[Via papermag] "Along with graffiti and crime scene police tape, posters are what make the city pretty. They tell us when Danzig is playing next and what date Nelly’s new album drops. They allow us to be creative by drawing Hitler mustaches on Jessica Simpson’s face and changing the “r” in rock to a “c” so the poster reads “Cock Show.” Secret Project Robot is paying tribute to the almighty poster at the Brooklyn Poster Show. Enjoy free drinks [on Friday April 7, 6-9pm] and local music while admiring walls full of rock show posters. It’ll be like staring at the walls of your high school bedroom with tipsy strangers."

Secret Project Robot, 210 Kent Ave., Williamsburg, Brooklyn, (718) 963-2020. 2-8 p.m. Free. Through Sun., Apr. 9.

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by Kevin K.

Friday March, 17 2006
What to Do:

Stay home.

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This is either the best idea ever, or the worst. Maybe both:

Point Break LIVE!, the absurdist stage adaptation of the 1992 Keanu Reeves extreme-sports blockbuster, surfs into Galapagos for an exclusive one-month engagement.

The show, which garnered a “Seattle P-I Best of Seattle 2004” award, as well as rave reviews across the nation, tells the story of former College football star Johnny Utah—Keanu Reeves in the film—in pursuit of the bankrobbing, skydiving, bare-hand-fighting adrenaline-junkie-cum-Zenmaster Bodhi Sattva (Patrick Swayze—here played by Gearick Matthies), and features armed robbery, big-wave surfing, car chases, explosions, and no less than two extended skydiving sequences. Best of all, the starring role of Keanu will be selected at random from the audience each night, and will read their entire script off of cue-cards!

At Galapagos (directions)
2.10 8:30pm $10 in advance, $12 at door
Also 2/11, 2/17, 2/18, 2/24, 2/25
You can get tix here.

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Brooklyn Rock is offering a 3-day festival of music next week. The line-up includes lots of under the radar local favorites. Best of all, they are offering a free one-year subscription to TimeOut for anyone who buys a $10, one-day ticket. Sign up here. See the schedule here.

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Friday January 27
Lez Zeppelin
The all-lesbian Led Zeppelin cover band
Bowery Ballroom - $15
Jonny Lives! will be opening. Read all about them here and be sure to check out this MP3.

and

Saturday January 28
Idiotarod 06
Absurd shopping cart race where a bunch of drunk
hipsters nearly kill themselves
2pm; $5 per person
jstark@nonsensenyc.com - email him for location/details

The Iditarod is the famous long-distance race in which yelping dogs tow a sled across Alaska. This Idiotarod is pretty much the same thing, except that instead of dogs, it's people, instead of sleds, it's shopping carts, and instead of Alaska it's New York City. Tonic hosts a free after-party at 6pm.

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Saturday Night, Jan 14:
at Supreme Trading: 213 N 8th Street, Williamsburg

Room 1
The Juan Mclean (Live Performance, DFA Records)
Derek Plaslaiko (Spectral Sounds, Ghostly
International)
Spinoza (The Bunker, NYC)
Eamon Harkin (EA, Crashin'In)

Room
Ayres (The Rub, NYC)
Low Budget (Hollertronix, Philly)
Sure Shot (NYC)
Oil (Kanine Records, Crashin'In)

Open PBR from 9p-11p

RSVP ONLY: A-LIST@ONTHEGOMARKETING.COM

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Big show tonight in Greenpoint:

Canadian Vice-sters Death From Above 1979 take a night off from their tour opening for Nine Inch Nails to rock out at Club Exit with Japanther, No Dynamics, and Meneguar. Click here for all the info.

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Hipster Zombies Nerds in Montreal

Zombiecon sounds kinda retarded, but it could be fun to watch, despite the warning that "spectators will be eaten." We're down with anything that begins with Bloody Maries.

On, Saturday, October 22 Kostume Kult presents a 12 hour zombie rampage including a bloody mary brunch, a midtown shopping spree and late night debauch. Come as a reanimated corpse, a dead celebrity or any seasonal spook.

* Participation required, spectators will be eaten *

Click here for more info.

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Our good friend, the very talented Jeff Bechtel has an opening at Brooklyn Fire Proof tonight. (Yes, he's also the guy who illustrated The Hipster Handbook and Food Court Druids.) Stop by if you can.

JEFF BECHTEL : DEADALIVE October 14 – November 13th, 2005 Opening reception: Friday, October 14, 7 - 10 pm Followed by a performance by COBRETTI at 10 pm

The Monstrum is etymologically "that which reveals,"
"that which warns."

Brooklyn Fire Proof is pleased to present DEADALIVE, Jeff Bechtel’s first solo exhibition in which he has adopted the role of Dr. Frankenstein. Understanding culture as a multitude of fragments, Jeff Bechtel has presented some of these fragments in collections of an unassimilated hybrid, a monster. The monstrous body is a cultural construct and projection: something to be read. It signifies something other than itself, gives reason to the unexplained, signals warning, and reflects our inner fears and desires. Always it comes with a strain of dark comedy. John Ruskin said: “The grotesque is, in almost all cases, composed of two elements, one ludicrous, the other fearful.”

In DEADALIVE, Bechtel introduces zombie glyphs in portrait-like settings of the glamorous affluent. The familiarity and pictorial seduction of this platform provides a pleasing confrontation with the grotesque, creating a perplexing situation of attraction and revulsion. The reaction and its meaning is imparted on the viewer.

Directions after the jump.

Directions to Brooklyn Fire Proof
By train: L to Lorimer or G to Metropolitan. Walk north towards raised BQE. Right at Meeker, walk under BQE to Leonard. Turn left, North on Leonard, Right on Richardson. BFP is on the left, one building down, across from the gas station.
By car/cab: Williamsburg Bridge, Stay left on BQE East, Exit 33 on right. Keep left on ramp. Left on Meeker, Under BQE to Richardson Street, veer right. BFP is on the right.
From Bedford Avenue: Walk north, right on N11th, walk away from the river. N11th becomes Richardson across Union Ave. BFP is on the left after Leonard Street.

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Tortoise

Jeremy Blake: Sodium Fox - multimedia art opening
Fri 10.7 (6-8pm) at Feigen Contemporary (535 W 20th St)
FREE

[From Flavorpill]
Sodium Fox is Jeremy Blake's latest installment in his delirious oeuvre of acid art films. A collaboration with Nashville poet and Silver Jews frontman David Berman, it updates Eugene Delacroix's Romantic painting Liberty Leading the People, replacing revolutionary symbolism with the post-consumer icon of a Los Angeles stripper from a club called Crazy Girls. Blake's deft patchwork approach to the medium combines animation, found photography, and heady staging, for a romp through fractured, 21st-century American psychology, while his humor cuts close to the bone, re-imagining such prominent forbears as Ed Ruscha and Barry Hannah as a "fantasy gang of poetic ruffians." A salon-style installation of paintings, drawings, and photographs is also on display.

Then check out Tortoise with Daniel Lanois at Irving Plaza

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This weekend is your last chance to see Agora:

Ever wondered what it looked like inside the McCarren Park pool in Williamsburg? Now's your chance to find out. Check out Agora while the weather is still nice:

In celebration of the historic McCarren Park pool site, a 50,000 square foot empty pool in Williamsburg, Noémie Lafrance is creating a site-specific dance performance that invites the community to re-experience a moment in movement of this monumental public space. Agora is a site-specific dance performance inspired by the McCarren pool site and performed by 30 dancers to a multi-channel score with theatrical lighting transforming the 50, 000 square foot pool into a vast staging area. Performed inside the large pool, the overlapping narratives of Agora will produce the illusion of travel through the different layers of visceral urban experiences and explore the phenomenon of agoraphobia as a social and physical reaction to urban architecture.

Click here for more info about Agora.

Belle and Sebastian at Keyspan

And on Saturday Oct 1 and Sunday Oct 2
Across the Narrows:

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 1 -
Keyspan Park, Coney Island show featuring: Pixies, Gang of Four, Built to Spill, Rilo Kiley, Death From Above 1979, Mando Diao, Nine Black Alps
Richmond Park, Staten Island show featuring: The Killers, New York Dolls, Interpol, British Sea Power, Tegan and Sara, The Ordinary Boys, Lake Trout

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 2
Keyspan Park, Coney Island show featuring: Beck, Belle & Sebastian, The Polyphonic Spree, The Raveonettes, Gang Gang Dance, Whirlwind Heat, Dragonette, McCrorie
Richmond Park, Staten Island show featuring: Oasis, Jet, Doves, The Lemonheads, Kasabian, Jesse Malin, The Redwalls

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Ever wondered what it looked like inside the McCarren Park pool in Williamsburg? Now's your chance to find out. Check out Agora while the weather is still nice. Click here for more info about Agora.

Also, as mentioned before (and apparently we are the only New York blog covering this) the antiwar rally and concert takes place in DC on Saturday. The free concert will feature:

3:50 PM - Wayne Kramer and the Bellrays
4:41 PM - Steve Earle
5:31 PM - The Coup
6:23 PM - Sweet Honey in the Rock
7:09 PM - The Evens (Ian from The Make-Up)
7:54 PM - Ted Leo+Pharmacists
8:50 PM - Head Roc
9:37 PM - Thievery Corporation
10:59 PM - Pure Belly Dance
11:27 PM - Bouncing Souls
12:12 AM - Le Tigre

Head on down if you can. The bus is 25 bucks.

