dear internet.
as you are a robot, too, i’m sure you’ll understand my recent reticence to brave so much predicted rain. this weekend, i say “predictions be damned.” let our circuits be fried together!
barring downpours and inevitable electrocutions:
i will be selling in nyc’s union square friday june 26 and saturday june 27,
with an outside chance of sunday.
and belated apologies for not telling you my hours for the previous two weeks, internet. luckily, you are a forgiving robot. we have so much in common.
lovemarty
Greetings friends of the sock puppet portrait world
Uncle Monsterface, our sock puppet and human rock band has some exciting excitements!
As you may have heard,
we are premiering the live version of our epic rock song
MASHED POTATO vs VAMPIRE!
June 6, 2009 - 7pm
The Tank! - 354 West 45th
AL AGES! | $7
Here’s the facebok event invite some friends!
Tickets available here!
IT WILL FEATURE A GIANT MASHED POTATO FIGHTING A VAMPIRE WITH A HUGE HEAD!
In honor of this historic event, we are offering a free download of this EPIC song!
Mashed Potato Vs. Vampire
Learn your parts so that you can sing along!
Continue reading ‘Monsterface’s Mashed Potato VS Vampire Premieres June 6!’
hi internet,
how’s stuff?
good, good.
anyways, the good news is that i’m definitely including three never-before-seen sock puppet portraits at the small exhibition in the lobby of The Tank (opening reception tonight at 6:30!).
the bad news is that i won’t be out selling puppety pitures in nyc’s union square this weekend(weekend of the 15th). it is my friend tobias’s birthdae, and he insists that you only turn one once. consequently, if you need a puppet portrait fix, come to the opening tonight, cuz stuff will be for sale there, too.
merry various holidays.
lovemarty
Hello Citizens of Sock Puppet Interest (both general and specific),
Two sock puppet-related events are hurtling towards Manhattan in a sleigh driven by burly, forsaken, and untimely elves…
FIRSTLY:
Did you miss the display of Marty’s newest Sock Puppet Portraits at Brooklyn’s Sputnik? Do you need to see it more? The show is moving to Manhattan! (cue “Movin’ on Up”).
The Tank
354 W 45th St
New York, NY 10036
tanknyc.org
Opening Reception: May 14 at 6:30pm
Come for the Opening reception and stick around for the Tank’s amazing Puppet Series, Puppet Playhouse (or just hang out and have some beers, you don’t have to go to Puppet Playhouse). If you do go to Puppet Playhouse, you should know that Marty doesn’t have any work in it. But you should also know that it’s awesome - puppeteers interpreting modern musicians, this month featuring the Magnetic Fields.
THIS show at the Tank foreshadows ANOTHER SHOW AT THE TANK…
A SOCK PUPPET (and human) ROCK SHOW!
Uncle Monsterface PREMIERES the theatrical debut of their song
MASHED POTATO vs VAMPIRE!
at THE TANK
June 6, 2009 at 7pm!
dear internet,
i will not be selling my extremely practical sock puppet portraits in nyc’s union square this weekend. i’m terribly terribly sorry. it is due to birthdays. and rain.
and you know what else, internet?
i love you.
lovemarty
hi team internet,
barring unforeseen disaster, i’ll be out in new york city’s union square selling sock puppet pictures on
friday april 24 and saturday april 25,
amidst insanely nice weather. i will try to make sunday as well, it depends on many factors. does anyone remember how to do factors? figure out triangles?
see you on the streetz,
lovemarty
hello internet.
My schedule for being out and about selling puppety pictures in NYC’s Union Square has been inconsistent at best. I was out a bit this weekend, I hope to at least be able to count on this coming Saturday, April 18, weather permitting.
Of much cooler note?
Dear Boston,
There is a totally cool little comic book shop in Somerville’s Union Square where you can buy a few of my Sock Puppet Portraits! It’s Hub Comics, the “comic store for NPR listeners”, AND fans of sock puppets and their portraits (and their associated rock band). We are taking over ALL of the Union Squares!
For serious, Team, go check out and support this awesome little store - coolest staff on the planet and best selection in the city, Hub Comics rules the school and all of its associated pools.
yay.
lovemarty
Hi.
I just added a few semi “recent” posters to the Graphic Design portion of ye Olde web site here:
Or else click that tab up there…
“Recent” really is relative, and the demarcation of dates never ceases to illustrate to me with ever-increasing clarity the alarming rate at which the velocity of life increases.
Also, I’m on The Twitter.
So, for that matter, is Uncle Monsterface (on the Twitter, that is).
We firmly avow that we don’t know what the hell Twitter is, but we’re on it, that’s for sure.
lovemarty
Hey! Check this out!
If my package arrived in time, my art is in this cool exhibition in London!
Go if you’re…you know…in London!
Vyner Street’s Art Hunt
April 2, 2009
6pm - 10.30pm
Location, Vyner Street, Bethnal Green, London, E2
As part of Timeout’s First Thursday explore East London’s dynamic art scene in an exhilirating new way. Leading you beyond the maze of contemporary galleries, the Vyner Street Art Hunt takes you out onto the cobbled streets where art will be hung, drawn and hidden. Weave, stumble, stoop and squeeze through the outdoor nooks, crannies, and back alleys. Discover Marty Allen—artist and frontman for multimedia band Uncle Monterface who will be exhibiting Nutty Bunny and other sock-puppet characters. Continue reading ‘Puppet Portraits in London!’
…weekend-centric.
THIS weekend, I’ll try to be out in NYC’s Union Square selling on Saturday and Sunday, though I’m not certain due to a variety of extenuating circumstances.
Collective sock puppety fingers crossed!
lovemarty