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20 QUESTIONS WITH ACAMONCHI. EYE CANDY MAGAZINE 1. How many people are currently members of the Acamonchi posse? Officially we are Havok from San Diego, Shente and Rafa DRO from Tijuana, Enrique Minjares from Ensenada, and myself. We have close ties with other people like ESM Artificial, Pop Lab both from Vancouver Canada, Alex Assunto from Los Angeles and Noam Kerr from Salamanca Spain. Anybody who is honest and willing to represent Acamonchi is more than welcome as a member. 2. What does a typical day consist of for an Acamonchi? It all depends if I stayed up doing computer stuff or Acamonchi art the night before. I have a very irregular time pattern, and I'm a night person usually and that's when my creative energy hits it's limit. Morning time; I usually help my wife to get her day up and running, then I go check my email, play with the cat, jump on the shower, check email, eat cereal, fruit and drink juice or I go out and get a bagel. I start making calls, check email or send pending packages out. I'll go to the studio for few hours then come back home check email and get lunch. Then, it's back to the studio or stay at home doing computer stuff (graphics or uploading shit on the server), make some more calls, check email, wait for wife to get home. We get dinner, check email, watch the Simpsons and King of the Hill together, maybe some PBS. Talk and cuddle for few hours, then when she's about to sleep I give her a good foot massage so she can relax and sleep well. I get back to check email, to work ie paintings, graphics etc. I also like to go out with friends, and go somewhere and skateboard. If I'm in Mexico I go out and bomb as much as I can. (stickers, posters or stencils) If for some reason I miss my chances, I get friends to bomb for me. 3. After viewing your website, I noticed that there are female artists in your group (How fucking cool is that?) - That's not very typical of urban street art. How many are there? Really? I use female characters for my graphics, but the only picture I remember having with a girl, might be my friend Martha Elisa, who helped me paste while I was taking pictures, she was part of Acamonchi for that particular installation. I usually keep Acamonchi as open and supportive of other individuals as possible. I have a bunch of female friends who are very talented artists like Andi Brandenburg, Lori Dee, Angeles Moreno, Gaby Nunez, Ana C. Ramos, Duende, Julie Peasley, Melody Owen and Monica Peon they all kick ass. I don't believe in all that sexist crap but I probably find easier to work with guys. 4. List the Acamonchi favorites types of food and beverage. Mexican, Italian, Indian, Middle-Eastern, Mediterranean, Asian.. my wife cooks marvelous.. We're vegetarians. We eat vegan at home for the most part, but we do eat cheese and eggs, especially when we travel or hang around with non-vegetarians, I don't usually talk to much about it or make a big deal. We support local farmers and we buy organic produce and organic products whenever is possible. I drink Coca Cola or Red Bull because they help me concentrate and I become more productive when I'm working late at night. I tend to drink a lots water to prevent dehydration from sugar and caffeine. I'd drink green tea but the taste of it is awful. 5. List some of your influences. Nick Blinko (the guy from Rudimentary Peni), Pushead, Andy warhol, Ray Johnson, Seth Tobocman, the Surrealists, Dada, Fluxus, Mail Art, Primitive art, Mexican folk art, the Muralists, Church of Subgenious, Punk, fanzines, skateboarding, Industrial Culture and Cyberpunk, B-Movies, street art, graffiti etc. 6. You guys do some serious postering. Do you prefer wheatpaste or glue? or other? Wheat paste is probably the most efficient thing to use for bills, If I'm running out of it I use Elmers glue diluted with water. 7. What do you listen to when not out postering or dropping stenciled-art around town? I tend to support my friends, The Nortec Collective, also keep an eye for new upcoming Mexican bands, especially the Tijuana scene. I really like electronic music. Right now I'm mostly into djs, breaks, drum and bass, I also go back and forth to the stuff I used to listen when I was a teenager weather it's cheesy heavy metal, 80s, or even hard core and punk rock. I recently got again into the british wave of punk stuff I used to listen like Discharge, Subhumans, Uk Subs, Rudimentary Peni, Crass and all those neat bands related to the Crass family. I think they're were amazing back then, I find them really inspiring even today. I personally hate to death all that prefab type punk shit that came in the 90s, just as much I dislike bad techno. I also like jazz and bossanova as well. I try to be open with my musical taste and I listen depending on the mood. Wouldn't be rare to find me listening stuff like Anti Pop Consortium, Pepe Deluxe or the Dub Pistols either. 