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flavorpill NYC | SF | LA | LONDON | CHI March 14 - 20, 2006

 
 Ellen Vanengelen   
Cultural Stimuli in NYC
Issue 301: indulgent flavor

With St. Patrick's Day comes excess: of drink, of adopted pride, of fake brogues. While the best option to go overboard on all three this Friday features the Pogues' notorious frontman Shane MacGowan behind the decks, being green isn't the only route to shameless indulgence. The film Thank You For Smoking briskly satirizes one of our favorite vices, while Wim Wenders gorges himself on landscapes of the American West in Don't Come Knocking. You can shoot for an overdose of music with indie-rock absolutists Get Him Eat Him, Belle & Sebastian alum Isobel Campbell, a pair of Thrill Jockey mainstays, techno anthemists Ellen Allien and Vitalic, or the No Fun Fest's weekend of aural masochism. Susan Marshall offers dance in extremes, and Red Light Winter explores sex and violence on the stage. And lest we forget, this Monday marks the anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq — and Joe Klein and other journalists offer a reflection. Pop that top, and spread it...

 

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 Table of Contents TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT
art Peter Fischli and David Weiss; Marilyn Minter; Whitney Biennial
danceSinner; Susan Marshall & Company
discussionIraq Three Years Later
dj Ellen Allien w/ Sleeparchive; The Phantastic Invisible Tentacle; Shane MacGowan
film Don't Come Knocking; Thank You For Smoking
launch Mome Book Signing
music No Fun Fest; Isobel Campbell; Get Him Eat Him; Sam Prekop w/ Archer Prewitt; Vitalic; J*Davey; Edmar Castaneda Trio; Annie w/ Shy Child
performancejunta high
reading Eat, Drink & Be Literary; Letters from New Orleans
theatre Well; Red Light Winter
FEAT me talk pretty Podzinger and Podscope; cd review Grand National, Kicking the National Habit; stream Carlos D. and VHS OR BETA Live at the Guggenheim


Spotlight


Well Told
Lisa Kron's play Well turns itself inside out in one of the new theatre season's highlights.

Daily Updates




Tuesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


ART
Peter Fischli and David Weiss: Fotografías and Rat and Bear

when: Now through Sat 4.22 (Tue-Sat: 11am-6pm)
where: Matthew Marks Galleries (526 W 22nd St and 523 W 24th St, 212.243.0200) map
price:
links: Event Info

Forming the first major US exhibition for Swiss duo Peter Fischli and David Weiss since 2002, Rat and Bear and Fotografías represent an overview of seminal early work and recent projects. Rat and Bear reinvents original costumes used in the films The Least Resistance (1981) and The Right Way (1983), suspending them in mysteriously opaque plexi cases, self-reflexively suggesting that the artists have achieved enduring, if perhaps unlooked-for, status as art historical icons. Fotografías presents sequences of snapshots of wall murals taken from Fischli and Weiss' travels around the world. Captured in black-and-white, 4x6-inch slide film, the vibrant imagery of their subject matter appears like faded offerings from some ghostly pop-cultural atlas. (AM)

Note: Fotografías is on exhibit at the 24th St gallery, and Rat and Bear is exhibited at the 22nd St location.



THEATRE
Red Light Winter

when: Now playing (Tue-Fri: 8pm / Sat: 2 & 8pm / Sun: 2 & 7pm)
where: Barrow Street Theater (27 Barrow St, 212.239.6200) map
price: $65
links: Event Info

Gifted young playwright Adam Rapp's brilliant new play Red Light Winter shines despite its dark, gritty subject matter: three young Americans caught in a bizarre love triangle of erotic fixation. The despicably manipulative Davis brings Christina, a prostitute, back to the Amsterdam hostel room he shares with Matt and offers her to his gauche traveling companion. Years later in New York, a tenderness murmurs above the quiet desperation faced by Matt and Christina, but Davis' return to the stage brings about an unspeakably violent climax. Although the play contains painfully awkward situations and shockingly raw emotions, its sparkling dialogue and black humor make it impossible to turn away. (CTN)



ALSO ON TUE

READING
Rob Walker: Letters from New Orleans
Tue 3.14 (7pm) Mo Pitkin's (34 Ave A, 212.777.5660) map

