Taken in October in upstate New York.

Hello everyone,

We’re announcing a brand new Manwomanchild single called “Chile La Roja.” The song appears on a compilation entitled: Fast Forward: An Indie Music Compantion to South Africa 2010.

Enjoy and Go La Roja!

–David Child

Purchase: iTunes

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Hey everyone,

Announcing a brand new Manwomanchild single called “Louis XIV.”

You can listen to it and download it for free here: http://louisxiv.manwomanchild.org/

–David Child

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Check out the new EP here. Sign up for the mailing list and download all three tracks for free. Or, if you’re feeling flush, you can buy them on iTunes or Amazon MP3.

A little background info about the release:

David Child – Vocals, Guitars, Synths
Craig Gifford – Bass Guitar
Mason Neely – Drums, Percussion

The record was recorded in 2009 at Machine With Magnets in Pawtucket, RI. The album was recorded and mixed by Keith Souza and Seth Manchester.

The EP was mastered by Jeff Lipton of Peerless Mastering in Newton, MA.

–MANWOMANCHILD

Flickr user insect54 has posted scans from classic graphic design book, Schweizer Grafiker / Graphistes Suisses, for all to enjoy.

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See more here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/insect54/sets/72157622425296450/with/3940887457/

(via iso 50 & swiss miss)

I just discovered the work of Alighiero e Boetti thanks to this post over at Little Paper Planes.  Here’s a sample from the MoMA archives:

"Microphone" - Alighiero e Boetti (Italian, 1940-1994)

"Primavera" - Alighiero e Boetti (Italian, 1940-1994)

"I sei sensi (The Six Senses)" - Alighiero e Boetti (Italian, 1940-1994)

Awesome stuff.

You can actually see all of his MoMA stuff here. And his Wikipedia entry here.

–MAN?WOMAN?CHILD

Bad At Sports has a post about Deb Sokolow’s work with the Chicago Public Schools.  Awesome. Being a huge fan of Deb’s, I had to repost a link to it.

1. This profile and interview with Fernando Llanos

This week, “We Make Money Not Art” has a profile of and interview with Fernando Llanos. I didn’t really know anything about him before reading this, and I’ve never seen his installations, but it was both fascinating and inspiring to hear about him.

Check it out: http://www.we-make-money-not-art.com/archives/2009/10/-hope-youre-having.php

2. Newsweek Interview with Maurice Sendak, Spike Jonze, and Dave Eggers.

Great interview. I’d never actually read any interviews with Sendak before, so this was a treat. Good stuff.

Check it out: http://www.newsweek.com/id/216997

3. ‘Suicide’ live on WFMU

Apparently, earlier in 2009, legendary NYC electro duo, Suicide, got back together. I hope it wasn’t just a one-time thing. Either way, now it’s on the internet for everyone to hear. They’ve actually only put up two songs…but still it’s very rad.

Check it out: http://freemusicarchive.org/curator/WFMU/blog/Suicide_live_at_ATP-NY_2009_on_WFMU

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OK, that’s it for now. There will be more of these posts soon. I promise.

Yours truly,
MANWOMANCHILD

Monotonix Rocked.

Hi All,

This past month has been crazy. We’ve been doing our best to hit all the bars, coffee shops,  and art shows we could — we’re making up for lost time: getting to know a city that this time last year we had never once even been to. Last night we went to the opening of the Heartland Exhibition at the Smart Museum which was truly fantastic. Go to the official site here or see a write-up in the Huffington Post. So what was there? Let’s see: there was a great, great piece by Deb Sokolow. Check out her work here. This piece was sort of a sprawling, graphical, choose-your-own-adventure style mural made up of hundreds of bits of drawings and narrative text interlinked by arrows, dotted lines. Construction was partly on paper and partly stenciled directly onto the walls of the museum itself; a great delivery mechanism for the captivating and paranoid storyline. Speaking of narrative, it was also amazing to finally see some of Kerry James Marshall’s RYTHM MSTR work.  We had read about this originally on the PBS ART:21 website a while back, but couldn’t find a way to get our hands on any of it. The work was beautiful, brilliant, a completely unique vision. What else? There was an amazing dual-channel movie called Rites of Passage by Judika Rudelius (seemingly about young politicians coming of age), a feature length music video and documentary by Ssion. A giant boat with wings. Over all, an awesome show. Completely worth checking out if you are in the Chicago area.

OK. So music shows. What did we see? Well, we went to see Jon Langford at the Empty Bottle; also Psychedelic Furs and the Happy Mondays. Both shows were amazing. We were Psychedelic Furs fans before but we came out of that show having a now newfound respect for them. Their set was extremely tight and totally engaging, but moreover it really seemed like they loved being there, playing these songs that are now, what, like almost 30 years old? And Jon Langford…well, exactly what the doctor ordered really. We’re huge Mekons fans so it was great to see the man engaging in the sort of twangy bar music that makes that band so epic and mundane at the same time. He also played a Go-Betweens cover which really put the show over the top. What else? Well, tonight we’re going to see Monotonix at the Logan Square Auditorium. If rumors are to be believed, that show should be nothing short of legendary.

Okay, that’s it.

More soon, 
manwomanchild