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NOV 9 - NOV 15

Nobody ever said it was going to be easy. Coming out of the 2004 election, we're bruised, bloodied, and still divided. And despite the fact that one battle is over, challenge still hangs in the grey November air: from the neo-apocalyptic visions of Terry Gilliam's classic Brazil and the remastered WWII grit of The Big Red One to the lighter, fiery fare of Attack of the Roller Girls and the Chengwins vs. the Chunks. The good news is that when everybody's playing teams, no one has to be an outsider. So, pitch yourself into the fray, and spread it.
 
 
 
Every day is a happening at imagination3.com. Nothing to do? Doodle examples of your genius solo or invite your friends to reinvent art with you like the underground artistic collective that you think you are. All in the same virtual place at the same virtual time. Plus, there's no bouncers or velvet rope. Unless you or your friends draw them.

tuesday
wednesday
thursday
friday
saturday
sunday
monday
ongoing
features
 
art:Asian Contemporary Art Week
comedy:Trampoline Hall
conference:Anything Goes? Form and Function in a Fluid World
dj:Gilles Peterson; Savas Pascalidis; Superpitcher w/ Ada and Knifehandchop
festival:Outsider Electronic Music Festival
film:The Big Red One (1980); An Independent Spirit: Jim Jarmusch; The Criterion Collection and Brazil
music:Free Blood w/ the Violets; Hot Snakes; Jean Grae; Plastilina Mosh; The Handsome Family w/ Giant Sand
performance:Homecoming 2004: the Chengwins vs. the Chunks; Jaap Blonk; Queer Revue: Part One
photography:Endurance
reading:New British Poetry; Evening with Random House
spectacle:Attack of the Roller Girls
theatre:Hell Meets Henry Halfway; The Rosenbach Company: A Tragicomedy

 



  
COMEDY
Trampoline Hall


when: Tue 11.9 (7:30pm)
where: The Slipper Room (167 Orchard St, 212.253.7246)
price: $7
links: Event Info | Trampoline Hall
 
Trampoline Hall's past lecture on "How to Immigrate to Canada" would have proved quite helpful to many just about now. For those who are still not convinced about a move up north, this Toronto-based lecture series serves as further proof that intelligent life is still thriving across the border. Three lecturers speak on subjects based on personal obsessions, pastimes, or theories, each followed by an audience Q&A session moderated by Canuck nobleman Misha Glouberman. Issues tackled in this month's edition include "The World of New York's Pedicab Drivers" and "Our Animal Friends." (SP)


 What is the title of Trampoline Hall organizer Sheila Heti's next book? Third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.



  
THEATRE
The Rosenbach Company: A Tragicomedy


when: Tue 11.9 (7:30pm)
where: Harry De Jur Playhouse (466 Grand St, 212.598.0400)
price: $20
links: Event Info
 
Straight from the Philly Fringe Fest comes comix creator Ben Katchor's latest musical theatre piece. Teaming up again with former Miracle Legion frontman and current solo artist Mark Mulcahy, Katchor's Tragicomedy is the story of two brothers — Abe and Philip Rosenbach — establishing themselves in Philadelphia's literary world. Both compulsive intellects, Abe is a rare book collector, while Philip amasses antiques. Although it's not another New York story, they deal with all too familiar issues; mainly, family politics and the dilemma that has plagued artists throughout time: how to follow your dream and eat — the predicament of commercial versus cultural pursuits. (AT)


 Which monthly magazine carries Katchor's strip on its back page? Second and fifth correct answers each win two out-of-print books of Katchor's work.



  
DJ
Gilles Peterson


when: Tue 11.9 (10pm)
where: Canal Room (285 W Broadway, 212.941.8100)
price: $20 / $15 advance
links: Event Info | Gilles Peterson |
 
Gilles Peterson is no ordinary DJ. It takes musical talent and trusted intuition to hop from breezy bossa nova to sharp two-step garage tracks, and still save some room in the mix for rare groove — a style he helped define a decade ago in London jazz clubs. Avoiding current ADD mash-up trends, Peterson prefers to savor each song right to its finish before he drops the next, as he merges modern tracks by Masters at Work, MJ Cole, and Roni Size with traditional rhythms from Africa and Brazil. His last show at Cielo is still talked about, and Peterson should have no problem turning out another soon-to-be-legendary event. (SP)


 What is the name of Peterson's show on BBC Radio 1? Fourth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.





