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PREVIEW Life Long Insomniac (W/ Stephen Tunney AKA Dogbowl)
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At the end of November, friends of SP Newton Gallery hosted an exhibition of paintings and cartoons by American artist Stephen Tunney. Many of those in attendance likely had no idea that these disorienting, vivid, and fantastical images were made by the same Stephen Tunney behind the indie rock solo project Dogbowl. When Stephen plugged his guitar in to perform some of those songs, the image completed itself.
Indeed, Tunney has had a long and fascinating career, from playing guitar with cult band King Missile, recording with godhead of New York weird music Kramer, writing what has been called one of the "most disturbing novels ever written in" with a novel called Flan, to writing and playing songs as Dogbowl, it's a career that a two hour conversation couldn't possibly do justice to.
Nevertheless, Adam here is going to try...
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LINKS Stephen Tunney Newton Gallery