks so fucking definitive.

2011-07-24T17:14:00.000-07:00

Chillin' like a villain, busy times ahead...

2011-07-21T11:27:00.000-07:00

I've (we've) managed to get an incredible amount of work done over the summer. I'm having a bit of break and then it's off to New Orleans. End of August until mid-May is going to race by in one big blur. Gym, reading, home alone, naps, T.V. Enjoying all of these things in abundance now.

New pictures to look at. Happy that I get to live with them for a while. We went hardcore figurative this go-round and lots of painting about painting. Hanging on a wall near you somewhere soon.

2011-07-17T09:33:00.000-07:00

CLUB PAINT begins a hiatus today. WELL DONE, LADS!

2011-07-14T17:04:00.000-07:00

CLUB PAINT newie

2011-07-13T08:25:00.000-07:00

ROB PRUITT

2011-07-12T10:36:00.001-07:00

Painting...

2011-07-07T20:05:00.000-07:00

Nothing but CLUB PAINT.

2011-07-05T09:13:00.000-07:00

GREAT MUSIC. GREAT PEOPLE.

2011-07-02T00:26:00.001-07:00

club paint

2011-06-30T21:35:00.000-07:00

Buy a good record.

It's all CLUB PAINT for a while.

xx KB

2011-06-25T16:10:00.000-07:00

I'm going off the grid for a bit. Back next Wednesday or Thursday.

2011-06-23T12:55:00.000-07:00

I've got a lot of love for ALBERT OEHLEN but I still like his early, figurative works the best (this picture is NOT from that era).

2011-06-22T10:02:00.000-07:00

DAVID TYREE, THIS WEEK'S WINNER OF "THE FUCK YOU AND THE HORSE YOU RODE IN ON SWEEPSTAKES".

2011-06-22T00:23:00.001-07:00

good thought: all of the people i love together on an island with ample provisions

bad thought: a lot of them would hate each other

2011-06-20T07:54:00.000-07:00

JACKASS STAR RYAN DUNN DIES IN CAR CRASH AT 34. R.I.P.

2011-06-18T17:49:00.000-07:00

CLUB PAINT, COCKTAILS, CIGARETTES (just a few), CAKE, DINNER, RECORDS, BOOKS, BRILLIANT PEOPLE, KENNY BEANS. I love my life right now.

2011-06-16T13:25:00.000-07:00

I am fasting. Y A W N!!!

2011-06-13T11:13:00.000-07:00

Todd Coffey

2011-06-10T20:20:00.001-07:00

2011-06-10T08:25:00.001-07:00

2011-06-07T10:43:00.000-07:00

My friend Joe Finlaw GAVE me this vinyl copy of GO KART MOZART'S "Instant Wigwam and Igloo Mixture". That's what friends are for!

2011-06-05T10:51:00.000-07:00

With GARLIC and almost any kind of CHEESE! Yuuuuuummmmmmmmmmm!

2011-06-03T20:01:00.000-07:00

It's summer. Records, books, naps, cocktails, gym, stretcher bars.

2011-06-01T09:17:00.001-07:00

2011-05-30T15:06:00.000-07:00

SUMMER!

2011-05-28T12:12:00.000-07:00

Thanks to BEN LEE HANDLER for this one. A MUST READ!!!!

My ex Brother-in-Law's shit record collection

Jazz funk, soul, disco, bollocks. 50 discs 12" & LP

2011-05-26T09:04:00.000-07:00

Great feature on EDMUND WHITE and AIDS.

2011-05-25T04:30:00.000-07:00

ER AL, thanks for turning me on to this record.

I'm busy building stretchers for CLUB PAINT. Feel the love. Let's make it happen ASAP!

2011-05-24T10:27:00.000-07:00

EYE SICK AND

ER AL.

2011-05-23T07:59:00.001-07:00

2011-05-21T14:17:00.000-07:00

NEW VINYL:

HARRY NILSSON NILSSON SCHMILSSON
GEORGE HARRISON LIVING IN THE MATERIAL WORLD
RINGO STAR BLAST FROM THE PAST
GERRY AND THE PACEMAKERS THE BEST OF
QUEEN QUEEN II
NORMAN GREENBAUM SPIRIT IN THE SKY
THE BEACH BOYS SUNFLOWER
RHINO TEEN MAGAZINE: THE BEST OF THE 1910 FRUITGUM CO. and other BUBBLEGUM SMASHES
STARS ON LONG PLAY II
THE WHO GIGANTES DEL POP
NICK LOWE LABOR OF LUST
FRANZ FERDINAND FRANZ FERDINAND
MOTT THE HOOPLE ALL THE YOUNG DUDES

2011-05-20T13:10:00.001-07:00

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