RE*Generation Charm Contest

Virgin Mobile USA, Stand Up for Kids, and Youth Noise have teamed up to start the RE*Generation Movement to raise awareness about homeless and abused kids. To get teens involved, these companies launched the RE*Generation Charm Contest. Teens and young people are asked to design a cell phone charm and enter it by 20 July 2006 to be judged by a rock star panel who …

Wonder Twin Powers, Activate!

Wonder Twins‘ call to action, “Wonder Twin Powers, Activate” is a group show opening tomorrow, 14 July 2006, at Chicago’s Gescheidle gallery. Featuring works that are “aesthetically charged, and reference symmetry and metamorphosis,” images range from Erik A. Lang‘s classically-composed homoerotic photographs to Colleen Asper’s neo-icon paintings to the collaged psychedelia of Rob Yamabushi (pictured). Wonder Twin Powers, Activate! Opening 14 July 2006, 6-9pm Through …

Ammoncontact: With Voices

Somewhere in between extraterrestrial innovators Sa-Ra, in the outer regions of the musical galaxy, lies Organized Konfusion emcee Prince Po and jazz great Lil’ Sci delivers some of the more memorable moments, with his Ghostface Killah flow. Ex-Cut Chemist juggles vinyl soundbites in the background over one of the cd’s bouncier tracks. As a whole, the release has an even broader sweep, from avant-tronic soundscape …