Recently, as I was parking my Mini in my garage spot in the Lower Haight, and gentleman, not unlike Larry David’s friend Leon on “Curb Your Enthusiasm,” complemented me on my car but said he could never drive one. He said he needed to pick up ladies with a car, and a Mini couldn’t do that. So after me telling him that a short white guy can pull a lady with a Mini, and him probably surprised that I actually pick up ladies, he told me that a man needs a Corvette in order for a woman to pay attention to him. And this proves his point.
We don’t normally agree with award shows, but we can agree in 2011, that “Modern Family” winning an award for best comedy at the Emmy’s makes sense. Even though Curb Your Enthusiasm should win every award every year Larry David graces us with his comedy.
The 8th Season of Larry David’s “Curb Your Enthusiasm” is probably the best yet, and we just finished watching it last night. And the season goes there and beyond, just offensive moment after offensive moment. Some cringe worthy, but all brilliant. This is the scene where Larry has a problem with all the “thumping” going on above his apartment. Who lives upstairs? Michael J Fox. Just watch.
If you just read what Ricky Gervais wrote here, you will understand our immense love for the man. If he had Larry David and himself railing against all the crap that celebrities throw at us during award shows, we would pay attention to that far more than a stupid industry hand job to itself.
LUSH is a graffiti writer who likes porn, kittens, and making people angry. His work features male and female genitalia juxtaposed with comedic messages and comic book illustrative style. He sometimes makes people, especially other members of the graffiti community, upset with his pornography graffiti, tongue-in-cheek videos, and unfiltered twitter and interview statements. When he is at his most theatrical, LUSH makes artwork inspired by other graffiti writers, created in an absurdist style demanding a call and response. Some see the work as equally offensive, equally humorous. His recent photo shoots require naked female models/strippers/porn stars to interact with his graffiti. In a recent conversation, LUSH has called Larry David an idol. Is he serious? Who the fuck does this guy LUSH think he is?
Known as both a controversial talent and grand shit talker, LUSH comes to FIFTY24SF Gallery as a much-talked about artist who has invigorated the Flickr and Twitter community over the past 24 months with the spread of his graffiti. For his first solo show in San Francisco, LUSH explores the idea that gallery shows should be events more than a place to see art. Example: If you like women naked in front of your graffiti, bring the nudity to the gallery. LUSH and team have created a real-life installation peep show, featuring models from San Francisco’s iconic nude revue, the Lusty Lady. The exhibition will also feature a new series of works on canvas. Mostly, LUSH plans on keeping up on some contemporary shit-talk.
LUSH asks that you remember to bring your $1 bills to the show and 50 hand made t-shirt from LUSH will be given out during the show.
Probably the two most influential comedic writers of the last 20 years, Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David, in their early-1990s heyday, looking awkward and not famous, but about to be really rich and really famous.
We just feel like this appropriate today. Watch and learn the subtle.
To us, Larry David is a genius of our time, one of the most important American writers of the last 50 years. We are not joking, and we may even write an essay on it. With Curb Your Enthusiasm Season 7 now out on DVD, we saw that Larry was interviewed on Dazed Digital. We read it. We liked it. And we really liked this exchange:
Why do people watch you then? I don’t know. I think it’s funny. I think the stories are unpredictable. The show has a spontaneity that you don’t see everywhere because we’re improvising. I think people can relate to a lot of the things that they’re seeing on the show. So many people come up to me and go ‘I’m like you; my husband’s like you.’
