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Bad at Sports Episode 33: Version Festival Apr 17, 2006

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Bad at Sports begins the Art Fair Update by chatting it up with the organizers of the Version Festival '06 in Bridgeport (Edmar, Elise, Matt, Rotten Milk, and Burke). Later, we discuss with Michael Workman the highlights of the upcoming Nova Art Fair. Richard and Duncan end the show with a review of "Covers," the Oli Watt show at Booster and Seven. Sorry for the delay in posting I had some techical problems related to my bone-headed-ness.

Version 06 Lumpen Magazine Booster and Seven Michael workman Katrina Kuntz Raymond Pettibon Claire Pentecost Thomas Blackman Associates ITT Tech Heaven Gallery South Union Arts Bridgeport/Iron Studios Sonotheque Skylark 3030 Elastic Arts Foundation NFO XPO Lou Mallozzi Lee Ranaldo Miranda July Dirk Knibbe Buddy Gallery Seth Price Deborah Stratman Robert Gober David Coyle/Gallery 40000 Corbett vs. Dempsey Jason Robert Bell

Bad at Sports Episode 32: Lane Relyea Apr 09, 2006

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Bad at Sports interviews Northwestern professor Lane Relyea. Between sips of whiskey, Lane discusses the state of criticism in Chicago and the nation at large. Not only does he explain why it's better to be a curator in Chicago than L.A (and better to bean artist in L.A. rather than Chicago), but then the interview crescendos into Lane and Richard's smackdown confrontation about art theory.Later, Duncan reviews Deb Sokolow at Polvo, and Jamison Oggs at Art Ledge. Amanda wraps it up with a review of the Jose Lerma show at Andrea Rosen Gallery in NY, and Lane chimes in with rants and commentary.

Lane Relyea Deb Sokolow Jose Lerma Nova Art Fair Parkett Magazine Frieze Magazine Artforum Cakewalk Jeff Ward Core Program New Art Examiner Shannon Stratton Corbett vs. Dempsey Art Department at UCLA John Baldessari Joey Fauerso Michael Velliquette Sam Durant Liz Armstrong Cal Arts Jorge Pardo Monique Prieto Gallery 400 MOCA Ann Goldstein Paul Schimmel Russell Ferguson Armand Hammer Museum of Art Michael Asher Anne Rorimer James Rondeau Hamza Walker Julia Fish Tony Tasset Kerry James Marshall Rebecca Morris Museum of Contemporary Art Polvo Adam Smith Marian Amies Remy Jungerman Jamisen Ogg Art Ledge Andrea Rosen Gallery 7/3 Split Scott Roberts

Bad at Sports Episode 31: David Jones, Shannon Stratton and more! Apr 02, 2006

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David Jones, master printer, artist, founder of the amazing Anchor Graphics and all around kickass guy talks about Anchor Graphics new merger with Columbia College Chicago. Shannon Stratton from Three Walls talks about their residency program, Duncan reviews more Mo Williams, and calls Richard a Jerk several times.

Don't forget to mark your calendars for the NOVA art fair April 27-30th we will be providing on the spot live action news from the trenches!!!

David Jones Chris Flynn Tony Fitzpatrick Mo Willems Teresa Mucha James Chicago Printmakers Collaborative White Wings Press Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop Southern Graphics Landfall Press Tandam Press David Lynch Shannon Stratton and the ThreeWalls Residency

Cat Chow Video Mar 28, 2006

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Love her work, mystified by her travel planning.Thanks to our news tipster corps for the heads up!A link with Video of the Cat Chow story. http://www.statesman.com/news/content/gen/ap/TX_SXSW_Stowaway.html AUSTIN â�� A Chicago woman accused of stowing away on a plane to attend the South by Southwest Festival faces a federal charge. Catherine "Cat" Chow, a 33-year-old artist, was on the standby list for a flight from St. Louis to Austin, booked through American Airlines. When she found out the flight was full, Chow snuck past gate agents, boarded the plane and hid in the bathroom, authorities said. When a passenger knocked on the bathroom door, Chow took the man's seat. When his wife made her move, she took another seat. After she was forced to move again, a flight attendant discovered her, court documents said. An agent with the FBI Joint Terrorism Task Force was called to the airport. Airport police also were waiting for Chow when the plane landed. Chow told authorities she "knew what she did was wrong, but wanted to meet with her friends in Austin . . . to participate in the South by Southwest activities," documents said. Airport police say they found marijuana and six antidepressant tablets without a prescription label. Chow was charged with boarding an airplane without permission, a federal crime, and two state misdemeanors, possession of marijuana and possession of a dangerous drug. Chow was being held in the Travis County jail on a $3,000 bail.

