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This American Life host Ira Glass and famous composer cousin Philip Glass will be speaking and performing together January 21, 2010 at 7pm in the Soho Apple store. From Ira: I’ve been asked to perform a piece that Allen Ginsberg used to perform with Philip, Ginsberg’s great Vietnam-era poem “Wichita Vortex Sutra.” Philip set it [...] Jan 18, 2010 You make me giggle, mr. advertisement. The way you make logic all topsy-turvy. I’m supposed to know that raw creativity can be stupid, but then history will absolve it. That’s neat. But tell me, please. What are people who don’t get it supposed to think? That glorifying fame-whores from the “Jersey Shore” stupid [...] Jan 14, 2010 The Putnam Avenue line starts at Jay Street/Burough Hall and runs into Bedstuy. I vaguely remember using it once when Anna was in town. It was pouring rain one evening and my wallet wasn’t fit for a cab. She wore her green dress that night, the one that fits her perfectly, but [...] Jan 12, 2010 Festivities in Mexico usually commence on December 12th with the festivities of Our Lady of Guadalupe and end on January 6th with the Fiesta De Los Reyes. It’s a holiday season marked by ritual, pilgrimage and traditions. My holiday season ended my first day back at work, as did yours. Today I came [...] Jan 11, 2010 I’m jealous of people who love nature because I don’t. I like it. I hardly seek mountains, hillsides, forests, parks, etc. for refuge or inspiration. The only exception is deserts. I love deserts because they’re detested to a certain degree. Yet, place me in the middle of a city with a multitude of [...] New York City is a bit misty-eyed tonight because two of the city’s coolest residents decided an opportunity to live in South Africa for five months was just to good to pass up. We’re bidding them adios tonight. Flurries have been falling consistently for the last 24 hours and it doesn’t look to be letting [...] Jan 7, 2010 There’s no time to photograph during the day unless I brave the pre-dawn Arctic gusts that howl throughout the night. Good thing lunchtime friends don’t mind an intrusive, obsessive, amateur photog to convince them a few clicks won’t hurt. I’m already feeling something I knew would occur regularly throughout this project, but hardly [...] Jan 6, 2010 How do you react when you have a beautiful assortment of cheese right in front of you? Do you smile? Do you sniff? Do you stand there, overwhelmed, intimidated, waiting for the reality to kick in that you’re in a market and you probably look weird? I had a severe craving for Finocchiona [...] Jan 4, 2010 The temperature was 29 degrees “FEELS LIKE 17″ but I needed some fresh air. I decided to explore my new neighborhood. I became transfixed by all the barren trees. I’d just been in Seattle a few days before where trees seem to never shed. This one looks like it sprung from a Tim [...] I’m looking for ways to ease the stress when it comes to Christmas shopping. A combination of Whiskey and College Basketball only works for a few days, so I’ve gone to visiting the web for ideas. I found bacon popcorn while searching for, well, bacon but I haven’t determined which asshole friend will get this. [...] Rafael Lozano-Hemmer is an Electronic-Artist working in Canada, but born in Mexico City in 1967. His large-scale, interactive pieces have been commissioned around the world. Rafael’s work is usually public, fashioned in a manner where casual onlookers, bystanders and the curious can manipulate his pieces by way of voice, motion, heartbeat, shadows, etc. The Guggenheim [...]
Back in New York City. After a three hour delay in Rochester, I arrived in a muggy, underarm ringer of a sweat storm at JFK. There isn’t much to report besides the weather. It’s been hot. It’s been rainy. I feel like I’ve been moshing in a Rage pit every time I walk [...] My buddy David called postcards the first 140 character blog post and wondered why I was struggling with them. (I let it be known via twitter that I had postcard block). It all seemed so much easier once I concentrated on 140 characters. The concept will even make for a decent flick. Overcast skies, black steel-reenforced billboard and industrial building are all sexy to me. Mas photos. Anyone can easily be overwhelmed by the numerous cultural events New York City offers, so I went gaga after realizing Tribeca Film Festival would be going on during my week stay in the Big Apple. Who isn’t a overtly excited for film festivals these days? And since there’s a forecast calling for rain in NYC, [...] “Poster Boy” is 27-year-old Henry Matyjewicz from Bedstuy, BK. At least that’s one the NY Times says. In some warped out attempt for drama, police raided an art gathering to arrest Henry, hauled him to Riker’s Island and held him overnight until his friends could bail him out. Henry’s offenses include swapping NYC subway advertisements [...] The folk at Steregum allude to the Kermit The Frog-like sounds of LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy on “Sound Of Silver”, so I guess it makes sense that Murphy and director Simon Owens imagined this electro-ballad to be sung by Kermie himself. Question: is this the real Kermit? Like, did he waddle over from Jim Henson’s [...] The thought of rough textured facades and decrepit buildings as aesthetic pillars of beauty is hardly novel in the 21st Century. For us — including myself — a crumbling wall, aching buttress, disheveled window-pane and dying foundation are invitations for gawking. How many images this week have you seen stenciled, spray-painted, or painted on [...] It’s the beginning of the end for 2008 and I can’t begin to understand the flow of the year. 2008′s first day began in the grimy Downtown bar scene of Los Angeles where I sat quietly, numbly and sickly in a corner booth of “The Golden Gopher.” I can’t remember if there was a DJ, [...] |
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