This weekend was fun, spent some time in nyc with Robin (then we came back to Jersey City for REAL indian food). I also saw the Knicks actually win a game for once versus the Magic. I learned that you should never show up at the 42street movie theater at showtime expecting there to be any seats even if you've purchased tickets for the movie 3 hours in advance.
The library it turns out is a nice resource for audio cds, I checked out 10 (that's the limit) and have so far heard about half of them:
Ornette Colman - The Shape of Jazz to Come - I now realize I don't have to listen to Masada or John Zorn! Just listen to THE ORIGINAL ;)
Ornette Colman - Free Jazz - A Collective Improvisation - Another brilliant album, more noisy in a good way. Makes me think of all the Sam Rivers concerts I attended during my Florida years. Haven't seen him play yet since I moved here.
Tortoise - TNT - Back in the late 90's there was no greater a band in my opinion (besides perhaps YLT). I jokingly predicted the disc would not be at all scratched -indicating lack of play- and I was actually right. These days its all formulated angular b/s (insert THE bands here). There is no difference between the 80's hair metal bands and the stuff recently being passed off as "indie rock." The first tortoise album is my fav but this one has some nice gems.
Belle and Sebastian - If You're Feeling Sinister - this was the closest thing the library had to a modern indie rock album. I remember when it first came out how hard matator records was pushing it. Not bad at all but I wouldn't (didn't- I remember listening to it in the store and passing) buy it.
*Clifford Brown and Max Roach* the best album I've heard in a long time! Brilliant, lovely, warm, fantastic. At times even asian? Can't beleive I'm just hearing it now, but since there was so much theft at the jazz radio station I used to work at, it probably makes sense that the schmo before me stole it before I could hear it.
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the others I've yet to hear to review:
Don Byron - A fine Line
Don Byron - Plays the music of Mickey Katz
Alice in Chains - Live - One of my first concerts was Lollapaloozah 93: Primus, AIC, Tool, Rage Against the Machine, Front 242, Arrested Development, Dinosaur Jr., I got sunburnt from that summer show. Alice in Chains was the shit back in 93, grunge days.
Skavoovie and the Epitones - Ripe - I think i used to like this band back in my moon ska phase days... I still like ska.
Beastie Boys - Check Your Head - I lost my tape of this historic album. Now I can throw it on my ipod ;)
Tuesday, January 31, 2006
Little Man Nate in Dunk Contest
One of my favorite players on the lowly Knicks this season is Nate Robinson, who earlier today was announced to be in the NBA All Star Dunk Contest in mid February. Nate is listed at 5'9" but is closer to 5'7" and 180lbs. By comparison, former dunk champion Spud Webb was closer to 5'7", 130lbs. Robinson will go up against dunk powerhouse Andre Iguodala of the Sixers and returning dunk champion Josh Smith of the Hawks, whose listed respective heights are 6'6" and 6'9", an entire foot taller than Nate.
With the Knicks basically the worst and most depressingly pathetic team in the league this year (I believe Clyde Frasier described the Hawks fans last night as 'amused with their futility' watching the Knicks get routed by a god-awful Hawks team) could this dunk contest be the sole highlight for Knicks fans in 2006? I know the NBA draft won't be. Viva Chicago! Right, Isiah?
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Matt Pond PA
Great performance by Matt Pond PA on Conan O'Brien tonight. It is truly sad I've yet to see this band live as they've been living in Brooklyn for some time now (they used to hail from Phili). I wonder if they occasionally rock out a bit more from their ballades, something like Low does from time to time...
Nice chello work. There was also a point during the performance that I heard a moog like sound, but there were no keyboardist on stage so I deduced this was an effect pedal from one of the guitarists. Well done!
Its been over a month since I've seen a show, damn it!
Matt Pond PA plays Bowery Ballroom in early February (see below for more details)
Nice chello work. There was also a point during the performance that I heard a moog like sound, but there were no keyboardist on stage so I deduced this was an effect pedal from one of the guitarists. Well done!
Its been over a month since I've seen a show, damn it!
Matt Pond PA plays Bowery Ballroom in early February (see below for more details)
Saturday, January 21, 2006
whip update
I don't remember having this much difficulty adding photos to blogger, its come to the point that I had to upload through flickr just to get them to chainbreaker. Oh well, I figured it out.
This is how my bike is currently configured. It is much more comfortable to raise the bars to near seat level, and if I had a longer fork steerer tube, I'd raise it some more with a carbon spacer.
The bar ends were spares from my never used schwinn MTB, which oddly enough I found unappealing with the stock bar ends intact(straight style handlebar). Yet on this bike they are more functional than esthetically appealing. Riser bars are more and more prevalent in the fixed world, I suspect this is due to the fact that people (perhaps including myself) are buying frame sizes that are too small. This frame was the largest size IRO sold, perhaps they could have done me a favor and left the fork uncut so I could have determined the stem height. I like the riser bars, they make me feel like I'm riding my old GT freestyle bike from years ago, but the extra position granted with the bar ends is needed and the effect of their presence is excellent. The clear grips on the bar ends help prevent slip on inclines. I guess I do want moustache bars or albatross bars but I'm growing tired of spending cash on my bike despite how much I enjoy riding.
This is how my bike is currently configured. It is much more comfortable to raise the bars to near seat level, and if I had a longer fork steerer tube, I'd raise it some more with a carbon spacer.
