THE 14th ANNUAL NEW YORK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL .. is on.
MARCH 28th – APRIL 3rd at ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES,
32nd SECOND AVE, at 2nd STREET, EAST VILLAGE, NYC
visit: NYUFF.COM for more info and TIX
photos from the opening party at the JULEP BAR to post shortly
~New York UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 28th, 2007, 5:27pm
BOBO – from left: singer, DREW GILLESPIE, NICK PAYNE on keyboard, and PHIL COTE – guitar. JULEP BAR, Lower East Side, March 24, 2007
… BOBO !!!!!
… when you hear that name: BOBO .. you go go & get yourself there !! wherever it is – it’ll be worth it.
This band gets it huge driving force from guitar player PHIL COTE, but they all rock. The band played recently at the JULEP BAR, a small crowded bar on AVE A in the East Village, for the opening party of the 14th ANNUAL NEW YORK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL.
They came with a small devoted fan entourage, numbering not more than 12, maybe 24 at most, (….”our biggest audience, ever..”), but soon had the whole place jumping up and down so hard – the ancient wooden floor started to shake so seriously – the place seemed in imminent danger of caving in – right then and there..
they were followed by the MIAMI ICE MACHINE, whose driving force seems to be derived from their lead singer and frontman, GRAHAM WATLING..
GRAHAM WATLING, above, lead singer & frontman for MIAMI ICE MACHINE, at the JULEP BAR, East Village, March 24, 2007
Photos: Nancy Smith
more photos of these bands at the NEW YORK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL PARTY – to post shortly
~BOBO/Miami Ice Machine | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 28th, 2007, 5:01pm
FRANKIE MARTIN – ‘I puke’ – from one of the performances during:
‘FRANKIE MARTIN – in your dreamz’
CANADA
FEBRUARY 16 – MARCH 25, 2007
Photo: COURTESY CANADA
more photos from the opening performance to post shortly
~FRANKIE MARTIN/I puke | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 28th, 2007, 4:38pm
… FRANKIE MARTIN gave 3 more performances at CANADA
during the run of her show ….
“FRANKIE” – SAT MARCH 17, 3-6PM
“FREAKOUT” – SAT MARCH 17, 8PM -&-
a “CLOSING DANCE PARTY” – FRI MARCH 23, 5-9PM
‘Frankie Martin – in your dreamz’ – included a performance by Frankie’s “comedic dance troupe” – “FREAKOUT” at the opening, as well, and at which NYC artist ERIKA SOMOYGI was one of the dancers. The most interesting thing, in the show was a riveting loop projection of the 3 girl dance troupe, lead by Frankie, photographed against a water fountain in an urban setting. It also had a “techno” beat soundtrack, that stayed with you, and visual collaged elements swirling in the backgrounds.
above photo: COURTESY CANADA
… bye the way, were SIENNA MILLER’s handlers channeling EDIE SEDGWICK or FRANKIE MARTIN, ( albeit turned to all-black) when they
dressed her up in this notorious costume for the “FACTORY GIRL” premiere after-party ?
Photo: SPLASH PICTURES
Frankie Martin performs at the GLASSHOUSE, Williamsburg, BROOKLYN, Nov 12, 2004
Photo: Nancy Smith
more photos from the ‘FRANKIE MARTIN – in your dreamz’ opening, including the performance, will post shortly
~FRANKIE MARTIN/SIENNA MILLER | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 28th, 2007, 4:22pm
EDIE SEDGWICK, .. a frame from the 1972 feature …”Ciao ! Manhattan” – the archival footage was screened at the after-party for the Antony concert – ‘Secret Show’ – a benefit for PARTICIPANT presented by FOUNDATION 20 21 at PARIS BAR, National Arts Club, Feb 4, 2007
ANTONY, on the right, with LAURIE ANDERSON at center,
(that’s Lou Reed with his back turned away form the camera),
‘Secret Show’ after-party.
Antony sang some beautiful songs in a small intimate setting. Devendra and CoCoRosie showed up to sing along on one of the songs.
Photos: Nancy Smith
more photos from ‘Secret Show’
(go to row: 4)
~EDIE SEDGWICK/Antony | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 28th, 2007, 3:35pm
AYA TAKANO at the opening of ‘Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture’,
Japan Society, April 7, 2005
& one of her paintings from that show.
Photos: Nancy Smith
an item on AYA TAKANO first posted on THE BOMB – MARCH 20, 2006.
we can’t get out of our head the buzz that recently surfaced about Ms. Takano from the recent ARMORY ART FAIR 2007, in a NEW YORK TIMES article (published March 3, 2007) – that chronicled the art buying adventures of “new” collector SUSAN HANCOCK.
Her first stop at the fair: ” . . . Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin, which is based in
Paris and represents the Japanese artist Aya Takano. Ms. Hancock has been collecting Ms. Takano’s paintings, cartoonish and colorful, for two years.
” … she had already committed to purchasing one large painting.
” … The piece, ‘Stuffed Animal Room’, cost $70,000.
