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clubs |
heat with a variety show of eye-popping striptease,
magic, acrobatics, and vaudevillian antics.A different
show every week... of comedy, music, dance and good
old fashioned burly-Q!
$5
RiFiFi (Cinema Classics)|
332 East 11th Street
At 1st Avenue
Wednesday,
August 30, 2006
The New York Cool
writers and photographers are all on lock down right
now so we can put up our September 1st edition and
then get out of town for the Labor Day weekend.
And we have a really fun September issue; look for
Al Franken, Rosie Perez, Julia Stiles and some hotties
running through Times Square clad only in their
underwear (we bring you the best stories). And September
will continue to be a hot month because we will
have a crew of ten at Olympus Fashion Week, covering
the show and parties.
But since you are probably not grounded, here is
something for you to do tonight:
The Exploding Punk
Inevitable! Revue featuring THE CHOKE
Wednesday August 30th. 9PM
The Slipper Room
THE CHOKE will play their NYC
summer residency at The Slipper Room four Wednesdays
in August with Special Guests, The Exploding Punk
Inevitable! Revue, starting on August 9th!!! Fresh
off of their mini-tour supporting BUZZCOCKS…
NYC's underground punk 'n' roll darlings THE CHOKE
filter 60's Motown, soul, and garage rock with the
attack of 70's anthemic punk. The Exploding Punk
Inevitable! Revue Special Guests will include: DJ
Lady Starlight's English Disco + DJ Aviva of Aquatulle
magazine + Anna Copacabana (sexy xylophone songstress)
+ Julie Atlas Muz (Ms Exotic World 2006) + Alex
the Acrobat + Ruby Valentine Burlesque's Sweetheart
+ with MC's: Carmen Mofongo, Rosewood, Roscoe Thicke
& Breedlove + The Scurvy Pirates (a fierce mix
of rum punch & sea-chanties) + Rox Gestapo Fire
Twirler + Katrina Del Mar + Gianni the Human Blockhead
and more!!!! For more information please visit:
www.the-choke.com
or www.myspace.com/thechokenyc
$5 cover. Ages 21+
For more information about the Slipper Room please
visit: http://www.slipperroom.com/
The Slipper Room |167 Orchard
St. at the corner of Stanton St.
F, V trains to 2nd Ave
Tuesday, August
29, 2006
Today
is the first anniversary of the Katrina disaster
and a time to remember the horror of watching people
drown and/or die of thirst and exposure in a town
where tv news cameramen (and Sean Penn) could find
a way to get in but our goverment could not. Who
can forget the sight of Anderson Cooper crying in
front of the Super Dome, in total shock that there
was no help coming for the people inside (the government
must not have cable tv becuase they seem to have
been unaware of of the disaster for a few days).
It was a time when many of us lost what little bit
of innocence we still possessed; and it was the
time when President George Bush was truly exposed
as the unclothed Emperor in Hans Christian Andersen's
fairy tale, The Emperor's New Clothes or
as they say in Texas, "All hat, no head."
The
news channels have been filled with stories recounting
the flood and the pitiful recovery afterwards. But
we really don't need to be reminded because Katrina
is one of those events that no one will ever forget.
It will be remembered the way we remember 9/11 and
for those of us who are old enough, just where we
were when President John F. Kennedy was shot.
Thoughts of New Orleans
Photo Credit Angelo Rivera
New
York Cool photographer Angelo Rivera was walking
around the city with his trusty camera when he saw
this flower vendor on the corner of Sixth and Houston
and thought of today's Katrina Anniversary.
New Orlean - our
heart is with you!
For
more on today's anniversary:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14567350/
Monday, August 28, 2006
CBS at Mo Pitkins
Patrick Borelli presents: Stand-Up Show Down
Monday August 28th @ 8:30
Mo Pitkin’s House of Satisfaction
See what happens when NY's best
stand-ups are pitted against each other asked to
come up with jokes, on the spot. It's Guys vs. Girls
as Kristen Schaal, Val Kappa and Debbie Shea take
on Eugene Mirman, Leo Allen and Bobby Tisdale. Patrick
Borelli refs the match with the help of Matt Hall
and DJ Tedward. Stop by and see which sex is funnier.
Tickets $6 at the door or at http://www.ticketweb.com/
Mo Pitkins | 34 Avenue A,
NYC, NY 10009
Sunday, August
27, 2006
There is an interesting article
in MSNBC about an interview that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah
gave a television station in which he said he regrets
kidnapping those Israeli soldiers and thereby starting
such a devasting war. Well, my goodness!
It's a shame he could not
have thought that one through beforehand.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14543465/
Here is something
typically New York (tonight is the last night and
it's free but do check for rain drops):
SHAKESPEARE’S
“ROMEO AND JULIET”
Thursday through Sunday at 8 PM
AUGUST 3-27 at 8 PM
RIVERBANK STATE PARK
PULSE ENSEMBLE THEATRE will
again bring free Shakespeare to the open air Riverbank
State Park this summer with a multi-racial production
of “ROMEO & JULIET” directed by
the company’s Artistic Director, Alexa Kelly.
Last summer’s production of “A MIDSUMMER
NIGHT’S DREAM” attracted over 5,000
people, many of whom had never seen a Shakespeare
production before. Set in New York City today, the
90 minute production reflects the urban environment
in which it will be seen while emphasizing Shakespeare’s
universal appeal. In addition to the professional
actors, the company also includes young members
of the Harlem community ranging in age from 9 to
22. Ms. Kelly said “We are bringing professional
theatre to the community and bringing the community
into our production.” The cast features John
Williams (Romeo), Li Jun Li (Juliet), Bill Galarno
(Friar), Gwendolyn Schwinke (Nurse) and Uzo Aduba
(Mercutio). In addition to Ms. Kelly’s direction,
the choreography is by Niles Ford, Fight sequences
by Mark Silence, Lighting by Eric Larsen, Costumes
by Kathryn Rohe, Set design by Elizabeth Mae Bach
and Sound by Louis Lopardi.
Free - Part of Harlem Week.
RIVERBANK STATE PARK Squash Courts
| Riverside Drive & 138th Street
Saturday,
August 26, 2006 There
is a thoughtful article in Newsweek by Eleanor Clift
about how President Bush is using the fear factor
to convince the nation to stay the course in Iraq.
She contrasts the President's stubborn belligerence
with what we now know about President Johnson's
doubts about our course in Vietnam.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14515978/site/newsweek/
And to get your
mind of that, here is a fun event for tonight:
JUNIOR VASQUEZ Birthday
OFFER NISSIM (11pm -5am)
JUNIOR VASQUEZ (5am-5pm)
Saturday, August 26th
Pacha
Pacha is pleased to present the
inimitable Junior Vasquez’ annual birthday
extravaganza. Simply put, Junior Vasquez is a legend.
He has been at the forefront of the dance music
scene for over twenty years now as DJ, producer
and label impresario and he remains at the top of
his game and on the cutting edge of dance culture
with a remix for "Ain't No Other Man”
from the highly anticipated Christina Aguilera ‘Back
To Basics’ album. Other tracks receiving his
signature treatment include; Beyonce “Déjà
vu,” Pink “Stupid Girls” (Junior
Vasquez & Dynamix Club Remix), Sunshine Anderson
“Something I Want To Give You” and Justin
Timberlake “Rock Your Body.”
