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| | Henri-Cartier Bresson described Elliott Erwitt's accomplishments as "a miracle." Carving out a professional career for clients such as Mirabella, Elle, and Rheingold Beer while producing his own remarkably spontaneous, witty, and personal body of work, the Russian émigré and son of an itinerant watch salesman has pursued a half-century love affair with photography, producing 18 books and becoming president of Magnum Photos. His images of children, dogs and dogowners, and celebrities including Che Guevara and Marilyn Monroe have drawn praise from John Szarkowski and PG Wodehouse alike. Catch the septuagenarian live for a glimpse at the restless intelligence behind one of the great image-makers of the 20th century. (RA)
  
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| | Famed DJ/producers like Louie Vega, Seiji, and King Britt adore her while girls on the nu-jazz/Afrobeat scene secretly want to be her — such is the charm and prodigious talent of vocalist and Afro-house ingenue Wunmi, who was turning beat-heads in London long before Afro-anything hit New York. Rich Medina brings his highly atypical turntable techniques to bear, along with some deep-dug soul and hip-hop from his crates. Right in the heart of the culturally diverse Fort Greene community, this duo provides the perfect auditory supplement to a breezy Brooklyn eve. (KF)
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| | For a decade, Mouse on Mars have enjoyed acclaim from aficionados of techno, IDM, avant-garde, and more recently, indie music (via their Thrill Jockey Records affiliation). Their innovative recordings have always defied categorization and their forthcoming album, Radical Connector, continues their bewildering but infectious amalgamation of styles. Although their lovable drummer/singer sits out tonight's gig, the core duo will surely ratchet up the funk factor to compensate. Opener Gravenhurst's distribution via Warp Records implies a stylistic connection to MoM, yet they actually make for an odd pairing. For a smoother transition, their sparse, haunting folk-noir is buffered by post-rockers Mobius Band. (JL)
Note: Mouse on Mars is also playing a DJ set at Table 50 on Wed 7.14 (9pm).
 In 1995, which legendary hip-hop producer reissued Mouse on Mars' first album Vulvaland? Ninth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.
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| | If hard and fast definitions make boundaries, then the medium of video art is Big Sky Country for the
burgeoning artist. The New York Video Festival celebrates the beauty of this still nascent genre with 14
distinct programs that include multimedia works ranging from politically charged shorts to web-based
installations to videogame-inspired self-portraits. Leading their own sideshow are audio/visualists David Last and Benton-C, with a hand-selected collection of short videos by contemporary synaesthesiologists — artists with a penchant for fusing sight and sound. Come take the temperature of
technology. (ELM)
Describe an instance when you fused everyday mediums in an unconventional way. Our five favorite answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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READING
The Paris Review Summer Reading Series w/ Paula Fox
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| when: | Wed 7.14 (7pm) |
| where: | Housing Works UBC (126 Crosby St, 212.334.3324) |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | The Paris Review's executive editor Brigid Hughes, who took over after the passing of founder George
Plimpton last fall, is painting a fresh face on the old literary giant, publishing a new book and piecing
together a dynamite lineup for this summer's inaugural reading. Paula Fox, a master of the mid-'60s
existential crisis, enthralls audiences with her tumultuous critiques of suburban malaise. She's joined by
Nathaniel Bellows, a poet whose first novel, On This Day, was published in 2003 to rave reviews, and
Melvin Jules Bukiet, author of the recently released A Faker's Dozen. (PJW)
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| | After releasing three popular albums in France (two in French, one in English), singer-songwriter Keren Ann
is set to start a retro-revolution stateside when her album Not Going Anywhere drops in late August.
A '60s French chanteuse-cum-'60s American folkie, Keren Ann looks and sings the part perfectly. With softly
strummed acoustic guitar and sweet, airy vocals, only occasionally enriched by swelling strings,
electric guitar, and piano, she creates pop gems that shine like soap bubbles and are equally
irresistible and ephemeral. Having honed her act with a stint at the Sidewalk Cafe, the Living Room is the
ideal place to see her before she really does get going — and believe us, she will. (JKG)
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| | Harlem-born Shemekia Copeland, daughter of blues giant Johnny, was raised with the blues and the sounds of
the city pulsing around her, and she began to explore her mighty voice at 15. A mere 19 when her
full-throated debut, Turn the Heat Up, was released, Copeland has earned boisterous praise and
comparison to some pretty good singers, including Koko Taylor, Etta James, and Aretha. Please believe the
hype. Shemekia's in her element live, working the crowd and scorching on everything from slow drag blues to
uptempo rockers to twilight torch songs. Hope for a cooling breeze off the water — this'll be hot. (PS)
Note: As part of the Hudson River to River Festival, the Sugar Hill Gang also performs tonight at the South Street Seaport (6pm), while the Soundtrack of Our Lives performs at Castle Clinton (7pm). Both shows are free.
