Sunday, February 9, 2014

Ybor City Street Art

It's called "the largest outdoor original artwork in the state of Florida". That's a lot of qualifiers, but it's still impressive:

Ybor City Street Art

Mural close-up

Second Mural Section

From the other side

Monday, December 30, 2013

The best albums of 2013

Arcade Fire: Reflektor

A weird, crazy rock and roll album:

Zaz: Recto/Verso

It's French, I have almost no idea what she's singing about, but you can understand the emotions. A good mix of pop and jazz:

Bachar Mar-Khalifé: Who's Gonna Get the Ball from Behind the Wall of the Garden Today?

Some sort of mix of classical and pop styles? And in Arabic? A lot of the songs sound like magical spells, and I'm okay with that:

Sunday, December 22, 2013

Saint Petersburg Street Art

Haven't done on post about street art in awhile, but what I saw in Saint Petersburg today really got me excited. It's like they have a whole new art gallery!

Here are some glimpses of what you're missing:

So many colors!

Mermaid doll dentist

Sticker art canisters

Saints of Saint Petersburg

Frida Kahlo

Street art alley

Mural in Saint Petersburg

Blue man manta mermaid aquarium