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A reminder that this Saturday there will be a huge march for peace in DC. It will be followed by a free concert featuring:

Ted Leo and The Pharmacists, Le Tigre, Bouncing Souls, Steve Earle, The Coup, The Bellrays, and many others on the Washington Monument grounds.

Strangely, none of the New York bloggers are covering this event thus far. Here's our two cents on political marches... they are generally not very effective since the media and right wingers portray participants as dirty, Lefty, nutjobs. Nevertheless, showing other nations that not everyone in this country approves of the Iraq war and George Bush is extremely important. The Bush administration wants to ignore and censor protest. What's more important than exercising free speech in these creepy times? Don't be a cynic, head on down if you can. Click here for more.

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There are a ton of them coming soon. Here are some highlights:

This Sunday, September 18, Ryan Adams & the Cardinals, Ted Leo & Pharmacists, Jesse Malin, Debbie Harry, Joseph Arthur, Butch Walker and Marah headline Mojo Aid benefit at Irving Plaza.

Tuesday September 20 -The Vision Festival featuring Matthew Shipp, Yo La Tengo, Jazz Passengers with Deborah Harry and Elvis Costello, William Parker and dozens of jazz greats

Brooklyn Responds, Sep 21 and 25 at Southpaw. Two nights of music featuring The Wrens, Radio 4, The Cloud Room, Pela,Au Revoir Simone, Domino and many more.

And tonight at Club Exit, Todd P presents Japanther, Bad Wizard, Love as Laughter, Two Gallants and many more. Click here for info.

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Gigantic ArtSpace is proud to present Negativlandland, an exhibition by the "culture jamming" group Negativland.

September 9 - October 22, 2005
OPENING RECEPTION on Friday, September 9, 6-9PM
59 Franklin Street, New York City

From Press Release:
In Negativlandland, you'll see a life size robot of Abraham Lincoln doing his best to educate you, you'll peer into wrecked cars, get your fingers in the dirt, discover the secrets of Howland Island, learn how to make your own noises on the Booper, view many brand new video works, hiccup with rabbits, and much, much more. Also on view will be an unauthorized special edition of a U2 vs. Negativland iPod (version 2G), created by Francis Hwang.

In this noisy exhibition, Negativland suggests a theme park catapulting us into deconstructed attractions of the gallery as a multi-media entertainment destination. Negativland's work poses questions about the nature of perception, media control, ownership, and propaganda. The exhibition will take place in conjunction with the group's 25th anniversary and will feature the collective's recent visual work as well as their trademark sonic work.

Click Here for more info.

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From Flavorpill:

Over four nights, the Williamsburg Jazz Festival saturates the 11211 with sophisticated modern jazz by vocalists, orchestras, smaller groups, and a Sunday afterparty with the funky beats of Roboto. This year's highlights include one of today's foremost jazz composers, Dave Douglas, who serves up radiant harmonies over earthy rhythms, with Donny McCaslin on tenor sax, James Genus on bass, Clarence Penn on drums, and Deron Johnson on Fender Rhodes. Another high-profile name, Steve Coleman, subjects hip-hop and urban-funk grooves to intense, but intelligent, avant-garde explorations.

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Tonight, FREE at Southstreet Seaport, 7pm:

Ted Leo and The Pharmacists
with Tigers and Monkeys
Click here for directions

And on Saturday at PS1:

Warm Up featuring Doc Martin w/ Monolake, Phil Smart, and Nikola Baytala.

Veteran house hero Doc Martin headlines one of this summer's top Warm Ups, with Australia's Phil Smart and SF's Nikola Baytala dropping 4/4 bombs, and Monolake laptopping austere, minimal techno [from Flavorpill]

Click here for directions and info.

And on Sunday:
Howl! Festival Bluegrass Ball

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On Sunday, August 28, LAURA CANTRELL will be headlining and MC the third annual Bluegrass Ball in Tompkins Square Park. This FREE concert is part of the HOWL! Festival of East Village Arts, which also includes the Charlie Parker Jazz Festival, Art Around the Park, Wigstock and numerous other events this week.

HOWL! FESTIVAL BLUEGRASS BALL
Sunday, August 28
Tompkins Square Park
Ave. A and 10th Street
3:00 Reckon So
3:40 John Herald Tribute band
4:15 Cobble Hillbillies
5:00 LAURA CANTRELL
with Mark Spencer, Jimmy Ryan, Jeremy Chatazky

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Tickets go on sale August 25. We're looking forward to seeing Steve Martin talking to Earl Scruggs (the king of bluegrass) about the banjo. A big thanks to ProductShop

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23
º Readings by Michael Chabon and Stephen King | Directors Guild of America | 7PM | $15
º Readings by A. M. Homes and Jeffrey Eugenides | Satalla | 9:30PM | $15
º Readings by Nicole Krauss and Ian McEwan | Angel Orensanz Foundation | 9:30PM | $15
º Readings by Zadie Smith and Jonathan Franzen | Directors Guild of America | 9:30PM | $15
º Town Hall Meeting on Iraq: Jeffrey Goldberg, moderator, Robert Baer, Mark Danner, Douglas J. Feith, Kanan Makiya, George Packer, Rend al-Rahim and R. James Woolsey | Town Hall | 7PM | $15

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 24
º Malcolm Gladwell on the American Obsession with Precociousness or learning quickly versus learning well | Directors Guild of America | 10AM | $25
º William Finnegan and Raymond W. Kelly Discuss Defending New York City | Times Square Studios | 1pm | $25
º A Conversation with Roger Angell and Ian Frazier interviewed by Mark Singer |
Ailey Studios | 1PM | $25
º A Conversation with Mikhail Baryshnikov interviewed by Joan Acocella | 37 Arts | 1PM | $25
º Panel Discussion on When Reality Fails: Fantasy and invention in fiction with Deborah Treisman (moderator), Martin Amis, Judy Budnitz, A. M. Homes, Stephen King, and George Saunders | Celeste Bartos Forum at The New York Public Library | 10AM | $25
º Panel Discussion on Anarchy and Animation: Cartoon chaos theory with Tad Friend (moderator), The Incredibles director Brad Bird, Matt Maiellaro, Dave Willis, and South Park's Trey Parker and Matt Stone | Directors Guild of America | 1PM | $25
º Panel Discussion on Stage to Studio: When performers produce with Sasha Frere-Jones (moderator), Steve Albini, Ani DiFranco, Ric Ocasek, and the RZA | Times Square Studios | 4PM | $25
º Panel Discussion on Generation X Fashion: Young American designers with Judith Thurman (moderator), Alice Roi, Behnaz Sarafpour, and Tara Subkoff | Ailey Studios | 4PM | $25
º Noah Baumbach and Laura Linney talk with Susan Morrison: How I made my movie | Pavilion Park Slope | 7PM | $20
º Tracy Chapman talks with Dana Goodyear: A Conversation with Music: Songs of love and social justice | Satalla | 7PM | $35
º Tony Ellis, Earl Scruggs, Pete Wernick, and Charles Wood talk with Steve Martin: A Conversation About The great American banjo | Directors Guild of America | 7PM | $35
º Edie Falco talks with Jeffrey Toobin: One tough cookie | Coda | 7PM | $35
º Sleater-Kinney talk with James Surowiecki: A Conversation About The power of three | Newspace | 7PM | $35
Ricky Gervais talks with Nancy Franklin: Office worker | Coda | 10PM | $35
º The Roots talk with Malcolm Gladwell: A Conversation On Grassroots hip-hop | Newspace | 10PM | $35
º Rufus Wainwright talks with Andy Young: A Conversation On The Heart on his sleeve | Satalla | 10PM | $35

SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
º Wallace & Gromit—The Curse of the Were-Rabbit: The New Yorker presents a special preview screening of DreamWorks Animation SKG and Aardman Features, with a discussion between Nick Park and Hendrik Hertzberg | Directors Guild of America | 1PM | $5
º Nyuk, Nyuk, Nyuk: A Salute to the Three Stooges - A Sunday brunch accompanied by clips from classic Three Stooges episodes and a discussion moderated by Adam Green. With Fred Armisen, Mike Cerrone, Gilbert Gottfried, and John Landis | Gallagher’s Steak House | 2PM | $45
º Master Class in the Graphic Novel With Charles Burns and Chris Ware | Condé Nast Auditorium | 1PM | $35
º A Humor Revue With Noah Baumbach, Andy Borowitz, Larry Doyle, Nancy Franklin, Frank Gannon, Anthony Lane, Patricia Marx, Bruce McCall, Rebecca Mead, David Owen, Paul Rudnick, George Saunders, Paul Simms, and Mark Singer. David Remnick, the editor of The New Yorker, hosts the event | Town Hall | 3PM | $50

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Tickets are 40-75 bucks but she is, after all, Dolly Parton. Click here for tix.

