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ABSOLUT MANDRIN brings you the harvest and all things orange as we churn
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DISCUSSION: Design
Cities of Destiny
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| when: | Tue 10.21 (6pm) |
| where: | The New School (66 W 12th St, 212.980.4575) |
| price: | $8 |
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| | In an attempt to grasp why great cities such as New York, Paris, Shanghai, London, and Berlin become epicenters of creativity and commerce, a group of urban specialists gather tonight to analyze the principles that dynamic metropolises all have in common. The international panel of experts includes moderator and National Portrait Gallery director Marc Pachter, British municipal authority Fred Manson, Columbia professor Marc van de Mieroop, and celebrated architect Rafael Viñoly. Together, they consider the process of active growth, the maintenance of vitality, and the resurrection of lost liveliness. (JLC)
Note: Catch the webcast and online discussion on the New School website.
  
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MUSIC
Transatlantic Excess
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| when: | Tue 10.21 (8pm) |
| where: | Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3006) |
| price: | $10 |
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| | The eight-day Transatlantic Express festival plays upon nostalgia to showcase new music from northwestern England, and a perfect example is found in tonight's "Transatlantic Excess" show, hosted by Factory Records' own 24-hour party man Tony Wilson. In the main room, Liverpool band the Bandits have assembled a lineup of talent that has recently graced the stage at their renowned live music party at the Bandwagon club — a scene jumpstarted by the Coral — featuring the organizers themselves alongside the likes of John Power and the Hokum Clones. The tap bar, which is free to enter, hosts a roster of DJs and live talent from Mark Rae's Grand Central Records, with Fingathing, Jon Kennedy, and special guest DJ Reuben Wu of Ladytron. (JK)
 Who beat out the Coral for the prestigious Mercury Prize? Second and fifth correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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MUSIC: Hip Hop
Stones Throw Showcase
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| when: | Tue 10.21 (10pm) |
| where: | S.O.B.'s (204 Varick St, 212.243.4940) |
| price: | $18 |
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| | Stones Throw Records is a progressive hip hop incubator. Founded in 1996 by DJ/rapper Peanut Butter Wolf, the label has assembled a roster of refreshingly complex DJs, producers, and MCs — many of whom are all three (or more) at the same time. Take Madlib: he has at least two alter egos, Quasimoto and Yesterday's New Quintet; he's a rapper (Lootpack), a jazzman (Shades of Blue), and the other half of Jaylib with Detroit producer Jay Dee. From the many faces of Peanut Butter and Madlib to newcomer Dudley Perkins and his eerie soul debut A Lil' Light, anything goes with the Stones Throw crew. Wildchild and DJ Romes are also in the house tonight, so look out for joints from Lootpack's DJ-acclaimed Soundpieces: Da Antidote. (PW)
What's the name of the 2002 Peanut Butter Wolf-organized Stones Throw compilation? First correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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DISCUSSION: Comedy
The Onion Speaks
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| when: | Wed 10.22 (7pm) |
| where: | Tishman Auditorium, The New School (66 W 12th St, 212.229.5488) |
| price: | $15 |
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Event Info | The Onion |
| | The true mark of superb satire can generally be measured by the number of dimwits that fall prey to the deadpan delivery and think it's real — drawn in by the grains of truth and subtlety of language that form the humorous pearl. As it happens, the wiseacres at The Onion field a constant stream of inquiries about the truth of whichever traipse of the imagination a reader was forwarded by a coworker or (thanks to their relocation to NYC) picked up on a streetcorner, and has yet to recognize as a joke. Tonight offers a chance to observe the brains behind America's Finest News Source's many modest proposals. Joining the editors in conversation is Eric Alterman, pundit and general media agent provocateur. (NP)
Give us your best Onion-worthy headline. The three best original answers win a pair of tickets to the event.
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MULTIMEDIA
The New Yorkers
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| when: | Wed 10.22, Fri 10.24 & Sat 10.25 (7:30pm) |
| where: | BAM (30 Lafayette Ave, Bklyn, 718.636.4100) |
| price: | $20-45 |
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| | For three nights, BAM hosts this multimedia performance that includes music from three of the city's most influential composers — Michael Gordon, David Lang, and Julia Wolfe — who get to the heart of what it means to be a New Yorker. Lang interprets Lou Reed's text for "Heroin"; Ben Katchor's illustrated stories explore where those sesame seeds in our toasters go; and Gordon presents his work alongside the decomposing filmstock of Bill Morrison's City Walk. Vintage videos by William Wegman and modern projections by Doug Aitken, as well as a new film by Laurie Olinder supporting Wolfe's "Believing," add fuel to the media melee. Always enigmatic in its essence and in its harsh beauty: this is our city. (AD)
Note: For a 30% discount, call 718.636.4100 and mention code 3419. Not available at the BAM box office, expires Fri 10.24.