Event Info
 
NYT Mag columnist Rob Walker reads from Letters From New Orleans, a series of wryly funny and empathic observations written between 2000-03. Published pre-Katrina, the collection captures the city's proud idiosyncrasies and ominous vulnerabilities. (JKG)



Wednesday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


MUSIC: Country Twee
Isobel Campbell

when: Wed 3.15 (8pm)
where: Southpaw (125 5th Ave, Park Slope, 718.230.0236) map
price: $13
links: Event Info | Isobel Campbell

When Isobel Campbell left Belle and Sebastian, she didn't leave her fans all teary and twee. Instead, she began to release her own sweetly adventurous records, first as the Gentle Waves and, more recently, under her own name. Her solo work retains much of the warm, nostalgic quality of classic Belle while also playfully toying with genres such as Dixieland and jazz. Channeling the sexy texture of Lee Hazlewood's collaborations with Nancy Sinatra, Campbell's past work is an evocative, dreamy haze of horns and strings. Her most recent release, a joint effort with gravel-throated grunge survivor Mark Lanegan entitled Ballad of the Broken Seas, combines Campbell's ethereal, child-like lullabies and Lanegan's gritty, throaty vocals to create a bittersweet album of folky, country-tinged tunes à la Tom Waits or Nick Cave. (SN/JCF)

  Which 1970s English band is frequently acknowledged as having founded twee? The fourth correct response wins a pair of tickets to this show.



ALSO ON WED

DANCE
Susan Marshall & Company: Cloudless
Now through Sat 3.18 (Wed-Sat: 7:30pm) Dance Theater Workshop (219 W 19th St, 212.691.6500) map $15-25

Event Info
 
Susan Marshall merges everyday movements with methodical repetition to create moments of ethereal intimacy. For her company's 20th anniversary, the celebrated choreographer presents Cloudless, a dozen short pieces that range from minimalist to explosive. (SP)

Note: There is an additional show on Fri 3.17 (12pm).



DANCE
Sinner
Now through Sun 3.19 (Wed-Sat: 8pm / Sat & Sun: 5pm) P.S. 122 (150 1st Ave, 212.477.5829) map $20

Event Info
 
Billed as a "solo for two men," Sinner combines dance and text — and a thriller sensibility — to explore the social construction and lack of differentiation between icons of good and evil. (SP)



MUSIC: Electro Soul
J*Davey
Wed 3.15 (9pm-2am) Canal Room (285 W Broadway, 212.941.8100) map $10

Event Info
 
Unsigned but hardly unnoticed, this boy/girl duo's quirky coupling of synthy grooves and soulful musings has a legion of fans hooked. Negroclash's DJ Lindsey sets the scene for the LA-based pair. (CN)

Note: By signing up for Rare Form's email list, you can gain reduced admission to this show.



Thursday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


MUSIC: Electro/Techno
PHONO feat. Vitalic

when: Thur 3.16 (8pm)
where: Avalon (662 6th Ave, 212.807.7780) map
price: $20 / $15 advance
links: Event Info | Vitalic

Vitalic, aka French producer Pascal Arbez, crafts decidedly unsubtle dance anthems that are precision-engineered to move a crowd — even the rock kids. His music trades on the catchiest bits of '80s electro, new wave, hard techno, and the sadistic "electronic body music" of groups like Front 242 and Nitzer Ebb. Every track on Vitalic's 2001 cult classic The Poney EP became a fixture in the record boxes of DJs worldwide; in 2005, his long-awaited full-length OK Cowboy added more hands-in-the-air hits to his small but consistent oeuvre. In his manic, overpowering live sets, he's known to drop a ridiculous house version of the Normal's creepy classic "Warm Leatherette," which is worth the asking price alone. (GD)

  Vitalic began his musical career playing what traditional Ukrainian instrument? The second correct response wins a pair of tickets to this show.



