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Sometimes it's tough to stay within society's boundaries. Regulations and demands can be stifling, but there's still a future in living off the grid. Take example from grrrls, guerillas, and grifters — a brief sojourn in the wilderness can do wonders for your status as a prophet. For learning old techniques or new strategies, there's a perfect primer residing below. You're not on the lam yet, so spread it...



 
 
The Sanctum at the Tribeca Grand is a new, exclusive cocktail lounge offering a unique drink menu featuring only premium liquors, fresh ingredients, and hand-squeezed juices. The pioneering music program at the Sanctum is the creation of Tommy Saleh, who regularly hosts some of most talented DJs spinning in NYC.

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tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
monday
ongoing
features
 
art:Fast Forward; Night of 1,000 Drawings; Steve Mumford in Iraq: Drawing from Life
dj:Micromini w/ Sammy Dee; Prefuse 73 w/ Rjd2 and Beans
fair:Editions/Artists' Books Fair '03
film:Red Bone Guerillas; The Mesmerist
lecture:Little Gray Book Lecture #23: Brookline
multimedia:Fellini!; War Games
music:Cex; Kristin Hersh, Howe Gelb, and Andrew Bird; KRS-One; Le Tigre; Magnolia Electric Co.; Oneida w/ Metal Urbain; Plaid w/ Chris Clark and Luke Vibert; Tim Berne's Latest Mess; Todd Reynolds
photography:Mary Ellen Mark: Twins; Wim Wenders
reading:Dale Peck; DBC Pierre, Gil Scott-Heron, Arthur Bradford, and Dan Rhodes; Patti Smith

 



  
READING
Patti Smith


when: Tue 11.4 (6:30pm)
where: New York Public Library (5th Ave @ 42nd St, 212.930.0571)
price: $10
links: Event Info | Patti Smith
 
Most of the poems for this evening come from Patti Smith's new book, Wild Leaves: Poems and Songs of Transition From Mendelssohn to Mapplethorpe. The work was first rumored to be published in 1995 when an ad was taken out for it in The Village Voice, but it only saw the light of day this year. Just as Smith dedicates her song "Wild Leaves" to Robert Mapplethorpe each time she sings it, the book of the same name includes odes to influences she holds dear who have passed away. Expect some stridency during this intimate evening with Smith, but also the passion of loss and laughter. (AD)




  
MUSIC: Glitch-Rock
Cex


when: Tue 11.4 (8pm)
where: Pianos (158 Ludlow St, 212.505.3733)
price: $10
links: Event Info | Cex
 
It's the classic fable come to fruition: an awkward, sex-obsessed rapper abandons his glitch-hop past in search of rock demi-stardom, and creates a midpoint between the Streets' spoken-word crunk and A.R.E. Weapons' for-the-kids no-wave. Maryland Mansions, Cex's first album for emo stalwarts Jade Tree, finds the Baltimore honky abandoning nearly all that tech-heads hold dear to make — say it with a sneer — almost-rock music. Shockingly, it works, as the forthcoming disc's eight cuts convincingly channel the two-chord simplicity of "Louie Louie" into a beat-minded template (aka the Prodigy approach). Who knows how Cex manifests himself live these days, but word is that elaborate costuming is involved. (YS)


 Which Cex track on his recent split with the Venetian Snares deals with fan queries about his music-making? First two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.



  
MUSIC: Punk-Pop
Le Tigre


when: Tue 11.4 (8pm)
where: Irving Plaza (17 Irving Pl, 212.777.6800)
price: $16
links: Le Tigre | Irving Plaza
 
First things first: Le Tigre don't separate music and politics, and as far as these ladies (Kathleen, JD, and Johanna) are concerned, the two thrive upon each other. Perhaps this is what makes them one of the few feminist punk-electropop bands to transcend the ubiquitous riot grrrl movement of the '90s. Fittingly, this "Bands Against Bush" tour also has a political agenda and comes complete with voting booths at each show. But don't let that get you all grim and serious. Le Tigre bring their punchy, attitudinal energy to this first stop on their tour for what ought to be a riotously dance-inducing show — in true activist fashion. (JC)

Note: Yuka Honda (half of the duo Cibo Matto) and Will Power open tonight. Le Tigre play again at Irving Plaza, with Out Hud opening, on Thur 11.6 (8pm).


