May 2008

Props to De

l3wis May 6, 2008 7Comments

Last night’s city council meeting was more entertaining then the Daily Show last night. I even skipped Margaritas with some friends to stay home and watch. Lot’s of barbs and BS. I’ll have to give props to De Knudson, she railed video lottery and her obvious disgust with it. It was refreshing to here a public official really give their honest opinion on the matter. I think it is a scourge on society and costs us more in social costs then what we make from it. But it didn’t stop the pro-video lottery/I heart Mike Rounds lawyers from showing up crying that the poor bar owners will go broke if they can’t open anymore of their fine establishments.

Wah.

Of course, General Jamison had to put down the law again, this time with Kermit. Munson even gaveled him. Too bad Litz wasn’t on Kermit’s side, he could of twisted Jamison’s nose.

 

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Cool Concept, Cool Art

l3wis May 6, 2008 0Comments

http://www.insightcafe.net/insight_cafe/art/index.html

Watch out Banksy. I think this is a great idea, but I can’t help wondering if this is just a way to promote this advertising agency. When the Drake Springs park meetings were going on, they said a new skate park would have to be build, I proposed a permanent Graffitti wall that kids could tag whenever. Funny thing, never have heard back from the city on that one.

The Gargoyle Leader finally woke up

l3wis May 5, 2008 10Comments

I posted this cartoon way back on April 16, and the Mitchell Daily Republic printed it a couple of days later. So what takes the Gorgoyle Leader so long to catch up with the rest of SD? http://www.argusleader.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080506/COLUMNISTS0107/805060330&referrer=FRONTPAGECAROUSEL

BTW, Nice toon John. I could do 100 toons on this topic alone.

We were discussing this at Black Sheep the other day, and I said “Doesn’t it defeat the purpose of camping?” and one of the Barista’s said “But what about people who live in campgrounds” and the other Barista said “Those aren’t campers, they’re homeless.”

Shananigans in District 15

l3wis May 5, 2008 6Comments

(F)Arts Night gets Stinkier every year

l3wis May 5, 2008 3Comments

Another Arts Night has come and gone this year and not much has changed. Except for the fact that the jurors names were made known to the submitting artists, some of my major concerns still have not been dealt with. My biggest complaint about Arts Night, wasn’t that the jurors were secretive, it was that the exhibit was juried to begin with. I felt that artists who have been giving since it’s induction, like myself, should not be rejected. The Pavilion was soliciting a donation, why would they reject that donation? My contention has always been, only solicit artists that you know would submit quality work, therefore eliminating a juried show. Also by eliminating the jury, you also eliminate the conflicts of interest of some of the artists. Funny how board members who donate always get selected for the exhibit (Paul Schiller in particular). It is also rumored that other board members have been included this year to. Apparently Arts Night has turned into a ‘club’ event (The board member‘s pieces also brought the biggest bids). I did not attend, but heard the prices were once again rock-bottom for the unconnected and un-established artists. This of course is the other problem I have with Arts Night, no minimum bids. I thought this was a fund-raiser, not Benson’s Flea Market? The most amazing part is that some of the wealthiest people in Sioux Falls attend the event, they probably drop a good $500-$600 just to attend, yet will only bid $100 on original art that will last a lifetime.

I guess we know what the priorities of the mucky-mucks are. Lavish lifestyles and bargain art. Sioux Falls; Arts Mecca – gag me with a spoon.