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Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks

Tuesday August 16th at Glasshouse Gallery
38 South 1st btwn Wythe & Kent
$8 - donation, begins at 8PM

Colleen
A Hawk and a Hacksaw (Jeremy Barnes of Neutral Milk Hotel)
Dirty Projectors

[ COLLEEN ] It's the perfect headphones soundtrack to a bus ride through ultraviolet city snow - One of those rare, truly evocative abstract pieces of art where every observer takes away their own interpretation, and is left feeling a little more special about their experience as a result - Pitchfork.com

[Jeremy Barnes] Formerly the drummer of quirk-pop band Neutral Milk Hotel, Barnes plays accordion, keyboards and electronics in addition to percussion on these mostly instrumental compositions, which range all over the map but show a particular affinity for Spanish and Eastern European tones. (Wash Post)

Listen to Colleen here and here.

MP3's
Colleen - The Happy Sea taken from the album The Golden Morning Breaks
Colleen - The Golden Morning Breaks taken from the album The Golden Morning Breaks
Colleen - Ritournelle taken from the album Everyone Alive Wants Answers

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When: Friday 8-12 at 8pm
Who: Monotract, Metalux, and Sightings
Where: THE BEACH at the HuntersPoint Water TaxiStation
SW Corner of 2nd St & Borden Ave | LIC, Queens
G-21st Van Alst, 7-Vernon Jackson
How Much: 6 bucks

From Todd P's website:

The Beach is OUTSIDE - it's pretty much a waterfront palapa / sand-covered temporary watering hole / backyard grill / beach volleyball court / experimental temporary autonomous art project experience – right on the East River waterfront and directly across the East River from Midtown Manhattan in Long Island City, Queens. The city view is unreal/beautiful, the beer cold. Froofy tropical drinks, cheap elk burgers, fish tacos, and pork kielbasa from the grill + vegan stuff.
** CHEAP **$2** 24-OUNCE PBR! **

Find out more here.

Also Tonight:

OPEN BAR
Triple Crown
Williamsburg
N. 11th and Bedford, Brooklyn, NY.
When: 9-11pm

From MyOpenBar.com:

Two-hour open bar courtesy of Red Stripe and Smirnoff. Album release party for the third volume of Triple 5 Soul Sessions at Triple Crown. On the decks for the night will be Waajeed (Platinum Pied Pipers/Bling 47), Blu Jemz (Money Studies/Turntable Lab), Lindsey (Negroclash/Triple Crown) and DJ Myles (Triple Crown). Plus cd giveaways. Free entry with RSVP at events@triple5soul.com.

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We're not even going to mention what's going on tonight. It's already going to be too damned crowded.

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To Do this Weekend:

M.I.A. with Diplo and DJ Rekha
Sunday, August 07, 2005
Beginning at 3:00 PM
Central Park SummerStage
FREE

"The 28-year old Sri Lankan-born M.I.A. represents a new type of rootless, nation-less pop performer, one who can effortlessly graft images of violent revolution and Third World poverty to block-rocking party beats. The music on her debut album, Arular, is impossible to define, an irresistible mash-up of British garage, Jamaican toasting, American hip-hop and South Asian bhangra (to name just a few of its elements)"

Our friends at Cakehead have some other great suggestions such as Criscomas and NYC Tiger Beer Singapore Chili Crab Festival

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WHEN: Saturday July 30th - 2-6pm
PRICE: Free admission
WHERE: East River Park Amphitheatre
just south of the Williamsburg Bridge on the Manhattan side
SUBWAY: F or JMZ to Essex / Delancey

-- DJ Brian Turner
-- Tall Firs
-- Oxford Collapse
-- Oneida

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Oneida: Their latest album,"The Wedding", covers many bases, from ranging full-on rawk to quirky, low-key pop. Jagjaguwar describes their previous album as follows; this seems as good an encapsulation of their sound as anything I can come up with: "Their trademark iterated and psych-tinged noise attack is still fully intact, both nervous and subdued at the same time - like what happens when you give meditative children trained in the ways of yoga an excessive amount of caffeine."

MP3s:
http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/runthrough.mp3
http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/dididie.mp3
http://www.scjag.com/mp3/jag/treasureplane.mp3

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Oxford Collapse: The Oxford Collapse's newest album, A Good Ground, is a distillation of twenty-plus years' worth of underground rock and roll, evoking early REM, the Meat Puppets, and others. It's catchy as hell, propelled by melodic basslines and accentuated by jangly guitar work, and makes for a damn good summertime listen.

MP3s:
http://www.kaninerecords.com/mp3/proofreading.mp3
http://media.spin.com//features/band_of_the_day/audio/2005/06/
cracks_in_the_causeway_hi.mp3

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Tall Firs: Swirling guitars and edgy vocals; if the Oxford Collapse evoke SST Records circa '85, the Tall Firs could have fit on said label two years later. Described on the Tonic website as "Songs of time machines and whiskey."

MP3s:
http://www.tallfirs.org/mp3/the%20woods.mp3
http://www.tallfirs.org/mp3/buddy_baby.mp3

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Extra Action Marching Band: They're a marching band who've won the SF Bay Guardian's Readers' Poll for Best Rock Band, which should tell you a lot. Flag twirlers, a percussion section, you name it...twenty-eight people strong. They have the honor of leading us from the 'theater when the show is through.

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Lightning Bolt (Photo by Jason Carlisle)

Friday July 22

Alec Ounsworth of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Live at Pete's Candy Store
FREE
Click Here for more info

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Saturday July 23

Todd P Presents:
-- Lightning Bolt with Afrirampo
-- USAISAMONSTER
-- Free Blood
-- Eloe Omoe
-- Japanther

Parking lot at 28-10 Queens Plaza, LIC
10 bucks

From Flavorpill:
Sure, the zany ramblings, bizarre chicken clucks, and unhinged swagger of "Paris Hilton" may have endeared them to the global dance floor crowd, but it's Mutsumi Kanamori and Maurice Fulton's unique blend of hardcore mutant funk that's solidified their street cred from Sheffield to Tokyo. On the married duo's sophomore album, Out of Breach (Manchester's Revenge), production-ace Fulton prods each track along with low-slung thumps, plumbing inky sonic depths for bass lines as vocalist Kanamori freezes the surface with her deadpan delivery and icy shrieks. Beats in Space host Tim Sweeney and Metro Area's Darshan Jesrani get the afternoon started behind the decks and under the sun in P.S.1's famed courtyard.

Click Here for more info

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Friday, July 15th, 2005
ROOFTOP FILMS in Williamsburg:
8:30 - Live music by Honeychild (details below)
9:00 - Communities on the Edge

On the lawn at Automotive High School
50 Bedford Avenue, Williamsburg, Brooklyn.
In the event of rain the show is indoors at the same location.
Click here for the schedule

Saturday, July 15th, 2005
Siren Festival is hot, crowded, and the sound always sucks. Plus the Voice is run by a bunch of douchebags. This year's line-up sucks too. We recommend this FREE event at Summerstage instead.

Celebrate New Orleans
3pm at Central Park SummerStage (Rumsey Field at 72nd St)

From Flavorpill:
The glory of New Orleans' music is on display today, beginning with a brass band that cranks to 11 — tubist Phil Frazier and headliner Kermit Ruffins co-founded the wily and playful ReBirth Brass Band, so when ReBirth turn the party out with their contemporary sousa-funk, don't be surprised if Ruffins joins in. A favorite son of the Crescent City, he's a trumpet-playing superman, a professional barbeque entertainer whose group swings like there's no tomorrow. The underappreciated Donald Harrison is also on hand — as comfortable in the fantastical garb of a Mardi Gras Indian as he is playing alto with Art Blakey — as are the crowd-riling, high-stepping Lady Buckjumpers. Perfect for everyone who isn't hearing the Siren song

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Check them tonight at 7pm at Pier 54. This is the first of ten free shows to be put on by Fusion Flash.

Pier 54 is located at West Street and 13th Street.

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Sunday July 10
The Blind Boys of Alabama
(with Citizen Cope)
Free at Summer Stage
(Rumsey Field at 72nd St)

From Flavorpill
The Blind Boys of Alabama love New York City. It was here, in The Gospel at Colonus, that their stirring Southern harmonies earned them mainstream attention. Since the group's genesis more than 60 years ago — before there was rock, rap, or the Rolling Stones — the Blind Boys have gathered no moss. They stay fresh and relevant through their affiliation with Peter Gabriel's Real World Records and their work with Gabriel, Ben Harper, and sacred steel giant Robert Randolph. The two remaining founding members bring a palpable fire to tunes both secular and sacred on this welcome return. Basehead and Lazy K cohort Clarence Greenwood, aka Citizen Cope, got help from Meshell Ndegeocello and Carlos Santana on the long-delayed The Clarence Greenwood Recordings — today he holds forth with his band, conveniently called Citizen Cope.

