1.Wednesday, April 7: Sharon Jones Listening Party hosted by Root Movements at the Jazz Kitchen.

2. Thursday, April 8: Get your indie rock on at Radio Radio with Japanoids, Avi Buffalo and Thunders.

3. Friday, April 9: Rock for Riley/MOKB presents Julian Casablanacas (The Strokes) at the Vogue. Stop by Luna Music (52nd St. and College Ave. location) earlier that day to get signed copies of his new album…be sure to check out the always amazing Amy McAdams poster promoting the event.

4. Saturday, April 10: Musical Family Tree is bringing local music back home to Radio Radio. Gentleman Caller is worth it!

Quick Links
1. Somebody invite Andrew Maynard to a cocktail party, he might be the perfect designer-friendly nano-scientist to strike a conversation with.

2. Carl Bower explains his Columbian Beauty Pageant series-As for me, I’m just fascinated with the naming of these beauty queens-Miss Honey, Chica Barbie, Miss Legs.

3. Hamburger zines? Yep that’s right, get em while they’re hot.

4. Worlds oldest emoticon has been found in a 1881 issue of the magazine Puck.

5. Next week is the big preview for Adobe Photoshop CS5, the individual demonstrating the warp transform is annoying but the upgrade for warping images will save me some time on photo-touch ups.

Events
1.Friday, March 26: Roman Candle at Radio Radio

2. Friday, March 26: Nuvo 20th Anniversary at Talbott Street. Come celebrate with Reverand Peyton’s Big Damn Band.

3. Fear of Flying: Provocative installation exhibit at the Christopher West Presents Gallery. Catch this before it closes on April 10.

4. Installation Nation: It’s BAAACK! The second annual installation art exhibit event is going to be back on Michigan and College (Downtown Indy) on June 4. Call for artists is happening now. Submit your concept to fill a 8ft x 20ft container.

5.Monday, March 29: The Woodhands at Radio Radio. Keytar Rock, enuff said.

Quick Links
1. Seed Cathedral, yes a building made of plant seeds. And you thought your stoner friends were crazy….

2.  OCR a PDF portfolio file, not super exciting, but you have no idea how many times I’ve been stuck laying out an annual report with no way of un-embedding all the text and tables from the client’s pdf portfolio and other assets.

3. Original Beans Chocolate: I want to eat the packaging and the chocolate.

4. Hot Chip: Or the wtf video that uses a bald Steve Coogan impersonator and floating head to put the hurt on a boy band. Random, I know-but I can’t take my eyes off of it.

5. Before there was John Waters, there was Russ Meyers.

2. Winter Farmer’s Market: Have you had juice at the Natural Born Juicer’s stand yet? Mickey and Mallory would approve.{Saturdays, until April 24}

3. The Playboy Psychonauts at The Vollrath. Get out your fez and join the “Cassanovia” musicians for an eclectic world music night out. {Saturday, March 13}

Quick Links:
1. Who wouldn’t want to be making phat beats in retirement like Grandma DJ?

2. Urban Outfitter is going to the chapel, and well, some lovely hipsters are going to get married in UO’s alt-fashionable wares.

3. Have you ever thought of writing a self help book and joining a cult along the way?
Me neither but The Moth podcast has an AWESOME Starlee Kine story about it.
(WARNING: adult content and profanity)

4. Porcelain Pop Art

5. The iMaxi for the iPad: I am speechless, really I do not know what to say.

Events
1. Soup swap: I had no idea Indianapolis participated in this, but this sounds like a great way to get stocked up on soup for the next two months or so.

Saturday, January 23
(see website for more details)

2. Fiery Furnaces at Radio Radio: Indie Rock goodness, that’s all I need to say.

Friday, January 22
Radio Radio
1119 E. Prospect St.
$10 Adv / $12 Day of Show
21 +Doors @8 pm
Buy tickets

3. MOKB Presents..Local Music Git Down: My Old Kentucky Blog is one of the musical treasures of Indianapolis. On Saturday, MOKB will be hosting a hootenanny of who’s who of local music-it’s practically an all day event. Come on out as they celebrate local music at where else? Locals Only.

