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Live! February 2005 at Nexus in Philadelphia
missionCREEP held its first ever real world event next February at
Nexus Gallery
in the Old City neighborhood of downtown Philadelphia. The extravaganza
featured a month long exhibit of artwork from the site, as well as
items from Expresso Tilt, and several
performances. Jim Knipfel gave a
reading at Nexus during that month, and Bill
Amundson presented his hilarious and educational slide show/lecture
entitled Art, Humor, and the American Way of Life. Jim
Mundie and Judith Scheachter
also did lectures.
Nexus is located at 137 N. 2nd Street in the Old City neighborhood
of Philadelphia. The exhibit runs from Friday, February 4, to Sunday,
February 27. Opening reception: Friday, February 4. A companion exhibit
of Amundson's drawings took place during the same month at pii gallery,
242 Race St in Philadelphia.
This event was one of the most popular in the history of Nexus.
Site of the Year Award from Yahoo--January 2001
missionCREEP has been picked as a Site
of the Year for 2000 by Yahoo (along with about 50 other sites).
This is great recognition for the site and has generated lots of visitors.
Prodigies Added--November 2000
Prodigies
is a set of drawings by James G. Mundie of famous "anomalous humans"
(i.e., sideshow freaks) in contexts of famous artworks. Includes a
recommended reading list.
Found Humor Added--October 2000
Found Humor
(Unsolicited and Unattributed). We sifted through the humor floating
through the email universe, so you don't have to. We have no idea
who is responsible for any of it. This site has been very popular
and will be updated frequently. If you receive some good humor via
email, please forward it to walshie@missioncreep·com.
Links and Shopping Pages Added--October 2000
We set up a page of sites
we find amusing or bizarre. Send your suggestions to walshie@missioncreep·com.
missionCREEP Sells Out! An online
shopping page. How to make the bloody lucre for missionCREEP along
with a few shopping tips. We also scattered numerous rotating ads
for Barnes & Noble and Buy.com throughout the site.
Tree Carpet Project Added--July 2000
Susan Hagen's Tree
Carpet Project was added to missionCREEP in July 2000. It is a
series of carved wood sculptures based on a Persian carpet at the
Phila. Museum of Art. Susan exhibited the sculptures last Fall in
Center City to great reviews and has received a grant to continue
the project.
missionCREEP Get its Own Domain, March 1999
On March 14, 1999, missionCREEP obtained its own domain name (missioncreep.com)
and moved to its own virtual web server with Hostway.com, a company
in Chicago. This move was precipitated by Netreach's claim that the
previous missionCREEP site (www.netreach.net/~mcreep) was generating
so many hits that it had brought their server down.
Creative Non-Fiction Added, March 1999
Creative Non-Fiction, a site of artist Sarah McEneaney's paintings, was added to MissionCreep on March 14, 1999. McEneaney creates intensely personal, autobiographical paintings, revealing many details of her personal life. Over a dozen paintings by McEneaney can be seen in "Philadelphia Narratives," an exhibit at the Institute of Contemporary Art at 118 S. 36th Street in Philadelphia through April 25.
Don't Forget to Use Your MouthWash
Several stories were added to MouthWash,
which is an archive for Mike Walsh's fiction, humor, and articles:
- Oberman the Footnote, a humorous
retelling of the Snow White tale as a political and romantic intrigue.
- Man in the Basement, a Kafka-esque,
Wizard of Oz-esque, Marx Brothers-esque, Heart of Darkness-esque,
Dante's Inferno-esque satire of corporate accounting practices.
- A very popular article on the legendary Tube
Bar recording.
Also, several articles in Mouth Walsh won awards:
missionCREEP's Recommended Movie List
Many times we've been asked, "Which movies should we rent?"
So we wrote down a few movies we thought were worth renting and gave
the list to a few people. We kept getting more requests for the list,
and we kept adding more movies to the list. So we finally organized
it by year, concocted a ratings system, added a few scans, and posted
the list to missionCREEP. So why waste time or money on a crummy movie?
When you're not sure what to rent, check out missionCREEP.com's
Recommended Movie List.
Amazon.com Invades!
missionCREEP.com has become an Amazon.com associate, and numerous Amazon links have been added to the site. Please use those links to buy books or music online. A small percentage of the proceeds goes to missionCREEP to help defray expenses. Thanks.
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