CINDERS | Gallery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY

Last weekend of 100 Records

By Cinders | September 2, 2010

Well, its the LAST weekend of 100 Records by Sonny Smith, and so you should stroll on over during one of these dog days of summer and look and listen to this epic show because its pretty inspiring. Its just one of those, “what a great idea” kind of shows but it goes the whole way with some seriously amazing record covers. And trust me, I’ve been listening to the jukebox non-stop and there is not a clunker in the 100 songs, nor am I really even tired of them yet. To be honest, I will miss having Sonny sing to me all day long-these jams are great. So don’t sleep on this folks, a sweet way to end the summer…..

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Monster Island

By Cinders | September 1, 2010

Well, Its that time again: The beginning of Fall. I guess its all those years of school (even though I haven’t been in about a decade) that make me cringe at the thought of those carefree, long summer days ending and some sort of a more responsible, work-filled schedule starting. In reality, summer is just as busy, its just hotter. And there are more things to do outside. But nonetheless, I get amped for the seasonal change and the MONSTER ISLAND BLOCK PARTY is a good way to start it off. I’ve gone every year and it pretty much sums up the reason why I live in Brooklyn. A gathering of all the people I feel make this town worth living in, all making music and doing art together in a place we all helped to create. Come on out.

====| SATURDAY 9/4
|| MONSTER ISLAND BLOCK PARTY
|| presented with love by the Monster Island family
|| Secret Project Robot, Live With Animals, Todd P, Showpaper,
|| the O cropolis, Kayrock Screenprinting, Mollusk Surf Shop,
|| & all of the artists & musicians who make Monster Island possible

Oneida, Aa, Golden Triangle, Fr Murphy, Knyfe Hyts, DubknowDub ,K Holes, Divine Order of the Blood Witch, Trycrytry, McDonalds, X-ray Eyeballs, Bezoar, Tyrombous Rex, These Days, Red Dawn 2, Midnight O’connor, Man Forever and special secret guests…

|| mc Trilateral Commission
|| dj John Fitzgerald aka FITZ

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An Unearthly Child

By Cinders | August 31, 2010

My Love For You Is A Stampede of Horses wrote up a thing on Allyson Mellberg’s upcoming show next week. Check out some sweet preview pics.

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You can’t just eat one…

By Cinders | August 29, 2010

Above is a small preview of some of the works in our upcoming show! Check it out.

An Unearthly Child

Allyson Mellberg

September 10th – October 10th 2010

Opening Reception Friday September 10th 7-10pm

Allyson Mellberg’s works on paper are grounded in our relationship with the natural world, the mystical experiences we can have when we connect with it, and the injustices we continually cause in our wake. They warn us, teach us, and make us feel good to be living amongst amazing plants and animals. In this new body of work, more fantastical sci-fi elements creep into her world, creating wondrous parallels to our own.
The title, “An Unearthly Child”, is both an homage to one of Allyson’s earliest influences, the sci-fi television show Doctor Who, (“An Unearthly Child” is the name of the very first episode of the show from 1963) and an allusion to the characters in her drawings, who are generally skin-diseased, malformed, and sickly.
Allyson’s “unearthly child” is a faceless, voiceless person who lives in the world but is not connected to anything around them. Through her depiction of the grotesque, Allyson reveals its dichotomy by creating tender, beautiful moments with these tragically deformed creatures. In keeping with the themes in her work, she refuses to use chemicals in the making of her drawings and instead creates her own earthy palette by making pigments and inks from walnuts, egg, spinach and other natural ingredients. Not only is it idealogically and environmentally sound but Allyson is able to create a striking color palette that is wholly her own.

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Thurston Moore

By Cinders | August 29, 2010

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Impose Magazine Interview with Sonny Smith

By Cinders | August 27, 2010

He’s a filmmaker, playwright and artist. He’s been making music solo, and taking it around the world, since he was 18. He’s got big ideas; a recent project, titled 100 Records, commissioned 100 artists to design 7” covers for 100 fictional bands he made up and wrote 100 songs for. The show is up currently here at Cinders. read the interview here

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White hot summer

By Cinders | August 26, 2010

gallery2 White Hot Magazine did a great review of our previous show, Temple of Blooom. blooom keeps blooooomin.
read it here

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Mostly Dimes and Kesa Getame tonite!

By Cinders | August 26, 2010

Thursday August 26th 8pm
Mostly Dimes hail from Seattle however most members grew up on the East Coast. I knew these guys and their older bands (Burn Witch Burn, Action Patrol) when I lived in Richmond,VA and so its extra nice to have them stop in to the gallery tonite to play some acoustic jams for us. You can listen to their music and more here. Also a special guest appearance by Kesa Getame, so come on over rover.

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and his Soggy Cookie

By Cinders | August 25, 2010

The 2nd directorial debut by Andrew Jeffrey Wright with his own Soggy Cookie. Um, wow, I just shot soy milk out of my nose. Check it out.

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Andrew Jeffrey Wright shows us his Dreambeaver

By Cinders | August 24, 2010

Sweatheart – Dream Beaver – Music Video from Andrew Jeffrey Wright on Vimeo.

Our buddy Andrew Jeffrey Wright hipped us to his music video directorial debut for the Silly Philly Rap Disco King, Sweatheart. Andrew’s art is a favorite around here and easily contains some of the best humor in any art we’ve encountered. Check out some of the work we have here. He has shown with us a number of times, including with the Philly collective Space 1026, a couple of years back which included Thom Lessner, the heart behind the sweat. Radical dudes with radical dance moves.