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DEC 21 - DEC 27
If you're hunkering down in the city for the holidays, you needn't scratch your head about what to do. Despite the habitual holiday slowdown, there's plenty of action afoot: Magda brings good tidings from Berlin; Chaos & Candy makes a royal return; Nublu brews up a hot-mulled holiday party; and DJ Spinna throws down on Xmas eve. Even if you're X-empting yourself from tree-centered festivities come Saturday, there's always Chinese food and a movie, or imports from SF. Plus, for those of you who just can't wait for 2005, we've assembled a preview of the best New Year's Eve happenings. Make a resolution early: get out more, and spread it... |
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The Winter Solstice is upon us. And there's no better time to celebrate. Rejoice under the cloak of the longest night of the year. You've got more than 14 hours of darkness to visit your favorite places with your favorite people. And more than enough time to discern your favorite ABSOLUT cocktail. |
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DJ
Bastard Jazz Holiday Scratch
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| when: | Tue 12.21 (9pm) |
| where: | Upstairs at the Leopard Lounge (248 E 5th St, 212.253.2222) |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | Assembling a mélange of selectors from the left-of-center jazz scene, the Bastard Jazz crew is putting a little scratched-up soul into this feverishly festive season. Tonight's event features a live breaks, beats, and funk performance from Turntables on the Hudson's Zeb, with TreeLow playing flute over it all. Residents DJ DRM, Jugoe, and Sema4 are also on hand to drop dancehall dub plates, grooves, and assorted riddims; and as an early Christmas gift, there are free copies of the latest issue of RE:UP — one of the best-designed, well-written mags documenting the scene at the moment — as well as vinyl and CD giveaways. (CJN)
  
 Who were the two artists on Bastard Jazz Recordings fifth release? The first ten correct answers each win a 12" record from the label.
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DJ
Magda w/ DJ Movement and DJ Spinoza
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| when: | Wed 12.22 (9pm) |
| where: | Subtonic (107 Norfolk St, 212.358.7501) |
| price: | $5 |
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| | Born in Poland, reared in Texas and Detroit, and all grown up in NYC and Berlin, abstract mini-tech demigoddess Magda knows what it's like to simultaneously feel at home yet displaced — at least that's what her sets suggest. Spinning click tracks with irregular rhythms and asymmetrical melodies, Magda's record selection screams "outsider" — but she pieces all the weird blips and cracks together with a groove so thick that the process takes a back seat to danceability. Resident DJs Spinoza and Movement get the party started. (JAC)
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MULTIMEDIA
Chaos & Candy III: The Royal Court of Christmas
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| when: | Wed 12.22 (9pm) |
| where: | Deitch Projects Brooklyn (110 N 1st St, 212.343.7300) |
| price: | $10 |
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| | 'Twas three nights before Christmas and all throughout Deitch, hipsters were dancing wearing elf costumes and tights. Adam Dugas, the event's creator/producer/star, promises to return Christmas to its debased pagan origins. Fending off Hallmark co-optation with an arsenal of cocktails, a "petting zoo," and an impregnable lifesize Gingerbread Village, Chaos & Candy overloads the senses with Rimbaudian abandon. Casey Spooner, the latter half of art band
Fischerspooner; Jason Sellards, of the Scissor Sisters; and, of course, Adam Dugas performs backed by a seven-piece electric orchestra. For the finale, the Cracked Nut Dancers update Tchaikovsky with typical downtown irreverence. (JS)
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DJ
12's feat. Neil Aline w/ Marques Wyatt
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| when: | Wed 12.22 (10pm) |
| where: | Table 50 (643 Broadway, 212.253.2560) |
| price: | $8 |
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| | To kick off their new deep house monthly, 12's, Table 50 has made a perfect match of East and West Coast counterparts. A major player in the Big Apple ever since his late-'90s days jockeying the BPM radio show on WNYU, Chez Music label founder Neil Aline has gained a reputation for consistently high quality output. Marques Wyatt, meanwhile, is both founder and resident DJ of LA's weekly Deep parties, as well the man behind fantastic mixes and productions for OM; a Cali house standard bearer for well over a decade, he only grows better with time. Together, they're turning things up higher than ever — all the way to 12. (DM)
What group was Marques Wyatt in along with Jay-J? The first correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | Nublu opens up the exchange between electronic-based music and trained jazz musicians, cultivating acts such as Kudu, the truly dynamic duo of vocalist/bassist Sylvia Gordon and mad beat-maker Deantoni Parks, whose frenetic live drumming drives their sound. The Brazilian Girls offer sensual electro-lounge with tropical rhythms and hypnotic vocals, and house band Wax Poetic holds down the nu-jazz scene while making an international name with remixes featuring Norah Jones. With this well-balanced lineup, Nublu proves that new sounds don't have to be made from scratch. (CN)
Tell us a story about an artist that you discovered at Nublu. Our favorite tale wins a pair of tickets to this show.