  
READING
New British Poetry


when: Wed 11.10 (6:30pm)
where: The New School Café (65 W 11th St, 212.229.5611)
price: $5
links: Event Info
 
Graywolf Press, longtime bastion of underground American poetry, now brings us the best verse from across the pond as well. New British Poetry, published this past April, is edited by Landing Light author Don Paterson and Charles Simic, whose The World Doesn't End won the Pulitzer Prize in 1990. At tonight's reading, Paterson and Simic, who contributed to the new volume as well, are joined by four fellow poets, ranging from the classicist Ruth Padel to the more experimental Glyn Maxwell and the neo-surrealist Jo Shapcott. Fred D'Aguiar rounds out the evening with his Caribbean-influenced narrative poems. (PJW)


 Where did Simic earn his bachelor's degree? Sixth and tenth correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.



  
READING
An evening with Random House feat. work by Billy Collins, Truman Capote, Dan Chaon, and Rachel Cohen


when: Wed 11.10 (8pm)
where: Peter Jay Sharpe Theatre, Symphony Space (2537 Broadway, 212.864.1414)
price: $21-25
links: Event Info | Billy Collins | Truman Capote | Dan Chaon | Rachel Cohen
 
Symphony Space puts the "random" in Random House books, bringing together an excellent, if hodgepodge, assemblage of writers and actors for a night of readings. RH's editorial captain Daniel Menaker MCs the evening, playing host to poet Billy Collins (The Art of Drowning and The Best Cigarette), who reads his work, as well as the words of chick-lit darling Debra Weinstein (Apprentice to the Flower Poet Z.). Writer Rachel Cohen reads her fictionalized account of an actual meeting between Langston Hughes and Zora Neale Hurston, from A Chance Meeting, while actors John Shea and Hope Davis tackle shorts by Truman Capote and Dan Chaon. (ÇK)


 Collins was the nation's Poet Laureate from 2001-2003. Who holds this post today? Seventh correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.



  
MUSIC: Hip-Hop
Urb "Next 100" Issue Party feat. Medusa, Airborn Audio, Jean Grae, and Qool DJ Marv


when: Wed 11.10 (11pm)
where: Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette St, 212.539.8778)
price: RSVP for more info
links: Event Info | Urb | Medusa | Airborn Audio | Jean Grae
 
Indie hip-hopstress Jean Grae finally returns to the form and ferocity of her earlier incarnation What What (Natural Resource, Herbaliser) with the release of her new LP, This Week. Although her debut album, Attack of the Attacking Things (2002), could put just about any other femcee to shame, her stunning, edgy flow and confrontational rhymes seemed smoother and toned down a bit. But there's nothing weak about her sophomore full-length, as Grae's critical rhymes marry intelligence and independence with a skill that is not to be dismissed. Tonight, she hosts and performs at this super-solid URB party, also featuring the avant-hop of Airborn Audio with Medusa, Block McCloud, and Qool DJ Marv. (JKG)


 Which German duo is profiled in the "Forward" section of Urb's November issue? Sixth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.





  
FILM
An Independent Spirit: Jim Jarmusch


when: Thur 11.11 - Fri 11.19
where: BAM's Rose Cinema (30 Lafayette Ave, Bklyn, 718.636.4100)
price: $10
links: Event Info | Jim Jarmusch
 
In 1984, to the chagrin of many, a President was re-elected. Faced with what they perceived as injustice, liberals took solace in Stranger than Paradise, a film made by a flash-frozen, shrunken-head-of-Elvis-looking guy out of New York named Jim Jarmusch. Today, and over the next week at BAM, we have that and more; in fact, two decades worth of great Jarmusch movies, including the pre-Stranger film Permanent Vacation, Down by Law featuring Tom Waits and Roberto Benigni, and the lo-fi Neil Young documentary Year of the Horse. It's just like old times. (HO)


 Describe, in 50 words or less, your ideal "permanent vacation." Two best answers each win a pair of tickets to a screening of this film.



