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You never forget it. The first trip of summer. And you're forever trying to rediscover it. Popsicles running down your arm. Skin glowing red from the sun. And an unbridled sense of excitement and pure well-being. Live it all again. Live it with ABSOLUT.
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| | While every other Friendster profile may list one of his publications as a "favorite book," popularity doesn't make David Sedaris any less of an author. From his well-loved essay collections to his contributions to NPR and The New Yorker (transmitted from his mouse-corpse-ridden house in France), Sedaris' deadpan tales of suburban and expatriate madness are unbeatable. Get your introduction to the family — as you await the film version of his sister's show Strangers with Candy — when he reads tonight from his latest collection, Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim. A discussion and book signing follow. (AL)
  
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MUSIC: Hip-Hop
Hip-Hop for Kerry w/ Jean Grae, Roosevelt Franklin, and Dujeous
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| when: | Tue 6.1 (8pm) |
| where: | Pianos (158 Ludlow St, 212.505.3733) |
| price: | $20 / $15 advance |
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Event Info | Jean Grae | Dujeous |
| | If you need to enlist the public in your cause, rounding up a team of spokes-rappers doesn't seem like a bad idea. This latest grassroots fundraiser for John Kerry includes some of NYC's finest hip-hop performers and rockers. Headliner Jean Grae is known for her ferocious flow and clever lyrics, while her collaborators Roosevelt Franklin (Company Flow's DJ/producer Mr. Len and the Masterminds' Kimani Rogers) offer cheeky linguistics on topics ranging from Kurt Loder to puppets. Live hip-hop act Dujeous funk things up with tunes from their first full-length (in ten years as a collective), City Limits. With Benzos and Bastion. (CN)
Note: 100 percent of every ticket sale is a direct donation to the John Kerry for President campaign.
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| | Grab your freeze-dried treats and strap in for a spacey, reverb-filled trip. Frontman Jim James helms the Kentucky-bred My Morning Jacket crew with his Neil Young-like vibrato. Counting among their influences the likes of Etta James, Roy Orbison, the Beach Boys, and Led Zeppelin, they rock out like good southern boys and are best appreciated live. Raspy-voiced Oregon singer-songwriter M. Ward should warm up the crowd nicely while they're waiting on the tarmac. Dr. Dog open. (MB)
 What was the name of MMJ's debut album? The eighth and tenth correct answers win a pair of tickets to this event.
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DANCE
Koosil-ja: deadmandancing EXCESS
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| when: | Now through Sat 6.12 (Wed-Sat: 8pm) |
| where: | Nest (88 Front St, DUMBO, 212.375.0189) |
| price: | $10 |
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| | After her performance of mech[a] and OUTPUT at Nest last January, it was clear that Koosil-ja — an accomplished musician and Merce Cunningham alum — wasn't afraid of daring experimentation or heavy objects (she danced under/dodged swinging video equipment). With her latest work in progress, another dance and mixed media project entitled deadmandancing EXCESS, she tackles the topic of fear itself; specifically, our own ongoing dance with death and the concept of mortality. Against a backdrop of images of dying culled from films and video games, Koosil-ja interprets our fury for life in physical terms, with music from collaborator Geoff Matters and environmental design from avant-architectural duo Omar Khan and Laura Garófalo. (JKG)
Note: Performances continue on Wed 6.23 - Sat 6.26 (8pm).
What's your favorite way to indulge in excess? Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | Erró, the globally savvy Icelandic pop artist, is admittedly something of an anomaly. Working in quintessentially American territory with a marauding spirit worthy of his Nordic forebears, Erró ruthlessly pillages high and low culture to craft claustrophobic collages and surreal juxtapositions of comic book imagery, sci-fi illustration, socialist realism, and renaissance and modernist figuration. His first proper New York introduction, this show presents selections from the artist's half-century career, including slick (and sly) political paintings, collages, videos, and sculpture. Tonight, for this First Wednesday event, gallery director Lynn Gumpert is on hand to discuss his work. (RA)
Note: Exhibit continues through 7.17 (schedule) while the concurrent Erró: Femme Fatales runs through 7.16 at the Goethe-Institut uptown.