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| | Roy Ayers is America's premier living vibraphone player. His career spans four decades and embraces jazz, funk, acid jazz, world beat, and since the advent of sampling, hip-hop. His classic recordings include the soundtrack to Pam Grier's 1973 film Coffy, two albums with Fela Kuti (with whom he founded Uno Melodic Records), and a guest
spot on Guru's '93 classic, Jazzmatazz. This show at Joe's Pub is a treat for New Yorkers before Ayers and his band return to London's legendary Jazz Café for their traditional New Year's Eve blowout. (BB)
What was the first release by Uno Melodic Records? The third correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the 7:30pm show.
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| | Celebrating Christmas just isn't kosher, which is why What I Like About Jew returns to the Knitting Factory every year to save the chosen ones from straying into Xmas affairs. Hosted by musical comedy duo Sean Altman and Rob Tannenbaum — best known for such hits as "Hanukkah with Monica" (guess which Monica) and the now dated-sounding "A Jew in the White House (The Ballad of Joe Lieberman)" — the variety show takes an irreverent approach to celebrating/ lambasting Judaism in song. Over the three-night stand, special guests include Screw magazine founder Al Goldstein, Tammy Faye Starlite, Cindy Kaplan, and Eric Schwartz — father of the recent Hanukkah rip on "Hey Ya." (JKG)
Note: This show has a one drink minimum.
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| | Sex Mob make party music, and 'tis the season for jazz's most erudite pranksters to stage their Holiday Spectacular, directing a merry sonic assault upon classic Christmas tunes and Jewish standards. Upping the
ante, Mob boss Steven Bernstein brings along free jazz trombone titan Roswell Rudd (of Charlie Haden's Liberation Music Orchestra, among other credentials), whom Bernstein calls the band's "original inspiration," as well as other special guests. For all you secularists, there'll be plenty of original Sex Mob fare as
well, no doubt drawing heavily from their grimy '03 release, Dime Grind Palace. (CL)
What was Roswell Rudd's first instrument? The sixth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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FILM
The Woodsman
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| when: | Opens Fri 12.24 |
| where: | Various locations |
| price: | Various |
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The Woodsman | Tickets |
| | Based on the play of the same name, The Woodsman is a
thoughtful and gripping look at one man's struggle to exorcise his
demons. Kevin Bacon gives an intense yet sober performance as Walter,
a man trying to reassemble his life after 12 years in prison. He finds
an apartment, a job, and a friend in Vickie, who's played by Bacon's
real-life partner, Kyra Sedgwick. But Walter's past begins to plague
him as a detective who believes he's lapsed back to his old, debased
behavior comes calling. An affective work from first-time director
Nicole Kassell, The Woodsman translates successfully from stage
to screen. (MB)
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| | Ever since his underground hip-hop classic, Heavy Beats Vol. 1, DJ Spinna has had a fervent fan base and a wide range of muses, including Bob Marley, Pharoahe Monch, Japanese artist Shina Jupei, and Talib Kweli. Tonight, Spinna transforms a quiet holiday weeknight into a thumping beat revival featuring classic hip-hop, R&B, afro-beat, and (you guessed it) soul. Whether you've been naughty or nice, Christmas comes early this Eve-ning, with Stax stocking stuffers for all. (FAY)
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FILM
Chinese Food and a Movie: Stiller, Brooks, and All-You-Can-Eat Chinese on Christmas Day
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| when: | Sat 12.25 (7:30pm) |
| where: | Makor (35 W 67th St, 212.415.5500) |
| price: | $30 |
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| | On this, the second most awkward day of the year for Jews, there's no tradition more hallowed than ye olde
