95 North. . . The Newspaper

Good ol' Ed Hopper's paintings from the late 20's and early 30's capture an America we can still feel today (even after suburbanization)- one of solitary souls eating at the diner, filling up gas, or sitting on a train. Hopper's Americana could be about loneliness and isolation just as easily as it could be about those beautiful moments when you face the world alone- in the morning- late fall- 5 am at Dunkin' Donuts- with a white moon poking out of the sky. That kinda thing. It's all about the sights you chose to see.

Artist Stanley Donwood has been working with the alt/rock band Radiohead for quite some time. Donwood has enjoyed a fruitful relationship with critically acclaimed Radiohead, and has constructed artwork for the band since 1994.His contribution to Radiohead's artistic identity should not be overlooked. Kin to Radiohead's music, Donwood's artwork explores contemporary, western life through the lens of a worried outsider, utterly disillusioned by the triumph of post cold war capitalism. Some of his best work, you ask? "Ok Computer"- landmark 1997 album Mocking modern office culture/societal values Woodsy: For the album"Amnesiac. A daydream in the woods turns dark.  The blood spotted on the snowy landscape honors the victims of the Bosnian genocide of the late 90s Foreboding violence/ the Bosnian conflict rests behind those mountains The west looks on-as the rest suffers? The artwork for the album "Kid A" visually depict...

The below images are from a book ( Bob Dylan Revisited)  that was the result of a collaboration of 13 artists, and their attempts to paint visual images of Bob Dylan's songs. The first drawing, concerning "Nor Dark Yet", is incredibly evocative and carries with it a certain sense of sadness. I think most of the images speak for themselves: