i'll stuff you stockings.

Last weekend I broke my computer. It was a total bummer. Many tears were shed and I feasibly might have shit myself but I think that was from a different weekend. I honestly can’t remember.

As I was working at my drawing table, my camera tripod was jostled and tumbled to the ground. It then hit my open computer as it was strategically set up on a large can of gesso (Clearly I make tremendously wonderful decisions). There it sat, without a scrape or a dent, sandwiched between floor and metal. I suppose it still works, but only about 1/4th of the screen is visible.
All 8 of you that read this thing might be wondering why I told this long winded story that applies to nothing in your life. It does, however, hinder my ability to upload pictures to my computer and consequently onto the internet.

I know, I know. It’s okay. Calm down. It’s alright. You’ll just have to make due until I get my shit sorted.

In the meantime, here are a few choice shots of compound quizzo (which we all failed to talk about after the fact.)…


half of my team (the best team)

these assholes won (somehow)

Good times were had by all. Watch out for more in the future, as we'll be doing it again. except next time i'll win.
As always there are a few more here.

TONIGHT!!!!!!!
222 Gallery in old city (222 vine st.) is hosting a “Friends and Family” show called (appropriately enough) Group Show and it’s featuring our very own Ryan Beck and some other favorites such as Todd St. John, Damien Correll, John Freeborn, and many many many others. Check that out!
And then…
COME OVER FOR THE COMPOUND HOLIDAY PARTY!!!
Dress like you enjoy holidays. I hate them, I think they are dreadful. But this festivity will be festive if you do.
I’m going to start at nine. You can come anytime after that.
hopefully it'll be a lot like this...

(p.s. nice picture Erin. I enjoyed it)
(p.p.s. no. not like that)

A Compound Christmas

The Compound is hosting its very own Christmas party this Friday, December 19th!!

We're hoping that you (along with these lovely ladies) will help paint our balls.
That's right, we have the biggest tree you've ever seen, along with several ho-hum ornaments that need some sprucing up.

There are good times to be had all around. Hope to see you there.

Merry Christmas!
and happy birthday me

this blog is way better than ours.


partially because someone updates it, and to be honest, we're all very lazy about that.

QUIZZO!!!!!

Don't be sir farts alot*. Don't be a dunce.

follow my advice and come to the first ever COMPOUND QUIZZO, with your hosts, adam and justin. gather a team of around 4 people and come to the compound this saturday dec 6th around 10 pm. anti in is 10 dollars a head and winner gets part of the proceeds. the other goes to the upkeep of my mazerrati. good times will be had by all, except the losers, where they will be boiled in a vat of hot lava.

*sir farts alot is a registered trademark of the compound and improper use of the character will be punishable by death.

oh man

what happened to the cat albert

nightmare on wood st. opening

wheres waldo?

part 2 -

becky clearly had fun

carrie yotter smelling her demon dirt

heres lila. sorry boys. shes taken.

at the end of the night. chief and i had similar feelings.

(and again, there are more pictures here)

nightmare on wood st. opening

holy shit people. you weren't joking around on friday.
thank you for so much amazing support. we were stoked on the fact you were stoked. adam said it best below about child doing and art shows. check it out, he summed it up better than i ever could.
you really dont care what i have to say. i know this, and thats fine. thank you for the crowd, thank you for the support and donations, thank you to all the amazing artists involved. i'm going to break this sucker into 2 parts.
and here we go "nightmare on wood st."
part 1.

bill mcright, michael stern, philippa beardsley, gerik forston, tuesday kay, alex curtis, don vincent ortega, michael bednar

don vincent ortega, michael bednar, ali williams, brielle duym, katie van vliet, erin broadhurst

miriam singer, jason andrew turner, adam carrigan, justin berry

amanda miller

brieanne tracy & amber fowler

josie newman, ryan beck, perry w fowler, lizzy janssen, matt whitey ashby, mike stein, black metal andrew johnson-lally

mike stein, black metal andrew johnson-lally, derrick wesley mcnew, mike frank, nicole dul, kyle schmidt

gabrielle miles silverlight, audrey fox, janelle pietrzak & amanda mccarty, angel o

angel o, bill sands, jen petsko, john stephenson

as always, for more details and higher res photos. go HERE

Well done Freddy...