Chinese takeout and movies, especially if the movies in question are four of the funniest that have traveled down the Borscht Belt in a while. Mel Brooks' Young Frankenstein is a must, as is his pseudo-Western, Blazing Saddles — if you relish the occasional bean joke, that is. Ben Stiller's male model Zoolander is a trifle worth viewing for Will Ferrell's Karl Lagerfeld send-up alone. And Wes Anderson's The Royal Tenenbaums breathes life into the characters Edward Gorey forgot to create. Oy to the world! (LR)
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DJ
Blunted Xmas SF feat. Chad Mitchell and Adam Warped
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| when: | Sat 12.25 (10pm) |
| where: | Anatomy (511 E 6th St, 212.995.8889) |
| price: | FREE |
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| | Sure, there are a lot of reasons to be in a funk on Christmas: you couldn't get home; or you got home, but the family is beyond dysfunctional; there's never anything good on TV; and so on. However, the standard "there's nothing to do" complaint is where we take issue. At tonight's Blunted Xmas party, San Fran's Chad Mitchell (Roam Recordings) spins quality West Coast house, and former New Yorker Adam Warped returns to dispense another one of his dementedly funky sets. Recent Dallas transplant Benny Fingers and local funk-junkie Scottie B fill out the bill. Happy housey holiday! (CEH)
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| | Armed with a voice that weaves stealthily through other-worldly electronic soundscapes, Daniel Givens' skill with the spoken word is not immediately apparent — it slinks beneath his murmured rhymes and shows itself in the carefully constructed tracks of his latest album on Aesthetics, Dayclear & First Dark. The multi-talented musician/poet/photographer/ producer/Other Music employee headlines a release show at Tonic, with support from To Rococo Rot collaborator I-Sound and a DJ set from Schematic's Secret Frequency Crew. Nothing like a bit of raw, left-of-center conceptual electronics to help digest
the remnants of Christmas dinner, eh? (CH)
To what music magazine's compilation did Givens contribute his song "Viaduct"? The first two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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CITY GEM
Holiday Mondays at the Met
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| when: | Mon 12.27 (9:30am-5:30pm) |
| where: | Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Ave, 212.535.7710) |
| price: | $12 suggested donation |
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| | Normally closed on Mondays, the Met makes an exception and opens its doors today, when many finally have the time to take a leisurely stroll through its galleries, meet a friend at one of several cafés, or blow their holiday loot at the store. Special exhibits include a stunning show of artifacts from early China; a look at wild, animal-inspired fashions, where both PETA and pelts are displayed; and, for those still in the holiday spirit, a grand, candlelit Christmas tree and Baroque crèche. But it's the permanent collection that continually thrills here, so before bringing in the new, come reflect once more on amazing musical instruments, shining suits of armor, and paintings from all periods. (PL)
Note: Don't miss Duccio's Madonna and Child, a $45 million new acquisition that goes on view this week.
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ART
Kerry James Marshall
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| when: | Now through Sun 1.9 (Wed-Fri, Sun: 12-6pm / Sat: 10am-6pm) |
| where: | Studio Museum in Harlem (144 W 125th St, 212.864.4500) |
| price: | $7 suggested donation |
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Event Info | Kerry James Marshall |
| | "The narrative of art history is a competitive event," notes Kerry James Marshall, who, at 49, seems securely positioned as a future art historical figure himself. A former Studio Museum artist-in-residence, Marshall went on to earn a MacArthur Genius award, appearing in both Documenta X and the 1997 Whitney Biennial. Now he returns to his former home with the sweeping One True Thing, an exhibition of his large narrative paintings, along with photographs, sculptures, installations, and videos, as well as pages from his superhero comic book Rythm Mastr. Five years in the making, the diverse array of forms on hand here presents a dialogue between art history and social experience, Old Masters and Black Panthers. (RA)
Note: The museum is closed on Christmas Day.