ALSO ON THUR

MUSIC: Latin Jazz
Edmar Castaneda Trio
Thur 3.16 (7pm) 55 Bar (55 Christopher St, 212.929.9883) map

Event Info
 
Downtown jazz circles are marveling at Colombian harpist Edmar Castaneda's folkloric, diatonic, and virtuosic musicality. By adding Latin percussion and flamenco chops to the mix, he creates a sensational groove. (JM)



PERFORMANCE
The Pumpkin Pie Show: junta high
Thur 3.16 - Sun 3.26 (Wed-Sat: 8:30pm / Sat & Sun: 4:30pm) P.S. 122 (150 1st Ave, 212.477.5288) map $20

Event Info
 
Clay McLeod Chapman writes complex, witty noir fiction (Rest Area) but it's doubly enjoyable to see him perform junta high — his cheeky new tale of high school terrorism set to live music by the Hungry March Band. (SP)



Friday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


FILM
Thank You For Smoking

when: Opens Fri 3.17
where: Various locations
price: $10.75
links: Thank You For Smoking

Based on a Christopher F. Buckley novel, first-time director Jason Reitman's Thank You For Smoking is a taut satire. Aaron Eckhart, ever the unscrupulous bastard, is Nick Naylor, chief spokesman for Big Tobacco. A truly complex character, Naylor splits time between humiliating archenemy Senator Ortolan Finistirre (William H. Macy) in games of verbal sparring, being a role model for his young son, and plotting the world's demise with his counterparts in alcohol and firearms. Excepting Katie Holmes' cub reporter, all of the performances are top-notch, from Rob Lowe as EGO film studios' head to J.K. Simmons as the credulous Marlboro Man. There aren't any epiphanies, but much like blowing smoke rings, the pleasure is in the experience, not in what remains. (JKG)



MUSIC: Noisemakers
No Fun Fest

when: Fri 3.17 - Sun 3.19 (Fri & Sat: 7pm / Sun: 6pm)
where: The Hook (18 Commerce St, Red Hook, 718.797.3007) map
price: $15 per night
links: Event Info

Noise music, like death metal before it, is a self-sufficient underground scene, reliant on word-of-mouth, tape trading, and fanzines. The annual three-day No Fun Fest is DIY culture at its best — the basement of the Hook fills with vendors selling and trading records, t-shirts, and miscellaneous merch not likely to be found anywhere else, while genre greats like Zbigniew Karkowski, Ikue Mori, Thurston Moore, and Wolf Eyes share the stage with obscure laptoppers, knob-twiddlers, and avant-rockers from far and wide. Expect the usual nihilism, misanthropy, and elitism of noise fans, but also a surprising sense of community and proof that an underground scene can thrive completely outside the mechanisms of mainstream culture. (GM)



DJ
St. Patrick's Night Death Disco Second Anniversary Party feat. Shane MacGowan

when: Fri 3.17 (8:30pm)
where: Southpaw (125 5th Ave, Park Slope, 718.230.0236) map
price: $35 advance (tickets)
links: Event Info | Death Disco | Shane MacGowan

Tonight, why not forgo the rubbery corned beef, tired cabbage, and preposterous attempts at incorporating green into your outfit, and celebrate St. Patrick's Day by partying with a true Irish national treasure: Shane MacGowan. The renowned and revolutionary lead singer of the Pogues has been coaxed, along with Death Disco founder BP Fallon, to conduct the night's festivities from behind the decks at Southpaw. We hope MacGowan stays sober enough to drop some of his own folk-punk rock and leaves his "Kiss me I'm Irish" pin at home. (LT)

Note: MacGowan DJs after live sets from the Assault, Live Girls!!!, and Kickstart.



MUSIC: Indie Rock
Get Him Eat Him w/ Miss Fairchild and Arms

when: Fri 3.17 (9pm)
where: Sin-é (150 Attorney St, 212.388.0077) map
price: $10
links: Event Info | Get Him Eat Him | Miss Fairchild | Arms

Get Him Eat Him's Matt LeMay is known to a fair number of indie obsessives via his Pitchfork pen, and his countless analytical hours spent poring over scene heroes has added up to more than a Freelancer's Union card. LeMay and the four other young lads in Providence's GHEH embody much of what indie has become in the last decade. The power-pop vox/guitar interplay is Matthew Sweet-ish, they can dance-rock all spastic à la the D-Plan, or lovingly putt around points like Pavement — but an evident earnestness, enthusiasm, and serious musicianship erases any expectations of rock snob-by-numbers. (JL)

Note: Arms — alias of Flavorpill's own alpha-writer Todd Goldstein — leaves rock-scribe school via a Magnetic Fieldstrip of quiet, reverbed grandeur, and Miss Fairchild lends freaky electro-psuedo-soul to the lineup.

