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Pidge loveth all things retro and he just discovered a big helping of it at Plan59 via his new fave blog Paintalicious.

Here’s Hunt’s Tomato Catsup….Deliciously Yours……

Friends of mine have created a music/performing arts outfit called Neosonic. From their website:

“Neosonic combine real time live electronic music production with dynamic dance and light performance, creating shows that are both visually stunning and musically moving”

They’re booked out until the end of the year, here’s why:

I recently Stumbled across my new favourite art blog Paintalicious - straight into my Google reader it went. I’ve enjoyed checking out the work of every single one of the artists they list and look forward to browsing past posts.

From their “About” page:

“Paintalicious is a blogzine of exciting contemporary art, designed to make your day a little more esthetically pleasing: by promoting artists and the arts. Painting, photography, sculpture and Illustration will be just a few of the media examined by Paintalicious. But look out for urban art, fashion, design, pop culture, and of course my own art thrown into the mix. Your daily dose of paintalicious will give you a little something to look at with your eyes, and maybe even your mind.”

This is Alpha Girl from DeviantArtist OwaikeO

From Brighton-based Cyriak - a simplistic, retro, 8-bit tune set to crazy visuals. I want more….

Thanks to the previous Strangemaps article I discovered a great new Flickr group - maps drawn from memory. Here’s “Anatomy of the Artist; Drawn from Memory, in watercolour and ink” by Flickr user Nad. Great work!

I often discover artists whose work I like via blogs like BoingBoing, books like Cult Fiction, or in newspapers/magazines. One artist whom I found via Cult Fiction (which explores the relationship between comic and cartoon imagery and contemporary art) is Chad McCail, who draws one-scene pictures accompanied by slogan-like captions. I love his work and wish that I was talented enough to replicate it. Here is one such scene, from a collection entitled “Food Shelter Clothing Fuel”. It is named “People Stop Using Things” - what a great title for a picture!