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MUSIC: Math-Rock
Hella
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| when: | Thur 6.3 (9pm) |
| where: | Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3006) |
| price: | $12 / $10 advance |
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Event Info | Hella |
| | Hella are the world's greatest live band. Let's repeat that: Hella are the world's greatest live band. Powered by Spencer Seim, a noodle-fingered guitarist, and Zach Hill, possibly the greatest drummer ever (and you think we're joking), Hella have released two LPs, two EPs, and two 7-inches of shockingly poppy noise/math-rock (though their recent material has veered more toward mind-f**k Lightning Bolt territory). The rock gods have noticed: drummer Hill has been approached by members of the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Deftones, and Primus for his skin work, and the duo's shows — sweaty flashes of octopus limbs and calloused fingers — are hotly anticipated. (YS)
Note: Need New Body and Make Believe open. Hella play again on Fri 6.4 at Northsix (9pm).
What was the name of the band Spencer Seim and Zach Hill were members of before Hella? Second and ninth correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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| | Sixties California pop was the original indie rock — shaky white boy vocals meet jangling arrangements meet lazy tempos — making its current incarnations much easier to bear. San Franciscans Beulah (along with Modesto's Grandaddy) led the Cali charge through the late '90s/early '00s (check The Coast Is Never Clear) with wistfulness and melancholy being the dominant moods. Newcomers dios, from the Beach Boys' hometown of Hawthorne, CA, have overtaken all Cali contemporaries with their self-titled debut, a delicate stroll where all that jangles is gold. (YS)
Note: Beulah and dios play again, with the Stratford 4, on Fri 6.4 at the Bowery Ballroom (9pm).
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| | Jolie Holland just wasn't made for these times. Her sweet croon, delicately graced by old jazz, Southern gospel, and spooky Western gothic, seems so heartfelt and pure that her very existence is as punk a statement as any made by her noisy Anti- label, an offshoot of Epitaph Records. A one-time member of Canadian folkies the Be Good Tanyas, Holland has since swapped the band's just-on-the-edge-of-goofy folk for a classy style that's as much her own as it is a product of her numerous, far-flung influences. (KT)
Note: Former Wild Colonials singer and Télépopmusik collaborator Angela McClusky plays an earlier show tonight at Joe's (7:30pm).
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DJ
Keith Tenniswood (of Two Lone Swordsmen)
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| when: | Thur 6.3 (10pm) |
| where: | Rothko (116 Suffolk St, 212.475.7088) |
| price: | $8 |
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| | On their new LP, From the Double Gone Chapel, Two Lone Swordsmen genre-hop from their familiar leftfield electronic productions into lo-fi rock band territory, with undertones of gothy dub and punk. Sans Mr. Weatherall tonight, Swordsman Keith Tenniswood, known also by his Radioactive Man alias, brings on the sub-bass electro assault at Rothko for this album launch party. Also, new Warp signees Home Video, fresh from their excellent 10-inch release, "That You Might," perform live. Support comes from Germany's Mr. Negative on decks and fx, Alex English, and the consistently rocking James F***ing Friedman and Ben "Dirty Dirty" Dietz. (CJN)
Note: ** Keith Tenniswood's appearance has been cancelled. Otherwise, the lineup remains the same and the event is FREE. **
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| | Wry satire meets earnest cooperation, demonstrated political commitment, and the democratic spirit (aka affordable art) in this retrospective exhibition of prints from Cannonball Press. Since its inception, Cannonball has collaborated with artists like the Barnstormer collective, New York Now alumnus Bill Fick, and David "Get Your War On" Rees (before he was famous) on editions of pithy black-and-white graphics sold on its website for a mere $25. In addition, Nobody's Heroes rounds up solo work from such B-stormers past and present as David Ellis, Maya Hayuk, Alice Helander, as well as C-ball founders Martin Mazorra and Mike Houston. (LT)
