Saturday, March 06, 2004
Waiting For A Signal Or A Sound, Pt. 2
Burning The Candle At Least At One End... Just learned that TV On The Radio, one of my very favorite new groups, is playing Tuesday night at 8:30pm in Park Slope, at Southpaw, with Coco Rosie. Quoting the critics, TVOTR "mixes post-punk, electronic and other atmoshperic elements in such a creative way," "have rich melancholy vocals," and "don't sound like any other band out there" They are also visual artists. I know it's a weeknight (I rise at 6am), but I really want to see them... I'd go alone anyway, but does anyone want to come along? Most of you have one song by them, "Young Liars" on my New Year's gift CD. (If you don't, let me know!) Two more postings follow, including great photos. Read on:
Fathoming The Unfathomable...
Last night at Film Forum, I saw two unusually, beautifully filmed documentaries about 9/11. No cliches, commentary, flaming jet planes, or horror here. Just the numbing, otherwordly physical and emotional hellscape left in the wake of a catastrophe. In "The First 24 Hours" a handheld camera roams through the dust and debris, following the rescuers, and capturing poignantly incongruent details, such as the remains of a gym, and exhausted firemen sleeping on the floor of a convenience store. Then, "Collateral Damages" introduces you to a handful of surviving firemen working at Ground Zero, who feel very familiar, immediate, and palpable. They open up to us about coping, about trying to making sense of it all. Read the review.
Feast Your Eyes...
...on these wonderful photos taken from some of my favorite photoblogs. The artists are: Pixpopuli, Mused Pixelflake, A Beat Experience, Myopic, Low Resolution, Ziboy, and Chromogenic. All of these are consistently delightful.this entry's permalink
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