The bar ends were spares from my never used schwinn MTB, which oddly enough I found unappealing with the stock bar ends intact(straight style handlebar). Yet on this bike they are more functional than esthetically appealing. Riser bars are more and more prevalent in the fixed world, I suspect this is due to the fact that people (perhaps including myself) are buying frame sizes that are too small. This frame was the largest size IRO sold, perhaps they could have done me a favor and left the fork uncut so I could have determined the stem height. I like the riser bars, they make me feel like I'm riding my old GT freestyle bike from years ago, but the extra position granted with the bar ends is needed and the effect of their presence is excellent. The clear grips on the bar ends help prevent slip on inclines. I guess I do want moustache bars or albatross bars but I'm growing tired of spending cash on my bike despite how much I enjoy riding.
Thursday, January 19, 2006
skoals
So I rode in my park today (Lincoln Park, Jersey City). Took the old IRO out for a spin with her new home brewed handlebars. I tried to simulate albatross/moustache bars by adding bar ends to nashbar aluminum risers -an idea admittedly orginally conceived by making fun another bike I've mentioned in this blog. Anyway the sun was out and it was about 40 degrees which made for a nice ride. During winter rides you warm up after a while and wish you had put on less clothing. I tried not to get upset at the amount of cars cutting through the park, honking at me thinking I've no right to be on the road with them. After a lap I rode over to a bench where I saw another rider riding up in my direction.
"Do you have any ____s" he said. I heard skoals, as in the tobacco dip that Florida people sometimes use.
"Hey whats up. Skoals? No," I replied.
"no, Do you have any TOOLs," he clarified.
"oh, no. no tools," I said. His bike was converted single speed, the kind where you remove the rear derailleur and simply shorten the chain and go single speed with all the extra cogs still on the rear cluster. He rode off.
I did a few more laps, a few more cars honked for me to get out of their way, and then it was time for me to go. On my way home there was an abandoned house being cleared out for renovation. They had a big dumpster in the front and one guy was tossing crap down from the 2nd floor to the other guy in the dumpster, who caught a glimpse of my bike.
"hey, luke at these bike. its nice, right?" he said to his buddy. I rode on and ignored.
"Its simple. Its old-school," he added.
"Thanks," I said. I did another lap just so the guy doesn't know where I live.
...As an afterthought I've considered naming the IRO "Vincent Black Shadow" in honor of Hunter S. Thompson's bike in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
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"Well," he said, "as your attorney I advise you to buy a motorcycle. How else can you cover a thing like this righteously?"
"No way," I said. "Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?"
"What's that?"
"A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."
"That sounds about right for this gig," he said.
"It is," I assured him. "The fucker's not much for turning, but it's pure hell on the straightaway. It'll outrun the F-111 until takeoff."
"Takeoff?" he said. "Can we handle that much torque?"
"Absolutely," I said. "I'll call New York for some cash."
"Do you have any ____s" he said. I heard skoals, as in the tobacco dip that Florida people sometimes use.
"Hey whats up. Skoals? No," I replied.
"no, Do you have any TOOLs," he clarified.
"oh, no. no tools," I said. His bike was converted single speed, the kind where you remove the rear derailleur and simply shorten the chain and go single speed with all the extra cogs still on the rear cluster. He rode off.
I did a few more laps, a few more cars honked for me to get out of their way, and then it was time for me to go. On my way home there was an abandoned house being cleared out for renovation. They had a big dumpster in the front and one guy was tossing crap down from the 2nd floor to the other guy in the dumpster, who caught a glimpse of my bike.
"hey, luke at these bike. its nice, right?" he said to his buddy. I rode on and ignored.
"Its simple. Its old-school," he added.
"Thanks," I said. I did another lap just so the guy doesn't know where I live.
...As an afterthought I've considered naming the IRO "Vincent Black Shadow" in honor of Hunter S. Thompson's bike in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.
>>>
"Well," he said, "as your attorney I advise you to buy a motorcycle. How else can you cover a thing like this righteously?"
"No way," I said. "Where can we get hold of a Vincent Black Shadow?"
"What's that?"
"A fantastic bike," I said. "The new model is something like two thousand cubic inches, developing two hundred brake-horsepower at four thousand revolutions per minute on a magnesium frame with two styrofoam seats and a total curb weight of exactly two hundred pounds."
"That sounds about right for this gig," he said.
"It is," I assured him. "The fucker's not much for turning, but it's pure hell on the straightaway. It'll outrun the F-111 until takeoff."
"Takeoff?" he said. "Can we handle that much torque?"
"Absolutely," I said. "I'll call New York for some cash."
Wednesday, January 18, 2006
while it is still fresh in my mind
I wanted to write of my impressions of the book Animal Farm by George Orwell. I'm sure it was required school reading for most but it was one that was passed up in my school so I'm just now getting to it.
Just like 1984, I loved this book. At under 100 pages it reads very fast, I could have read the whole thing in one day if I sat down to do so, but in this case I stretched it out over few nights and train rides. The story is very dark and prophetic, to think that he wrote both of these books before 1950 is chilling considering everything that has come to prove true. I'm aware that the book was intended to be a satire of the Russian Revolution, however I must admit that with every other paragraph I was reminded of something our existing government has done or said at some time.
Just like 1984, certain things are left unsaid that make you wonder:
In 1984, how the heck did 'they' know Winston's greatest fear was of rats? Was it a subliminally implanted fear from big brother or was there some kind of chip on each humanoid that monitored each person's dreams and nightmares? I read one person’s theory was that subjects were genetically engineered to have certain fears which is even more scary in a Brave New World kind of way.
In Animal Farm, the fate of Snowball is never revealed (besides being chased off). This leads to questions about Napoleon's rise to power. Was it a conspiracy? That is, could snowball have been part of Napoleon's scheme and simply hiding out inside the farm? After all, they did build the windmill -Snowball's idea- could Napoleon's demonizing of Snowball just been his way of getting the population to live enslaved and in fear and hatred of 'the enemy'? Many analogies can be drawn between Osama Bin Laden and Snowball. You know? Who REALLY destroyed the windmill? It is left to the reader to decide.
