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Sometimes, I feel like I live on another planet. A planet where NYC cops - faced with challenges from international terrorists, ruthless drug dealers, and homocidal maniacs - would simply not have the time to arrest and detain a few dozen teachers, messengers, and normal citizens for simply riding in a monthly bicycle meeting. But it seems like they have a lot of idle time on their hands - and a ton of extra manpower. Using scooters, cars, SUV’s, and paddy wagons, they managed to snare 34 bicycle-riding public enemies tonight. I feel great that my hard-earned tax dollars are really being spent where they’re most needed. Sorry for the bitterness, it’s just sad to see something so pure and joyful be turned into a public shame and spectacle. How did things get this bad? Read more to see.

ITs the weekend so get your cameras out, enjoy the hot summer days and click away!

Friday, July 29th, 2005
-Critical Mass Bike Ride, starts at Union Square at 7 pm .
Critical mass is monthly celebration of bicycles and other nonpolluting means of transportation, exercising our right to the road. Critical Mass is a movement, not an organization; no two riders participate for exactly the same reason.

Saturday, July 30th, 2005
-P.S. 1- Warm Up 2005, 3-9pm
22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, New York
Dance in the courtyard, sit under the canopied shade of the installation Sur by Xefirotarch, and view P.S.1’s current exhibition Greater New York 2005.
GusGus DJ Set featuring
Buckmaster De La Cruz and Earth (Reykjavik, Iceland)
BMG of Ectomorph (IT) vs. Sal Principato of Liquid Liquid (99 Music, DFA)
(BMG: Electronics and Sal P: live vocals and percussion) DJ Kaos (K7, Berlin)

-The East River Amphitheater, http://www.eastrivermusicproject.com, 2-6pm
East River Park
Oneida , [Ace Fu Records], Extra Action Marching Band, Oxford Collapse and Tall First will join in for a free afternoon show at the Amphitheater on the East River.

Sunday, July 31st, 2005
-Celebrate Brooklyn, http://www.celebratebrooklyn.org/celebrate/schedule.asp,
Prospect Park Band Shell, 2-9pm
African Festival with Thomas Mapfumo and the Blacks Unlimited / Gokh-Bi System / Maria de Barros / Famro Dioubate’s Kakande’s/ Alain Nkossi Konda

-Central Park Summerstage, http://www.summerstage.org, starts at 3 pm
MC5, DJ Spooky, The Sun-Ra Arkestra

Monday, August 1st, 2005
-GO BANG! w/ $tinkworx
6’s & 8’s, 205 Chrystie St. corner of Stanton, 10pm – til, Live Sets start at 10:30pm
info: http://repellentzine.typepad/lhs_long_hot_summer

Thursday, August 4th, 2005
- Central Park Summerstage, http://www.summerstage.org
Patti Smith, Janet Hamill & Moving Star
Hello, do I need to say more, this is Patti Smith the one and only!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

A good friend of Flavorphoto, we wish Tod the best on his month-long odyssey to the favelas of Brazil. Watch out for those “City of God” kids! If you’ve never seen his work, then get on it - because Tod is an amazing photographer and really knows how to deal damage with a Hasselblad. Check out his main site, his everyday site, and his “Suckapants” blog.

If you’re anywhere near the city it absolutely behooves you to see this woman perform at the Central Park summerstage. She’s just incredible! And it’s even free for chrissakes! Here are the details.

Using David Berman as an example, this piece from ReadyMade magazine details the steps needed for anti-establishment indie rock fame.
Okay, so David Berman is not exactly famous. But he didn’t sell out either - did he?

This kid has been around for a while and is currently doing the whole international gallery & boutique scene. You may recognize his demon/vampire scrawlings around town. Half the time, he just seems to write “Neckface” in fairly plain letters - which isn’t knocking anyone’s socks off. But sometimes, he does amazing work like that van you see above. He’s got a Fotolog, pay him a visit sometime.

Com’ on and have one too. The Holgasmers are a fun collective of Holga freaks who shoot everything and anything they see. Clear out your schedule and dive into their site for a few hours - it’s packed shut with cool images and occassionally bizarre design.

Philip Shaw is serious. According to his site, he intends to ” go on a road trip and bringing a hundred cameras with him. Broken out in three excursions, the tour will take the 100 Cameras team around the country into small towns, big cities, and everywhere in between while meeting up with all types of photographers along the way. From amateurs to auteurs, professionals to your grandpa Ernie who still loves that old Leica, giving them all a chance to see what they can see in one hundred different ways.”
Boo yeah. Check out their site to read more and see how you can pitch in.

Beginning August 1st, all of New York is game for a 24/7, round robin water gun assasination tournament. Sign up and you’ll receive a manilla envelope detaining your “target.” Squirt them before they squirt you to stay in the running. The deadline is July 25th, so get started if you’re down for it.

The Nocturnes are a group based in San Franciso and dedicated to night photography. And their dedication has paid off with a fat portfolio of no-holds-barred low-light images. For the new blood out there, they’ve published an exhaustive guide to night photography techniques. Image above by Blake Hines.