2008 Summer Screen Schedule At McCarren Pool
We just posted the full schedule at McCarrenPark.com.
May 06, 2008
May 02, 2008
McCarren Park Pool Shows
Since lots of people have been asking, yes, Gogol Bordello are confirmed. As are M.I.A., Ween, Death Cab For Cutie, Devo, DJ Shadow and Cut Chemist, and the Black Keys. Tickets and more information can be found at mccarrenpark.com. We're still waiting to hear more about the free JellyNYC Pool Parties, so stay posted.
Gogol Bordello, Wonderlust King
April 25, 2008
Wilco Tickets For McCarren Park On Sale At Noon
More information at mccarrenpark.com.
April 23, 2008
Celebrate Brooklyn 2008 Schedule
Brazilian Girls will perform Friday, July 11
The schedule is a bit underwhelming, but here it is. We'll definitely be checking out the Carolina Chocolate Drops on June 26:
I'm From Barcelona At The Brooklyn Masonic Temple
This promises to be a great show. The temple is amazing and I'm From Barcelona are a ridiculously fun live band. The show is May 1st at 7:30 and tickets are available at TicketWeb.
Best of all, we have A PAIR OF FREE TICKETS available via Boost Mobile.com. To win, be the fifth person to email us with the subject line "I'm from Barcelona." [we have a winner]
April 06, 2008
Sloane Crosley: I Was Told There'd Be Cake
We met Sloane in 2003 and had the honor of having her be the publicist for our first book, The Hipster Handbook. Her debut novel I Was Told There'd Be Cake was published last week and we couldn't be happier for Sloane. Her collection of essays is smart, hilarious and will delight fans of David Sedaris and Sarah Vowel. The collection opens hysterically: “As most New Yorkers have done, I have given serious and generous thought to the state of my apartment should I get killed during the day," and it never slows down. In short, you should go buy this book now. (The buzz for I Was Told There'd Be Cake has been huge thus far.)
Sloane will be reading Monday night in Tribeca at 7pm:
Monday, April 7, 2008
7 PM
Barnes & Noble Tribeca
97 Warren Street [Map]
More information and Dioramas at SloaneCrosley.com
March 08, 2008
Free Show Tonight: Hey Hey My My
They'll be playing at Soundfix and are slotted to go on at 8pm. We've really been enjoying their debut.
March 03, 2008
A Benefit for the Scotty Hard Trust
Featuring: John Scofield, John Medeski, Billy Martin, Bill Laswell, Eric Krasno, Neal Evans, Marco Benevento, Joe Russo, Antibalas, Sex Mob, DJ Logic, John Ellis, Michael Blake, Vijay Iyer, Tommy Hamilton, Kevin Kendrick.
This will be a great night of music. All proceeds will go towards Scotty Hard.
Downtown NYC luminaries unite for one astonishing benefit concert at the Highline Ballroom in New York City on Wednesday, March 19 , 2008 , coming to the aid of beloved record producer Scott Harding and the Scotty Hard Trust.At 3am on Friday, February 15, music producer Scott Harding was a victim of a car crash in which he was a passenger of a car service, returning home from a late night mixing session. The cab he was riding in was broadsided by a stolen car; the impact crushed Harding’s T5 vertebrae, leaving him partially paralyzed. Scott Harding’s condition is serious and like many dedicated musicians he is without health insurance and is facing very large medical and legal fees.
More information here.
February 29, 2008
Update: High Places at Silent Barn tonight
From Todd P's site
So - bit o trouble at the Market Hotel last night, so things are changing regarding 2nite's show - it's moving to SILENT BARN.things remain a little unclear as to future shows scheduled @ MARKET HOTEL, but Saturday's Genghis Tron show & Monday's performance of 'Shoot Her: Jurassic Park, the play' are still on @ MH! More info here.
February 28, 2008
Hey Hey My My
We've been enjoying the debut record by Hey Hey My My. Their unfortunate name (which references Young's "Into the Black" of course) reminds us of Clap Your Hands Say Yeah and Junior Senior's Hey Hey My My Yo Yo, but don't let that get in the way. Their music is fantastic. We'd deem their breezy, alt-country melodies as Americana if they didn't happen to be from France. Thanks to our friends at JELLYNYC, Hey Hey My My are doing a few New York shows in coming days. You can catch them at Mercury on 3/5 (opening for Lightspeed Champion), at Southpaw on 3/7 (playing with The Epochs and The Subjects), and then at Soundfix on 3/8. They're certain to be getting lots of press in the near future. You can check out some tracks on their myspace page, myspace.com/heyheymymyband, or watch a couple of their videos after the jump.
Our guess is that the top one won't be showing on Brooklyn Vegan anytime soon.
February 26, 2008
Eliza Skinner is: Shameless
Our friend Eliza Skinner is pretty damn funny. She'll be performing her show Shameless tomorrow at The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre. Just 5 bucks. Here's how UCB describes her performance:
A show about people you hate, but have to love. Eliza Skinner's characters are horrible people - viciously real and wickedly funny. She presents 3 gleefully repugnant portraits of a mother, a wife, a party girl; all of them skipping past the point of no return.
Here's a taste of what to expect:
Eliza's other video from the same show is pretty damn funny too. For more information on her show, visit The Upright Citizens Brigade. [Thanks Jeff]
