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JUNE 15 - JUNE 21
Of the scores of musicians who make their way to NYC every year in search of fame, many have made the pilgrimage because of Akron, Ohio native Robert Quine. An astonishing guitarist who performed with Richard Hell and Lou Reed, Quine ranks alongside Tom Verlaine and Johnny Ramone as a key architect of our '70s punk scene. Quine, aged 61, was found dead in his apartment last week of a drug overdose — another great cultural loss to strike our city. Put on a copy of Blank Generation, pay tribute to the man, and spread it. |
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The Blue Men take Berlin. On May 9th, Off-Broadway sensation Blue Man Group opened its first international production in what many believe to be the European center of art and culture. Check out the new Blue Man show on holiday, or see where it all began in the East Village at the Astor Place Theatre.
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DANCE
The Grand Step Project
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| when: | Tue 6.15 (8-9:30pm) |
| where: | World Financial Center's Winter Garden (220 Vesey St, 212.625.3505) |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | Choreographer Stephan Koplowitz's site-specific dance theatre creations break into our daily lives and public spaces — the American Museum of Natural History, Bryant Park, Grand Central Station — and animate them anew. In his third Dancing in the Streets project, and the first installment of LMCC's summer Sitelines series, he launches The Grand Step Project, in which he conducts 50 dancers up, down, and across six of the city's most striking stairways, with each 15-minute piece preceded by a 15-minute choral performance. Tonight's world premiere makes its home indoors on the marble steps of the WFC's atrium garden with the New York Choral Society. (AV)
Note: Performances continue through Mon 6.28 at varying locations and with different choral lineups.
  
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FILM
Walking through Destiny's Plaything (1988) starring David and Amy Sedaris
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| when: | Tue 6.15 (8:30pm) |
| where: | Passerby (436 W 15th St, 212.206.6847) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Count author Joyce Carol Oates among David Sedaris' many obsessions. The nervy writer is at the heart of the first play he wrote just days before it was to be performed in 1988. David's sister, Destiny, is blackmailing Oates, because, supposedly, all of Oates' books were ghost-written by '60s Match Game host Gene Rayburn. Meanwhile, Elizabeth Taylor gets lured into the plot and the rest of the cast vamp as other members of the Talent Family. Tonight, Passerby screens video footage of a dry run of the play, which starred David, Amy, and friend Steve LaFreniere, scripts in hand. It may come up short on production values, but not on hilarity. (JKG)
Note: As the Sedaris reading two weeks ago at B&N was a mob scene, we suggest you keep this little event under your hat.
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| | NoHo's newest posh-dungeon-turned-danceteria is building up its booking power, and tonight's lineup makes Table 50 a clear contender. It doesn't matter if you stop in at 10pm or 3:30am — each DJ on the bill is tremendous. Naked Music duo Lisa Shaw and Miguel Migs are scheduled, with Shaw on a live PA. We wouldn't be surprised if the longtime collaborators have something new in store, but then again, we wouldn't be disappointed if they dusted off classics either. Alexi Delano (aka A.D.N.Y.) stops in on the progressive house tip, Neil Aline brings the Gallic funkiness, and Metro Area's Darshan Jesrani dispenses the sound that has made MA such a smash. Face it, kids — we're spoiled rotten. (NP)
 What Miguel Migs compilation CD was the first major release to showcase Lisa Shaw's vocal prowess? First correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show along with a copy of their latest collaboration.
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| | Spend Celebrate Brooklyn's 26th opening night with Los Lobos, who've rambled around for that long themselves. With tenacity, chops, and thoughtful songwriting, Los Lobos have mined the rich musical traditions of Mexico and America to create a rootsy, rocking sound since before the term "Americana" was coined — acquiring a long-standing reputation as a killer live band in the process. Although successful side projects (the Latin Playboys and Los Super Seven) have separated members from the pack from time to time, they're back with a star-studded new release that, as usual, seamlessly integrates their many influences into an eclectic brew perfect for a summer night. (PS)
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| | Dear Comedy Writer X, Golly, that was funny. It had us rolling in the space between our cubicles. Your pithy insight into a fragile slice of humanity was extraordinarily clever — and that part about the snake killed it! But it's not what we're looking for. Don't you have any quirky family members? Well, nail that rejection on the corkboard and buck up. It's a part of the writerly life, so why not laugh about it? Head to the Tank to commiserate with other down-on-their-luck somebodies as they share their unwanted laugh riots. Tonight, Jon Friedman hosts and Onion writers and a New Yorker cartoonist are among the starring rejects. (NP)
F. Scott Fitzgerald reportedly did what with his rejection letters? Fifth and seventh correct answers each win a pair of tickets along with a "Rejection Show" T-shirt.