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ART
East Village USA
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| when: | Now through Sat 3.19.05 (Tue-Sat: 12-6pm / Thur: 12-8pm) |
| where: | New Museum of Contemporary Art (583 Broadway, 212.219.1222) |
| price: | $6 |
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| | Celebrating the most explosive art scene of the '80s, East Village USA
presents an eclectic overview of the postmodern and do-it-yourself styles that were
prevalent then and continue to haunt us now. Mixing a wide range of media and ephemera, curator Dan Cameron has compiled a lively vision of the way we were:
graffiti-kings Futura 2000, Lee Quinones, and
Zephyr are all represented, as are subculture appropriators Basquiat, Haring, and
Scharf; Peter Halley, Jeff Koons, and Philip Taaffe look smart, while Jimmy De Sana
and Karen Finley seem startlingly surreal. With roughly 180 works by 75 artists, this
wild-side walk down memory lane is chock-full of fun. (PL)
Note: Cameron leads a panel discussion about graffiti art on Thur 1.27
(6:30-8pm) and interviews players from back in the day on East Village Radio throughout the run of the show.
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| | While the context of Henry Darger's 15,145-page illustrated epic, The Vivian Girls, will soon be lost as the drawings are sold off to private collections, Jessica Yu's documentary In the Realms of the Unreal pieces together aspects of his harsh solitary life and well-constructed fantasy world. Yu, who first broached the connection between mental illness and creativity in The Living Museum, relies on scant personal accounts and Darger's journals rather than art experts and psychologists. Though there are only three photos of Darger, by animating the watercolor scenes, we are a provided a glimpse inside his fascinating mind. (CN)
What city was Darger living in at the time of his death? The fourth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to the 6:30pm show on Mon 12.27.
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MUSIC: Upcoming
Slint
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| when: | Tue 3.18.05 & Wed 3.19.05 (8pm) |
| where: | Irving Plaza (17 Irving Pl, 212.777.6800) |
| price: | $25 |
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Slint | Tickets |
| | When talent, timing, and innovation intersect, a
legend can be formed in as little as 82 minutes.
That's how long it takes to play the entire studio
output of Slint, a long-defunct band from Kentucky who
single-handedly launched the post-rock movement, and
whose fragile and introspective songs still astonish a
decade later. Having been tapped to curate the All
Tomorrow's Parties festival in London this February,
the Louisville legends reunite to play a handful
of US tour dates. The word "anticipated" can only
begin to describe the band's return. (YS)
Note: Tickets have sold out rapidly in other cities, so we recommend purchasing early.
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NYE: Film
Bruce Lee and Beyond: New Year's Eve Triple Bill
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (6pm) |
| where: | Pioneer Theater (155 E 3rd St, 212.254.3300) |
| price: | $9 |
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| | Forget rockin', try a sockin' New Year's Eve with a triple-heaped
helping of the King's chop-socky. Kick off at the wee hour of 6pm with
Bruce Lee: Fist of the Unicorn (1972), then martial in Bruce Lee, We Miss You (1977), and roundhouse off to the midnight hour with Enter the Fat Dragon (1978). Grindhaus party — yay! (ÇK)
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NYE: Music
Wilco, Flaming Lips, and Sleater-Kinney
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (8pm) |
| where: | Madison Square Garden (4 Pennsylvania Plaza, 212.465.6741) |
| price: | $37.50-57.50 |
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| | The underground's ascent (or descent,
depending on your proclivities) to respectability is
secured tonight at Madison Square Garden, as Wilco's
Jeff Tweedy, the Flaming Lips' Wayne Coyne, and
Sleater-Kinney's Carrie Brownstein supplant Dick
Clark for a New Year's Indie Rockin' Eve. Does Pabst make champagne? (YS)
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NYE: DJ
Hollertronix
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (8pm) |
| where: | 169 Bar (169 E Broadway, 212.473.8866) |
| price: | $40 / $20.05 advance |
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| | The DJ duo of Diplo and Low Budget, aka Hollertronix, bring their eponymous party from Philly to the Big Apple for what is, hands down, the best deal in clubbing for NYE. The pair's raucous mash-up sets bring an excess of crunk, punk, '80s pop hits, dancehall, and grime — and tonight, it's all in the service of gettin' the people dirty-dirty in '05. (JL)
Note: Open bar from 9-11pm.