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| | Saving up for a summer vacation can take a toll on your live music consumption. Fortunately, Insound and
Connect are lifting this rock block by organizing an event that combines three of our favorite (de)vices: a
strong bill, cheap entry, and free hooch. Coming together to sound a four-alarm indie fire are compound
electric dance composers Erase Errata, Canadian death folk trio the Unicorns, and twitchy post-electro
punkers Moving Units. Other acts on hand include Weird War, Les Georges Leningrad, and 718-newcomers Blood
on the Wall. (JB)
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| | A silent-era comedy about a wannabe Confederate recruit: it doesn't get more bygone days than that. The
Alloy Orchestra resuscitates this 1927 classic with a reimagined score and their unique brand of junk sound
and electro-synth. Buster Keaton stars as Johnnie Gray, a man with two loves: his train ("the General") and his girl (Annabelle Lee) — well, three loves actually — and the South. When scheming Yankees
hijack his train, Gray proves he's worth his soot. "High-speed" train chases, hope for the Confederate
army, and other anachronisms add to the good old-fashioned fun of an outdoor movie, a picnic blanket, and
some fireflies. (ÇK)
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| | If we didn't have the Delays' debut album for proof, we would swear you simply weren't allowed to make
records like this anymore. Faded Seaside Glamour is a swirling collection of indie-pop bliss that
mines the heritage of British luminaries from the La's to the Cocteau Twins while twisting in everything
from sunny harmonies and electronic backdrops to steel drums. It all hinges on the phenomenal voice of the
UK band's frontman, Greg Gilbert, gliding from sublime falsetto to scratchy croon as if it were the most
natural thing in the world. This show is part of the band's first US tour, already inciting
stateside clamor. (DL)
The Delays' lineup features two pairs of what? Fourth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.
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FILM
Steve Tesich's Breaking Away (1979)
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| when: | Fri 7.16 (6:30pm) |
| where: | Pioneer Theater (155 E 3rd St, 212.254.3300) |
| price: | $9 / $15 ticket and book |
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| | Steve Tesich arrived in America from his native Yugoslavia at age 14 to find himself stuck in rural Indiana
and unable to speak English. He quickly overcame the language barrier, working his way into the Columbia
graduate writing program, but his work never shook the cloud of isolation and loneliness that followed his
emigration. Most know Tesich for his adaptation of The World According to Garp, but the small-town
cycling drama Breaking Away, which earned him an Oscar in 1980, is his first claim to fame. Tonight's
screening is followed by a reading from Tesich's posthumously published novel Karoo — a thinly
disguised portrait of his life as a drunkard and a screenwriter. (PJW)
Tell us about a time when you broke away from the pack. Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to this film.
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| | Crooner Van Hunt isn't fronting — he writes, arranges, produces, and sings all of his compositions, and they come straight from his heart, each song peppered with love-shot lyrics atop sultry melodies. He's not from Motown, but Hunt clearly takes his cues from its heyday. His is a soulful R&B sound that recalls Marvin Gaye, but also casts its references widely, from Sly Stone and Prince to the Stooges. Openers Brazilian Girls amp up the crowd for the love-in, with their sexed-up electro sounds, equipped to seduce in at least four languages. (AR)
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MUSIC: Electronic
Matthew Dear w/ Dabrye, Dykehouse, and Twine
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| when: | Fri 7.16 (11pm) |
| where: | Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3006) |
| price: | $12 |
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| | Ghostly International's Art and Artifice 2004AD tour brings its aesthetic appeal to NYC with a live vocal
performance from microhouse darling Matthew Dear, whose expertly on-point melodic timing complements any
digital romance. Dabrye (aka Detroit producer Tadd Mullnix) delivers his blend of lush textures and
syncopated rhythms via waves of deep driving distortion. Bedroom rocker/beat-seducer Dykehouse
single-handedly breathes new life into the worn trainers of shoegazer pop, while duo Twine make abstract,
ethereal soundscapes. Ultra-smooth selector SV4 opens with a DJ set. Just try not to bump into a beautiful