 What's the title of Kathleen Hanna's first solo album? The third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.





  
ART: Tour
Fast Forward: Twenty Years of White Rooms


when: Wed 11.5 (6:30pm)
where: White Columns (320 W 13 St, 212.924.4212)
price:  FREE
links: Event Info
 
For 20 years, the White Room within White Columns gallery has helped jumpstart the careers of many now-known artists by providing them with a noncommercial exhibition space during the early stages of their artistic development. Faced with the arduous task of choosing from an impressive list of alumni, director and curator Lauren Ross selected work from 12 past participants, including John Currin, Lisa Sigal, and Jim Hodges. Fast Forward presents a work from each artist's White Room days alongside a recent piece, creating moments where anticipated "potential" and actual outcomes collide. Join Ross on a journey back in time, as she rewinds and presses play during this gallery tour. (JLC)

Note: Exhibition continues through Sun 12.7 (Wed-Sun: 12-6pm).




  
LECTURE
Little Gray Book Lecture #23: Brookline


when: Wed 11.5 (8pm)
where: Galapagos Art Space (70 N 6th St, Wburg, 718.782.5188)
price: $5
links: Event Info | Brookline
 
This month's Little Gray Book lecture tackles the topic of "hometown," as it turns its spotlight on the Boston suburb of Brookline. Known as the birthplace of notables like JFK, Conan O'Brien, and Mike Wallace, as well as the first country club in America, Brookline is dissected tonight by former inhabitants, including comedian Patrick Borelli, journalist Adam Mazmanian, author Danzy Senza, and humorist Sarah Vowell. In keeping with the lecture's subtitle, "The Town That Has Everything (and at the Same Time Has Nothing)," host John Hodgman tries to keep the perspectives both pro and con. (MB)


 What is the name of America's first country club? The first two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event and a free drink.



  
DJ
Prefuse 73 w/ Rjd2 and Beans


when: Wed 11.5 (8:30pm)
where: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St, 212.533.2111)
price: $20
links: Prefuse 73 | Rjd2 | Beans | Bowery Ballroom
 
Whether you call it instrumental hip hop or experimental glitch hop, this double bill is as challenging as it gets. As if you weren't satisfied with his formidable, multilayered album One Word Extinguisher of last year, Scott Herren (aka Prefuse 73) takes it up a notch and releases the outtakes. Creating sound collages that seem even denser and more crafted than his studio pastiches, Prefuse 73 knows what buttons to push, and when, in a live context. And, in a parallel Def Jux-ian world, Rjd2 — still beaming from the critics' praise of 2002's Deadringer — spins lush, cinematic samples and soulful, provocative beats that make even the most idle show-goers bob their heads in agreement. (JC)

Note: Prefuse 73 also plays at Southpaw on Sat 11.8 (9pm) and spins in the Sanctum at the Tribeca Grand on Sun 11.9.


 Beans was formerly a member of what hip hop collective? First correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the 11.8 show.





  
READING
DBC Pierre, Gil Scott-Heron, Arthur Bradford, and Dan Rhodes


when: Thur 11.6 (6:30-7:30pm)
where: S.O.B.'s (204 Varick St, 212.243.4940)
price:  FREE
links: DBC Pierre | Gil Scott-Heron | Arthur Bradford | Dan Rhodes
 
