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More Guitar Art From Asa: Opening Exhibit at Club Passim |
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Mar 23, 2010 at 12:00 AM |
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ongoing You may know Asa Brebner from his guitar work with the Modern Lovers or Robin Lane and the Charbusters, or for that matter, his solo work or his doo-wop group, the Family Jewels. That is, you know him, probably, with an axe in his hands. But he's had an alternate "career" for years - art. It's prety cool stuff, some of it a tad controversial, too. Anyway, he's got an exhibit going up at Club Passim and here's how he put it, in describing what he's doing and what he's done: "Club Passim has been there forever. Joan Baez and maybe even Bob Dylan played there back in the "day". They serve beer and wine and I think vegetarian food will be available. I have a wall of new guitar/art most of which are functional instruments. I also Illustrated a bunch of quotes by my favorite wise guy intellectuals. This stuff I've shown before but if you didn't come to the Paradise show a couple years ago, you did not see it. 
I've also done a painting that I hope might illustrate T-Max's upcoming record "Why Do We Go To War?". He hasn't seen it yet, but I got really carried away and had fun with it, glueing hundreds of toy soldiers to a canvas. I liked to play with toy soldiers as a youth
and the only reason I gave it up was fear of ostracized by my peer group. They were becoming increasingly interested in girls. I reluctantly gave up my pre-adolescent fixation with war and violence when my baby sitter taught me to play 'Malaguena' on a nylon string guitar. Eventually as many of you are aware, I graduated to electric "rock" guitar... This has served me well in the girl impressing game. A lot of time has come and gone since then. My former fantasy that they(girls) would throw their underwear at the stage has become a fear that they might, as Depends, when thrown with sufficient vigor, can pack a velocity that even the most desperate ego-depleted rock star might not welcome.
I may yet go back to toy soldiers. They are inexpensive, do not argue or get upset when I flirt with other armies. They provide a fantasy of control in this unpredictable veil of chaos. Anyway I sure did digress! Please come to the opening or peek in anytime during the month of January. I may even play a few tunes solo acoustic." Free.
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