Info & Table reservations: 212.209.7500
Doors open at 11PM, $35 Advance Tickets ticketweb.com
pachanyc.com
& www juniorvasquezmusic.com
PACHA|618 West 46th St
New York, NY 10036
Friday, August
25, 2006
There is an excellent essay
about the Katrina disaster in Newsweek by Nancy
and Ron Reagan's daughter Patti Davis entitled "How
Does the Heart Survive."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14499307/site/newsweek/
And here is a campy event for tonight:
Point and Shoot
Every Friday 9pm-4am
Lucky Cheng's
Every Friday, Lower East
Side's infamous drag queen restaurant hosts
weekly performances from off-off Broadway plays,
cabaret acts,
burlesque shows and live bands. Performances will
be followed be The
80s Dance Party with DJ's spinning 80s, new wave,
brit pop, post-punk,
glam rock and electro-trash. Dance all night to
bands like Duran
Duran, Depeche Mode, The Smiths, New Order, The
Cure, Madonna and
more. Photos and performance info at www.gothamrockstar.com
FREE - 21 and over with ID
Lucky Cheng's |24 First Avenue
(Downstairs)
Thursday,
August 24, 2006
Katrina Anniversary Concert
Thursday, August 24, 2006 @ 7:45PM
Crobar Nightclub
Rosie Perez, Moby, The Roots,
Julia Stiles, Ned Lamont join Katrina Evacuees on
Anniversary - New Book Launch: “It Takes a
Nation” Celebrates How 30,000 Evacuees Were
Housed by Everyday People. ALL PROFITS TO BENEFIT
ACORN New Orleans. The event will include musical
performances and readings as well as the launch
of Palace Press International’s new book "It
Takes a Nation", due out nationwide in September.
The book, edited by MoveOn.org
Cultural Director Laura Dawn, chronicles how thousands
of American families were brought together - regardless
of race, economic background, religious or political
differences - through MoveOn Civic Action’s
HurricaneHousing.org
program.
HurricaneHousing.org
paired over 30,000 evacuees with MoveOn members
willing to open their homes; "It Takes a Nation"
presents an oral history, candid, first-person accounts
of twenty-nine of these evacuees during the first
two weeks following Hurricane Katrina as well as
stunning photographs to chronicle their stories.
To view “It Takes a Nation”
in pdf format, please visit: http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1979
(cover) and http://www.moveon.org/r?r=1978
(book interior).
Crobar Nightclub| 530 West 28th
Street
(between 10th and 11th Ave),New York, NY 10001
Wednesday, August
23, 2006
Meryl Streep In Mother
Courage and Her Children
Just Published:
Read Frank J. Avella's
review of the Public Theater's Shakespeare in the
Park production of Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage
and Her Children (new Adaptation by Tony Kushner)
starring Meryl Streep and Kevin Kline.
Photo Credit Angelo Rivera
New York Cool photographer
Angelo Rivera was at Penn Station yesterday (Tuesday,
August 22, 2006) when he shot this photo at a demonstration:
New York Jews stage Penn Station "DIE-IN"
to say to Israel and to us that the war didn't work
and they should honor the cease-fire because destroying
Lebanese and Palestinian societies if a crime not
a security policy. For more information: www.jewishconscience.blogspot.com
Hot off the Press:
As we approach the first
anniversay of the Katrina disaster (the subject
of Spike Lee's excellent documentary on HBO), here
is yet another article on MSNBC about our government's
failure and this time it is about how the present
administration has failed the recovery.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14472537/
And if you want to get your
mind off that, here is a fun event for tonight:
ADAM SANK'S GAY BASH!
Wednesday, Aug. 23 @ 9:30 PM
Carolines on Broadway
Don't
miss the premiere of Adam Sank's newest comedy extrava-gay-nza,
in which the popular comic and M.C. welcomes the
best in gay and gay-friendly comedy to the legendary
Carolines on Broadway for an unforgettable night
of queer quips and homo-licious hilarity.
Headlining on Aug.
23 will be straight-but-twisted legendary funny-man
Kevin Meaney, currently starring on Broadway in
the campy mega-hit musical, "Hairspray."
Also coming to the party will be Karith Foster (Comedy
Central's "Premium Blend"), Mina Hartong
(Gay Games Amsterdam), William Mullin (Sante Fe
Comedy Festival), Robin Fox (WOR-Radio) and Donny
Moss (Ice Palace at Cherry Grove).
$17.50 + 2-drink
minimum. Reservations: 212-757-4100. For more information
go to http://www.carolines.com/ or http://www.adamsank.com/.
Carolines on Broadway |
1626 Broadway
(at 50th Street)
Tuesday,
August 22, 2006
I have been watching Spike
Lee's Katrinia documentary, When the Levees
Broke (HBO Monday 8/21 and Tuesday 8/22 - 9-11PM
and HBO On Demand from Wednesday August 30th on).
I did not want to watch it because I did not want
to get that upset all over again, but Lee has done
an excellent job of telling the story and it is
a story we all need to know. Because if we don't
learn our history lessons, the universe always gives
us a second chance. When is not another
Bush-Bash-Fest. After all, President Bush is pefectly
capable of bashing himself without any outside help.
For another perspective
on Katrina, here is a link to an interview that
I did with Senator George McGovern (the 1972 Democratic
Presidential nominee) in September of 2005 right
after the disaster.
http://www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2005/September/interview_6.html
Hot
off the Press: And if that is not enough
cheerful news, there is an ariticle in Newsweek
by Jonathan Alter entitled "Dangerous Disgrace"
about how we are at an increased risk of a terror
attack because the FBI's comptuter system is totally
antiquated and they seem incapable of fixing it.
Sample quote: "It’s as if after Pearl
Harbor President Franklin D. Roosevelt ordered that
ships and aircraft be built to fight the Japanese,
only to discover that five years later the government
had built none."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14453669/site/newsweek/
If all this depressing
news just makes you want to scream and jump out
of your convertible to dance madly on the side of
the road (like Nicholas Cage and Laura Dern in Wild
at Heart), here is a fun event for tonight:
I hate you Simon Cowell" - a Chorus of Losers
Tuesday, August 22nd, 2006 Doors @ 8:30PM, performances
9-11PM
Happy Valley Nightclub, 14 E 27th Street (Between
5th & Madison)
From the hit London musical "Instant
Celebrity: Just Add Water", hear "I hate
you Simon Cowell" Sung by Nonnie Thompson and
a Chorus of American Idol Losers, Also, hear the
song that got Nonnie fired by Simon from his label
in London!
Simon Says: Cowell’s publicist
Max Clifford said: “In typical fashion, Simon
says the song could have been better produced. But
he says the subject matter is wonderful.”
He proceeded to tell The Post, “I’ve
not heard the song yet, but it’s a catch title!”
Price: Free, Vodka Special 8:30-9:30PM
Relevant Websites: http://www.happyvalleynyc.com/;
http://www.amp3pr.com/
Happy Valley Nightclub| 14 E
27th Street (Between 5th & Madison)
Nearest Subway: 6 Train to 28th Street
August 21, 2006
Hot
off the Press: There is an interesting article
by Eleanor Clift in Newsweek about how the GOP may
be planning on playing the Osama card to help win
the midterm elections:
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14410491/site/newsweek/
But
wait, isn't that the guy who attacked us five years
ago and is STILL wandering the mountains of Pakistan
uncaptured because we diverted our resources into
Iraq where we FOUND NO WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
but where we did succeed in inciting a civil war
between people who have hated each other for thousands
of years! And the Republicans think that talking
about this is good way to attract voters? They must
think the average voter is really stupid.
If you need something to take your mind off the
state of the world, how about this for tonight?
Monday Night Burlesque
Presents: Dangerous Ladies
Monday August 21 9:30pm to late
Galapagos Art Space
Galapagos' weekley
burlesque show, Monday Night Burlesque, presents
a night of sexy and sultry ladies who are as dangerous
as they are beautiful. Who knows what they have
in store for you tonight…Sword fights? Gunplay?