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Nothing makes us feel more patriotic than the Yankee Doodle Chicken Man. Thanks CAKEHEAD for bringing this to our attention. Lots to do this weekend, including burning a flag to protest our country's Jesusy detour. You know, before it becomes a felony. Here are some other highlights:

Saturday 7-2 (3-9pm)
Warm Up at P.S.1
DJ Harvey w/ Groove Collective and Simon James
22-25 Jackson Ave, LIC
8 bucks includes museum admission
[From Flavorpill]

Not to sound too effusive, but the producers of P.S.1's parties have stepped up their game (again), and your next nine Saturdays are basically a lock. The museum's Greater New York 2005 exhibition — one of the best surveys of local artists in years — is even a compelling reason to occasionally tear yourself from the beer, burgers, and beats in the courtyard, which is tricked out this year with a breathtakingly futuristic, spandex-wrapped canopy/installation piece. The season's lineup is relentless, kicking off with DJ Harvey's leftfield disco, acid jazz big band Groove Collective, and Projections' Simon James dropping all manner of beats and breaks. Wallflowers be warned, Warm Up crowds dance en masse.

July 4
Yo La Tengo, Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks, and Laura Cantrell
Live and free at Battery Park
[From Flavorpill]

Battery Park, Manhattan's "emerald doorstep," plays host today to classic indie rock and avant country. Twenty years of consistently great records show Yo La Tengo's ever-changing brilliance — from the blissed-out dronescapes of And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out to their genre-defying masterpiece, 1997's I Can Hear the Heart Beating as One. Equally essential is Stephen Malkmus, who led '90s groundbreakers Pavement into timeless territory with his rough-around-the-edges genius, and finally hit his solo stride with 2005's pleasantly weird Face the Truth. As for Laura Cantrell, legendary BBC DJ John Peel famously championed the folk aesthete, calling her first album "my favorite record of the last 10 years, and possibly my life.

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Tonight is opening night for what will be a new Williamsburg staple: AIREOKE. Every Wednesday at Trash Bar (formerly Luxx)

AIREOKE: The world's first and foremost melding of karaoke and air guitar has come to Williamsburg to bring the art of air guitar out of the bedroom and on to the stage for one and all. Hosted by the recently crowned NUMBER ONE AIR GUITARIST in New York, Björn Türoque, AIREOKE is a monthly event where anyone can be a rock star. Choose any song from the list and wail away, sing along, or both. There are no karaoke machines, no bouncing balls, no crappy videos,and absolutely NO guitars. AIREOKE unleashes the guitar legends that live inside us all, and gives air guitarists the chance to achieve AIRNESS!

Tonight at 10pm at Trash Bar (256 Grand St. at Roebling). Six bucks to get in. Open Bar from 9-10pm.

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Via Cakehead:

It's Restaurant Week again in New York City. That means it's time to make your reservations at that restaurant you've been wanting to try, but just couldn't afford. Click here for the full list of participating restaurants.

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July 16th at Coney Island:
SPOON
BRENDAN BENSON
DUNGEN
Q AND NOT U
THE DEARS
AMBULANCE LTD
DETACHMENT KIT
MATES OF STATE
VHS OR BETA
SAUL WILLIAMS
DIAMOND NIGHTS
MORNINGWOOD
BE YOUR OWN PET
NINE BLACK ALPS

click for more info

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Saturday, June 25th

Billy Effin Graham at Queens Meadows. He's 86 and this will be his last crusade. This promises to be a freak show too bizarre to pass up. We hope to get filled with the Spirit. Provided the spirit is George Dickel, of course. We're bringing a flask. Billy G is guaranteed to end early, so we'll be checking out Comets of Fire at Mighty Robot afterwards.

Miighty Flashlight

Saturday, June 25th

If you've never been to The Mermaid Parade, check it out saturday at Coney Island. Otherwise, here are our picks:

East River Music Project presents
— Brasilia
— Grizzly Bear
— Soft Circle
— Miighty Flashlight (download mp3: 1 | 2)
— Pajo (download mp3)
(East River Park Amphitheatre NYC just south of the Williamsburg Bridge on the Manhattan side) This show goes from 2-6pm. It's free

Then at 7:30, as part of Prospect Park's Celebrate Brooklyn:

New Pornographers / Stars / The Sadies
click here for directions and info.

Sunday, June 26th

Gay Pride, of course. Click here for information.

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In addition to The New Pornographers show at the Prospect Park Bandshell on Saturday, our friends over at cakehead have listed some great picnic ideas for those of us feeling a little stir crazy inside our cramped apartments:

With that fluke of a heatwave far in New York City's past and with free the concert season kicked off, it's time to mark your calendar and prepare your picnic basket.

This week's free picnic-friendly events include:
Tonight, June 21, 2005, 7 PM: The Metropolitan Opera performs Samson et Dalila by Camille Saint-Saëns in Prospect Park's Long Meadow.

Read the full list here

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Brand Nubian

The Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival is an all-day outdoor event celebrating Hip Hop music and culture in New York's most beautiful borough. Brought to you by Room Service, Seven Heads, and The Brooklyn Brewery.

When: Saturday, June 18th, 1-7pm
At the Brooklyn Brewery
Featuring Brand Nubian, Little Brother, Rhymefest, and Leela James
Get tickets and info here

Hailing from New Rochelle, NY Brand Nubian formed in 1989. Known for their storytelling style and politically motivated lyrics, the group signed to Elektra and released their breakthrough album, "One For All." Members Lord Jamal, Grand Puba and Sadat X have created many Hip Hop classics including "Slow Down," "Love Me or Leave Me Alone," "One For All," and street favorite "Punks Jump Up to Get Beat Down."

Little Brother's members MC's Phonte and Big Pooh, along with DJ/Producer 9th Wonder met in 1998 while attending North Carolina Central University. Members of the Durham Hip Hop's Justus League crew, the group released their first album The Listening on ABB Records. They are gearing up for their sophomore album release this summer.

Fresh off his 2005 Grammy win for co-writing the rap song of the year "Jesus Walks" with Kanye West, Chicago native, Rhymefest is set to release his highly- anticipated debut album Blue Collar, this summer on celebrity DJ Mark Ronson's Allido Records/J Records. The sharp-witted MC is expected to have fellow Chi-town representatives, Kanye, Twista, Common and Carl Thomas as well as Q-Tip and the late Dirt McGirt (aka ODB) featured on his album. This will be his first major performance in NYC and Brooklyn in particular.

One listen to Leela James's music and it's evident that James is a pupil and conduit of classic soul. Alma Geddy-Romero, went on to say, "We're really excited to add Leela to the line up as an extension of the marketing campaign we are doing for her project. My DJs love her music, and I'm positive the festival attendees will as well."

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This looks like a great line-up. Will be worth the trip:
(Via Brooklyn Vegan)

The Newport Folk Fest in Newport, Rhode Island is happening August 6th & 7th, 2005.

Lineup:
Elvis Costello & The Imposters
Bright Eyes
M Ward
Del McCoury
Jim Lauderdale
Emmylou Harris
and JUST ADDED: The Pixies (accoustic)

click here for more

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On Friday:
It's hot, muggy and rainy. A perfect night to see the new Miyazaki film Howl's Moving Castle. If you've never seen Miyazaki film before, don't miss seeing this on the big screen. He's a genious. And you don't even have to like anime. He's that good. Click for tix.

On Saturday

Don't miss the Sweet Action Magazine Party
at the Tainted lady Lounge:
318 Grand St @ Havemeyer (7pm)
10 bucks includes:
-- A free copy of Sweet Action #3!
-- A Sixpoint Sweet Action Beer!
-- Dick Readings by Madame Micole ($5 a head)
-- Lots of raffle prizes!
Plus the people who run and operate Sweet Action are super cool. The upcoming mag features backpaker Beans nude.

Then on Sunday at 6pm

see the film Half-Cocked (1995) - because we love the Make-Up
Ocularis at Galapagos Art Space (70 N 6th St, Wburg)
6 bucks

from flavorpill
Half-Cocked is best known for its soundtrack, featuring '90s lo-fi band the Grifters and riot grrrl math rockers Ruby Falls. The film chronicles the naissance of Truckstop, a band born of Gen-X boredom and timeless rock star aspirations. After jacking a van laden with another band's equipment, a group of friends bluff their way into playing a local club. Because the band has no material, and none of its members play instruments, their musical signature quickly becomes volume and distortion. Don't miss this rare chance to see Ian Svenonious (Nation of Ulysses, the Make-Up, Weird War, et al) and Tara Jane O'Neil lead the cast down the glorious road of rock 'n roll destitution.

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Tuesday, June 7 at 7:00pm
at Galapagos Artspace (70 North 6th Street in Williamsburg)
No cover. Free book give-aways. And yours truly (Robert Lanham) will be reading.

On Tuesday, June 7, editor Kevin Smokler and New York-based contributors to Bookmark Now will read from their contributions to the book, which features young writers on the state of the art—and the art of the hustle—in the age of information overload.

Bookmark Now contains 25 original essays written by authors who came of age professionally in the last decade. Raised by television, video games, and the internet, they still decided to become writers and readers, producers and consumers of literature at the most media-saturated time in history, a time when books have more competition from flashier distractions than ever before. How? Why? What does this say about the place of books in our hypermedia world? BOOKMARK NOW attempts to answer these questions. As book lovers, we are familiar with the gloom and doom attitude of these "Unreaderly Times." But, there are still smart people everywhere who love books and are excited for the possibilities the future will bring for connecting books and readers. BOOKMARK NOW argues and celebrates that that future is already here.

