fall is here. . . going back to ohio for a visit next weekend. so i'll be MIA till next week. gonna do some work outdoors for a few days. anybody know of a good place to go apple picking within easy driving distance of brooklyn? next week i think we're going to have a little DFA showcase (the label, not the band) to celebrate the end of CMJ . some really good shit, i promise. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------------- MP3: i think i've seen [...]
went to some openings friday night. i was psyched when i saw that juxtapoz show the other week, BUT it got trumped by the show up at Riviera Gallery ( 103 Metropolitan Ave. Between Berry and Wythe, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY ). the exhibition is a small group show of all illustrators. maybe i am just a sucker for narrative in art (oh wait, i am). . . but the shit was great. i was especially impressed with the work by (both well known) Rachel Salomon (see image above) and Camille Rose Garcia [...]
i came home after helping a friend with a photo shoot last night and my roommate was watching this movie "Dogville" by Lars von Trier. it was interesting, if not somewhat predictable. the discussions some of the characters had were really interesting. . . BUT what the hell was with the closing credits??? does anyone know anything about why he chose to use those pictures and song? i mean i can see the connection, poor people, americans, everyday person, etc. . . but still. is he saying that all poor people [...]
so i was out-voted on watching "Coffee And Cigarettes" last night and ended up with "Soul Plane" instead. I'm still not sure if i was entertained or wasted 2 hours of my life. Snoop Dogg ends up dead. there i ruined it for you, now you won't have to risk the same dilemna. and this qualifies as some crazy shit. $13,000.00 for a T-SHIRT. yeah, that's right. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------------- MP3: this is a track from the new album by Panthers . i mentioned them [...]
anybody catch that Juxtapoz show at Fuse gallery in Lit this weekend? it was a really fun and interesting show. a little heavy on that goth-rock-a-billy thing, but it didn't overwhelm too much. its nice to see neckface back in town too, was starting to think that LA was going to kidnap his ass with all its money and fake titties. highly recommended getting down there to check it out before its gone. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------------- MP3: this is a track from a band i saw the other [...]
so i went to see Dead Moon play last night. they are just amazing. that's all there is to it. amazing. they played even better than the last time i saw them. always full of that just-rock-and-never-stop (i'm still kicking myself for not catching that documentary made about them when it came through during the New York Underground Film Festival). i even passed up another infamous Black Label party for this show. and no offense to BL, but it was still worth it. i went and checked out the [...]
went to see The Panthers play at their cd release party last weekend. it was fun as always (mighty robot is such a great space). i'll post something from their new album, when i get it (VICE ain't kissin' my ass, yet). . . unfortunately they didn't have any copies at the cd release party. they did, however, give out mixes to everyone. maybe i'll just post something from that. it has some pretty choice bits. ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------------- MP3: this track is from Dan Friel's newest release "Sunburn." its a [...]
okay, so go see the hole-in-the-ground from whence this has sprung: the original sucka_pants ------------------------------ ------------------------------ ---------------------- and your first MP3: this is a track off the latest cloud cult album. now i know there are a lot of Bush "mash-ups" out there, or re-editing to make him say funny things (like the one where he sings U2's "sunday bloody sunday", that's a gem), and they are all good and fine. . . BUT this one takes it. seamless, unnerving, slightly weird and funny, with a killer accompaniment [...]
SUCKA PANTS
Bison - Quill
Neutral Milk Hotel- Aeroplane Over the Sea
Shinichi Osawa – Big Beach Mix 2012