Two of tonight's readers owe a serious debt to fortune's wheel. Both DBC Pierre and Gil Scott-Heron have experienced extreme reversals of circumstance. Pierre went from a life as a thief and a con man, stealing tens of thousands of pounds from friends and incurring massive debts due to drug use and gambling, to winning this year's Booker Prize for his novel Vernon God Little. Scott-Heron parlayed his success as novelist, poet, activist, and hugely influential musician during the '70s into a $2,000-a-week crack cocaine addiction, recently emerging from treatment after a 2001 arrest. Tonight the two are joined by Arthur Bradford, author of the short-story collection Dogwalker, and Dan Rhodes, author of Timoleon Vieta Come Home. (NP)

Note: Later tonight at the Knitting Factory (8pm & 10:30pm), old and new generations of politically conscious poetry merge, as Scott-Heron and longtime musical collaborator Brian Jackson join slam dynamo Saul Williams.


 What, according to Scott-Heron's song "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised," will you not have to worry about? First six correct answers each win a book by either Pierre or Rhodes.



  
READING
Dale Peck


when: Thur 11.6 (7pm)
where: Barnes & Noble (675 6th Ave, 212.727.1227)
price:  FREE
links: Event Info | Dale Peck | Moody | Pynchon
 
You may love him (if you're Joan Didion), or you may hate him (if you're Jessa Crispin), but if you read literary criticism, you have an opinion on Dale Peck. His acerbic, take-no-prisoners book reviews for The New Republic have shot down popular and critically acclaimed writers from Rick Moody to Julian Barnes, inciting the ire of many along the way. Yet even Peck's enemies have struggled in their attempts to pan his past novels, which include Martin and John, The Law of Enclosures, and Now It's Time to Say Goodbye. His latest, What We Lost: Based on a True Story, uses characteristically precise and evocative language to delve into the history of his father's trying upbringing. Likely to draw both hecklers and fans, Peck reads from his new novel and participates in what promises to be not your usual Q&A session. (AL)




  
MUSIC: Psychedelia
Oneida w/ Metal Urbain


when: Thur 11.6 (9pm)
where: Southpaw (125 5th Ave, Park Slope, 718.230.0236)
price: $10
links: Event Info | Oneida
 
Oneida can simultaneously be New York's best and worst band. Their caustic garage-rock, meandering psychedelia, and folk-metal à la the Incredible String Band dominate the now-trio's sound in a good way; at the same time, their penchant for neutered, almost-joke rock seriously limited the band's first four records. However, last year's Each One Teach One and next year's astonishing Secret Wars consolidate the band's flightier impulses into a meaty punch. Sharing the bill with Oneida are Metal Urbain, a thrilling late '70s French punk-industrial act on the comeback piste. (YS)


 "Each one teach one" was also a motto of what revolutionary social group? First correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.



  
DJ
Micromini w/ Sammy Dee, Magda, Philip Sherburne, and Kevin McHugh


when: Thur 11.6 (10pm)
where: Filter 14 (432 W 14th St, 212.366.5680)
price: $7
links: Event Info | Philip Sherburne
 
Micromini has been keeping the crowds coming with its monthly bleepy, techno booty-bustin' throwdowns at this cozy, legally dance-friendly spot. Tonight's installment brings two long-missed Berliners: Perlon record head and Pantytec member Sammy Dee, and former NYC darling Magda — a pair sure to roll into town armed with the newest and best tracks from across the pond. If that isn't enough, flavorpill SF's own Philip Sherburne comes across the country to grace us with his crème de la crème selections of microhouse, minimal tech, and electro. Kindly host Kevin McHugh gets things started on the decks. (MG)


 Who, along with Sammy Dee, makes up Pantytec? First answer wins a pair of tickets to this show and a copy of Perlon's Superlongevity3 CD. Second correct answer wins a copy of the CD.





