Hrag Vartanian

On Grand Street (Williamsburg)

• I think I just woke up in alternate universe…@Veken just told me he’s upset Tumblr isn’t appreciated enough in our household. Huh? #
• Meeting tons of artists tonight offline that I’ve only previously encountered online. #
• Oh no! I just saw a hipster in Bushwick wearing Tevas. Nooooo! Please don’t let those come back in!!! (via @Ginike) #
• Bought an artwork by MN-based artists Broken Crow of a blue squirrel…did I ever mention I’m obsessed with those blue rodents? #
• Feel like a failure…Co-Modify was hard (& required much more planning than I was able to give it)…apologies to @thatwaszen & @platea #
• Makes me a tad ill that Chevron is sponsoring the digital mag version of the New Yorker: http://bit.ly/gkVbD #
• RT @bhoggard @stevelambert: Huh? NYT writes about storefront billboards…never mentions they’re illegal! Outraged! http://redirx.com/?s05f #
• Is everyone’s blog getting slammed by spam comments that are much cleverer than before (only one link, usually YouTube). #
• Ok, who spams blogs with links to Jean Luc Godard films on YouTube? I guess there high-minded spammers nowadays. #
• One other thing that resonated with me today @WhiteHouse meetings: We MUST make Arts&Culture a Cabinet level position. (via @MarcSchil) YES! #
• Apologies for not blogging more this week but I’m working on Triangle Workshop’s 100×100 fundraiser…going to be great! #
• European artist I’m interviewing wants to conduct it via Skype cuz he’s traveling…a first for me…let’s hope sound quality doesn’t suck. #
• New Faile prayer wheel installed in W’burg http://bit.ly/WVoH9 –let’s see how long it lasts, last one stolen in a week: http://bit.ly/kjyIx #
• File under WTF!? Mayor-for-life Bloomberg just picked Investment Banker from Lehman Bros to head NYC Housing Authority: http://bit.ly/ja0x0 #
• Just watching some Eurovision songs & they mostly sound like copies of Cher or Shakira but dumbed down…if that’s possible. #
• RT @swissmiss Reading Resumes “If someone has been @ the last 2 jobs less than a year, it raises a red flag!” Michael Lebowitz @BigSpaceship #
• RT @michaelpinto: @thejoshuablog banned from #digg, please support him by following him on twitter, story here: http://digg.com/d1rIpd #
• Michael Bilsborough opening at invisible Exports is the new Centre For Study of the Gay Hipster (via @artfagcity) #
• At TB benefit on Park Av & paranoid that someone is going to start coughing. #