Jailbreaks? Running with Scissors? You'll have to
come see to find out. With performances by:
Dottie Lux; Delerium Tremens; Lady Satan; Cherry
Bomb; Miss Allison; and hostess Desiree Burch
Tickets $5 see http://www.galapagosartspace.com/
for more info
Galapagos Art Space|
70 North 6th
(btw Wythe and Kent) Williamsburg Brooklyn
(Bedford stop on the L)
Sunday, August 20,
2006
CADY HUFFMAN: LIVE
AT ARS NOVA
Sunday, August 20th at 7PM
Monday, August 21st at 8PM
Ars Nova
TWO NIGHTS ONLY! Cady Huffman
heats up Ars NovaTheater this summer in her first
one-woman show. Tony-winner Huffman tells it like
it is, from her aspirations to be an operatic soprano
to making her Broadway debut as a drag queen. With
songs ranging from Tin Pan Alley to rock and roll,
and composers from Townsend
to Sondheim, Cady will surprise and delight you.
With Direction by
David Brind and Musical Direction by Mitchell Kaplan.
Cady, who earned her Tony as Ulla
in THE PRODUCERS, also starred in THE WILL ROGERS
FOLLIES, LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, DAME EDNA: THE ROYAL
TOUR, and Bob Fosse's last original musical, BIG
DEAL.
TICKETS: $20 SmartTix at 212-868-4444
or go to www.SmartTix.com
Ars Nova| 511 West 54th Street
Subway: A, C, B, D, 1 to 59th Street - Columbus
Circle
C, E to 50th Street
Saturday,
August 19, 2006
I finally saw Little
Miss Sunshine last night and if you have not
seen it, you need to drop everything and run to
your nearest Metroplex. Miss is an excruciatingly
funny film and it earns its laughs the old fashioned
way with an incredible script and dead-on performances.
P. S. Don't be fooled by the title, the film is
not suitable for children (Rated R), although I
think my thirteen-year-old niece would love it.
And here is a fun event for tonight:
"Patti
Rothberg And Friends"
Saturday August 19th & 26th @ 10PM
Mo Pitikins
"Patti Rothberg And
Friends" will be happening at Mo Pitkins every
Saturday
in August featuring a very special guest opener
for each show plus some surprises for Patti's set
as well. Patti's first album "Between the One
And The Nine" was extremely well received and
the single "Inside" had substantial radio
support. Patti has toured with The Wallflowers,
Chris Isaak, Paul Westerberg, and The Black Crowes
and recently supported Aimee Mann in NYC. Patti
has a new album ntitled "Double Standards"
to be released later in 2006. Guests so far include
on August 5: Alison J. (www.alisonj.com), August
12 - Jonathan Spottiswoode and Riley McMahon (www.spottiswoode.com/home.htm),
August 19 -Tara Angell
(http://www.taraangell.com), August 26 - Greta Gertler
(www.gretagertler.net)
Tickets (212) 777-5660, www.mopitkins.com.
For more on Patti Rothberg please check out www.pattirothberg.com
and www.myspace.com/pattirothbergmusic.
Mo Pitkins | 34 Avenue
A, NYC, NY 10009
Friday, August 18,
2006
It's
finally here and I don't know how we were able to
stand the wait! Read Elias Stimac's review of David
Ellis's highly anticipated Snakes on a Plane
(starring Samuel L. Jackson and Julianna Margulies),
which opened today, August 18, 2006.
And
read my review of Neil Burger’s The Illusionist
(starring Edward Norton, Paul Giamatti, Jessica
Biel and Rufus Sewell), which also opened
today, August 18, 2006.
Thursday, August
17, 2006
New York Cool has
announced the winners of our Channeling Liza Contest:
Diane Del Priore, Suzanne Konopka and Maya Unger.
Click her for the winning essays: Liza
Contest. And remember, everyone has a little
Liza in them and you can't be cool if you are too
old or crabby to go to camp.
Wednesday, August
16, 2006
Tuesday, August
15, 2006
Just Published: Read
Janet Perisa's article "Where to Shop Miami."
Jollyship the Whiz-Bang
"HOT PYRATE NIGHTS"
Tuesday, August 15th Starts at 9PM sharp
Union Pool
Your cure for the sweltering summer
doldrums. Dress up in yr lightest (and
most pretty) scurvy finery! We're playing Union
Pool and there'll be a
little something extra for you if you dress to code.
Jollyship the
Whiz-Bang plays nautical rock and plays with their
puppets in the most
unforgiving climates on earth.
$7/5 for those in character
Union Pool Williamsburg|
Bklyn @ Meeker & Union
Take the L/G to Metropolitan/Lorimer
Monday August 14,
2006
Boy George Not Dressed to
Sweep the Streets
Photo Credit Diedre Kilgore
Hot off the Press:
New York Cool Icon Boy George has begun his five
days of community serivce, sweeping the streets
of New York accompanied by a horde of rude photographers
who are stomping their unfiltered Camels into his
newly clean sidewalk.
Well,
here is what I have to say about that! Here's a
big New York Coolie to you, Mr. O'Dowd. You're still
our "Karma Karma Karma Karma Karma Chameleon!"
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14343349/
Sunday, August 13,
2006
New York Cool photographer
Angelo Rivera just sent this image from the Dominican
Day Parade which paraded down Sixth Avenue today,
August 13, 2006.
Here are two cool
ideas for today:
THE ROOFDECK @ BED
EVERY SUNDAY 12PM-4AM
BED
The perfect end to the weekend
awaits you at BED's RoofDeck every Sunday. It's
time to soak up some sun, drink a few mojitos and
maybe dance to some chilled out house music courtesy
of DJ Angola, Alex English & The Unknown People.
Doors open at 2pm for the sun-worshippers, and we
keep going 'til midnight (so you'll still get home
in time for beddybyes).
The RoofDeck @ BED is the best rooftop bar space
in the city (in our humble opinion) - and our weekly
Sunday rooftop party there was our favorite party
last year. The views are great, and this Summer
they are installing a retractable roof in case of
rain. Check out the Brunch and Cocktail menu here.
Brunch and Cocktails served starting
2pm - and this year we are staying open late. Hosted
by: Tom and Alejandro GBH, Jeanette, Ruben &
Noel, and a few UNKNOWN PEOPLE... RSVP: EVENTS@UNKNOWN-PEOPLE.COM
OR CALL: 646-479-8951
BED |530 WEST 27TH ST.
BETWEEN 10TH & 11TH AVE
DEEP DANCE PRODUCTIONS
Presents "LOVE PEOPLE"
Sunday, August 13, 2006 7pm -1 am
The Vault @ Element
Come aboard to experience
the journey that involves danceable music of all
types and genres utilized to "take you there"!
The musical tour guides Jay Locke (Dancetracks),
Ian Rock (Eclectic Dance Sessions - Cyberjamz) and
DJ Kervyn Mark (Melting Pot NYC) are digging deep
in their extensive collection to bring you music
missed, forgotten, overlooked but beautiful. You
may find yourself dancing with no rhyme or reason
or just chilling and soaking in the great vibes
as long as it feels good. This is a continuance
of the monthly voyages (2nd Sunday of every month).
Nuthin' but Love for our peeps!
Admission $5
The Vault @ Element |225 East
Houston Street, NYC
Saturday, August 12, 2006
Hot
off the Press: There is a very well thought
out article in Newsweek by Christopher Dickey about
why we are not safer now than we were before 9/11,
how the Iraq war and our support of Israel against
Hizbollah have further enraged the Muslim world,
creating even more terrorists.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14290815/
And here is a cool
event for tonight:
Lycaon
Pictus And Friends
Saturday, August 12th @ 8PM
The Knitting Factory Main Space
"An art-punk synth/bass/drums band. The moog-meets-Brian
Wilson songs are supported by John Bonham-esque
drumming & Holger Czukay-isms. Here they succeed
in capturing the sound of their incendiary live
show in the studio. Recorded using all analog &
tube equipment, & tape, capturing the warm sound
of some of their heroes' albums like poineers PiL,
The Fall, Can, Wire, Eno. But none of those bands
had lyrics like this." --Parasol Records on
Lycaon Pictus' album Personal Disaster http://www.lycaonpictus.net/All
ages! Advance tix $12
Knitting Factory Main Space|
74 Leonard Street
Friday, August 11, 2006
Thursday, August
10, 2006
Here is a cool event for tonight:
Toubab Krewe w/ DJ Equal
Thursday, August 10. 9 PM
SOB's
Toubab Krewe will play at SOB's
in New York City on August 10th, 2006. The performance
is part of a summer tour in support of Toubab Krewe's
self-titled debut on Upstream Records, which was
produced by multiple
Grammy award winner Steven Heller and released nationally
on June 6th.