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NYE: Music
Gogol Bordello
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (9pm) |
| where: | Northsix (66 N 6th St, Wburg, 718.599.5103) |
| price: | $35 / $30 advance |
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| | Blending spoken word, klezmer, heavy bass, and funky saxophone, Gogol
Bordello manufacture mad, alcohol-fueled, eclectic grooves. Their live
shows are a trip, coupling skilled musicianship with crafty
irreverence: "I winked at the wolves/they broke out of cages." See this
show and dance wildly. (AS)
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NYE: DJ
New Year's Eve Ritual w/ Turntables on the Hudson
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (9pm) |
| where: | Crash Mansion (199 Bowery, 212.982.7767) |
| price: | $30 |
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| | Turntables on the Hudson steps away from its traditional home at the waterside Frying Pan to rock Crash Mansion for a special New Year's party. DJs Nickodemus and Mariano grace the decks, dropping their sexy, groovy, world beat-influenced blends, while Nappy G kills it on percussion. (BB)
Before docking at West 23rd St, what was the purpose of the Frying Pan? Fifth and seventh correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this event.
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NYE: DJ
DJ Spooky, Dälek, and Rob Sonic
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (9pm) |
| where: | Rothko (116 Suffolk St, 212.475.7088) |
| price: | $30 / $25 advance |
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| | Conceptual art, magazine editing, collaborations with Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore — what can't this fella do? Illbient progenitor DJ Spooky spreads his abstract futurism liberally; a good thing, as he remains one of NYC's most versatile beat theorists. Meanwhile, avant-garde hip-hop collective Dälek drop astute reflections on rap and religion over gritty, industrial soundscapes. Cerebral Def Jukie Rob Sonic opens. (JPC)
Note: $50 extra for open bar all night.
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NYE: DJ
Ghostly's New Year's Bash w/ Todd Osbourne and James T. Cotton
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (9pm) |
| where: | Subtonic (107 Norfolk St, 212.358.7501) |
| price: | $10 |
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| | Who needs hometown favoritism when you can kick it
Times Square stylee? Ghostly's appearance in New York on New Year's Eve
confirms the Detroit electronic label's bona fides, with bunker-busting
sets from standouts Todd Osbourne and James T. Cotton. (YS)
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NYE: Music
Marc Ribot's Los Cubanos Postizos feat. Joe Bataan
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (9:30 & 11:30pm) |
| where: | Tonic (107 Norfolk St, 212.358.7501) |
| price: | $30 early / $40 late show w/ champagne toast |
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Event Info | Marc Ribot |
| | Man-about-downtown Marc Ribot puts on his Latin hat as leader of the group that attacked the oeuvre of seminal Cuban Arsenio Rodriguez, producing two instant classic albums in the process. Reunions are rare; a gig with New York salsa-soul pioneer Joe Bataan is practically
miraculous — the first time on US soil. (CL)
Note: $60 for both shows.