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| | For the seventh installation of its Vs. Project, Triple Five Soul showcases a collection of T-shirts designed by writer Periel Aschenbrand. On top of the trend toward mainstreaming fiery political rhetoric, the shirts feature aggressively political, social, and, interestingly, anti-sloganeering slogans. But save your shopping for later. They're bringing in Diplo from Philly's Hollertronix for this opening party, and the dirty south/electro mash-ups alone should be enough to keep you around. It's also sponsored by Bacardi Limon, if you know what we mean. (CH)
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| | James Chance's no-wave squawks hardly seem like John Kerry's bag, but then again, politics do make for strange bedfellows. Presented by Downtown for Democracy (one of those infamous 527s), tonight's Chance-headlined event harnesses the NYC legend's late-'70s LES heyday to raise cash and awareness for the Democratic Party — in other words, leave the "anarchy" patches at home, kiddies. Aiding Chance's sax-aided skronk are Brooklynites Enon, purveyors of indie-kitsch and the sadly departed Brainiac's legacy, "supergroup" Gang Gang Dance, and Exceptor. Mighty Robot provides visuals. Here's guessing their inauguration invites get lost in the mail. (YS)
If noise rock voted on the issues, which would it consider the most important? Our favorite answer wins a Downtown for Democracy T-shirt.
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| | If your Nerve.com ad specifies sense of humor as a key quality in a significant other, you probably need to be making finer distinctions (and getting out more). But for those who recognize that "funny" is a many-faceted facility of which fine practitioners are few and far between, the Laugh Lounge welcomes you tonight. Jake Fogelnest, Paul Scheer, and J. Montgomery Scott host this year's ECNY Awards — which is more spoof than ceremonial circumstance — aided and abetted by performances from the surliest, snarkiest, and most spontaneous, including UCB's Matt Walsh, one-woman wonder Wendy Spero, The Onion's Todd Hanson, Conan's Andy Blitz, and The Daily Show's John Drysdale. (JKG)
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| | Tarantino pastiches aside, recent Asian films are crowding the art-house circuit, and even occasionally making boffo business at mainstream movie houses. This year's New York Asian Film Fest lets you preview the next wave. Chinese director Zhang Yimou's highly anticipated, stylized martial arts epic Hero is the showpiece, while the rest of the lineup is rife with Japanese horror sensations: box office monster Juon: The Grudge; its sequel, arty black comedy Doppelganger; and Marronier, a karaoke video-style send-up of the genre. Thailand's murder mystery Macabre Case of Prom Pi Ram validates South East Asian cinema, and Andy Lau and Tony Leung sparkle in Hong Kong's gritty Internal Affairs. (SP)
Note: Information about the opening and closing night parties can be found here.
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FILM
Rooftop Films: This Is What We Mean by Short Films
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| when: | Fri 6.18 (9pm) |
| where: | Pier 26 (West St & N Moore St, 877.786.1912) |
| price: | $7 |
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| | Rooftop Films kicks off its eighth year of open-air screenings on hot summer nights. Its first Manhattan showing since '97, This is What We Mean by Short Films lives up to its billing with 13 shorts ranging from one to 24 minutes. Choose your subtheme: sex (drag kings, young men joking about Twinkies and "winkies") or fantasy (horned Elvises, people in cocoons, ogres, and zombies). No roof this time, but instead you get a view of the Hudson from Pier 26 while the films play on a wall of the marine science station. (AL)
Note: Live music begins at 8:30pm.
What's the most unique or interesting place you've ever seen a film? Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to this event, along with two copies of the Rooftop Companion catalog.
