The Secret Life of Antelered Girls

found this late night.
so yeah, the screening of public discourse was absolutely fantastic. darius & downey are amazing and the film was amazing. tonight is an opening at roebling hall (390 wythe) from 7-9 and then there’s an afterparty somewhere. tomorrow is the EV benefit, music care of todd p with japanther & necking & more. breaking news! i’m going to the new york film festival’s black tie premiere event tonight.
hahahahaaahaha, suckers.

brad & sammy.

screaming at punkage.

awwwwwww. this shirt rules tim!

the bartender kept trying to give us tons of schwag

last night’s talk w/ marc schiller of wooster collective and darius & downey

THIS Saturday, September 24th - awesome loft party in East Williamsburg aka Bushwick. Skate thrash awesomeness abounds with xBxRx, Japanther, Federation X, & Necking. The whole thing’s a BBQ & a benefit for the Empty Vessel Project - a group of folks who are renovating a World War II vinatge naval ship inoirder to create a unique event space out on the Gowanus Canal.

Bands will probably get with over pretty quick, so don’t be fashionably late. Bring something to BBQ and support this awesome cause.

Saturday, September 24th @ 97 MONTROSE AVE #1

:: xBxRx
:::: Japanther
:::::: Federation X
:::::::: Necking

:: outside, acoustic in the garden: 2% Majesty

:: “special” “guests”: Puttin’ on the Ritz

:: BAR TO BENEFIT THE EMPTY VESSEL PROJECT

[ 97 MONTROSE AVE #1 ]
97 Montrose Ave @ Leonard St | Williamsburg, Brooklyn
L-Montrose, G-Broadway, JM-Lorimer | all ages | $8-$12 sliding | 8pm

BRING BBQ STUFF!

reprinted from lisa:
OK, so it’s a Today Show initiative, but it sounds kind of cool. Basically you go to Rockefeller Plaza for any two-hour period next week, you build pre-fab houses with three of your friends, and your work gets shipped to the Gulf Coast area. (Official invitation below.)

Volunteers Needed! Help Rebuild the Gulf Coast

Hurricane Katrina destroyed nearly half a million homes. In response to this unprecedented devastation, NBC News’ Today show is pleased to announce an effort to help the Gulf Coast rebuild, one nail at a time. In partnership with Habitat for Humanity and Warner Music Group, NBC News will transform Rockefeller Plaza into “Humanity Plaza” for five days next week as homes are built around the clock for families displaced by the hurricane.

Work will begin bright and early on Monday, September 26. By the end of the week, dozens of prefabricated homes will have been assembled and shipped to the Gulf Coast region.

But this can only happen with your help. Habitat for Humanity needs more than 1,000 volunteers to donate a two-hour shift of their time next week, helping to assemble these homes. Tools and prior experience are not needed, just a willing heart.

Construction will take place around the clock.

Work will be conducted in teams of four. The web registration tool allows you to sign up yourself and three friends, colleagues, or family members. Or you can come alone and be assigned to a crew.

Sign up for your shift here.

Help make a difference … and enjoy doing something different. Build a home for a family in need. Celebrities from NBC Universal and Warner Music will be joining this effort as well, so there’s no telling who your crewmates might be.

For more details on this unique Today show initiative, click here to read the press release.

hosted by wooster collective!
going to be amazing!
This coming Thursday night, September 22, Sara and I will be hosting an intimate conversation with two of our favorite artists, Darius + Downey, directly following a screening of the film, Public Discourse.

Things kick off at 7pm on Thursday with the screening of Public Discourse at The Two Boots Pioneer Theater at 155 East 3rd St (just past Avenue A) in the East Village of New York. (The discussion will start immediately after the film is over. )

If you haven’t heard of Public Discourse, it’s a documentary about public installation art, and features Darius + Downey along with dozens of other influential street artists.

Seats at the Pioneer Theater are limited, so we suggest you buy tickets online in advance from the Pioneer’s web site.

Also, be sure to check out, We’re On It, an exhibition of installations, video and documentation by Darius + Downey is on view @ jen bekman through Oct 22.

Bumpy road to a fix

City finally dumps bridge humps

BY ELIZABETH HAYS
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER

A stretch of bone-rattling bumps along the Williamsburg Bridge bike and pedestrian path is finally getting smoothed out.

Following several reports by the Daily News, city workers have begun replacing all 26 of the path’s unpopular expansion joints covers - which critics charge have caused scores of bike crashes and violate federal accessibility laws.

“It’s a huge improvement,” said cyclist Doug Marvin, a musician from Greenpoint who regularly rides over the bridge.

“I had a blowout on the bridge from hitting the bumps,” he added. “I’m glad they’re finally doing something about it.”

The changes come after the city was slapped with $12 million in lawsuits from six cyclists who were hurt riding over the plates on the Manhattan side, said attorney Adam White who is representing the bikers.

“They’re awful,” said A’yen Tran, who commutes across the bridge on her bike every day. “They bend your rims, and they’re scary because you can lose control of your bike every time you go over them.”

The city’s Transportation Department began replacing the raised metal covers with flatter plates last week, a project it hopes to finish by December.

It will cost about $2,000,000 to replace the original covers - which have a straight edge that rises nearly 2 inches from the path, officials said.

“It’s too bad that so many cyclists crashed and were severely injured, but to the city’s credit, they recognized this was a problem and are making it safer,” said Noah Budnick of Transportation Alternatives, who led the campaign to remove the bumps.

“From what I’ve seen on paper, it looks like it will be a very good improvement.”

Disabled advocates had argued the bumps were too steep for wheelchairs and violated the Americans with Disabilities Act.

After insisting last spring the covers did not violate federal law, DOT officials acknowledged this week the steep metal plates were “not fully” in compliance.

“The enhanced bumps will make the bridge fully ADA compliant,” said DOT spokeswoman Kay Sarlin.

Not everyone was happy the bumps will be removed.

Isaac Abraham, a leader in the Williamsburg Satmar community, argued the bumps help to slow cyclists.

Just yesterday, Abraham said his wife, Sara, was stuck by a cyclist during her daily morning walk across the bridge.

“Not only should the bumps be there, the bumps should be higher,” said Abraham, whose wife was taken to NYU Medical Center for treatment.

DOT officials said they are looking to install signs warning cyclists to slow down.

Originally published on September 22, 2005