Blending Malian, American, and "Dirty South"
influences into a sound all its own.
Tickets $12 advance, $15 at the door. www.toubabkrewe.com
www.sobs.com 212.243.4940
SOB's | 2204 Varick Street
Thursday, August
9, 2006
Just Published:
Hot
Off the Press: Anti-war
Democratic candidate Ned Lamont has defeated Joe
Lieberman in the Connecticut Democratic Primary,
signifying a major change in the way the winds are
blowing.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14254369/
So stay tuned to see if the
Democrats can come up with a morally acceptable
way to pull out of Iraq without doing even more
to wreak the lives of the people we supposedly came
to liberate.
There was a very interesting quote in a Newsweek
article about Billy Graham in the twilight of his
life in which he talks about his decision to be
less politically involved. "He was tempted
to call President George W. Bush in the run-up to
the Iraq war to advise him on the difference between
Sunnis and Shiites, but decided against it."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14204483/
I wonder if Rev.
Graham just instinctively realized that it would
not have mattered; President Bush simply would not
have understood or for that matter cared.
And now after suffering through our "liberation,"
the poor people of Iraq are now embroiled in a horrific
civil war. And our nation needs to elect a new president,
hopefully someone with the brains to figure out
how to pull out of Iraq honorably.
But there is hope! After all, we almost elected
such a man back in 2000. Calling Al Gore!
There is also a
great article in Time (by Joshua Micah Marshall)
on how the defeat of Lieberman illustrates how the
"powers-that-be" in Washington are out
of touch with the wishes of the American people.
Also
Hot off the Press (and to make you smile):
An erotica exhibition in
Wellington, New Zealand has just received a permit
to parade topless through the center of town at
noon. And I bet you thought civilization wasn't
progressing.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14252142/
Tuesday, August 8, 2006
Photo Credit Krisztina Fazekas
It's the last night to catch our friends, The Billionaires
for Bush in their Show at the Ace of Club!
Billionaires For Bush
SUMMER IN THE HUMMER
Tuesdays at 8:00pm.
July 18 - August 8
Ace of Clubs (inside Acme at 9 Great Jones Street)
Just when you thought it couldn't
get any hotter for the President, The
Billionaire Follies and Heart of Gold Productions
present SUMMER IN THE HUMMER.
The Billionaires return to Ace of Clubs, where their
previous sold-out
successes (SPRING BLING! and DICK CHENEY'S HOLIDAY
SPECTACULAR!) have won praise from Billionaires
and critics alike, on July 18
SUMMER IN THE HUMMER is a wild
romp into the decadent world of Billionaires
For Bush. Beset by scandals, DC is just too hot
for the Bills, so they head
off to their summer (tax) havens on Grand Cayman
with George and Laura in tow.
But with global warming driving the temperature
up, and W starting to regret
that deal he made all those years ago with that
guy in the weird red cape,
our crew of caliente corporate cronies and hot heiresses
can't seem to beat the
heat. Part beach fantasia, part Faustian farce,
all satirical delight,
SUMMER IN THE HUMMER is the must-see show of the
summer.
Tickets are $12 available by calling 212-352-3101
or visiting
www.TheaterMania.com.
Ace of Clubs (inside Acme)
| 9 Great Jones Street
(Accessible from the 6 train at Bleecker or the
B,D,V,F trains at
Lafayette).
Hot Off The Press:
There is some very good news!
The cops in Washington State were able to appehend
a thief who stole a donut truck!
Monday, August 7, 2006
And here is a fun
event for tonight:
PETER NEOFOTIS
AUGUST 7th @ 8PM
DIXON PLACE "HOT! FESTIVAL"
Peter Neofotis animates three
sections of his novel, Concord, Virginia, in the
Hot! Festival at Dixon Place Monday 7 August at
8 pm. Reviving the nearly forgotten art of dramatic
panegyric, Peter Neofotis will relive three tales
from his novel, Concord, Virginia, as part of Dixon
Place's "Hot! Festival" Monday 7 August
at 8 pm. By turns comic, dramatic, and tragic, the
stories in Concord, Virginia excavate life in one
small rural Virginia town during the post World
War II era.
In the comically grotesque Southern tradition of
Carson McCullers and Flannery O'Connor, Mr. Neofotis
unfolds the panorama of a long-rooted community
one
character at a time. The tapestry grows as long-honored
harmonies of nature,
family, community, taboos, and local law confront
a seeping flood of
sanitizing modernity. Paying homage to his home
state's respect for the oral
traditions of both the ancient and Appalachian traditions,
Mr. Neofotis delivers
his tales from memory.
Tickets for Concord, Virginia
are available through theatermania.com
or by reservation at 212 219-0736.
Dixon Place | 258 Bowery
(between Houston and Prince Streets)
Sunday, August 6, 2006
It seems that a supposedly
amateur You Tube film that makes fun of
Al Gore's insistance
that our world is experiencing global warming was
actually made by a twenty-nine year old guy who
works for a Republican
PR firm that reps Exxon. Those silly boys, and to
think I thought some
actual person belived it was going to get cooler.
http://abcnews.go.com
Soul Summit
Sunday, August 6th. 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Fort Green Park, Brooklyn
The Soul Summit Music
people in Ft. Greene Park, Brooklyn have invited
ALMA NYC to take their Neo-Brasilian Fusion into
the park on Sunday,
August 6th.... Capoeira, LIVE samba/drummers, dancers
and more ...
The whole works.
ALMA NYC's Resident DJs True and Miller Cruz
Hosted by Joann Jimenez and Manchildblack
The Soul Summit Music
Festival is a weekly musical event taking place
on Sunday afternoons, the second to last week in
June through the first
week in September.
It is a showcase
of artist of various backgrounds including Bands,
Djs,
Dance Companies Photographers, Filmmakers, Fashion
Designers, just
to name a few. The showcases are always free to
the public and we
encourage families to attend. People bring blankets,
picnic baskets etc.
In addition to music, we provide various festival
like activities such as
face painting, drumming, and poetry.
All Ages: FREE
Dekalb Ave. on the
side of Monument Plaza
C train to Lafayette
Saturday,
August 5, 2006
Shane West and Pat Smear
of The Germs
Photographed by Steven Day
Just Published:
Read
Steven Days' story about the return of the legendary
LA Punk Band, The Germs.
Just Published:
Read Janet Perisa's article and look at Krisztina
Fazekas's photo of the Sunglass Hut
Swimshows Miami Kick-Off Party.
I
just got an email from Renata at Rula PR about the
Amazon NYC party.
Log onto this link for details.
Hot
off the Press: There is an excellent article
by Joe Klein in Time Magazine about the mess in
Iraq that includes this quote from Colonel Hammes,
a retired Colonel:
"Colonel Hammes
identified a more basic, undeniable problem: 'Talking
about
a new strategy is useless until we get a new team—in
the Pentagon, in the Administration. These guys
have screwed up everything. They haven't got the
credibility to implement anything.' "
http://www.time.com
Friday, August 4, 2006
Read
my review of Quinceanera, which opens today.
Thursday, August
3, 2006
Here is something
to do tonight and I bet the AC will be on:
Keepsin' IT! Real
Thurs August 3rd 10 pm til 4 am
Sullivan Room
Goque Groove / Turkish Blend has
been keepsin' it real in NYC for almost a year!
