10x my age

Here’s an incredible project by Sonny Smith, of SF-based Sonny & the Sunsets, called “100 records.” He made up names and song titles for 100 different fictitious bands, sent these names and titles to (nearly) 100 different visual artists from around the country, and asked the artists to create the album artwork for each record. That would be pretty cool all by itself, but Sonny went ahead and wrote and recorded the songs. As an extra little cherry on the cake, all of the singles can be played in the gallery on a jukebox that he created. Love this a lot.

Here’s the archived recording of WFMU’s live broadcast of the (pre?) opening party at Gallery 16 last Friday. Opening reception tomorrow night (Thursday, May 13) at the gallery. (501 Third St., San Francisco)