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JAN 4 - JAN 10
Every year is a new experiment, and back at the lab, we've been brewing all manner of cultural stimuli in preparation for our rebirth in 2005. So as we knock our post-NYE noggins and re-emerge into the realm of the senses, there's a panoply of faces and places awaiting investigation. You can explore the Freudian symbolism behind Pop Your Funk or Cock Rock Disco, probe new works by veteran sound-and-image agitator Christian Marclay, uncover up-and-coming talent at the Living Room, go under the radar for St. Ann's edgy theatre fest, dig into the depths of Americana with Castanets, or tune into a lesson in propaganda with Hitler's Hit Parade. We hatched it, you spread it... |
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ART
Realm of the Senses
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| when: | Now through Sat 1.22 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm) |
| where: | James Cohan Gallery (533 W 26th St, 212.714.9500) |
| price: |  FREE |
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| | Exploring the five senses, this show hits all the right spots with a mix of powerful work by 18 emerging and established artists. Felix Gonzalez-Torres' floor arrangement of blue candies fills the air with the scent of peppermint; Sean Duffy's tri-needled turntable chaotically and simultaneously plays three sections of a record at once; Janine Antoni's licked-chocolate and soap-lathered likenesses invite a smile; Patty Chang's video, for which she put giant, biting eels under her blouse, makes your skin crawl; and Ugo Rondinone's circular, pulsating painting leaves you dizzily stumbling through the gallery. (PL)
  
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MUSIC: Indie Americana
Castanets w/ Lichens and Metallic Falcons
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| when: | Wed 1.5 (8pm) |
| where: | Tap Bar at the Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3132) |
| price: | $10 |
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Event Info | Castanets |
| | The Southern (California) gothic country of San Diego's Castanets puts listeners on notice that there's always another layer to scrape from the nebulous genre of Americana, stirring the blues, the Carter family, and antique folk into a menacing and heady blend. The sparse sound of the Castanets has found a perfect home on Sufjan Stevens' Asthmatic Kitty Records, where leader Raymond Raposa feels free to ruminate about the darkness inherent in, well, everything. Raposa's arrangements, built around acoustic guitars, mostly stay subtle and complement his dirges, folk blues, and skewed love songs. (PS)
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MUSIC: Spazz-core
Cock Rock Disco Night feat. Donna Summer and Duran Duran Duran
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| when: | Thur 1.6 (10pm) |
| where: | Knitting Factory (74 Leonard St, 212.219.3132) |
| price: | $10 |
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Event Info | Cock Rock Disco |
| | As Donna Summer, NYC laptopper Jason Forrest
slices chicken-pop pie into Calista-thin portions and
then carefully places each piece in exactly the wrong
spot. In the first album Forrest has released under
his own name, The Unrelenting Songs of the 1979
Post Disco Crash (talk about making your politics
clear!), he re-re-divvies the Carter musical era
into an arena-glitch, choogie-oogie, orgy-porgie which,
if all goes according to plan, is what tonight's Duran
Duran Duran album release party should be. Watch 'em
put iTunes to the test! (YS)
 Which of tonight's performers has a long-standing New Jersey-based radio show? The eighth, ninth, and tenth responses that correctly name the performer and the radio show win a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | Along with his brother, Frankie Bones, Adam X has been a longstanding advocate of independent-minded electronic music. The two have been at it since the late '80s, witnessing several permutations of house and techno filter through their record store, Sonic Groove, as well as their respective DJ bags. Tonight, Adam X spins a special one-off set of the 303 acid sound that's seen a strong resurgence of late. He's joined behind the decks by the Pop Your Funk duo of Roy Dank and Brennan Green, who play their unpredictable assortment of punk-funk rarities, deep house, Italo disco, and anything else they damn well please. (CJN)
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THEATRE: Festival
Under the Radar
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| when: | Fri 1.7 - Mon 1.10 (various times) |
| where: | St. Ann's Warehouse (38 Water St, DUMBO, 718.254.8779) and various locations |
| price: | $15-25 |
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| | Curated by performance art guru Mark Russell, St. Ann's Under the Radar festival presents a veritable who's who of up-and-coming theatre artists. Some of the sure-to-hit highlights are Elevator Repair Service's new work, Gatz, a postmodern take on The Great Gatsby; Gloria Deluxe frontgal Cynthia Hopkins' Accidental Nostalgia, a brainteasing, honky-tonk, one-woman show; an electric-fying performance from thoroughly modern string quartet Ethel; and the Foundry Theatre's KI from "Crime", a piece inspired by the character of Katerina Ivanova from Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. (LAG)
Note: Some performances take place at alternate venues. Check the Event Info link for more information.
