Turn Off the Bright Lights
22 January 2003
Wednesday, 11:08 AM
Peter and I took a trip up to New York yesterday. The early afternoon was occupied by sifting through galleries in Chelsea, the highlights of which were the Tim Gardner and Michael Craig-Martin exhibitions, held (respectively) at 303 Gallery and Gagosian Gallery. The late afternoon was spent being herded around NBC Studios in Rockefeller Center, waiting to see Interpol perform... more →
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The Relapse Contamination Festival
20 January 2003
Monday, 2:25 PM
The Relapse Contamination Festival took over the Troc for the weekend and what a wicked weekend it was. To avoid exhaustion, I pared it down to the essentials and saw only seven of the fourteen bands that played. And I was more than satisfied. I began the weekend’s festivities Saturday night, battling over parking with the cursed throngs of Philadelphia... more →
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ActionScript Gone Wild
11 January 2003
Saturday, 12:09 PM
I had a dream that Sebastian Bach (of Skid Row fame) moved in with my next door neighbors. In the dream, I was really excited to tell the world about it here on my web site, so out of respect for the “dream me,” I’ve decided to tell the world (or at least whoever reads this site) about it anyway.... more →
Filed under: Music, Random, Web
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Sonata for the Unaware
07 January 2003
Tuesday, 12:47 PM
Sonata for the Unaware, the new k10k issue by carbonatedjazz, is the best issue I’ve seen in a long time. There are three simultaneous video clips of public places in Philadelphia; the candid movements of the random people who appear in the clips generate varying bass notes, percussion, and tone frequencies. The 4MB download might scare off the dialup crowd,... more →
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Winter Happenings
05 January 2003
Sunday, 12:20 PM
I guess it’s been pretty quiet around here. In the last month: I braved the Philadelphia blizzard fallout to get to the sold-out Interpol show at Gasoline and was rewarded with a terrific performance. I caught the final two Andrew W.K. club dates of the year and even got kicked out of one of them (apparently the Chameleon Club in... more →
Filed under: Art/Design, Film, Music, Personal