Smokler will introduce readings by Stephanie Elizondo Griest, Robert Lanham, Benjamin Nugent, and Elizabeth Spiers of Gawker/Media Bistro fame. Sponsored by FreeWilliamsburg.com, the event also features audience giveaways of Bookmark Now and Lanham's Food Court Druids, Cherohonkees, and Other Creatures Unique to the Republic, both of which will be raffled off in-between readers.

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Remember, there is no L service all weekend starting at midnight tonight. Rat bastards.

Friday and Saturday June 4 and 5
The Billyburg Film Festival
at Northsix in Williamsburg
66 North 6th Street
10 bucks - films start at 9pm

From Flavorpill
The folks at Rabbit in a Turtle Shell are back with a second Billyburg Short Film Festival, expanded to two nights of abbreviated cinema. The first program, Inspiration, highlights ten works that embody the organization's definition of great short film, including pieces by Raising Victor Vargas director Peter Sollett, Interpol Short Film contest winner Greg Brunkalla, and the irreverent comic troupe Stella. The aptly named second night, Competition, is a juried screening of seven films chosen from over 130 submissions. (IB)

Note: Each night begins with Elijah B. Torn's live laptop soundtrack and adult beverages from sponsors Brooklyn Lager and PBR. Local bands Professor Murder and Innocent Animals follow each night's screenings, respectively.

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The Hold Steady free at Soundfix Records

TO DO FRIDAY 5-27

Get drunk by 7pm because Rilo Kiley is sold-out anyway.
Go home and download MP3's of this free Ryan Adams show

TO DO SATURDAY 5-28

Check out The Hold Steady at Soundfix Records, 3:00 PM
It's FREE
Bedford Avenue (at North 11th Street)

Then check out The Weird Weeds w/ Castanets and Marissa Nadler at
Glass House Gallery, 38 S 1st St, W-burg. (only 5 bucks)

From Flavorpill
The Weird Weeds, the Castanets, and Marissa Nadler are united by the tendency to haunt and hypnotize. While the Austin-based Weird Weeds create uncanny congruity from eerie guitar riffs, electrifying cymbals, door creaks, and full-pitched screams, the Castanets, birthed from San Diego's underground scene, mesmerize with mellower avant folk-rock. Marissa Nadler's hypnotic soprano, fortified by guitar, ukelele, or five-string banjo, croons with melancholy and soul. Within the Glass House Gallery's surreal setting (where freedom of artistic expression oozes like the freshly thrown acrylics on the walls), unfetter those last shackles of reality and succumb to this existential showcase.

TO DO SUNDAY 5-29

See the film "Smiles of a Summer Night" at the very underated Museum of the Moving Image at 6:30pm (only $10 and include admission). Get directions here.

From Time Out
Ingmar Bergman's sunniest film -- it's very nearly a comedy, in fact -- inspired both Sondheim's A Little Night Music and Woody Allen's A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy. Those who find his usual gloom 'n' doom wearisome are in for a very pleasant surprise.

TO DO MEMORIAL DAY

If the weather is nice on Memorial Day:
Green-Wood Cemetery Celebrates Memorial Day with Free Annual Concert

[From Gotham Gazette] On Monday, May 30 at 2:00 p.m., The Green-Wood Historic Fund will celebrate its 7th Annual Memorial Day Concert as the extraordinary 54-piece Goldman Memorial Band pays tribute to Green-Wood "residents" Leonard Bernstein, Louis Gottschalk and Fred Ebb in a musical salute. The band will also debut a special medley to legendary Broadway lyricist Fred Ebb. The free concert takes place at the landmark Victorian Archway of Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn.

Guests are welcome to bring picnic lunches and folding chairs. Hot dogs, snacks and refreshments will be sold, as well as books about the cemetery and its history. All proceeds will benefit the Historic Fund, which preserves and restores the historic monuments and tombstones.

Green-Wood Cemetery is located at 25th Street at 5th Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. The concert will be at the Victorian Archway.
Please call 718-788-7850 for additional information

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To do tonight:
33Hz at Rothko. This is pure dance music reminiscent of early eighties Prince. Their new self-titled CD is the best pop release so far this year with the best hand-claps this side of LCD Soundsystem. Check them out tonight, Friday 5/20, at Rothko (band goes on at 12:15)

Rothko
116 Suffolk St. (Lower East Side)
at Rivington St.
212-475-7088

Check out 33Hz's site here

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From Flavorpill:

Though MoMA's moved the masterpieces back to Manhattan, Long Island City is still teeming with culture. Commence an art-filled weekend by touring the furtive Fisher Landau Center, an icon-heavy painting and sculpture collection. Then, drop into the nearby Museum of the Moving Image, where Porgy and Bess lights the screen and Digital Play recreates a video-game arcade. Later, listen to live music in the peaceful Noguchi Museum garden or let loose with Skeletons & the Girl-Faced Boys in P.S.1's courtyard. Hit the trail again on Sun 5.15 for two exciting sculpture shows: Make It Now: New Sculpture in New York at the stylish Sculpture Center and the competing Sport at the down-to-earth Socrates Sculpture Park. (YP)

Also, a great show at Tommy's Tavern:
Leaders of the Free World, The Redcoats are Coming, Poorboy Johnson & the Goddamn Rattlesnake, Landrew, and Compassion in Action

Saturday at 8pm (5 bucks)
Tommy's Tavern
1041 Manhattan Ave (at Freeman St)
G to Greenpoint Ave or B61/B43 to India St.

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Todd P presents
Oneida [pictured], Apes, Sightings and Pterodactyl
Saturday May 7 at Palace Tavern

The Palace Tavern is a 1930's era old man bar in Greenpoint, Brooklyn featuring $1.50 Budweiser mugs and 3 for $2 Jello shots. Huge wood floor back room with gingerbread house walls and a cozy fireplace, plus a big half moon bar with big old timey pane picture windows looking out onto Nassau Ave up front.

Doors will open at 9:30 and the bands will go on promptly, due to a kinda early curfew over there.

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Sakura Matsuri (Cherry Blossom Festival)
Sat and Sun at the Beautiful Brooklyn Botanical Garden
click here for schedule and info
Saturday will be rainy most likely, but Sunday should be nice

From Flavorpill Despite Gwen Stefani's Harajuku girls, the obsession with Lost in Translation, and the widespread acceptance of Murakami's pop art, we should acknowledge that Japan is about more than modern pop culture trends. For a taste of old traditions, there's the annual Cherry Blossom Festival. And no, you don't have to go to DC to see them — it's just a short subway ride to Brooklyn. The two-day festival features a full schedule of events, including Samurai sword fighting, Taiko drumming, classical concerts, and woodblock printing classes.

And, if you can get a ticket, Death From Above 1979 are playing the Bowery Ballroom Sat, Apr 30 -- doors open at 8:30pm. Tickets are $15

From Village Voice
They're a duo from Canada, but we won't pass judgment. Nor will we chastise them for being on Vice Records and being the sort of quasi-/neo-metalheads that just might wear girls' jeans and trucker hats. Why? Because they totally rock: dancey disco beats, robotic turbo bass, and sticky-sweet classic-rock vocals that have you singin' along about young love and blood on yer hands all while headbangin' and doing a li'l Ashlee Simpson jig. With Uncut and Controller.Controller.

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Mark you calendars. Check out some music. Help prevent our neighborhood from turning into a generic suburban hell:

Williamsburg Warriors and Kill Whitie present REZONE THIS! @ CLUB EXIT

Greenpoint, Brooklyn
April 28th, 2005
Tickets $12.50 advance, $15.00 door. Advance Tix at EAT Records

Doors open at 8:00pm, show starts at 9:00pm
Featuring TV on the Radio, Dragons of Zynth, Apollo Heights, Roxy
Pain, and Tha Pumpsta with Chief Quievie
REZONE THIS! a show organized by local Williamsburg/Greenpoint community groups features a show and dance party to raise awareness of the city's plan for OUR waterfront rezoning.

From Todd P:
a sort of secret GHOST EXITS reunion show is happening after the TVOTR show - Thursday 2/28 - and FREE BLOOD (members !!! aka Chk Chk Chk) is playing too.

It's at Club Exit after the TV on the Radio show, really late, during the Kill Whitie dance party. It'll be $6 to get into the late late party.

The bands'll go down in the lapdance room / vip lounge @ Club Exit - 147 Greenpoint Ave @ Manhattan Ave in Greenpoint Brooklyn.

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This promises to be a great release party. The National's new record, Alligator, is a perfect mesh of alternative country and brit-pop-inspired indie. Just what you'd expect from an Ohio-transplanted New York band. A very accomplished record that becomes more rewarding with multiple spins.

Tuesday April 12:
Record release party for "Alligator" presented by Beggars Banquet and Fader Magazine. Doors at 8pm - The National play a short set beginning at 9pm sharp. Free Red Stripe, Guiness, and Harp from 8pm to 9pm.

