Scott Beale

Scott Beale

Scott Beale founded Laughing Squid in 1995 in San Francisco and is currently based in New York City. When not running the blog, Scott can be found posting on Bluesky and sharing photos on Instagram.
Detonation Earth

Joe Mangrum’s Detonation Earth

Joe Mangrum’s latest installation “Detonation Earth”, which consistes of a 40 foot tall mushroom cloud of wheatgrass, opens tonight (5-8pm) at Red Ink Studios in…

Billboard Liberation Front: To Serve Man

The Billboard Liberation Front and Ron English have joined forces once again (the last time was in 2002). This afternoon they modified a billboard across…

Rudy & Penny at The Albany Bulb

photo by Scott Beale Rudy & Penny are tying the knot. Congratulations guys! Here are my photos from their engagement shindig which took place at…

Think Chicken

Chicken John’s Think Tank?

According to SF Gate, master of chaos Chicken John is starting a think tank. Would this be a dunk tank, like the one that he’ll…

Ron English

Ron English at Varnish Fine Art

Our good friend Ron English is having a solo show “Son of Pop” at Varnish Fine Art in San Francisco from May 28 – July…

The Fungus + Attaboy & Burke photos

photo by Scott Beale Here are my photos from last night’s closing event for Attaboy’s exhibtion “The Fungus”, including Attaboy & Burke, KRK Ryden on…

The Starlings

Music To Not Plummet To Your Death By

Chicken John, former dictator of The Odeon Bar, is now involved producing shows with actual, talented circus performers, unlike his previous circus activities. From Chicken’s…

PowerSquid

PowerSquid

Power Sentry’s wonderful PowerSquid Power Multiplier is without doubt the coolest powerstrip ever! The flexible arms of the PowerSquid, which have varying lengths of six,…

The Albion Castle

Albion Castle News

Previously I had mentioned that the San Francisco’s legendary Albion Castle was for sale. Here are a few updates: 1) The Albion Castle will be…

The Fungi

The Fungus

Tomorrow (Friday, May 27th) is the closing of Attaboy’s art installation “The Fungus” at Buzz Gallery in Oakland. This special event will feature live performances…