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This week Brian and Marc talk to Mary Leigh Cherry is co-owner of Cherry and Martin gallery in Los Angeles and works with the Artist Pension Trust. AND Nathan Rogers-Madsen reviews PS-1! Richard ends the show with a plea and a funny song.

This week Duncan and Richard talk to David Robbins. David Robbins has had 30 solo exhibitions of his work internationally and has recently been included in exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. He has published four books, including a novella, The Ice Cream Social (1998), and his essays and satires have been published in Artforum, Parkett, Art Issues, and numerous other magazines and catalogs. He received his degree in American Studies from Brown University. He currently lives in Milwaukee.  His forthcoming book on concrete comedy sounds like one of the most interesting things ever and I personally have pre-ordered 400 copies on Amazon.

This week's show is a cavalcade of amazing-ness. Duncan and Richard talk to Joseph Ketner II, Chief Curator at the Milwaukee Art Museum where we ask the question "did Francis Bacon simply need a hug?". Next, there is an excerpt from a lecture by Christopher Kennedy, President, Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc., on the future of the Art Fair here in Chicago which is not to be missed as we move ever closer to the 2007 fair and away from the 2006 debacle. Christian Kuras guest stars in the expanded intro and Amanda is back from her travels to say all sorts of funny and possibly offensive things! Be sure to buy your Pitchfork Festival tickets! Sonic Youth is performing Daydream Nation in its entirety. Hot damn. Holy Guacamole the new Chicago Reader art listings (if you can even call them that) suck like space. For shame Reader, for shame. This is one of the biggest slaps to the art community in some time. Rise up!!! Lastly, PLEASE vote in this week's poll as we need your input on what might be ch

This week: Marc LeBlanc and Brian Andrews talk to Berin Gonlonu, Associate Visual Arts Curator at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. Mike Benedetto makes his fabulous return. Nathan Rodgers-Madsen interviews Erik Wenzel of the Art or Idiocy? blog and numerous other artistic and journalistical type projects. Yup.

Bad at Sports Episode 79: Reviews In this episode Bad at Sports welcomes guest reviewers... Boston up  and comer Liz Nofziger and Columbia College's Neysa Page-Lieberman.  They join Bad at Sports locals Terri Griffith, Serena Worthington,  Joanna Topor, and Duncan MacKenzie as we shake up and shake down shows in the west loop. Tune in as they struggle to come to terms with Gescheidle's two new shows, Drew Beatie and Chris Verene whose name Duncan butchers repeatedly), GARDENFresh's first show in their new digs, and 40000's two new offerings Thomas Rapai and Amy Vogel. All that and Brian Andrews talks politics and art! ALSO A BRAND NEW CONTEST: The first Bad at Sports Essay Contest is announced in the outro this week. We need you to write a speculative essay of 100 words or less on why Edward Lifson dislikes us. These can be as speculative and fictitious as possible. The winner will have their essay read on the air by Book Guru Terry Griffith!!! On that note don’t forget to e-mail Hello Beautiful and

This week on Bad at Sports: Duncan and Amanda talk to the fine folks in charge of OPENPORT: Realtime Performance, Sound, & Language curated by Nathan Butler, Mark Jeffery, Judd Morrissey, and Lori Talley. THE SQUARE DANCE EVENT IS THIS SATURDAY!!! BE THERE OR ....well... you get the idea. Also, we wonder why Edward Lifson has negative feelings towards us??? Next, Brian Andrews on collecting praise and drinking. Then, Richard talks to Interviewees, Interviewers, Anthony Burton, Aris Georgiades, and ex-pat John Wanzel on CAA, NYC and BS, OK! Finally, Steve Albini is giant of consciousness. Bow before him.

This week: Duncan and Amanda talk to Jose Lerma about painting, art, and the Badgers. Joanna Topor and Terri Griffith cross swords about literature and minotaurs. Bad at Sports readies for battle.

Canadian superstar Rodney Graham joins us. Duncan, Meg and Richard talk to the man that turned driving around on your bicycle on acid in to an art form. I was genius at 18 and I had no idea!!! Jeepers.Special thanks and a BAS shout-out to Tiffany Tummala and Bren Wadlington at Donald Young Gallery!!!!!! You rock, rock us like a hurricane.Next, Mike Benedetto reviews a touching and timely story of our nation in conflict. I cried through the whole 30 seconds (plus bonus seconds). THEN, We talk to members of the Polvo team, Elvia Rodriguez-Ochoa  and Miguel Cortez (who didn't really say anything but was there none-the-less). They give us the scoop on Polvo, Pilsen and why their space is so damn cool. Post your feedback on our Blog www.badatsports.com!!! Watch this space: Bad at Sports will soon be declaring complete and utter war on a local institution. Not to be missed. Next week, THE MEG SHOW and Jim Elkins on Phds for studio artists.