  
FAIR
Editions/Artists' Books Fair '03


when: Fri 11.7 & Sat 11.8 (11am-7pm) / Sun 11.9 (11am-4pm)
where: Starett Lehigh Building (601 W 26th St, 14th Fl, 212.647.9111)
price:  FREE
 
Whether you know zilch about contemporary editions and artists' books or you're already an avid collector, here's a superb opportunity to see recent offerings from the most innovative art publishers in Europe and the US. Organized by Michele Quinn of Brooke Alexander Editions, Susan Inglett of IC Editions, and David Platzker of Printed Matter to coincide with the older and stuffier IFPDA Print Fair at the Armory, this downtown delight is chock-full of prints, multiples, books, and zines, as well as audio and video works. From 2003 MacArthur grant recipient Sarah Sze to William Kentridge and Ed Ruscha, there's plenty here to catch your eye and stimulate your mind. (PL)

Note: The fair opens on Thur 11.6 ($25 tickets for this night benefit Printed Matter) and is part of the citywide Print Week 2003, which includes numerous related events.




  
FILM
The Mesmerist


when: Fri 11.7 (6:30pm)
where: American Museum of Natural History (Central Park W at 79th St, 212.769.5100)
price: $9
links: Event Info
 
Most people would pay homage to a film by restoring the quality of the print, but filmmaker Bill Morrison pays his respects by capturing its decay. As his reels degenerate and regenerate before our eyes, they tell stories of dearly held dreams, dashed hopes, and, ultimately, the abandoned cinematic projects of generations past. In this new short film, The Mesmerist, Boris Karloff hypnotizes a murderer (Lionel Barrymore) as hallucinations and other worlds swirl through the acetate, re-presenting a moment from a lost era of Hollywood grandeur as seen through Morrison's own mesmerizing, revisionist lens. (AD)

Note: Showing before The Mesmerist is The Lost Reels of Pancho Villa, a documentary about Villa, who had the foresight to commission the American Mutual Film Company to follow and film him during the Mexican Revolution. Both screenings are part of the ongoing Margaret Mead film festival at the AMNH. Enter on 77th St btwn Columbus Ave and Central Park West.


 Boris Karloff met which comedy duo on-screen for the first time in 1949? First five correct answers win a pair of tickets to tonight's program.



  
MUSIC: Indie-Rock
An evening with Kristin Hersh, Howe Gelb, and Andrew Bird


when: Fri 11.7 (9pm)
where: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3006)
price: $15 advance / $17
links: Event Info | Kristin Hersh | Andrew Bird
 
Multitalented Howe Gelb is a versatile, prolific performer whose serene imagination has been working overtime in Giant Sand, Friends of Dean Martinez, Calexico, and Band of Blacky Ranchette. He restlessly continues his Southwestern explorations on his latest solo release, The Listener, saturating tracks like "Blood Orange" and "Cowboy Boots" with lush reverb, insightful stories, and a touch of country swing. Not easily defined, Gelb moves between musical genres and instruments with masterful ease. On this tour, he's joined by former Throwing Muses frontwoman Kristin Hersh and the charismatic violinist Andrew Bird — the three are playing both individually and as an ensemble. (AS)


 Tell us a story about a Southwestern exploration. Our favorite wins a pair of tickets to the show.



  
MUSIC: IDM
Plaid w/ Chris Clark and Luke Vibert


when: Fri 11.7 (10pm)
where: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St, 212.533.2111)
price: $15 advance / $18
links: Chris Clark | Luke Vibert | Bowery Ballroom
 
Thanks in part to Clark, Vibert, and Plaid, 2003 has been a banner year for Warp, and possibly the most consistent in the label's 14-year history. So what better way to celebrate than with a banner tour? Share Clark's pain as he plays his quarter-life crisis out with jarring beats, made even more jarring by steel-wool static, made even more jarring by lopsided, not-quite-comely tunes. Party like it's 1989 to the sounds of Luke Vibert's love affair with his Roland TB-303. Gawk at Plaid, who, with their diced beats and sky-high piles of melodies, are doing the pretty/creepy thing even better than Angelina Jolie. (RJ)

Note: This lineup also plays the Bowery on Thur 11.6 (9:30pm).






