back again

Well I'm back from Tennessee, sunburned and exhausted. I did a little networking and a lot of working-working. I only have two regrets: not seeing Al Green and not taking pictures. Well I brought my camera but I only took 2 pictures. Which is a shame because I had access to anywhere on stage/photo pit. I guess 2 is better than 0, right?

my stage


my stage with someone on it! that's animal collective. i wish i had taken the time to capture the crazy crowd that was there. they extended wayyy far back and around

CMJ IV: The Teenagers (again)

I saw the Teenagers play twice for CMJ... the second time was more fun

CMJ III: Yo Majesty

I got a free t-shirt. ha

More on Flickr.

CMJ II: Passion Pit

I didn't get too many good shots because though I was on stage, I was behind the band... most of my shots ended up of the drummer. haha...

And here's one of their songs!
Passion Pit - Sleepyhead

As always, more photos on my Flickr.

CMJ I: The Teenagers

Video I shot at the Teenagers show

and just for fun, here's a picture of me playing rock band that night.



and here's me at the show:



(both photos by emilia.)

Gawktoberfest

Check out more photos from Gawktoberfest and a video with Anita at the end on Gawker

The Last Season

unity!

Oh Yoko

Second Art Post in a Row

I went to a gallery opening last night with LT "I refuse to go above Houston" Beskar. I feel obligated to blog (oblogated?) about this because I was texting Nikki throughout with my semi-celeb sightings... As for the art, I was impressed. Much more enjoyable than the art crawl, but with less adventure and more free booze. All in all, I call it a Win.

You'll notice some painted portraits of people staring up; they're Fritz Chesnut's representations of what people look like while staring at art. There are three of these portraits, all staring at the mobile-like piece in the center. Clever.

Anyway, since I'm obviously not much of a writer, on to the pictures!

The ever adorable (and sweet) Daniel Vosovic


SNL's Fred Armisen


Molly Shannon ("I'M 50!")

(photo removed per LT's request)


Knopke in front of his work

I've got plenty more pictures from my other adventures last night, but those will have to wait for another blog post... As always, more photos on my Flickr.

LES Art Crawl

Friday, I went on an "Art Crawl"... (think pub crawl but with galleries instead of pubs.) My new friend LT blogged about it (and the gentrification of the Lower East Side) for Working Class Magazine here. Check it out, at least for the pictures of our hijinks and my mention as "fellow photophile and paparazzo".

Long story short: We didn't know you had to buy tickets ahead of time, but with some snooping, we found out that the tickets were exchanged for plain white wristbands.... being the crafty girls we are, we made our own out of some scrap paper... Ha ha...

New York, your timing couldn't be better.

(not actually my photo)

"Hardly anyone knows that a secret tunnel runs deep beneath the Atlantic Ocean. In May 2008, more than a century after it was begun, the tunnel has finally been completed. An extraordinary optical device called a Telectroscope has been installed at both ends which miraculously allows people to see right through the Earth from London to New York
and vice versa."

This is probably the most insane thing I have ever seen. One end of the tunnel comes out near the Brooklyn Bridge, the other by the Tower Bridge, London. It seems stupid if you think of it as a giant public webcam, but the awe comes back when you realize that it is a physical tunnel through the earth's crust and that the image is carried using mirrors. Apparently it only goes until June 15... what will they do with it afterwards? Fill it in?

more info here and here