Supreme Trading
213 N. 8th St.
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York

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Saturday, April 9 - $10
MoMA (11 W 53rd St, 212.708.9400)

From Flavorpill

Not since the Hal Ashby and Robert Altman films of the '70s has improvisation been used well for dramatic purpose. Instead, as Curb Your Enthusiasm and the brilliant films of Christopher Guest have made clear, improvisation is now a comic medium, and a successful one at that. Guest's This is Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, and A Mighty Wind top any list of improv's greatest moments. This latest incarnation of MoMA's Great Collaborations series unites stars from those films: Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Parker Posey, and Bob Balaban. Tonight's event includes an acoustic performance by the Spinal Tappers, and conversations with the rest. Scripts not included.

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From Todd P's newsletter:

Friday 4/1 at Club Exit:

LIGHTNING BOLT -> DMBQ -> Panthers -> Titan -> Shellshag
with CHK CHK CHK djs - NEW TAAFE dance party btwn bands & till late

some tickets will be available @ the door -&- in advance @ EAT RECORDS:

124 Meserole Ave @ Leonard St in Greenpoint, BKYLN
Take the G train to Nassau - call 718.389.8083 for ticket info

Club Exit is a fuckin' crazy designed to the hilt Polish disco located above a Burger King around the corner from the Greenpoint Ave train station in Greenpoint, Brooklyn - Little Poland, NYC. Club Exit features many many rroms and levels of pulsating lights, lasers, smoke, ovular furniture, light fixtures, bathrooms sinks, bartops, etc - and lots and lots of backlit opaque plastic. You've walked past it a zillion times - you've got to see the inside of this place.

Check out the site --> http://www.club-exit.com

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We were going to post this last week as a "to do" but knew the opening weekend crowd would be too annoying. Check it this weekend:

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
Greater New York 2005
MARCH 13 - SEPTEMBER 26, 2005
click for directions/info

Greater New York 2005, jointly organized by P.S.1 and The Museum of Modern Art, will go on view at P.S.1 on March 13,2005 showcasing more than 160 artists from the New York area. This exhibition builds from the spirit of its first incarnation, Greater New York, which opened at P.S.1 in 2000, shortly after the two institutions became affiliated.

Greater New York 2005 presents artists who have emerged since 2000. Their work explores both this specific time period, during which New York City has changed dramatically; shows vitality, energy, and exciting promise; and anticipates new artistic directions. The exhibition includes artists from New York's five boroughs, as well as nearby towns in New Jersey.

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In celebration of the Armory Show in Manhattan, most Williamsburg galleries will be open until 11pm on Saturday, March 12:

From Flavorpill No, not that kind of after-hours. Inspired by the 1,000-watt Armory Show across the river in Manhattan, tonight's Brooklyn soiree is really a trans-gallery celebration of artists, filtered through the unique sensibility that is Williamsburg. Think of it as a lively promenade through the hip precincts of a robust, artistic community. With over two dozen galleries expected to contribute diverse performances and special events - including a live band at Pierogi, the always idiosyncratic offerings of the Dollhaus, and an Open Ground bash featuring DJ Damone and a talented roster of artists from Berlin - After-Hours provides an eclectic stroll through an epicenter of art that's no longer merely emerging. (DI)

Note: Spike Hill Bar and Grill (184 Bedford Ave, 718.218.9737) houses an information center. Also, various afterparties abound - consult your favorite gallery for information.

Click here for gallery listings
Click here for more info

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In support of their great new record:
The Matt Sweeney & Bonnie "Prince" Billy — Superwolf free instore tour of New York.

and don't forget:

The 5th Annual L.E.S. Pageant

featuring Pontani Sisters & a panel of celebrity judges including Michael Musto, Mike Albo, Linda Simpson, Wau-Wau Sisters, and JD Samson from LeTigre!

The Miss Lower East Side Pageant is one of the East Village's leading achievement programs and the world's largest provider of scholarship assistance for young women by providing unlimited drink tickets, a plastic tiara from the 99 cent store, and $100 cash in singles to the winner. The Miss L.E.S. (which also can be pronounced "lez" signifying gay women) Organization provides young women with a vehicle to further their personal and professional goals and instills a spirit of community service, and gives these gals the opportunity to wear sashes rather than Dickies and Trucker Hats for a change.

Click here for info

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Check it out. This proves to be a great show:

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From Reuters:
Nudists dine in New York style
By Claudia Parsons

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The diners arrived at a nice Manhattan restaurant on a cold February night and stripped off coats, hats, gloves and scarves. They didn't stop there.

Skirts, shirts, pants, underwear and stockings all ended up stashed in plastic bags by the bar as the patrons got naked for the monthly "Clothing Optional Dinner."

"It's exciting to be in a restaurant nude," said George Keyes, 65, a retired junior high school English teacher.

Nude yes, but not unadorned.

Keyes, a lifelong nudist, wore a necklace, earrings and a black leather "genital bracelet" with red studs. And white sneakers.

The dinner was started by a group of New York nudists who wanted something a bit more elegant than the wilderness getaways and beach resorts they generally frequent.

"When you go away on holiday it's more you're roughing it in the woods, whereas this is a really nice restaurant," said Keyes, a member of gay nudist group Males Au Naturel, or MAN.

John Ordover set up the dining club about a year ago, recruiting members through word of mouth and the Internet.

"Next month is our Easter bonnet event, where everybody has to come wearing an Easter bonnet," said Ordover, a heavyset man with a jovial smile and glasses.

SOMETHING TO SIT ON ...

Around 30 people arrived for the buffet dinner -- organizers specified no hot soup on the menu -- most of them middle-aged, several married couples, some singles, the youngest perhaps in their 30s.

"They're a good class of people, they're no different to you or I," said John Bussi, owner of the midtown restaurant. "They're not hurting anybody, it's not a wild Roman orgy."

Health regulations mean staff must remain clothed even if they wanted to join in. And diners must bring something to sit on -- a towel or, for discerning women, an elegant silk scarf.

The restaurant's manager covered the windows to maintain privacy at the strictly private party. Extra heaters kept the temperature at a comfortable level for nudity.

Ordover's wife, Carol, said they first went on a naturist holiday five years ago and she found the experience empowering. But, she explained, it's "the least sexual thing you can possibly imagine."

"Men in nudist resorts are striking a bargain. They get to see as many naked women as they like as long as they are polite and look them straight in the eye," she said.

Sherry Stafford, a petite and elegant 51-year-old with blond hair and high heels, brought brochures and videos advertising her travel business, Internaturally Travel.

One of the flyers was for a resort called "Hedonism II" whose slogan is "Be wicked for a week." But she said nudists should not be confused with swingers.

"Wearing clothes and going to church does not protect you from moral evil," Stafford said, lamenting what she saw as a tendency to demonize people just because they like to be naked.

Sandy, a slim woman in her 40s, said she never felt self-conscious about her body and was comfortable dining in the nude. But she did admit to being a bit more nervous before a recent naked yoga class attended by around 25 people.

"Everyone was a little concerned there would be people looking around but the good thing is nobody really was," she said, standing at the restaurant's bar before dinner.

"If you try to maintain a yoga position you're going to fall if you start looking around -- and that's more embarrassing than anything else."

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Robert Moses, Freemasons, and Fornicating Rabbits
This looks right up our alley!

Boozy: The Life, Death, and Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier and, More Importantly, Robert Moses ($15)
The Ohio Theatre
66 Wooster St, New York, New York
February 13-March 5
All Performances 8pm

Amidst a blaze of streaming media, ridiculous choreography, and dozens of live fornicating rabbits, famed French architect Le Corbusier inspires builder Robert Moses in his desperate battle to recreate New York," the Off-Broadway company announced. "Boozy: The Life, Death, and Subsequent Vilification of Le Corbusier and, More Importantly, Robert Moses tracks the life of Robert Moses, from idealistic youth to unstoppable power broker, able to turn parched land into glorious bridges, highways, and public housing with a mere flick of the wrist. With guest appearances by Benito Mussolini, FDR, and the ghost of Baron von Haussmann, Moses learns from the greats until true power is finally his. Freemasons dance, FDR levitates, and Daniel Libeskind silently weeps. None shall be spared.

Click here for all the Details

[Let us know in comments how it is.]

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Don't miss the beautiful folk psychedelia of Grizzly Bear, playing in Williamsburg this Sunday. Local label Kanine Records strikes gold again with this great up-and-coming band.

Check out their site to listen to GB's music.

From their site:
"During a long fifteen-month hibernation in his cozy Greenpoint, Brooklyn bedroom, Droste laid the groundwork for Grizzly Bear's first album. Upon completion of this "demo," Droste enlisted the help of a real bear, Christopher Bear, who breathed new life and sounds to the work. Hailing from Chicago, Bear has worked in various musical projects ranging from laptop shenanigans to free jazz. He has provided a vast technical knowledge, a certain sonic polishing, as well as additional instruments and vocals to the initially primitive recordings.

The result, Grizzly Bear's debut album titled "Horn of Plenty." is a nostalgic amalgamation of found sounds and layered vocals bound to thrill followers of Animal Collective, Sufjan Stevens and Nick Drake."

See Grizzly Bear Sunday 2-13 at 9pm
Glass House Gallery (38 S 1st St, Wburg, 718.387.4942)
$5 suggested donation

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Thursday February 10th at 7 O'clock
at Spoonbill Books in Williamsburg
A star-studded gala event: Robert Lanham and Sam Lipsyte together on one stage at Spoonbill books in Williamsburg!