Both books' subjects seem to be incapable of remembering, something that enables the powers that be to stay in power despite their by definition, 'criminal' acts. In Animal Farm, the population is left illiterate so the leaders can come in and edit the constitution at their convenience. Frightening! I wonder if the term, "writing on the wall" originated from Animal Farm. The ending is just shocking, leaving the reader with a feeling of doom, similar to 1984. You could see it coming but not to that extent! I'd leave some quotes but I’m unsure of the legal aspect of blogging on books so I'll just say both are must reads if you haven't done so already.
Just like 1984, I loved this book. At under 100 pages it reads very fast, I could have read the whole thing in one day if I sat down to do so, but in this case I stretched it out over few nights and train rides. The story is very dark and prophetic, to think that he wrote both of these books before 1950 is chilling considering everything that has come to prove true. I'm aware that the book was intended to be a satire of the Russian Revolution, however I must admit that with every other paragraph I was reminded of something our existing government has done or said at some time.
Just like 1984, certain things are left unsaid that make you wonder:
In 1984, how the heck did 'they' know Winston's greatest fear was of rats? Was it a subliminally implanted fear from big brother or was there some kind of chip on each humanoid that monitored each person's dreams and nightmares? I read one person’s theory was that subjects were genetically engineered to have certain fears which is even more scary in a Brave New World kind of way.
In Animal Farm, the fate of Snowball is never revealed (besides being chased off). This leads to questions about Napoleon's rise to power. Was it a conspiracy? That is, could snowball have been part of Napoleon's scheme and simply hiding out inside the farm? After all, they did build the windmill -Snowball's idea- could Napoleon's demonizing of Snowball just been his way of getting the population to live enslaved and in fear and hatred of 'the enemy'? Many analogies can be drawn between Osama Bin Laden and Snowball. You know? Who REALLY destroyed the windmill? It is left to the reader to decide.
Both books' subjects seem to be incapable of remembering, something that enables the powers that be to stay in power despite their by definition, 'criminal' acts. In Animal Farm, the population is left illiterate so the leaders can come in and edit the constitution at their convenience. Frightening! I wonder if the term, "writing on the wall" originated from Animal Farm. The ending is just shocking, leaving the reader with a feeling of doom, similar to 1984. You could see it coming but not to that extent! I'd leave some quotes but I’m unsure of the legal aspect of blogging on books so I'll just say both are must reads if you haven't done so already.
Required reading?
Some one was talking crap about a book entitled Bike Messengers and the Cult of Human Power so I googled it. I was suprised to see the pay per click topline search results were campus bookstores. What college courses are teaching things having to do with bike riding? Intersting...
These days there are so many books on the bike cult phenomenon, tons of blogs as well...
These days there are so many books on the bike cult phenomenon, tons of blogs as well...
Thursday, January 12, 2006
David Lynch's New Movie -Hopefully in 2006
It is entitled Inland Empire, and is in a way the opposite of Mullholland Drive since it's the other extreme (east)of Cali. The cast includes Laura Dern (Wild at Heart), Jeremy Irons, Justin Theroux (from Mullholland Drive), Harry Dean Stanton, and a bunch of other actors Lynch will not confirm. He won't say much about it besides that it is a movie about a woman in trouble (sound familiar?). He shot the whole thing on DV, and is apparently in love with the medium to the point that he is abandoning film altogether. He shot the movie without a script. I consider his last two movies to be sheer brilliance, and though I am worried that this one will lack the structure to connect with the audience, I am anxiously awaiting the release of this movie. It is rumored to be premiering at Cannes, a US release date would be some time after that...
Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Predictions for tonights game against the Mavs
The Knicks go into tonight's game against the Mavs 8 games back from first place in the atlantic New Jersey. Jersey had won 10 in a row before finally losing to Tim Duncan's Spurs. The Knicks have won four in a row (4-0 in 2006). Dallas has won 3 in a row and are a whopping 13-5 on the road this season. Mavs guard Marquis Daniels is out two weeks with a neck strain...
I remember Lee giving Nowitzky fits in preseason, I expect that matchup to be fierce tonight, hopefully Larry Brown will reassign him to guard Dirk again despite their different positions. Due to matchups, Lee and Nate Robinson didn't get major minutes in last night's victory over the Cavs, so I expect big games from each of them.
As Curry gets into better shape with each game, he shall be more dominant like Shaq.
Steph will continue his near flawless execution, Crawford will torch Dallas and the Knicks will defeat the Mavs despite playing back to back games -last nights being on the road in Cleveland.
Dallas has one heck of a scouting report on tonight's game here.
I remember Lee giving Nowitzky fits in preseason, I expect that matchup to be fierce tonight, hopefully Larry Brown will reassign him to guard Dirk again despite their different positions. Due to matchups, Lee and Nate Robinson didn't get major minutes in last night's victory over the Cavs, so I expect big games from each of them.
As Curry gets into better shape with each game, he shall be more dominant like Shaq.
Steph will continue his near flawless execution, Crawford will torch Dallas and the Knicks will defeat the Mavs despite playing back to back games -last nights being on the road in Cleveland.
Dallas has one heck of a scouting report on tonight's game here.
Jumping on the Bandwagon
Okay so I'm in the grocery store the other day flipping through some magazines and come across one of those cycling magazines that usually has nothing to do with the fixed gear / single speed revolution currently going on. It was the December issue of one of these: Cycling, Bicycle, ect...
