The Empty Plate

Color me Timbers!

2009-11-02T03:05:00.008-06:00

Color Me Timbers is a Music and Interactive visual art show where guests are given crayons to color in the art. The graphics will be blown up and posted on the walls, beers will be consumed and people will dance!

*Artist Links*

Carolyn Simon-Noon

Jackson Noon

Mark Brown

Music

Brand New 18aC Music Video!

2009-06-24T10:38:00.002-05:00

Shot, written, edited and recorded in two days between Kyoto & Tokyo.

Anti [18aC] - "Vague&Universal" from 18andCounting on Vimeo.

18andcounting.com

www.myspace.com/muxmool

MP3 Download

Brb

2009-06-08T21:35:00.002-05:00

Cornell Develops Algorithms to Mimic Sounds of Water

2009-06-06T10:00:00.002-05:00

The sounds you hear in this video are created by an algorithm, not prerecorded sounds. They've some how managed to use the data in the 3D scene to make sound. This is way beyond me but cool non the less.

18aC's First Museum Show

2009-06-02T06:16:00.000-05:00

Built: Kranzberg Exhibition 2009
Opening June 5th
6p-8p
Showing til September 6th

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Six local artists and the Laumeier staff are busy preparing for Built, the 2009 Kranzberg Exhibition which opens June 5 at 6 p.m.
For only the second time, the Kranzberg show features multiple artists who are transforming the indoor galleries into five unique installations.

According to Kim Humphries, Laumeier's Director of Exhibitions and Collections, "All the work in Built is site-specific - some of it solidly-so, literally constructed into and onto the galleries."

For Stan Chisholm, the exhibition has brought him full circle. The recent graduate of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago is working with Laumeier's Manager of Exhibitions and Collections, Robert Goetz, who taught Chisholm as a high school student in the Contemporary Art Museum St Louis' New Art in the Neighborhood program.

Plan to attend the June 5 opening and see Chisholm's installation as well as work by Sarah Frost, Craig Norton, Mike Behle and Cameron Fuller & Sarah Paulsen in what Post-Dispatch Visual Arts Critic David Bonetti called, "the most promising show opening this summer."

Laumeier Sculpture Park

Some of My Examples of Sell Outs

2009-05-30T01:38:00.004-05:00

Sell.out-

-noun

1. An act or instance of selling out.

2. Bitch motherfuckers who fuck the game up for everyone with there inability to make decisions in the face of temptation.

Example.

1. Anakin

2. Shamwow.

(I'm talking about the towel. the dude selling um punched a hooker so we know he's still got cred.)

Blockhead on Sellouts

2009-05-30T01:31:00.003-05:00

If you don't know who Blockhead is then.. damn. The man has some interesting things to say about what time and money can do to people and their credibility. I personally found what he had to say to be very interesting. He even breaks down all the sucker-punks into categories! Peep his blog post on sell outs HERE.

Jealousy

2009-05-29T00:11:00.002-05:00

Mono/poly

2009-05-27T19:34:00.001-05:00

MoneyBags

2009-05-09T14:37:00.001-05:00

MoneyBags
Originally uploaded by 18andCounting

Anti over Rich Boy's "Drop"

2009-04-29T02:50:00.002-05:00

MoneyBags Precursor

2009-04-22T05:39:00.001-05:00

Wall Ball 2009 by J. Roberts FlashlightPhotographyOnline.com
Originally uploaded by Jen303

Painting completed at Wall Ball 2009. Wall Ball is a 4 hr live painting, fund raiser auction for SCOSAG youth arts camp in St. Louis. This is the first full paint (no mixed media) piece i've rocked since like... shit since I had a girlfriend! MoneyBags!

Fotoflow

2009-04-22T01:48:00.002-05:00

Red Hook barbershop
Originally uploaded by fotoflow / Oscar Arriola

There are some eyes that you just have to have your shit seen by. If
Oscar "Fotoflow" Arriola's eyes hasn't seen your work, or at least you...then you aint human. But maybe you're one of those "I dont want to be human" types, in which case, you aint shit. ANYWAY this dude is all over the cities you wanna be, documents the ill throughly and has a cool personality to match.

Sounds Of The Underground

2009-04-17T15:30:00.002-05:00

CLICK FOR FULL SIZE!

