October 2011
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Cheick Hamala Diabate is a West African historian,...
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WatchRadio Soulwax has a rather unique (and I believe important) vision — to bring a new and unique experience for musical explorers. They’ve been known to add beautiful visual content with genre and style spanning music. It’s kind of an aesthetic feast, really. Just the other day, Radio Soulwax started their own channel on Vimeo and a smartphone app which will allow more people to...
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I discovered Remy Zero through a particular bit of...
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The Black and White Project: Days 214-215: October...
Those of you in the Northeast have seen varying amounts of snow, in the biggest October snowfall in known history. In Queens, there wasn’t much in the way of accumulation but we did see some accumulation on bushes, like this one. I think most people were kind of confused by what they were seeing — but if that isn’t evidence of global warming, I don’t know what else will...
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This track reminds me a lot of the Yeah Yeah...
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We’re gonna pick the pace up a bit now....
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Check out “Blind Eye” which appears on...
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The Black and White Project: Day 213: October 28,...
A Jack-o-Lantern in a Lower East Side bar. I had to go into this bar to use their bathroom and the bartender forced me to pay for a beer before allowing me to urinate, despite the fact that I would have bought a beer to be polite anyway.Not cool, man. Not cool.
For these photos and the photos of the project up to date, check out the Flickr set here:
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The Black and White Project: Day 212: October 27,...
I happen to love neon and how it looks in black and white. These strips of neon could be found under the awning of the Doubletree Hotel on the corner of 47th and 7th. I’ve seen this hundreds of times and it hadn’t occurred to me how garish and strangely interesting it is.
These two little guys were on the dashboard of Tanya’s car. The guy on the left is an ear of corn, the...
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WatchAs y’all know, I like to post a wild variety of music, including some real, rough, rugged and raw hip-hop. Check out J57 featuring Meyhem Lauren, Action Bronson, Maffew Ragazino and Rasheed Chappell in this old school-sounding track, “The Main Event.”
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WatchI got some current hip hop, that’s heavily influence the great hip hop of the 1990s — in fact this song just on it’s production values along will probably be reminiscent of Pete Rock and CL Smooth. So check out Koncept’s “Hear, Hun,” produced by Tranzformer with scratching by DJ Brace.
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The Black and White Project: Day 211: October 26,...
I had to run to the Verizon Wireless store to get a screen protector for my new iPhone, and as I was walking down Broadway, I came across some public event that Dell Computers was hosting. Apparently, it had to do something with wishes for the world, hopes for the world — or something like that. There was an even an adorable couple who had just gotten engaged. In any case, this woman had...
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“Find a Way,” the opening track on the...
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The Black and White Project: Day 210: October 25,...
This is a typical New York scene — pedestrians hurrying past the Armed Forces Recruitment Center in the heart of Times Square.This is a scene that I’ve seen hundreds, if not thousands of times before loitering near the old Virgin Megastore.
I love the some of the city’s old signs, especially the Paramount Building. Now home of the Hard Rock Cafe, I remember when it was home...
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Grace Woodroofe at the Living Room 10/20/11
Grace Woodroofe
The Living Room
CMJ Showcase
October 20 2011
The CMJ Music Marathon is a week or so whirlwind of activity, including several panels on the state of the music industry, social media and promotion, public relations and tons of shows in venues across Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn. This year, was the first year that I was able to cover any CMJ-related events and I hope that it...
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Carter Tanton (who used to record under the...
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Produced by James Iha, of the Smashing Pumpkins...
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“No Romance” which appears on the Mind...
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The Black and White Project: Day 209: October 24,...
After I got off work, it occurred to me that I hadn’t taken many photos of (or around) the New York Public Library building — I’ve taken plenty in Bryant Park for this project but very few at the library and it’s immediate surroundings. Like any place else, I knew that I might catch something interesting.
On a philosophical (and dare I say metaphysical?) level, New...
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Daniella Mason at the Living Room 10/14/11
Daniella Mason
The Living Room
October 14, 2011
As I’ve written during the last couple of posts, the last week and a half or so have been insane blur of activity, starting with catching Nashville-based singer/songwriter Daniella Mason at the Living Room a couple of weeks ago. Normally, if I’m covering a show, I like to get to the venue a little early so I can find a good spot by the stage for...
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The Black and White Project: Days 207-208: October...
Occasionally, either something gets revisited or you might forget that you took a photo of something earlier on in the year. Surprisingly, after over 200 days of this project, I haven’t had any obvious repetition until last night when I took this photo — oops. However, I think this angle is a better angle and you get to see the entire piece of graffiti on the back of this truck.
