Beep Beep voted Best Gallery by Creative Loafing readers!

We are very proud and honored to be voted Best Gallery and Best Gallery Spotlighting Local Artists in this year's Creative Loafing Best Of's. This really means a lot, and a very special thanks to everyone who voted!

We'll be throwing a party soon to show our appreciation (more details to come), but in the meantime read all about the rest of the winners here. Although you should definitely pick up the issue so you can see that sweet picture of Kelly and Maggie from Young Blood.

Moments of pride 3 years in

In light of our 3 year anniversary, I started to get a little nostalgic. Here's a few memories from the last 3 years that always make me smile:



Some of my favorite bands have played in our tiny little gallery including: Noot D’ Noot, All the Saints, Anna Kramer and the Lost Cause, Club Awesome, Thy Mighty Contract, Judi Chicago, Herb and Jason Harris (Selmanaires), Jude Stevens, N.E.C and many more.


Artlantis, which for only a month of planning went pretty damn amazing. I still can’t believe we pulled it off.

Getting the Best Of award from Atlanta Magazine and partying at Atlantic Station.




After Aubrey and Jenn’s show when we realized we’d made money for the first time and we had a lights out dance party in the gallery.

Wearing that thrift store suit (the first I ever bought) to the first show I curated at the Westin Hotel.

Rebuilding that wall, re-doing the floor, and getting a business account for Beep Beep phase 2.

The first Me/We show back when we did shows in the Oakhurst house which felt like a huge deal at the time.

The Nashville exchange with Twist Gallery.

Hense and Born, Dixey and Sten, Michi and Dosa, Sam and Joe, Harrison and Zarlacc, Ann-Marie and Jason and a bunch of other cool collaborative shows.

All the solo shows we’ve done. In fact all 38 shows we’ve done.

A ton of fun, a lot of learning, and way too much silliness to include here.



- James McConnell 2009

"Rules for Staying Young" by Satchel Paige

TELL EM' SATCHEL!

1. "Avoid fried meats which angry up the blood."
2. "If your stomach disputes you, lie down and pacify it with cool thoughts."
3. "Keep the juices flowing by jangling around gently as you move."
4. "Go very light on the vices, such as carrying on in society—the social ramble ain't restful."
5. "Avoid running at all times."
6. "And don't look back—something might be gaining on you."

10 Awesome Music Videos

Not including that awesome Michel Gondry / Spike Jonze / Chris Cunningham video collection or the Mark Romanek, Jonathan Glazer, Anton Corbijn and Stephane Sednaoui one, these are some of my favorite videos. Enjoy!

10.

This was a Cat Power video, but M.I.A's video was more hype. This video pretty much sums up the whole global village sound she's been going for. Plus who doesn't love kids getting crunk?

9.

Nothing like some tough ass Boy Scouts to put in all in perspective, huh El-P?

8.

When I first heard this song, this was pretty much the video I imagined. A collage of crazy images and sounds.

7.

It's not the highest budget, but it's a charming video full of quirk and nostalgia. Joanna Newsome in a nutshell.

6.

A bit heavy handed, but the fact that they got Todd McFarlane to do anything other than cash checks is amazing in itself.

5.

One of the first videos from my formative years that really grabbed me. And while it has aged, it hasn't aged as badly as I imagined. Teenage nihilism rules (or doesn't)!

4.

That pigeon is the best part.

3.

If you've never seen The Books, they play along to these video pieces they've made which are all pretty amazing. This one alwas stuck out though.

2.

"the Foghat rule: You're fourth album should be DOUBLE LIVE!"

1.

It's not my favorite video ever (that would be Unkle - Rabbit in your Headlights), but it's a great concept that's equally disturbing and hilarious. That image of the kid in the racing outfit holding two trophies with the word "MUD" on his hat cracks me up every time.

New Noot D' Noot Video

Fingers like Steeples video by Atlanta native son Stephen Key:

Win a HENSE-painted car!

Check out the video and go to this link
on June 1st to find out how to win.

I miss looking at the show he and BORN did with us awhile back. It was amazing the way they plastered the wall. If you missed it you really missed it but here's some shots.
Also, BORN's new work is amazing in a totally different way.

This just in...INTERNS RULE!

Beepterns Baxter and Nina

We've had the pleasure of working with a lot of awesome and talented interns in our short time as a gallery and they just don't get enough shine. All of them have brought something unique and needed to Beep Beep whether it's ideas, energy, too much work, or just a smile. They don't get thanked enough for all their hard work, so if you see one (and believe us you'll know one when you see one) go up to them and say "Hey, you're awesome. And supercool. And so very much better at everything in life than I am."

Cuz that's what we say to them everyday (right?)