Join us for their Sullivan Room debut featuring
some of the best in local talent spinning dirty
tech-house and minimal grooves.
with DJs: Function (infrastructure);
Santos (Circle, Manoid); Eddie Krilov (Thema)
$10 / $5 rsvp to lisa@sullivanroom.com
SULLIVAN ROOM | 218 Sullivan
St
(btwn W3rd & Bleeker)
www.sullivanroom.com
www.topdjgear.com
Wednesday August
2, 2006
And yes, we really
think you should know about this.
Photo Credit Linus Gelber
And yes, we really
think you should know about this.
Tuesday August
1, 2006
Just
Published: We just published our August 1st
Edition: Sunglass Hut Swim Shows Miami; Scarlett
Johansson and Ian McShane of Woody Allen's Scoop;
Harlem's Legendary Silver Belles; Rated X Party
at Luke & Leroy; The Dada Exhibit at MoMA; The
Story of Dhoma, a Tibetan Refuge; and much much
more.
CBS/NYC PRESENTS:
GROUCH CLUB WITH PATRICK BORELLI
Monday July 31@ 8:30pm, doors 8:15pm
Mo Pitkins
The Grouch Club celebrates
bad days and grumpy people who like to
complain. Join comedian Patrick Borelli, and his
grouchy friends Matt Hall,
Jon Glaser, DJ Tedward and more special grumpy guests!
Tickets only $6! Available
at www.ticketweb.com - or at the door
MO PITKIN’S HOUSE
OF SATISFACTION |4 Avenue A, between 2nd and 3rd
streets
212-777-5660
Sunday, July 30,
2006
Photo Credit Angelo Rivera
It was hot last night
and New York Cool photographer Angelo Rivera was
hanging in Union Square when he got this shot of
Princess: Fire Performer
and Instructor for Hire (princess
@adventuresofprincess.com).
Saturday, July 29,
2006
Everyone at New York
Cool is on lock-down this weekend, preparing our
August issue. And what an issue it will be: Sunglass
Hut Swim Shows in
Miami (models, bikinis and parties), Ian McShane
and Scarlett Johansson of
Woody Allen's Scoop, Harlem's legendary
Silver Belles, and our usual parties,
film, stories etc. etc.
But since you don't
work here and are probably not grounded, you can
go
to this party:
The Melting Pot NYC presents
"Hotter Than July!"
Saturday, July 29. 10pm - Late
The Nuyorican Poets Cafe
Resident DJ Kervyn Mark (Maestro-Documentary)
and Guest DJ Jus-Ed
(Underground Quality) celebrating his B-day! Spinning
all sorts of Deep
Soulful House, Funk and Classics Joints. The new
twist involves an open
mic session that encourages all to step up and bring
their flava to the
music. Early birds will get a free Hula Hoop and
expect eye-popping
visual projections. So come as you are and be part
of the vibe! Dancers
bring the baby powder to bless the floor! Open Mic-12:30am-1am.
Other Leo’s wanting to celebrate with us,
contact us at
info@themeltingpotnyc.com.
“CAPTURING THE ESSENCE OF THE UNDERGROUND”
$5 B4 11PM
www.themeltingpotnyc.com
Nuyorican Poets Cafe | 236 East
3rd Street between Avenues B&C
New York, NY
Friday, July 28, 2006
Frank J. Avella has
reviewed three movies that are opening today:
Woody
Allen's
Scoop
Opens Friday, July 28, 2006
Todd
Stephens’
Another Gay Movie
Opens Friday July 28, 2006
Keith
Fulton and Louis Pepe's
Brothers of the Head (UK)
Opens Friday, July 28, 2006
Hot off the Press:
Read Michael Hirsch's in
depth Newsweek article about
President Bush entitled, "Making Enemies."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14046789/site/newsweek/
Thursday, July 27,
2006
Don't forget about
the New York Intenational Latino Film Festival which
is going on right now!
See
complete listings for the New York International
Latino Film Festival here!
Hot off the press:
There is a good article in
MSNBC about the way the Bush administration has
not been "strategic." Strategic is definied
by Merriam Webster as, "of, relating to, or
marked by strategy."
"You've got
Lebanon, Israel and the Palestinian territories
aflame, you've got Iraq still aflame, and you've
got the Iran issue now unresolved," said Carlos
Pascual, a senior State Department official until
this year. "It has hurt the U.S. internationally
because it has only reinforced in everyone's mind
that the U.S. was not being strategic, it was not
looking ahead to how to handle the whole panoply
of issues in a way that's both realistic and effective."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14049387/
And if you like
a your theater a little strange sounding, this opened
last night:
Aaron Mack Schloff ‘s
The Flight Of Icarus
Wednesday – Saturday @ 7:00PM
July 26-29
SOHO THINK TANK
Icarus flees from the novel of
his author Hubert, who hires a detective to
find him. But Icarus has already met LN, a prostitute
who herself escaped
from a crossword puzzle. Together, they are building
a life in a 1890's
Paris, full of New Things: the automobile, sado-masochism,
aviation, the
color mauve... all great temptations for one who
wants to be Modern.
The Flight of Icarus
was presented at University of Texas at Austin,
as the
closing event of the "Colloqueneau," the
first-ever conference solely
devoted to Queneau in the United States. It has
been subsequently
workshopped and presented as part of Soho Think
Tank's 6th Floor Series.
Tickets $15 -$10.00 students/seniors
- 212-868-4444
Ohio Theater |66
Wooster Street
New York, NY 10012
Wednesday, July
26, 2006
If you are an artist
(or just like artists), here is a cool event for
tonight:
Hot off the Press:
Looks like some Grannies are going to be going to
jail. MSNBC just published an article about how
the Senate just passed a bill making it a crime
to transport a minor across state lines to get an
abortion. And there is no exception for counselors,
grandparents or anyone else who might legitimately
want to help a young girl.
You should read this article to the end for the
quote from one of our Republican scolds-in-chief,
Senator Tom Coburn, R-Okla.
"Abstinence is the best way to prevent teenage
pregnancy. How many people really think it's in
the best interest of young people to be sexually
active outside of marriage? Does anything positive
ever come from that?" Coburn asked.
Well, I guess more unwanted children
and later term abortions are going to "come
from that."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/14021863/
Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Blue Fire’s Josh “Pix”and
Gus "Bigman" Ward
Photo Credit Krisztina Fazekas
AMG National Major
Record Label Showcase
Tuesday, July 25, at 8:00 PM Sharp
Lion’s Den
AlphaMusicGroup announces the
AMG National Major Record Label Showcase to be held
in New York City at the Lion’s Den on Tuesday,
July 25, at 8:00 PM Sharp. The showcase will feature
five of the best artists/bands from the U. S. Record
Labels attending include Koch Records, Universal
Records, Motown Records, Columbia Records, Epic
Records, and Island Records. Sonalyst will be filming
the event for MTV coverage.
BLUEFIRE: Bluefire features Josh
Karikoff, a 14 year old guitar genius who Guitar
Player Magazine has nominated for 2006 Guitar Hero
of the year!
NINA! With her Legendary Band:
Steve Holley (plays with Robert Plant & Ian
Hunter! - of Wings, Joe Cocker's band) – drums;
Keith Lentin (Anton Fig, Bob Dylan, Blondie Chaplin
) bass; Benny Landa (Peter Frampton's opening act
) guitar; Myron Walden (Ray Barretta, Lionel Hampton
) saxophone. With powerhouse vocals and a 4-octave
range, a sultry r&b / jazz-tinged voice Nina
brought down the house at Caesar's, Atlantic City
when Patti LaBelle called her on-stage to sing "At
Last" a' cappella and had "the joint jumpin'"
In addition, Avenue11A (Emergenza
winners); Luzer (toured with Beatlemania on a national
tour) and End of an Era (Winner of Worldwide Battle
of the Bands) will be performing.