8. If you could choose only one image to represent Acamonchi, what would it be and why? (The ONLY stencil or poster image you would ever be allowed to use and represent you) I guess it would be the basic Colosio face. It tells a lot of my background. Colosio was assasinated in Tijuana, his face will keep on reminding people how powerless you can be as a citizen, it doesn't matter if you're running for president, you can't stop your own party from shooting you in front of thousand eyes. Plus, there will be no justice if you get killed. I also think that Colosio's followers created a myth and for them he was like a true martyr that died for the sins he didn't get to commit. So much of that mystery cult still around in people's subconcious mind in Mexico, especially the North. I like using his image in my works, and then taking all the political association out of it. Then he is just a funny looking guy that is often sadly mistaken for Saddam Hussein or somebody else. 9. Are all of the Acamonchis from Tijuandiego? San Diego, Tijuana, Ensenada, Mexico City and Salamanca Spain and Vancouver Canada. 10. List ten words that best describe your environment? We live on a very diverse neighborhood, lots of gay people and all that comes with the rainbow culture (Mad dykes with Mullets too). Sometimes it can be really sketch with a couple of ghetto birds flying all over the hood. We live on a small apartment, and I usually create my own atmosphere between our place and the studio and whatever comes in between with family, friends, artists etc. We travel a lot so we're exposed to different environments, and we accept things and people as they come and go. 11. Raul Velasco or Regis Philbin? Why? (Note to readers: Raul Velasco was a popular culture icon in Mexico that hosted a long-time running variety show called "Siempre en Domingo") Raul Velasco, he sucks.. I think he's pretty pathetic. In 1994 I visited Guanajuato Mexico, in the state of Leon and I cursed the land by saying: "I can't fucking belive this amazing place also gave birth to that son of a bitch.." 12. Shakira or Britney? Why? Can't you pull a better question? lack of imagination my friend, Let me say they both suck regardless of where they coming from. Please give me somebody who is more interesting to talk about, How about taking Julieta Venegas or Dolores O'Riordan from the Cranberries instead?! I met Julieta when she used to play with "Tijuana NO" back in 1991, she was very cute and very shy, I think Dolores O'Riordan is pretty hot too, loved her short black hairdo the freckles and her blue eyes. I don't care Dolores is not popular anymore, I still like her. I often wonder what does she looks now. 13. I know from your website that Acamonchi means "to piggy back" and that there is no particular reason for choosing that name - but what would have been your second choice? I don't know.. but Eye Candy wouldn't be for sure. 14. What is the most common stereotype Acamonchi encounter being Mexican guerilla artists/visionaries? Most people think I'm into drugs of some kind. Heavy drinking and/or that I'm a party animal. Some kids also think I'm into gangs and often make gang references. Girls think I'm available when I'm by myself at the artshows and feel free to flirt even If I keep my wedding ring at all the times, I guess the most common thing for anybody to think about Acamonchi would be that I have a lot of free time on my hands. When in fact, I don't do drugs or drink and I don't have time to party. I'm also happily married. Gangs? no thanks.. Don't need one as I'm pretty confident about myself and I'm pretty busy for the most part. 15. How could you best disspell that? By talking to them straight up and being honest. Kids can fool around and talk shit, but my work and my actions talk even louder. I keep it real. I prove myself with action, no more no less. I work hard with Acamonchi and I always find time to support others that needs me. 16. Have any of the Acamonchis ever been busted for their criminal art activities? Havok is been busted a couple of times for graffiti related crimes but that was few years ago. Shente had some trouble in Tijuana, not much that good $20.00 can't fix. . I've been really careful about hitting spots, I feel pretty lucky so far. I have a couple of friends that are lawyers and I keep their names in mind if I ever get into trouble. For legal status reasons I do not do any graffiti related stuff in the US. I strictly keep all my street art activities in Mexico. I also think it is where they need it the most. In the US, Acamonchi is more about an art project at the fine art and gallery level. 17. Who is your most beloved Mexican pop-culture icon/personality? (Please explain why for our gringo readership). Wrestling is such a cliche now, so I'll pass from the Lucha Libre subject. I like El Mago Frank a lot, he's the guy that appears with "En Familia con Chabelo" Sunday morning show, he's a silly magician with a dumb white rabbit. He's pretty tacky. I even have a poster of him on my wall. I also like Kaliman, the comics and the movies, he's some sort of a Mexican super hero. The story is based on a Middle- Eastern guy that has supernatural powers. Think of Kaliman as Superman with a turban. Kaliman is a must for the Mex-kitsch enthusiast. 