Blue Mountain Arts is interested in reviewing writings for publication on greeting cards. We are looking for highly original and creative submissions on friendship, family, special occasions, positive living, and other topics one person might want to share with another person. Submissions may also be considered for inclusion in book anthologies. We pay $300 per poem for all rights to publish it on a greeting card and $50 if your poem is used only in an anthology.
To request a copy of our writer’s guidelines (which include contact/submission information), please send a blank e-mail to writings@sps.com with ‚”Send Me Guidelines” in the subject line, or write us at: Blue Mountain Arts, Inc. Editorial Department P.O. Box 1007 Boulder, CO 80306. You can also visit our Web site at www.sps.com.
Imagine never having to decide between homemade card or buying a card again.

It’s done! This is what I’ve been working on for the last few months, I think it’s the biggest project I’ve done so far. 16 Redesigns of famous Masters of the Universe-characters! I imagined them somewhere in the indie/hipster/fashion-scene, as if they were doing a photoshooting for some magazine. I’m a fashion-nerd myself, so I dressed them up in things that really excist and that I like. They were hand-drawn on A3, and I plan to print them on fluorescent or glow in the dark paper. And hopefully do an exhibition with them.

Check ‘em all out here. [Thanks Jeff]

Get ready for the second installation of the Guggenheim’s It Came From Brooklyn series– this time with the honorable Julian Plenti, you know… a.k.a. Paul Banks of Interpol. Much like 2002′s Turn on the Bright Lights, the solo debut of Mr. Banks, Julian Plenti is… Skyscraper, has been caught in a loop on my iTunes. These are the kind of tracks that embrace a space with a perfect frost, a mix of glistening sadness and a twirling danceable haze. Bring on the cold weather, with Skycraper, we’re well equipped.
The series, named after Robert Gordon’s birth of Rock ‘n Roll novel It Came From Memphis, “is meant to have a cabaret-like atmosphere” says co-producer Sam Brumbaugh. Along with the rhythmic orchestrations of Brooklyn’s experimental post rock I‘m In You, this promises to be a night of echoing proportions, and in that rotunda quite literally. Plus, that Eugene Mirman is a funny guy.
So let’s talk the money issue– there’s something about experiencing a show within the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright, and although Brooklynites could argue against the cost of the show, spending the few extra bucks seems worth it. Plus, if you get there early, you can take a stroll through the current Kandinsky retrospective– which on a regular day will cost you at least $15 (with student ID) in admission. Oh and, are we forgetting that it’s Julian Plenti and Eugene Mirman!? I’m there.
Friday Sept. 25th @ the Guggenheim Museum, tickets available here.

Read it and weep– this is the last Yo La Tengo show in the greater NY area this year (looks like the Hanukkah shows at Maxwell’s aren’t happening).
But have no fear, our dear readers. One of you lucky folks will win a pair of tickets for tomorrow night’s Roseland extravaganza. Not only are the Black Lips opening, but you’ve got John Oliver of The Daily Show as MC, not to mention the fabulous Gary Panter (who created the lovely B&W flyer) with a (get this!) light show. And we thought On Ice was dead!? If you haven’t gotten your hands on Yo La’s newest release, Popular Songs, you’re seriously slacking.
How do you enter to win, you ask? Well, just hit us up on Twitter @freedubya with an I <3 Yo La Tengo!, and those tickets could be yours! Tweet away, my lovelies.

Because everyone knows rock shows are always better when performed on ice:

Rick Wakeman’s “King Arthur on Ice” – 1975
We want to see Grizzly Bear on ice. Mastadon on ice. Or how about the Pavement reunion on ice?
From Wikipedia

The Myths and Legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table is a 1975 progressive rock concept album by Rick Wakeman of Yes fame. The album tells the legend of King Arthur and is certainly among Wakeman’s best works–as well as being a great favourite among his fans. Besides, this album includes some of the most popular and frequently performed Wakeman pieces, such as Arthur, Sir Lancelot and the Black Knight, The Last Battle, and especially Merlin the Magician. Also, the theme of Arthur has been used by the BBC since 1979 for its election night coverage (with the exception of the 2001 election).
The tour in support of the album was a theatrical performance on ice, an expensive project which, despite being sold out, caused Wakeman to go bankrupt. [2] [3] The album enjoyed good reviews but the live show in support of the record was ridiculed over the years as being a bloated and overblown affair and considered as one of the most notorious failures in rock n’ roll history (it made VH1s “100 greatest shocking moments in rock and roll” at number 79).