Tickets are $10.00.
Lions Den| 214 Sullivan
Btwn Bleeker and W 3rd.
Monday, July 24,
2006
Photo Credit nickydigital.com
We
just published Kristina Weise's article about the
recurring Friday night party at the Annex called
The Ruff Club. Check it out!
Here is something
campy for tonight. It's not just burlesque; it's
educational!
Dr. Lucky’s
School of Burlesque
Monday, July 24th 10PM - 1AM
Galapagos Art Space
Dr. Lucky’s School
of Burlesque starring Dirty Martini, James “Tigger!”
Ferguson, Jo “Boobs” Weldon, Julie Atlas
Muz, Lukki, Scotty the Blue Bunny, The World Famous
Bob, and students from NYU’s History of American
Burlesque Course.
Back by popular demand, Dr. Lucky’s
School of Burlesque brings you classroom learning
with cabaret entertainment! In a retelling of the
history of theatre through the undervalued tradition
of burlesque, this evening will feature students
from New York University’s Undergraduate Drama
Department enrolled in “The History of American
Burlesque” performing original and historically-based
songs, dances, skits, and comedic bits in the burlesque
spirit of parody, gender inversion, and the deconstruction
of the split between highbrow and lowbrow culture.
Students will be joined by guest lecturers who also
happen to be stars of the neo-burlesque scene including
Dirty Martini, James “Tigger!” Ferguson,
Jo “Boobs” Weldon, Julie Atlas Muz,
Scotty the Blue Bunny, The World Famous Bob, and,
of course, their professor, Dr. Lynn “Lucky”
Sally. Come see what you knew all along: burlesque
is savvy, sexy, and smart.
$5
Galapagos Art Space| 70 North
6th Street
Between Kent and Wythe
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, NY 11211
www.galapagosartspace.org.
718 782-5188
Sunday, July
23, 2006
If you are a spiritually
inclined, here are two wise principles from two
of the world's oldest religions that you can ponder
as you contemplate the war between Israel and Hezollah:
The Jewish principle
of Tikkum Olam: Repair of the World
And the Qur'an (2:213): "Mankind is one single
nation."
I know there is irony
here, but there is also hope.
Hot
off the Press: Read Jonathan Alter's excellent
column in Newsweek about President Bush's veto of
a bill that would allow stem cell research. Be sure
to read all the way to the bottom of the second
page, where you will see these lines:
"In that sense, the whole issue is emblematic
of what's wrong with the Bush presidency: his inflexibility,
obsession with his conservative base, religious
arrogance and contempt for scientific consensus.
Most of all, last week's decision betrayed his oft-stated
belief in the sanctity of life. The question, as
in all moral issues, is whose life? I'll choose
yours or mine over a piece of protoplasm no larger
than the period at the end of this sentence."
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13989890/site/newsweek/
New York Cool photographer
Mary Blanco just got a great shot on the subway:
Subway- Photo Credit Mary
Blanco
And if you would like to channel your inner
anarchist!
Free Concert in Tompkins Square
Park, Manhattan
Sunday, July 23, 2006 2:00pm - 6:00pm
Tompkins Square Park, Manhattan
The SHADOW (New York's ONLY underground
newspaper) presents a free punk show in Tompkins
Squark!!
FEATURING:The UNDEAD; The Nihilistics;
The Radicts; Iconicide; Gateria; David Peel + The
Lower East Side; Entertainment by Zero Boy; Hosting
by Missy Galore.
Brought to you by: the May
Day Organizing Committee, Don Yippie, the SHADOW
and Those F****** Anarchists!! CONTACT: The SHADOW:
212-631-1181
Tompkins Square Park,
Manhattan
Between Avenue A & Avenue B - From 7th to 10th
Street
And for a hot time
in the old town tonight for the folks who don't
have to go to work on Monday morning:
Get It Hot: A High
Voltage, Balls To The Wall AC/DC Burlesque Tribute
Sunday July 23rd 11PM
Don Hill's
Get It Hot is what happens when
you mix the blistering classic hard rockin' riffs
of AC/DC with some of the cutest little tushies
in the NYC Burlesque scene today. For one night
only, ACee/DooCee will be playing your favorite
AC/DC songs from the entire span of their career
while a lovely lady is strip-teasin' and shakin'
it to each song with Angus Hung, Malcolm Hung, Phil
Crudd, Whiff Clilliams, Bon Snott, and Brian Johnstone.
Hosted by the intoxicated Anita Cookie and starring:
Gigi La Femme, Clams Casino, Scarlet Sinclair, Peekaboo
Pointe, Nasty Canasta, Pinkie Special, and Jo Boobs.
Hold on to your ticket, and stick around till the
end . . . you just might walk away with a brand
new Epiphone G-310 SG Guitar provided by our sponsor,
Gibson Guitars. Also sponsored by Wasabasso! Come
try their new line of hot-ass saucy-sauces made
right in Anita Cookie's Kitchen.
Tickets $10. For more information
visit:
www.myspace.com/rocknrollburlesque
www.donhills.com
Don Hill's| 511 Greenwich
St. at Spring
Saturday, July
22, 2006
Now here is a bit
of the diversity that makes New York great!
Desilicious - WHITE
HOT Summer Party
Saturday July 22nd. 10 PM - 4 AM
Shelter
On Saturday, July 22nd, break
out those summer whites and head to Shelter for
the only monthly queer South Asian dance party in
NYC, Desilicious, presented by
Sholay Production. Get ready to get drenched and
work it on stage for our Midnight West Sari Contest
with a $150 cash prize for hottest wet sari! No
sari? No problem! We'll provide a limited number
of FREE saris to contestants.
Tickets $15/$10 w/ flyer. For
more information, go to
www.sholayevents.com
Shelter| W 39th St (Between 5th
and 6th Ave)
Friday July 21, 2006
Hot
off the Press: Newsweek has
just published a column by Robert Samuelson entitled
"Utterly Shameless" about the out of control
Federal Deficit (interest per year 184 billion).
http:/www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13957467/site/newsweek//.
Just in case you find these things a little boring,
here is a quick recap of our national situation:
We are embroiled in a civil war in Iraq (avoiding
such a quagmire is precisely why President Bush's
father refused to topple Sadam Hussein during the
1990-1991 Gulf War, so our President can't say this
is a surprise); Our planet is warming up with disastrous
results (See my review of the Al Gore movie - www.newyorkcool.com/archives/2006/July/film_6.htm);
And we have gone on a national bender with our "no
preset limit" national credit card, leaving
the bills for our our children and grandchildren
to pay.
As to why it should matter to us, try this: The
people who come to visit us in the nursing home
(assuming there is still a planet and some money
for nursing homes) are going to be exceedingly cross,
treating us like like the bunch of drunken profligates
we have become. They will ask us, "Didn't you
see this coming?" And we will be to
blame, not just our leaders but we the
people, the ones who elected those
leaders and did nothing to stop the resulting mess.
Sorry to be so preachy,
but reading the news these days is like watching
a horror movie.
But back to the fun stuff: If you want to stay forever
young like those red hot Mammas the Harlem Silver
Belles, here is a great party for tonight:
Alma Party February 26th,
2006
Photo Credit - Mary Blanco
Alma
Friday, July 21st 10PM– 4AM
Sullivan Room
ALMA (soul) "All for the
Love of Music & Art" is a Brazilian collective
that fuses live instrumentation with Brazilian grooves.
DJ True and Miller Cruz marry the traditional sounds
of samba, pagode, bossa nova to house, drum n’
bass, Latin & Afro beats – what a beautiful
union. The combination has produced quite a serious
monthly party introducing the world to their own
unique style they themselves call “Neo-Brasilian
Fusion”. They share the heart and intense
party nature of Brazilians with their patrons by
bringing back memories of old NYC, where the party
spirit was once similar to that of Brazil in many
ways.