  
ART
Night of 1,000 Drawings


when: Sat 11.8 (3-9pm)
where: Artists Space (38 Greene St, 3rd fl, 212.226.3970)
price: $5
links: Event Info
 
The saying goes that a picture is worth 1,000 words, but often they're also worth thousands of dollars, leaving light-pocketed art lovers in a window-shopping purgatory. Fortunately, this one-night-only annual Artists Space event gives you 1,000 opportunities to discover the work of emerging artists and to purchase one of their drawings for only $30-50. So leave the words to the birds this time, break open your piggy bank, and come collect. (JKG)

Note: All proceeds go to the Artists Space to support their ongoing programs. Open bar after 6pm.




  
PHOTOGRAPHY
Wim Wenders


when: Sat 11.8 (6-8pm)
where: James Cohan Gallery (533 W 26th St, 212.714.9500)
price:  FREE
links: Event Info | Wim Wenders
 
Admirers of Wim Wenders' best films remember the locations as much as the characters: the dusty expanses of Paris, Texas; the urban tangle of Berlin before the wall came down in Wings of Desire; the gorgeously dilapidated streets of Havana in Buena Vista Social Club. His photographs, taken while scouting locations or simply wandering, are primarily landscapes of the American West and stills of small-town America — places that seem trapped in time. Most are devoid of people, focusing instead on color, structure, and decay. Some are like Hopper paintings come to life. These large-scale images have a stark beauty all their own. (LL)

Note: Exhibition continues through Sat 12.20 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm).




  
MUSIC: Indie-Folk
Magnolia Electric Co.


when: Sat 11.8 (8pm)
where: Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3006)
price: $10
links: Event Info | Songs: Ohia
 
As Songs:Ohia, Jason Molina spent a decade recording spare, indie-folk downers that looked to Palace Brother #1, Will Oldham, for inspiration. Sometimes worthy, sometimes wordy, Molina's vision and records always seemed slightly off-kilter. But with the Magnolia Electric Co., a sextet featuring multiple electric guitars, a pedal steel, and folkie femmes fatales Scout Niblett and Jennie Benford (of Philly bluegrassers Jim and Jennie and the Pinetops), his smalltown dreams become epic roots-rock fantasias. Looking for a ride on a modern-day Crazy Horse or "Proud Mary"? You can't do better than this. Also playing: the Wrens, with their decade-old, middle of the road indie-rock, and +/-, featuring members of Versus. (PO)


 Which folk instrument do you think is most overlooked, and why? Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to the show.





  
FILM
Red Bone Guerillas


when: Sun 11.9 (12 & 3pm)
where: Rush Arts Gallery (526 W 26th St, Ste 311)
price:  FREE
links: Rush Arts Gallery
 
In addition to being a labor of love for husband-and-wife filmmakers Pierre and Jamyla Bennu (founders of Exit the Apple), Red Bone Guerillas is also an experiment in improvisation — there were no scripts or second takes. In the mockumentary spirt of films like This is Spinal Tap and A Mighty Wind, the film tracks a fictional band of street performers called Red Bone Guerillas (RBG). The performances, or "interventions" as RBG members call them, are intended to force society, namely New Yorkers, to channel the passion with which they follow the media into actively pursuing their dreams. (PW)




  
MULTIMEDIA
War Games: Digital Gaming and the US Military


when: Sun 11.9 (7pm)
where: Galapagos Art Space (70 N 6th St, Wburg, 718.782.5188)
price: $6
links: Event Info
 
One of the most striking aspects of high-tech warfare is detachment from the enemy. The majority of casualties are caused by long-range devices such as smart bombs and cruise missiles, where, for the operator pushing the button, an enemy encampment may appear as nothing more than a blurred satellite image. Fortunately for the US military, a generation of young men have become very adept at pushing those buttons thanks to first-person shooters, combat flight simulators, and other martial videogames. Tonight as a part of Ocularis' ongoing Sunday series, writer and director Ed Halter focuses his multimedia presentation on how the military intends to cull today's top gaming jocks and turn them into hand-eye coordinated Rambos. (NP)


 Which seminal first-person shooter involved hidden treasure and shouts of "mein leben"? First three correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.





