BEAUTY: Ceramic Sculpture--Louise Fulton

I am entranced by the incredible ceramic faces by Australian artist Louise Fulton. The variety of glazes, colors, textures, and shapes she employs makes each face so unique.

You can purchase one of her creations at her site!
https://louisefultonstudio.com/

"The Flow" by Vancouver Sleep Clinic

Mmmm, soft gauzy vocal pop akin to Zero 7...here  is the lovely track "The Flow" by Vancouver Sleep Clinic (the nom de musique of Australian singer-songwriter and record producer Tim Bettinson).

https://www.vancouversleepclinic.org/

BEAUTY: Painting--Guido Maestri

Australian artist Guido (Guy) Maestri creates the most amazing, peculiar, nearly-psychedelic landscapes that are still somehow based on organic patterns and materials. Look at how he portrays tree limbs and patches of grass... it is like looking into a geode. Singular. Fascinating.

Top to bottom: Ant Lion; Berkele's Creek; Birth of Earth; Dream Brother; Middle Brother Brother; Middle Brother Mountain; Nest; The Dry; The Wet; When You Lived

https://guidomaestri.com/

BEAUTY: Sculpture--Jan Vogelpoel

Australian sculptor Jan Vogelpoel works in clay to realize some fantastic biomorphic forms. She says she is inspired both by Japanese and Mid-Century Modern design. In addition to sculptures, she also creates lighting, vases, framed wall tiles, and in the last two images below, multi-piece relief wall sculptures.

Pieces are for sale! Visit her website.
https://www.janvogelpoelceramics.com/

"Somethinggreater" by Parcels

Parcels (previously here) bring us more smooth jazzy funk with "Somethinggreater"--and they are all dressed in Gucci! From their new release "Day/Night" available November 5, 2021.

And Noah Hill with those earrings and that hair...*sigh*

https://www.parcelsmusic.com/

"Live Vol. 1" by Parcels

Parcels are my new favorite band. They've been around for a few years now, but they showed up on my radar when they released this fun, engaging video for "Live Vol. 1," a live performance they did at Hansa Studios in Berlin (merely the location where David Bowie recorded his legendary "Low" and "Heroes" albums, as well as where U2 recorded "Achtung Baby").

This charming Australian five-piece formed in Byron Bay in 2014 and are now based in Berlin, Germany. The band is composed of keyboardist Louie Swain, keyboardist/guitarist Patrick Hetherington, bassist Noah Hill, drummer Anatole "Toto" Serret, and guitarist Jules Crommelin. The band say they draw influence from Steely Dan, Marvin Gaye, The Whitest Boy Alive, and Toto, but they are often compared to musical icons from the 1960s and 70s such as The Beatles and The Beach Boys drawing upon both their look and sound. Their 1970s uniform aesthetic was made a staple after making the guise as a last-minute dress-up for their performance at the 2016 Lollapalooza afterparty, sticking with it ever since. I definitely hear a major blue-eyed soul/white funk sound and the blend of Gaye and Steely Dan works for me!

On 30 April 2020, Parcels released their live studio album, Live Vol. 1, an 18 track tape recording mixed on an analog console in the Hansa Studios in Berlin, mastered without any edits. Hansa Studios, located by the remnants of the Berlin Wall, has played hosts to 70s rock icons' sessions such as David Bowie and Iggy Pop.

The album was released amidst the Covid-19 global pandemic. Alongside the album, Parcels released instrumental tutorials for the song "IknowhowIfeel" to their Instagram account. Hill said that "it felt very insensitive and not aware to be releasing anything that wasn't in some way connected to the coronavirus ‘cause that was encapsulating everyone's thoughts".

"Live Vol. 1" was released with a video of the recording session. Director Carmen Crommelin, also responsible for directing the "Tape" film clip, said in a press release that she "wanted the camera to be both passive and intimate, so you could politely observe from a distance and walk through the room like a friend".

And they are simply a tight, kick-ass live band. Listen.

https://www.parcelsmusic.com/

BEAUTY: Photography--George Byrne

Australian photographer George Byrne says his work investigates an "urban absence." And his vibrant Color Field series is a wonderful example. Saturated in candy colors melting in the hot Southern California sun, the places he captures are devoid of people and any sense of human occupation...and the presence of a single person in some images somehow only serves to reinforce this absence. Byrne says, "To me, there is a distinct beauty to be found in this sort of subject matter but it's also a slightly unsettling reverberation...a strangely meditative state. I think the images speak to that too."

Top to bottom: 99c Culver City; 99c Silverlake #3; Bank Palm Springs; Bankruptcy; Burbank; Burton Way; Cahuenga; Caryard; East Hollywood Carpark; El Chavo; Feder; Gas Station, Melrose; Palm Springs; Pink Desert; Transparent Billboard; Vigil

https://www.georgebyrne.com/color-field

Let's Catch Up With Jarrod Scott

Australian model Jarrod Scott (previously here) continues to be merely gorgeous...that long hair, that moustache...*sigh*

Walking for Etro

https://www.instagram.com/jarrodscott