  
MUSIC: Indie Americana
The Handsome Family w/ Giant Sand


when: Thur 11.11 (8pm)
where: Southpaw (125 5th Ave, Park Slope, 718.230.0236)
price: $15
links: Event Info | The Handsome Family | Giant Sand
 
Marriage rock (Wings, Buckingham Nicks) can never top divorce rock (Fleetwood Mac, the White Stripes) simply because the married rockers have to sublimate their domestic tension, while divorce rockers are only too happy to hash it out in public (Rumours anyone?). Then there's married-with-problems rock, which often is the best of all. Albuquerque duo the Handsome Family — Brett and Rennie Sparks — fit into this latter category, as singer/songwriter Brett's nervous breakdown led to their best album, the folkie Through the Trees (1998). Just like any married couple, Rennie is Brett's better half, as her literary lyrics tackle not-quite-suburban life and Wal-Mart romance with gentle and frank aplomb. Howe Gelb's timeless twang 'n twiddle project, Giant Sand, opens. (YS)




  
DJ
Superpitcher w/ Ada and Knifehandchop


when: Thur 11.11 (9pm)
where: Ikon (610 W 56th St, 212.582.8282)
price: $18 / $14 advance
links: Event Info | Knifehandchop
 
Superpitcher is best known for his woozy, shuffling releases on Cologne's minimal techno label Kompakt, but his oft-compiled remixes for Quarks' rootsy, rollicking "I Walk" — not to mention his cover of Brian Eno's "Baby's on Fire" — prove that knob-twiddlers can be at least as glam as some high-kicking guitarist. Ada, the foremost artist on Cologne's excellent, acidic Areal imprint, lights the fuse on techno's canon with a cover of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs' "Maps," featured on Blondie, an album that swirls with synthetic tones and gorgeous vocals. But first, Canada's Knifehandchop incites madness with his obsessive eight-bit video game soundtracks and gabba/ragga/dancehall/pop mash-ups. (SK&LH)


 Which movie features a cover of "Baby's on Fire?" Twelfth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.



  
FESTIVAL
Outsider Electronic Music Festival feat. the Glimmer Twins, Whitey, and Dead Combo


when: Thur 11.11 (10pm)
where: Crobar (530 W 28th St, 212.629.9000)
price: $20 / $10 advance
links: Event Info | The Glimmer Twins | Dead Combo
 
When Larry Tee launched the Electroclash Festival in 2001, he had no idea how ubiquitous his artists' chilly, dark take on electronica would become. From its immediate embrace by scenesters, to its inevitable critical backlash, to its current home at the fringes of today's indie scene, the flamboyant, moody genre has never wanted for attention. Tee's latest venture, the Outsider Electronic Music Festival, brings together all things angular, danceable, and little-known. Groups on the bill include hip-hop krautrockers Whitey and disco bargain-bin-diggers the Glimmer Twins, along with Dead Combo, the Glass, Radio Slave, James F*cking Friedman, Sean Mclusky, Duke, Male Room, StinkMitt, and Larry Tee himself. (TG)


 What was Larry Tee's contribution to the song "Supermodel (You Better Work)?" Tenth and 15th correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.





  
CONFERENCE
Anything Goes? Form and Function in a Fluid World


when: Fri 11.12 & Sat 11.13 (schedule)
where: Steelcase (4 Columbus Circle, 6th Fl) & Time Warner Center Screening Room (10 Columbus Circle)
price: $100
links: Event Info
 
Zaha Hadid, recipient of the prestigious 2004 Pritzker Architecture Prize, is the keynote speaker at the Museum of Arts & Design's first conference on the role of architecture and design in a world influenced by computers and shaped by new materials. Addressing today's new possibilities of form and space, as well as the intersection of art, design, and architecture and their impact on everyday life, Hadid is joined by a stellar cast that includes architects Elizabeth Diller and Hani Rashid, industrial design experts Ross Lovegrove and Yves Béhar, graphic designers, critics, and consumerism pro Paco Underhill. (NR)

Note: Call 212.956.3535 x139 for more info. Register by Thur 11.11 (6pm).