Bad at Sports Episode 30: Edible Books and lots of reviews! Mar 26, 2006

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THIS WEEK: Books + Food = The 7th Annual Edible Book Show at Columbia College. Kathryn Born makes her podcast debut with an interview with Marlene Russum Scott about the festival, and book arts in the city. - Michelle Grabner picks up the critical torch in her "Art Papers" article. - Reviews a plenty: Some are kinda awesome, and some kinda are not. - Richard takes on the "Dad" character in Leave it to Beaver, and Duncan giggles his way to stardom. - All are wrapped up in a cheery band melody that Richard promises a dollar to the first person to e-mail us the exact reason of why it is so funny! NAMES DROPPED:

Juventus 2006 Charles LaBelle Chris Uphues Josh Mannis Mariano Chavez Jean-Pierre Roy Michael Thomas, Butcher Shop Dogmatic Michael Rea Nova Art Fair Alison Ruttan Michelle Grabner/Art Papers Bill Drendel Chicago Hand Bookbinders Chicago Public Library Special Collection Columbia College Book & Paper Center Edible Books Julie Chen Joan Flasch Artists' Books Collection Marlene Russum Scott Melissa Jay Craig Newberry Library Northwestern University Penland School of Crafts Sherryl Keyes Dan Anhorn Joycelyn merchant Oscar Wilde Mayuko Kono Nathaniel Smyth Lauren Anderson Aristotle Georgiades Pete Fowler Jim Woodring

Bad at Sports Episode 29: talk talk talk Mar 19, 2006

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Reviews galore! We go to 92 shows in Pilsen with Liz Armstrong, we appear live without a net at the Steppenwold Theater for the Third Coast Festival and Chicago Public Radio, Brian Andrews reviews Scott Reader and other stuff, Amanda and Duncan review more stuff, and Amanda talks about going to NYC and what she saww at the Armoury.

Three Walls Liz Armstrong PRX Catalog of Ships NPR CPR Whitney Museum Blindspot Love and Radio Gapers Block David Elfings Back to the Lab/Radio Lab Julie Shapiro Skylark Jager!Pilsen Dubhe Carreno Gallery Denis Lee Mitchell Michael Goro 4 Arts Matthew Thomas Grimaldi Moka Gallery Chicago Art Department Go Go Video Jhonmar Radames Scott Reeder Tyson Reeder Jack Hanley Meg Duguid Laugh In Goldie Hawn Andrea Cohen Ryan Swanson Michael Andrews Nathan Redwood Loul Samater Clinton King The Armory Show Diva Art Fair Pulse Art Fair Scope Art Fair Nova Art Fair Michael Workman Tony Fitzpatrick Joan Livingston Anne Wilson Barry McGee Dietch Projects Rhona Hoffman Kavi Gupta

Bad at Sports Episode 28: Alison Ruttan and more Mar 12, 2006

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We interview Alison Ruttan and talk about her show at Monique Meloche and lots and lots of talk about bonobos and why a bonobo is *not* a monkey. Brian Andrews turns off his mind relaxes and floats down stream at The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA, Ecstasy: In and About Altered States show. Jeff Ward talks about The CORE program at the Museum of Fine Arts Houston. NEXT WEEK: We talk about talking to a sell out crowd at the Steppenwolf Garage Theater, We review some stuff. We talk about partying like a rock star with Liz Armstrong while checking out 52 shows in Pilsen. LINKS

sorry this took so long!

Alison Ruttan Monique Meloche Bonobos Balding Brian Andrews Jeff Ward Nature vs. Nurture Scarlett Johansson Franz de Waal Yerkes National Primate Research Center Science Pant Grunt Hair Do Hyde Park Art Center To Kill a Mocking Bird Rwanda Jumanji Los Angeles MOCA The Geffen Contemporary at MOCA Ecstasy George Braque

Bad at Sports Episode 27: Happiness Mar 05, 2006

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- Jeff Ward, Shannon Stratton interviewed, Michael Miller, and the "Made in China" show at the Museum of Contemporary Photography reviewed. - ALSO LIVE WITHOUT A NET, Bad at Sports that the Steppenwolf garage theater this Wednesday the 8th as a part of the NPR, Third Coast Festival, Listen Room series. Come throw rocks at us you jerks!

