Just another sign that print media is over!!!… Alpha Media has announced that they are shutting down the presses on Blender magazine; the April 2009 issue will be its last. Apparently the recession is getting the blame here. We think it has more to do with publications refusing to realize that how people get there […]
WEDNESDAY 4
Space and The Woods
UK indie electronic band Late Of The Pier sound like Metronomy vs The Klaxons, with a whole lotta rock angst. This Wednesday they perform tracks from current album Fantasy Black Channel. Best Brit mates The Whip open.
Bowery Ballroom, 6 Delancey St bet Bowery and Chrystie St, NYC, 212-533-2111, 8pm, $15, www.myspace.com/lateofthepier
You probably won’t get very far, fighting off the Crazy 88 with an umbrella…but you’ll look sharp!
Umbrellas for the Civil but Discontent Man, designed by Bruce and Stephanie Tharp of Materious.
“Sigmund Freud contends that aggressiveness is a fundamental human instinct whose inhibition is a necessary obligation of social life. These umbrellas combine a symbol of […]
Naughty boy Terry Richardson shows off in front of the camera in new spread for Vogue Homme International.
www.mensrag.com
SATURDAY 28
Scottish quartet Glasvegas perform their take on 50s and 60s inspired rock in support of current self-titled album. And the much buzzed about Ida Maria brings her Norwegian punky pop to fans of the Chrissie Hyne/Nico sound.
Music Hall of Williamsburg, 66 North Sixth St bet Kent and Wythe Aves, Williamsburg, Brooklyn, 718-486-5400, 8pm, www.myspace.com/glasvegas
The design team know for the fantastically shrinking men’s suit is having a problem selling their $5,000 outfits.
Thom Browne may be the latest casualty in the credit crunch that is closing down shops from Madison Ave to Seventh Ave. Apparently department stores and boutiques are canceling Browne’s orders due to lack of sell-through in past […]
Amy Sherald: American Sublime brings together some fifty paintings by one of the foremost artists of our time. In her first major museum survey, Amy Sherald (b. 1973, Columbus, Georgia; lives and works in the New York City area) presents work from 2007 to the present, from her poetic early portraits to the incisive and moving figure paintings […]
TUESDAYS
When you mix Jasmine Rice LaBeija and Chicky Gorgina together, you get a steamy and gassy night of raunchy inappropriate humor, comedy, live singing and games. Those are the perfect ingredients for a chaotic and delicious night of fun!
Hardware Bar, 697 10th Ave bet 47th & 48th Sts), NYC, 212-924-9885