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| | Why $50? It's for the kids! Based on the success of SF's 826 Valencia, which strives to foster a fervor for the written word with free tutoring and workshops for children ages 8-18, the McSweeney's-affiliated nonprofit is coming to Brooklyn. In a final funding push before 826NYC opens, This American Life regular Sarah Vowell hosts this night of music and comedy with former Tinkle co-hosts David Cross and Todd Barry, enduring act They Might Be Giants, and the rock musicians of People Are Wrong, which includes one of TMBG's Johns and the Loser's Lounge band. Afterward, you can preview the storefront that 826 will live behind, the Brooklyn Superhero Supply Co. — finally, a convenient Gotham location for men's tights! (JKG)
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| | Led by Sean Holland and Michael Davis, New York's Coco Machete imprint has been turning out adventurous, crowd-pleasing house tracks for the past two years. Tonight, they celebrate the release of their debut mix, A Night Called Thatch, which champions nothing more (or less) than raunchy summer fun with tracks like "Tie Me Up," "Freak Hug," and the less elliptical "Let's F**k." Album producer Lance "Land Shark" DeSardi flies in with the funk from San Francisco to join the CM crew in spinning their signature "urban tropical" blend of hip-hop, house, reggae, disco, punk, and soul — with added heat from Blunted Funk's Scottie B and Sneak-E Pete. The forecast: equatorial excess. (CEH)
What was the name of the collective Sean Holland started in Texas in the early '90s? The third and tenth correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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DJ
This One's For You
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| when: | Sat 6.5 (2pm-4am) |
| where: | Peggy O'Neils (1904 Surf Ave, Coney Island, 212.465.7530) |
| price: | $5 donation |
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| | When commemorating a lost homie, some people just tip a 40. Others, like the sponsors of this 14-hour party in Coney Island dedicated to Carl Duin, are more constructive. Promoters 9-volt, Joint Ventures, and DJ Bookings Online plan to keep the indoor/outdoor space rocking with techno and hard-house favorites such as Frankie Bones, Nigel Richards, Adam X, and Joey Jupiter (of Atomic Babies), and reggae roots stylin' from Jason BK, Pow Pow, I-Cue, Dennis the Menace, and Invisible Friend. Breakdancing performances and visuals hold the party down 'til 4am — which should give you ample time to visit the donation box. (CN)
Note: Proceeds to go to the American Cancer Society.
Tell us a story about when you dedicated an act or an event to someone. Our five favorite answers each win a pair of tickets and a CD pack to be picked up at the event.
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MUSIC: Orchestro-clash
Broken Spindles (Joel from the Faint)
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| when: | Sat 6.5 (9pm) |
| where: | Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3006) |
| price: | $10 / $8 advance |
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Event Info | Broken Spindles |
| | When the Faint abruptly changed from emo-rockers (1998's Media) into neo-wavers (1999's Blank Wave Arcade), it was a clear sign of indiedom's impending rhythmic shift. As LCD Soundsystem noted, "I hear that you and your band have sold your guitars and bought turntables." Faint bassist Joel Peterson sold his four-string and bought an entire orchestra. Under his Broken Spindles nom de plume, Peterson's 2002 debut paired electroclash's rhythm section with Steve Reich's scattered strings and schizo xylophones. His new album, Fulfilled: Complete, ups the electro and sounds more like the Faint, which is hardly a bad thing. (YS)
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| | Anthropologist and musicologist Harry Smith, the man behind the Anthology of American Folk Music, would have been delighted by this bill. 3 Farms delivers a mishmash of artists whose music looks to the past, including the ukulele strumming women of the Moonlighters, whose old timey sound also relies on the Hawaiian steel guitar, well-reviewed country singer-songwriter and Radio Thrift Shop host Laura Cantrell, and beehived rock 'n soul diva Christine Ohlman. Headliner David Johansen, known for his outré personas (the New York Dolls and Buster Poindexter), currently fronts the Harry Smiths, who draw on the rich material first collected by their namesake. (PS)
Note: This event was originally on Sat 6.5, but was moved because of the weather.