Event Details:

$5 presale tickets can be purchased HERE

$10 at the door.

21 plus w ID (no exceptions, sorry kids)

FREE beer

Full Bar (no outside alcohol)

Live art, visuals, photobooth, dancing, and screenprinting (bring tees/bags/whatever to get it done for free, or its just $10 for new tees)

**Address sent to ticketholders after purchase**

LIVE Acts

SOLE, (Founder of Anticon Records)

myspace.com/timholland

AWOL ONE, (SHAPESHIFTERS CREW, LOS ANGLES)

myspace.com/awolone

Icon the Mic King

myspace.com/iconthemicking

V8 (TFD) v8tfd.com & Skech 185 myspace.com/skech185

Ceschi (Fake Four Inc.)

myspace.com/fakefourinc

Factor (Sideroad)

myspace.com/factorg

Cainam and Scotty Six-0

myspace.com/yourimaginaryfriends

DJs

Benn Jordan (Alphabasic)

myspace.com/bennjordan

Shazam Bangles

(REALLY NICE SWEATERS)

myspace.com/thesurgeongeneral

SUN ONES (Sabretooth Sound)

myspace.com/SUNONES

www.sun1s.info

Hilary Rawk (RAWK!)

myspace.com/rawkmagazine

SPECIAL GUESTS

The Legendary Chicago Breakdance Crew “BRICKHEADZ”

myspace.com/thebrickheadz

LIVE ARTISTS

Live Screenprinting by Members Only

membersonlychicago.com

FREE prints on your own shirts/bags/etc

$10 for new shirts

Photobooth by Ryan Mitchell - ryanmitchellphoto.com &

GlitterGuts.com

Visuals by Acid Pixel Chicago

myspace.com/acidpixelchicago

Painting by

2627

2009-04-14T21:47:00.003-05:00

New piece shown at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Soon to make it's way to Laumeier Sculpture Park for the Kranzberg Exhibition.

"2627" is the first piece in my "MobileHomes" series. This one in particular is based on a place I lived in in middle and High school.

Mobile Homes

The Mobile Homes Series illustrates people as inevitable representations of the places they are from and have called home. Figures will bare the weight of a conglomerate of inanimate, animate, and abstract forms equating to a worn mascot mask used to narrate personal stories of the past, present and future. For this particular series, components of residential structures are the key features on the masks.

-18aC-

Post Post

2009-04-14T03:29:00.002-05:00

Been getting down on flyers and shit of the graphic design sort as of late. The most recent is this one. Plan is to pop in more and post post more stuff to boast boast about.

The Otherside of a Smile-San Fran-April 25th

2009-04-14T01:51:00.006-05:00

It's about time I got in another West Coast show. It's curated by my boy Christopher Burch and flaunts range of art, music and design. Plus it's out of the oh so heavy OnSix. If only I had the dough (and time) to fly out there and kick it with my show mates and these notorious street scum I hear about...

The other side of a smile

The Other Side of a Smile is a multi media group show that celebrates the many facets of irony. The reasons why people would rather send in the clowns or just burn the big top down as opposed to sitting in quiet despair. The other side is the intersection where a sinking feeling meets survival, where laughter and laceration take turns on the swing set. It is where the phrase “its funny because of the strangeness” comes to light. The Other Side of a Smile will be held on April 25th at OnSix Gallery, located on Sixth Street between Market and Mission. The event will begin at 6 p.m and ends at 1:30am.

featuring:

Stan Chisholm (18andCounting)
John Felix Arnorld III
Christopher Burch
Ricardo Richey
Justin Tolentino
Ryan Verzaal
Ryan Hendon
Shawn Webber
Bryan Walsh
Pete Wollaeger
Sri Whipple
Corey D.
Ryan Johnson
Vito Money aka. Black Spade –Delux Raggedy clothing line (also Ohm recording artist)
Greedy Genius Shoes

Musical Acts
Dj IMpekabl
Dj Divinity
Aima the Dreamer

2009-02-12T06:00:00.001-06:00

We'reTheTwoThatIntroduced
LegosToSuperglue

90's Nostalgia

2009-01-31T02:27:00.000-06:00

I dont understand why this new generation is so damn nostalgic! Kids born in the 90s, are obsessed with the 90's. I think us older cats (did I just call myself older?!?!) have pinned the youngins in a corner. So many creative types and music junkies yearn "for the way things used to be" so much that its gotten young folks all confused and desperate for that same feeling. It's too early for all that.