” … “I’m in love with all her paintings, but there were alot … that were very sexually explicit, and I have a bunch of neices who come to visit,” Ms. Hancock said. “The stuffed animals are a lot safer.”
more photos from ‘Little Boy: The Arts of Japan’s Exploding Subculture’,
Japan Society, April 7, 2005
(scroll down – photos start on row: 11)
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin (Paris)
~AYA TAKANO/update | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 28th, 2007, 2:18pm
I just bought my 4th copy (in ten years) of Neutral Milk Hotel’s 2nd CD
In The Aeroplane Over The Sea and it sounds as fresh and new as when
I first bought it ten years ago.
In my history of Indie music it ranks as one of the top 10 CDs of the last 15 years,
up there with Cat Power’s and the Palace Brother’s first CDs.
Since Jeremy Barnes, who plays drums and organ on this compelling CD,
resurfaced on that great Beirut debut CD last year, and Kevin Barnes, aka
Of Montreal, has just released his 7th CD (a review on that CD will be coming soon),
and Apples in Stereo, (Elephant 6 founder and Apples in Stereo guitarist Robert Schneider plays several instruments, and produced this 2nd Neutral Milk Hotel CD), released their first CD in five years, I felt I should express my thanks to the whole Elephant 6 community for (as a friend of mine
named Cricket said a few years ago) …”saving the music”.
The sound and lyrics on In The Aeroplane Over the Sea at first sound strange and familiar
at the same time, it takes a few listens to get the awesome poetics and place the musicial references.
The whole CD is great and should be listened to, all the way through.
Lead singer Jeff Mangum’s lyrics revolve around Anne Frank’s diaries,
while the music can be described as American hillbilly folk punk. The spirit
that dominated Neutral Milk Hotel and other Elephant 6 groups, was one
of exuberant co-operation, musicians would play in each other’s bands,
and live shows like Olivia Tremor Control’s were famous for their joyous
jam sessions.
PRODUCED BY ROBERT SCHNEIDER
Recorded in the Elephant 6 Recording Company July – Sept 1997
Art Direction: Chris Bilheimer & Jeff Mangum – “Flying Victoria” by Brian Dewan
~Neutral Milk Hotel | Posted in Indie Music Reviews | By Simon Cerigo | March 27th, 2007, 3:31pm
the cards for: TOMOO GOKITA, ‘Vanity Drunko’, at HONOR FRASER,
in VENICE, CALIFORNIA, March 25 – May 19, 2007
if you happen to be in California, you can make the opening, its Sat March 24.
the gallery produced 2 cards for the show.
the top image is from: ‘Flower Arrangement’, 2007, gouache on canvas, 51 x 38 ins
the 2nd image is: ‘Hard Hat Topless’, 2007, gouache on canvas, 76 x 51 ins
(the cards are really nice, they have a matte finish, which really suits the work, and they are printed on heavy stock, with a good proportion for the images – approx 5-1/2 x 9 ins, or about double the standard gallery card/invite size)
TOMOO GOKITA at the opening of ‘drunko’ – his first solo show in NYC, at atm Gallery, CHELSEA
Sept 16, 2006
Photo: Nancy Smith
more TOMOO GOKITA drawings – from ‘LINGERIE WRESTLING’: row 5
photos from TOMOO GOKITA’S ‘drunko’ opening at atm, FALL 2006: starting at row 8
~TOMOO GOKITA/Honor Fraser | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2007, 3:40pm
Berlin-based BIRGIT MEGERLE photographed at the opening of her debut New York solo show – ‘Birgit Megerle’.
DANIEL REICH GALLERY, Feb 10 – March 3, 2007
extended to March 10, 2007
Photo: Nancy Smith
according to DANIEL REICH, Birgit Megerle was influenced in part, by German painting of the 1920s, & in particular by CHRISTIAN SCHAD.
By coincidence, one could have seen some examples of this early 20th century
German painting at the MET, at about the same time, in a small but brilliant exhibit:
‘GLITTER AND DOOM’ – German Portraits from the 1920s.
(Nov 14 – Feb 19, 2007)
CHRISTIAN SCHAD, German, 1894-1982, oil on wood, ‘Count St. Genois d’Anneaucourt’, 1927 – in the MET’S ‘GLITTER and DOOM’ – German Portraits from the 1920s.
Photo: Kate Cerigo
more photos from the BIRGIT MEGERLE opening & at the end of that report !! – more photos from the ‘GLITTER AND DOOM’ exhibit.
~BIRGIT MEGERLE, CHRISTIAN SCHAD | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2007, 2:45pm
OTTO DIX, German 1891-1969, ‘Dr. Heinrich Stadelmann’, 1920.
One of the paintings to be found on display in, ‘GLITTER AND DOOM’ –
German Portraits from the 1920s, which ran from Nov 14 – Feb 19, 2007
at THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART.
according to the exhibit notes:
Dr. Stadelmann … “considered Dada a kind of mental disease of society .. worth studying.”
Photo: KATE CERIGO
more photos from ‘GLOOM AND DOOM’ – scroll down to the bottom of that report.
~OTTO DIX/Gloom and Doom | Posted in The Bomb | By Nancy Smith | March 20th, 2007, 2:31pm