  
SPECTACLE: Roller Derby
Attack of the Roller Girls


when: Fri 11.12 (8pm)
where: Skate Key (220 E 138th St, The Bronx, 718.401.0700)
price: $12 / $10 advance
links: Event Info
 
For all the surrounding hype, roller derby squad the Gotham Girls have yet to put the polyurethane to the pavement in direct competition this year. The bi-borough battle officially begins tonight, when local leagues Manhattan Mayhem and the Brooklyn Bombshells vie for first gusher, in an exhibition bout dedicated to the fine art of blocking and jamming. Rockers Black Moustache and Sex Slaves will be around to keep the beat in between beatdowns, and to help your deepest Pinky Tuscadero fantasies come true. (MJ)


 Tell us your borough's best roller girl team name. Our favorite answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.



  
MUSIC: Rock
Hot Snakes


when: Fri 11.12 (11:30pm)
where: Bowery Ballroom (6 Delancey St, 212.533.2111)
price: $15 / $14 advance
links: Event Info | Hot Snakes
 
If Good Charlotte or Sum 41 have any real respect for punk rock, they will halt their "creative" processes to attentively take notes on the Hot Snakes' tour. Co-founders John Reis (Rocket from the Crypt) and Rick Froberg, who previously worked together in the influential post-hardcore, pre-emo band Drive Like Jehu, join forces to inject volatile energy into their music, with the hopes of redefining the once-explosive art form. While the raw intensity of the Hot Snakes' live show keeps fans guessing, their third release, Audit in Progress, proves the band's focus has come into scope — persistent destruction of the acknowledged norms. (JB)


 For what would the Hot Snakes raise welts, give up sex, and drink piss? (Hint: check out their lyrics page.) Ninth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.





  
PERFORMANCE
Homecoming 2004: the Chengwins vs. the Chunks


when: Sat 11.13 (3pm)
where: Check here for latest details.
price:  FREE
links: Event Info
 
In the tradition of Homecoming games across the nation, the Chengwin street theatre crew stage a massive athletic showdown between arch-enemies Chengwin (half-chicken, half-penguin) and Chunk (half-chicken, half-skunk). The two mascot-like costumed characters compete for the affection of the Homecoming Queen, Chove (half-chicken, half-dove), on a temporary playing field downtown, fully supported by announcers, coaches, referees, cheerleaders, and even a marching band. Audience participation for the game is highly encouraged, so Chengwin fans wear white, Chunk fans black. Extra pom-pom-bedecked cheerleaders, as well as other archetypal homecoming personages, are also heartily welcome. Regardless of the match's outcome, absurdity and humor will triumph. (CEH)

Note: There is a homecoming post-game party at Subtonic, featuring DJ Spinoza and KleverVice (5pm).




  
MUSIC: Punk-Funk
Free Blood w/ the Violets


when: Sat 11.13 (9pm)
where: Asterisk Art Project (258 Johnson Ave, Wburg)
price: $5
links: The Violets
 
In the tradition of John Pugh and Dan Gorman's other punk-funk band, !!!, Free Blood are un-Google-able (search results: 41,000 Red Cross drives, 0 Free Blood sites). But it's better that way — if you could download them, the Miami booty-bass/Outkast/Shangri-Las concoction would just blow your computer's speakers. As you'd expect from any band with ties to the punctuation-marked septet known for sticky, neck-whipping sets, the only way Free Blood can get their very nasty message across is live. Openers the Violets, boasting another noteworthy kinship — the guitarist runs Bloc Party's first record label, Angular — make their US debut. (JAC)

Note: New Taafe, the !!! dance party, follows the show.




