http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/category/art en-us 40 Anil Madhavapeddy <p>Had a great evening out in San Francisco on Friday, when we visited the <a href="http://www.redpoppyarthouse.org/">Red Poppy Art House</a> on Folsom Street to check out a really unique Jazz experience. </p> <p>The boys from <a href="http://www.vidyamusic.com/">VidyA</a> recently took up an artist-in-residence position there, and performed their fusion of traditional Indian <a href="http://www.karnatik.com/">Karnatik</a> music with modern Jazz pieces. They've been making some <a href="http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/01/10/DDGTFNF6OE1.DTL&amp;type=music">waves</a> in the SF Jazz scene already it seems, and to top it all of, the owner of the art house did a live painting session during the performance. The audience passed out random bits of stuff, and he incorporated it into a piece done over the course of an evening. Talk about artistic overload!</p> <p>Love the area as well; there's a nice friendly <a href="http://www.folsomstreetcoffee.com/">coffee-house</a> down the road (which is pretty much my only criteria, apart from not getting shot and such).</p> <table width="90%" align="center"> <tr> <td class="bimg"> <a href="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/2007/04/07/index.html#sf-mission-4"><img border="0" src="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/images/sf-mission-4-medium.jpg" alt="My school was never this cool." width="140" height="140" /></a><br />My school was never this cool.</td> <td class="bimg"><a href="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/2007/04/07/index.html#sf-mission-8"><img border="0" src="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/images/sf-mission-8-medium.jpg" alt="The area was a mix of Latino and African, it seemed" width="140" height="140" /></a><br />The area was a mix of Latino and African, it seemed</td> <td class="bimg"><a href="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/2007/04/07/index.html#sf-mission-9"><img border="0" src="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/images/sf-mission-9-medium.jpg" alt="And in the Red Poppy Art House, eclectic art abounds" width="140" height="140" /></a><br />And in the Red Poppy Art House, eclectic art abounds</td> </tr> </table> Sun, 08 Apr 2007 21:28:00 +0100 urn:uuid:68cac704-b456-46b1-bb15-7d2dd06fcd86 anil@recoil.org (Anil Madhavapeddy) http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2007/04/08/karnatik-jazz-live-painting-and-such-things india travel art <p> The inhabitants of the William Gates Building have been known to spend many loving hours tweaking their Intelcino beverages to perfection at the <a href="http://www.intel-research.net/cambridge/index.asp">IRC</a> coffee machine. However, it looks like the fine chaps at the <a href="http://www.roytawan.com/">Cafe de Roytawan</a> in Thailand may have one up on us. Watch, boggle, and drool at their <a href="http://www.roytawan.com/The_Art_of_Coffee/">Art of Coffee</a>! </p> <table width="90%" align="center"> <tr> <td class="bimg"><a href="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/2005/04/06/index.html#coffee-1"><img border="0" src="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/images/coffee-1-medium.jpg" alt="Yeah yeah..." width="140" height="140" /></a><br />Yeah yeah...</td> <td class="bimg"><a href="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/2005/04/06/index.html#coffee-2"><img border="0" src="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/images/coffee-2-medium.jpg" alt="I can do..." width="140" height="140" /></a><br />I can do...</td> <td class="bimg"><a href="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/2005/04/06/index.html#coffee-3"><img border="0" src="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/images/coffee-3-medium.jpg" alt="That easy..." width="140" height="140" /></a><br />That easy...</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="bimg"><a href="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/2005/04/06/index.html#coffee-4"><img border="0" src="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/images/coffee-4-medium.jpg" alt="Uhhh ..." width="140" height="140" /></a><br />Uhhh ...</td> <td class="bimg"><a href="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/2005/04/06/index.html#coffee-5"><img border="0" src="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/images/coffee-5-medium.jpg" alt="Or not ..." width="140" height="140" /></a><br />Or not ...</td> <td class="bimg"><a href="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/2005/04/06/index.html#coffee-6"><img border="0" src="http://anil.recoil.org/gallery/images/coffee-6-medium.jpg" alt="Not just a one-trick pony!" width="140" height="140" /></a><br />Not just a one-trick pony!</td> </tr> </table> Wed, 06 Apr 2005 12:55:11 +0100 urn:uuid:9601fc23-171d-41fd-8c36-038bd39a40ae avsm http://anil.recoil.org/blog/articles/2005/04/06/the-art-of-coffee art humour