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Built like Alaska, a quintet-based in Oakdale,...
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The Black and White Project: Day 206: October 21,...
I stopped in Union Square to run a couple of quick errands before getting something quick to and heading over to the Bowery Ballroom to see the Dum Dum Girls perform their fifth show in about a week as part of the CMJ festival. In any case, here are some apples being sold by a vendor at the Union Square Farmer’s Market.
This drum act got a fairly big crowd of onlookers last evening....
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Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets 10/17/11
My coworker’s boyfriend Matt sent me a text last Saturday afternoon telling me that he got my number form his girlfriend who was overseas on business at the time, and that he had an extra ticket for last Monday night’s Miami Dolphins - New York Jets game at MetLife Stadium. He added that the tickets were in one of the suite levels, and that made it difficult to say no to his offer. So...
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WatchSpin Magazine premiered this icy, minimalist and ominous remix of Swedish duo (and Sub Pop Records artists) Niki and the Dove’s latest (and title) track from their digital-only release, The Drummer from the Vancouver-based producer known as Blood Diamonds.
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The Black and White Project: Day 205: October 20,...
Some years ago, in the 42nd Street/Times Square A,C,E, 1,2,3,7, N,Q and R station, there was a record store, and in the days of records, cassette tapes and CDs it did reasonably well — until the mp3 player and the iPod permanently altered how we all listen to music. The store closed, leaving a shuttered storefront for several years. But recently, the owners of the store were able to...
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The blog, I Guess I’m Floating premiered...
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Originally started as the solo project for lead...
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As you all know, all artistic endeavors of any...
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The Black and White Project: Days 202-204: October...
I have to apologize in the delay with posts. The last couple of days have been insane — Monday night, I was in Tiffany’s Green Room at MetLife Stadium for the Miami Dolphins vs. New York Jets game. And thanks to NJ Transit being glacially slow, I wound up walking in my door around 2:30am. Tuesday night, I was at the Afro-punk CMJ Showcase at the Music Hall of Williamsburg to cover...
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On November 15th, Communicating Vessels will be...
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On November 15th, Communicating Vessels will be...
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Piers Faccini at Rockwood Music Hall 10/7/11
Piers Faccini
Rockwood Music Hall
October 7, 2011
Born in London to an Italian father and English mother in London, singer/songwriter and painter Piers Faccini’s family moved to France when was five, making him incredibly multilingual – if you check out his website you’ll see that sections will be written in French, Italian and English. By 1997, Faccini was back in London, making a name for...
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The Black and White Project: Days 200-201: October...
I couldn’t get myself together early enough to catch the Occupy Wall Street protestors in Times Square, and to be honest watching a live stream of the events, it seemed as though things could have gotten ugly — fast. I also have seen footage of NYPD officers roughing kids up and seemingly arresting people at will, and it was honestly quite frightening. But I went down to Times Square...
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WatchI’ve mentioned this before but occasionally I get some rough, rugged and raw hip hop tracks — shit, so real that I have to share. So check out this track “Tropical Storm,” by Thorotracks featuring Wyld Bunch, Red Eye and Famoso.
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The Black and White Project: Day 200: October 14,...
The photo titled “Lunch atop a Skyscraper” (also known as “New York Construction Workers Lunching on a Crossbeam”) is an iconic photo taken during the construction of the new GE Building at Rockefeller Center back in the early 30s. Over the years, much ink has been spilled on this photo but I’ll say that what I love about the photo is that it perfectly captures...
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WatchNME premiered the video for Anna Rose’s cover of Arcade Fire’s “My Body is a Cage,” the other day. I put up the MP3 of the song, a few months back and was impressed by the sultry, intimacy of the song.
I think the video conveys that feeling just as well, check it out.
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The Black and White Project: Day 199: October 13,...
Someone put this sign in a Village Voice bin on 14th Street and Broadway, and it was by far one of the strangest signs I’ve seen in some time. What was the motivation behind it? Maybe it was to provoke someone? Who knows?
These two Hare Krishnas were playing their instruments right outside the Union Square N,Q, R, 4,5,6, and L station. Both kind of radiated a peaceful, beatific energy....
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WatchOccasionally I get some of that rough, rugged and raw hip hop that must be posted. Check out Benefit’s “Blood, Guts, and Glory” featuring Steele of Smif-N- Wessun. I think y’all will agree that it’ll get you going!