Expect music lovers of all ethnicities
and ages working up a sweat to the heavily percussive
grooves.
Special Guests on Percussion:
Jorge Amorim (Tribo Raw); Neil Ochoa (Si Se);
Orixa Vocal Chants: Erminia Apolinario; the Bahiana
from Ilha Vitoria
$15 General Admission - $5 + 2
for 1 drinks 10 - 11pm
$10 All night w/RSVP by Friday, July 21 to joannjimenez@almanyc.com
Sullivan Room |218
Sullivan Street
Between 3rd & Bleecker
A,C,E,B,D,F,V to W. 4th
St.
Thursday, July
20, 2006
Time
Magazine has published an excellent article by Joe
Klein about how our present administration's failed
policies in the Middle East have helped to create
the present war between Hezbollah and Israel.
http://www.time.com
And here is cool
party for tonight:
Wednesday, July
19, 2006
Photo Credit - Carol Rosegg
Here is a kinky
sounding party for tonight and hey, it's literary
too.
Tuesday, July 18,
2006
Our good friends
the Billionaires for Bush are at it again, making
the world safe for plutocrats:
Photo Credit Krisztina Fazekas
Billionaires For Bush
SUMMER IN THE HUMMER
Tuesdays at 8:00pm.
July 18 - August 8
Ace of Clubs
(inside Acme at 9 Great Jones Street)
See
the New York Cool Feature Story About The Billionaires
Just when you thought
it couldn't get any hotter for the President, The
Billionaire Follies and Heart of Gold Productions
present SUMMER IN THE HUMMER.
The Billionaires return to Ace of Clubs, where their
previous sold-out
successes (SPRING BLING! and DICK CHENEY'S HOLIDAY
SPECTACULAR!) have won praise from Billionaires
and critics alike, on July 18
SUMMER IN THE HUMMER is a wild
romp into the decadent world of Billionaires
For Bush. Beset by scandals, DC is just too hot
for the Bills, so they head
off to their summer (tax) havens on Grand Cayman
with George and Laura in tow.
But with global warming driving the temperature
up, and W starting to regret
that deal he made all those years ago with that
guy in the weird red cape,
our crew of caliente corporate cronies and hot heiresses
can't seem to beat the
heat. Part beach fantasia, part Faustian farce,
all satirical delight,
SUMMER IN THE HUMMER is the must-see show of the
summer.
Tickets are $12 available by calling 212-352-3101
or visiting
www.TheaterMania.com.
Ace of Clubs (inside Acme)
| 9 Great Jones Street
(Accessible from the 6 train at Bleecker or the
B,D,V,F trains at
Lafayette).
Monday, July 17,
2006
The Midtown Theater Festival opens today:
Romy Nordlinger in Sex & Sealing Wax
Photo Credit Michele Garner Brown
Seventh Annual Midtown International
Theatre Festival
Presents Over 45 Different Productions in Four
Venues
July 17th - August 6th
www.midtownfestival.org
Here is an oldie but goodie
and if you get you mojo up, you can perform:
The O'Debra Twins "Show
and Tell"
Every Monday night at 10 till When
Bowery Poetry Club
Diane Destiny O'Debra
and Tanya Tammy Tina Tiny Dancer Hyphen O'Debra
are asmthatic Irish Twins born in the McDonalds
bathroom. And on Monday nights, the world famous
O'Debra Twins host "SHOW AND TELL", which
has been called only open mic that matters on a
Monday night" by Olivejuice.com.
The rules are simple.
Performers put their names into "the colander
of collaboration", and the line up for the
night, which is slightly curated, is based on lottery
drawing. The pot of performers is super spicy! Downtown
favorites such as Reverend Jen, Rick Shapiro, Liam
McEneaney, Girlbomb, Jason Trachtenburg, Faceboy,
Eric Kirchberger, Touching You, Shappy, and Jennifer
Blowdryer frequent the stage. Performers have seven
minutes in heaven to do whatever the heck they want.
As long as they don’t pick on the audience!
And the audience, in turn, is not allowed to heckle.
Anyone caught heckling will be forced to stand in
the corner with their pants down for the following
three acts. The O’Debra Twins have enforced
this punishment three times, and they are not afraid
to do it again.
Tickets are $3!!!
That's a whole night of zany antics for only $3!!!
The Bowery Poetry
Club | 308 Bowery | North of Houston
Sunday, July 16, 2006
|
|
J
Robert Spencer of Jersey Boys |
Kathy
Brier of Hairspray |
And here is a fun event for tonight:
STEWART LEWIS
SUNDAY JULY 16th at 7pm
ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL
STEWART LEWIS playing
live w/ special guest vocals by R O S K O. -www.stewartlewis.com
and www.myspace.com/stewartlewis
Free
ROCKWOOD MUSIC HALL |196
Allen Street
New York City 10002
212.477.4155
between E. Houston and Stanton
take the f and v subway to 2nd ave
Saturday, July 15, 2006
Photo Credit Jonny Sorber
We
just published an article about the recurring (second
Saturday of every month) GlamdammitParty at Rififi’s
(332 East 11th Street
in the East Village).
Friday, July 14,
2006
Here is an interesting
event for tonight:
The New York International
Independent Film and Video Festival
Friday, July 14, 8:30
Spy Club.
The New York International
Independent Film/Video Festival (NYIIFVF) proudly
announces an exclusive awards ceremony to honor
recipients from its highly successful Spring/Summer
film extravaganza. Award winners include One
Life to Live actress Tonja Walker for her film
The Derby Stallion, which scooped the prestigious
Grand Jury Prize for Best Feature Film. The
Derby Stallion stars teen heartthrob Zac Efron
of 'High School Musical' and the upcoming film version
of Hairspray. Legendary film guru Abel
Ferrara (Bad Lieutenant, King of New
York, Mary) won a Lifetime Achievement
Award and Matthew Modine (Full Metal Jacket)
won the Best Actor Award for his role in Abel Ferrara's
latest film Mary. The ceremony will take
place at Spy Club and will also celebrate the talents
of up-and-coming directors, producers, actors,
cinematographers and screenwriters.
Red carpet arrivals begin at
8:30pm and hosts include Keith Knight, Psychotherapy
Clothing models, doe-eyed actress Aesha Waks (Arresting
Gena, A Brother's Kiss) and stunning
UK actress Anita Sabherwal. Champagne and light
food will be served and live
performances by accomplished musician Keith Patchell
and downtown artist from the Andy Warhol era Ruby
Lynn Reyner and her band Ruby and the Rednecks.
The evening
will also include trailers of the winning entries
and a film quiz with prizes.
Door Tickets $15.
Spy Club |17 West 19th
Street
Between 5th & 6th Aves
www.nyfilmvideo.com.
We just posted reviews
for three movies that are opening today:
Ed
Burns's
The Groomsmen
Nick
Guthe's
Mini's First Time
André
Téchiné's
Changing Times
Thursday, July 13, 2006
New York Coolie
Eve Hyman is performing tonight:
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Eve Hyman of Redheadphone
Photo Credit Evan Sung
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Eve
Hyman of Redheadphone
Photo Credit Evan Sung
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Redheadphone - 7:30pm
(featuring Micah Gaugh, DJ Fliphilips, and Tisra
Dewitt)
Suzan Hurtuk - 8:30pm
Buck Ford - 9:30pm
Thursday, July 13th from 7-10PM
Pianos
It's a post-work, free show in
the upstairs lounge from 7-10pm plus the
best cheeseburger in the LES. Come put your burgers
in the air for my birthday suit debut, reminisce
and enjoy the trip hop + americana + burger combo
pack.
Mmmm.
Pianos |158
Ludlow at Stanton
F train to 2nd Ave
Note: We were
just notified that this event is cancelled becuase
the Parks Department double booked - this weekend
is the Siren Festival. But try it out Saturday,
July 29th on the Coney Island Boardwalk from 3PM
- 9PM.