  In keeping with the title of Arms' EP, what's the shittiest little disco you've ever been to? The most interesting response in 50 words or less wins a pair of tickets to this show.



Saturday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


LAUNCH
Mome Book Signing feat. Sophie Crumb, Gabrielle Bell, and Kurt Wolfgang

when: Sat 3.18 (6-8pm)
where: Giant Robot (437 E 9th St, 212.674.4769) map
price:
links: Event Info | Mome

To celebrate the launch of the third issue of Mome — a journal that does for comics lovers what n+1 does for literary folks — Fantagraphics publishers are hosting a party and signing at everyone's favorite twee toystore, Giant Robot. The new issue of Mome features fresh work from newbies R. Kikuo Johnson (Night Fisher) and David B (Epileptic), as well as from usual suspects Jeffrey Brown and Crumb scion Sophie. Both Brown and Crumb are in attendance tonight, along with prankster Kurt Wolfgang and alt-comics magical realist Gabrielle Bell. With such a gaggle of graphic novelists in one room, the walls may tremble under the weight of that much angst. (TW)



DJ
PHONO feat. Ellen Allien w/ Sleeparchive, DJ Feadz, and Uffie

when: Sat 3.18 (10pm)
where: Avalon (662 6th Ave, 212.807.7780) map
price: $25 / $15 with RSVP
links: Event Info | Ellen Allien | Sleeparchive | Uffie

When the mysterious Sleeparchive began appearing on DJ charts in 2004, rumors began to flutter. Richie Hawtin in disguise? A Jeff Mills protégé? The ultra-clean sounds touted by Berlin's Ubercoolische revealed a deep, scathing bottom end and a penchant for white noise. Soon, their creator, Stephan Metzger, stepped forward with live renditions of his records. Tonight, don't expect more from Metzger than solemnly and meticulously arranging his blips in Avalon's space — he's got a reputation for being difficult to dance to. But no matter, on the heels of a new collaboration with Apparat, Orchestra Of Bubbles, headliner Ellen Allien is sure to win over the crowd with one of her body-wrenching sets. (NP)

Note: On Fri 3.17, Sleeparchive headlines at the Bunker along with techno impresario Function.

  In your opinion, which current pop star produces the most undanceable tunes? Our favorite response in 50 words or less wins a pair of tickets to this event.



Sunday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


MUSIC: Indie Pop
Sam Prekop w/ Archer Prewitt

when: Sun 3.19 (7:30pm)
where: Southpaw (125 5th Ave, Park Slope, 718.230.0236) map
price: $15
links: Event Info | Sam Prekop | Archer Prewitt

Out of the primordial soup of Chicago's Thrill Jockey stable come Sam Prekop and Archer Prewitt. Best known as members of the brilliant avant-lounge pop act the Sea and Cake, both have impressed with solo work over the years, and each released an album in '05: Prekop's Who's Your New Professor and Prewitt's Wilderness. As chief songwriter and voice of the Sea and Cake, Prekop retains his band's signature mellow, unassumingly soulful singing style and the cool melodiousness of its guitar grooves. But while S&C's bossa nova post-whatever tended to incite sidelong winks, Prekop sheds any hint of pretentious detachment, while Prewitt's songs reveal an intricacy that belies their forthright sound. (JKD/JL)

  In 50 words or less, which sea and which cake do you think would be best suited to one another, and why? The most inspired response wins a pair of tickets to this show.



Monday TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


DJ
The Phantastic Invisible Tentacle feat. Stephin Merritt

when: Mon 3.20 (10pm)
where: Beauty Bar (231 E 14th St, 212.539.1389) map
price:
links: Event Info | Stephin Merritt

He might be the "ugliest guy on the Lower East Side," but Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields owns Beauty Bar when he takes to the decks there every Monday night. With a particular penchant for bubblegum '60s girl groups, classic R&B, and sunny psychedelia, Merritt — along with PIT cohorts DJ Go-Karff, and DJ Shermy — spins his personal favorites to a diverse and amused (if smallish) crowd. The only downside: having to tone down your twist and shout to a mere shimmy and shake as that pesky cabaret law is vigilantly enforced and no dancing is allowed! (LT)