Next to last page is their featured bike, one they reccomended to a schmo for an "urban" bike under his budget of $1500. It was a Gary Fisher Triton. This bike has road geometry with riser moustache bars, a carbon fork with track cranks and freewheel. It costs well over $1000. It has front and rear brakes.
Now I'm certain that Gary Fisher is a reputable company for moutain bikes, fairly cetain they would make a decent if not pretty nice single speed. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't part of the appeal of getting fixed the cost effectiveness? Isn't part of the appeal of getting fixed not riding a Gary Fisher, a bike that usually costs as much as three bianchis, fujis or IROs?
By now everyone knows that Raleigh is making their own version of the fixed gear / ss called the Rush Hour and I've accepted that all the companies are catching on to the fixed craze (how long before GT starts making their famous track bikes again?). I even though the Raliegh looked pretty cool although it comes with front and rear brakes. Maybe its because Raliegh has always made road bikes, or maybe its because the Rush Hour is significantly less than $1000, for some reason it doesn't piss me off as much to know that Raleigh is making a fixed than the Gary Fisher because I know somebody who doesn't know any better will proudly buy the Fisher BECAUSE it costs that much not knowing they can buy a far more credible street bike for significantly less money. I give it a week after these are on the market before someone posts their new $1000+ street bike on fixed gear gallery. I'm fully aware that some of the custom track bikes on the gallery cost more than 4 grand. I'm betting this bike will probably not be well received by the knowing community.
Next to last page is their featured bike, one they reccomended to a schmo for an "urban" bike under his budget of $1500. It was a Gary Fisher Triton. This bike has road geometry with riser moustache bars, a carbon fork with track cranks and freewheel. It costs well over $1000. It has front and rear brakes.
Now I'm certain that Gary Fisher is a reputable company for moutain bikes, fairly cetain they would make a decent if not pretty nice single speed. Correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't part of the appeal of getting fixed the cost effectiveness? Isn't part of the appeal of getting fixed not riding a Gary Fisher, a bike that usually costs as much as three bianchis, fujis or IROs?
By now everyone knows that Raleigh is making their own version of the fixed gear / ss called the Rush Hour and I've accepted that all the companies are catching on to the fixed craze (how long before GT starts making their famous track bikes again?). I even though the Raliegh looked pretty cool although it comes with front and rear brakes. Maybe its because Raliegh has always made road bikes, or maybe its because the Rush Hour is significantly less than $1000, for some reason it doesn't piss me off as much to know that Raleigh is making a fixed than the Gary Fisher because I know somebody who doesn't know any better will proudly buy the Fisher BECAUSE it costs that much not knowing they can buy a far more credible street bike for significantly less money. I give it a week after these are on the market before someone posts their new $1000+ street bike on fixed gear gallery. I'm fully aware that some of the custom track bikes on the gallery cost more than 4 grand. I'm betting this bike will probably not be well received by the knowing community.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
shows
Due to the rising amount of goddamn parasitic 80's retro hipsters in this area buying up all the local shows some two months in advance, this is my latest attempt to consolidate forthcoming NYC area shows in an attempt to secure tickets before they sell out. Previously this problem has led to me having to trip to Boston or Phili just to check out a decent band! (worth it, but necessary?) Mind you, this information was obtained from a website catered to said hipsters that even goes so far as to asterisk particularly hip shows (I have since removed the asterisks) so that they can have their deck vans out and ready the night of the show -I wore those shoes back in 1986 and I've no desire to put them back on now 20 years later despite this sheepish trend. I used to plow through Village Voice and Time Out New York with pen and circle dates but perhaps this is more effective although certainly not comprehensive for my purposes -I saw no listings for John Zorn's club, or any Jazz clubs for that matter. The L magazine is also another good source for show information but the fact remains that if I forget about a show and don't pick up L or TONY, chances are it will sell out before I am reminded of it, hence this post serves as a reminder to myself more than anything else.
Sat 1/07
8:30 PM
The Double, Celebration, Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio)
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $12
Sun 1/08
8:00 PM
Detachment Kit, Tapes 'n' Tapes
Pianos 21+ tba
Fri 1/13
7:30 PM
Laura Cantrell
Mo Pitkins Not Specified $15
Sat 1/14
9:00 PM
Camper Van Beethoven, Trampled By Turtles
Bowery Ballroom 21+ $20a/$22d
Sat 1/14
8:30 PM
Sufjan Stevens
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room All Ages $20
Sat 1/14
10:30 PM
Sufjan Stevens
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room All Ages $20
Sun 1/15
12:00 PM
The Wrens, Nada Surf (acoustic), Breakup Breakdown, Hopewell, Langhorne Slim, Maplewood, Koester, Fresh Kills, Parts and Labor, and more!