If you are starting to plan your weekend, look at
this for Saturday:
We are bullish about day trips to Coney Island because
it's hot outside and some of us are broke and might
not fit-in in the Hamptons. Besides, Coney Island
is so out it's in.
Wednesday, July
12, 2006
Hot off the Press:
So that's why he wasn't in jail! Robert Novak just
revealed that he cooperated with authorities in
investigation of the
"Valerie Plame outing." Surprise! Surprise!
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13820780/
Tuesday, July 11, 2006
Isn't it time to
call this mess in Iraq what it really is - a civil
war?
See: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13810844/
When we "liberated" Iraq we seem to have
unleashed centuries of hatred
between their religious sects and we did it with
no plan to curb the resulting
violence. Whatever happened to our being "welcomed
as liberators?" http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3080244/
The next time we
go to war, perhaps it would be good to consult
someone who is good at strategic military planning.
I think they study
that at Westpoint. Or even consult with someone
who knows how
to play chess - if I do this, then he/she will do
that, and then I will be
forced to do this and on and on. It really isn't
unmanly to be smart.
Monday, July 10,
2006
And here is something
fun for tonight.
CBS/NYC PRESENTS:
DAVE HILL’S EXCITING NIGHT OF SHORT FILMS,
VIDEOS AND
OTHER THINGS ONCE THOUGHT IMPOSSIBLE!
Monday July 10th @ 8:30pm, doors 8:15pm
Mo Pitkins
That ever-popular man on
the street and man about town, Dave Hill
(Smoking Gun TV), brings together some of NY's hottest
downtown
comics for an exciting night of comedic short films
and videos, introduced
by the people who made them!
Special guests include: Nick Kroll, John Mulaney
and more!
Tickets only $6! Available
at www.ticketweb.com - or at the door
MO PITKIN’S HOUSE
OF SATISFACTION |4 Avenue A, between 2nd and 3rd
streets
212-777-5660
Sunday,
July 9, 2006
If you are out and
about tonight:
Adam Sank hosts
THE ELECTRO SHOCK THERAPY COMEDY HOUR
Sunday, July 9 @ 10PM
Therapy Bar
After two weeks of R & R (Rehab
and Ritalin), Adam Sank returns
with a vengeance to host the wildly successful Electro
Shock
Therapy Comedy Hour. Sank welcomes his most eclectic
lineup ever,
headlined by the incomparable Peaches Rodriguez,
who's appeared
in the Jack Daniels Latino Comedy Festival and done
three U.S.O.
Tours to entertain troops in the Middle East. Adding
heightened hilarity
will be Anthony DeVito, whose numerous television
credits include Vh-1's
"Awesomely Badder Fashion" and "Celebrity
Showdown 2," and "Indian
bad boy" Vidur Kapur (MTV World, LOGO), soon
to be kicking serious
Canuck ass at Montreal's Just for Laughs Festival.
Come watch a campy classic film
on Therapy's wide screen at 8 PM...
stay for the live comedy at 10.
No cover charge, no minimum, $5
cosmos all night! For more information,
visit http://www.therapy-nyc.com/ or http://www.adamsank.com/.
Therapy | 348 West 52nd St
(between 8th and 9th Aves.)
Saturday,
July 8, 2006
Photo Credit Angelo Rivera
We
just published a story about the Snapple Balloon
Show at Byant Park.
Friday, July 7, 2006
Here is a fun gig for tonight:
VISIBLE FROM SPACE
DEBUT CD FLY Release Party
Friday, July 7 from 9pm - Midnight
The Knitting Factory
The band Visible From Space
releases their first album, FLY, at a party
on July 7. Advance copies are now available. Visible
From Space, a New
York City-based funk/rock band, features lead singer
and 4th season
American Idol Semi-Finalist Judd Harris, who hails
from New Orleans and
cites the city as one of the most significant inspirations
for the band's music.
The 13 songs on FLY are written by the songwriting
team of Harris and
Rick Nossa, whose style has been described as a
combination of funk,
rock, and blues ? The Red Hot Chili Peppers meets
The Black Crowes.
The band includes Nossa on guitar, bassist Robert
Gingery, drummer
Paul Amorese and keyboardist Jon Loyd.
Tickets are $15 and are
available at www.ticketweb.com. Release Party
sponsored by The Maitland Group. FLY is available
for $12 pre-order at
ww.earbuzz.com/visiblefromspace. For more information,
visit
www.visiblefromspace.com.
The Knitting Factory | 74 Leonard
Street, NYC.
Thursday, July 6, 2006
Photo Credit Melinda Maclean
Wednesday,
July 5, 2006
I just got back in town from LA and it seems there
is some kind of mess going on
in New Jersey (Surprise! Surprise!). The governor
and the legislator got in a fight
over the budget and now they have pulled their guns
from their holsters and taking
aim at their two cash cows - the lottery and the
casinos. They are closing them down because they
don't have enough money to pay the people who COLLECT
THE
MONEY! These people really need to go to AA.
Hey, I'm from Texas and I recognize drunk and disorderly
when I see it!
You
can read more about all this carrying on here -
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13661651/
And
now for some good news: Little Kim is out
of prison so it was a Happy
Fourth of July afterall.
And here is something
interesting for tonight:
Doctor Donut's First
Wednesday of the Month Show!
Wednesday, July 5th @ 9PM.
The Slipper Room
Join the dastardly DOCTOR DONUT
(Bradford Scobie), New York's premier
donut-themed, mutant super-villain, at his kooky
secret hideout for an
evening of laughs, music and Girls! Girls! Girls!...and
crullers.
This Month: It's Doctor Donut's
Not Fourth of July Special! It's
All-American mayhem as Doctor Donut begrudgingly
celebrates the USA's
Independence Day.
Gasp! As Doctor Donut embattles
his arch-nemesis/ex-girlfriend, the chain
smoking, whiskey swilling, washed-up superhero,
USA WOMAN (Laura Sweeney)!
Delight! As Doctor Donut verbally abuses his evil
side-kick, French
pervert, MONSIEUR CROISSANT! (Fisherman)
Swoon! As Doctor Donut's burlesque beauties, THE
DONETTES, entertain and
titillate. This Month's Special Guest, DR LUKKI
performs her lavish Lady
Liberty routine!
$5
The Slipper Room (corner of Orchard
& Stanton - F train to 2nd Ave)
www.slipperroom.com
Tuesday,
July 4, 2006
Photo Credit Melinda Maclean
Photo Credit Angelo Rivera
Monday,
July 3, 2006
Rootstein Mannequin Party
Photo Credit Krisztina Fazekas
Our
July issue is up with loads of new stories. Check
it out!
Sunday, July 2, 2006
For those of you who were
hoping against hope that perhaps something could
be
done to save their marriage, it is now official:
Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey are
divorced. I hope you are able to pull yourselves
together enough to have some
joy over this Fourth of July weekend.
http://www.cnn.com
Saturday, July 1, 2006
We are still working away on the
July edition of www.newyorkcool.com.
Here is
a photo from one of our July articles, the Snapple
event in Bryant Park. And here
is a quote from the Snaple website about what in
the world was going on: "You’ll
believe a man and a woman can fly after seeing Snapple
take “High Tea” to new
heights with the launch of the National Snapple
White Tea High Tea Tour today.
The celebration of the lightest teas on Earth kicked
off at Bryant Park from
noon – 2:00 p.m." New York Cool will
bring you more soon.
Photo Credit Angelo Rivera
Also,
see Christina M Hinke's review of David Frankel’s
new movie, The Devil
Wears Prada, starring Meryl Streep and Anne
Hathaway. Prada opened on
Friday, June 30, 2006.
Friday, June 30, 2006
The New York Cool
writers and photographers are hard at work preparing
our July edition. Here is a cool photo from a July
article about Hunts Point graffiti artists.