Which musician do you think best embodies the essence of New York, and why? The five best answers each win a pair of tickets to the Sat 10.25 performance.
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| | For those who believe that innovation requires constant reinvention of the self, consider the man some call Alex Attias. The Swiss-born producer and DJ has been at the forefront of dance-jazz and what would eventually become broken-beat since he began spinning in Lausanne in the '80s. Known for his skills under a slew of different aliases, such as Beatless, Funknova, and the Bel-Air Project, Attias migrated to London in the late '90s — the epicenter of broken-beat — where he continued to perform under new monikers, such as Mustang and Catalyst. Attias comes to NYC with an exhaustive list of collaborative credits as well, all of which lend powerful credence to his master producer identity. (NP)
Note: Resident DJs Sean B, Andy Yao, and Yellowtail round out tonight's lineup.
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| | From Prix de Rome winners past, such as Ingres and Granet, to contemporary photographer Joel Sternfeld, the Dahesh Museum collects an intriguing group of academically trained artists from the 19th and 20th centuries all under their new roof. Complementing the exhibition French Artists in Rome, Sternfeld appears this evening to discuss the Italian countryside's enduring role as muse in the hearts and minds of artists visiting there. His own sojourn in Italy from 1987-88 produced the monograph Campagna Romana, which features such sites as the ancient ruins of the Claudian Aqueduct and the modern-day landscapes that have been built up around them. As a living artist and an award recipient, Sternfeld's perspective should help to animate the work of the 19th-century pensioners on view. (SM)
Note: This exhibition continues through Sun 11.2. Photographs from Sternfeld's recent series Treading on Kings are also on view through Sun 11.30 in the International Center of Photography's Strangers exhibition.
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| | First an elevator inspector, then a railroad legend, now the nuances of the biggest and baddest living and breathing city — the subject matter of Colson Whitehead's writing usually involves people or places that have been obscured through history, onto which he shines a bright light revealing previously unnoticed facets. The TV critic-turned-author found himself on most critics' best emerging talent lists with his first novel, The Intuitionist (1999), which he followed with John Henry Days (2002); and while he's been compared to everyone from Ralph Ellison to Emily Dickinson, he considers Stephen King his first inspiration. Tonight he reads from his latest, The Colossus of New York: A City in Thirteen Parts. A discussion and signing follow. (AL)
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| | New York dance-rock über-label DFA teams with Output Recordings' gloomy glitch-pop for a night of heavy beats and Joy Division worship at the posh Tribeca Grand. LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and Playgroup's Trevor Jackson (label heads of DFA and Output,
respectively) drop rousing DJ sets bridging electro, Chicago house, and tropicali, to name but three styles. On the near-rock tip, don't miss the moody motorik of France's Colder or fellow Output industrialists Dead Combo and ex-Six Finger Satellite neo-waver Juan Maclean's spin session, which we hope includes some of his own stunning 12-inches. Come dance to the not-so-underground. (YS)
Note: You must RSVP by 5pm on Wed 10.22.
What was the name of Trevor Jackson's previous label before starting Output? First, third, and fifth correct answers win a copy of Colder's Again.
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| | Mr. Scruff is the pasty-white British equivalent of George Clinton and his posse of P-Funk Allstars, all wrapped into one DJ — you just know Scruff's got the funk. The playful, energetic DJ, probably best known for the catchy jazz- and hip hop-flavored tune "Get A Move On" (Ninja Tune, 1999), which was licensed by several advertisers, returns to New York armed with a "crusty old funk version" and lots more, as part of the Verve Remixed 2 Tour (and the Transatlantic Express festival) at the brand-new Maritime Hotel. Brooklyn's own DJ Spinna also performs, bringing his eclectic mix of hip hop, house, soul, and funk. (TP)
What product would you have advertised with Mr. Scruff's "Get a Move On?" The best answer wins a Mr. Scruff DVD. One runner-up wins a poster.
