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May 2009


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

Subway: L Train
(Bedford stop) 718.384.1369
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1/2
FRIDAY
EARLY
Anticipate showcase for release
of Mark Templeton’s Inland

Electro-acoustics from Montreal, joined by Nicola Ratti from Italy, label-head Ezekiel Honig, and Joshue Ott's visuals
(7:30pm) $10,
$10 minimum
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LATE
Ninja Academy + Ribbons
Los Angeles bass and drum duo + ninjas + A great night! Locals Ribbons opens
(10:30pm) $5, $10 minimum
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SATURDAY

Krts + DJ Slouch + VJ Lady Firefly + VJ Visual HornHonking
A sensory overload of live music soundtracking live video
(7:30pm) $10,
$10 minimum

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3
EARLY
Santiago Latorre (Spain) + Lisle Ellis (USA)
Two artists with a common ground in classical, improvisational and electronic music perform solo and in collaboration in this transcontinental, trans-generational mashup
(7:30pm)
$8
$10 minimum
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LATE
Artificial Lover (from Tokyo, Japan) +
Insect Deli + Breaker & Submerged

Japanese traditional shamisen on breakcore
with NYC's breakcore/noise artists
(10pm)
$5
$10 minimum
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4
CLOSED
for rest and relaxation





5
Russ Kaplan + 6
Brooklyn indie-jazz supergroup playing the soundtrack to your strangest dreams
(8:30pm)
$5
$10 minimum
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6
Eleanor Dubinsky
Us EP Release

Sultry singer/songwriter croons original songs in French, Spanish, Italian and, yes, English; joined by Tripp Dudley on tabla/percussion, Vita Tanga on guitar and special guests; Video too
(8pm) $10
$10 minimum
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7
EARLY
Aztec Economy's Battleplays
American pop culture classics are reconstructed through a lens of character (1 male, 1 female), mediums (video and sound scape), genre (Western, Romance) and pathology (isolation, obsession)
(7:30pm) $10
$10 minimum
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8/9
FRIDAY
EARLY
Aztec Economy's Battleplays
American pop culture classics are reconstructed through a lens of character (1 male, 1 female), mediums (video and sound scape), genre (Western, Romance) and pathology (isolation, obsession)
(7:30pm) $10, $10 minimum
more info


LATE
Trans-Love Energies
The Stones Present: an evening of psychedelic head music; with Black Acid live + DJ Richard Fearless (Death in Vegas) + Visuals by Lazy Eye and The Stones
(10:30pm) $10, $10 minimum
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SATURDAY
EARLY
MUVI + PHILA7
Brazilian performance groups showcase "an extremely powerful experience of music and light that changes the perception of reality"
(7:30pm) Free, $10 minimum
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LATE
Poor Sellout
Burlesque! Burlesque! Very dark burlesque dancers with Zebra Baby, Balls to the wall, Australia is an Island; dancers Femme Appeal and Kissy Wishes. Plus, DJ Qi and artists Christian Little and Scott Meyers
(11pm) $5 b4 midnight, $8 after
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10
The Populists
Alt-country meets alt-pop with this melodic Brooklyn quartet
(8pm)
$5
$10 minimum
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11
Me, My Father and the Hurricane
Bio and autobiographical documentary about legendary musician, 'Washboard' Leo Thomas by his daughter, Bayou Bennett. "The Jimi Hendrix of the Washboard" ~ the The New York Times
(8pm)
Free
$10 minimum
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12
Vimeo Offline: Wreck & Salvage
The Wreck & Salvage trio takes you on an exploration of mind and space via the glory of found media
(8pm) Free
$10 minimum
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13
{R}ake
A performance series of alternative and collaborative electro-acoustic music and video
(8pm) $7
$10 minimum
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14
EARLY
Ossatura (Rome) with Gene Coleman and Evan Lipson
Roman and NY musicians mix it up in a program of 
experimental music and video
(7:30pm) $5
$10 minimum

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LATE

WJ-S
From Paris, France, an audio visual web performance by Isabelle Arvers
(10:30pm) $5
$10 minimum
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15/16
FRIDAY
EARLY
Jae + CJ Boyd + Aria Orion
Norway's indie-folk songstress; bass loops, sparse vocals & harmonica drones; mystical orchestral tales
(7:30pm)
$5, $10 minimum
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LATE
RGB - audiovisual environment
Raw Q, Jesse Mann + special guest: Connie minimal techno, electro, disco, house + drum n bass w/ visuals
(10:30pm) Free b4 Midnight, $5 after (21+)
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SATURDAY
Life or Death?
Art Videos by Artists, Frankie Martin/Jessica Ciocci/Jaime Mohr/Leidy Churchman/Erika Somogyi, with minimalist performance and comedy if you're lucky...
(7:30pm)
$5, $10 minimum
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17
CYNew Music presents:
A Night of Experimental Improv Music