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DJ: Monthly
Leaving This Planet w/ Rich Medina and Bobbito
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| when: | Sun 6.6 (8pm-1am) |
| where: | Table 50 (643 Broadway, 212.253.2560) |
| price: | $5 |
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| | Rich Medina has played professional basketball, hosted his own radio show, modeled for Ecko Unlimited, and held down residencies in NYC and Philly, all while amassing a record collection climbing toward 40,000 platters. Bobbito (aka DJ Cucumberslice) has played, announced for, and written about basketball, hosted his own radio gig, authored an acclaimed book on sneaker culture (Where'd You Get Those?), and rocked his own residency at APT. Needless to say, the two have some things in common, including a taste for rare grooves, classic funk, afrobeat, hip-hop, and soul. Tonight commences their first-Sunday monthly at Table 50, a new NoHo venue with an intimate dance floor and a cellar-chic interior. (JKG)
Which master did Bobbito and DJ Spinna recently pay homage to with a tribute album? The first three correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | Probably the most fun-loving of the '90s surf revivalists (a group including Man or Astroman?, Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet, and the Phantom Surfers), these Finns make their woody references with a tongue firmly in cheek. They're on tour to support their latest release after a seven-year lull, Local Warming. Surprisingly, the album veers a bit into prog-rock. But for a band that supported Ministry on their Filth Pig tour and also played on the soundtrack to the movie Flipper, anything is possible. (NP)
Note: On Sat 6.6, Laika and Co. play at B.B. King's with Dick Dale, and on Sun 6.7 they enter the kitsch chamber with a show at Howard Johnson's in Times Square (1551 Broadway, 212.354.1445).
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| | Ann Arbor is the new Detroit — or so Ghostly International might have us believe with their corner on the market of Motor City's most promising sounds. Tonight's showcase lets several of the label's star players shine their sonic rays on welcome ears. Dykehouse, who recently made the transition from laptop bandit to live band, manufactures dizzyingly layered pop confections reminiscent of My Bloody Valentine. Matthew Dear, who has thrilled us with some of the most inventive, compelling minimal techno heard on either side of the Atlantic, graces us with his NYC vocal debut. And Ghostly newcomer Aeroc opens, with label head SV4 manning the decks. (MG)
Tell us a scary story about Michigan. Our favorite wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | As Open Roads returns to Lincoln Center for its fourth year, the usual romance and saccharine endings are in order, but the dolce vita also gives way to a more realistic look at contemporary Italy's changing social and political landscape. Showcasing 13 films from established and emerging directors, this installment celebrates a newfound comfort with once-taboo subjects, such as homosexuality and interracial marriages, and explores often-ignored nooks of rural Italy. An aperitivo of this year's selections includes Gabriele Muccino's Remember Me, My Love, a fable of mid-life crises and the follow-up to last year's coming-of-age tale, The Last Kiss, and Ferzan Ozpetek's Facing Windows, a genre-bending Holocaust memoir-meets-Chocolat and then some. (ÇK)
Tell us a funny story about a once-taboo subject in your family, and how you overcame it. Our three favorite answers each win a pair of tickets to a film in the festival.
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ART
O.K., America!
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| when: | Now through Sat 6.26 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm) |
| where: | Apex Art (291 Church St, 212.431.5270) |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | Peter Noever, director of the MAK in Vienna and Los Angeles, assembles an international mix of artists to address the darker, repressive side of the grandiloquent notion that "anything is possible." From the clever slapstick humor of the Blue Noses Group's contribution to the subtle violence of Fingered, New York by Kendell Geers, O.K., America! presents a diverse aggregate of views on contemporary individuality that resonates around themes of surveillance, law enforcement, and the loss of freedom. Rounding out the show are works by Ghazel, a standout at last summer's Venice Biennale, and the inimitable Raymond Pettibon, winner of the 2004 Bucksbaum Award. (KP)
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Weegee's Story
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| when: | Now through Fri 7.23 (Tue-Fri: 11am-6pm) |
| where: | Ubu Gallery (416 E 59th St, 212.753.4444) |
| price: | FREE |
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Event Info | Weegee |
| | Dubbed by the NYPD "the official photographer of Murder, Inc.," Arthur Fellig, better known as Weegee, documented a city marked by life and death, humor and tragedy. Armed with a police radio and a trunk-load of cameras, Weegee worked the nightshift — living on countless cups of coffee and cigars — in pursuit of the raw black-and-white photography that inspired the 1940s film noir classic and later TV show, The Naked City. From transvestites and hookers to socialites, celebrities, and common people, the 227 vintage prints on view here capture the vitality of our city in a tumultuous era. (PL)
Note: Be sure to grab a copy of Weegee's Story, a cool catalog in the form of a tabloid newspaper.
