This past month has brought New York City residents more snow and slushy days spent narrowly escaping mini curbside lakes than the past few years combined. Fortunately, one of my favorite Left Coast artists arrived to help me bare it! Sadly, she left Friday morning and I already miss you greatly Ariel Goldberg… but the [...]
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Camp Wanatachi Review
I’m very excited to announce that JT and I sat down with Taylor Mac today for an interview that will be published here in the next coming weeks. After the interview we felt compelled to go see some theater so we headed over to La Mama for the opening night of Camp Wanatachi. Camp Wanatachi [...]
Dan Deacon and So Percussion Join Forces at the Ecstatic Music Festival
Seeing Dan Deacon and So Percussion play at the Ecstatic Music Festival reminded me of all the times I was young and joined drum circles down by the piers of Southern California. It’s the only real place where business guys on their lunch break can hang out with homeless dudes floating through the afternoon on [...]
POETRY POETRY POETRY
The city is covered in snow and two of my favorite living poets are taking the stage: CA CONRAD and Ariana Reines. Tighten up your boots, wrap yourself in your thickest scarf, call someone you can snuggle up with and venture out into the mystic.. FIRST GO HERE: Segue Reading Series Presents: CA CONRAD and [...]
Ellen Stewart Passes But Theater Lives On @ La Mama With Taylor Mac’s Walk Across America For Mother Earth
Ellen Stewart was one of the most important founders of the off-off Broadway movement, starting the La Mama Theater and giving birth to the non-commercial, artistically audacious and visionary theater that started the careers of artists as widely recognized as Robert Wilson and Richard Foreman. La Mama also gave writers such as Sam Shepard and [...]
ARIANA REINES INTERVIEW
Dodie Bellamy first turned me on to Ariana Reines two and a half years ago after she took me to see Rape of the Sabine Woman. I don’t remember exactly why Ariana was brought up while we drove through the rain and excitedly discussed the show we had just watched and became part of, but [...]
Soft Spot Debuts New Songs @ The Cake Shop
We’ve been friends with Soft Spot for a while now and we’ve always loved them, but seeing them play last night at the cake shop made it clearer than ever that their evolution is in full blossom. Their grace, momentum and exuberance has teamed up so seamlessly with their musicianship that watching them play now [...]
2010-Death and Re-Birth at the end of the Century’s first Decade
In my entire 27 years of living there has not been another year that has been as equally challenging and rewarding as 2010. Aside from moving around from job to job and struggling to find creative inspiration, I have also watched as my and all of my friend’s lives have been challenged in similar fashions. [...]