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| | The kids over at Olympia, WA-based K Records are probably best known for their lo-fi, DIY croo(ooh ooh)ning. While some may dismiss K's aesthetic as malformed milksop kitsch after hearing the sounds (or just the names) of bands like All Girl Summer Fun Band, Tender Trap, or the Softies, those longer on memory know that indie big boys like Modest Mouse and Built to Spill came up here. Tonight K puts their best on display at CMJ: from the unexpected enchantments of Mirah — capable of moving from three chords to epic in 6.5 seconds — to the scattered soundscapes and simple strummings of the Microphones. (JKG)
Note: See the Tribeca Rock Club website for the full lineup. Dub Narcotic Sound System is currently listed, but the band was in a car accident last week and may not appear.
Which rock legend had a tattoo of the K Records logo? The second, third, fifth, and seventh correct answers each win a K Records prize pack with a CD, sticker, button, and keychain.
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| | The Brothers are back, celebrating 10 years of block-rockin' beats with a rare turntable appearance at the grand re-opening of everyone's favorite nightclub scapegoat, Centro-Fly. Creators of big beat and pioneers in arena electronica, brothers Tom and Ed have returned after a two-year absence to support the release of their retrospective, Singles 93 - 03. Combining screeching rock with hip hop urgency, thumping house, and pulsing techno, this post-acid house duo helped define the decade's style and opened up electronica to an entire generation who thought only guitars could make "real music." (CW)
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DJ
Ghostly Midnight Session
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| when: | Fri 10.24 (midnight) |
| where: | Rare (416 W 14th St, 212.675.2220) |
| price: | $8 |
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| | What's not to love about Ghostly International, the indie label straight out of the Midwest that's one of electronic music's leading lights? From their tongue-in-cheek Pac Man-chic aesthetic to their timely new wave take on techno, Ghostly and their stable of artists are helping usher in a new era of dance music you can be proud to obsess over. This sure-to-be-packed CMJ showcase brings together Matthew Dear, whose "Dog Days" is one of the year's best singles; Midwest Product, a three-piece band from the label's hometown of Ann Arbor, Michigan; and new signees Twine — all of whom have just released brand new albums. Other Ghostly acts on the bill include Lusine and Dykehouse. (DJP)
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| | Combining her training as a visual artist with her work and study under architect Steven Holl and theatrical wiz Robert Wilson, Julia Mandle creates performances that unexpectedly confront audiences in their own environment — we once chanced upon a captivating event of hers in the window of the New Museum. Here, a flock of dancers, smartly choreographed by Mark Jarecke and strikingly cloaked by Mandle, invade Fox Square with precision and grace. Rekindling this Brooklyn site — once surrounded by several active theaters — the dancers work inventively with posters that ask, "Where is Fox Square?" In this troop's hands, the answer is as entertaining as it is remarkable. (PL)
Note: Take a front row seat at the bordering Popeye's or McDonald's and watch as pedestrians and vehicles become part of this final performance. Rain date is tomorrow, Sun 10.26 (1-2pm).
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DJ
Richie Hawtin w/ Josh Wink
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| when: | Sat 10.25 (10pm-7am) |
| where: | Avalon (662 6th Ave, 212.807.7780) |
| price: | $25 |
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Josh Wink | Avalon |
| | This week's hot, big-room ticket is the double-bill of Richie Hawtin and Josh Wink, two of North America's most enduring techno DJs and recording artists. Both came to prominence through extensive underground touring in the heady rave days of the mid '90s — Wink from Philadelphia, and Hawtin out of Windsor, Ontario (just a customs booth away from Detroit). More recently, the two have been technological peers as well: Wink adopted Final Scratch as his live performance set-up, allowing him to manipulate MP3 tracks with his turntable skills, while Hawtin helped develop the system and uses it as part of his extended "decks-efx-909" rig. Hawtin kicks off a national tour with this Saturday night show — both his latest Plastikman album, Closer, and Wink's newest, 20 to 20, are out this week. (DJP)
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FILM: Double Feature
The Decalogue
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| when: | Sun 10.26 (2 & 6:30pm) |
| where: | Symphony Space, Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theater (2537 Broadway, 212.864.1414) |
| price: | $10 |
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Event Info | The Decalogue |
| | Ten short films made for Polish television in the '80s, each based on one of the Ten Commandments, The Decalogue, by the late Krzysztof Kieslowski, may sound as weighty as the granite upon which the series' subject matter is usually inscribed. And surely the films' elegiac gravitas is not to be denied, yet Kieslowski and writing partner Piesiewicz demonstrate a unique and admirable ability to draw blood from stone, translating highly conceptual themes into nuanced dramas that elegantly explore the yearnings of the mind and the weaknesses of the flesh. The intimate performances and pointed commentary on the vulnerabilities of modern technology in Decalogue I make it a particular standout. (JKG)
Note: This weekend's double features, pairing I and II and III and IV, launch a series of screenings of The Decalogue that continues at Symphony Space through Sun 11.9.