Knitting Factory(Benefit for Act Local: All Three Floors) All Ages $15
Fri 1/20
9:00 PM
We Are Scientists, Oxford Collapse
Maxwell's 18+ $10a/
Tue 1/24
9:30 PM
Calexico
Joe's Pub All Ages $20
Thu 1/26
7:30 PM
Broken Social Scene
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $25
Thu 1/26
8:00 PM
Colin Meloy (of The Decemberists), Laura Veirs
Town Hall All Ages $23.50
Fri 1/27
8:00 PM
Rainer Maria, Pilot to Gunner, Annie Hayden, Autodrone
Northsix 16+ $12
Thu 2/02
7:00 PM
The National, Cage (Def Jux), Beans w/ Holy Fuck, Chad Van Gaalen
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall(PLUG Awards) 18+ $20
Fri 2/03
8:00 PM
Chad Van Gaalen
Mercury Lounge 21+ $10a/$12d
Fri 2/03
8:00 PM
Low, His Name is Alive
Southpaw 18+ $15
Sun 2/05
8:00 PM
Calla, Lake Trout
Maxwell's All Ages $10
Mon 2/06
8:00 PM
Low, His Name is Alive, Death Vessel
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $15
Tue 2/07
7:30 PM
Matt Pond PA, dios (malos)
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $13a/$15d
Thu 2/09
8:00 PM
Sigur Ros
Theater at Madison Square Garden All Ages $38
Fri 2/10
6:00 PM
Feist, Jason Collett
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 16+ $25a/$30d
Mon 2/13
8:00 PM
Vic Chesnutt, David Bazan (Pedro The Lion), Mark Eitzel, Will Johnson (of Centro-Matic)
Bowery Ballroom 21+ $15
Mon 2/13
8:00 PM
Saint Etienne
Irving Plaza 16+ $20a/$22d
Tue 2/14
8:00 PM
Cat Power, Memphis River Band
Town Hall All Ages $22.50
Wed 2/15
8:00 PM
Be Your Own PET, Detachment Kit, Cake Bake Betty
Knitting Factory(Main Space) All Ages $10
Fri 2/17
9:00 PM
The Dirtbombs, Be Your Own PET
Maxwell's 18+ $13
Sat 2/18
6:00 PM
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Elefant, The Morning After Girls
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $22a/$25d
Sat 2/18
9:00 PM
The Dirtbombs, Be Your Own PET
Southpaw 18+ $13
Mon 2/20
7:30 PM
Wolfmother
Mercury Lounge 21+ $10
Sat 2/25
6:30 PM
Stars
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20
Thu 3/02
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
The Hook 18+ $15
Mon 3/06
7:30 PM
Mogwai
Avalon 16+ $19
Wed 3/08
8:00 PM
Nada Surf, Rogue Wave, Inara George
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20
Thu 3/09
8:00 PM
Mike Ladd
The Kitchen All Ages $8a/$10d
Fri 3/10
6:00 PM
Metric
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 16+ $20
Fri 3/10
8:00 PM
Early Man, Priestess, Swords
Northsix 18+ $10a/$12d
Fri 3/10
8:00 PM
Mike Ladd
The Kitchen All Ages $8a/$10d
Sat 3/11
9:00 PM
Early Man, Priestess
Maxwell's 18+ $10
Fri 3/17
6:00 PM
Silver Jews
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20
Fri 3/17
8:00 PM
Stereolab
Town Hall All Ages $25
Sat 3/18
8:00 PM
Stereolab
Town Hall All Ages $25
Tue 3/21
8:00 PM
Matt Pond PA, Youth Group
Northsix 18+ $12
Sat 1/07
8:30 PM
The Double, Celebration, Kyp Malone (of TV on the Radio)
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $12
Sun 1/08
8:00 PM
Detachment Kit, Tapes 'n' Tapes
Pianos 21+ tba
Fri 1/13
7:30 PM
Laura Cantrell
Mo Pitkins Not Specified $15
Sat 1/14
9:00 PM
Camper Van Beethoven, Trampled By Turtles
Bowery Ballroom 21+ $20a/$22d
Sat 1/14
8:30 PM
Sufjan Stevens
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room All Ages $20
Sat 1/14
10:30 PM
Sufjan Stevens
Lincoln Center - The Allen Room All Ages $20
Sun 1/15
12:00 PM
The Wrens, Nada Surf (acoustic), Breakup Breakdown, Hopewell, Langhorne Slim, Maplewood, Koester, Fresh Kills, Parts and Labor, and more!
Knitting Factory(Benefit for Act Local: All Three Floors) All Ages $15
Fri 1/20
9:00 PM
We Are Scientists, Oxford Collapse
Maxwell's 18+ $10a/
Tue 1/24
9:30 PM
Calexico
Joe's Pub All Ages $20
Thu 1/26
7:30 PM
Broken Social Scene
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $25
Thu 1/26
8:00 PM
Colin Meloy (of The Decemberists), Laura Veirs
Town Hall All Ages $23.50
Fri 1/27
8:00 PM
Rainer Maria, Pilot to Gunner, Annie Hayden, Autodrone
Northsix 16+ $12
Thu 2/02
7:00 PM
The National, Cage (Def Jux), Beans w/ Holy Fuck, Chad Van Gaalen
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall(PLUG Awards) 18+ $20
Fri 2/03
8:00 PM
Chad Van Gaalen
Mercury Lounge 21+ $10a/$12d
Fri 2/03
8:00 PM
Low, His Name is Alive
Southpaw 18+ $15
Sun 2/05
8:00 PM
Calla, Lake Trout
Maxwell's All Ages $10
Mon 2/06
8:00 PM
Low, His Name is Alive, Death Vessel
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $15
Tue 2/07
7:30 PM
Matt Pond PA, dios (malos)
Bowery Ballroom 18+ $13a/$15d
Thu 2/09
8:00 PM
Sigur Ros
Theater at Madison Square Garden All Ages $38
Fri 2/10
6:00 PM
Feist, Jason Collett
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 16+ $25a/$30d
Mon 2/13
8:00 PM
Vic Chesnutt, David Bazan (Pedro The Lion), Mark Eitzel, Will Johnson (of Centro-Matic)
Bowery Ballroom 21+ $15
Mon 2/13
8:00 PM
Saint Etienne
Irving Plaza 16+ $20a/$22d
Tue 2/14
8:00 PM
Cat Power, Memphis River Band
Town Hall All Ages $22.50