With Nocci/ChiKa, E-Bow Quartet,
PAS (Post Abortion Stress), and Nattahnam

(8pm)
$10
$10 minimum
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18
Ian Epps + ( ) + Andrew Weathers
A trio of ambient experimental performance
(8pm)
$5
$10 minimum
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19
Double Negatives: 2009 Award Artists Exhibition
The Crouse Foundation celebrates 10 years of our own excellence with this year's crop of extraordinary filmmakers, following truth-based works by basically true artists

(8pm)
Free
$10 minimum
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20
Paul Roberts (from The Stranglers)
Former frontman for British punk greats The Stranglers plays classic Stranglers songs and solo material
(7:30 and 10pm) $12, $10 minimum
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21
Ann Anderson & Twi The Humble Feather
Watch electro and acoustic call and respond in time!

(8:30pm) $5
$10 minimum
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22/23
FRIDAY
EARLY
Continuum.Puncta
Sonic inventors Steve Litt and Ted Hayes combine lab equipment drones with solenoid-driven beat
(7:30pm)
Free, $10 minimum
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LATE
Lineland + Animal Hospital
Hypnotic bleeps, crazy rhythm, and epic melodies from two inventive artists
(10:30pm) $8, $10 minimum

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SATURDAY
EARLY
Trippers and Askers
Whispery folk orchestral minimalism...let's get introspective
(7:30pm)
$5, $10 minimum
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LATE
Wires Under Tension +
My Empty Phantom

Brooklyn duo and Austin solo artist perform classical/ambient/experimental music w/ Visuals
(10:30pm) $5, $10 minimum

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24
EARLY
despair and desire: short films and music
Screenings of From the Woods and Blackout, films on teenage girl life discoveries and blackout sex consequences; plus a jazz exploration odyssey by I'm in You
(7:30pm) $5
$10 minimum
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LATE
Best Hits + dANA + BOBO + GDFX + Teenage Souls
Extend the holiday weekend with bumps & grooves strong enough to make you put down your fork and dance!
(10pm) Free
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25
CLOSED
for memorials


26
New Video Art from students in the MFA Computer Art dept. at School of Visual Arts
20 artists will present new single-channel and multiple-channel video art works done in Jarryd Lowder's "New Forms in Video" and "DVD-Video Authoring" classes
(8pm) $5
$10 minimum
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27
Corridors + Ben Vida, Siebren Versteeg, Natalie LeBrecht, Deborah Johnson
A night of analog video and exploratory sound work
(8pm) $5
$10 minimum
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28
Carcinogenic Static Carnival Minimalist funk exercises which build into massive psychedelic avalanches, with live visuals via overhead projectors and experimental techniques by Maya Erdelyi and Kevin Medal
(8:30pm) $7
$10 minimum
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29/30/31
FRIDAY
EARLY
The Whole Hog Dinner
Indulge in all of the parts that make you love pig. Go beyond bacon and pulled pork. 6-courses of the whole hog. Plus, a live DJ spinning porcine tunes to 4 screens of Animal Farm; Porco Rosso (Mizyaki); Black Moon (Louis Malle); and Dellicatessen and other swine films

(7:30pm) $40 Prix Fixe
$65 w/ wine pairing

more info

LATE
Berangere Maximin plays
Stuck in a Nasty Little Film

French Tzadik artist plays Concrete Music + Electro-soft + Video-musics + Spoken Words
(10:30pm) $7, $10 minimum
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LATER
Sara&NoraLOVEYou!

PopRockElectroIndie,
BaileFunkBmore, Visuals fromPhilly
(12:30pm) Free
more info

SATURDAY
EARLY
The Whole Hog Dinner
Indulge in all of the parts that make you love pig. Go beyond bacon and pulled pork. 6-courses of the whole hog. Plus, a live DJ spinning porcine tunes to 4 screens of Animal Farm; Porco Rosso (Mizyaki); Black Moon (Louis Malle); and Dellicatessen and other swine films
(7:30pm) $40 Prix Fixe
$65 w/ wine pairing

more info


LATE
ELIKA + Bayazazi + Ryan Skyward
Boy/girl duo blending indie, electro, pop, and shoegaze; with friends Bayazazi & dj set by Ryan Skyward
(10:30pm) $7, $10 minimum
more info


SUNDAY
The Whole Hog Dinner
Indulge in all of the parts that make you love pig. Go beyond bacon and pulled pork. 6-courses of the whole hog. Plus, a live DJ spinning porcine tunes to 4 screens of Animal Farm; Porco Rosso (Mizyaki); Black Moon (Louis Malle); and Dellicatessen and other swine films
(7:30pm) $40 Prix Fixe
$65 w/ wine pairing

more info