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MULTIMEDIA
GlobeSonic Party w/ Shakti Spirit Dancers and Body Temple Drummers
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| when: | Fri 1.7 (7pm-4am) |
| where: | K Lounge (30 W 52nd St, 212.265.6665) |
| price: | FREE |
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Event Info | K Lounge |
| | Since 2000, DJs Fabian Alsultany, Acidophilus, and Derek Beres (a flavorpill contributor), aka Globesonic, have been fixed on bringing awareness to the momentum-gaining movement of world dance music. Tonight, they rock the sound system of the exotically-themed K Lounge with one of their high-energy sets, a melting pot of Afro-beat, tabla, drum 'n bass, global trance, dub, hip-hop, and house. Also performing are longtime collaborators the Shakti Spirit Dancers, who bring their graceful multiculti moves; the Body Temple drummers; and stunning ghazal singer, Vishal Vaid. Anticipate an unreserved crowd, due to the influx of attendees from the Association of Performing Arts Presenters conference happening just two blocks away. (DM)
What music artist uses the most diverse global styles in his or her recorded material? Name the artist and list the stylistic influences you notice, and the three most impressive answers each win an Earth n Bass CD.
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| | At first glance, it's an unlikely match-up. Dr. Funkenstein and his eccentric entourage, the legendary P-Funk All-Stars, joined by New York natives TV on the Radio, the discordant and moody electronic rockers who won the 2004 Shortlist Music Prize. But if we are to place any trust in the famous Parliament precept — free your mind and your ass will follow — we can recognize their doo-wop crooning post-rock as a perfect complement to George Clinton's
explosive, bass-heavy, psychedelic funk. (AC)
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MUSIC: Reggae
Milton Henry with the Jammyland Allstars
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| when: | Fri 1.7 (10pm) |
| where: | Club Seho (113 Ludlow St, 646.372.2896) |
| price: | $10 |
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| | A forerunner of dub, Lee "Scratch" Perry would unravel reels of tape, cutting and splicing instrumentals while adding heavy reverb, animal noises, and other effects at his infamous Black Ark Studio (he eventually burned down the structure in a drug-addled haze). Tonight, the recently renovated and renamed Seho is ablaze with chalice smoke and cavernous, low-low-end beats instead of flames. Milton Henry's cover of "Gypsy Woman" is among the headliner's many claims to fame and backed by the Jammyland All-Stars, he offers an ideal lesson in reggae history. Riddim Zone and Ras Kush play/spin early sets. (DB)
What miraculous transformation does "Scratch" claim to undergo every night before he goes to sleep? The first two correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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MUSIC: Tango
M2O Plays Tango
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| when: | Fri 1.7 & Sat 1.8 (10pm) |
| where: | La MaMa E.T.C. (74A E 4th St, 212.475.7710) |
| price: | $15 |
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Event Info | M2O |
| | M2O may seem to be a cross-cultural oddity: Machiko Ozawa (violin) and Makia Matsumura (piano) are Japanese Juilliard grads with a shared passion for Argentinean tango music. Typically, a woman's role is to sing and dance the tango, but with their alternative approach, the feminine duo had enough fire and finesse to reach the finals at the 2004 International Tango Competition in NYC. For this two-night stand, the Club at La MaMA hosts their unique interpretations of Astor Piazzolla's work; keep an eye on Ozawa, in particular — when percussion is called for, she does a mean tap dance. (CM)
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| | One of the founders of turntablism, Christian Marclay is an avant-garde DJ who also creates in other artistic media. In the video installation, Shake Rattle and Roll (fluxmix), he projects a special brew of Fluxus-inspired montage, stemming from his time as an artist-in-residence at the Walker Art Center, on several screens. Dredging through archival materials and artifacts from a motley group
of Fluxus artists, Marclay plays with the musical possibilities of
wooden toys, puzzles, postcards, and other ephemera by such luminaries
as Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, and Joseph Beuys. Where Fluxus confounded audiences by stretching disciplinary boundaries, Marclay, the sonic archaeologist, succeeds by orchestrating their complexity. (JK)
Note: The exhibition continues through
Sat 2.5 (Tue-Sat: 10am-6pm).
