Ether Workshop http://virb.com/ether Virb 2.0 (@ether) en Nashville Cowboy http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/396572 The Nashville Cowboy clothing store opened this winter (2007). If it is being suggested that the cowboy in the mural is indeed the Nashville cowboy, then where in Middle Tennessee does the landscape look like Monument Valley?More later on cowboy boots being overused as logos in Nashville.
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]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:30:33 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/396572 Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/396570 Summer 2006, Ghost Ballet for the East Bank by Alice Aycock was erected on the east bank of the Cumberland river in Nashville. References to a 100 Oaks Mall homage aside, do we like it? Do we get it? Does that help?
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]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:30:32 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/396570 Pita Pit Logo & Signage http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/396568 Pita Pit is a place to get pita bread stuffed with your ingredient choices. We thought it was fair to say it was like Subway, but with pita bread instead of bread rolls. The manager/owner stresses that "It's nothing like Subway, we have a totally different concept here." They ask you what number sandwi... er, pita you want, each with an exotic name like, "Club," "Turkey," "Philly Cheese" and so on. Then you tell them what ingredients you want. They have things like lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, onions and even condiments. Chips and a drink?


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The food is what you might expect. The sign out front however is obviously a retro powerpoint design ripped straight from the pages of a Windows 95 driver installation manual. With it's gracefully flattened default typeface and color palette, we are presented with a concept that is something totally different than what Subway is stroking at just up the street.Inside we are presented with large, contorted faces on the walls. About a dozen fun characters shaped like vegetables can watch you pick your mustard -regular or spicy. The bell pepper near the front of the room seems almost vengeful, giving you the stink-eye as he watches you decide whether or not to skip his dismembered, sliced up green brothers.I didn't have a chance to ask the proprietor about these looming charachters, but we can rest assured they are something totally different than the characters from Veggie Tales.



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]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:30:32 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/396568 Exhibits for January http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/396566 The Arts Company
-A Preview of Things to Come
artists include:Lekhleti, and Leandro Del Manzo.
Jan 5 - Jan 25 reception Jan 5, 6-9pm
click for directions

Cumberland Gallery
Sheer Load
-Intelligent Design
artists include: Michael Greenspan (above), Cheryl Goldsleger, Dan Gamble, and Terry Thacker.
Jan 5 - Feb 2 reception Jan 5, 6-8pm
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Take 121
TBA
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Gallery One
-Works on Paper

artists include: Lori-Gene, John Borden Evans, and Rebecca Ruegger (above).
Jan 12 - Feb 16 reception Jan 12, 6-8pm
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TAG art gallery
TBA
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Ruby Green
-Composite Things
artists include: Steven Finke.
Dec 1 - Jan 26
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Plowhaus
TBA
click for directions

The Frist
-The Soci]]> Wed, 02 Jan 2008 17:30:31 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/396566 Pita Pit Logo & Signage http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/380828 Pita Pit is a place to get pita bread stuffed with your ingredient choices. We thought it was fair to say it was like Subway, but with pita bread instead of bread rolls. The manager/owner stresses that "It's nothing like Subway, we have a totally different concept here." They ask you what number sandwi... er, pita you want, each with an exotic name like, "Club," "Turkey," "Philly Cheese" and so on. Then you tell them what ingredients you want. They have things like lettuce, cheese, tomatoes, onions and even condiments. Chips and a drink?


pitapits.jpg

The food is what you might expect. The sign out front however is obviously a retro powerpoint design ripped straight from the pages of a Windows 95 driver installation manual. With it's gracefully flattened default typeface and color palette, we are presented with a concept that is something totally different than what Subway is stroking at just up the street.Inside we are presented with large, contorted faces on the walls. About a dozen fun characters shaped like vegetables can watch you pick your mustard -regular or spicy. The bell pepper near the front of the room seems almost vengeful, giving you the stink-eye as he watches you decide whether or not to skip his dismembered, sliced up green brothers.I didn't have a chance to ask the proprietor about these looming charachters, but we can rest assured they are something totally different than the characters from Veggie Tales.



pitapitveggietales.jpg

]]> Fri, 21 Dec 2007 02:38:43 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/380828 The New AT&T Sign http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/380054 Recently in Nashville, a new skyline icon has reared its head: the AT&T logo atop the iconic former Bell South Tower, or as we]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:39:28 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/380054 Nashville Cowboy http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/380052 The Nashville Cowboy clothing store opened this winter (2007). If it is being suggested that the cowboy in the mural is indeed the Nashville cowboy, then where in Middle Tennessee does the landscape look like Monument Valley?More later on cowboy boots being overused as logos in Nashville.
nashvillecowboy.jpg

]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:39:27 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/380052 Ghost Ballet for the East Bank Machineworks http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/380050 Summer 2006, Ghost Ballet for the East Bank by Alice Aycock was erected on the east bank of the Cumberland river in Nashville. References to a 100 Oaks Mall homage aside, do we like it? Do we get it? Does that help?
nashvilleriverbanksculpture.jpg

]]> Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:39:26 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/380050 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/377978 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:17:00 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/377978 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/377976 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 10:16:59 -0800 http://virb.com/ether/posts/text/377976