i realize this shit’s been all over the place since yesterday, so let me just recap all orderly and shit. here’s some goodstuff happening this weekend.–
FRIDAY:
1) screening and speak out at nyu. 6pm. free.
2) CRITICAL MASS. BE THERE. 7PM. 4 DIFF DEPARTURE PTS.
3) Parts & Labor and Aa at tonic. midnight.
SATURDAY:
1) KCDC/Mark Gonzales + art opening. 8pm.
2) DFA1979 at bowery!
3) Japanther house party! 10pm.
4) happy birthday Jen Props!
SUNDAY:
grub & big blue kickball, but you’ll just have to ask sucka.
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JAPANTHER. (pic by tod fucking seelie)
AWSTA
les angles morts (montreal, ex-arcade fire)
demander
weather permitting there will be a large outdoor area with a movie projector. weather not permitting there will be a large completely furniture free apartment with a lot of people in it rocking out.
10pm Sat 4/30 at 188 Grand St, Williamsburg [between Bedford Ave and Driggs Ave, south side of the street - next to Iona] map here (down the street from my house!)
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Speak Out: I Had An Abortion
A documentary screening and speak-out
Friday April 29th, 6pm
NYU’s Silver Center room 714
100 Washington Square East
After the screening, a Q&A session will be held with the documentary’s producers, Gillian Aldrich and Jennifer Baumgardner. That will be followed by an abortion speak-out, where we will have the opportunity to share our own stories about the reproductive choices we make.
Sponsored by Voices for Choice at NYU. Email voicesforchoice.club@nyu.edu with questions
I’ll be speaking at the speak out afterward! Free & open to the public!
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this is what indymedia currently reads:
g00ns r00ted th1s
You have lied to the American People over and over again. You attend The Fifth Hope and spread your wicked ideology there. Expect more of this.
American Imperialism is non-existent. Our soldiers are dying over sees to give men, women, and children a taste of freedom and you call them imperialists. You are nothing but pigs. You are not against Bush you are against Republicans, you are against anyone who has a different opinion and way of thinking than you. Your box got rooted for lying to the American people. Here are some fun things for the visitors:
[their urls & names]
it was hacked by some rightwing jackasses.
1) they can’t spell “overseas,” but can hack pretty well.
2) they suggest that we are not against bush but republicans. hmm. i think perhaps we’re against the policies of both.
3) they also say we’re against people who have different opinions than us. i suppose that’s what we really mean by “independent media” i guess we’re all for censorship. shocker. it’s funny that they say imc is pro-censorship and they react by making the forum non-existent. that’s not censorship, right?
also, here’s this
weird chicken promotion burger king is doing which is totally bizarre.
thanks for the tips
shane!
UPDATE: nyc.indymedia.org now redirects. the hack didn’t last long, except it would be nice to see nyc.indymedia.org again. they now have this post up:
“New York City IMC, along with several other local IMCs, is experiencing technical difficulties. While we attend to the problems, please use the US IMC site for all of your community reporting needs.
As with local IMCs, you can post and read the US IMC open publishing newswire.”
update: some started a petition against these conservative hackers, goons.
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piece by david choe. so in all honesty i sort of swore off this choe character after checking out his tokyo prison art show at powerhouse gallery. 3 very long walls covered in cartoon women holding their vaginas open just didn’t cut it for me artistically and i thought it was stupid and annoying on top of that. it was neato because the quality of drawing was pretty good and because it was made of pee and blood and stuff, but in all i was really turned off. i was especially not digging a balcony scene where it’s a little unclear if the sex the woman is having is consensual or if he’s making zines about sexual assault. i’m all for sex and the celebration thereof, but not the celebration of violence against women and oppression of women. my least favorite thing is when i feel like scenester life asks me to compromise my feminism and ethics, because the answer is and remains staunchly “no.” i think i can carve a path between culture and politics where the two merge and blend.
anyway, check out choe’s website, because the rest of his stuff is WAY better than the stuff i saw at that opening.
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see that fucking steed in front of my desk? i rode it to work today (5.9 miles). know why? after a screening of the film i’m in “Speak Out: I Had an Abortion” and a speaking engagement at nyu at 6:30pm I’m riding in critical mass. and as luck would have it, so are you! important deets on critical mass tonight are in suckatown. 4 diff departure points. main departure point is still union square at 7pm. i even wore sneakers today and not cowboy boots. when was the last time i wore sneakers? like never. you don’t even care. just come to the damn ride.
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now don’t act like ya don’t know. saturday night book launch. be there or be pre-pubescent. 560 pages. 117 illustrations. 5 bands. 26 cases of free brooklyn lager. 3 cases of wine. 1 free tattoo artist. you know the deal. S. 6th off bedford. saturday 9pm.
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ford the river. pour one out for the oregon trail.
i loved that game. fraction munchers was also totally rad.
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Meredith Melling Burke
Joanne Leonhardt Cassullo
Ron Clark
Alan Cumming
Rachel Feinstein
Milla Jovovich
Philae Knight
Zac Posen
Tom Sachs
and the Whitney Contemporaries
invite you to the
ART PARTY
a benefit for the Whitney Independent Study Program
Thursday, May 5, 2005
9pm-1am cocktails and dancing
9pm-11pm silent auction
Special DJ Set by Romeo & Live Performance by René Risqué & the Art Lovers
Splashlight Studios
535 West 25th Street (between 10th and 11th Aves)
FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO PURCHASE TICKETS VISIT www.whitney.org/artparty
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Without abortion funds, many women have no choice. Stand up for access to abortion services! You can make a simple, but profound difference in the lives of women and girls in New York City.
