Rudy Panucci On Pop Culture
GI Joe, In Clubs, With Dinosaurs, and In Blogs
It’s the time of the year to renew your membership in the Official GI Joe Collectors Club. If you are an Officer Level member in good standing by March 16, you will receive this year’s bonus figure.
The figures will ship sometime late this spring, but you have to be a member on March 16 to get one.Collectors can choose either a 12″ GI Joe, or one of the little 3 3/4″ guys. Both are exclusive to the club.
Above you find this week’s episode of Radio Free Charleston, which is dedicated to a single artist. “The Snake and the Pot” stars the performing duo of the same name. Amanda Jane and Duane Swanson III have combined their talents into an experimental dance/music/art collective. The results are fascinating.
Last December 20, during ArtWalk, I was invited to an “Interactive Paint & Dance Performance with Live Music and Photography at Apartment Earth Studios.” I was intrigued. I’d featured The Snake and The Pot on one of last year’s FestivAll shows, but I’d been wanting to capture more of this wild experience on RFC. This was an event with dance and music, plus also the art of Nik Botkin and Elizabeth Turner and the photography of Todd Griffith.
Today’s art is a digital painting that is also a single frame from one of the animated sequences in a performance film starring The Snake and the Pot which can be seen later today in Radio Free Charleston 181. The Snake and the Pot is Amanda Jane and Duane Swanson II who perform experimental electronic and percussive music combined with belly dancing. At this performance, recorded at Apartment Earth Studio, they were joined by Jordan Trent on bass.
You can read more about The Snake and the Pot in the production notes for RFC 181, coming later Monday. Click the image to see it bigger.
This evening’s video features your PopCulteer’s imaginary daughter, Kitty Killton, demonstrating how to escape restraints in an episode of Dyer Times, a local monthly survival webshow hosted by Dave Dyer. You can catch up with other episodes of Dyer Times at their YouTube channel. And watch for Kitty in future episodes of Radio Free Charleston, and check PopCult for news on her upcoming appearances with The Wayward Girls School of Burlesque and Dr. Sketchy’s.
The PopCulteer
March 1, 2013
Today we pull out a heaping pile of factoids and infobits, stuff them into the PopCulteer blunderbuss and blast them across your face. It’s time for thrity random items.
1. You still have three chances to see the critically-acclaimed Alban Arts Center production of William Shakespeare’s “Richard III.” Friday and Saturday night at 8 PM, and Sunday at 2 PM. You should rush out to see Jeff Bukovinsky as the man under the car park, and an ultra-talented cast of local performers as they bring the words of the Bard to life in a thrilling piece of theater. Check the Alban Arts Center website for ticket information.
2. Zeroking and Whitechapel District set fire to the Blue Parrot Saturday night with their combustible metal riffs.The RFC cameras will be on hand to capture these two metal titans for future editions of Radio Free Charleston. The cover charge is five bucks and the show kicks of at 10 PM.
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