ALSO ON MON

DISCUSSION
Iraq Three Years Later
Mon 3.20 (8pm) Miller Theatre (2960 Broadway, Columbia University, 212.854.7799) map $15

Event Info
 
Tonight, a panel of experts including Andrew Sullivan and Joe Klein review what led to the opening of Pandora's Box and appraise the damage that followed, on this, the third anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq. (MB)



MUSIC: Bubblegum Electro-Punk
Annie w/ Shy Child
Mon 3.20 (8:30pm) Mercury Lounge (217 E Houston St, 212.260.4700) map $10

Event Info
 
Shy Child's fusion of frenetic pop hooks with urgent vocals, Nintendo-esque keyboards, and hyperactive energy would befit a punk rock insane asylum. Icy electro-pop duchess Annie headlines. (RBD)



Ongoing / Upcoming TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


ART
Marilyn Minter: Billboards

when: Now through Fri 3.31
where: Various Chelsea locations
price:
links: Event Info

Marilyn Minter's hyper-realist paintings, based on actual shoots she has done for fashion magazines, show the gritty side of haute-couture. Creative Time celebrates the artist's inclusion in this year's Whitney Biennial with four Chelsea billboards that bring her stylized foot-fetish to oversized life. Shit-Kicker occupies a spot on the soon-to-be glammed-up Highline. It depicts a waif from the ankles down as she treads quotidian murk and mire in a pair of aqua-blue high heels. An evocatively titled pair, Splish Splash and Runs hang out above a 23rd Street storage center, and Mud Bath, installed near trendy eatery the Park, focuses on the dirty detail oozing between a model's exquisitely pedicured toes, reminding A-listers that everybody has B-list moments. (AM)



READING
Eat, Drink & Be Literary

when: Thur 3.16 - Thur 6.1 (6:30pm)
where: BAMcafé (30 Lafayette Ave, Bklyn, 718.636.4100x3) map
price: $42
links: Event Info

Mingle and mangia with some of the hottest writers on the readings circuit. BAMcafé's Eat, Drink & Be Literary series is a throwback to elegant salons of old, but with a refreshingly casual feel. Begin these Thursday nights with wine and a lavish buffet dinner, and mix with fellow lit aficionados to live acoustic sets before the readings and discussions. This week (3.16), after a performance from singer-songwriter Kevin So, Jessica Hagedorn interviews author and notable independent film director John Sayles. Future guests include Dominican author Julia Alvarez (4.6), Fortress of Solitude's Jonathan Lethem (4.20), and Mary Gaitskill (5.18), whose new novel Veronica is up for a National Book Award. Bring your questions and your appetite. (CM)

Note: Advance tickets are strongly recommended.



ART
Whitney Biennial 2006: Day for Night

when: Now through Sun 5.28 (Wed-Thur & Sat-Sun: 11am-6pm / Fri: 1-9pm)
where: Whitney Museum of American Art (945 Madison Ave, 212.570.3676) map
price: $15
links: Event Info

For the first Whitney Biennial with a title, curators Philippe Vergne and Chrissie Iles invoke Francois Truffaut's self-reflexive film, Day for Night, in which the director states, "we are only happy in our work." This sentiment informs an edgy collection made physically imposing by installations including a ceiling composed of coal-filled sacks. Kelley Walker's tasty Warhol take-offs and communal persona Reena Spaulings' store awning co-opting a museum donor's name are insider treats while cult favorites like brainy painter Jutta Koether and politically persecuted collective Critical Art Ensemble reach a mainstream audience. Together, the works portray a frustrated downtown scene in filmic negative that substitutes for a larger snapshot of liberal American zeitgeist. (CEK)

Note: As part of Artkrush's extensive coverage of the Whitney Biennial, editor Paul Laster interviews curators Philippe Vergne and Chrissie Iles.

  In which well-loved American sci-fi classic did Truffaut appear? The first, third, and fifth correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this event.