Robert Lanham, author of the bestselling and hilarious THE HIPSTER HANDBOOK, will start things off reading from and discussing his latest: FOOD COURT DRUIDS, CHEROHONKEES,and other creatures unique to the republic (Plume, 2004).

Sam Lipsyte, author of the classic short story collection VENUS DRIVE (Open City Books) and the criminally overlooked novel THE SUBJECT STEVE (Broadway Books), will be reading from his latest novel (and perhaps his magnum opus) HOMELAND. Written in the form of a high school alumni newsletter, HOMELAND manages to pretty much sum up the time we live in.

Spoonbill is located at 218 Bedford Avenue, between North 4th & 5th Streets, Williamsburg, Brooklyn. Phone 718-387-7322. Call for further info.

Take the L Train to Bedford Avenue, take a left on Bedford and walk 4 blocks. Store is on the left

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Vietnam

Saturday 01.29.05
At Todd Patrick's New Space In Williamsburg

Vietnam
Blood On The Wall
Psychic Ills
Civil War

NE Corner of Metropolitan & River St - River St door | WLMSBRG, BKLYN
L - Bedford / G - Metropolitan / JM - Marcy | 8pm | all ages + booze | $6

Blood On The Wall open up this New Year with their first show of 2005 with Miggie Littleton back on the drum throne. This trio will have you stomping and swaying with their infectious songs and get you laughing with their between song banter. The Psychic Ills bring their space rock burn which is sure to keep your head swimming. Joining them will be Vice-Records-Rostered Vietnam (Now featuring Ivan Sunshine of Ghost Exits Fame) and local heros Civil War.

The new space is around the corner from the soon-to-be former Mighty Robot Space and is housed in the same building as the soon-to-be newer Mighty Robot Space.

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And don't miss IDIOTAROD on Saturday.

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FRIDAY:

Winter Soul: Featuring George Clinton and the P-Funk All-Stars
TV on the Radio
BAM Howard Gilman Opera House

Jan 7 at 7:30pm
Tickets: $20, 30, 40, 45
click here for more info

SATURDAY:

from Flavorpill:
Christian Marclay: Shake Rattle and Roll (fluxmix)
Sat 1.8 (10am-7pm) FREE
Paula Cooper Gallery (534 W 21st St)

"One of the founders of turntablism, Christian Marclay is an avant-garde DJ who also creates in other artistic media. In the video installation, Shake Rattle and Roll (fluxmix), he projects a special brew of Fluxus-inspired montage, stemming from his time as an artist-in-residence at the Walker Art Center, on several screens. Dredging through archival materials and artifacts from a motley group of Fluxus artists, Marclay plays with the musical possibilities of wooden toys, puzzles, postcards, and other ephemera by such luminaries as Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, and Joseph Beuys. Where Fluxus confounded audiences by stretching disciplinary boundaries, Marclay, the sonic archaeologist, succeeds by orchestrating their complexity."

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Didn't get tickets to the Wilco, Flaming Lips, and Sleater-Kinney show at Madison Square Garden? Check out Supreme Trading instead. (speaking of Flaming Lips -- a free stream is available of them covering the White Stripes' "Seven Nation Army")

12hr Party People featuring Beans
New Years Eve Celebration Bash
Supreme Trading
213 North 8th (near Driggs), Williamsburg, Brooklyn
$25 advance, $30 day of party

In the vain of the movie 24hr Party People Supreme Trading is throwing a 12hr Party. 4 rooms of entertainment all night long.

2 Hour Open Bar from 9:00pm-11:00pm

Room 1: Live Performances by:

BEANS(Warp Records) "Beans is the NYC's own creative genius." His style of street-hop transcends all musical boundaries by mixing elements of old school hiphop, break beat, indie, electronic, and sampling. His beats are thumping, while his lyrics jump out at you with solid rhymes that concentrate on his NYC surroundings.

Mommy and Daddy (KanineRecords) is the leading New York power couple. With sexy, hard-hitting drum machine beats, dirty, fuzzed-out bass lines and smoldering boy/girl vocals, Mommy and Daddy sounds like a tag team steel cage match between Le Tigre, B-52s, and The Misfits.

Djs Richard Fearless(DeathinVegas), Language(NegroClash), and Scott Mou (OtherMusic) spinning a mix of old school hip hop, italia disco, acid house, electro, soul, and late night party jams.

Room 2: Djs: Gordy(BlocParty), Blake (MovingUnits), Oil(KanineRecords), Aorta(Crashinin.com), and Gerald (OtherMusic) spinning a mix of Brit/Indie/PostPunk/Nu-wave/Remix dance music all night.

Room 3: Live wall projections, paintings and sclupture.

Room 4: Outdoor drink, smoke, chat, chill patio where you can go to escape without having to leave.

Free Gift Bags with cds, t-shirts, stickers, music dvds, magazines, buttons, and hats.

Thanks to Jason JPEG Bell for the Flaming Lips tip.

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To Do:

It's A Wonderful Next Life: A Drag City Christmas party
Featuring Joanna Newsom (pictured), smog, and Weird War
Bowery Ballroom, Saturday Dec. 18, $15
Rising folkie Joanna Newsom's child-like vocals will either drive you nuts or inspire you, but seeing Weird War's Ian Svenonius (formerly of the Make-Up and Nation of Ulysses) strut his stuff is always worth the trip.

dress code: A sweater with a knit cap or scarf please

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To Avoid (God, this sounds annoying):

2004 Unsilent Night (the Christmas Piece)

From the event's site:
"Every year since 1992 I've presented Unsilent Night, an outdoor ambient music piece for an INFINITE number of boom box tape players. It's like a Christmas carolling party except that we don't sing, but rather carry boom boxes, each playing a separate tape which is part of the piece. In effect, we become a city block long stereo system!

In 2004 the piece will happen on Saturday December 18th. We will meet at the Arch in Washington Square at 6:45 pm, begin at 7 pm and proceed eastward to Tompkins Square Park, where the piece will end around 8 o'clock.

It would be really cool if you could join us and bring a boom box. The more tapes we run, the bigger and more amazing the sound will be. This past Christmas we had 100 boomboxes and over 500 people total, it was really spectacular... If you'd like to do it, please email me at boombox@mindspring.com so I will know how many tapes to make. If you'd like to do it but don't have a boombox, I have several dozen and you can grab one...and if you want to come and just listen, that's cool, too. Help us make a BIG (and joyful) noise."

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Dinner and art in a cool setting
Friday December 10 (8 & 10pm)
at Monkey Town (222 Leonard St, Williamsburg, 718.384.1369)

From Flavorpill:
"Monkey Town, an immersive environment in which guests are surrounded by four screens, is the perfect venue in which to get lost in Sagan's Unseen Forces. This audiovisual project begins with a mesmerizing portrayal (incorporating flashlights) of the big bang theory, set to an otherworldly score that combines synths and glitchy trip-hop, followed by a trio of black-and-white shorts that slyly put late, great cosmic thinkers in compromising fictional situations. With a name derived from astronomy wonder Carl Sagan, the multimedia collective -- comprised of Blevin Blectum, J Lesser, Jon Leidecker, and Ryan Junell -- does its namesake proud. Also playing tonight are a collection of music videos from the Dead Texan, a collaboration between Adam Wiltzie (Stars of the Lid) and video artist Christina Vantzos."

Tonight's Menu:

Shaved Fennel & Pomegranate Salad ($6)
w/ mint & habanero vinaigrette
Baccala Squash Chowder ($8)
Thyme Pesto Polenta ($10)
w/ smoked tofu & herbs
Braised Beef Short Ribs ($14)
w/ spiced oatmeal cake & Chinese long beans

Click here for more

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The one event worth going to Hoboken for:
Yo La Tengo's Annual Hanukkah Shows at Maxwell's
Pick up your tickets while they last. These shows are always among the best of the year.

Tues. 12/7
Yo La Tengo/Laura Cantrell
8:30 p.m. - $20

Wed. 12/8
Yo La Tengo/special guests
8:30 p.m. - $20

Thurs. 12/9
Yo La Tengo/The Shams
8:30 p.m. - $20

Fri. 12/10
Yo La Tengo/The A Bones
9 p.m. - Sold Out

Sat. 12/11
Yo La Tengo/Eleventh Dream Day
9:30 p.m. - Sold Out

Sun. 12/12
Yo La Tengo/The Coctails
8:30 p.m. - Sold Out

Mon. 12/13
Yo La Tengo/special guests
8:30 p.m. - $20

Tues. 12/14
Yo La Tengo/Calvin Johnson
8:30 p.m. - $20

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photo by Michael Zelner

That's right.... Santacon will be happening again this year.
Saturday Dec. 11th
Time and place to be annouced here

2004 is the 10th Anniversary of Santacon!

Each December for the last 10 years Cacophonous Santas have been taking to streets in major metropolitan areas and generating a bit of naughty Noël mayhem as part of the annual Santacon events. It all started back in 1994 when several dozen Cheap Suit Santas paid a visit to downtown San Francisco for a night of Kringle Kaos. Things have now reached Critical Xmas and these infamous Santacons are now held in over a dozen cities each year.

