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September 2, 2008
ROBYN HITCHCOCK performing 'I Often Dream of Trains' on tour, songs in Jonathan Demme/Tunde Adebimpe movie
Rachel Getting Married
Jonathan Demme's new movie Rachel Getting Married stars Anne Hathaway, Rosemarie DeWitt & Tunde Adebimpe (of TV On The Radio) and features Robyn performing two songs: "America" and one written for the movie, "Up to Our Nex." The film competes at the Venice Film Festival September 3rd, premieres at Toronto September 6th and opens October 3rd in New York. A screening at the London Film Festival will be announced shortly.Tickets for the NYC show are on sale. TV on the Radio is touring this fall too. The Rachel movie trailer, and all Robyn dates, below...Robyn will be doing a short US tour in November, performing I Often Dream Of Trains with Terry Edwards on keyboards, horns, & bass and Captain Tim Keegan on guitar. They will be appearing in NYC at Symphony Space on November 22, which is being filmed by John Edginton for the Sundance Channel and DVD release on YepRoc. More dates will be announced in a couple months.
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August 22, 2008
Digable Planets - 2008 Tour Dates (BB King's)
Digable Planets LIVE @ Irving Plaza, 2005 (more)
In 2008 Ladybug Mecca has lent her talent to eMC (Masta Ace, Punchline, Wordsworth, Stricklin) on the title track "The Show" and Del The Funkyhomosapien's 11thour Album on the song "I Got You". April 1, 2008 marks the release of her collaboration with the likes of Legendary producer Prince Paul, Chali 2na (Jurrasic 5), Ursula Rucker, Scratch (The Roots) and Wordsworth (eMC) on Baby Loves Hip Hop's The Dino-5 Children's CD which is a "Book on Tape" through Ropeadope Records. Ladybug Mecca is the voice of Tracey Triceratops, the leader of The Dino 5 as well as the "interrupting child". She is also wrapping up her second solo project to be released in 2008. [Wikipedia]When Ladybug Mecca isn't collaborating, putting out solo albums or playing a dinosaur, Digable Planets are reuniting. They do it again this year with a a tour of California in September followed by a couple of random shows (with more likely TBA) including October 8th at BB Kings in NYC. Tickets are on sale. All dates below....
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August 19, 2008
Flaming Lips' Christmas in Mars playing in NYC theaters
Christmas on Mars screening @ Sasquatch 2008 (more by Chris Graham)
Christmas on Mars screens in a custom-designed screening room within the Kraine Theater of the KGB Complex at 85 East Fourth Street. A former Ukrainian Socialist Social Club, the KGB Complex features two theater spaces, a comedy club, and a bar. For Christmas on Mars, Cinema Purgatorio is converting the KGB's Kraine Theatre into a superb screening room with high definition video and the custom designed Zeta Bootis Mega Supersonic Super-Sound Surround System, which the Flaming Lips created specifically for this film.Showtimes range from 7:00 AM (see it before work) to 10:00 PM. It opens on September 12th. Tickets are on sale. You can also wait for the DVD which will be out for Christmas. More info and videos below...
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August 12, 2008
Neil Diamond kicks off MSG run tonight, Rooftop Films shows 'Song Sung Blue' Saturday (free)
I'm super excited to announce that ROOFTOP FILM's Summer Series will screen SONG SUNG BLUE on the lawn at South Point Park on Roosevelt Island SATURDAY, AUGUST 16th @ 9PM. THUNDER and her children, Rachel and Dana are all scheduled to be in attendance. The screening will be FREE and details can be found [here]...August 16th is also the last of four shows that the real Neil Diamond is playing at MSG in NYC this week. The first is tonight (Aug 12). Check Ticketmaster for tickets to those....SONG SUNG BLUE has screened only once in NYC back in February to a packed house at IFC Center. This NYC screening comes at a wonderful time given the many emails of inquiry I continue to get from New Yorkers that could not make the previous screening or have since learned of the film.
As an extra bonus ROOFTOP FILM's will have a NEIL DIAMOND karaoke hour before the film that should be "off the hook". All are encouraged to [sign up] for an opportunity to belt out their favorite ND tune and make a beautiful noise as the sun sets over the big apple. [filmmaker Greg Kohs]
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August 11, 2008
Isaac Hayes, RIP
Isaac Hayes @ Celebrate Brooklyn - June 12, 2008 (more by Kyle Dean Reinford)
Soul legend Isaac Hayes, who won Grammy and Academy awards for the theme to the 1971 film ``Shaft'' and voiced the character ``Chef'' in the hit comedy series ``South Park,'' died Sunday in Memphis, Tennessee. He was 65.Bernie Mac died only one day earlier. Sad and weird. Weird because Bernie and Isaac just made a movie together called Soul Men..Family members found Hayes laying unconscious next to a running treadmill in his basement around 1 p.m. local time, said Steve Shular, a spokesman for the Shelby County Sheriff's Office in a telephone interview. Hayes was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital. No autopsy is planned, Shular said. [Bloomberg]
Soul music icon Isaac Hayes will play himself in a music comedy starring Samuel L. Jackson and Bernie Mac. "Soul Men" revolves around two former bandmates (Jackson, Mac) who reunite when a third member (played by John Legend) dies....IMDB adds that the reunion performance takes place at the Apollo Theater. The movie release date is November 14, 2008.