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| | Ontario's Constantines earn quite a few Fugazi comparisons, some of which aren't totally off-base. Like the post-DC hardcore legends, they manage a near-seamless marriage of intelligence and brute force. Frontman Bry Webb growls punk poetry like a chain-smoker atop his band's jagged minimalist oeuvre, creating an urgent rock so raw it sounds downright filthy. 2003's Shine a Light (Sub Pop) flew under the radar, but it had a small sect of critics wetting themselves with delight over the group. At a time when it seems every other rock musician sports a keyboard and new wave haircut, this gritty, authentic music is particularly refreshing. (JPC)
What does Guelph have to do with the Constantines? The fifth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.
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| | Jason Schwartzman's profile wouldn't exactly launch a thousand ships, but Wes Anderson's sophomore feature, in which Schwartzman starred as an oedipally besotted and uncomfortably bereted prep-school playwright did launch his own career — recently resulting in an excellent turn in I Heart Huckabees — and single-handedly resuscitated that of Bill Murray. Before you plunge into The Life Aquatic, you'd best brush up on the trenchant Jacques Cousteau quotations planted in Rushmore, which intimated Anderson's still-suppressed underwater obsessions. Added bonuses: brags about hand jobs, terrible puns ("these are O.R. scrubs"; "oh, are they?"), and one of our favorite soundtracks the other side of 2000. (JKG)
Note: This film also plays on Fri 1.7 (midnight).
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DISCUSSION
Projections of the Imagination
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| when: | Sun 1.9 (3pm) |
| where: | Isamu Noguchi Museum (9-01 33rd Rd, LIC, 718.204.7088) |
| price: | $5 |
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| | Kicking off the Noguchi Museum's new Second Sundays series of dialogues on art, architecture, and design, former Brooklyn Academy of Music director Harvey Lichtenstein sits down with avant-garde choreographers Bill T. Jones, Molissa Fenley, and Ralph Lemon, as well as their artistic collaborators' Bjorn Amelan, Roy Fowler, and Nari Ward, to discuss the creative role each plays in the making of contemporary dance. Held in conjunction with the museum's comprehensive exhibition of Isamu Noguchi's dance sets designed for Martha Graham and traveling retrospective of his sculptures, which ends its run at the Whitney next week, this talk presents the true masters of the next wave. (PL)
Note: Weekend shuttle-bus service is available between midtown Manhattan and the museum. Please call 718.204.7088 for details.
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| | What goes better with jazz — whiskey or wine? The answer is "lots," and the Winter Jazz Fest is all about excess; from main room, to tap, to office, tonight's lineup features 19 performances and twice again as many performers. We'd be drunk before we got through the whole list, but heady highlights include: Blue Note's brand new baby, Keren Ann, whose French and English chansons sound instantly, wonderfully familiar; preternaturally talented pianist Jason Moran and his Bandwagon; modern trumpet and composing legend Dave Douglas and his quintet, delivering heavy but highly groovy jazz abstractions; the Burnt Sugar Arkestra, 19 strong; the Michael Gordon band, featuring Todd Reynolds of Ethel; plus, Gutbucket, NoJazz, and Clogs. (JM/JKG)
Which of tonight's featured performers grew up in Israel? The seventh and eighth correct answers each win a pair of tickets to this show.