  
PERFORMANCE
Queer Revue: Part One feat. Hott Beat, The Syndicate, Susana Cook and MC Felice Shays


when: Sat 11.13 (10pm)
where: Northsix (66 N 6th St, Wburg, 718.599.5103)
price: $8
links: Event Info | Hott Beat | The Syndicate | Susana Cook
 
Queer Ramblings, the new funky fresh GLBT literary quarterly, has coordinated a cornucopia of alternative talent to bring you mind-numbing entertainment sure to distract you from current events. Perhaps they recognize that in every New Yorker is a self-involved downtown snob, a swinger, a performer, a nymphomaniac, a drag queen, and a thinker. And thus, QR brings you: the New York Drag Squad, the Polyphonic Spree of drag queens; the Syndicate, Fringe Element's punk-rock band, featuring a mix of styles and instruments; critically acclaimed performer and educator Susana Cook; '80s UK pop band Hott Beat; and Felice Shays, the consultant and educator who's using BDSM knowledge to create a hardcore sexual revolution. (AT)

Note: First 50 attendees get a free advance copy of the Winter 2004 issue of Queer Ramblings.


 What is the name of Hott Beater Jason/KY's record label? Thirteenth and 16th correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.



  
DJ
Fixed Lasergun Records Night feat. Savas Pascalidis


when: Sat 11.13 (10pm-4am)
where: Tribeca Grand Hotel, Downstairs (2 Ave of the Americas, 212.519.6677)
price:  FREE with RSVP
links: Savas Pascalidis
 
Born in Stuttgart to a Greek DJ father, Savas Pascalidis was initially influenced by '80s house, disco, and funk, and eventually progressed through acid and techno, as well. Today, he's an in-demand remixer and producer based in Berlin, who runs his own Lasergun label and releases on DJ Hell's esteemed Gigolo imprint (for a taste test, check his rub of Sexual Harassment's "I Need a Freak" or his excellent Galactic Gigolo LP). Despite the visa difficulties that halted his last US tour, Savas now returns to drop vinyl-love all night long, with new cuts, classic disco, techno, and whatever else he manages to get through customs. Lasergun's Hong Kong Counterfeit and Ulysses warm up the party with help from residents Dave P and JDH. (CJN)






  
FILM: w/ Discussion
The Criterion Collection and Brazil (1985)


when: Sun 11.14 (discussion: 2pm, screening: 3:30pm)
where: American Museum of the Moving Image (35th Ave at 36th St, Astoria, 718.784.0077)
price: $10
links: Event Info | Brazil
 
Unless you're still sleepwalking through the grainy, forlorn lands of videotape, you probably already know that the folks at Criterion are the industry-lauded experts of all things DVD — i.e., the remastering, repackaging, and inclusion of all those richly esoteric extras that make even the general public salivate like extreme cineastes. Today's lecture by Criterion president Peter Becker focuses on the company's exacting methods, and is supplemented with relevant clips from the vault. Following the presentation is a screening of the director's cut of Terry Gilliam's Brazil — a provocative peek inside their three-disc DVD set. (DI)


 In which two categories did Brazil earn an Academy Award nomination? Sixteenth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.



  
PERFORMANCE
Jaap Blonk


when: Sun 11.14 (5:30pm)
where: Bowery Poetry Club (308 Bowery, 212.614.0505)
price: $10
links: Event Info | Jaap Blonk
 
Dutchman Jaap Blonk is a master of the extended vocal technique. As he heads well beyond traditional musical boundaries, exploring pseudo-languages, sound shapes, and polyrhythms, his sometimes-crazed squeals and squawks speak to the nether regions of the brain. Currently, Blonk is attracting international attention from serious culture aficionados, as well as linguistics experts, in part due to his collaborations with ace multimedia artist Golan Levin. This rare appearance is requisite for anyone interested in the poetic arts, language, and music. (JM)


 What are the names of the two musical groups that Blonk is involved in? Fifteenth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.





  
MUSIC: Electro-disco-funk
Plastilina Mosh


when: Mon 11.15 (9:30 & 11:30pm)
where: Joe's Pub (425 Lafayette St, 212.539.8778)
price: $20
links: Event Info | Plastilina Mosh
 
This Monterrey, Mexico-based duo was initially lumped into the late '90s "rock en español" scene. However, "rock" is only one part of Plastilina Mosh's equation, and, though a deep foundation of Plastilina's heritage, the word "español" doesn't do justice to their desire to unite musical worlds. The bandmembers sing in various languages, move from ersatz jazz to hip-hop, and add spice to their third album, Hola Chicuelos, with funky tabla man Karsh Kale. Like Money Mark (who produced their second album), Plastilina Mosh remain dance floor eclecticists nostalgic for the future of the past. A fitting inclusion in the ongoing Mexico Now festival, P-Mosh make true border music — that is, music without borders. (MD)


 What is the name of Plastilina Mosh's first single? Seventh and 16th correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.





