Art
Art: Scott Weaver’s Rolling Through The Bay
January 12th, 2012 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Featured
Scott Weaver is a beast. Using a household item most use to pick Butterfingers out of their teeth, he has made a career, and most famously, a dynamic living model of the city he loves. With San Francisco as his muse, Weaver invested 35 years and 100,000 [...]
Poem: In Remembrance of a Brother Lost
December 31st, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Featured
Jay Fernandez, a dynamic elder at St. Mary’s Center in West Oakland, wrote this ode to his homeless brother Juan Gonzalez. His poem says everything I never could. Please enjoy and remember his words every time you see a brother or sister struggling on these mean streets.
Event: Help Jazz Get To The Philippines
December 18th, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Events, Featured
Oakland artist, educator and mother Jasmine “Jazz” Hudson has been a staple in the local spoken word scene for many years now. She’s hosted and performed for notable artists and to benefit a myriad of positive community efforts. Early next year she is [...]
The Off-Beat Comedy of the Olde Money Boyz
December 12th, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Featured
The Olde Money Boyz don’t really give a shit about slick punch lines or Hollywood frat pack stoner expeditions. They specialize in bizarre sketch comedy that resides in it’s own zip code. Stephen Cedars (right) and Benji Kleiman (left) are Berkeley boys [...]
Painting The Town: The Art of Sam Cain
November 10th, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Featured, Sports
Each fall, football fans across the nation make the pilgrimage to Canton, Ohio. In this small Midwest town sits the Pro Football Hall of Fame. And each autumn, the newest class is enshrined — wealthy owners who shaped the league; aging linemen whose [...]
Event: Explore Oakland’s Art Murmur!
September 2nd, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Events, Featured
Oakland’s Art Murmur is always surprising to those who grew up at the teet of Oakland’s demonized media portrayals. Apparently there was just never much room to sandwich beauty, community or creativity in between all the murders and other bleeding [...]
Debbie Does My Dad (In a Kilt). Bay Area Playwright Performs in Scotland
July 26th, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Events
Debbie Does My Dad is the coming of age story of a kid whose dad spent the 70s and 80s cumming on camera. Bay Area playwright Bobby Gordon tells the story of growing up with former porn star Richard Pacheco as a father, struggling through awkward [...]
Event: The Gods Must Be Crazy
July 1st, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Events, Music
It’s the first Friday of the month. That means folks flowing in and out of Oakland art galleries, the side of Luka’s Taproom being turned into a movie screen, random jam sessions and old school cars making Giant Burger look like a legit 50s drive-up [...]
Video: Moneyball Trailer
June 20th, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, Sports
Not only did the A’s sweep the Giants this weekend, but this last week the official trailer for the movie Moneyball came out. Moneyball, which is adapted from the book by Michael Lewis, stars Brad Pitt, Philip Seymour Hoffman and Jonah Hill. [...]
“Growing Is Forever”- A Tribute to the Bay Area’s Natural Beauty
June 20th, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art
38thnotes covers Bay Area hip-hop culture, but there is beauty that surrounds us that isn’t captured in that net. I love Oakland like family and I know many others who share that conviction, but we often take more pride in the war, than the beauty. [...]
Review: Bobby Gordon’s Debbie Does My Dad
April 5th, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art
Once upon a time your father was a porn star. It’s a story we can all relate to. You came home from school and pops was bangin broads on the washing machine while directors requested contortionist positions and zesty cum shots. This isn’t [...]
The Bay Area’s Instrument Invention Scene
March 19th, 2011 | by Coolhand Luke | published in Art, History, Music
Evidently the Bay Area’s music scene is experimental in a number of ways. Clearly the BASED crowd is on some quality substances and the ravers know how to shut down a muthafuckin growhouse/ warehouse on a Saturday night, but they are not alone. Paul [...]
