Shelley Holcomb may be the best person to listen to if you’re deciding what to do with your time. For her day job she helps run the SCI-Arc brand and public program, and spends the rest of her time curating a sex show (Whits n Giggles), creating her own art and experiences for places like MOCA, and running the definitive voice in event curation across Los Angeles (Curate LA). We talk to her about the challenges of running so much dope shit, and the merits of curation in general.
Show Notes, Shelley Holcomb Real Talk Podcast
Find Shelley and her various brands here:
http://instagram.com/shelleyhol
http://instagram.com/whitsngiggles
http://instagram.com/curate.la
http://curate.la
http://shelleyholcomb.com
3:00 – Intro to Shelley Holcomb
5:37 – What is Curate LA? Things that do not fit into Curate.LA platform
http://curate.la
6:23 – What is Whits n Giggles? Sex radio show on 1630 AM in Chinatown
http://instagram.com/whitsngiggles
9:36 – Take Me Home L.A. installations by Whits n Giggles and Think Tank Gallery
10:48 – Womb Regression Therapy
http://www.integrativehealinginc.com/womb-regression/
12:08 – Water drumming
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7ba1CNOLiI
13:00 – Aliens are actually our memory of doctors pulling us out of the womb, and abductions are our subconscious’ attempt to return
http://www.curezone.org/forums/am.asp?i=1728521
14:27 – Whits n Giggles Radio, difference between episode 1 and episode 50
18:25 – Whits n Giggles highlights of KCHUNG Radio sex talk show
18:48 – Mistress Lucy, artist and dominatrix
http://curatela.tumblr.com/post/122444645411/studio-visit-the-force-that-is-kim-ye
19:35 – Whits n Giggles TV
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC744CtCVDvooIyRvWfEWjuQ
20:27 – The Handjob Show, a Wank Bank class on Whits n Giggles TV and sex coloring book
http://ruralranga.bigcartel.com/
22:30 – How to hide this shit from your family
22:48 – A mukbang show, Korean trend of eating food on camera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wjXJL6ZwLk
24:25 – Sneaker destruction and sex fetishes, traumatic experiences turning into fetishes
http://blog.thinktankgallery.org/post/86417452059/why-people-ejaculating-to-popping-air-bubbles-on
http://cumonsneakers.tumblr.com/
25:47 – ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autonomous_sensory_meridian_response
Page turning: https://youtu.be/mcyvK_SixME
http://discoverasmr.com/what-is-asmr/bob-ross-asmr/
28:15 – Various Small Fires ASMR soundscape
http://www.vsf.la/maybe-it-wants-what-it-wanted-inside-out/
29:10 – Submitting listings to Curate LA, Curate LA’s growth, how it started
37:47 – Super sexy artists Shelby Sells and Thongria from Detroit
https://www.instagram.com/sweaterpuppiez/
https://www.instagram.com/thongria/
39:17 – The three platforms of Curate LA; website/map, app, and newsletter
43:20 – BYOB (Bring Your Own Beamer) video art show
http://woahis.us/portfolio/byob/
Rafaël Rozendaal: http://www.newrafael.com/
47:00 – Getting around to painting when we have time, comparing notebooks, the merits of an alter ego
49:00 – Argument about having a pseudonym or if one’s work should speak for itself, digging up dirt on the internet, Patterson’s YouTube career, artists should own their pasts, “just make dope art and people won’t give a fuck about your past,” showing off your own art in your own curation
56:40 – Shelley’s art collection
http://www.harrisonfraley.com/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRPzdTyBufo
OJ Simpson 30 for 30: http://www.espn.com/30for30/ojsimpsonmadeinamerica/
1:03:24 – How to separate your different art ventures from one another
1:12:15 – What newsletters do you follow?
