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Artist Spotlight: Avi Kovacevich

I met Avi Kovacevich in Fall of 2009 at the house I would be living in two years later.  Over the course of his stay in Orlando we came to be good friends, as well as work on multiple projects together.  Avi Kovacevich is many things: a photographer, a film-maker, a proponent of analog technology, an antique collector, a musician, a frequent user of Craigslist, a writer, a vinyl enthusiast and self-proclaimed pizza aficionado.  All of which, I'm sure, lead to why we got along so well.  He is a graduate of Full Sail University.  When I lived in the same town as him he had a darkroom set up in the bathroom of his apartment.  He always had much to teach when it came to the dynamics of lighting, film speed and other technicalities of photography and film.  He was notorious to room-mates for bringing home vintage lamps, credenzas, rugs, tables, paintings, record players, and on one occasion a very heavy Wurlitzer organ.

Along with these and other attributes, Avi has always been a large supporter of Cookies 'N Cream Records.  After moving to Brooklyn he has released two recordings on our label with his band, Tapwater.  He has also done multiple videos advertising C'NC artists, Sun's Not Yellow and Fountainpen.  Not to mention his involvement in Music For Moments (both with Fountainpen and on his own), which despite its long delay due to technical difficulties is still set to be released sometime in the future.  However, my personal favorite out of all of his contributions to this label has to be the modeling he did for our first run of shirts (click HERE and enjoy).  Avi has worked with multiple other musicians outside our label with his film-making, including friends of the label, Praything as well as Akron/Family.

Sun's Not Yellow In The Bedroom from Avi Kovacevich on Vimeo.

Sun's Not Yellow covering Mogwai's "New Paths To Helicon Part One" in Orlando, Florida.

You Know That I Need Directions - Fountainpen from Avi Kovacevich on Vimeo.

Fountainpen live at Uncle Lou's in Orlando, Florida on April 5, 2011.

Dancing In The Dark - Praything from Avi Kovacevich on Vimeo.

Music video directed by the Kovacevich Sisters.

Today, Avi lives and works in Brooklyn, NY pursuing his career in film.  Avi's art has influenced myself and the label since I met him, and continues to bring a much appreciated mix of detailed, stunning visual and his own brand of comedy to the table.

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To see more of Avi's work, including his photography, films and some collections he has, check out these links:

Portraits

Regressions

Lost and Found

More Lost and Found

http://vimeo.com/avikovacevich

http://splicethread.tumblr.com/

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Two Wednesdays before Thanksgiving my students sat down for the annual Thanksgiving luncheon. There were little spills with much merriment. As is only natural when the derivative of merry is involved the topic turned to the holiday season Christmas. It starts earlier every year.

Can we let the turkeys be killed before we delve into all encompassing commercialism? If you read this blog (thank you) I assume you share this view or at least a general uneasiness with the taste of social and media cues this time of year. By this time of year I do not mean late autumn, though, if you have the time do try and get outdoors. The air is so crisp right now. And clean.

Our dear friends over at Putz Disc have put together a compilation for that time of year when neighbors crush each other for deals that will be thrown away next year like Cabbage Patch Kids and Chia Pets from the years before. Wishful Thinking at Christmas Time makes no claims of saving you from esphyxiation on Black Friday or refunding your week's paycheck from Cyber Monday. No, this compilation is just a hope from Putz Disc that we all can take a moment to reflect during this time. There is no sweeter feat than contemplating existential questions across a frosted landscape. Only then will you realize the perfect gift for that special someone. 

All snark aside, Wishful Thinking at Christmas Time searches the archives for a collection of Christmas songs that seem to capture why it is we each, regardless of denomination, rejoin this mess each year. I have my own thoughts and reasoning on this question. Instead of trying to articulate these I ask instead you download the compilation, gather your friends/family/loved ones, and let these sixteen tracks soundtrack your holiday season.