Party time begins right now!!

My Top 10 wishes for 2006

1. Be healthy
2. Be productive
3. Be positive
4. Be sexy
5. Be considerate
6. Be emotional
7. Be curious
8. Be nonconformist
9. Be spirited
10. Be flexible

Nikos Nomicos Says:

Alkis’ Party
a postmortem,
by Nikos Nomicos.

if you think that this life is real, you're mistaken. it's a dream. we all live in dreams, but it's the content of the dream that makes each individual's life different, or sometimes, even special. my dream for Alkis' Party scheduled for the night of Christmas Eve was not a complicated dream, a wish for a sentimental kind of revival of the old days of Factory. it was a simple dream. that all his friends would gather for a last time, have a drink, listen to music, and honour their friend's departure the way HE would like it to happen. a simple, happy dream, by all means. you may say that this was a dream within another larger, unfortunate dream, and that the reality of dreams does not exclude the possibility that a dream within a dream may be shattered. you are right, but actually none of this happened. Click here to continue

Few thousand visits

This blog has reached a few thousand visits, since a month that it started.
Photo: still from Pleasetouchme.com

An artist I like: Amie Dicke

TIME: The best photos of 2005

Time magazine has a poll for the best photo of 2005. All these photos are shots from natural disasters throughout the year 2005. I like most of them but the one next to here is the one I voted for. http://www.time.com/time/yip/2005/

This is not a Magazine

A fantastic publication of the italian This is (not) a Magazine is out. This book is an accompanying publication of "This is (not) A Magazine.com" which is mainly an online art magazine. The printed publication features the same artworks in a new edition. The creators are Andy Simionato and Karen ann Donnachie

Sky on stripes

When I woke up this morning I saw this from my bedroom window.

Girls Like US

A quarterly new lesbian magazine is out from the creators of Kutt (the lesbian version of Butt). Something lesbian and chic arrives finally! (photo: Peaches)

New Textfield is out

Textfield is an experimental magazine about art, neen, architecture and music. It's 4th issue is out and is a collaboration with Bless (http://www.bless-service.de/home.html)

a XXXmas party in memory of Alkis

Alkis Efthimiadis is a gay icon in the Athens night life. Unfortunately he is not with us anymore. For those who are not familiar with the Athens gay scene, Alkis is credited for bringing a new era to all of us who were craving to see something different from the existing conservative, hidden gay scene. In 1994 he opened Factory club with Gregory Vallianatos. Factory was the most underground gay club in Greece and maybe in Europe. We all have unforgetable nights in Factory. This Saturday night Factory in Gazi is organizing a XXXmas party. We are all gonna be there. Alkis wishes us to have fun.
Poster artwork by Andreas Angelidakis

The most visited websites

I am always curious about websites statistics. Today I came across this article of the 500 most popular sites on the web. Not so many surprises there. There are lists of the most popular sorted by country, genre etc and more important we can check the rankings of our sites and compare them with other sites too. http://www.alexa.com/site/ds/top_500

My Neen thoughts on Wikipedia

This summer I decided to write something about Neen. I firstly wrote this text on my cell-phone on the beach and today I decided to publish it on Wikipedia too. Have a look. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talk:Neen_art

Adam Dugas party at the Maritime

Adam Dugas Presents

CHAOS & CANDY 4: Kabuki Christmas

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17th

Hiro Ballroom at the Maritime Hotel

http://adamdugas.com

Harold Pinter Nobel speech

Harold Pinter condemned the invasion of Iraq:

"a bandit act, an act of blatant state terrorism, demonstrating absolute contempt for the concept of international law. The invasion was an arbitrary military action inspired by a series of lies upon lies and gross manipulation of the media and therefore of the public; an act intended to consolidate American military and economic control of the Middle East masquerading--as a last resort--all other justifications having failed to justify themselves--as liberation. A formidable assertion of military force responsible for the death and mutilation of thousands and thousands of innocent people."

photo: T-shirts from Irak straight from NYC

Stairway to Heaven

Brokeback Mountain takes over

Brokeback Mountain is heading for the Oscars. The gay-cowboy drama started collecting awards. It has been awarded Best Film by The New York Film Critics and nominated for 7 Golden Globe awards. Read here more

Everybody's Business Is My Business

Fuck printed matter, this is the hottest gossip blog I have ever seen. Trent is the new blog. So pretty in pink! http://trent.blogspot.com/

A nice advertisement

Being surrounded by ugly signs and bad graphic design in this city, I was surprised to see this while walking yesterday.

Panos and Kim: Theanthropic

"Theanthropic" is the first solo show of Kim Norcott & Panos Tsagaris in NY.
At the Up and Co gallery.

Poetry is not over: an online exhibtion

Poetry is not over reunites young international artists who find or suggest poetry or a kind of oneiric expression in the algorithms, the codes, the complexities of the networks, or more generally the aesthetics of what could be called the computing.

Curated by Vincent Vella. http://www.poetryisnotover.com/

Spike Jonze for GAP

Spike Jonze seems to like chaos, so do I. His new video for GAP is the only reason to talk about this brand again. Video here

A RAINBOW FOR LONDON

People in London have a reason to celebrate these days. Same sex marriages are legal. It is a victory for all of us who believe that sexuality should not be an obstacle for people having the same rights and benefits. It is a defeat for all those remaining governments who still insist on not passing similar laws and amendments. Mr Karamanlis don't mess with us!

Check Miami via ArtForum

The Artforum diary is the most up-to-date website of the art-world. The Art Basel Miami coverage is an example. Click here to check it

T-shirts Today

London's Dover Street Market has launched a t-shirt line with New Yorker's cartoons. These t-shirts are a must for holiday shopping but it is annoying that you cannot buy them online.

The Low Spark of High Heeled Boys

This is a seventies LP cover by Traffic. Both it's cover and tittle are amazing. It is designed by Tony Wright.

Away for the weekend

Manetas in Thessaloniki

Miltos has a show in Thessaloniki. The show is about his favourite subject: his girlfriend Priscilla (btw, we all love Priscilla) The paintings look great. Clik here for more info