THEATRE
Well

when: Now playing (schedule)
where: Longacre Theatre (220 W 48th St, 212.239.6200) map
price: $26.25-86.25
links: Event Info

Solo artist Lisa Kron's excursion into multiple-character territory with Well is shaping an exhilarating new theatrical genre — the enhanced one-person play. Kron uses autobiographical material to construct a "theatrical exploration" about the experience of healing, only to be interrupted by her mother — a scene-stealing performance by Jayne Houdyshell — who wakes up from her nap to interject her daughter's stories with intimate facts from her past. To make matters worse for Kron, the four actors who should be re-enacting tales from her past become enchanted by her mother and rebel against the script, wandering into Pirandellian territory. The dramatis-interruptus structure is at once innovative and functional, allowing for Kron's emotionally compelling messages to come through as hilariously relatable, without being didactic. (SP)

Note: Flavorpill readers can get the special $46.50 ticket price on performances through Sun 4.16 by visiting Broadwayoffers.com or calling 212.947.8844 and entering or mentioning promotional code WLFP732. On Thur 3.23, Flavorpill theatre editor Stephan Paschalides moderates a talkback session following the 8pm performance.

  In what unique subject did playwright Luigi Pirandello receive his doctorate? The sixth and seventh correct responses each win a pair of tickets to this event.



FILM
Don't Come Knocking

when: Opens Fri 3.17
where: Various locations
price: $10.75
links: Don't Come Knocking

Only Wim Wenders could pull a metamovie out of his navel and find something new in the genre. Sam Shepard stars as Howard, a debauched Hollywood Western star who, on the lam from the set of his latest flick, stumbles mightily upon his very messy past. His wrangles with the girl he left behind (Shepard's real-life wife, a post-op Jessica Lange) and the chitlins he didn't know existed pale, though, against a big, sere sky and palette of irresistible azure and rust. It's been said that only foreigners possess the perspective necessary to truly capture the American West, and German Wenders sure loves it up but good. (LR)



Features TUE   WED   THUR   FRI   SAT   SUN   MON   ONG   FEAT


  ME TALK PRETTY: Podzinger and Podscope  

Google may now be the be-all, end-all of email and many other web-based services, but its podcast searches leave something to be desired. An explosion of DIY webcasts abounds thanks to user-friendly services like Gcast.com, but few of these maverick broadcasters transcribe their spoken content, making keyword-based searches surprisingly vague. Instead of relying on the metadata provided by podcasters, Podzinger and Podscope use speech-to-text programs that index the spoken words inside an audio file to help you find what you're looking for. Both sites enable RSS searches for users without iTunes or Yahoo, provide samples of files found, and welcome submissions to increase their respective databases. Podzinger also lets users subscribe to audio feeds through links provided in the search results and registered podcasters automatically receive HTML code for their websites to enable "zinging" their podcasts exclusively. (IB)



 


  CD REVIEW: Grand National, Kicking the National Habit  

Recall
Released March 2006
$14.98 (Amazon)

Early output from Grand National was something stateside fans had to fight to get their hands on. After piquing interest with the jagged, dance floor-friendly pop song "Playing in the Distance" on Output Recordings' Channel 3 compilation, the band then released a vinyl-only EP on British dance label Sunday Best. Thankfully, the domestic release of Kicking the National Habit includes all of this early hard-to-find material — and it's worth the wait. The London-based duo has a refined ear for melancholic pop, blending electronic elements with tasteful, Police-influenced ska rhythms. This is best exemplified on "Peanut Dreams" and, notably, "Drink to Moving On," an amber-hued, dreamy ode to loss that's arguably Lawrence Rudd's finest vocal performance on the album. (CJN)


 


  STREAM: Carlos D. and VHS OR BETA Live at the Guggenheim  

VHS OR BETA's Mark Palgy and Craig Pfunder and Interpol's own celeb DJ Carlos D. enticed the below-14th-Street set to the Guggenheim on March 3rd for the most recent installment of the museum's First Fridays events — featuring music curated by Flavorpill. In the bleach-white rotunda, Kentucky boys Palgy and Pfunder tag-teamed disco beats and threw down some old-school hip-hop, and energy levels only rose when downtown don Carlos D. took to the decks. Cueing Death from Above 1979's "Romantic Rights," D. deployed a guided missile that positively ignited the dance floor. Views from the museum's upper reaches of the swarming and bouncing partygoers below were as surreal as David Smith's metal sculptures peppering the space. Though we can't turn back the clock, you can tune into AOL Music's exclusive stream and relive the night in crystal-clear audio. (MC)

First Fridays returns on April 7th, with sets from Beans and Rjd2.



 


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