http://lacanvas.com/
http://getdowntown.la
http://curate.la
1:12:42 – Galleries and artists we pay attention to
http://bbqla.net/
http://pg4s.wtf/
http://www.sayregomez.com/
http://ghebaly.com/
https://www.kcet.org/shows/artbound/jpw3-the-alchemy-of-new-school-pop-art
http://nightgallery.ca/
http://www.devintroystrother.com/w/
http://www.richardhellergallery.com/
Ripping on Buff Monster: https://grammio.com/en/devintroy/_dQ-0vG0Dn/
http://www.pasunautre.com/journal/2016/7/12/devin-troy-strother-cotton-club-patrick-gomez-for-sheriff-in-los-angeles
1:19:03 – What is an artist-run space and what’s happening to them in LA? Define DIY, how Think Tank Gallery was built, Larry Gagosian starting as DIY, commercial galleries that are also DIY, sweat equity, alternative arts spaces
http://bidoun.org/articles/larry-gagosian
http://www.thinktankgallery.org/our-story/
http://anatebgi.com/
http://www.honorfraser.com/
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/oct/29/news/la-dd-simon-hammerstein-dba-nightclub-theater-shock-20131028
Podcast with Mark Schustrin: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/a.r.t.-artists-real-talk/id1159607075?mt=2&i=375908128
1:27:05 – Real Talk Photoshop Challenge
https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Losers-Ed-Templeton/dp/B003BTJ5G2
1:28:55 – Mutant Salon at the Broad
http://mutantsalon.com/
http://commonwealthandcouncil.com/
http://www.narcissister.com/
1:31:16 – Pearly’s Beauty Shop at Superchief Gallery
http://www.cartwheelart.com/2016/05/05/save-the-date-pearlys-beauty-shop-exhibitionfundraiser-curated-by-swoon-at-superchief-gallery-dtla-saturday-may-21st/
1:34:08 – Channeling a younger version of yourself, and giving that self some advice, should people go to college? Importance of travel, how to start your career in the arts in LA in your first two weeks here
http://instagram.com/shelleyhol
http://instagram.com/whitsngiggles
http://instagram.com/curate.la
http://curate.la
http://shelleyholcomb.com
Sarah Penna is one of our most successful and insightful friends, and her newfound motherhood has provided even more insight. She tells us about the challenges of being acquired by Dreamworks and becoming a mother at the same damn time, and drops some priceless knowledge on the reality of online content and marketing. Sarah KILLS it. Don’t sleep on this episode.
3:25 Jacob and Sarah’s relationship
Philip DeFranco
5:13 Big Frame launched
http://www.bigfra.me/
9:24 Pioneering a business in YouTubers
“Let me take on the nitty gritty… you focus on creative”
10:19 Partnering with Steve Raymond
Digitour - http://www.thedigitour.com/
12:55 1st YouTuber lost to shooting
A loss of innocence
http://mashable.com/2016/06/11/christina-grimmie-shot-dead-florida/#EqfmbJquzaqG
16:30 “Hey Guys”
Supercuts
https://youtu.be/wtd5J0QPFCo
20:22 Early days of Current
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Current_TV
21:24 Managing Snooki and Jwoww’s YouTube accounts
Yung Mommy
https://youtu.be/zp5pW-27tJU
24:09 Big Frame/Working with Steve Rayond
33:51 The challenges of working with talent
36:54 Income and opportunities for YouTubers- then and now
38:21 What is YouTube Red?
https://www.youtube.com/red
43:34 “Ive reached the top and had to stop, and that’s what’s bothering me”
52:34 How Vine changed the world of film making
59:27 Selling a company before 30/Becoming a mom
1:09:04 Shay Carl and Tim Ferriss podcast
http://fourhourworkweek.com/2016/06/27/shay-carl/
1:23:34 What it means to sell a company
Extreme Ownership
https://www.amazon.com/Extreme-Ownership-U-S-Navy-SEALs-ebook/dp/B00VE4Y0Z2
1:38:313 Awestruck- “We like being domestic but we’re not afraid to order takeout”
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCalcFcqOC_UdfxQAPHhwOqg
1:53:34 Why to use an influencer in brand marketing?/Evolution of brand marketing
2:00:59 Sarah’s future in new media
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