Wed 2/15
8:00 PM
Be Your Own PET, Detachment Kit, Cake Bake Betty
Knitting Factory(Main Space) All Ages $10
Fri 2/17
9:00 PM
The Dirtbombs, Be Your Own PET
Maxwell's 18+ $13
Sat 2/18
6:00 PM
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Elefant, The Morning After Girls
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $22a/$25d
Sat 2/18
9:00 PM
The Dirtbombs, Be Your Own PET
Southpaw 18+ $13
Mon 2/20
7:30 PM
Wolfmother
Mercury Lounge 21+ $10
Sat 2/25
6:30 PM
Stars
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20
Thu 3/02
Ted Leo & the Pharmacists
The Hook 18+ $15
Mon 3/06
7:30 PM
Mogwai
Avalon 16+ $19
Wed 3/08
8:00 PM
Nada Surf, Rogue Wave, Inara George
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20
Thu 3/09
8:00 PM
Mike Ladd
The Kitchen All Ages $8a/$10d
Fri 3/10
6:00 PM
Metric
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 16+ $20
Fri 3/10
8:00 PM
Early Man, Priestess, Swords
Northsix 18+ $10a/$12d
Fri 3/10
8:00 PM
Mike Ladd
The Kitchen All Ages $8a/$10d
Sat 3/11
9:00 PM
Early Man, Priestess
Maxwell's 18+ $10
Fri 3/17
6:00 PM
Silver Jews
Bowery Presents @ Webster Hall 18+ $20
Fri 3/17
8:00 PM
Stereolab
Town Hall All Ages $25
Sat 3/18
8:00 PM
Stereolab
Town Hall All Ages $25
Tue 3/21
8:00 PM
Matt Pond PA, Youth Group
Northsix 18+ $12
Monday, January 02, 2006
Hate to Say I Told You So
Knicks Win! Triple overtime. What a game. I was on my feet at the end of the fourth and during each overtime. Lee played tremendously well as a starter, Steph was aggressive in crunch time and Jamal was effective throughout the game. I have to admit, I don't think they would have won tonight if Eddy Curry didn't play the way he did during the fourth and into the overtimes. He was a reliable threat in the post and got fouled nearly every time they got the ball to him in the post. No disrespect to Lee and Steph but Curry was the MVP of the game IMO. The game wouldn't have even gone to a single overtime had the Knicks been able to make their free throws, Knicks would have won it in regulation. This has been a problem for the knicks since summer league. make your free throws New York!
Nash and the Matrix (aka shawn marion) are true competitors with unbeliveable talent.
Knicks 140 Suns 133, 3OT
Steph 32pts 10a 5r
David Lee 23pts 15r 3st 10 for 11 field goals! are you kidding me? (all season highs plus a season high 51 minutes)
Curry 20pts 15r 1bl
Crawford 29pts 7r 7a 2st
Frye 10pts (including a nasty dunk on the Irishman Pat Burke)
Nash 28pts 22a 5r
Matrix 38pts 14r
Suns took 44 3pt field goal attempts in one game...
Nash and the Matrix (aka shawn marion) are true competitors with unbeliveable talent.
Knicks 140 Suns 133, 3OT
Steph 32pts 10a 5r
David Lee 23pts 15r 3st 10 for 11 field goals! are you kidding me? (all season highs plus a season high 51 minutes)
Curry 20pts 15r 1bl
Crawford 29pts 7r 7a 2st
Frye 10pts (including a nasty dunk on the Irishman Pat Burke)
Nash 28pts 22a 5r
Matrix 38pts 14r
Suns took 44 3pt field goal attempts in one game...
that's beautiful
It turns out David Lee will be starting the rest of the season for the Knicks! This is fantastic news to me, if you read my other posts this is exactly what I had hoped for. I truely belive Lee to be the most dynamic of the three rookies after seeing him blow by NBA players in the summer league of 2005 for reverse dunks and offensive rebounds.
Apparently Nate and Lee are going to major players in the shortened 8-9 man rotation. Quentin and Jerome James are out! Bah dah pap pah pah -I'm loving it.
It would be nice to see this lineup
PG Stephon
SG Nate (let's face it -the man can't pass; at this stage in his career he's a two)
C Eddy Curry (hope his work ethic changes)
SF David Lee (will be my next knicks jersey purchase if brown gives him 30 minutes a night)
PF Antonio Davis (but the real minutes will of course go to Channing)
Bench
PG/SG Jamal
C Jackie Butler
SF Trevor Ariza
PF Channing
That's nine, just what Brown usually plays on his other teams. Sorry Q, sorry Jerome and sorry Qyntel, you aren't meant to play in NY this new year.
We will win more games. We have no west coast trips remaining...
Apparently Nate and Lee are going to major players in the shortened 8-9 man rotation. Quentin and Jerome James are out! Bah dah pap pah pah -I'm loving it.
It would be nice to see this lineup
PG Stephon
SG Nate (let's face it -the man can't pass; at this stage in his career he's a two)
C Eddy Curry (hope his work ethic changes)
SF David Lee (will be my next knicks jersey purchase if brown gives him 30 minutes a night)
PF Antonio Davis (but the real minutes will of course go to Channing)
Bench
PG/SG Jamal
C Jackie Butler
SF Trevor Ariza
PF Channing
That's nine, just what Brown usually plays on his other teams. Sorry Q, sorry Jerome and sorry Qyntel, you aren't meant to play in NY this new year.
We will win more games. We have no west coast trips remaining...