  
MUSIC: Hip Hop
KRS-One w/ special guests


when: Mon 11.10 (9pm)
where: Southpaw (125 5th Ave, Park Slope, 718.230.0236)
price: $18
links: Event Info | KRS-One
 
Raised on the dirty streets of the blighted South Bronx, KRS-One is now a titan in the hip hop pantheon. As a homeless teen, he studied philosophy, napping at the library by day and wandering the streets at night — a habit that fueled the distinctive duality of his work. KRS' legacy is that he made both intelligence and spirituality acceptable to his audience, inspiring a generation of rappers who advocate causes nobler than hos, guns, and blunts. Tonight, in a rare appearance, the author (having recently released Ruminations, a collection of essays), lecturer, and fervent local activist dusts off his Adidas. (NP)


 What, according to KRS-One, is the sound of the police? First correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the show.



  
MUSIC: Avant-Jazz
Tim Berne's Latest Mess


when: Mon 11.10 (9pm)
where: 55 Bar (55 Christopher St, 212.929.9883)
price: $7
links: Tim Berne | 55 Bar
 
Jazz saxophonist Tim Berne has long been at the pinnacle of today's postmodern avant-jazz world. His lineup tonight features some of the usual suspects, including Craig Taborn on keyboards and laptop, and Tom Rainey on drums. David Torn, whose career took an interesting twist when he composed music for the recent film The Order, also joins the group on guitar. Be forewarned though, as it's on the experimental side of jazz. Tonight's gig might be heavy lifting (or listening) for the uninitiated, but manna from heaven for those seeking progressive sounds. (JM)


 What's your latest mess? Most disheveled answer wins a pair of tickets to the show.



  
MUSIC: Experimental
Todd Reynolds


when: Mon 11.10 (9:30pm)
where: Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette St, 212.539.8778)
price: $15
links: Event Info | Todd Reynolds
 
From the blues to the boombox, Todd Reynolds shows off his musical influences tonight with an evening of premieres, including new works by the soundscape-driven Phil Klein and the blues-influenced John King, as well as some of his own. Recently, Reynolds has been tapping his laptop resources to great success, so expect to see his hardware put to good use when he's joined on stage by avant-techno maestro Jesse Stiles 3000, who incorporates field recordings from the Far East into his pop-tinged bleeps. Other guests include Klein himself and percussion genius David Coussin. (AD)


 Phil Klein releases albums under what sound-addicted pseudonym? First correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.





  
PHOTOGRAPHY
Mary Ellen Mark: Twins


when: Now through Sat 11.8 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm)
where: Marianne Boesky Gallery (535 W 22nd St, 2nd Fl, 212.680.9889)
price:  FREE
links: Event Info | Mary Ellen Mark
 
Scores of photographers have documented twins, but none have come close to the power of Mary Ellen Mark's penetrating eye. Using a cumbersome 20 x 24 camera, she captured the extraordinary relationships of siblings who look and dress alike at the annual Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio. Over a two-year period, Mark made nearly 100 unique black-and-white Polaroid prints of the precise pairs — back-to-back, belly-to-belly, and mimicking one another's poses. The resulting images, 80 selected for a new book and 28 on display here, are rich in ambiance and detail, portraying the young and old, attractive and unattractive, with the same empathic vision. (PL)

Note: In an adjoining room, Martin Bell, director of the documentary Streetwise, presents an insightful video of the twins reminiscing about their unique relationships.




