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Cassie & Justin as the White Stripes
"Todd P's Halloween party took place [Sunday] night at the Ridgewood Masonic Temple. most people were probably still recovering from Halloween observed the night before, but a respectable amount of ghouls and tricksters made their way to the show, headlined by so-hot-right-now hip hop ensemble Das Racist.Das Racist headlined the show of mostly locals which included a set by Vivian Girl Cassie Ramone and Justin (both in the Babies) as the White Stripes, but more notable was that The Intelligence, in from Seattle, were on also on the bill (the Intelligence also played Cake Shop one night earlier). Denver's Pictureplane, who was the special guest at the show that took place last night (11/2) at Brooklyn Bowl, was one of the artists who played too. Boshra AlSaadi aka SAADI played with Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang.Halloween is a time when you can see what people are really about. They're either in a pre-packaged costume or they're trying too hard or they are legitimately clever and good-spirited. And for Das Racist, it can be all of the above all the time. These guys walk the lines between irony and sincerity; between novelty and legitimacy; between gimmickry and credibility. And while some people show up at the party dressed as a can of Four Loko, others as zombies or superheroes, Das Racist can just take the floor as themselves and still be baffling and maybe a little frightening.
This set was, by all definitions, a shit show. You know when your friends have an inside joke and they are cracking up about it, and the joke is sort of independently funny, but not nearly as funny as your friends' uproar would suggest? Combine that feeling with the feeling of seeing your little brother get way too drunk at a party you invited him to. That was what the stage presence of Das Racist was like. And it was a fucking party." [Free Williamsburg]
Blissed Out went on right at 8:00 along with the doors opening which meant not many people around to hear their set, but the 9-band show filled up as the night went on. More pictures below...
Blissed Out
Keepaway
Nine 11 Thesaurus
Daniel of Oneohtrix Point Never
Janka Nabay and the Bubu Gang
Pictureplane
The Beets
Cassie & Justin
The Intelligence
Das Racist
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it looks sparsely attended... but fun.
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 11:50 AM
i liked das racist more when they were called boy crisis
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=no7fy9mDbpQ
MISSIN THAT MCCARREN POOL HXC!!
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 11:51 AM
what white stripes songs did they play?
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 11:55 AM
DUDE. TURN OFF THE FUCKING FLASH ON YOUR CAMERA. THESE PICS LOOK NOTHING LIKE IT LOOKED IN THERE BECAUSE YOUR SHITTY FLASH LOOKS LIKE A MILLION FLOURESCENT LIGHTS.
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 12:44 PM
yeah it was kinda pitch black in there
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 12:47 PM
^ Love This Comment
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 12:48 PM
It does look like a sparsely attended school talent show.
Posted by anonymous2 | November 3, 2010 12:49 PM
12:44 ran out of roid ointment
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 12:52 PM
niggas like hummus?
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 12:56 PM
it looks like an office party
FLORESCENT
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 12:56 PM
I don't blame him using a flash. It was scary dark in there. So dark that I couldn't differentiate between the Chickpea and edamame hummus.
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 12:57 PM
are there videos of the white stripes babies thing?
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 1:02 PM
Wow looks empty.
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 1:07 PM
Was there anyone in attendance who wasn't in one of the bands performing?
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 1:12 PM
Isn't that review pretty much how every Das Racist show has been?
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 1:21 PM
too much flash
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 1:30 PM
Nine 11 Thesaurus = 1 person.
Posted by AstralForest | November 3, 2010 1:49 PM
niggas like hummus?
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 2:00 PM
11:50 it was sparsely attended and fun
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 2:33 PM
contrary to the pictures this was NOT a day show
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 2:34 PM
contrary to the commenters, you probably wouldn't have seen anything in these photos had it not been for a flash.
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 3:03 PM
theres like 4 people in there
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 3:15 PM
people successfully take photos without flash at dimly lit rock shows all the time. this guy just doesn't have the chops
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 3:16 PM
I'm sort of glad I didn't go and spent the night jerking off instead.
Oh wait.
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 3:26 PM
TODD P CONTINUES HIS STREAM OF IRRELEVANCE YET AGAIN, MEXICO SUCKED AND SO DID THIS, A LEGEND IN HIS OWN MIND. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE SAD SIGHT OF TODD P 2015
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 5:03 PM
dunno 5:03, dude's kinda killin it. he's got two baller shows tonight
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 5:34 PM
this ruled
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 6:24 PM
Fucking stellar night
Posted by Anonymous | November 3, 2010 11:15 PM
I was ROLLIN!
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 12:02 AM
12:02
me too!
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 12:43 AM
it was creepy dark and masonic in there. these pictures are def misleading.
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 2:06 PM
fully halloween creepy in that place. there were like 250 people there and it wad dark as shit and everyone was fucked up in a good way
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 2:56 PM
these photos kinda blow. this was fun, these pictures are awkward
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 4:15 PM
Haha, OK Todd P's publicity team... we get it.
IT WAS SO AWESOME AND NOTHING LIKE THE 200 PICTURES OF THE ACTUAL EVENT THAT ARE POSTED HERE.
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 4:19 PM
does todd p really have a publicity team?
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 4:22 PM
there were not 250 people there. It was more like 125 max but that includes all the bands and workers. Just look at this picture. There are only 70-some people in front of the stage. http://www.brooklynvegan.com/img/music/cassieramone/ridgewoodmasonictemple/16.jpg
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 4:34 PM
3:16 - you're right and Andrew does it all the time, obviously conditions were bad enough to warrent a flash. no concert photographer prefers using flash, it's a last resort. if you can link us all to other photos from the same night taken without flash, i wouldn't mind taking a look!
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 4:54 PM
seems like theres more on an anti Todd P publicity team than the other way around
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 5:04 PM
The only publicity team that has ever been around commenting on BV is the Mark Ronson publicity team. They did quite a good job boosting that performance but did little to deny the mans tiny penis.
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 7:30 PM
lol at the guys gettin all mad with the capital letters in here. why is a crowded show a good thing. it rules when theres less people yall are up front and its all intimate and cool. i guess its harder to lean against the wall with your cell phone alone (4:19) and be sad but for peeps with homies its way better.
Posted by Anonymous | November 4, 2010 8:11 PM