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August 2009


58 N 3rd St
(btw Wythe & Kent) Williamsburg, Brooklyn

Subway: L Train
(Bedford stop) 718.384.1369
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
     

2
Justin Ripley + Tyler Jack Anderson and Andrew Taylor (of Volunteers)

Seattle songwriter who hates songwriters; with 2 NYC singer-songwriters who like Justin
(8pm) $5
$10 minimum
more info

3
DARK COMEDY AUGUST:
Barking Dogs Never Bite

From the director of The Host, Bong Joon-ho's first film. The best comedy we've seen all year. Watch the Trailer. Not available on DVD, we have an excellent copy with English subtitles
(8 and 10:30pm)
Free
$10 minimum
more info

4
RMistri and the Murder
RMistri conjures the stage presence of a young Lou Reed, without needing decibels, both bloodthirsty and beautiful
(8:30pm)
$10, $10 minimum OR
$35 3-course Prix Fixe
(no admission)
more info



5
EARLY
LathanFlin&Ali + Okkyung Lee + Prehistoric Horse + JP Schlegelmilch
A variety of improvised music featuring cellist Okkyung Lee
(8pm) $10
$10 minimum
more info

LATE
DARK COMEDY AUGUST:
Barking Dogs Never Bite

From the director of The Host, Bong Joon-ho's first film. The best comedy we've seen all year. Watch the Trailer. Not available on DVD, we have an excellent copy with English subtitles
(11pm)
Free
$5 minimum
more info

6
Kodomo +
Holly Danger + ATTN:

Electronic IDM with Live Visuals
(8:30pm) $5
$10 minimum
more info





7/8
FRIDAY
EARLY
Evolucid + The Presence + Phenetiks + L.I.F.E. Long + Teddy Faley + DJ Dyllemma
Uncommon Records Presents: A Night of Progressive Hip-Hop featuring both local and touring groups ending with a live band
(8pm)
$7, $10 minimum
more info

LATE
SPUN new video art curated by Rebecca Gaffney
Art light noise featuring Tamara Gonzales, JFR/Fingered Media. Danielle De Picciotto, Bijoux Altamirano, Ame Curtiss, Kenny Curwood, Arielle Falk, Jake Magher, Rebecca G, Join us for a show, rad dinner, and/or drinks...and dance party after! DJ Bill Whitten
(10:30pm)
$5, $10 minimum

more info

SATURDAY
EARLY
Double Dirty Dancing 2009
Bollywood's remake Holiday &
Swayze original, on 2 screens each; our legendary late-summer tradition
(7:30pm) Free, $10 minimum
more info

LATE
glasses glasses:
the endless summer party

Summer finally arrives in New York; DJs La Moustache & guten Morgan
(10:30pm-4am) Free
more info


9
Chelsea Herman + Jacob Krupnick

Cellular Sweep + MOVES: Two 4-projector films about movement tapping the spirit of the Bunsen burner and the dance floor.  One is a brain-bubbler, the other's a toe-tapper. On loop.
(7-11pm)
FREE
$10 minimum
more info


10
EARLY

The xx
This band from England combines beautiful, hushed vocal duets and a
brilliantly inventive use of samplers and low-end frequencies to
produce stark, sweet melancholic pop
(8:30pm)
$8
$10 minimum
more info

LATE
DARK COMEDY AUGUST:
The Thin Man

1934 classic comedy murder-mystery with crazed cocktails and manic dialogue, come drink!
(11pm)
Free
$5 minimum
more info







11
DARK COMEDY AUGUST:
The Thin Man

1934 classic comedy murder-mystery with crazed cocktails and manic dialogue, come drink!
(8 & 10:30pm)
Free
$10 minimum
more info





12
EARLY

No Mas Bodas + Miho Hatori + Archibald Adams
Headlined by Cibo Matto soloist, an eve of touring avant-pop from Texas' bizarro capital
(8pm) $8
$10 minimum
more info


LATE
DARK COMEDY AUGUST:
The Thin Man

1934 classic comedy murder-mystery with crazed cocktails and manic dialogue, come drink!
(11pm)
Free
$5 minimum

more info




13
EARLY

Hook-nose (episodes 1-3)
An experimental video series by Steven Strauss
Presented by the Zero Film Festiva
l
(7:30pm) $5
$10 minimum
more info

LATE
Beards + Equestrian + Konings Blauw
3 fine bands, 1 low price
(10pm)
$5
$10 minimum
more info





14/15
FRIDAY
EARLY
Lázaro Valiente (México) + guests
Lázaro Valiente will be directing, composing and suggesting musical moments for a group of interdisciplinary artists (musicians, photographers, writers,etc..) who will then improvise each in their own activity in such a way that the room will get lighted, projected, recorded, photographed,exposed, danced,etc.,etc.
(8pm) $8, $10 minimum
Free Mezcal with Admission
more info

