ethan chan

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2024  double-double
            made with love
            with teeth
            “perfect” “people”
            thank you, come again!
            love minus lingo
            in honor of eric cartman
            lofano / marino
            the bob dylan project
            good year, bad year
            from rags to riches...
            seconds
            get yourself a lawyer...
            hungry man...
            anthem            
            johanna’s not here
            (thomas series)
            pure evil


2023  meanwhile...
            white light / white heat
            liquid ecstasy...
            for wile e.
            leashed steam...
            family dinner
            love letters
            wild, west
            selections from the...

2022  china, revisited
            steer / madonna
            hail to the king
            tea for masochists

2021   fighting the loneliness
            american pie
            not your country
    
2020  the saint, the villain...
            stolen bike                   
            just like a woman

2019   she was trying...
            why don’t you just...
            fat man & little boy
            american reformation
            made in china
            19 transactions
            sign language


other stuff (that i love)

artist-friends (that i love)

(click their photos to see their work)


gracie moon



SCULPTURE / CONCEPTUAL ART / IDENTITY

zach dobbins


SCULPTURE / INSTALLATION / FEAR / SAFETY






max lofano



SCULPTURE / INSTALLATION / FOUND OBJECTS

jim skalman


PAINTING / INSTALLATION / LAND ART






helena westra



SCULPTURE / CERAMICS / LAND ART

lael corbin


SCULPTURE / PERFORMANCE / PHOTOGRAPHY




albums (that i love)


highway 61 revisited, bob dylan



PURELY POETIC, THE PINNACLE OF ART



Illinoise, sufjan stevens



A DEEP DIVE INTO  
THE GREAT PRARIE STATE



get behind me satan
, white stripes



A 2000’S GARAGE ROCK EXPLOSION




born to run
, bruce springsteen



THE FINEST TALES OF THE WORKING CLASS



remain in the light, talking heads



AFRICAN POLYRHYTHM MEETS FUNK & MELODY



be the cowboy, mitski



ONE OF THE EARLIEST FORMATIONS OF MY UNDERSTANDING OF FEMININE BEAUTY


ants from up there
black country, new road



A DRAMATIC NARRATIVE EQUAL PARTS 
POST-PUNK, ROCK, ORCHESTRA, NOISE & JAZZ


fishing for fishies
king gizzard & the lizard wizard



THE PSYCHEDELIC ELECTRIC BOOGIE EPIC ON HUMANS DESTROYING THE OCEAN



in rainbows, radiohead



SONIC ART-ROCK ON THE THEMES OF LOVE, LOSS & DESPERATION


second helping, lynyrd skynyrd



GOOD OL’ SWAMP SOUNDS OF THE SOUTH




in dreams
, roy orbison



DARK EMOTIONAL BALLADS SET TO 
A VOICE OF GOLD



summerteeth
, wilco



A GORGEOUS ALTERNATIVE COUNTRY HARMONY OF DESPAIR & SADNESS 





moons (that i love)


titan (orbiting saturn)



HAS A UNIQUE NITROGEN ATMOSPHERE THAT COLORS THE PLANET (VERY BEAUTIFUL) & HAS RIVERS & SEAS LIKE EARTH (PRETTY NEAT)


‘our moon’ (orbiting earth)



SMALL & BARREN COMPARED TO OTHER MOONS, BUT WE LANDED HERE (PRETTY NEAT AND HISTORICALLY SIGNIFICANT, I GUESS)




callisto (orbiting jupiter)



VERY SPARKLY DUE TO DEEP CRATERS & HIGH MOUNTAINS WITH ICE-WATER PEAKS
(ALSO A VERY BEAUTIFUL MOON)


enceladus (orbiting saturn)



IS MOSTLY ICE, BUT HAS COOL OCEANS THAT JET WATER ALL THE WAY INTO SATURN FROM A DISTANCE (FASCINATING!)




ganymede (orbiting jupiter)



THE LARGEST MOON IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM, BIGGER THAN SOME PLANETS (THAT’S PRETTY COOL)



hyperion (orbiting saturn)



COOL ROCK FORMATION GIANT ENOUGH & IN ORBIT TO BE A MOON (PROBABLY THE BEST LOOKING 
NON-SPHERICAL MOON)





cereal (that i love)





MY FAVORITE CEREAL, JUST LIKE LUCKY CHARMS BUT THE BLAND PIECES ARE CHOCOLATEY




MY UNPOPULAR PICK FOR THE BEST FRUIT CEREAL, SHAPES AND COLORS MAKE MY BRAIN HAPPY






STANDS THE TEST OF TIME, AS IT’S THE ONLY CEREAL THAT TASTES GOOD SOGGY 




LITERALLY CANDY FOR BREAKFAST,
DO NOT EAT TO START YOUR DAY






THE “GOOD THINGS IN THE MIDDLE” ARE JUST SUGAR, SO THEY’RE JUST CHERIOS BUT BETTER




ALSO PRETTY MUCH CANDY FOR BREAKFAST, SOMEHOW BETTER THAN ACTUAL OREOS