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NYE: DJ
Shake What 2004 Gave Ya feat. BMG and Sal Principato
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (10pm) |
| where: | Music Gallery (49 Ann St, 3rd Fl) |
| price: | $18 / $15 w/ RSVP |
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| | Enabler and the Crucial Getdown bring an extra helping of shake and shimmy
tonight with two floors of fun at Music Gallery. All hands are on deck(s) for a not-to-be-missed collaboration with BMG (of
Detroit's Ectomorph) and Sal Principato of NYC's Liquid Liquid. Dynamo DJs
like Brennan Green, Marcos Cabral, Overdose, Cowboy Mark, the Famous Brett
Burton, and Chupacabras are throwing down ping-pong sets, while Hong Kong
Counterfeit offers up saucy italodisco. And that's not the half of it. (LH)
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NYE: DJ
No Ordinary Monkey feat. DJ Anton, DJ Carlos, and Eric Duncan
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (10pm) |
| where: | China Room (50 Broadway, 212.509.5343) |
| price: | $10 / $5 in '04 |
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| | Check your five dollar words at the door and start drinking. It's
time to ring in 2005 unexclusively: on the cheap and on the dance
floor, with DJs Carlos, Phil, Anton, and — a fave for
disco/electro madness — Rub n Tug's Eric Duncan manning the decks. A
dirty free-for-all that promises fun for all. (JKG)
Who are the two DJ/producers behind Rub n Tug? The first correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.
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NYE: DJ
APT New Year's Eve w/ Tim Sweeney and Tim Goldsworthy
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (10pm) |
| where: | APT (419 W 13th St, 212.414.4245) |
| price: | $100 |
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| | No one had more to celebrate this year than the DFA,
who released the wonderful DFA Compilation #2
and inked a mega-deal with EMI. Label head Tim
Goldsworthy, formerly of U.N.K.L.E., pops the 2005
cork along with pal Tim Sweeney, and Duane Harriott of APT's
Negroclash fame. (YS)
Note: Open bar from 10pm-2am.
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| | Get a head-start on your resolution to exercise more in 2005 by celebrating an energizing New Year's Eve with this four-mile, group midnight run in Central Park. Beyond the health benefits, there are other perks to get your pulse up, too: post-race massages, live music, dancing, prizes, a costume party, and fireworks. (LM)
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NYE: Multimedia
Body Temple New Year's Eve Extravaganza
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (10:30pm-6am) |
| where: | Grand Space (778 Bergen St, Bklyn, 718.482.3185) |
| price: | $30 / $25 advance |
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| | For seekers of alternative transportation (read: not just getting
totally wasted) tonight, Body Temple aims to awaken the spirit more au
naturale-ly. Globesonic's Fabian Asultany and DJ Haj spin global beats,
the Electric Earth Dancers and BT percussion crew orchestrate the ritual
midnight cry, and all manner of "human installations" and body painters
roam the space. Become "one with the freaks." (JKG)
Note: A TranceBreath workshop and performance begins at 7pm. Admission for all events is $40 / $35 advance.
What German band is quoted in the Body Temple listing, above? The first correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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NYE: Music
Peaches
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| when: | Fri 12.31 (11pm) |
| where: | Tribeca Grand Hotel - Sublevel (2 Ave of the Americas, 212.519.6500) |
| price: | $99 |
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Peaches |
| | If decadence is what you're after, look no further. Tonight the
MisShapes crew presents a live performance by Peaches, the oversexed
Canadian who brought us "F*ck the Pain Away." Her Joan Jett-cum-dirty
electro beats and wildly inebriated stage schtick promises the most
immoderate and indulgent New Year's Eve in town. (AC)
Note: To reserve tickets, call 212.519.6677.
Who is the Clyde to Peaches' Bonnie as the "Bonnie and Clyde of prankster rap"? The first correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.