  
ART
Asian Contemporary Art Week


when: Now through Sun 11.14 (schedule)
where: Various
price: Various
links: Event Info
 
Familiarize yourself with the thriving Asian contemporary art scene through this presentation of discussions and exhibitions on recent art from China, India, Korea, and Japan. Lecture highlights include a conversation with the Raqs Media Collective at Bose Pacia and a panel on emerging trends with curators Melissa Chiu and Vasif Kortun, and artists Shirin Neshat and Shahzia Sikander at Asia Society. Enjoy a drink, conversation, and some art viewing during special receptions at galleries such as Ethan Cohen Fine Art, offering the radical realism of Shi Chong, and Plum Blossoms Gallery, where global politics currently reign supreme via dynamic works by painter Wei Dong and the youthful Beijing collective UNMASK. (PL)

Note: Related exhibits include Tomoko Sawada at Zabriskie Gallery, Lu Shengzhong at Chambers Fine Art, and Seonna Hong at Oliver Kamm/5BE Gallery.


 In which city did Iranian-American artist Shirin Neshat grow up? Eighteenth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to Asia Society's Friday panel discussion, in which Neshat participates.



  
PHOTOGRAPHY
Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry: Endurance


when: Now through Sat 11.20 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm)
where: Marvelli Gallery (526 W 26th St, 2nd Fl, 212.627.3363)
price:  FREE
links: Event Info
 
Two of the foremost conscientious artists working today, Bradley McCallum and Jacqueline Tarry use their 25-hour Endurance project to give voice to at-risk youth living with serious drug addiction, as well as those lost to drug-related causes. Commissioned in conjunction with Peace for the Streets by Kids from the Streets (PSKS) and featuring 26 homeless Seattle teenagers, Endurance is anchored by a time-lapse video and audio testimony that conveys both hyper-kinetic drug-rush and the youths' disengagement from normal social flux. An accompanying series of full-scale photo-portraits borrows the aesthetic language of Rembrandt in presenting an individual — at times hardened and at other times strangely innocent — in stark relief to context. (AM)

Note: Promising German photographer Ingar Krauss presents the sweetly sobering series In a Russian Juvenile Prison in the Marvelli Project Room.




  
THEATRE
Hell Meets Henry Halfway


when: Now through Sun 11.21 (schedule)
where: Ohio Theatre (66 Wooster St, 212.802.8007)
price: $20-25
links: Event Info
 
Part indie rock band, part modern dance troupe, part Buster Keaton, Philadelphia's Pig Iron Theater Company creates its own kooky brand of performance. Their new work, Hell Meets Henry Halfway, tells the story of a morbid alchemist, a crazed, confined prince, and a tennis player who blurs the boundaries of self with her coach. Written by up-and-comer Adriano Shaplin and adapted from Polish author Witold Gombrowicz's gothic novel Possessed, this dark, comic fable moves at the brisk pace of a good tennis rally. (LAG)


 Describe, in 50 words or less, your visualization of Henry's meeting with Hell. Two most creative answers win a pair of tickets to this event.



  
FILM
The Big Red One (1980)


when: Fri 11.12 – Thur 11.18 (1:30, 5:10 & 8:20pm)
where: Film Forum (209 W Houston St, 212.727.8110)
price: $10
links: Event Info
 
A master of hardboiled storytelling, Samuel Fuller defined red-blooded American swagger at its best. In what amounts to a posthumous tribute to the late great moviemaker, Warner Bros. has released an extended version of his 1980 war flick, The Big Red One. Given the two-and-a-half-hour running time and WWII setting, Fuller's autobiographical tale of four young infantrymen fighting through Europe could easily be classified an "epic." But the raucous vulgarity and cigar-chomping delight in life that fills each scene and character put this film a cut (and a half) above the tales of weary and wooden glory generally associated with this genre. (LG)


 What is the tagline of this movie? Twentieth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.






