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  • Crystal Bowersox’s Farmer’s Daughter: A Dog, A Rant, and A Typo

     

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    American Idol runner-up Crystal Bowersox's new CD comes out December 14, 2010. I think cover looks cool even though the pit bull is not her dog.  But I wonder if Crystal's recent Twitter rant about her record label has anything to do with the missing apostrophe in "Farmers Daughter" (above).   She wrote,  "Just frustrated with the politics of the industry. not just jive just disappointing how the industry has changed. every1s hands are tied."

    If you go to Amazon an pre-order the CD, you'll see this grammatically correct image…

     

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    Crystal later tweeted an apology for dissing her label.  Read full story here.

  • Romare Bearden’s Dogs

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    Close up of The Block by Romare Bearden, 1971

    Whenever I begin a new collage, I always pull the book The Art of Romare Bearden off my shelf and take another look at his work.  I think Bearden (1911 – 1988) is one of the greatest collage artists of all time and I always discover something new in his work.  This time I found some dogs.  They were right there in his masterpiece The Block, a 6 panel collage that spans 18 feet (longer than a city bus) and depicts life on a block in Harlem, NY in 1971.

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    First half of The Block, 1971

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    Second half of The Block, 1971

    I also discovered an excellent interactive experience from the Metropolitan Museum of Art. It's a guided tour of The Block geared towards children, but just as enjoyable for anyone interested in Bearden's work.  I have watched it several times. 

    Order the book The Art of Romare Bearden here.   And order the CD Romare Bearden Revealed
    from the Branford Marsalis Quartet, a compilation of the Jazz that inspired Bearden's work.

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