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THE CURATOR: Harp playing, Jesse Spano freak-outs and embroidered blogs

POSTED: Tuesday, March 23, 2010, 6:30 PM

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Iviva Olenick

Every Tuesday, Critical Mass pokes around the art blog world so you don't have to.

— I played the harp when I was young. Sure the thing now gathers dust and is probably untuneable — but I swear I was going to pick it up again and be the next indie-songstress ... until I saw Make Major Move's photos of pretty lil' Joanna Newsom at the first Unitarian Church. Bitch stole my future shtick. Good thing our own Tom Tiballi has his own Newsom review.

— No one wanted to be Jessie when we played Saved by the Bell as youts, but she sure has left an indelible mark on '90s TV. Shmitten Kitten's found what may be the best caffeinated-Spano mash-up to ever exist. "I'm so excited ... I'm so ... SCARED."

— According to his interview with Print Liberation: Andrew Suggs has a strong aversion to cats and dogs, a thing for Sandra Bernhard, and dreams of playing with My Little Pony. He also curates Vox Populi. And I would totally want to be Andrew Suggs friend, if I didn't have to leave the room every time Sarah McLachlan's SPCA commercial comes on.

— Free People found a site that rethinks blogging. Instead of relying on her keyboard, artist Iviva Olenick posts photos of her handstiched messages. So now instead of typing a vague, but still pointed poem about her ex — she can just sew it into an old t-shirt. Pretty rad.

— Need to find a present for that friend who always gets you the most unique things? HandmadeinPA has a roundup of great Philly places to pick up some artsy-fartsy, one-of-a-kind swag. Chances are, you could even out-gift her. Boochashakah.

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