June 2012
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The Black and White Project: Day 427: May 30, 2012...
Local guitarist, Denise Barbarita (of Denise Barbarita and the Morning Papers) and her husband, drummer Rich Kulsar, are also members of the Pyramid Recording Collective, a group of music industry veterans who have banded together in the new music landscape. Certainly, what they’ve realized is that there is strength in numbers if your’e an independent artist.
The folks behind the...
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The Black and White Project: Day 426: May 29, 2012
Although it was a pretty busy day back at the office after a holiday weekend, i took a brief walk during my lunch break with the hope that I’d catch something interesting — but perhaps with the unusually hot weather we’ve had over the last couple of days, I think that it had most people staying inside.
Here a US Marine in his dress uniform is getting his shoes shined on the...
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Album Review: Gordon Voidwell's MalcolmXXXMcLaren...
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MalcolmXXXMcLaren
Gordon Voidwell
MalcolmXXXMcLaren
Release Date: February 3, 2012
Track Listing
Intro
Swag Vernacular
ID EGO SUPEREGO
Can’t Be Bothered
Haus of Luv
MalcolmXXXMcLaren
Like Mike
PEEEER Pressure
we ALL fake
Young Studz
XO Boyfriend
Ribbons
Fall Collection
A Simple Robbery Plan
Compulsory Heteronormativ
Nothing to Say
My First Pack
Our Time Apart
in VEIN
She Only FUX...
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Valient Thorr are set to embark on a summer tour...
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French DJ and producer, Simon Delacroix, a.k.a the...
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The Black and White Project: Day 425: May 28, 2012
With Sunday being a particularly long and crazy day, I had a sense that Monday would be kind of quiet and be primarily a work day — I had a ton of photos I needed to edit, and something I needed to do for the day job which was due Tuesday morning. And although I got a late start to my day, thanks in part to walking in my door late, staying up to work on a post, and then getting caught up in...
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The Black and White Project: Day 424: May 27, 2012
Late Saturday night, my buddy Abdul told me he was going to stop by the Do Over Party at DeKalb Market and that there were a few things that were going on in and around Brooklyn that he was checking out. He sent me a RSVP link, and I decided “why not?”
I had a late start and got there later than what I expected but as it turned out that may have been a blessing. There was a line that...
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The Black and White Project: Day 423: May 26, 2012
I pass by Love Street Coffee every now and then when I’m in Astoria and their gate has always caught my attention — maybe because i’m usually passing by there kind of on the late side that I never actually seen the place open.
Random bits of graffiti in the Lower East Side.
For these photos and the rest of the photos of the project up to date, check out the Flickr set...
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Dubious Ranger is the brainchild of classical...
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“Frozen Stiff” is the latest single...
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The Black and White Project: Day 422: May 25, 2012
Here NYPD officers are chatting with each other in the middle of Times Square. At the time, they were several small groups of officers dispersed throughout the pedestrian area. I assume that the large amount of officers I saw had to do with all of our boys and girls in town for Fleet Week.
I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw this man dressed in full warrior regalia. Talking to him for a...
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The Black and White Project: Day 421: May 24, 2012
It’s Fleet Week, and that means tons of sailors and Marines roaming about town, and of course it allows for odd opportunities for photos — or seeing it someplace. Here, a lovely young woman giving out flyers forthe Broadway musical Chicago, and one of our country’s sailors — with their backs turned to the camera (damn it!) — stopped to actually sing briefly. Yes,...
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Formed in 2006, Brooklyn-based band, the Inner...
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The Black and White Project: Day 420: May 23, 2012
I took a brief walk outside during my lunch break and saw this young man jazz drumming in the Times Square Pedestrian area.
For these photos and the rest of the photos of the project up to date, check out the Flickr set here:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/yankee32879/sets/72157626259696549/
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Album Review: Los Lonely Boys' Rockpango
Los Lonely Boys
Rockpango
Lonely Tone/Playing in Traffic Records
Release Date: March 29, 2011
Track Listing
American Idle
Baby Girl
Change the World
Fly Away
I Believe
Love in My Veins
Porn Star
Road to Nowhere
Rockpango
Smile
16 Monkeys
Personnel
Henry Garza – vocals, guitar
Jojo Garza – vocals, bass
Ringo Garza – drums, percussion, vocals
The San Angelo, Texas-based trio of siblings that...