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| | As a child, Kwaku Kwaakye Obeng played for the royalty of his native Ghana. Today, the masterful West African percussionist travels the world with a cadre of jazz players including Taylor Ho Bynum on trumpet and both Alvin Carters (Sr. and Jr.) on congas and drums. Witness improvisational music in which exotic African percussion meets sophisticated American jazz, drums are used as melodic instruments, hands are clapping, and spirits are raised. (JM)
Obeng played with which P-Funk legend? Second and fourth correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this performance.
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| | Amp Fiddler's soulful funk has all the style of the '70s greats (Stevie, Shuggie, Sly), shot through with a good dose of Detroit dance. Influenced by Juan Atkins as much as by George Clinton (who turns up on the title track from his debut album, Waltz of the Ghetto Fly), Fiddler's flying solo now — but only after 12 years on keyboards with the P-Funk All Stars, and working with the diverse likes of Prince, Seal, Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Primal Scream, and Jamiroquai, as well as contributing to Carl Craig's much-praised Detroit Experiment. Those are a whole lot of credentials, but the real truth is in the listening. The neo-soul sisters of Floetry headline this gig, and DJ Rich Medina opens. Let the free Summerstage shows begin. (AC)
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| | More than 30 years ago in a South Africa riven by apartheid, Joseph Shabalala had a vision of a new kind of music. Drawing from both Christian choral music and the rich Zulu vocal tradition, he began composing songs for Ladysmith Black Mambazo, whose version of mbube ("The Lion Sleeps Tonight" is the most familiar song in this hybrid style) introduced these heavenly harmonies to the world. The mesmerizing vocal swell of the group, combined with their precise choreography and humble grace, demonstrate why they've been South Africa's globetrotting ambassadors for the healing power of music. Outspoken and gifted countryman Vusi Mahlasela, who was denied a visa when he was supposed to play Prospect Park last summer, opens the show. (PS)
Note: LBM also appear at the WFC Plaza on Tue 6.29 (7:30pm).
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| | Calling yourself "London's biggest rapper" may come off as a little ambitious, but the UK metropolis has received much praise lately for producing many of current hip-hop's most forward-minded artists, and right now Ty is on top of it all. With his latest release Upwards, he cuts through the grime to create a soulful afro-infused brand of broken beat, melding Bugz in the Attic-style beats with smooth vocals and down-to-earth lyrics. Federation presents a rare evening with the MC at this intimate Brooklyn eatery, where he performs backed by DJ Bizznizz. Residents Sean B, Brett, and Yellowtail and Andy Yao warm up the party. (DM)
Ty appeared on what Nextmen track named after one of Hollywood's obesest? First two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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LECTURE: Photography
People of the Twentieth Century
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| when: | Sun 6.20 (2pm) |
| where: | Metropolitan Museum of Art, Grace Rainey Rogers Auditorium (1000 5th Ave, 212.535.7710) |
| price: | $12 suggested admission |
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| | August Sander (1876-1964) spent 40 years photographing Germans from all walks of life, categorizing the resulting images by social type for a complete catalogue of the People of the Twentieth Century. Each subject's quirky individuality emerges from the elegantly concise and objective style of the portraits, currently on view at the Met. This afternoon, exhibition organizers Susanne Lange and Gabriele Conrath-Scholl of the Sander Archiv at the SK Stiftung Kultur in Cologne discuss Sander's formidable photographic oeuvre and offer insight into their enviable roles as caretakers of the work of modernism's "great social archivist." (KP)
Note: Following the lecture is a screening of Homage to August Sander (1977), a short documentary that contrasts the subjects of Sander's photographs with contemporary residents of a German village.
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FESTIVAL: Kites
Air Festival
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| when: | Sun 6.20 (2pm) |
| where: | Pier 4, Brooklyn Army Terminal Ferry Landing (2nd Ave & 58th St, Sunset Park, Bklyn) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | The history of kiting is the history of humankind's longing to rise above. The earliest kiting cultures used their kites to communicate with the gods — the Maori people of New Zealand, who believed birds carried divine concerns, flew kites to intercept the messages. This afternoon, community concerns hope that the airborne thrills raise air cleanliness awareness, as well as the pulse of eager soarers. The Liberty Heights Flyers, a stunt kite team, demonstrate just how sharply these simple toys can harness the wind. It's Father's Day, so round up Dad & Co. to catch the steady offshore breeze of a perfect family activity. (NP)
Note: Kites are available to purchase and decorate at the site. Blackout Collective and the Imagination Works also perform.
