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Empty Pocket Music Feast & Swap Meet

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Cranky Yellow Presents:
1st Annual Empty Pocket Music Feast & Swap Meet
St Louis’s most anomalous musical compendium of unusual size

<<1/23/10 >>>3pm-10pm<<<<<DJ Dymynyte dance til midnight>>>

$7 gets you in, $10 to set-up a table.
Two buck discount if you bring yummy food to share

Featuring the musical talents of:
Right-Eye Rita (Chicago)
Max Garcia-Rubio (Columbia)
Super Fun Yeah Yeah Rocketship
Kevin Harris
Ghosts I Have Been
MMMelt
Syna So Pro
Ghost Ice
Bangerang
Larva Lu
Hood Kicks
Dave Stone & Alberto Patino Duo

Including hand-selected swap meet super stars: Wild Man Vintage (Lawrence), Freezer Burn, Wounded Bird, The Finder’s Hive, Binge n Purge, Galen Gondolfi + more.

Posted on January 18th, 2010 by Matt
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Meth and Hot Dogs opening tonight @ 7!

Meth and Hot Dogs setup

http://killtaupe.blogspot.com/2009/03/meth-hot-dogs-artist-line-up.html
METH & HOT DOGS
a collection of unscrupulous characters

A show curated by Kill Taupe

Featuring artists:
Jamie Fales
Kettle
Heather Hansma
Killer Napkins
Scottoons
Mr. Red
Kill Taupe
Cate Anevseki
Stephen Vincent
Steve Rack
Pock-It Palz
Jes Patterson
Daniel Allyn Lee (of Happycloud Thunderhead)
Benconservato
Geri Shields
Mark Luetke
Dfed
Sumbody
Wisechick
Paul Brog
Zach Kestermann
Beatle Mike
Nobody
Tyson Bodnarchuk
Mike Kelly
Keri Starr
Sara Covert
Jeanette Viera Jaxiejax
Crystal Mielcarek

(Check the first link for links to all of these artists)

AND
CLAUDE: THE MONSTER, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND

with entertainment by
SUPERFUN YEAH YEAH ROCKETSHIP!!!

http://www.myspace.com/superfunyeahyeahrocketship

Posted on August 7th, 2009 by Matt
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Blog Filler: Random Video Attack

David still won’t let me be all political….so here are some things I’ve happened upon during my journeys through the wilds of youtube:

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His eyes rolling back in his head were a nice touch. Intelligent design never took such a severe hit. I need to get Kirk Cameron and his banana-god on the case. Perhaps there’s a reason to create someone with a ultra-severe glandular problem AND a penchant for acting.

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From CNN.com: Detroit’s miraculous economic recovery seemed impossible just months ago. After the big three collapsed, went into bankruptcy, or severely layed-off much of their workforce the city in the heart of Michigan was seemingly condemned to the fate of a ghost town. However, the exploding “clone-robot sex industry” quickly rescued what once was America’s worst city. Honda, with its sexy robot-clones, is now solidified in the city’s economic design. The “big four” are the toast of the town.

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What amazes me about this video is how contemporary it feels. It fits perfectly with the current quality, tempo, and design of music videos crafted close to 2010. This, despite it being a music video made in the 90s, based on a movie from the 70s, based on a book from 1962.

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Horrifyingly perfect. It almost makes me like children.


Posted on August 1st, 2009 by angelos
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Meth and Hotdogs! Missouri’s two favorite pastimes!

Hello everyone! I could explain to you why we havn’t been blogging for awhile….and why the site has been somewhat broken. But I won’t! Instead I would like to make you aware of our up-coming extravaganza this Friday, the 7th of August. From 7-11PM, we’ll be having a gallery opening for Meth and Hotdogs, a collection of cartoon-e bastards. There will be work from 30 to 40 artists from around the country (and some Canadians or something). It’ll be fun….it’ll be BEYOND fun. So..you know…BE THERE…er…HERE!

Posted on August 1st, 2009 by angelos
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I am a bloggin’.

It’s hot as hell outside. The trash smells worse… like hot trash.
Jarritos soda is pretty delicious. If you are a Cherokee Street native, you should probably start going to the Mexican grocery stores and buying it, the mango kind.
Anyway, Cranky Yellow has been rearranging and has a few new artists and random fascinating objects.
Here are a few examples:

The shelves are no longer a place dominated by books!

Some nice cards by Ginger Dead.  (The second one from the left reads “I love you more than frozen peas and STDs.”)

A belt and a pot holder by Galacticat

A snail puppet and a shirt by Megan.

We have some nice masks by Ryan Frank! And a nice gray critter… who looks slightly confused but is oh-so soft!

And some great hemp jewelry by Beatnik Banana.

More soon!

Posted on June 17th, 2009 by Amanda B
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Watch In Awe of My Philosophical Discoveries!

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I know, I know, your mind is blown. Expect to put up with more of this stuff until I have the time and energy to do some political rant-a-mataze!

Love,

Angelo

Posted on June 14th, 2009 by angelos
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Home of Amazing Things

My dreadful day was basically brutalized by an atrociously alienating alliteration of dumb depression. Though I’m a sack of  silently slithering sadness, you can still stop by Cranky Yellow. You’ll find an awesomely almighty algorithmic assortment of  ridiculously rad jingle junk and happy hordes of handmade happenings. Duh.

Posted on June 13th, 2009 by David W
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Coke Head Doll

Daniel, our new part-time designer, quickly made this doll after work yesterday! It is sitting quietly in the CY office waiting to be unleashed on the world. Soon you might see it for sale in the shop… That is if we ever want to get rid of it… but why would we do that?

Posted on June 12th, 2009 by David W
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beer is sometimes good.

I walked to work today, as I live merely 5 blocks away. But to my dismay, nothing interesting happened. Usually I get a “Hey girl! Where you finnin’ to go!?” or a “Can I have some change?” But none of that. However, when I got to work, the first thing David did was give me a beer, so I guess that works out okay.

And well, my boyfriend is supposed to be coming here in August, he’s from the Netherlands. However, we are running into some issues. If anyone wants to donate all their money to Cranky Yellow so we can get him over here, feel free to do that. Because he is wonderful and you will all love him.

Also, we’ve been trying to get bands and musicians interested in planning here, so if you are interested contact us with the date that you’d like to play and we’ll check the calendar and go over the details with you.

Pretty complicated, right?

ALSO, I’ve really been digging this website lately -

http://www.blogotheque.net

Especially the video of the Tallest Man on Earth. Superb!

I love you (sometimes)

-Amanda

Posted on June 10th, 2009 by Amanda B
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This is Silly Town

Amanda spent an hour today making this video. Just thought I should blog it.

Posted on June 3rd, 2009 by David W
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