Thursday, December 29, 2005
still get amped up
hearing these lyrics on my ipod, nothing has changed since KRS one dropped this science on us in 1988. Is this song availible for hip hop karaoke nite downtown at Rothko? its probably the only way id get up there is if I could rap these songs that i memorized in 7th grade by rewinding the tape and playing it back again. Eric B and Rakim, Public Enemy, Slick Rick, Special Ed, EPMD and Bran Nubian (tribe came later on the way I remember it). KRS was more about teaching than the aforementioned but they each brought something to the table. Rakim or PE if I was angry or getting ready to play basketball. Seems like a completely different level than the dribbling pornography coming out these days (I'm not going to name names)
versue II (Boogie Down Productions - my philosophy)
I'll play the nine and you play the target
you all know my name so I guess I'll just start it
or should I say, "Start this," I am an artist
of new concepts at their hardest
cause, yo, I'm a teacher and Scott is a scholar
It ain't about money cause we all make dollars
That's why I walk with my head up
when I hear wack rhymes I get fed up
Rap is like a set-up, a lot of games
a lot of suckas with colorful names
I'm so-and-so, I'm this, I'm that
huh, but they all just wick-wick-wack
I'm not white or red or black
I'm brown.. from the Boogie Down
Productions, of course our music be thumpin'
others say their bad, but they're buggin
let me tell you somethin' now about hip hop
about D-Nice, Melodie, and Scott La Rock
I'll get a pen, a pencil, a marker
mainly what I write is for the average New Yorker
some mc's be talkin' and talkin'
tryin' to show how black people are walkin
but I don't walk this way to portray
or reinforce stereotypes of today
like all my brothas eat chicken and watermelon
talk broken english and drug sellin'
See I'm tellin, and teaching real facts
The way some act in rap is kind of wack
and it lacks creativity and intelligence
but they don't care cause the company is sellin' it
It's my philosophy, on the industry
Don't bother dissin me, or even wish that we'd
soften, dilute, or commercialize all our lyrics
Cause it's about time one of y'all hear it
And hear it first-hand from the intelligent brown man
A vegetarian, no goat or ham
or chicken or turkey or hamburger
'cause to me that's suicide self-murder
let us get back to what we call hip hop
and what it meant to DJ Scott La Rock...
versue II (Boogie Down Productions - my philosophy)
I'll play the nine and you play the target
you all know my name so I guess I'll just start it
or should I say, "Start this," I am an artist
of new concepts at their hardest
cause, yo, I'm a teacher and Scott is a scholar
It ain't about money cause we all make dollars
That's why I walk with my head up
when I hear wack rhymes I get fed up
Rap is like a set-up, a lot of games
a lot of suckas with colorful names
I'm so-and-so, I'm this, I'm that
huh, but they all just wick-wick-wack
I'm not white or red or black
I'm brown.. from the Boogie Down
Productions, of course our music be thumpin'
others say their bad, but they're buggin
let me tell you somethin' now about hip hop
about D-Nice, Melodie, and Scott La Rock
I'll get a pen, a pencil, a marker
mainly what I write is for the average New Yorker
some mc's be talkin' and talkin'
tryin' to show how black people are walkin
but I don't walk this way to portray
or reinforce stereotypes of today
like all my brothas eat chicken and watermelon
talk broken english and drug sellin'
See I'm tellin, and teaching real facts
The way some act in rap is kind of wack
and it lacks creativity and intelligence
but they don't care cause the company is sellin' it
It's my philosophy, on the industry
Don't bother dissin me, or even wish that we'd
soften, dilute, or commercialize all our lyrics
Cause it's about time one of y'all hear it
And hear it first-hand from the intelligent brown man
A vegetarian, no goat or ham
or chicken or turkey or hamburger
'cause to me that's suicide self-murder
let us get back to what we call hip hop
and what it meant to DJ Scott La Rock...
Exactly
Thank you Phil Taylor for writing this article which basically expresses exactly how i feel about this year's Knicks team. Blame Isiah and Brown, not the players, especially not Marbury. Quit shuffling the damn lineup every game and focus on your player's talents instead of their shortcomings, you geezah.
Another Knicks rant -is this season already a lost cause?
I'm not even sure what their record is anymore, but the knicks have lost more than 20 games this year and its still December! For years now my love for this team has enabled me to put up with scrub additions, misdrafts, and bad contracts for insane amounts of money. Tonight I saw Marbury mope around Orlando Arena like he was depressed and hopeless. Its almost like he's imprisoned by Larry Brown's system. Could it be Larry Brown wanted to seek out vengeance on Stephon for the lackluster bronze medal earned by team USA this past olympics by signing up to coach the Knicks? That's how it feels these days. Why do all New York fans blame Marbury, why not blame the jackass who put this team together in the first place, namely Isiah? I will be very upset if Marbury gets traded, but that seems to be where all this is leading. Brown wants him gone and is setting him up to fail in his hometown. If it were my team (and it obviously isn't with a record like that) I'd start Nate at the point with Marbury at two. Whatever passing deficiencies Nate brings to the table he makes up for with intangibles and hustle and also Stephon would be one of the highest assists-earning shooting guards in the league. At center, play that lazy bastard Curry that has missed more games than he's played this season. Paxon was right to sniff out his poor work ethic, it's all he's shown me so far. Dumb trade, no draft pick this year, and I liked Mike Sweetney! The threespot would be DAVID LEE for me, he's got more heart than any Knick I've not yet mentioned here and no one really has seen his talent at this point except those who watched the Knicks summer league games. He's far more mobile than he showed at University of Florida and during one of his first games in the league he was scrapping with Dirk Nowitzky and holding his own in my opinion. Sure he may have started tonight but did he see any real minutes? Let the man play! That leaves the power forward spot -I'd start Channing Frye at that position. Let the guy shoot from outside for Pete's sake, quit trying to post him up, he's obviously not comfortable doing it yet! The man was scoring 20+ points per game doing what came naturally to him (shooting outside jumpers) and then Brown steps in and tells him he needs to post up more. Why? The man one rookie of the month, why change anything at all? All Curry is good for is posting up, let him do it instead. With Richardson missing 90% of his shots this season Frye is the only Knick with outside range. He is currently in the NBA top 20 in both field goal percentage and free throw percentage. Eh, whatever, I need to start reading more and quit the knicks, it only brings heartache.