Saturday, January 23
Locals Only
2449 E. 56th St.
Starts: 12pm-who knows when it’s gonna end.
Admission: TBD/Free

4. Arsenic and Old Lace at the IMA. What fond memories I have of this Cary Grant film. I used to watch this movie over and over with my family growing up. If you have a dark/twisted sense of humor like I do, you will find the timelessness of this flick. If not, then well I guess you are just weird .

Friday, January 22
Indianapolis Museum of Art
4000 Michigan Rd.
Toby Theatre
7:00 pm
Admission: $9 public/ $5 members/ $7 students with ID
Buy Tickets

5. Reserve your tix while you can: Free Crazy Heart viewing from the wonderful IFF. This one is sure to be the Oscar clincher for Best Actor. Jeff Bridges already has won the golden globe for it, and T-Bone Burnett has made the soundtrack into a supporting role all by itself. (As of this posting the film has sold out…sorry.)

Quick Links:
1. Logorama: I want to see this soooooo bad.

2. Rapunzel: I want to live in this world, what a beautiful visionary collaboration between Polina Osherov and Nikki Sutton.

3. The man behind the “I’m with Coco,” campaign. Bravo sir, bravo.

4.bRaZiLiAn Design: they even screen print their leaves, that’s how eco friendly and design forward these cats are.

5. Crayon sculpted people: I want to color with this guy, his crayons are definitely cooler than mine.

6. Do’s and Don’ts of Online PR: I really agree with Lindsay Robertson that if marketers of bands and artists followed her outline, there would be less annoying email blasts in the world.

Events
1. The Blue Angel: One of Von Sternberg’s greatest German films of the thirties, (before Goebbels took over the German film industry). This film made Marlene Dietrich into an international star. It’s more than a Barry Manilow song, come see what Lola Lola was all about in this particular German Cabaret.

Friday, January 8
WINTER NIGHTS FILM: The Blue Angel
The Indianapolis Museum of Art
4000 Michigan Street
The Toby
7:00 pm
Tickets: $9 Public/ $5 Members/ $7 students with ID

2. Happy Birthday Elvis: Elvis’ Birthday Bash at Locals Only featuring local Rockabilly faves The Danny Thompson Trio, Mandy Mare and the Cool Hand Lukes and Indy’s favorite Zombie rock, Harley Poe.

Friday, January 8
Locals Only
2449 E. 56th Street
9:00 pm
Admission: TBD

3. Gather around the fire for a listening party: Twinpeaks, MOKB & NUVO Present: Vampire Weekend “Contra” Listening Party. As an added bonus you can win some free swag via Nuvo

Thursday, January 7
Upland Tasting Room
4842 North College
8:00pm – 11:00pm
Admission: Free

4. Chill out and LET GO! at The Lockerbie Pub.This is the first of a series of Tuesday nights that features A SQUARED INDUSTRIES DJS, DJ SCOTT MATELIC and DJ ACTION JACKSON. Also the Naptown Roller Girls are swinging by to drink Sun King Beer with y’all.

Tuesday, January 5
Lockerbie Pub
631 East Michigan Street
10:00 pm
Admission: FREE

5. We want the Funk–gotta have that funk now: SO if you ask for it than you shall receive, Super Funk at The Jazz Kitchen this Friday.

Friday, January 8
The Jazz Kitchen
5377 N. College Avenue
8:00 & 10:00 pm.
Admission: TBD

Quick Links
1. Urban Photography tips

2. I’m toying with the idea of an e-newsletter, it’s a lot of work…. But if you are in the market to do it check out some of the pro’s for email marketing.

3. Getting back into the routine: Coming back to work after the holidays doesn’t have to be a drag.

4. Fun with found objects and Visa Cards: Visa Arts on the Go Campaign.