This week we talk to the artists and curator of the stellar new show at Monique Meloche, Chronic: Handmade Nightmares in Red, Yellow and Blue. Duncan, Richard and Amanda together again interview Fendry Ekel, Dylan Graham, Fokert de Jong, and curator Astrid Honold. Exciting conversation, interesting insight, talk about the many meanings of "chronic". Fun times!!! ALSO THIS WEEK: The Duncan haircut poll. Be sure to go to Badatsports.com and vote on Whether or not Duncan should get a haircut. The fate of the world is in your hands.  Also! Those of you in the drawing school we frequently discuss on the show, sharpen your pencils! http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/02/03/headbutt.wookie.ap/index.html

While you the Bad at Sports listener only get a taste of it, the interview portion of this week’s show demonstrates precisely why Richard needs to be present to be a jerk for these things or they devolve into chaos. Luckily our cut rate production staff pulled it together and it sounds something akin to coherent. This week Duncan, Amanda and Chris Walla, talk to, or at least try to talk to Steve Lacy, Anthony Elms and Philip von Zweck about Steve’s show at VONZWECK, Academy Records, and lots of other stuff..  ALSO Emily Heath and Christian Kuras from Bad at Sports London check in.  AND Mike Benedetto reviews Goundhog Day in time for Groundhog Day. Also The BAS video of the week: http://youtube.com/watch?v=pj66XgK3NvE

Duncan and David Michael Coyle interview Terence Hannum, artist, critic, musician and all around swell guy about his forthcoming show in the MCA's 12 x 12 series "Evocation"

This week, The Bad at Sports Staff Meeting intro! Michael Velliquette joins Amanda and Duncan in review shows galore, heck maybe even yours. Don't miss it. We are doing a show from CAA, if you are interviewing, being interviewed, presenting, or just there for the non-stop action and fun, we are looking to get brief reviews of the experience from you! E-mail us and we will set up a meeting place at CAA to record.

Holy guacamole fun times! This week Kathryn Born interviews Natalie van Straaten. Mark Staff Brandl talks about Jeff Hoke's kickass book-website-museum Museum of Lost Wonder. Mike Benedetto gives a DOUBLE FEATURE REVIEW. Lastly there is a special bonus treat at the end of this week�s show, it is a surprise. Natalie van Straaten has been a professional writer on arts subjects for more than 30 years and founded Chicago Gallery News in 1983. A curator, educator, administrator and organizer, she serves on various arts advisory boards and is a frequent juror in art competitions. She served as Executive Director of the Chicago Coalition for Arts in Education (1983-1986), and co-directed an art gallery for fourteen years. Shamelessly and apologetically lifted from Publishers Weekly Starred Review. Every now and then, a book comes along that's almost impossible to categorize, like Hoke's beautifully illustrated gem, a strange marriage of alchemical lore and psychology, science and "wonder." Ho

Duncan and Terri talk to James Elkins about his books, criticism and more! Mike Benedetto provides an utterly hilarious movie review and public service announcement. From Mr. Elkins' web site:James Elkins grew up in Ithaca, New York, separated from Cornell University by a quarter-mile of woods once owned by the naturalist Laurence Palmer. He stayed on in Ithaca long enough to get the BA degree (in English and Art History), with summer hitchhiking trips to Alaska, Mexico, Guatemala, the Caribbean, and Columbia. For the last twenty years he has lived in Chicago; he got a graduate degree in painting, and then switched to Art History, got another graduate degree, and went on to the PhD in Art History, which he finished in 1989. (All from the University of Chicago.) Since then he has been teaching at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is currently E.C. Chadbourne Chair in the Department of Art History, Theory, and Criticism. He also teaches in the Department of Visual and Critical Studies, and is He