Here is the 2004 411 from Santa...the day is Saturday December 11th. Expect to start in the morning around 10AM. A hotline number will also be available if you want to try to catch up with the Santa's, mid rampage. Santa highly recommends spending the whole day until midnight, when you will be delirious and exhausted and you'll be shouting at strangers or mumbling to yourself and the whole thing gets blurry and you wake up the next day in a gutter in the South Bronx. The kick off is at 10am for an extra special treat. The place will be revealed in due time.

This venerable tradition is almost a decade old, and makes flash mobs look like sitting at home watching C-SPAN

Plan ahead before all the suits are snatched up from the Goodwill.

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Protest the MoMA's $20 entrance fee. Head out to Long Island City for some free art:

Flux Factory proudly presents:
CUTE AND SCARY
through Dec 18th, 2004

an exhibit that will showcase works by emerging artists raised within a milieu where comics and Japanese animation began to reveal a dark side beneath the Hello Kitty exterior.

featuring:
Ciou
Aya Kakeda
Camille Rose Garcia
Mickry 3
Miss Van
Eun-Ha Paek
Saya Woolflak

Click here for info and directions.

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Wed 12.1 - Sun 12.5
From Flavorpill:
"Day one of this inaugural film fest kicks off with a gala showing of Bride and Prejudice from director Gurinder "Bend It Like Beckham" Chadha. Screening 14 films from pan-South Asian directors spanning India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, and Nepal, as well as Diaspora productions from the US, UK, and Iran, Colors in Fusion balances the saccharine high of big-budget Bollywood beats with sobering, sociopolitical dramas (Black Friday, The Clay Birds) and a concurrent documentary festival, Films for Freedom, at the Rubin Museum of Art. More than just great reels, SAIFF also wants to put the "festive" back in festival with five nights of after parties: ready yourself for booty-shaking bhangra."

Click here for more info

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The Bird Blobs are an aggressive band similar to the Australian bands of the late 1970s like The Scientists and Birthday Party. They don't sing so much as scream the vocals. It's blues and rock and roll and it's exciting. Their weird time signature and angular guitars recall Captain Beefhart. They often fight with audience members. Make sure you are not in the front rows or you might get hurt. People have described The Bird Blobs saying: "This music is enough to revive your dead grandma." Check them out.

-Alexander Laurence

NEW YORK DATES:

Tuesday 23rd November - Lit
Friday 26th November - CBGB
Sunday 28th November - The Mercury Lounge
Website: www.birdblobs.com

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If you don't mind huge enormous mind-boggling crowds, check out the MoMa this weekend as they reopen their doors.

From Flavorpill:
"A treasure chest of modernism, MoMA reopens its Manhattan home after undergoing the most extensive rebuilding and renovation project in its 75-year history. Architect Yoshio Taniguchi's sleek design, which is highlighted in one of the opening exhibits, nearly doubles the capacity of the former building (featured here in the film series Made at MoMA, celebrating the institution's cultural presence). Two other shows also focus on the museum's expansion: Mark Dion displays artifacts excavated from the sculpture garden and demolished adjacent buildings, while Michael Wesely exhibits long photographic exposures of the project's evolution. The icing on the cake is the reinstallation of the permanent collection, a magnificent feat in and of itself."

Sat 11.20 (10am-10pm)
11 W 53rd ST
212.708.9400
FREE

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Thursday at Max Fish, 6:30 - ??:

A combination art show opening and book signing
FREE BOOK GIVEAWAY
NO COVER:

Praise for Food Court Druids, Cherohonkees and other Creatures Unique to the Republic:

"Another funny and strangely insightful contribution to our culture from Robert Lanham, the Margaret Mead of the North American Weirdo."
-Neal Pollack

"This book is a riot."
-Cleveland Plain Dealer

CLICK HERE TO FIND OUT MORE

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Movable Hype
The Knitting Factory
Tuesday, November 16

Our friends at Gothamist have put together a fabulous evening of music, with up-and-coming indie acts:
The Fresh
The Sons of Sound
Snowden
Asobi Seksu

Best of all there are $2 drink specials from Triple 8 Vodka!

Show starts at 8PM. Tickets are $10 in advance (you can buy them at the Knitting Factory or via Ticketweb) and $12 day of show. All of Gothamist's proceeds will go towards funding a NYC public school program found on Donors Choose.

Click here for more info

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In Conversation: Seymour Hersh, Luc Sante, David Levi Strauss

Moderated by Brian Wallis
Tuesday, November 9, 2004 7:00 pm
The Great Hall - Cooper Union
7 East 7th Street at 3rd Avenue
Free Admission

On occasion of the ICP exhibition "Inconvenient Evidence: Iraqi Prison Photographs from Abu Ghraib," Seymour Hersh, Luc Sante, David Levi Strauss and Brian Wallis will discuss how photography has played in the international debate on the events of the past year. They will speak to a range of ethical and political issues, the function of electronic media, and photography's role in documenting truth.

The panel has been made possible with the generous support of the Open Society Institute and was organized by the International Center of Photography in conjunction with The Vera List Center for Art and Politics at The New School and The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. The exhibition will be on view at the International Center of Photography through November 28, 2004.

For further information and to reserve a space, please contact the ICP Education Department at (212) 857-0001.

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Crashinin.com Presents:
Brit/Indie/PostPunk/Nu-wave dance music
Djs: Oil (KanineRecords),Gerald (OtherMusic), and guests TBA.
Hosts: Marc Ramsey and Lio
Supreme Trading 213 N8th (near Driggs), Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY
10:00pm-4:00am Friday Nov. 5
NO COVER
This is a new party at Williamsburg's newest spot. It contains many different rooms (a room with live Djs, a couch/booth & table room to chill in, an amazing outdoor patio to smoke/drink & chat, a live band/performance room, and an art gallery.) No Cover every Friday Night in the front Dj/Bar room. Cheap drinks including Stella on tap! Conveniently located on the first stop of the L Train(get off at the Driggs exit and you are right there). There also is a taxi service station around the corner from the bar

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Don't miss the butterfly exhibit at the American Museum of Natural History. Shut up, its cool. To find out more about Tropical Butterflies Alive in Winter, click here.

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Naked Duck Gallery and Brooklyn Fire Proof, Inc.
"Artwork from some of today's finest independent musicians"
October 29 - November 21, 2004
Live Music Venue at Brooklyn Fire Proof, Inc. 10:00 PM Friday October 29

Featured Artists
Devendra Banhart (Solo, Angels of Light)
Daniel Smith (Danielson Famile)
Tim Rutili (Califone, Red Red Meat)
David Pajo (Papa M, Will Oldham)
Jessica Billey (Mekons, Boxhead Ensemble)
Loren Connors (Solo, Jim O'Rourke)
Jon Langford (Mekons, Waco Brothers)
Tara Jane O'Neil (Solo, Retsin)

Click Here for our gallery listings

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Lick Bush Ltd., Music For America, Bands Against Bush
and IndyVoter present.

INDIE ROCK THE VOTE
Reminding you to get your ass to the polls on Nov 2nd

Tuesday, October 26, 7:30 p.m.
Siberia, 356 W. 40th St./9th Ave.
$5

Featuring: Members of the Ataris, The Everyothers, The
Tallboys, The Weekenders, Pretty Flowers, Starchild,
UKUK, Hearts on Fire and Emma La Reina, plus guest
speakers and surprises.

More information: 718-670-3707 or rncprotestparty@yahoo.com.

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Yes, it's true.... DFA has consummated a relationship with EMI. We love them too much to not forgive them.

Don't miss their "onwards party" Friday October 15 at The Dark Room (165 Ludlow Street). No list. No cover. Starts at 10pm.

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Join THE NATION INSTITUTE and JANEANE GARAFALO and SAM SEDER of AIR AMERICA's THE MAJORITY REPORT for a giant-screen, live broadcast of the presidential debate at CROBAR in NYC this FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8th.

Doors open at 6:30 PM. Free admission and free food until 8 PM. Cash bar. $10 cover after 8 PM ($5 with your student ID).
Must be 21 or older.

AIR AMERICA will broadcast live on-site with leading progressive
writers and entertainers before and after the debate, including Nation editor KATRINA VANDEN HEUVEL, Nation columnist KATHA
POLLITT, actress MAGGIE GYLLENHAAL and others to be announced.

THE DEBATE AND MORE / CROBAR, 530 West 28th Street, NYC / FRIDAY, OCTOBER 8th / NO RESERVATIONS

For those outside the NYC area, organize a "watch with
the sound off" party and listen online at www.airamericaradio.com.

Call 212-209-5400 x5462 for more information

Location:
CroBar 530 West 28th St. New York New York

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For those of you who suffer from "it" band ADD. Those of you ready for the next buzz band to take the torch from The Strokes. Which was handed to The Rapture. Which was handed to Franz Ferdinand. We present the next torch carriers, Bloc Party. Like The Rapture, they are influenced by Gang of Four. Like Franz Ferdinand, they're cute. (Though not as cute - or as homoerotic). Check them out for yourselves tonight. Free with reservation, thanks to our friends at Flavorpill.

when: Sat 10.2 (11pm)
where: Tribeca Grand Hotel (2 Ave of Americas, 212.519.6500)

make a reservation

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