18. Same as question #17, only American. Bob Dobbs of Church of Subgenious. If you don't know who he is, you deserve a Mullet haircut, if you have a Mullet already, then a hard kick in the butt with steel toe boot will do. 19. Eyecandy magazine is considered somewhat of a "dirty and perverted old man" in our town, because of our underground subject matter. Oh yeah, and ocassionally we do photoshoots of individuals in various states of undress - erotic photography and exhibitionists who want to be featured in our magazine (we see nothing wrong with nudity) - Any ideas on how we can influence our audience/town on how to fucking relax and not be so conservative and uptight? I watch porn sometimes, It helps me understand sexuality and other people's lifestyles. I like observing everything and I really find it fascinating for the human behaviors. When I used to work at Black Market Visual Communications in downtown San Diego, I used to see homeless people having sex and other crazy shit on the street, I remember laughing at those kind of random little surprises. I've also seen homeless taking a dump in public places, so between being grossed out and insanely curiousity I'd say I get a kick out of it. As long they don't shit in our alley entrace or they try to force me or my wife to get engaged in their activities, it's all up to them. After all, those individuals are part of everyday life. You can't tell then how to live their lifes. I guess they also deserve to have their pictures taken, so you can always show it to your kids and say, look son; this is what will happen to you if you don't go to school blah blah crap like that. 20. THE BIG FINALE: Would you be willing to send us the most visual "eyecandy" photo - that you can think of - of the Acamonchi posse? (If it really kicks ass, we'll put you on our cover!) Neat.. I'll choose some of the digital flicks I've taking lately from the studio or the new Acamonchi works.
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JAMES BONDAGE – Import US Punk Spoof 007 song by US punk rock band Pansy Division from 1995. Pansy Division is an American punk rock band that formed in San Francisco, California in 1991. Featuring primarily gay musicians and focusing mostly on gay-related themes, Pansy Division is one of the more melodic bands to emerge from the "queercore" movement that began in the 1980s. From: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pansy_Division Early days Frustrated by the lack of openly gay rock musicians, Jon Ginoli started performing solo sets under the moniker Pansy Division (a pun on Panzer division and the word "pansy") around San Francisco.[1] Shortly after this, in 1991, Ginoli placed an ad in the San Francisco Weekly looking for “gay musicians into the Ramones, Buzzcocks and early Beatles”. This caught the attention of Chris Freeman, who joined on as a bassist.[2] Ginoli and Freeman then recruited drummer Jay Puget, forming the first all gay rock band that any of them had known.[3] They hoped to defy the stereotype that gay men preferred pop divas and showtunes, by playing punk rock music.[4] Lookout! years In 1993, following extensive Californian touring, several 7" singles and compilation appearances, Pansy Division signed to Lookout! Records, released their first album, Undressed, and embarked their first national tour. In 1994, with the release of their second album Deflowered and an appearance on Outpunk's seminal compilation Outpunk Dance Party, the band had proven themselves to be one of the more prolific and well-known artists to spring from the budding queercore movement. Also catching the wave of pop punk's mainstream explosion, Pansy Division were asked to tour with Green Day on the band’s 1994 Dookie tour, thus introducing the group and queercore to a much larger audience.[5] During the tour's New York stop, the band caught the attention of Howard Stern, who met them backstage, and spent a segment talking about them on his nationally syndicated radio show.[6][7] While signed to Lookout!, the band continued to release an album a year: 1995's Pile Up (notable for its various cover songs, including Ned Sublette's "Cowboys Are Frequently, Secretly Fond of Each Other" and Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (covered as "Smells Like Queer Spirit")), 1996's Wish I'd Taken Pictures (featuring the single "I Really Wanted You", the music video of which played once on MTV) and the 1997 B-sides compilation More Lovin' From Our Oven. During this time, Pansy Division primarily performed as a trio, with Freeman and Ginoli being the only constant members amid a slew of perpetually rotating drummers, both gay and straight. In 1996, the band finally found a permanent gay drummer in the form of Luis Illades and became a quartet in 1997 with the addition of lead guitarist Patrick Goodwin. 