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| CD REVIEW: Psapp, Tiger, My Friend |
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Released November 2004
$13.99 (Amazon)
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Psapp blend soft vocal hooks with perhaps the most playful approach to making music heard this year. Their sound is unique, but if pushed for a comparison, the duo brings to mind a variation of Stereolab, albeit one that plays with mildly abused garage sale keyboards and uses percussion made from bits and bobs around the house. Glockenspiels and hand-plucked violin add homespun warmth to tunes seemingly sourced from household oddities like BB pellets rattling inside bottles. "Leaving in Coffins," which sounds like Aphex Twin in league with a hired chanteuse, features a childlike melody and syncopated glitches. "Chapter" is decidedly darker and tempered with romantic unrest, featuring thick, standup bass and a frosty vocal delivery. Personable and highly innovative, it's all too easy to forget that Tiger, My Friend is a debut album. (CJN)
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| ON POINT: Topic Magazine |
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While loads of rags do theme-oriented issues (day spas! getaways! holiday shopping!), Topic magazine wrings new beauty out of staying on point. Bringing a rigorous, philosophical, and incredibly lucid approach to the art of single-mindedness, each quarterly installment focuses on one subject — the magazine has printed a Prague prostitute writing on "fantasy," a professional skateboarder on "fads," a Nobel laureate on "cities," a lifer on "prison," and a competitive eater on "food." A pleasure to read, each issue feels like a fresh take on a familiar face, with voices from around the world recounting stories and experiences that resonate with lived-in truths. Right now, holiday-season subscribers get a special chance to win a TopicBox, containing a bounty of goodies related to one of the 2005 topics: family, sin, music, or games. (JKG)
Which Nobel Prize winner is suing the US over publication of her memoirs? The first five correct answers each win a 1-year subscription to Topic.
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| STREAMS: KCRW |
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In the world of corporate-mandated playlists and Clear Channel-dominated airwaves, KCRW stands as a breath of fresh air for music lovers everywhere. The station champions everything from the best in electronic music to up-and-coming rock and diverse international styles. With this installment, Gilles Peterson brings his worldwide sound across the pond, joining Metropolis' Jason Bentley for a guest mix. King Britt and DJ Garth Trinidad add some soulful house, while Tricia Halloran hosts a retrospective look at music from the decade between '65 and '75, including Bob Dylan, David Bowie, the Beatles, and more. (CJN)
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| CREDITS |
| Header Design: |
| Multicolored lights | Jemma Gura | | |
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| SUV wreath | Jocelyn K. Glei | | Tree angel | Çemile Kavountzis | | Barbed wire manger | Jake Lancaster | | Electric snowflake | Paul Laster | | Fruitcake | Sascha Lewis | | Elven Jones | Doug Levy | | Gag frankincense | Mark Mangan | | Elf | Colin J. Nagy | | Bobble-head Jesus | Kristin Savarese | | Inflatable Santa | Philip H. Sherburne | | Kente cloth | Peter D. Stepek | | Lawn gnome | Toby Warner | | |
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| Imitation candles | Robert Amesbury | | Blow-up tree | Jami Attenberg | | Strung popcorn | Jay Belin | | Manger Jesus | Derek Beres | | Caroler | Brian Blessinger | | Trick menorah | Mindy Bond | | Santa mug | Gina Caroddo | | Tinsel | Justin A. Carter | | Rudolph nose | Amy M. Clarke | | Icicle lights | Joe P. Colly | | Candy cane | Dara Colwell | | Singing Santa | Alex Cuadros | | Frank Capra | Adam Davids | | Passion DVD | Carl E. Hagen | | Faux snowman | Lynnel Herrera | | Animatronic soldier | Christine Hsieh | | Little Helper | Jessica Kraft | | Edible Santa suit | Chris Lamb | | Wind sock | Lauren McMinn | | Elven undies | Catherine Nguyen | | Jewish star | Lisa Rosman | | Kinara candle | Adam Shore | | Myrrh | Ashley Soutor | | Electric menorah | Joshua Stein | | Mistletoe beltbuckle | Yancey Strickler | | Nativity scene | Faith-Ann Young | | |
| Production: |
| Fake snow | Anjuli Ayer | | Gaudy garlands | Lucy C. Beach | | Plastic reindeer | Todd Goldstein | | Nutcracker | David Morrow | | Blinking lights | Sebastian Rasp | | Plastic mistletoe | Emily Welsch |
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