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July 31, 2008
Movies with a View (and with Ryan Muir tonight)
As you may have seen in the free show calendar, tonight (July 31) is another free event under the Brooklyn Bridge. It's a "movie with a view" to be exact and the night starts with a DJ at 6pm. Then comes two movies at sundown. The headliner is Billy Wilder's Ace in the Hole, but more importantly, the opener is a short movie called "The Deadpool" by none other than sometimes-BV-photographer Ryan Muir.
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July 25, 2008
Watch Dig! online (SnagFilms), see Brian Jonestown live
Brian Jonestown Massacre in Spain - July 19, 2008 (maccosta)
This new SnagFilms website allows you to watch Dig!, the documentary about the Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre, for free at their website, and for free on this website (see below). Watch the movie and then live it tonight (July 25) at Terminal 5 in NYC where hopefully Brian Jonestown will play some songs (tickets). Then live it part two in September when The Dandy Warhols take the stage in the very same venue (tickets).
SnagFilms also has Super Size Me, Heavy Metal in Baghdad, The Legend of Leigh Bowery, and many more. Dig! video below...
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July 9, 2008
What's going on Wednesday?
Joe Lo Truglio, Michael Showalter, Paul Rudd @ McCarren P - July 8 (Adam Au)
Wet Hot American Summer @ McCarren Pool - July 8, 2008 (Adam Au - L Mag)
today in NYC
* FREE STUFF
* Dave Chapelle
* The Vaselines @ Maxwell's
* Gelmania (comedy) @ Rififi *
* Barbes does Brooklyn Bridge
* At the Gates @ Irving Plaza
* Fleet Foxes @ Bowery Ballroom
* The Real Tuesday Weld @ Joe's Pub
* Albert Hammond Jr @ Hiro Ballroom
* "KCRW presents" @ Knitting Factory +
* Feist & Juana Molina @ Prospect Park
* The Avett Brothers @ Stuyvesant High School
* Alejandro Escovedo & AA Bondy @ Highline Ballroom
* Gelmania features Pete Holmes, David Rakoff, Eugene Mirman, Kurt Braunohler , Noah Garfinkle, Nick Kroll, Larry Murphy, Laura Kraft, Julie Klausner and Dave Hill. 8pm. $5.
+ KCRW's Knitting Factory lineup is Little Jackie, Tally Hall and Salt & Samovar. +
Little Jackie is the name of Imani Coppola's new band.
The new Vines album is streaming at MySpace.
Sweaty music find could help develop new treatments
What else?
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July 7, 2008
McCarren Pool block party w/ bands & Michael Showalter introducing Wet Hot American Summer
Summerscreen continues on Tuesday with a Block Party. Flyer below...
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The Gits movie, party tonight w/ Kathleen Hanna & more
The documentary film THE GITS has been confirmed for theatrical release on July 7 [today], the 15th memorial anniversary of death of lead singer Mia Zapata. For all you unfamiliar with the band of the same name, this is the story of the Seattle punk band led by lead singer Mia Zapata who was senselessly murdered with the band on the brink of breaking.The movie is playing at Pioneer Theater. This party is happening tonight:
While this is indeed a tragic story, THE GITS is a truly moving and loving documentary that is also uplifting and hopeful even after many years Zapata's death was thought to be unsolvable. This July, THE GITS will receive national theatrical screenings in selected cities throughout the US and Canada along with a DVD release around the same time.
THE GITS MOVIE OFFICIAL NYC PREMIERE PARTYTickets are still on sale. Movie trailers below...Monday, Jul 07, 2008 9:00 PM EDT (9:00 PM Doors) at The Delancey
THE GITS MOVIE OFFICIAL NYC PREMIERE PARTY AND VIGIL with Special guests KATHLEEN HANNA (Bikini Kill/Le Tigre), ALLISON WOLFE (Bratmobile) and featuring the RRRIOT! Girl Tribute show and Bands : GRRRL FRIEND , SWEAR ON YOUR LIFE , DORMITORY EFFECT , CHERI LOVE AFFAIR and special guest DJ DARIO SPEEDWAGON
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