Tanlines first popped up on our radar last year with a remix of Telepathe’s “Chrome’s On It”, and shortly thereafter became an actual, well, band. This strictly production based project from Professor Murder‘s Jesse Cohen and Brothers producer Eric Emm (also of Don Cab and Storm & Stress fame) shortly became a conceptual music duo. It was only natural that once you got these two in front of a computer together, some original dance-y prog pop tunes (with a touch of calypso) would emerge from the collabo.
In addition to the remixes, from the Tough Alliance to Au Revoir Simone, you can catch up with Tanlines original tracks in video form over at what they’ve called “the best record label ever”, YouTube. And if you love what they’ve been up to, be sure to check them out with our favorite LA noise rockers HEALTH at the Bowery tomorrow night. Tickets are $15 day of the show.
Jesse Cohen gave us some details on the upcoming EP on True Panther and his crash course in iMovie when we caught up with him earlier this week. Check out the rest of the interview, and some more YouTube goodness from the boys, after the jump…
So is the name Tanlines in reference to something specific?
If anything it’s a reference to the necessity of working indoors to create music on a computer. And actual tan lines, as in the color.

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My CSA just sent me this notice:

Anyone in Greenpoint and Williamsburg who is interested in food justice, access, sustainability and security is invited! This first meeting will be a chance for people who are working on food issues in the neighborhood and those who would like to be more involved to meet, share experiences, and talk about how we can pool our resources and knowledge to build on the amazing food activism that is already taking place here and to talk about how we can connect with food activists in other Brooklyn neighborhoods.
DATE & TIME: Thursday, September 24th 7:00 p.m.
PLACE: Lutheran Church of the Messiah 129 Russell Street (btw. Nassau and Driggs)
We are inviting anyone in Greenpoint and Williamsburg who is interested in food justice, access, sustainability and security to join us. This first meeting will be a chance for people who are working on food issues in the neighborhood and those who would like to be more involved to meet, share experiences, and talk about how we can pool our resources and knowledge to build on the amazing food activism that is already taking place here and to talk about how we can connect with food activists in other Brooklyn neighborhoods. This is an outcome of the Brooklyn food conference, which has been instrumental in getting these neighborhood meetings organized all over Brooklyn: “After an incredibly successful and exciting Brooklyn Food Conference we are morphing into a grassroots-based Brooklyn Food Coalition. So far 10 Brooklyn neighborhoods (and hopefully many more) are creating local, neighborhood-based groups that are choosing 1 or more projects to work on to improve the food situation in their communities. Each neighborhood will send 2 reps to a Council of Neighborhood Groups so we can share strategies, projects and campaigns across the Borough.” For more information, check out http://brooklynfoodconference.org/

Guys. I entered my subway stop at Lorimer and Metropolitan today only to discover that our longtime guide, overseer, and friend, is gone. A victim of the draconian MTA cuts, our station agent is gone and he’s never coming back and nobody cares that he’s really, really, really gone!*
Friends, let us share in remembering the only man in this city who truly loved us, mr. lorimer street station agent. And for those who miss mr. graham street station agent, your thoughts, memories, and asinine insults are welcome in the comments too. I’ll start.
Friend, one time I remember you were standing there in that MTA jacket you loved so much, and you gave me a free bus pass because the subway was down. And with that pass, you practically walked me home and tucked me in to bed. I’ll miss that. Goodbye.
Related reading: John Borrero, 57, tells Kate Pickert of New York about life in one of the 164 booths the MTA may soon (ed: just did) eliminate.