Name the films that make up Krzysztof Kieslowski's famous hue-themed trilogy. First correct answer wins a pair of tickets for the double feature on Sun 10.26 (2pm).
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| | Take your notions of a conventional brass band and throw them away. Now start again by playing music by such artists as Tom Waits, Medeski Martin and Wood, and La Monte Young on 10 brass instruments with a beautiful meditative vibe, and you're getting close to TILT. Tonight TILT perform new written and improv works by bandmates Ballou and Norton in addition to the New York premiere of downtown composer Elliott Sharp's "Coriolis Effect," a piece with rippling rhythms, expanding pitches, and even a touch of Fela Kuti. A CD release party for Guy Klusevcek/Philip Johnston duo on the Winter & Winter label follows their set tonight. (AD)
Invent a new name for the TILT Brass Band's genre-bending style. Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | In this far-out exploitation pic from the turbulent spring of 1968, the messianic lead singer of a West Coast rock band (Christopher Jones) incites a teenage revolt against the grownups of America. Their first demand: to lower the voting age to 14. Today California, tomorrow the world! Hal Holbrook plays the savvy senatorial candidate who wants the youth vote, Shelley Winters is the singer's manic mom ("I'm sure my son has a very good reason for paralyzing the nation"), and Richard Pryor is the band's smooth drummer, Stanley X. (LL)
Note: Village Voice critic J. Hoberman introduces the 6:50pm show, after which he signs copies of his new book, The Dream Life: Movies, Media, and the Mythology of the Sixties.
Who's your all-time favorite child actor? The best answer wins a pair of tickets to tonight's 6:50pm show.
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| | After a successful romp across the UK with West Coast psych-rockers the Warlocks, Modey Lemon bring their sleazy blues style to the Knit for a pair of shows. This Pittsburgh outfit recently added a third member in an effort to break out of their industrial hometown and make their way into premier rock markets across the country. Their brand of dirty garage rock with a twist of metal nods to a spectrum of artists bookended by Thin Lizzy and Motörhead. The Japanese pop trio Shonen Knife headline with their punchy punk playfulness that takes its lead from the Undertones and Ramones. (JB)
Note: Both bands play the prior evening, Sun 10.26 (8:30pm).
What is the name of the Thin Lizzy singer/guitarist who died not long after the band broke up? First two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | In most long-form improvisation, one audience suggestion at the start inspires the group's scenes, which weave themselves throughout the show and often collide near the end to reveal a hidden interconnectivity. With Neutrino's Video Projects, that suggestion also sends the group out into the streets where camera crews follow their encounters and intermittently run tapes back. The result is a fascinating and often hilarious assemblage of scenes that have taken place just moments before in the neighborhood outside the theater. Neutrino's normal stomping ground is down near the Chelsea improv theaters, so the area surrounding Carolines offers new creative possibilities. (CEH)
Note: Opening for Neutrino are Eugene Mirman and Mike Birbiglia, both regulars on the local comedy circuit and late-night talk shows. For reservations call 212.757.4100 (mention "Neutrino").
