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Category Archives: Festivals
Electric Zoo 2010: A Rave Dustbowl
For two whole days, Electric Zoo shook Randall’s Island with music from the world’s best electronic artists. A veritable 1990s time-capsule, the event drew a crowd from all corners of the globe and all walks of life: an older set … Continue reading
PREGAME: Electric Zoo 2010
For electronic music fans, dreams do come true as Made Event’s ship-captains Mike Bindra and Laura De Palma dock on the shores of Randall’s Island, New York for a second year of Electric Zoo, Labor Day Weekend (9/4-9/5). With notes … Continue reading
globalfest 2010
There’s no better way to lengthen the road of your mind or widen the prairies of your soul than by traveling, seeing the world, and melding with people unlike yourself. Yet many New Yorkers-myself included- are reinventing the ‘stay-cation’ since … Continue reading
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The APAP Smear
Every year, I wait for the APAP ‘smear’; one glorious weekend in January when the Association of Performing Arts Presenters hosts its conference in the Big Apple. What does this mean for non-members like us? Music. Glorious, glorious music EVERYWHERE. … Continue reading
Tilda Swinton on ‘Making work’
I’m not going to lie. I felt culturally snooty in my seat at City Winery, waiting for Tilda Swinton to begin her parlay with Hilton Als, theatre critic and contributor to The New Yorker‘s “Talk of the Town” section. The … Continue reading
Lebowski Fest 2009: The Dude Abides
Like a beautiful rug that ties the room together, Lebowski Fest 2009 forged a bond between fans from all walks of life. I got a message on my machine telling me that they were showing the picture on the big … Continue reading
Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (8/8)
The 2nd annual Brooklyn Electronic Music Festival (BEMF) was a real life yin-and-yan experience: daytime and nightime, indoor stage and outdoor stage, PBRs/Booze (dehydrate) and Zico Coconut Water (hydrate), one-man shows and full-on bands, hi-tops and low-cuts, clean cut and … Continue reading
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All Points West (Sunday)
To be perfectly honest, Sunday was somewhat marred by the rain that had dumped on Liberty State Park even after a perfect Saturday. Doors to the festival did not open until 4PM thus multiple performances were canned without question. Seething … Continue reading
All Points West (Saturday): Here comes the sun
And the sun shone overhead on the second day of All Points West…… Though Liberty State Park remained a muddy muckfest (good luck getting your deposit back, APW), better weather improved overall morale at the festival. Benefitting from this wave … Continue reading
All Points West (Friday): Highlights and HOVA
Friday’s revelers at All Points West know full well that when it rains, it pours. The mini-monsoon began during the Fleet Foxes’ jam at the Blue Comet main stage, continued to cool during The National and called it a wrap … Continue reading
