{"id":18622,"date":"2013-10-18T09:43:13","date_gmt":"2013-10-18T14:43:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/?p=18622"},"modified":"2013-11-01T08:44:20","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T13:44:20","slug":"arcade-fire-reflektor-simon-cerigo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/music\/2013\/10\/18\/arcade-fire-reflektor-simon-cerigo\/","title":{"rendered":"~ARCADE FIRE .. REFLEKTOR .. SIMON CERIGO"},"content":{"rendered":"

DEDICATED TO:<\/strong> SIMON CERIGO, our music reviewer supremo, and big art buddy ..
\nwho sadly left us, meaning earthly life in bio form .. this past Jan 2013.<\/p>\n

SIMON was a big fan of ARCADE FIRE, and wrote up a definitive review for us, that posted on MAY 7 of 2007.
\nas you can see from the essay, Simon held a lot of oral history in his big, round, often .. partied-out, but way friendly .. head. <\/p>\n

ARCADE FIRE is a Montreal based-band, and me and Simon both grew up on those long Montreal winter-time streets, too. <\/p>\n

read: ARCADE FIRE – by SIMON CERIGO . . . including, images of the original graphics<\/a><\/p>\n

ARCADE FIRE is making ‘waves’ . . this weekend, it’s a nautical weekend.
\nwhat can I tell you, Manhattan is<\/strong> an island !! and so is .. Montreal !!<\/p>\n

because they are playing ‘underground’ under a barley disguised ‘nom de band’ – the REFLEKTORS, at a Bushwick, Brooklyn underground arts venue – 299 Meserole St, which only opened last November 2012. apparently tickets went on sale this past Wed to fans, who had pre-ordered the new album, but opened up to the general public yesterday. Formal attire or costume .. mandatory. <\/p>\n

some background from yesterday’s WALL STREET JOURNAL . .
\n“Three years ago, the ARCADE FIRE, the Grammy-winning Canadian Indie rock band, released their album ‘The Suburbs’ with much fanfare, playing to a sold-out crowd at Madison Square Garden.<\/p>\n

This weekend, they are taking a different approach. The band is planning to introduce New Yorkers to their new double album, ‘Reflektor’, with a pair of lightly<\/strong> publicized concerts, played under a false name, in a former sheet-metal and plastics factory in an industrial pocket of Brooklyn with enough room for just 3,000 people . . .”<\/p>\n

see: The Arcade Fire, Far From the Maddening Crowd, WALL STREET JOURNAL<\/a>
\nnote: re-paste the link in your browser, if necessary.<\/p>\n

see: 299 MESEROLE ST, BUSHWICK<\/a><\/p>\n

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\ncheck it out: ARCADE FIRE, ‘RFLEKTOR’ . . the first song, on their new album . . is posted to YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

interestingly, esp for ‘small’ social media sites, like this one . .
\nthe WALL STREET JOURNAL goes on to state:
\n“The Arcade Fire has taken a calculated, low-key guerrilla<\/strong> marketing approach to promoting ‘Reflektor’ and the band’s coming world tour. Interviews with the band have been extremely limited and despite a few positive early reviews, the album – one of the most anticipated of the year – hasn’t yet leaked on the Internet.”<\/p>\n

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\nSIMON would have swooned over the music and driven us all crazy playing it endlessly – at top volume.
\nbut, he also would have been crazy – for the video, and so am I.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nmostly what’s so great, are the BIG IDEAS !! but also that the production is so low-key, and as Simon would have stressed: authentic.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nbut what really freaked me out, was the poignant subject line.
\nthey are transporting a coffin, the dead . . to the country, and we<\/strong> are doing just that, this weekend !!
\nwe are taking a road trip . . to Vermont, and finally letting go of the ghost, Simon’s ashes . . into a rushing . . autumn fast turning winter – rural stream. in fact, as we found out, Simon’s last wish, as told to each one of us – at different times.<\/p>\n

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\nrural, inland water . . plays a big part in this video, and so does .. dancing !!
\nand I guess, celebrating the dead.
\nso, this is a nice send-off, or what.<\/p>\n

“just a reflector ..
\nwe all have things to hide,
\nsee you<\/strong> on the other side.”<\/p>\n

“we’re so connected ..
\nbut are we even friends ?
\nsee you on the other side.”<\/p>\n

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\nif you knew Simon, this will be a familiar pose . . he did dance like this, with his hands in the air. <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>
\nour ‘REFLEKTOR’ . . sets off on .. his next journey.
\nSimon would have liked the metaphor of the mirrored man, the ‘reflektor’ !! – for the artist, the musician, the soul man, the time traveler, in all of us.<\/p>\n

he esp prided himself, not just .. on being a natural born ‘mirror man’, but on being able .. to pinpoint a ‘mirror man’, for the rest of us.
\nJack Goldstein, ca 1986 . . . anybody ? <\/p>\n

P.S.<\/strong><\/p>\n

I did, incredibly . . cross paths with Hash Halper’s brother, astrologer OMKAR LEWIS<\/strong> last night, who actually told me: “WATCH OUT FOR VOICES WITH NO .. BODIES” !!!<\/p>\n

hey, you know what they say: no man is . . an island.<\/p>\n

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\nSIMON and KATE, at the last band concert . . . <\/p>\n

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\nSIMON and THEO . . note the rubber admittance .. wrist bands. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

DEDICATED TO: SIMON CERIGO, our music reviewer supremo, and big art buddy .. who sadly left us, meaning earthly life in bio form .. this past Jan 2013. SIMON was a big fan of ARCADE FIRE, and wrote up a definitive review for us, that posted on MAY 7 of 2007. as you can see […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18622"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18622"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18622\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18830,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18622\/revisions\/18830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18622"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18622"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.artloversnewyork.com\/zine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18622"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}