The show Friday night went great. Miriam and Ryan did a great job putting the show together . Thanks to everyone who participated in the show, the work looked great. And thanks to everyone who came out and showed their support.

Here's a quick summary....

CHIEF RESTED UP BEFORE THE SHOW



A Lot of people showed up....


Toshi kept demanding service...


but somehow Justin again was the one who stuck out like a true weirdo in a crowd...


All in all it was a fun night. Once we get pictures of all the work will post them for you to see.Thanks again to everyone.

The Nightmare on Wood St. show was our last in house art show of 2008.
We will return in 2009 with more shows . We are currently working out the list of shows to come.
What's is to come? I'm not sure, I guess that's the fun of it. But I'm excited cause it took only three shows for us to pay homage to an alleged child molester that was burnt by vigilante justice.
So I'd expect anything.
In the meantime , keep checking out our blog as we will keep you posted on all of our adventures and unwanted biting social commentary.

Tonight is the opening for the compounds group art show "Nightmare on Wood St."

Compound members Miriam Singer and Ryan Beck are truly obsessed with the 80s horror movie Nightmare on Elm St. so much so that when it came around to them to curate our next project they jumped at the chance to utilize their shared love. They approached artists and explained its theme, loosely set in the vein of the 8 part franchise. What came out was over 40 artists contributing to the show, with everything from sculpture to drawing, painting to found objects, and everything in between.

I saw the work last night and it’s really amazing. Hilarious things and horrifying things. In short, exactly like the movies. I’m highly impressed by the talent that keeps coming to our space, it’s exciting to see how many amazingly gifted people we have in this city.

Here is a list of some of the people involved:
Nicole Dul, Brielle Duym, Mike Stein, Gerik Forston, Amanda Miller, Claire Folkman, Mike Frank, Tuesday Kay, Kyle Schmidt, John Stephenson, Gabrielle Miles Silverlight, Brieann Robyn, Don Vincent Ortega, Bill Mcright, Phoebe Zinman, Shira Walinsky, Adam Carrigan, Ali Williams, Katie VanVliet, Michael Squid, Alex Curtis, Matt Ashby, Josie Newman, Michael Bednar, Jen Petsko, Jason Andrew Turner, Erin Broadhurst, Adam Pietras, Ryan Beck, Lizzy Janssen, Audrey Fox, Miriam Singer, Perry W Fowler, Bill Sands, Angel O, Audrey Fox, Philippa Beardsley, Andrew Johnson-Lally, and many more!

Come out. Take a look at some art. Have some beers. Make some friends!

This is 100% to the artists. we take no cut of profit. We only wish to support and promote artistic talent and provide a venue in which to show. donations are graciously accepted and keep us going. thanks ya'll.

Compound Warehaus Presents:
"Nightmare on Wood Street"
First Friday – Nov 7th 6-10pm
319 N. 11th St. (below Vox Populi and Copy Gallery – wood st. entrance)
click HERE for directions

I'll see ya'lls tonight!

i know the election is over and done with, and we at the compound couldnt be happier.
it's amazing how much pride i have for the people that got out there and shouted at the top of their lungs. some will say nothing can change, and that history always repeats itself. but i say that the american people just changed everything, and thank you for that.

done and doner. THIS is still an amazing read. check it out.

hopefully everyone has already gotten out there and voted today, or they're planning to get out there and vote before the poles close. this is important for us, especially here in PA. i hope everyone is just as excited to jump up and run to the streets for a better change of direction for our country as a whole. if you can do it for a baseball team, i certainly hope you can do that for something more.

and as the dust settles and first friday approaches. dont forget about our opening for "Nightmare on Wood street"!!! well over 30 artists giving you a mix of everything. more on this later. go fucking vote!

i like posting photos because it means i dont really have to write much...

last week the phillies won the world series. noah came from baltimore and ate some wings with bill.
lizzy was clearly into the baseball.

shoot forward to the weekend and we all dressed up like idiots.

Gunner says "DONT FORGET TO VOTE TOMORROW!" check out more images here

we did the mash