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| | "It was the end of my subterranean life," writes David Bezmozgis at the close of the title story from his debut collection Natasha and Other Stories. It's a simple but powerful declarative sentence that could just as easily have been written by Dan Chaon. Both men are talented writers whose naturalistic stories recall Chekhov and, more recently, Alice Munro, with prose that hinges upon the subtleties of human interaction — growing pains, unexpected losses, closely held secrets. They move beyond the gloss to reveal their (and our) ghosts sleeping beneath. Bezmozgis is a Canadian immigrant from Latvia whose work appeared in quick succession in The New Yorker, Zoetrope, and Harper's. Chaon has just moved into longer forms, publishing his first novel, You Remind Me of Me. (JKG)
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SPORTS
Go Skateboarding Day
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| when: | Mon 6.21 |
| where: | Various locations |
| price: | FREE |
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| | The rules are simple: go skateboarding. That's it. It doesn't matter whether it's a tiny-wheeled new school rig from 1997 or a cruising longboard — the point is to dig it out, call some friends, and find something to session. Consult, if you must, Official New York to take the local tenor; despite a resurgence in skateboarding's popularity, there's no denying that more and more NYC spots are being disabled. For a no-brainer, rock with preteen shredders on the minis at Riverside Park, or play skateboards with the big kids at the Owl's Head. It's the first day of summer, so ride. (NP)
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| | It's a night of champions for fans of folky flowerchild-visionary weirdos. Though Devendra Banhart smoothed out the screeches and scratches on his sophomore album Rejoicing in the Hands, his belovedly warped warble continues to seduce elliptically and imagistically, speaking the world-weariness of an old soul with the fresh eyes of a five-year-old. Also a keyboardist for the Pleased, Joanna Newsom plays harp with a backing band in her solo project. Simultaneously sad and zany, her intricate, poetic lyrics are unmatched, and her vocals, sounding like a star-cross between Björk and Karen Dalton, are engagingly uncanny. A lovely pair for the curiosity cabinet. (JKG)
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FESTIVAL: Theatre
Summerworks 2004
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| when: | Now through Sat 6.26 |
| where: | Ohio Theatre (66 Wooster St, 212.966.4844) |
| price: | $16 |
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| | Their inspired moniker is an early indication that the Clubbed Thumb theatre company (behind this year's excellent Demon Baby) is both inventive and odd. This month, their ninth annual Summerworks festival promotes a handful of playwrights by staging readings and presenting mainstage productions of their new plays. Yet to come are two free readings and two dreamlike
plays: in Those Who Can, Do by Brighde Mullins, an idealistic teacher confronts the American education system, and a girl befuddles her mother by requesting some very unusual objects for Christmas in Sheila Callaghan's Crumble (Lay Me Down, Justin Timberlake), which also promises a special appearance by the Justin himself. (SP)
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THEATRE
Lovers and Other Stranglers
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| when: | Now through Mon 6.28 (Mon, Fri, Sat: 8pm / Sun: 7pm) |
| where: | Gene Frankel Theater (24 Bond St, 212.777.1767) |
| price: | $15 |
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Event Info | Clay McLeod Chapman |
| | It would be simplistic to describe Clay McLeod Chapman's stories as disturbing. His words often trigger an assault to the listener's imagination using noxious imagery, but just as quickly they can instill affecting, even life-affirming notions. In Lovers and Other Stranglers, four of Chapman's monologues are constructed as dance theatre, classic storytelling, and puppetry; along the way, disparate representations of "love" emerge. A fisherman's wife awaits his supposed return, a man obsesses over the 16-year-old next door, a dummy feels cheated by its ventriloquist, and, in the most imaginatively staged story, an old lady and a rabid fox dance the night away. (SP)
What "other stranglers" do you put in league with lovers? Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to this show and a copy of Rest Area, the story collection by Chapman on which this work is based. The first runner-up wins a pair of tickets.