Know what I think... older nostalgic-able dudes, keep reminding us but don't require people to obey. Younger dudes, do your job by building spaceships and creating fresh shit! (for real fresh shit, like new fresh shit, not 1983 "fresh" ) Now the two of you stay in your corners and do ya thing. -18aC

In response to Blockhead's post on the Def Jux blog-o-log...

I wish i made this.

2009-01-27T13:46:00.000-06:00

The Renaissance of the River City.

2009-01-18T12:20:00.000-06:00

Back when I damn near lived in Arcadia Studios, I was approached by a super cool chick named Carson. I don't know if she knew me in advanced or just decided it on site, but she pulled me in on a documentary regarding the exploding art scene in St. Louis. The video hits a wide range of artists and hotshots in the city. Get your popcorn!

by Carson Minow – a short documentary on the cultural and social restoration of Saint Louis City.

KDHX.com

photos from NYE

2009-01-14T18:54:00.000-06:00

Some live action... and yes those are my grandparents.

bugs

2009-01-13T00:46:00.001-06:00

dont kill bugs

Story from North America (FULL VERSION!) from Kirsten Lepore on Vimeo.

Scraps from the JunkYard: no.4

2009-01-12T23:58:00.000-06:00

YouSee,TheseBagsUnderMyEyes

AreMyBadges

XLr8r's 08 best lists from the artists

2009-01-04T21:26:00.001-06:00

Here at the Empty Plate we've come to the conclusion that we like lists. Well at least 18AC and I do. He's a peep at what some musicians listed up on XLR8r. Besides Nosaj is the dude. It's a lil bit old but who cares. Its 09!

http://www.xlr8r.com/features/2008/12/best-2008-nosaj-thing

Take Rings Off!

2009-01-02T13:07:00.000-06:00

When I first heard this track It caught me off guard! It was my first time hearing M.O.P. but I knew I wasn't the only lil dude getting hype off this. Funny how Sesame St. worked the same way. As a youngin I wasn't buzzing about the street, but later on I figured out how big it was...just like M.O.P.

...too bad M.O.P. is getting old... just like Sesame St. video re-edits....

What are our children playing with.

2009-01-01T20:41:00.001-06:00

This is a BB GUN! This looks like something i would use to kill a fucking triceritops! Welcome to 2009. Where your child's arsenal is more gangster than yours.

Etsy Launch

2008-12-27T08:19:00.000-06:00

Tons of shirts now,

Flood later. Here

featured in russia

2008-12-23T13:58:00.000-06:00

The Wires Remix featured at 56stuff.ru

FREE EP the wires remix

2008-12-23T02:37:00.001-06:00

NOW AVAILABLE
As many of you have heard, The Great Mundane and DJ Slouch have put together an EP and its ready to rock! In the spirit of the season, we've decided to give it away for free! Drop by thegreatmundane.com and pick up your free copy of The Wires Remix EP. We're very proud of this collection, and we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.

Top 10 Worst times to get got by the Holy Ghost.

2008-12-22T00:08:00.000-06:00

10. Job interview

9. Court

8. The glass isle at Walmart

7. Reading in Library

6. Doctor visit

5. Middle of your own wedding

4. Church

3. Swimming

2. Rap concert

1. Giving CPR

Scraps from the JunkYard: no.3

2008-12-21T14:36:00.000-06:00

WeWereNeverMeantToBeSoBrilliant

NEW SHIT NEW SHIT NEW SHIT

2008-12-21T12:52:00.000-06:00

Its been a minute since Mother Natures last mixtape dropped but its pretty raw. She's droppin' pit vipers and giant spiders. Sounds like the list of things on the planet that will kill you just went up. Pretty interesting.

know

2008-12-20T20:45:00.000-06:00

there is no thing that is nirvana... there is only the word, nirvana

another listenen test

2008-12-20T14:55:00.000-06:00

even though nobody participated im going to do another test... your feed back is much appreciated ...pick a number.
awesome

Screwed In/Enoch Magazine

2008-12-20T11:40:00.001-06:00

Enoch Mag was in town (STL) shooting for Less Than Jake who played at the Pageant, across the street from The Regional Arts Commission. Some how they stumbled upon us working on the Screwed In installation, must have been the profanity & booze. Either way they put together a damn solid video for us. Check it out. I was absent that day, but the boys still held it down.