Please join us for a fundraiser in support of the New York Abortion Access Fund (NYAAF)
Tuesday, May 3, 2005, 6-9 p.m.
Beauty Bar
231 East 14th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenues)
Suggested donation: $20
For more information, please call (212) 252-4757 or visit *www.nyaaf.org*
NYAAF is a volunteer-run, non-profit organization that provides financial assistance to low-income women who cannot afford to pay for an abortion.
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I got a communique from lvhrd today. if you want to be invited to their events you should sign up before sunday. after that membership will be closed. go to lvhrd.com
and put in your info. it can’t hurt just to know what’s up, right?
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so. for the gritty starry-eyed punk in you, get ya mayday rockin and non-stoppin. tons of workshops and events and shows HERE. and don’t forget the tv on the radio benefit show tonight in support of the wburg anti-rezoning groups. scroll down or click here (and check out the zipfight with someone still only identified as ‘anonymous’ and jordan the white yoga teacher). and in case you like to plan early,
FRIDAY: parts and labor and Aa play tonic friday night at midnight after critical mass.
SATURDAY: mark gonzales and friends have an art show at kcdc opening SATURDAY night. 8-11pm. and i got tickets to dfa79 for that night. also, check out this booklaunch someone told me about at a barbecue last week that sounds really rad.
SUNDAY: GRUB & KICKBALL? ask sucka.
ha. eat it. also, did you recognize the title? here’s a little refresher (goodnight cleveland!). once in high school i was on the way to their show with a bunch of friends. i was sitting shotgun and totally lost the directions–flew right out of my hand out the window! man that was funny.
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| REZONE THIS! | DON’T SUPERSIZE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD! rally / party
|| TV ON THE RADIO
|||| Dragons of Zynth
|||||| Apollo Heights
|||||||| Roxy Pain
|||||||||| Tha Pumpsta with Chief Quievie
|| late late nite filthy booty bass lapdance room / VIP lounge party
|| with a reunited ** GHOST EXITS **
|| & FREE BLOOD (members !!! aka Chk Chk Chk - *tentative*)
|| dj Kill Whitey
|| KILL WHITEY DANCE PARTY TO FOLLOW
[ CLUB EXIT ]
147 Greenpoint Ave @ Manhattan Ave | Greenpoint, BKLYN | 718.349.6969
G train / B61/B43 - Greenpoint Ave | 18+ | 8PM | $12.50 advance / $15 @ door
MORE HERE AND HERE
my two cents: what does it mean for gentrifiers to fight gentrification? hmmm. i’m on board of course, because who wants highrises and a private waterfront not available to the public, not to mention the environmental damage it will cause? but as a wise person once said of the gentrification/displacement relationship, we are part of a broken system. it behooves us greatly to fight the displacement through working with tenants rights groups and through multi-income residential zoning policies. there’s nothing wrong with bringing amenities to neighborhoods, the problem lies much more in displacement and segregation. please feel free to chime in on this one. i’d also love to hear what you think about white people teaching yoga (elaborated on below in the comments).
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is it beautiful here?
well, yes. except that i’m a bit cold and it’s raining out making a bike ride out of the question. last night i was all no fear, riding from wackburg down to cobble hill and back up again. have you ever crossed tillary? shit is scary! furthermore, i think i’m becoming a domestic killer (still vegan 4 life of course). i have no interest in parties the way i used to. i like parties and all, but i don’t need parties like i used to. hell’s definitely freezing over. happy where i am, the beauty of situations. who’d have ever thought the space would be as beautiful empty as full of people?
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that’s right. you’ll be there.
have i told you how much i love the good women and men over at wooster collective? well, let me just say that they’ve introduced me to my roommate adam, my favorite girltalk sleepoverist ever (who made this pic above), my good friend paul (check out his show list here), reconnected me with ease and doze, introduced me to the work of reid who totally rules, forced half of darius and downey to make me say i’m an artist, given me one of the most fun weeks ever last summer with the british hoodlums (jon burgerman, mysterious al, the london police, galo and many more) and given me a good plenty of wine to guzzle. (now click on all their sites and check out their rad work.) i probably wouldn’t know sucka either if it weren’t for them.
so. come on the walking tour i met my roommate adam on last year. rsvp fast!
they wrote:
This morning we locked in the route for the 3rd Annual Wooster Collective Walking Tour. As we mentioned the other day, the walking tour through Soho and the LES in New York will take place on Sunday May 22rd at 2pm.
We are excited to let you know that some of the artwork you’ll see on this year’s route include pieces from a wide range of artists including The London Police, Faile, Bast, Swoon, Shepard Fairey, Mike Giant, Tats Cru, Skewville, Space Invader, and many more. In addition, we’ll be showing you work from some of the true legends of graf and street art including Cost and Revs, and Barry McGee. But for us, this years highlight is sure to be an original work on the street by the twins, Os Gemeos. And if you look closely you may discover a few Banksy rats lurking in various doorways along the route.
More surprises are on the way. So again, if you’re planning on joining us, drop us an email to confirm your spot at woostercollective@hotmail.com. (There’s no fee for the tour) So far we’ve filled about half of the 100 spots on the tour.
More info coming soon. Don’t forget to send us an email if you’re planning on attending.
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more importantly it gets press in gawker
but here’s the nytimes article in case you wanted to see
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*THE* EVAN HUTCHINSON AND *THE* DAVE MOORE BLOGGING FROM EVAN’S SIDEKICK FROM THE FUCKING BAR IN A POST ABOUT USING SMS TO ORGANIZE PROTESTS!
you know we do that here in new york city too (like during the rnc), right boys?
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after the st. helen’s candidate thing keara set up we went to mugs. here’s keara.
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