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| | The 16th edition of NewFest serves up loads of camp and oodles of romance, not unusual for a film festival celebrating GLBT culture. But, oddly enough, it's the girls who go for the laughs, churning out joshing fare like opener D.E.B.S., a crime romp featuring mini-skirted secret agents kicking evildoer a*ss, and Margaret Cho's Revolution, in which no bush is sacred. The boys, on the other hand, go for old-school romance, as in closer Touch of Pink, an updated Hudson-Day '50s-style lovefest, Germany's Love in Thoughts, a true story of a tragic threesome set in 1927, and South Africa's 18th-century forbidden interracial love tale Proteus, made contemporary with poignant anachronistic touches. (SP)
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| | Two years on from Original Pirate Material, Mike Skinner returns with a new album and live show. During his recording hiatus, the likes of Dizzee, Wiley, Lady Sovereign, Kano, and Tinchy have met the public's increasing interest in grime with their underground achievements, leaving London's lampposts hosting as many cack-handed sticker campaigns as cock-legged canines. Although limited in linguistic gymnastics, Skinner is the UK's gold medal bid for mass-market lyrical relevance; over a million people worldwide have bought his debut, mocking the notion of his supposedly parochial appeal. The leader of London's second grime wave, Dizzee Rascal, supports. (ND)
Which lyrics on Original Pirate Material did you relate to the most, and why? Two most amusing answers each win a copy of A Grand Don't Come for Free.
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Rephlex
May 2004
$14.99 (Other Music)
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 Grime is currently being dissected by the music-focused blogsphere, commanding glossy photo stories in national newspapers, and, most vitally, dominating London's underground nightclubs. Best of all, no one agrees what it is, preferring instead to focus on what it isn't. Further confusing readers (and writers) is this three-man compilation from Rephlex, which has more in common with early jungle, dubstep, or even the breakbeat garage sound of Zinc than Dizzee or Wiley. Without an MC on any of the 12 tracks — and barely even a vocal at all — it's really just instrumental dance music under a provocative, timely title. Which doesn't mean it's not great, because it absolutely is. Those calling it a "cash-in" should relinquish their keyboards for good. (ND)
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| PEDAL POWER: Lance Armstrong Foundation |
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Superlatives abound at the mention of Lance Armstrong. Through healthy living, medical treatment, and sheer willpower, Big Tex beat cancer and went on to become the world's greatest living cyclist. Now he's tuning up for an attempt at a sixth Tour de France victory. The Lance Armstrong Foundation supports patients fighting and living with cancer by providing educational information, advocating awareness, funding post-treatment programs, and sponsoring research. Show your support for Lance and embattled patients everywhere by wearing a "Live Strong" wristband — and don't forget to cheer on America's proudest athlete in July. (NP)
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| STREAMS: Fabric |
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London's Fabric, known for its heavyweight soundsystem and forward-thinking music policy, showcases its best with a monthly CD subscription service. Alternating monthly, Fabric ships out mixes from their Friday night soundclash FABRICLIVE, touring all tempos from hip-hop to drum 'n bass, and fabric Saturdays, dedicated to fresh house, techno, and electro. The back catalogue includes mixes from James Lavelle, John Peel, Terry Francis, and Michael Mayer, with mouthwatering discs forthcoming from Akufen, Adam Freeland, and Andrew Weatherall. Check the website for artwork, interviews, and exclusive streams, as well as the latest information on the series. (CJN)
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