sQecial Staff Favorite of the Week: Rue Morgue magazine

Tiffany says: For the horror-appreciative cinephile sQecial-ers, we now carry Rue Morgue magazine!  In this month’s issue you can read about The Wicker Man (2013 marks the 40th anniversary since its release) and an interview with Sir Christopher Lee, among lots of other good stuff.

Check out the newest installation in the hall, courtesy of Ed Franklin as part of Lexington Art League’s offSITE.  More information below!

denilknarf:

Fudge Land Zero

Inflammatory text by Ed Franklin

offSITE location:

Upper vestibule of the sQecial media building

371 South Limestone Street

Greetings. I’d like to present you with an homage to dirty words, phrases, acts, deeds, and thoughts that simultaneously functions as a game of sorts for your amusement or offense, depending. Though there are definitely a few obvious and notable exceptions (which I could not seem to bring myself to omit), the vast majority of the words found here seem somewhat innocuous and mundane when viewed singularly. However, when combined into pairs the words become decidedly sinister, inflammatory, derogatory, and/or lascivious (forming charged ideas, dangerous objects, explicit sexual descriptions, natural disasters, etc.). Also, keep in mind that it is possible to use some words more than once to form new pairs!

Note to viewer: For the most part, the offensive word pairs and the ideas that they represent in no way reflect the artist’s personal beliefs or feelings (much to the contrary), but should be seen as a reflection of how we, as often misguided and sometimes down-right deplorable humans, can take a perfectly good word and wreck it all to hell.

Enjoy.

Ed

For more info on SITE & offSITE visit lexingtonartleague.org

We’re working on expanding our magazine selection! Any title recommendations? Let us know! And check back with us — new magazines will be arriving over the next few months.

denilknarf:

Advert- collage, wood burning, digital

New SQecial advertisement appearing in the upcoming issue of RiFLe Magazine.

As part of June’s Lexington Poetry Month and in honour of poet Kenneth Patchen, SQecial Media presents a glorious picture-poem contest! Entries must be received by June 3rd and will be displayed through the end of the month. For more info, stop by the shop, email sqecial @ gmail . com, or contact us via facebook — the event page is here.  

Poster art & words by Morgan Adams, Ed Franklin, & Iya Morgan (L-R).

SQecial Staff Favorite of the Week: Some Thing Black by Jacques Roubaud

Brian says: “It’s just one long love poem to his dead wife, and it’s got pictures in the back.”

Coming up on April 28th! Morgan K. Adams will be reading poetry from In Nonestica, her forthcoming release from Accents Publishing, at 5pm in SQecial Media.  (Posters designed by Ed Franklin.)

SQecial Staff Favorite of the Week: D’Aulaires’ Book of Norse Myths

Morgan says: “For all your childhood — and adulthood — Nordic myth cravings.  Beautiful pencil drawings and clear retellings of classics! With a preface by Michael Chabon, who was apparently influenced by this book as a kid as much as I was.”

The Asylum Gypsies Surf Band performing at SQecial Media’s 41st anniversary celebration.  All the bands were great, but it wasn’t long before it got too busy to take pictures!

SQecial Staff Favorite of the Week: A rustic metal picture frame (with birds and leaves)

Iya says, “This is a cute bird frame!  Complete with a picture of a family not your own.”