Fish

Fishiness at the Bike Music Festival

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

There were a lot of high-points at this past weekend's Bicycle Music Festival: an impressively-large bicycle-drawn stage, hundreds of folks parading from Golden Gate Park to the Mission, an enjoyable set from The Seshen—the whole event deserves praise.

However, allow us to divert your attention to this fish/sea-serpent art bike, constructed out of old colanders and various sheet metals.  Beautiful, isn't it?  It even features a tongue that would make Gene Simmons quake with envy:

Fabric8 is a Pretty Rad Space

— By Kevin Montgomery (@kevinmonty) |

I never bothered to check out Fabric8 because it always struck me as a place people went to eat “revolutionary street food” and not dig art.  Despite the fact this place relies on some dude selling kebabs or some shit to do all its promotion, it’s a pretty rad space.  Epic designs from astroturfed floor to ceiling, cheap Sirron Norris prints, and, best of all, a bathtub-fishtank (pictured).  I easily spent more time in awe over the fish than I did looking at any given piece of work, which isn’t a diss towards the artists but more a compliment to the fish.  Also, you can take a poop in there.  Neat!

(photo by Jeff D., who laughed at my original iPhone pic and sent me this)