wall of sound. (LH)
What would you do in a room made of beautiful walls of sound? Our five favorite answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | Never to be outdone by Nathan's hot dog-eating contest, The Village Voice brings its own wiener fest to Coney Island: the Siren Music Festival, anticipated to draw hordes of slim-hipped indie rock fans for a fourth year. With huge crowds shuttling between two stages, a carnival-like atmosphere, and an impressive lineup, don't even attempt to steer clear of the aptly named event. In the Cyclone's shadow, Blonde Redhead's aural elegance and headliner Death Cab for Cutie's painfully pleasant catharsis share the main stage. Other artists include entropy purveyors Trail of Dead, regrouped post-punkers Mission of Burma, and Chi-town siblings the Fiery Furnaces. (JN)
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LAUNCH: Art
Explosion LTTR: Practice More Failure
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| when: | Sat 7.17 (7-10pm) |
| where: | Art in General (79 Walker St, 212.219.0473) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Explosion LTTR, a three-week long series of collaborative performances, lectures, and film screenings, bursts open tonight with the release party for "Practice More Failure," the third issue of the zine-cum-art journal LTTR. An intelligent, definition-defying blend of queer identity politics, feminist art practice, and collective DIY-spirit, LTTR is edited/curated by artists K8 Hardy, Ginger Brooks Takahashi, and Emily Roysdon. Highlights of the release party performances include Libber (a new project by Wynne Greenwood of Tracy and the Plastics), the Montreal-based Lesbians on Ecstasy, and the "hand-stitched poly-sexuality" of the artist team Virginia Puff Paint. (KP)
Note: Explosion LTTR events continue through Thur 8.5 at Art in General, Participant Inc, and Reena Spaulings Gallery (schedule).
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| | Deeply spiritual, aesthetically stunning, and utterly unfamiliar, the Huun-Huur-Tu throat singers pack a three-in-one punch. Hailing from Tuva, a region near the Siberia/Mongolia border, this group of shepherds-turned-musicians have popularized the multipart singing technique unique to their homeland. Separately issuing a low hum, a middle-range ululation, and a high-pitched whistle, a single member can sing a three-part harmony. Employing traditional Tuvan stringed instruments and percussion in addition to vocals, this four-man band can sound, bewilderingly, more than twice its actual size. This is world music at its most fascinatingly foreign. (JKG)
Besides your throat, describe a part of the body that can be played as an instrument? Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.
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| | Vishal Vaid invites a world of new influences into Ghazal, a 700-year-old musical form that originated in medieval Persia and is currently re-rooting itself in Queens. Tonight, Vaid crosses the East River to further test sonic boundaries as he does double-duty on vocals and harmonium, with help from tabla players Karsh Kale (with whom he regularly performs as the frontman for Realize) and Rahis Khan, cello player Rufus Cappadocia, and guitarist Brent Arnesen, who adds a deep blues feel to the emotional, guttural singing. Not yet widely known, Vaid and crew are destined to usher in a freshly inspired and gorgeous future for this ancient ritual music. (DB)
Who is your favorite contemporary artist that incorporates old styles in their work, and why? Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to the show.
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DJ
Afronaught
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| when: | Sat 7.17 (10pm-4am) |
| where: | Table 50 (643 Broadway, 212.253.2560) |
| price: | $10 / $5 before midnight |
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| | If you're weary of 4/4 beats, Orin Walters, aka Afronaught, is the answer. Best known as a founding member of the West London broken beat collective Bugz in the Attic, Afronaught's cutting-edge productions cleverly blend nu-jazz, future funk, broken house, and soulful garage. Lately, though, his production techniques have been heading south — in a good way. Currently recording his new album in Puerto Rico, he's adding Latin fuel to the fire, inducing boricua-style rhythms and vocals to dance with deep bass beats. Preview the Afro-heat, with support from DJ Dinesh, MC Big Driis, and Edwin Stats, at this special night presented by Drive By, Table 50, and Triple 5 Soul. (AmM)
Name the famous Fela Kuti track that Bugz in the Attic remixed. The tenth and 11th correct answers each win a pair of tickets to the show and two Triple 5 Soul bags.