Duncan and Richard interview art superstar Gavin Turk!!! As set forth in Wikipedia:Gavin Turk (born 1967) is a British artist and one of the Young British Artists (YBAs). He often uses his own image in life-size sculptures of famous people. He was born in Guildford, near London, and went to the Royal College of Art. However, in 1991, the tutors refused to give him the final degree because of his show, called Cave, which consisted of a whitewashed studio space, containing only a blue heritage plaque (of the kind normally found on historic buildings) commemorating his own presence as a sculptor. This bestowed some instant notoriety on Turk, whose work was collected by Charles Saatchi. His work often involves his own image disguised as that of a famous person. He has cast himself in a series of detailed life sized sculptures as different romantic heroes, including Sid Vicious, Jean-Paul Marat and Che Guevara. Pop, a waxwork model of Turk as Sid Vicious, in white jacket and black trousers, pointing a handg

BAS vs. Miami. This week the recap of Bad at Sports' trip to Miami Basel. We open with words of advice from BAS. Then we talk to see, review and mumble about the goings on in Miami People who had something to say this show include: Lisa Dorin: Assistant Curator at the Art Institute of Chicago Lisa Boyle: Head Honcho Lisa Boyle Gallery, Bird-Horse-Muffin coach. Christopher Vroom Collector and  Artadia Board President Todd Simon: collector, President of the Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Vice-President of Jewish Family Service, and is active on the Boards of the United Way of the Midlands, Young President's Organization and R.E.S.P.E.C.T.2, Michael Workman: Bridge guy Vanessa Chafen: Michael Workman herder. Jodie Jacobi: Artist Susan Gescheidle: Gescheidle gallery. She gives us breaking news. Noah Lang: Trillium Press. Maura Thompson: Artist And so much more, lots of talk about hotels and alcohol.

This week Duncan and Richard talk to Tony Feher about his work and installation at The Suburban in Oak Park. The following is shamelessly lifted from the Worcester Art Museum's site : American artist Tony Feher has become a leading voice among his generation of sculptors. Rooted in the legacy of Minimalism, Feher's understated use of humble, â��forgettableâ�� materials that he findsâ��bottles, jars, plastic soda cratesâ��turns the commonplace and mundane into work that is rich with human emotion and fragile beauty. Next, Terri and Serena talk to Larry Shure about his blisteringly kickass project Ultra Local Geography a zine focused on the microcosm. Then, Christian and Emily talk about the galleries in the East End of London. Hey, we know you are an opinionated bastard, go post on the Blog www.badatsports.com. Next week. Miami!  

This week we talk to Susan F. Rossen, Executive Director of Publications at the Art Institute of Chicago about the new show at Corbett vs. Dempsey: Joseph Friebert, Fred Berman, & the Milwaukee Scene 1935-1965. Also Mike Benedetto has his first Superstar Special movie review.  And, Brian Andrews and Marc LeBlanc talk to Joyce Grimm and Dina Pugh  about Triple Base gallery, and creating a space for emerging artists and curators. All you bright young upstarts, you need to listen to this interview.We still want your feedback. E-mail us at badatsports@gmail.com with your thoughts on the show, what works, what doesnâ��t, who we should interview, and who should piss-off. We promise we will never record the intro and outro in a Dunkin Donuts again, sorry.

THIS WEEK: the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art's Manilow Senior Curator Francesco Bonami interviewed live a Three Walls on Tuesday November 21, 2006.  Francesco gives his frank and funny perspective on everything from why Australian art is bad, compares Kentuckians to Europeans, and talks about the role of the curator as artist. Well the residency is over. Thanks for coming. Thanks to Three Walls for all their help and patience. It was nice to meet so many of you and there was a minimum of rotting fruit thrown at us. Hey! We need your help, yes you dammit. We crank out this show every week for you information and amusement, not it is time for your sorry butts to pitch in. We need to hear your feedback, we are about to have our third formal staff meeting ever and would love to hear from you on what works, what doesn't, who you'd like to hear interviewed (no, no don't say "me" unless you have a solid reason or are a superstar) and any other wit and wisdom you the loyal listener wishes to send our

Reports galore! Duncan talks to the crew from Bridge about the impending Miami madness. Newly knighted European bureau chief Mark Staff Brandl talks lots of shows across the pond. Mike Benedetto talks Kurosawa's Rahomom. Brian Andrews on Portland. Wow! That's a whole lotta show. Thanks to Mr. Moon for helping out with the intro. We need an audio intern. E-mail us if you have a clue, and don't mind somewhat dull technical work. Lots of gory, oh, my friend there is lots of glory. No money. ALSO: BAS has an APB out for Phil Berkman. If anyone out there knows Phil Berkman we are trying to get ahold of him...