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The Black and White Project: Day 419: May 22, 2012
I met up with my dear friend — we’ll call her Ms. R. for the same of brevity, among other issues — at the last minute, where she was staying while in town at the Hudson Hotel. I hadn’t seen her in well over a year as she had been traveling back and forth between Houston, New York and a couple of other places. (And if I didn’t see her, I wouldn’t know when...
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New York Rangers vs. New Jersey Devils Game 4...
Monday night, my buddy Abdul and I went to the Garden for the Game 4 Viewing Party and of course, I took a few pictures. I probably would have taken a few more if the result wasn’t so disastrous — but we still had a good time. Check some of these photos.
This Brad Richards quote was placed on the scoreboard before the game, and it seemed shameful that the team didn’t follow...
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The Black and White Project: Day 418: May 21, 2012
The New York Rangers hosted a viewing party for Game 4 of their Eastern Conference playoff series against the New Jersey Devils at the Garden. I’ll have a little bit more on that later but some black and white photos from the night’s activities seems — well, it seems necessary, especially since the weather was so horrible on Monday.
Here Ranger fans skate on the Garden ice...
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Born of Spanish and Japanese parents,...
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Album Review: Yamantaka//Sonic Titan's YT//ST
Photo by Matthew Maaskant
Yamantaka//Sonic Titan
YT//ST
Psychic Handshake Recordings
Release Date: October 1, 2011
Track Listing
Raccoon Song
Queens
Oak of Guernica
Reverse Crystal//Murder of a Spider
Hoshi Neko
A Star Over Pureland
Crystal Fortress Over the Sea of Trees
Personnel
alaskaB
Ruby Kato Attwood
After the split up of Yellow Peril, performance artists alaskaB and Ruby Kato Attwood...
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The Black and White Project: Day 417: May 20, 2012
I was invited to a very cool event on Sunday afternoon — a freestyle rap battle at 5 Pointz, and we can consider today’s Black and White Project, the 5 Pointz edition. There will be more photos from Sunday later on. But in the meantime …
As a photographer, 5 Pointz creates a sense of sensory overload — all the brilliant color and design just begs you to take as many...
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The Black and White Project: Day 416: May 19, 2012
There must be something about Saturday night that brings out the religious lunatics out to Times Square to preach about our impending and eternal damnation especially when the weather is nice. And although they’re earnest — perhaps way too earnest — there’s something about their earnestness and zeal that I find both hilarious and kind of sad.
For these two photos, it...
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The Black and White Project: Day 415: May 18, 2012
After work, I went down to Union Square for a very quick bite to eat before going down to Rockwood Music Hall to catch the exceptionally talented jazz fusion act the Jonathan Scales Fourchestra play an early set — perhaps the earliest set i’ve attended at the tiny, Lower East Side venue.
Here a funky drummer entertains and wows a busy crowd of commuters at the Union Square 4,5,6,...
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After a roughly 13 year hiatus that included some...
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The Black and White Project: Day 414: May 17, 2012
I stopped in Union Square to run an errand when I came across a group of kids breakdancing for a video shoot. I managed to sneak in and pop my head here and there, and I think I got some pretty good photos. Check it out.
I also caught the usual cadre of skaters doing tricks, too.
For these photos and the rest of the photos of the project up to date, check out the Flickr set...
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VHS or Beta, the duo of Mark Palgy and Craig...
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Album Review: Black Marble's Weight Against the...
Photo Credit: Ashley Leahy
Black Marble
Weight Against the Door
Hardly Art Records
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Track Listing
Pretender
Backwards
On My Head
Balancing
Pressure
Personnel
Ty Kube
Chris Stewart
Black Marble, the collaborative duo of Ty Kube and Chris Stewart are the latest addition to Brooklyn’s snythwave/coldwave scene, and Weight Against the Door, which was released by...
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The Black and White Project: Days 411 - 413: May...
I’ve been having some computer issues and some issues with Flickr that made it impossible to upload photos but thankfully, after a few days of struggle, the issues with Flickr have cleared up. So we have a lot to catch up on …
I managed to catch this random public performance in the middle of Times Square, and I’m assuming that it had to do with promoting fitness for everyone...
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Kalen Nash is the lead singer of New West Records...