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READING
East Side Oral feat. Jon Friedman, Jami Attenberg, Margot Leitman, and Tim Gager
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| when: | Sun 1.9 (5pm) |
| where: | The Living Room (154 Ludlow St, 212.533.7235) |
| price: | $5 suggested donation and two-drink minimum |
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Event Info | East Side Oral | Jami Attenberg |
| | A venue almost as cozy as your living room — sans futon — plays home tonight to a set of diverse talents as part of the East Side Oral series. Performers include comedian and Upright Citizens Brigader Margot Leitman and comedian/writer Jon Friedman, perhaps best known as the host of the Rejection Show. These folks join Brooklyn writer (and flavorpill contributor) Jami Attenberg (Deli Life, Instant Love), and writer/poet Tim Gager, founder of the Dire Literary Series in Cambridge, MA. All are graciously hosted by Elise Miller (Star Craving Mad), with Americana alternative blues provided by the Useless Bastards. (GC)
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| | At an Antony show there are moments when his grace fills the room and beatifies not just the musicians onstage, but the audience as well. You look around and everyone is so happy that they shine, diamonds flickering in the dark. Lyrics of pleasure and pain combine with Antony's mordent phrasing and sweet melodies to transport you to a place somewhere between Eden and Twin Peaks. Joe's Pub is the perfect setting with its rich upholstery and lush ambiance, but arrive early to get an unobstructed sight line. (AD)
Antony and the Johnsons' album was originally released on a small label run by what experimental musician? The fifth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.
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FILM
The Apartment (1960)
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| when: | Mon 1.10 (7:30pm) |
| where: | Academy Theater at the Lighthouse (111 E 59th St, 888.778.7575) |
| price: | $5 |
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| | Less touted and certainly leaner than his other fare, The Apartment may be director Billy Wilder's finest screwball comedy — high praise when applied to the master of such high-profile hijinks as Some Like It Hot, but this tale of a nebbishy accountant pining over NYC's cutest elevator operator deserves it. Starring a loose-limbed Jack Lemmon and a barely hatched Shirley MacLaine, whose sparky affability eclipses her later stint as a reincarnation spokesperson, the film balances jabs at Midtown and mid-century corporate culture with a genuinely palatable sentimentality. Chalk it up to Lemmon's knack for straining pasta with a tennis racket, but few films have ever proved more enduringly endearing. (LR)
Note: Reservations are strongly encouraged and can be made at 888.778.7575.
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| | You know those instrumental prodigies — the ones who can play blindfolded, backwards, standing upside down? Well, imagine four of them at once, each exhibiting technical prowess and genre-busting ideas, duking it out (ahem, collaborating) in one venue. Christian McBride, legendary jazz bassist, has been called a "monster of the bass." Charlie Hunter is famed for his innovative work on an eight-string guitar. DJ Logic, fresh off a new Yohimbe Brothers album, mixes it real nice. And topping it off is Eric Krasno, guitarist for Soulive. Who said Monday wasn’t a day for inspiration? (LM)
What was the name of the project McBride was in with ?uestlove, and who was the third main member? The tenth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this show.
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| | Mixing apples with oranges, Momenta Art presents two dynamic shows full of natural zest. In the front gallery, Simone Leigh constructs three dreamy sculptures: a chandelier of ceramic and glass breasts dipped in aromatic beeswax or salted at the center, a giant brooch of platinum-plated terracotta bosoms surrounded by clasped porcelain bananas, and a display case filled with handmade, shark-like teeth nobly memorializing the pygmy bushman, Ota Benga. In the back, Lisa DiLillo exhibits a video, which humorously portrays playground pigeons pecking a cell phone to reach a voice recognition system, and photographs of culturally-contaminated scenery, where electrical wires intermingle with branches and surveillance cameras watch birds. (PL)
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PHOTOGRAPHY
Bill Owens: Leisure
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| when: | Now through Sun 2.27 (times) |
| where: | International Center of Photography (1133 6th Ave, 212.857.0000) |
| price: | $10 |
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Event Info | Bill Owens |
| | Bill Owens' approach adds an ironic sensibility to photographs of subjects fully engaged in (often tacky) leisure time pursuits. At this ICP exhibition, the draw is previously unseen shots from Owens' landmark Suburbia series; although they're all set in one location (Oakland, CA), these images, shot between the late '60s and early '80s, boast a universality that belies many photographers' "artistic detachment." Owens' lens is as direct as Diane Arbus' — but rather than viewing his subjects as freaks, he reveals an endearing affection for the gusto with which the middle class indulges in shopping, sports, barbecues, and cars. (CM)
Owens began his career in photography working for what newspaper? The fifth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this event.