LATE
LMG presents... Mark Van Hoen + Luxa + Dead Leaf Echo
Mark Van Hoen, influential composer and performer and founder member of Seefeel
(11pm)
$5
more info


SATURDAY

VIMEO Super Meet Up
All night long, the folks at VIMEO screen video and throw down
(8pm - 4am) Free, $10 minimum
more info

16
Otterclan Live
Musicians from Vienna, Stockholm and New York playing a mix of rock-pop-electronic directly for your ears
(8pm) $7
$10 minimum
more info


17
DARK COMEDY AUGUST:
The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover

Peter Greenaway's exotic tale, set in a restaurant, featuring canabalism, sex and Helen Mirren
(8 & 10:30pm)
Free
$10 minimum
more info





18
RMistri and the Murder
RMistri conjures the stage presence of a young Lou Reed, without needing decibels, both bloodthirsty and beautiful
(8:30pm)
$10, $10 minimum OR
$35 3-course Prix Fixe
(no admission)
more info







19
Double Triple Quadruple
4 music videos by Double Triple +
Marcell Jankovic's
Feherlofia & Janos Vitez 2 classics of Hungarian avant garde animation. Must see films.

(8pm)
Free
$10 minimum
more info




20
EARLY
Brilliant Mistakes + Adam Arcuragi + Peasant
Three fine pop-rockers
(7:30pm) $7
$10 minimum
more info

LATE
Bleed My Darling Darkness
A ritualistic & occult video fantasmagorie video works by Olivia Wyatt & Jason Tallon screened w/ live musical accompaniment by Light Asylum & Winnowill
(11pm) Free
more info





21/22
FRIDAY
EARLY
Double Dirty Dancing 2009
Bollywood's remake Holiday &
Swayze original, on 2 screens each; our legendary late-summer tradition
(7:30pm) Free, $10 minimum
more info

LATE
Outlaws of the Border Presents:
Lark and Sorrel + Trippers and Askers + Modern Electrics DJ set

The rogue and multifaceted Brooklyn label and clothing line showcases its artists
(10:30pm) $5, $10 minimum
more info


SATURDAY
RGB - audiovisual environment
Satellite Records Showcase

Scott Richmond, John Selway, 3PO + Raw Q and Christian Bruna minimal techno, electro, house + drum n bass w/ video art by: Mamiko Kushida
(10:30pm) Free b4 midnight, $5 after
more info





23
Indra +
Thought & Memory
An introspective night of moving experimental music with visuals
(8pm) $5
$10 minimum
more info

24
EARLY
Lisa's Bright Ideas presents...
a re-worked evening of UNREST

An aerial collaboration on themes of UNREST on the vertical and horizontal planes
(8pm) $10
$10 minimum
more info

LATE
DARK COMEDY AUGUST:
Blood Simple

The Coen Brothers' first film, shot in pre-SXSW Austin
(11pm)
Free
$5 minimum
more info






25
Team Genius
Brooklyn collective debuts new work

(8:30pm) $7
$10 minimum
more info




26
EARLY
Alexandros Lambrovassilis, Chris Kuklis, Luke Damrosch, & Astrid Steiner + Live Footage with Brian House & Sunny Jang (visuals)
Brooklyn electroacoustic duos & visualists explore the connections between sight, sound & memory

(8pm) $7
$10 minimum
more info

LATE
DARK COMEDY AUGUST:
Blood Simple

The Coen Brothers' first film, shot in pre-SXSW Austin
(11pm)
Free
$5 minimum
more info

27
Franck Vigroux (France) + Ben Miller + Andrea Parkins
Trio of improvisers performer to two films by Vigroux

(8pm) $8
$10 minimum

more info




28/29
FRIDAY

Pamela Z  + Todd Reynolds +
Luke Dubois

Working separately and together Z and Reynolds/Dubois will surround you with moving images and a sonic frenzy of sampled concrète sounds, voice & processing, and violin & processing
(9pm) $10, $10 minimum
more info

SATURDAY
EARLY

William Hooker + The Paranoid Critical Revolution + Lonely Ghost
Sonic chaos accompanies visual explosiveness
(8pm) $10, $10 minimum
more info


LATE
Essie Jain (Brooklyn + My Name is Nobody (Nantes, France)
Elegant folk ruminations from a British ex-pat / Brooklyn resident and a visiting French duo
(11pm) $5, $10 minimum
more info

30
"wicked awesome"
Featuring Norris & Kenya Robinson... electric blues/grunge/magic
(8:30pm) Free
$10 minimum
more info







31
Ichiigai
German artist collective presents audio-visual experiments in Noise, Silence and Nietzsche
(8pm) 6€ or $9 $10 minimum
more info