Rest of the article

Scraps from the JunkYard: no.2

2008-12-20T10:58:00.000-06:00

They'reAllEmpty

ButI'mSoDesperate

Lately, this is what's been making my day...

2008-12-20T05:54:00.000-06:00

Doo Doo + Mustache + 10 + 8=?

2008-12-19T18:23:00.000-06:00

18aC Fecal Face User Gallery!

Jam On It

When Race Gets Snowed In

2008-12-19T03:38:00.000-06:00

Sometimes we all get caught up in the moment. Hell. Its even how some of us were born. But this is just unacceptable people. Get your act together.

Top 18: Things to get snowed in...

2008-12-18T23:50:00.000-06:00

18. Financial Aid
17. Hair
16. Manners
15. Fire Place
14. Credit
13. Faces
12. Beer
11. Our asses
10. Raincastle's Ideas
9. Wallets
8. Your Opinions
7. Dude on a bike
6. Sex
5. Flights
4. Trains
3. Buses
2. Birth
1. Doo Doo

open ears

2008-12-18T16:45:00.001-06:00

hey so im in the process of mastering this track... let me know which feels better. ill1mix2

Scraps from the JunkYard: no.1

2008-12-18T04:07:00.001-06:00

You'reViewingScreenSaverTheater

CastingCall:

AllSkinShavingMeatEaters

you should post more but check this

2008-12-17T23:19:00.000-06:00

juke bot.... i prefer juke boxes...

2008-12-16T20:39:00.000-06:00

what a waist of money...jukebots

skate or die...

2008-12-16T16:29:00.000-06:00

this boy calvin is 14 and makes kick ass skate videos.
and uses sweet music ha!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef8-kzmYS2k

Flesh Out the Kitchen!

2008-12-16T06:55:00.000-06:00

So ArtD is putting on a Square Foot Show in STL.... Should be pretty cool... I came up with something for it... This is a taste, if anyone was interested...

Lots of artists have participated in this, so it should be rad to check it out.

tits

Double Trouble

2008-12-16T04:39:00.001-06:00

I recently suffered a 22nd birthday, and made up for it with a banging party last Friday. About 200 people or so crashed my girl Chloe's (we share the same 12.9 birthdate) pad. It looked like an Obama rally in this girl's living room.

My boy El Topo of the Black Holes was gonna spin but he had to dip out to Cali for personal reasons.

SO it ended up being Itch 13 along side Dolor....but that was a bit of a mess too. See Itch's car died in the middle of the street. We ended up borrowing some cables to jump his battery with the $45 cab that Dolor caught to get his ass to the party on time....now my account it negative like bad math. haha. a few speaker problems but we still kept the party hoppin.

EricLabRat of Glitter Guts and I had been trying to match up to do a photo booth for a minute. So my selfish ass called him up for my birthday party. (We'll colab more no worries.) we set up a police line up photobooth equipped with jail enabling illustrated props (Crack pipes, blunts, gun, titties etc...) by your's truly.

In the end everything was 80% smooth, I meet some sexy & tough ladies, broke my phone and camera, the cops showed up (should have asked them for a photo), and I woke up on my own floor...two feet away from the door.

check out GlitterGuts.com for the full photo set

and 18andCounting.com for lapdances.

The Loudness War

2008-12-15T22:54:00.001-06:00

It's not our intent to discourage aggressively limited records, they are a valid creative choice for artists. But today, most artists feel they have no option other than mastering their records to be as loud as everybody else's.

lets get this ish rollen

2008-12-15T18:36:00.001-06:00

As many of you have heard, The Great Mundane and DJ Slouch have put together an EP and are about ready to drop it. In the spirit of the season, we've decided to give it away for free! So, on december 23rd, you'll be able to drop by DJSLOUCH.NET or THEGREATMUNDANE.COM and pick up your free copy of the Wires Remix EP. We're very proud of this collection, and we hope you'll enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it.