1998 saw the release of their fifth studio album Absurd Pop Song Romance, which was a departure from earlier Pansy work, featuring less humorous, more introspective lyrics and a darker, two-guitar layered alternative rock sound. The band was again taken on tour by a mainstream punk band, when they opened for Rancid on their 1998 Life Won't Wait tour.[8] Alternative Tentacles years In 2001, Pansy Division was finally ready to record another album, but the lack of support from Lookout! caused the band to leave their long-time label and sign with Alternative Tentacles later that year. What resulted was 2003's Total Entertainment!, an album that the band described as a meeting point between the lighthearted humor of their early work and the introspective rock of their previous album. Goodwin left the band the following year, being temporarily replaced by Bernard Yin and then by former Mr. T Experience member Joel Reader. In 2006, Alternative Tentacles released The Essential Pansy Division, a comprehensive 'best-of' compilation featuring thirty tracks hand-picked by Ginoli and a DVD of various video footage. Following the release of Total Entertainment, Pansy Division's active touring and recording schedule declined as most of the members relocated to different parts of the country. The band continued to perform sporadically, usually at various gay pride festivals or local shows in San Francisco. In 2007, Pansy Division launched their first national tour since 2003 with reformed San Francisco punk band The Avengers, whose current line-up features both Illades and Reader. In 2008, the band became the subject of a documentary film entitled Pansy Division: Life in a Gay Rock Band, directed by Michael Carmona. The film has been touring internationally, playing at various LGBT film festivals, and was released on DVD in 2009. Recently, Ginoli announced on Pansy Division's official website that 2009 would see the release of their seventh studio album, titled That’s So Gay, a live DVD, another national tour, and his memoirs, a biography of the band entitled Deflowered: My Life in Pansy Division. In February 2009, the band released a vinyl 7" of "Average Men," their first single from the album. The B-Side is a cover of "Coming Clean" by Green Day.
Flyer psytrance Goa avec Chrisbo, St.Paul, U.V.W., Keeway, MXP, St.Paul (Mood Ticket) & Jil-C le 23 août 1996 (Kab Usine - Cyberpunk Movement)
www.behance.net/gallery/45765381/Wrekmeister-Harmonies-Na... Wrekmeister Harmonies, led by musician and composer JR Robinson, is an experimental music collective. Named after the Béla Tarr movie Werckmeister Harmonies, it combines elements of drone music, serialism, post-rock, and heavy metal. When I heard that Wrekmeister Harmonies was coming to Berlin, I had to start sketching ideas for a poster. Their opening act is Nadja and I love them too. The first thing I did was a female face with luscious hair and I liked it so much I decided to use as the poster. The sketch was done on a cardboard I had laying around the house and it showed me that this isn't the perfect place to draw something like that. After the initial drawing, I decided to play around with some different pens since the paper was really bad absorbing ink. After I realized that the image wasn't suitable to become a poster, I decided to test out something else and did some tracing on Illustrator. The final result was better than I imagined so I decided to use it on the poster. Above you can see the final result and I love when I finish a poster project before the concert happens. Looking forward to see Wrekmeister Harmonies live here in Berlin.
Berlin, Germany
cotton Saturday Feb 7, 1998 Amsterdam
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Friends... I'm very excited to announce my exhibition in Berlin. You are all invited the 6 of June at 19.30 in südost Europa Kultur e.V - Großbeerenstraße 88 10963 Berlin-Kreuzberg. view the location in Google Maps The photo from the flyer is a new shot in Pantelleria (Sicily) And a great kiss to my friend Mimoza for her help to realize this little dream!
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English translation of this flyer: Get outta here ... there are many reasons to run away from psychatry ... but where to go? In the runway house Refuge for homeless psychiatric sufferers Association for protection against psychiatric violence e.V. Donations account: Postbank Berlin, BLZ: 100 500 00 KTO: 311 443-104
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Flyer, acid, trance, techno, breakbeat, hardcore indus avec Deo Cadaver & St.Paul le 02 avril 1993 (L'usine)
Celebrated my birthday at this party. I have a ton of pictures and a video tape from this party too.
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