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ART
Richard Serra: Wake Blindspot Catwalk Vice-Versa
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| when: | Now through Sat 10.25 (10am-6pm) |
| where: | Gagosian Gallery (555 W 24th St, 212.741.1111) |
| price: |  FREE |
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Event Info | Richard Serra |
| | Richard Serra, counted among the artistic giants of our time, accomplished the nearly impossible feat of twisting massive Corten steel plates into torqued ellipses and situating them without support. He continues this unique exploration of form with four new sculptures that elicit a purely visceral response. As if walking through a house of mirrors, our visual references are distorted and an uneasy feeling, akin to that of being trapped on a ship, is omnipresent. One work evokes the power and movement of tsunami waves, while others typify the '60s minimalism that brought Serra fame. Most compellingly, "Blindspot" leads the viewer endlessly spiraling into its formidable belly — once there, you'll yearn like Jonah to be safely out. (NR)
Note: Last chance to experience this exceptional show.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
New York in the Sixties: Vintage Photographs
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| when: | Now through Sat 11.15 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm) |
| where: | Banning Gallery (64 N Moore St, 212.966.4144) |
| price: | FREE |
| | A medley of black-and-white prints by known and
unknown photographers illuminate this spirited show about the sizzling '60s in the city that never sleeps. Ranging from William Klein's fashion shot on the Queensborough Bridge to Gordon Parks' documentation of the rise of Black Muslims to an anonymous backstage photo of the Beatles decked out in derbies, NYC is portrayed as a hotbed of social transformation. A stained print of Robert F. Kennedy marching up Fifth Avenue during his 1968 presidential campaign is poignantly paired with one of a woman watching a television broadcast of him lying in state at St Patrick's Cathedral. Hairstyles, outfits, and cars may differ, but the pulse of the city is loud and clear. (PL)
Note: Check out the early Vito Acconci photos winding down the stairway of this intriguing space, which also includes a 1928 wooden phone booth and a freaky Oceanic tribal figure.
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| | Part performance, part illicit thrill, Noémie Lafrance's latest site-specific dance work ensconces viewers in the deserted stairwell of a Lower Manhattan municipal building. The audience wraps around the dark banister, peering over the edge to view the vertiginous set and the 12 women flitting and gyrating about the room. Flashes of limbs, angled snippets of paired dancers, glimpses of dripping water and feathers, and syncopated movements of pale bodies form a distinctively eerie mood. Level by level, the viewers step down into the dancers' realm, edging tensely towards a surreal conclusion. (CP)
What other horizontally challenged places would be conducive to Descent's elevated choreography? Six best answers each win a pair of tickets to the event and a poster.
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| CD REVIEW: A Frames, 2 |
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S-S/Dragnet
Released September 2003
$9.99 (toneVendor)
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Should IBM reprogram chess tsar Big Blue to rock, expect something resembling the A Frames' droid-punk. The Seattle guitar-bass-drum trio's second LP rocks and Cobols to deliberate riffs, punk-funk basslines, and drop-beat drum pounds. The so-emotionless-it's-affecting monotone of singer/guitarist Erin Sullivan, who peppers 2 with technology-obsessed lyrics, fronts the robotic caterwaul with configured ease. "Sensation" resolutely clangs as a bewildered Sullivan declares, "Sensation, I want to feel it again/Sensation that I don't |
understand," and in near-ballad "Electricity" he sings, "Our currents they alternate/Our circuits they integrate." It's the ultimate computer virus slow jam! (YS)
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| FREE WAVES: Museum of Television and Radio |
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As Airheads and WKRP in Cincinnati illustrate, witnessing molasses-voiced DJs in the flesh can be quite a trip, even if, as the cliché goes, some have faces made for radio. The Museum of Television and Radio, in conjunction with the CMJ Music Marathon, wraps up its 2003 Radio Festival this week with a slew of on-site live broadcasts from independent airwave luminaries like Seattle's KEXP, WFMU of Jersey City, NJ, and KCRW from Santa Monica, CA, among others. While in-house, check Hello, I'm Johnny Cash, a moving film retrospective about the pride of Arkansas, and watch the country legend sadly fade to black. (YS)
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| STREAMS: dublab |
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It's not easy to keep your head above water these days. The job market is tighter than a sailor's knot on a bumpy sea. Able-bodied go-getters are walking the streets pulling pocket lint from pigeon coops. But don't you worry: if you're a broke bloke or a dimeless dame you can still eat. Here's a Labrat-crafted recipe to get you on the go. HOBO STEW: One packet of ketchup, salt, pepper, a tin can, and a match. Strike match on abrasive surface. Make a fire. Pour ketchup (or fancy catsup), salt, and pepper in can. Hold can over flames, but be careful — fire is ouch. Stir contents until hot. Eat. dublab gets you through the recession and back to golden days once again. (frosty)
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