Wow- big day for performance art… We discovered an all-star trinity of recommended events tonight that will have you zipping to mid-town, the East Village and finally Lower East Side, all in name of performance art -sort of… (*drum roll*)
(zoom+) Nikki S. Lee, The Exotic Dancers Project, 2000, Fujiflex print, 21-1/4×28-1/4 inches
First off, as you [...]
I always wondered what would be the first direct-from-artist cd that I would buy off of a myspace page and after browsing many mediocre band pages I thought it would never happen.. That was before I discovered Paz Lenchantin’s Myspace page about 2 weeks before my vacation. After listening to just one clip on her [...]
What do Madonna and Chan Marshall aka Cat Power have in common? They both have performed with cross, I’m not sure how much flack Chan Marshall’s catching but Madonna has caused a stir in the European leg of her tour. Recently reported no changes were press, since her performance does not constitute as being [...]
Moondog © Norbert Nowotsch
In honor of his would be 90th birthday WFMU’s Irwin Chusid and guest Robert Scotto are hosting a show dedicated to the late Moondog (1916-1999) today from 1-2pm. For those who were old enough to remember he was a blind composer of modern minimalist music. Besides his music, he was also know [...]
bones by visualparadox.com
Catch NPR’s authorized bootleg of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs in DC on All Songs Considered. I’m a sucker for live performances with their unexpected texture… Karen O sounds particulary raw and wrong in this case. It’s a April 4th Show at D.C.’s 9:30 Club and contains some performances of songs off their new [...]
There’s this line in Kanye West’s Diamonds Are ForEver Remix featuring Jay Z…
“I’m not a Businessman,
I’m A Business, man!”
…that is very similar to Rachael’s (Sean young) reply in the movie Blade Runner when Deckard (Harrison Ford) aks her whether she is in the business of making replicants:
” I’m not in the Business,
IAM the Business!”
I’m [...]
By the way, for those who haven’t clicked into Sucka Pants’ link on the left under the music section, Sucka Pants runs a really dependablbly interesting podcast that always loading up a good selection of mp3s. He is always crossing genres, highlighting classics and bringing to light obscure treasures from bands in Brooklyn to bands [...]
