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My friends are playing tonite!! 7/18/05
Check out the Favorite sons at Mercury Lounge

Record release party for G. Rizo and IN FLAGRANTI
‘BANG BANG’ feat. G.RIZO
10pm – til, Live Sets start at 10:30pm @ 6’s & 8’s, 205 Chrystie St. corner of Stanton

Tokion Documentary Screening Series
Tokion’s new bi-monthly documentary screening series presents: Favela Rising,Winner at Tribeca Film Festival for Best Emerging Documentary Filmmaker
Wednesday, July 20th at 8pm, Tribeca Grand Hotel, Screening Room
RSVP to: events@tokion.com

Outdoor movies schedule for this week:

Mondays at Bryant Park, 42nd Street at 6th Avenue
7/18/05- Touch of Evil (1958) 108min, starts Sunset

Wednesdays at Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens:
Socrates Sculpture Park,
32-01 Vernon Blvd., Long Island City, NY 11106, (718)956-1819
7/20/05- Spare Parts, Slovenia 2003, 87 Minutes, directed by Damjan Kozole.
The treacherous journey of immigrants through a small town near a nuclear power plant is the basis for this gritty but darkly humorous drama by the acclaimed Slovenian director Kozole, who will be present for the screening.

Thursdays open air movies in Dumbo:
Empire-Fulton Ferry State Park, between the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges;
7/21/05- A Fish Called Wanda

Visionaire magazine, has teamed up with Distributed Art Publishers, to present a bookstore for a month (actually 3months)
Artbook at Visioniare, will carry books about art and design in its New York showroom. Until September 8.
Visionaire Gallery, 11 Mercer Street, New York City

Got a secret, that you need to tell someone but it is too secret to tell to any of your friends? Your shrink is out of town? You are not going to take a train in a while?
Go to the post secret blog and share your innermost thoughts without revealing your identity….

Okay, I’m willing to bet that the joke wears thin pretty fast, but for a little while this rapping, skateboarding, and bag punching maniac from Russia is seriously charming. Bad english and ironically awful website design just add to the initial appeal. Visit if you dare.

Life may be a game but Jorgen Angel don’t play. He’s amassed quite a nice collection of classic rock images from all manner of bands. Besides Miss Tina, he’s got Black Sabbath, Jimi Hendrix, and a shockingly good image of The Sweet. Be sure to nose around his gallery to take it all in. Above photo by Jorgen Angel.

Neil Turner is a UK-based photographer with a real eye for interesting and slightly technical portraits. His excellent techniques page
presents some of his tips n’ tricks in a easy, no-nonsense style. Be sure to pay him a visit - he really has some great concepts.

Jay is not taking any prisoners with his hard-hitting documentary style. Shooting for the likes of Tokion magazine, he brings the pain with snapshot portraits and harsh on-camera flash. In addition to the handsome shot of Collin above, you should also check his images of Bam Margera , John Waters, and LEMMY! . Above image by Jason Nocito.

Mr. Perou has amassed a pretty amazing body of commerical portrait work. Be sure to pay him a visit and keep a lookout for Coldplay, Missy Elliot, Bloc Party, and Bosozoku fashion. Image above by Perou.

So you’re up late every night keeping your negatives and digi-files well organized for that hard-hitting, life-on-the-street photo documentary book that you’re planning. Well, at least I am. Either way, you’ll want to dive into the frustrating and fairly complex world of model releases sooner than later. Check out what my man Dan Heller has to say about it. His website may be a little hectic looking, but it’s packed full with quality info.

If you can ride out the onslaught of obnoxious frame design, then this exhaustive list of links will teach you to breakdance like the stars. After your hip hop career takes off, be sure to thank us in your liner notes!

Caught these lowriders on 42nd st. with the Canon Digital Rebel. Dr. Dre would have stopped to give props too.

Happy Holiday weekend, and this is where you will find us!!!!

SATURDAY JULY 2nd, 2005

P.S. 1- Warm Up 2005
22-25 Jackson Ave, Long Island City, New York
Yes, it is about time, we are ready for the Warm Up 2005 series to start!
Dance in the courtyard, sit under the canopied shade of the installation Sur by Xefirotarch, and view P.S.1s current exhibition Greater New York 2005.

This Saturday: DJ Harvey (Black Cock, MOS, 39 Hotel)
Live: Groove Collective (NYC)
Simon James (Woolfy/Projections, LA)

CELEBRATE BROOKLYN, Prospect Park Band shell
Directions
7:30pm, SHADOW / TRINIDAD SLAM
SHADOW, Trinidad’s fiercest Calypsonian, riles up the soca faithful with thumping bass lines, addictive grooves, and heavy lyrics delivered in his deep, unmistakable voice. Two great local Trinidadian poets, ROGER BONAIR-AGARD and CHERYL BOYCE TAYLOR (Brooklyn and Queens, respectively), get this evening of wordplay off to a fine start.

SUNDAY JULY 3rd, 2005

Central Park Summerstage
Peace Through Music, Love to the People- Khaled & Friends
Featuring Elan, KC Porter, Walfredo Reyes Jr., Luis Conte, Chebi Sabbah and other special guests
Beginning at 3:00 PM , Central Park SummerStage
The self-proclaimed king of rai, Khaled Hadj Brahim was born in Algeria in 1960. As a young man he was fiercely drawn to rai, the officially despised but wildly popular music of Algeria’s outcasts. When he started collaborating with producer Rachid Baba Ahmed, Cheb (Young) Khaled revolutionized rai, turning it into a synthesizer and drum-machine driven pop music in which the modern sound and racy lyrics were an implicit challenge to Algeria’s conservative culture. In the mid-80s, fundamentalist violence forced him to relocate to France, from which he has continued to push the boundaries of rai, exploring its affinity with funk, reggae and R&B. This is Khaled’s second visit to SummerStage (1991).

MONDAY JULY 4th , 2005

NATHAN’S FAMOUS JULY 4th INTERNATIONAL HOT DOG EATING CONTEST
1208 Surf Ave., Brooklyn, New York 11224
“The Fourth of July event, which is open to the public and which is sanctioned by the International Federation of Competitive eating, will take place at Nathan’s Famous on the corner of Surf and Stillwell avenues in Coney Island, Brooklyn.
If you look for a good spot to SEE be advised to arrive before 11 am.”

FIREWORKS Spectacular 2005
This year, the Macy’s 4th of July fireworks show will include seven barges in three locations: The traditional area between East 23rd and East 42nd Streets, just south of South Street Seaport, and between Liberty and Ellis Islands. The show starts at approximately 9:00 pm.
Best locations to check out the Fireworks:
LIBERTY STATE PARK - Enjoy the show at the Statue of Liberty at Liberty State Park in Jersey City.
EAST RIVER - Spectators can watch the Fireworks from any point in Manhattan, Brooklyn or Queens with unobstructed views of the sky above the East River.
Get all the info and specs at www.nyc.gov