Month: December 2008

  • xmas

    um. sorry for the paucity of posts… its been crazy.  was up at mohonk mountain lodge for a conference…. beautiful. the strange thing was I kept having the strongest sense of deja vu and i couldn’t place it. it was so powerful it started to freak me out. and then i realized that i had…

  • Cape Disappointment Does Not Disappoint

    My only regret about seeing The Debate Society’s Cape Disappointment last night at PS122 is that I was seeing it for the first time and will not get to see it again. I’ve been a big fan of The Debate Society since Morgan Pecelli first dragged me to Brooklyn to see The Snow Hen in…

  • Erik Friedlander tonight and Thursday

    Erik Friedlander is playing twice within the next week. This is very good news for any fans of cello, contemporary jazz, or contemporary instrumental music in general. Friedlander is a mindblowing genre-crossing cellist and composer; he’s done a lot of modern jazz, American roots, choral pieces, and more. He’s collaborated with John Zorn, Mike Patton,…

  • we’re on facebook!

    and yes, it is about time. you can become a fan here.

  • Have You Heard About The Ohio?

    Rumors abound – I’ve gotten at least three emails/facebook messages that the Ohio is closing. what I hear is that the space was sold out from under them and as of the end of the year its done. though i’ve also heard that shows booked there through Feb. might be alright. everyone else is scrambling to find…

  • okay. soda.

    I don’t know why but for some reason I was thinking about OK Soda. Back when I was in the target demographic. A majillion years ago. But anyway (another reference to the early 90’s – remember the fat dude who played harmonica?) Who was that girl who made me listen to Blues Traveler? Shuly somethingorother.…

  • Opening Night for Two More Nights

    I have to work at ye olde day-jobbe so this is by necessity a quick one.  Saw Ivo Van Hove’s Opening Night at BAM last night.  It was AMAZING. Go check it out.  It is playing until the 6th.

  • grand space

    I’m in Houston this week for work. Got in at (ugh) 2:30 am local time Monday morning and sped off to my hotel in a shuttle van, which is how I first saw this: This is Lakewood Church, the largest megachurch in the US today. It seats 16,000 at one time; over 40,000 people attend…

  • Mattachine

    Greetings Comrades! Last month we had a great first meeting for The Mattachine Project, big thanks to those of you who attended and helped foster discussion and ideas. The next meeting will be Sunday December 7th from 6-9PM at IRT (154 Christopher St. #3B). We hope you can attend – feel free to invite friends.

  • co-housing in fort greene

    The NY TIMES has an article on a co-housing project that is starting up in Fort Greene. Pretty interesting. Co-housing as a concept has been around for a long time, but its cool to see it being implemented in NYC. This sounds like a proposition for the already affluent, but if it works maybe it…

  • February in December at LaMama

    MULTI-DISCIPLINARY NIGHT OF EXPLOSIVE DANCE AND SURREALISTIC THEATER LA MAMA E.T.C. PRESENTS LEESAAR THE COMPANY’S PREMIERE of FEBRUARY Annex Theater at La MaMa, December 4th – 14th Thursday – Saturday at 7:30, Sunday at 5:00   “Ms. Sher and Mr. Harari slowly and methodically build a world that is claustrophobic in its intensity.  LeeSaar’s dances…