Lacasapark Spins?
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What a great day we had today! A good day spent in Manhattan from vintage Vinyl shopping at Academy Record ( www.Academy-records.com 212-242-3000) right near my office to ending up buying Stanton Turn tables ( yeah I know it’s not Technics. Not yet), a mixer and 2 kick ass Mackie speakers at the Guitar Center! We got totally kick out of looking through old vinyls. I mean all the awesome flare they had then!
They start from $0.50 to $ 5.00 maybe the $8.00. Then Academy also carries vinyls that are rare and important would cost you up to couple hundred bucks. A great store! We got about 20 + vinyls today and what’s after? Headed out to the Guitar Center. We were buying the turn tables and speakers. Woo- Hoo!!
A couple pics of boys on a way to the Guitar store. Today there was a soccer game, 2010 Champions League Final - Inter Milan vs Bayern Munich. We only peeked through a window of a random Irish bar. haha. Dunno yet who won.
Now at the Guitar shop!!! You know what? We rocked our soul out at the Guitar Center. Who knew the Guitar shop was all that fun? I mean forget about Chukee Cheese. Life is way Way better at the Guitar Center!
Hahahahahaha, Are you jealous that I’m rocking the triple deck key boards here? You know I do play piano quite awesomely, so this is not just all act. But, the Miu Miu sunglasses? Yes. I thought it would help! Whatever, I had fun with it!
I didn’t realize Gael’s Tee shirt had record graphic on till now! What a cool kid…! Honestly we couldn’t get enough out of all the key boards and instrumental toys from the Guitar shop. We were cruising, playing and jamming(? haha) with even other professionals at the shop. It was a hell out of time there we had!
What’s next… Hmmm We are ITCH to plan a dance party now under” Lacasapark” with one of the hottest DJs in Italy, GiGi. A dear friend of ours and brother of Beppe, who is coming to NY in June for Beppe’s concert. Will see. Brewing an idea!!!!!!!! Find me jamming on the triple deck keyboards with GiGi if that happens!
2 minutes out of our 20+ good old new Vinyls.
Celentano Adriano: Prisencolinensinainciusol, Parole Parole, Stai Lontana da Me
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Che Grande sei, Celentano!
A celebration of Music and Vedio Art: Auroboros Afterparty, NYC
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DEAR NYC!
In right this moment,
an immersive 3d environment is being set up collaborating with
artist Ail Hossaini at the ise cultural foundation @ 555 broadway
between Prince and Spring.
A celebration of music and video art with proceeds to benefit our ongoing support
for the arts.
The Benefit includes multiple channels of video art
in the street and in White Box’s gallery, Buttoh dance by the Vangeline Theatre,
installations, urban projection and DJs spinning late night dance grooves.
After that, an after party at white box!!
@ 329 Broome Street between bowery and allen, as a fund raiser. Artists, Djs, dancers will be partying all night after the opening.
Participating artists include Seth Carnes, Ali Hossaini, Hye Rim Lee, Shantell Martin, Devan Simunovich, SWEATSHOPPE, Seanna Sharpe, Vangeline Theater. Featured DJs are Smirk of Wolf + Lamb Music, Josh Doubles of Backseat Buzz, and Kimyon. Curated by Koan Jeffrey Baysa. It would be great if you could make either, if not the gallery is open from tues-sat 11am-6pm
www.sweatshoppe.org
Chaos, Emotions and Globalization: Megalopolis, West Berlin
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Despite of some suggestions before my arrival to Berlin about me sticking with East side of the Berlin only, I went along with Daniel and Franziska to the theater, a beautiful theater, ” Schaubuhne” in the west side of Berlin where is way more developed with fancy shops, embassies, a music house, finance and law buildings but same time lacks the old charm that East Berlin has.
I got to get on a tramp, metro and double deck Bus ( upper level)! to get to the theater. What a nice experience!! You can pretty much walk everywhere in East Berlin to all the attractions and actually a bicycle would be the perfect to browse the East Berlin. But to go over to West side of Berlin, it can take you easily over an hour of commute depends on the distance and traffic during the day. The entire Berlin is about 9 times bigger than Paris. So it’s huge.
I was bit nervous about the play, Megalopolis because I have zero German, but hey, I give it a try!
German, Japanese, Portuguese, Korean, French and American, total of 10 amazing casts, really Rocked my World! Passionate and talented. There was more of experimental modern dancing than ton of dialogues in this play and also each native spoke or sometimes sing their lines in their own language definitely was unique and also helped me to follow along. But even the whole portion of German or Portuguese was actually very interesting experience I had because at the end, the physical expression, the tone of the voice and the musical sound came to me as mega package of pure emotion. I found myself getting goose bumps and my heart beats fast.
My understanding of Megalopolis is a space, a metropolitan city where people from all around the world come together and interact and survive each others in chaos, strong emotions as anger, sorrow, humor, fear and their social status as a certain race, rich, poor, gay, straight, powered, authority and anything else you can imagine. Interesting. And very entertaining performance. Each one of the cast had distinctive personality and strength. The experimental music and sound was quite amazing. Having seen this play sitting in a theater filled with Berliners was a definitely meaningful experience to me. Also it wasn’t like seeing a Blue man group or something. This wasn’t a commercial main stream. This was rather a great chance for me to lick the surface of what Berlin could offer as their distinctive modern culture.
Thank you Daniel and Franziska!
The Theater.
The metro Station.
LIQUID SKY-FASHION SHOW
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I have not watched this film yet. But Where WAS I??
As soon as I come back from Berlin and Paris, THIS will be the home coming film. Did you all see this yet?