THIS WEEK:

Jeff Ward and Shannon Stratton have curated the wonderful series of shows, the Happiness I Seek. Showing consecutively in 5 spaces throughout the Chicago community, The Happiness I Seek will feature artists Andrea Cohen (at ThreeWalls), Loul Samater (at Fraction Workspace), Ryan Swanson (at The Chicago Cultural Center), Mike Andrews (at 40000) and Clinton King (at The Suburban). Through a format of dispersing the sculptural installations throughout the city, the exhibition takes on the rhizomatic and cooperative nature of current art and exhibition practice: the materials of the artworks and the artworks of the exhibit and the spaces in a community imply the ideas of attraction, chemistry and the dancing cheek-to-cheek as evoked by the title's Irving Berlin's lyric.

NEXT WEEK:

Artist, Alison Ruttan invites us to her home for an interview about her work, and research on Bonobo chimps. We continue our conversation with Jeff Ward about the Core Program in Texas, and talk with Shannon Stratton about the Three Walls Residency. We finish the show off with a cacophony of reviews!

Catalog of Ships and Michael Kraskin Shannon Stratton Jeff Ward Sonia Yoon The Pond Gallery Howard Fonda David Coyle Pete Fagundo Joan Fransel Youthcast Podcast from PRX Jonathan Rhodes The Core Program Glass Tire Art Lies Terence Hannum Art Nexus Bridge Gallery Irving Berlin Ryan Swanson Mike Andrews Loul Samater Charles Stucky http://www.mocp.org/Roger Brown Resources The Cultural Center Jun Yang Edward Burtynsky Polly Braden Melanie Jackson Michael Wolf Danwen Xing John Schmid Rick Romell Sara Ranchouse Fraction Workspace The Suburban Michael Miller Sally Alatalo

Why I left Milwaukee at 19... Mar 03, 2006

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Ananova: Art museum party gets out of hand A party at a US art museum got out of hand after the organisers promised revellers as many martinis as they could drink. The martini fete at at Milwaukee Art Museum ended with drunk guests passing out, throwing up and clambering over artworks. One reveller, Kathleen Christians, 39, told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel: "It was crazy. People were shoving people over. People were getting sick, screaming, shouting, messing with the artwork." Four young men climbed onto Standing Woman, a tall, bronze sculpture of a goddess-like woman by early 20th-century American artist Gaston Lachaise. "They were standing on it, grabbing the boobs, and somebody was just taking pictures with a cell phone," said Laura Collins, 35. The Martinifest event, organised by local radio station Clear Channel, offered unlimited martinis for the equivalent of about £17. "Hindsight is 20-20... It was probably too cheap," Kerry Wolfe, a local programming director for Clear Channel, said . David Gordon, the museum's director, said: "It was not an appropriate event to be held in the museum, and we have reviewed our procedures for bookings."

Bad at Sports Episode 26: Corbett vs. Dempsey and State of the Union Feb 26, 2006

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SIX MONTHS! Wow! It's our sixth month anniversary and there is much excitement for all! This week we talk to John Corbett and Jim Dempsey of Corbett vs. Dempsey Gallery. Also we reflect on six months of weekly podcasts and mull whether or not to go on. A very special episode of Bad at Sports. Like an afterschool special with expletives. Real show note to follow at some point soon.

John Corbett Jim Dempsey Third Coast Festival Experimental Sound Studio Open End Barn Dance, Featuring Golden Horse Ranch Square Dance Band Jeff Ward Shannon Stratton Sun Ra Nelson Algren Miyoko Ito Chicago Imagists Michiko Itatani Morris Barazani John WildeJoe FreebertBob Cozzolino Dusty Grooves WPA Muralists: Restoration Roger Brown Study Collection Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Robert Amft Clement Greenberg Harold Rosenberg Robert Henry Adams Valerie Carberry Thomas McCormickTime Out Chicago: interview with Robert Amft Scott Speh Paul Klein NOVA Michael Workman

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