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ART
Ten Times the Space Between Night and Day
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| when: | Now through Sat 7.10 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm) |
| where: | Guild & Greyshkul (22 Wooster St, 212.625.9224) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Stepping from one frying pan into another, artists from the hot Placemaker gallery in Miami bring their wares north for a sizzling New York welcome. Placemaker is a 2003 spinoff of The House, a residential exhibition space that opened in 2000 and created a buzz in the burgeoning Miami art scene. Young stars burst forth, including Daniel Arsham, Bhakti Baxter, Natalia Benedetti, Martin Oppel, and Tao Rey — all exhibiting here. Arsham wows us with luscious drawings of modernist buildings buried deep in caves; Baxter engages the mind and eye with a giant pine cone-like wall drawing; and Benedetti revels the viewer with a DVD of Miami's reflective sunlight seductively caught in its architecture. (PL)
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Larry Fink: Social Graces
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| when: | Now through Fri 7.23 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm) |
| where: | Edwynn Houk Gallery (745 5th Ave, 212.750.7070) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | The publication of Larry Fink's first monograph, Social Graces, almost 20 years ago brought widespread recognition to the Brooklyn-born photographer. This exhibition of 34 prints from that celebrated body of work is a stunning, flash-frozen, black-and-white testamant to Fink's adventurous eye, which moves between the spectacle of Manhattan debutante decadence and the more modest celebrations of a blue-collar Pennsylvania family, the Sabatines. He photographs both settings with equal empathy, finding moments of unstaged humor and candor among the most guarded socialites while infusing his images of the Sabatines with an easy-going camaraderie. (AM)
Note: Further downtown, powerHouse Gallery presents Fink's Forbidden Pictures, which were based on German Weimar-era representations of a government in decline and originally made for the 9.16.01 NY Times Magazine. Pulled after 9/11, these staged tableaux feature an uncanny George Bush and cabinet at play.
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| CD REVIEW: Junior Boys, Last Exit |
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Released June 2004
$16.00 (Forced Exposure)
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All hail Junior Boys. The brainchild of Jeremy Greenspan and the now-departed Johnny Dark, these canny Canadians elegantly re-craft electro pop as a genre of pace and invention. Rather than looking exclusively backward — as so many electro artists insist on doing — these ten tracks marry the '80s template with microhouse's depth and detail. Last Exit drips with class, effortlessly living up to its billing — if you reference the likes of Timbaland, New Order, and the Beach Boys in your promotional material, you have to be confident in your credentials. Pleasingly, Junior Boys have waged their war via cyberspace, eagerly and patiently building a receptive fan base and a solid critical foundation. Join them. (ND)
Who remixed a track on the Boys' "Birthday/Last Exit" 12-inch?
Seventh, ninth, and 11th correct answers each win a copy of this CD.
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| LIT FUSES: BOMB Magazine |
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Since its first issue dropped in 1981, BOMB has played fly-on-the-wall, publishing unmediated discussions between artists of all walks on the subject of their work. Expecting the worst, its cynical editors christened the new art mag a synonym for "failure," and set out to achieve that state brilliantly. Somehow their projected belly flop turned ten-point swan dive, and 23 years later, its pages have hosted the likes of Willem Dafoe interviewing Michael Ondaatje, and Bette Gordon feigning cub to directors Mikes, Leigh and Figgis. Catch BOMB's all-star lineup at the Brooklyn Public Library this Tuesday 6.15 (7-9pm) with readings by Carmen Boullosa, Kimiko Hahn, John Haskell, Jaime Manrique, Ameena Meer, Lynne Tillman, and Frederic Tuten. (ÇK)
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| STREAMS: WPS1.org |
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Attempting to create a "live audio museum in cyberspace," WPS1 brings you Internet-only art radio, featuring new content as well as digital gems from the audio archive of the Museum of Modern Art. Since its inception in mid-April, we've heard the gamut: from shows featuring Charlie Ahearn of Wild Style fame to poetry by Dieter Roth and Richard Hamilton to a preview of the new Sonic Youth album. Last week, they tapped the archives for a Sun Ra show from 1972 and a fierce pop art debate that debuted in 1962. Stream in. (NP)
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