  
ART
Steve Mumford in Iraq: Drawing from Life


when: Now through Sat 11.22 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm)
where: Postmasters (459 W 19th St, 212.727.3323)
price:  FREE
links: Event Info | Steve Mumford
 
Trust an artist to willingly go where no men dare to tread — out of uniform, that is. Armed with only a pen (and ink and watercolor), Steve Mumford tackles war correspondence, as well as art, the old-fashioned way: from direct observation. With matter-of-fact objectivity, from the trenches and on the streets of Baghdad, his daily journal of pictures and text documents the impact of the war in Iraq on the soldiers, the civilians, and the terrain. There are no heroes or villains here — everyone's a victim. The pictures' poignant immediacy makes one chillingly aware of their function as evidence. Combined with Mumford's painterly panache, art and life converge in the desert sands. (JBK)




  
MULTIMEDIA
Fellini!


when: Now through Wed 1.14.04 (Sat-Wed: 10am-5:45pm / Fri: 10am-8pm)
where: Guggenheim Museum (1071 5th Ave, 212.423.3500)
price: $15
links: Event Info | Fellini
 
Although Federico Fellini is primarily known as one of the 20th century's most gifted filmmakers, drawing was also an integral artistic practice throughout his life — his start in cinema began with his sketches for film adverts. In recognition of the tenth anniversary of his death, the Guggenheim presents an exhibit that introduces us to both his motion- and still-picture genius. One of the museum's galleries highlights his works on paper, predominantly comic sketches and caricatures, while the cinematic portion of the exhibit includes exclusive interviews, commercials, and a smattering of his films, including Variety Lights, La Dolce Vita, La Strada, and Satyricon. (MB)


 In what famous (and watery) Rome landmark does Anita Ekberg's character appear in La Dolce Vita? First six correct answers each win tickets to a film in the program between Wed 11.5 and Sat 11.8.






CD REVIEW: King Creosote, Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides
Domino
Released September 2003
$10.99 (Other Music)

Kenny and Beth's Musakal Boat Rides culls a decade's worth of self-released neo-folk cuts from Scottish singer/songwriter King Creosote's catalogue. Coy but not excessively so, Creosote updates the intricate folk-rock recordings of Fairport Convention and early Jethro Tull with occasional electronic bleeps and whirls — picture Badly Drawn Boy minus the obnoxious ski cap. "Pulling Up Creels" waltzes to a ringing loop, "Turps" strains to Creosote's unique vocal lilts, and the menacing "Spokes" contains arresting couplets like "I rode a bike with a
razor saddle/I hated everyone in my sight," snarled over swooning keyboard chimes. No tweeist, he. This startling disc's best moment, "Lavender Moon," might have emanated from the fingertips of Leonard Cohen with its stark, beholding-Armageddon-from-the-front-porch vibe. This is music to die to. (YS)

Can you name a band that King Creosote was once a member of? First correct answer wins a copy of this CD.

 
ART CAUSE: ACRIA
Since 1991, ACRIA has been working to improve the lives of people with AIDS through their two-fold approach of conducting groundbreaking research and providing up-to-the-minute information regarding treatment. ACRIA's success in raising more than $1.5 million with their Unframed program of art sales was made possible by the donation of work by sympathetic artists such as Jenny Holzer and Julian Schnabel, as well as through the heroic efforts of president Ross Bleckner. Come out for this year's Emerging installment at Matthew Marks Gallery (523 W 24th St) on Tue 11.4 (6-8pm) — the $20 entry fee raises funds for ACRIA and gives you a view of hot new works by Lane Twitchell, Nina Bovasso, Eli Sudbrack, and Laurie Reid. Lay down $300 for the cause, and take home your favorite piece. (SM)

 
STREAMS: dublab
Did you get too scared on Halloween? Did your eyeballs pop out of your head for a trip around the moon? All Hallows' Eve can be a fright-filled holiday, what with all those zombies walking to and fro. You deserve a rest after such a freaky spook-a-thon, and dublab is the place to cure Post-Halloween Stress Disorder. Tune into dublab's wonderful music waves and forget about mummies, goblins, and gh-gh-gh-gh-ghosts. (frosty)



boo beats: dubstream  (the Labrats)
candy kid: four square  (Tujiko Noriko)
frigid fright: ten elements  (frosty)
 




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