welllll,,,,,,,i saw sonic youth twice in the last year,,,,on a whim ,,last summer my old and best roommate chris p.,,called me and said i have an extra ticket,,you want to go see sonic youth tomorrow,,,,i hadn’t seen them in 12 years,,,and hadn’t been listening to them for a while,,i was slightly hesitant,,looking back i am not sure why,,,but i said ,,what ever,,they are so good i am sure it will be great,,,,and yes,,,they were fucking crazy amazing,,so inspiring,,,,i don’t know what it is about the sounds they make,,,but it just makes me want to make music or draw or just make stuff,,,,at the time i saw them,,, i was making the work for my ” UMMMM” exhibition i had at the v1 gallery in copenhagen,,,,after the show,,i ended up going on a mad sonic youth listening spree,,,and listened to bad moon rising,sister and day dream nation,,in super heavy rotation,,,,those records are crazy good,,,i thru in a little “goo”,a tiny bit of “dirty” and then a little bit of the new record “The Eternal”,,which is totally good,,aswell,,,,,,,,,,,,back in my new york living times,,mid 90′s,,i knew lee ranaldo a little bit,,,,,,after that show in oakland,,,i wanted to say hey,,,and let him know how stoked i was and how inspired they got me,,,we eventually got back in touch,,,,then fast forward to a few month back,,,sonic youth came thru again and played the Fillmore in s.f.,,,so lee made some tickets and camera usage available,,,which was awesome,,,thanks lee,,,,i called up chris p. and returned the buddy ticket favor,,,we went and rocked it,,,,they were so good,,,again,and again,,,,,these pictures are from that night,,,saw john dweyer from the “oh sees” at the show,,,i don’t know him,,,but told him to keep up the epic rock,,,,,,if you can see that band live,,,,they are everything you want to see in a rock n roll act,,,energy and tude,catchy riffs,in perfect proportions,,,,,,,ok,,back to sonic youth for the final rant,,,,i would have to say one of the top 5 musical experiences,,,i have ever had ,,was seeing sonic youth at the warfield on hallowween 1992,,,,fuck,,,,complete mind blown,,noise fest at total noise command,,,,,still think about it when i think of what it means to be the most connected you can be in creative manner,,,,,so anyhow,,,thank you to sonic youth for keeping the love lights burning,,,and being there, doing it and making people like me excited for ever,,,,star power for ever……

ok,,,i have a solo show coming up in a little over a week(april 1st)  at the gregory lind gallery in san francisco,,,,been working my brains out for it,,,all is coming well,,,will have some new paintings,new bronze work,sewn paper pieces,wooden cut out pieces,and a limited edition hand painted silkscreen series,,,check out some of the sneakish peakish,,,ok,,,all the best,,

p.s.–will post some more images of work when i capture the stuff

Thomas Campbell

YAR

April 1 through May 15, 2010

Reception: April 1, 5:00 – 7:30 pm

Gregory Lind Gallery | 49 Geary Street, Fifth Floor | San Francisco CA 94108 | 415 296 9661 | info@gregorylindgallery.com

ok,,,in october i had a show at the v1 gallery in copenhagen,,,,in the run up into that show ,,,,,,alex kopps made a little piece about the making of the process and the show — titled -”On the road to UMMMM” ,,,it was commissioned by Gravis the shoe and bag company for who i work with as a creative ambassador dude,,,,i think it came out wellish,,,check it,,,,,,

well,,,as some of you probably know,,,my creative life was spawned from skateboarding,,,i am child of the rolling plank and it’s outlaw cultures,,,,,my old friend Mark Whiteley over at Slap magazine ,,saw fit to do a little piece on me ,,,and here it is,,,so check this poop out ,,,,,

ummmmm yeah,,,last month,,,the mattson’s and i (producing) got back in the studio to start recording there new record with monte vallier at ruminator studio in san francisco ,,,things went swimmingly,,aakaash israni there main stand up bass master came from paris where he is studying to lay down some sweat lines,,,ray barbee and tommy guerrero were by to ad some guitar and bass respectively,,,along with a whole host of string ,piano,and horn players…..the movement of this record is far more mature and developed than any previous mattson recordings,,,there are some great compositions ,,,one of the 5 tracks we got this time around had i think some 56 tracks,,,with guitar layering, strings, horns,multiple drum tracks,,,,,sounds really cool,,,,almost kind of new wavey at points,,,,,,so i think we will be back in the studio in may,,,to finish up,,,,stay tuned,,,,,yar—t.campbell feb 2010

hey–aaron rose–put together really cool film festivalish installation deal at roberts and tilton this coming week with a pretty out of this world cast,, “my death in the sea avec the little death of john d.” short–starring-bonnie prince billy and matt sweeney is in it,,,films by jonas mekas,mike mills,tobin yelland and more,,,,,,,,,,,,

PROJECTIONS
A Festival of Rare and Hard To See Films
Organized by Aaron Rose
January 16 – February 20, 2010
Opening Reception Saturday, January 16th, 6 – 9pm

http://www.robertsandtilton.com/projections/filmmakers

http://www.robertsandtilton.com/projections/shedules

hello peoples—t.campbell here,,it’s Saturday up here in the woods and the clouds and the wind are whipping by,,,hey,,,just wanted to let you guys n gals know,,,i have been working towards building a relationship with Gregory Lind and his gallery,,,in San Francisco ,,,currently i am in a group show “The Rule of Typical Things”  in the gallery,,,and am preparing for a yet untitled solo show to open on april 1st this year,,,,feel free to get ahold of greg if you have any questions,,,he is a cool cat, and i am excited about working with him,,,,,just wanted to keep you guys in the loop,,,ok,,,, hope you are all enjoying the new year—t.muckluck bonny doon ,calif. 2010

,,,in late october i had a really nice experience making a solo show at the v1 gallery in copenhagen,,,mikkel,jesper and gitte were super cool and helpful and i had big gay al there to help me and make me laugh,,,which was awesome,,,,here is the link to images for the show ,,maybe in a few weeks,,,b.g.a. and i will finish up a little making of film clip for the ”Ummmm” exhibition at v1,,it will be posted on the site,,so check back……ok thanks—t.moeski

this is really funny and well done,,,,i am not that much of a sports fan,,but a fantastical drug laden ,,well animated,,slightly pettibon Esq deal,,,this is good—-