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| | Sixty-odd years after the fact, it's easy to demonize
every German Nazi as a monster from the moment he
sprang from his mommy's womb. More complicated, and
more timely, is the question of how ordinary Germans
— many of whom notably sophisticated
thinkers — were enticed to jump onto Hitler's
bandwagon. Enter Hitler's Hit Parade, which, in
radiant color, collages the regime's animation, dance
numbers, and educational films against a soundtrack of
its music. The result is more effective than the usual
black-and-white dirges documenting the era: its corny
cheer underscores how propaganda can be used to
sugarcoat even the most reprehensible of political
agendas. (LR)
What was the official title of Hitler's head of propaganda? The tenth correct answer wins a pair of tickets to this film.
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FILM
Breaking Boundaries: Sixth Annual New York Critics Circle Film Series
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| when: | Sat 1.8 - Sun 2.13 |
| where: | American Museum of the Moving Image (35th Ave at 36th St, Astoria, 718.784.0077) |
| price: | $10 |
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| | The New York Film Critics Circle is made up of area magazine and newspaper critics, and for the next five weeks, this group of much-read, little-seen people is parading its cinematic picks within the theme of challenging the social status quo. But first (envelope please), the NYFCC award-winners screen, including Hero, Sideways, Maria Full of Grace, and, a film that can only be described as "awesome," The Incredibles. Then, from the archives, J. Hoberman introduces an old skin-flick (in more gross ways than one), Myra Breckinridge; Stephen Whitty resurrects the Closer precursor Carnal Knowledge; David Sterritt shows Irreversible; Dennis Lim selects Todd Haynes' debut oddity, Poison; and Owen Gleiberman digs up Star 80 — remember Eric Roberts?! (JKG)
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| Various Artists, Rio Baile Funk: Favela Booty Beats / Diplo, Favela On Blast |
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Essay Recordings
Released September 2004
$24.99 (Fusion III)
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Hollertronix
Released 2004
$10 (Turntable Lab)
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Back in the late '80s, raw and raunchy Miami bass tunes blew up in the favelas (hillside shantytowns) surrounding Rio de Janeiro — and 15 years on, electro-slackness still rules their competing sound systems. To satisfy the bass race, Brazilian producers cut their own homegrown booty rap, dubbed "baile funk." The simply-titled but blazing Rio Baile Funk compilation attests to the music's brash blend of gutter hip-hop, 'ardkore frenzy, and stuttering dancehall cadences; on "Popozuda Rock 'N Roll," De Falla chants down plus-sized panties over monster AC/DC licks, while "Tire A Camisa" wields rave-y synth-stabbing breakdowns. In contrast, with his own Favela On Blast mixtape, crunk ambassador Diplo tries to synthesize his erratic Hollertronix swagger by selecting gloriously kitschy baile tracks (warning: Pikachu samples) and more varied riddims. Naturally, he can't resist testing out the mash-up potential, grinding funk into "Bittersweet Symphony" and, of course, "Rock the Casbah." Welcome to the dirtier South. (TW)
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| LEFT-BRAINSPOTTING: The Royal Magazine |
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For all the talk about DIY and computers equipped with a whole suite of iMake programs, most of it is just that — talk. Meanwhile, a new
mag, The Royal, is seeking out the real prime doers — the
creatives behind all that cool sh*t you wear, watch, and generally
covet — to expose their work and pick their brains. Royal
just dropped its winter issue, which profiles a bevy of the
trend-blazers who are remaking Hollywood (and making it hot), including designers, skaters, photographers, carmakers, and artists. Plus, it pleases foot and fashion fetishists in the form of interviews with the founder of DC Shoes, the king of collectible sneaks, Jason Bass, and renaissance clothier Jenna Rivers. (JKG)
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| STREAMS: WPS1.ORG |
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In association with MoMA's contemporary art center, WPS1.org was initially envisioned as a live audio museum, combining music and talk hosted by writers, visual artists, and musicians. What makes the Internet-only station stand out from its contemporaries, however, is that the presenters are provided with access to the venerable institution's entire audio archive. With this installment, the Armchair Traveler navigates through various realms of world music, Historic Audio finds poet Galway Kinnell reading the work of Dylan Thomas, and, finally, Halcyon the Air brings on the assorted electronic music, with mixes ranging from drum 'n bass to house and beyond. (CJN)
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