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| | Though he's best known for founding the Mo'Wax imprint and his subsequent involvement with the ever-evolving UNKLE project, recently James Lavelle has been focusing on his DJing. A founding resident of London's Fabric, he's been moving away from his origins in jazz, hip-hop, funk, and soul toward the darker side of breakbeats. He performs tonight in support of his recent full frontal assault, the Global Underground mix album, Romania #026. Expect one-off edits, plenty of new dubplates, and bass lines you feel in the pit of your stomach. (CJN)
Tell us a story about feeling something in the pit of your stomach. Funniest answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | Fearless Music has filled an unrecognized void in the New York music world. Since launching at the beginning of the year, the cable access TV show — which takes its name from the recording studio where it's filmed — has brought us in-studio performance footage from a host of rising (mostly) New York-based bands. Its second season, which kicks off tonight, ups the ante with acts including the Fever, French Kicks, the Twenty Twos, Dresden Dolls, and the Hong Kong. If you can't afford cable, or just prefer actually leaving your house, the show screens tonight (and every Monday night) in Pianos' upstairs lounge. (DL)
Note: Fearless Music shows Mondays on Time Warner Cable Channel 35 at 8:30pm in Manhattan, and 10:30pm in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.
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ART
Christoph Buchel
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| when: | Now through Sat 8.7 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm) |
| where: | Swiss Institute (495 Broadway, 3Fl, 212.925.2035) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Tearing a page out of a Charlie Kaufman script, Swiss artist Christoph Buchel creates a mind-bending installation worthy of a four-star production. From the moment you step off the elevator and ring for entry, things get strange. Passing through a hallway, you come upon an apartment oddly divided by walls made from concrete blocks. Squeezing through the cluttered residence, you discover a portal under the bathroom sink, which takes you through a closet into an even darker reality. Like Alice falling down a rabbit hole, you resurface in a threatening world — albeit a contemporary one — filled with Budweiser empties, a street-level surveillance cam, and spent shells in a fireplace bunker. (PL)
Note: For another dose of SI realism, check out this month's Ext 17 telephone project featuring Olaf Breuning.
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Guild the Lily: Let's Make Things Pretty
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| when: | Fri 7.16 - Thur 8.12 (Wed, Fri-Sun: 3-8pm / Thur: 3-10pm) |
| where: | 137 Rivington St (917.304.4050 for appointment) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Guild the Lily is an association of burgeoning artists who've banded together to show their work to the public and open a forum for critique and collaboration. The self-financed project was created by Paul Sepuya, whose own work explores the problems embedded in contemporary notions of masculinity through the lens of its history. The young players cover a wide spectrum of media, from multimedia indulgences like a chandelier family tree or a binary cross-stitching project to more traditional forms such as sculpture, photography, and drawing. Look for Michael Rothfeld's massive photograms depicting human figures lost in space and stripped of all identity. (JB)
Note: The opening reception is Thur 7.15 (6-9pm) with an afterparty TBA.
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Between Past and Future: New Photography and Video from China
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| when: | Now through Sun 9.5 (Tue-Thur: 10am-5pm / Fri: 10am-8pm / Sat-Sun: 10am-6pm) |
| where: | International Center of Photography (1133 6th Ave, 212.857.0000) |
| price: | $10 |
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| | Possibly the summer's biggest show in terms of scale and pomp, this comprehensive survey of recent Chinese art presents a formidable group of 60 contemporary artists. Iconic images of early-'90s performances by radical stoic Zhang Huan and androgynous beauty Ma Liuming still exude breathtaking defiance, and as government restrictions on creative expression slowly relax, artists have been unrelenting in their experimentation with new media. Lin Tianmiao's Ariadne-inspired installation Braiding stands out at ICP, while at Asia Society, a lightboxed catwalk by photographer Wang Wei, featuring underwater subjects with faces pressed against glass panels, suggests a nation bursting with vital, transformative energy. (AM)
Note: The exhibition is divided thematically between ICP and Asia Society, and one admission price applies to visiting both venues.
Ma Liuming performs as a "nude, transgendered creation" under what name? The fifth correct answer wins an exhibition catalogue.
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| CD REVIEW: Various Artists, Channel 3 |
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Output Recordings
Released July 2004
$15.98 (Amazon)
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| RIDE CLEAN: Critical Mass NY |
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Forget about sharing the road with bikes: when the environmentally friendly organization Critical Mass pulls its two-wheelers together, motorists can just step off — the gas. Veteran cyclists, beginner bikers, amd those just caught up in Tour-fever crowd the streets to claim their right to the road (and the wrong of polluting) in the upcoming NYC Critical Mass ride. Held July 30th and beginning in Union Square, it'll serve as a healthy reminder to our four-wheeling friends that swift movement through city streets shouldn't require more fuel than a bowl of Wheaties. (ELM)
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