CD REVIEW: Dungen, Ta Det Lugnt
Subliminal Sounds
Released June 2004
$15 (Forced Exposure)

Gustav Ejstes' third full-length under his Dungen moniker sounds as if every seminal drug-rock record from the '60s and '70s washed up on his doorstep, where they were consumed all at once by virgin ears. The resulting phase and fuzz goes from the power-pop psych-ethic of The Who Sell Out to an Iron Butterfly drum solo, and finally to an acidic six-string freakout worthy of the more extreme end of the Nuggets catalog. The condensed production and heavy rhythm section keep the trails of buoyant guitar from floating away, and Ejstes' native Swedish singing adds an additional alien quality to the endless points of reference — all serving to create a modern psychedelic sound that transcends the boundaries of nostalgia. (KB)

 
TAG THE WORLD: Street Memes
According to the OED, a meme is: "an element of a culture or system of behavior that may be considered to be passed from one individual to another by non-genetic means, esp. imitation." Some of the most ubiquitous street memes are Shepard Fairey's OBEY stickers and, more recently, Neckface's toothy tags. Created by the local multimedia mavens at Eyebeam, the Street Memes site serves as both a vehicle for observation of memes' viral spread and an archive of them. Here, Baja, Mexico is only a hop, skip, and a spray can from the Lower East Side, and Toronto street corners share iconography with those in LA. As you page through the site and recognize familiar images in cities you've never been to, it incites a woozy sense of déjà vu that emphasizes the power of the visual language we all share — even underground. (JKG)

 
STREAM: Beats in Space
In addition to his regular DJ gigs, Tim Sweeney has been producing one of the best electronic music radio shows around since his student days at New York University. Modelled after Coldcut's Solid Steel, Beats in Space regularly features big-name, innovative DJs, who drop by the studio to throw down a live mix while gigging in NYC. Shows are archived as MP3 files as well as streams, making downloading to your 'pod a cinch. This week's selections include Roy Dank of Pop Your Funk/Mathematics fame, who blends punk-funk and disco oddities (check the unreleased Brennan Green track at the end); DJ Daze, aka Plastique du Rêve, playing electro; and the dublab crew mixing spectrum-spanning grooves. (CJN)



Roy Dank: Beats in Space exclusive  (Punk-funk/disco)
DJ Daze aka Plastique du Rêve: Beats in Space exclusive  (Electro)
Dublab: Beats in Space exclusive  (Assorted grooves)
 




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Header Design:
SanjuroEzra Claytan Daniels
 
Editors:
LegolasDixie Ching
RipleyJocelyn K. Glei
OdysseusPaul Laster
Tank GirlSascha Lewis
Samurai JackDoug Levy
Don QuixoteMark Mangan
Lone StarColin J. Nagy
Sarah ConnorLauren Ragland
Robin HoodPhilip H. Sherburne
AshPeter Stepek
Han SoloToby Warner
 
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Contributors:
AragornLucy C. Beach
NeoJay Belin
The TerminatorDerek Beres
Captain Jack SparrowKarl Briedrick
James BrownJustin A. Carter
William WallaceAdam Davids
Tyler DurdenMatt Diehl
Joan of ArcLeigh Goldstein
SanchoTodd Goldstein
BarbarellaLisa A. Gross
Bill S. Preston, Esq.Carl E. Hagen
The BrideLynnel Herrera
The PsyclosDavid S. Hughes
Mad MaxDavid Insley
AguirreMike Janson
ZatoichiÇemile Kavountzis
James BondSebastian Koch
TedJake Lancaster
Sun Wu KongAndrew Maerkle
Eric HaneyJohn McCormick
Kit CarruthersHolland Oates
Ace and GaryStephan Paschalides
Lara CroftNicollette Ramirez
Cling-onsYancey Strickler
Buckaroo BanzaiAndrea Toochin
Ghengis KhanPeter J. Wolfgang
 
Production:
Red SonjaAnjuli Ayer
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