Quote from Wikipedia:
Liquid Sky is an independent American film produced in 1983 with a budget of $500,000. It won a cult following shortly after its release. In New York, Boston and Washington D.C. the film played non-stop for more than three years and grossed more than a million dollars in each city. Liquid Sky was the recipient of five international film festival awards. In April 16, 2009 Dan Person of current.com recalls that upon its release Liquid Sky “provoked heated arguments and, love it or hate, was required viewing for anyone who really cared about film.” Dan Person considers the film “one of the formative forces of indie film. “ Carlos James Chamberlin wrote in March, 2004 at senseofcinema.com: “It’s about time people started rendering unto Liquid Sky. Its long lipstick trace is smudged through much of indie cinema.”
Thank you Michael H Berkowitz!!
Sound Builder: Edgar Morales Ortiz
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Edgar is our main contact for our interest in real estate in Tulum. The more we travel the more interesting people we meet. We meet we talk we share. From Mexico city to Tulum changing his life yet growing bigger dream to build a top notch artist, sound and photo studio in the middle of jungle of Tulum. Meet our new friend, Edgar and his Sound Design for Hasta Los Huesos!
Edgar says, “Well, Hasta los Huesos is a 9 minute short film that took 2 years and a half to finish it, you know, everything was sponsored, materials, film, and everybody’s work. About 80% of the sound design was made specifically for this short and the other 20% was from sound libraries. It took me almost 4 months to do the 9 minutes, and mix it in THX.
I remember playing 64 tracks at the same time, it was awesome! The music was done by the best Mexican rock band called Cafe Tacuba. The animation is in stop motion which is frame by frame, and the director is Rene Castillo from Guadalajara.”
Long chatting and long night over the bottles of wine with Edgar and Jorje at Edgar’s home. Great place and great time!
Edgar, Thank you for having us. Gracias por la tua Hospitalidad!! Keep building your sound and dream!
MOD rules: Northern Spain’s Mod Movement, Gij’on Euroyeye’ Festival
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Even though the roots of the mod movement are a British as the queen, cream teas and holidays in the Beindorm, it has come a long way since the early 60’s, when those first mods got into fights with rockers in British coastal towns like Brighton and Margate. This community in northern Spain consists of 21st century mods, who are faithful to the look and the tastes of the mods of old.
Mod is short for Modernism, a term originally applied to fans of modern jazz, as opposed to traditional jazz. London and Brighton were the places where a blend of music, night life, fashion and scooters became a way of life. Although the mod scene was eclipsed by hippy psyche-delis st the end of the 60’s, it made a strong come back a decade later.
Inspired by this musical heritage, the 3 friends from Gij’on had started Euroyeye’ (music popular during the 1960s in France and Spain is known as ye’ ye’)in 1994 for the first time with only 4 groups performing, but over the years it has become one of the word’s premier mod festivals. People will come from all over to buy stuffs at the market, to see films and exhibitions and to listen to groups they like. Check out www.euroyeye.es
Mods say modern technology helps today’s mods to maintain that impeccable style. Like eBay. Or they would be tailored by dressmakers. It’s like you know certain steps in your dance to the certain music, and it’s that certain cut of the collar and turn-up of your trousers. It’s all in the detail.
bestival.com : At London, Must Check out! (11-13 September)
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On the Saturday night, the entire festival will transform into a massive fancy dress party and the nature beauty of the Robin Hill Country side Adventure Park will be memorably altered by the natural creativity of over 17000 people. And The Isle of Wight’s annual assortment of bands and bizarre and beautiful people will be telling exactly what to wear.
Massive Attack, Soulwax, DJ yoda, Lily Allen, Carl Cox, Mika and ton of more likes will provide soundtrack for you. Bollywood Tent, Hidden Disco and yurt and tipi camping, among the other boutique festival quirks will make sure the madness continues in comfort.
If you can’t be there then check out the website at least. It’s an awesome fantasy like Yellow Submarine! http://www.bestival.co.uk/
Voice of Authority: Grace Jones
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Grace Jones at Hammerstein Ballroom on July 31st. This amazing image feed was through gracejones.splinder.com/po ( Thank you!) Check this post out for more photos.
We ( Anna, Keith, Nancy, Carlos and Jaehee) were able to get in to the theater around 8:30 pm, and by the time Miss Jones was on the stage opening her show under this shimmery fluid yards and yards of jersey fabric standing underneath like 10 feet tall was maybe around way after 9:00. The show was supposed to start at 8:00, but hey it’s A-Very -DIVA-Thing to be late in her very much Fashionable way.
Miss Jones had magnificently put together outfits for each and every song she performed for and sang. How lucky we were! There were 80’s Thierry Mugler and Versace-ish moments with her hard and very shinny bake-lite like corsets. And of course every outfit had these hats. These sculptor-like greatness she put on her head.
Then she would be in this perfectly glittered top-hat and a pair of matching bedazzled jump suit in clear Swarovski crystals. This moment was a total juxtaposition of Bjork and Playboy. Then this is not enough. Now she is standing under her white and sharp laser beam showering and hammering on her crystallized top-hat making maximum of maximum effect of explosion of lights for all of us. It felt like a triumph. I felt like I won something. It felt awesome and somehow full filling with excitement and yet sense of relief.
I may have to write all night to describe all the outfits and all the gifts of beauty and emotions she gave us through her performances.
What a women, What a voice and what an Authority this woman has.
She liked engaging with audience. Her witty and snappy words. She made us laugh. She was adorable.
She made it clear we knew she was there.
I so wished I-phone had a Flash. These were the best I could do.
The last but not the least, Watch this!!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgR3kzSp5Yw
Are you READY for her? Hammerstein Ballroom. 8:00pm. July 31st!!
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