Wednesday, December 21, 2005
If Linux is open source should it even be capitalized?
My primary computer was this dell laptop that died over a year ago. The *expletive*s at dell wanted $400 for a replacement proprietary battery, which I wasn't going to shell out on an old Pentium III 866MHz laptop. I've been waiting to get a new machine. I'm actually going to wait until next year when Mac releases their intel based computers and decide then what to get. I'll either get a new PC (new windows operating system to be released next year), or I'll switch back to Mac (my first computer in the mid 80's was an apple IIc).
I've got another old computer that died as well, a desktop. I just tried to soup it up by swapping out the power supply (which had died), installing usb2.0 pci card and soundblaster 24bit audio card so I can do my concerts from minidisc to mp3 again (I'm way behind converting these since the laptop died). I also added a burner since it didn't have one. Unfortunately the os is a hacked version of windows xp from engineering school and something went wrong when I updated zone alarm (I suspect my system got hijacked). So now I'm trying to dl Linux because I don't want to give that *expletive* bill gates $100 for an os to run on a sub par computer. If you aren't thinking this too much information right now, I'm sure you're thinking macs are so much easier (it is my hope that may sway me back onto their side). I actually almost spent $660 dollars last night to avoid all this headache and by a pre-built box from bestbuy, but both Noel and the *expletive* salesperson scoffed at my selection of the emachines. I don't really care, just need something to get me to next year when I get something real nice. He was so proud of himself "if I were you I'd build it from scratch get this processor for $600, this motherboard, add this video card..." which Noel was all to impressed with. Look *expletive*, I've built computers before, you're not impressing me with your technical prowess, just ring me up for what I came here for: simplicity. Its highly priced these days apparently. They didn't even sell half the *expletive* that he was bragging about. They don't even sell processors there.
So I guess Linux has evolved since the operating systems course I took in 2002 because I can't get Red Hat Linux for free anymore but I can get Fedora. Apparently there are many others too but I'm partial to Red Hat since it was my first experience. Hm... May the best operating system win...
I've got another old computer that died as well, a desktop. I just tried to soup it up by swapping out the power supply (which had died), installing usb2.0 pci card and soundblaster 24bit audio card so I can do my concerts from minidisc to mp3 again (I'm way behind converting these since the laptop died). I also added a burner since it didn't have one. Unfortunately the os is a hacked version of windows xp from engineering school and something went wrong when I updated zone alarm (I suspect my system got hijacked). So now I'm trying to dl Linux because I don't want to give that *expletive* bill gates $100 for an os to run on a sub par computer. If you aren't thinking this too much information right now, I'm sure you're thinking macs are so much easier (it is my hope that may sway me back onto their side). I actually almost spent $660 dollars last night to avoid all this headache and by a pre-built box from bestbuy, but both Noel and the *expletive* salesperson scoffed at my selection of the emachines. I don't really care, just need something to get me to next year when I get something real nice. He was so proud of himself "if I were you I'd build it from scratch get this processor for $600, this motherboard, add this video card..." which Noel was all to impressed with. Look *expletive*, I've built computers before, you're not impressing me with your technical prowess, just ring me up for what I came here for: simplicity. Its highly priced these days apparently. They didn't even sell half the *expletive* that he was bragging about. They don't even sell processors there.
So I guess Linux has evolved since the operating systems course I took in 2002 because I can't get Red Hat Linux for free anymore but I can get Fedora. Apparently there are many others too but I'm partial to Red Hat since it was my first experience. Hm... May the best operating system win...
Tuesday, December 20, 2005
Return of the Strike
Real quick about this strike. There are times that this area just feels unified(the last time being the blackout a few years back)and though my sympathies are not with either side of the labor negotiations (they HAVE jobs), I do feel connected to the people of the city. I greatly desire to see NYC and surrounding areas take this negative strike as an opportunity to be positive and turn to alternative methods of transportation, namely bikes. Let this be a bicycle revolution! Atheletes, lazy people, bougeosios, everyone buy a bike and go to work! Shoplifters of the world, unite and take over! Wait, uh, got ahead of myself there... Yeah, so...
You can find a bike shop in nearly every area but here are a few off the top:
Sid's on 34th street
Metro cycle on 14th street
Metro cycle on 15th and 6th ave
Bike Works NYC Rivington (LES)
Trackstar NYC near second and first
Bicycle Habitat (just south of Houston near broadway)
Chelsea Bikes 26th street(See Raphael)
Bicycles on 17th street (See Carlos)
NYC Bikes (brooklyn)
Recycle a bicycle on Avenue C
You can find a bike shop in nearly every area but here are a few off the top:
Sid's on 34th street
Metro cycle on 14th street
Metro cycle on 15th and 6th ave
Bike Works NYC Rivington (LES)
Trackstar NYC near second and first
Bicycle Habitat (just south of Houston near broadway)
Chelsea Bikes 26th street(See Raphael)
Bicycles on 17th street (See Carlos)
NYC Bikes (brooklyn)
Recycle a bicycle on Avenue C
Saturday, December 17, 2005
as seen on 26th street
This is the strange bike that I spoke (pun intended?) of in a previous blog. It had holes atop these boxes around the bars that I guess you stick your arms into so as to not get cold.
also, here is a photo of droid. droid is one of my chainbreakers.
my primary bike
is a mark V, formerly featured on fixedgeargallery as 1879. Since then I've changed quite a bit: the bars, the stem, the saddle, the pedals, changed the gearing, added clips and straps added a computer...
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