GI Joe psa

Those of you who don't surf the internet for 3-5 hours daily may have missed Eric Fensler's reconfigured GI Joe public service announcements. In order to remedy this, I've taken the trouble to set up a acreening of them at C-level tonight (Saturday Feb 21st). I wish I'd taken the trouble to post this earlier, since he's here from out of town, but whatever. My point being that A) they're really weird and funny and amazing, and B) watching two dozen 30 second internet meme videos on the biggish screen at C-level makes them even weirder and funnier

So - you, me, Eric, C-level, tonight, 8pm.

NTNTNT vs Butterknife Krüsh!

There are two events at Machine this Friday. First, we're going to have the honor of hosting the book launch/purge of NTNTNT at 8pm. Dear friend Jason Brown seems to be the ringleader of this. There will be an associated reading, and (I've been informed) the possibly of bud light on the premises. More information about the NTNTNT event here.

Following that at 10pm will be a very rare Los Angeles performance of Butterknife Krüsh. I shall say no more about that except that dear friend Jee is somehow involved and also all this stuff >

"Butterknife Krüsh is ultra metal riot. We sing about pink poodles, bloody zebras, ramen noodle monsters, clowns in coffee cups, and smashed brain treats. We are pirates of the fantastic golden islands, murderous mega-polka twisters, and violin rocking robots. Welcome to the ever so crazy world of Butterknife Krüsh!!! Long Live Roooooooock!!"

the rise and fall of mount st holly

Recovering from a weekend of building and then destroying a seven foot mountain of flowers with the artist Holly Vesecky and ten of our friends. Some documentation is up at the machine web site . My favorite part was climbing inside the volcano on Sunday before we tore it apart.

free grass

320 square feet, used.

free bags of trash

I have seven large bags of trash, free for the taking. Contents - Assorted papers, flower stems, and pizza boxes. Looking for a good home.

free roll of chicken wire

I have a partial roll of chicken wire, free for the taking. It's 50' long and 2' high, good with children, doesn't bark, nice disposition, affectionate.

installing...

volcanoes, flowers, hot chocolate

My dear friend Holly is having a show at Machine this weekend, please drop by, we'd love to see you. press release here >

Machine is delighted to announce Mount St. Holly, a one day installation by floral mastermind Holly Vesecky featuring winter weather, Mount St. Helens made of flowers, and a bubbling lava pit of hot chocolate.

Made entirely of hydrangea, carnations, apple blossoms and gardenia flowers, Mount St. Holly will live its brief and romantic life inside the arms of Machine, located at 1200D North Alvarado Street in Los Angeles. Due to the fridged temperatures on top of the mountain, viewers and curiosity seekers are advised to wear winter clothing while visiting the exhibit. Mount St. Holly opens Saturday, February 7^th from 6-8pm. Hot chocolate will be served. The show will remain on exhibit Sunday February 8^th from 12-5 before disappearing into a cloud of dried pedals, vapor and vocanic ash.