just got back & the word is ----go see it!!!!!
visually & auditorially stimulating. a cacophony of sound (electronic & man-made) visuals (movies & shadows). even the simple backdrop of the people doing their performace art is incredible! ear buds are necessary, but provided. GO TO VIETNAM on PS122.
Thursday, September 25, 2008
good theatre
At PS122:::
Verdensteatret: Louder
For their new production, Louder, Verdensteatret went on a long journey to Vietnam and the Mekong-river. By combining robotics, video, sound, music, shadow play, object theatre and new technology, the performance takes the audience on a journey where reason ends and the spectator is drawn into an endless transformation through crossing lines of images and stories.
Thursday, September 25th @ 8pm
Friday, September 26th @ 8pm
Saturday, September 27th @ 8pm
Sunday, September 28th @8pm
Verdensteatret: Louder
For their new production, Louder, Verdensteatret went on a long journey to Vietnam and the Mekong-river. By combining robotics, video, sound, music, shadow play, object theatre and new technology, the performance takes the audience on a journey where reason ends and the spectator is drawn into an endless transformation through crossing lines of images and stories.
Thursday, September 25th @ 8pm
Friday, September 26th @ 8pm
Saturday, September 27th @ 8pm
Sunday, September 28th @8pm
shwa...revisited
so i put a posting about this band SHWA up 2 years ago & just found that the band stopped by this site...
and they're playing in the city again- stop by. they've got some good tunes. a mix of neil young & matthew sweet.
Oct 4 2008 8:00P Warehouse Songs Live Recording Session Brooklyn, New York
Oct 9 2008 10:00P Rockwood Music Hall New York, New York
Oct 25 2008 11:30A American University Washington, Washington DC
Oct 25 2008 9:00P IOTA club and cafe Arlington, Virginia
and they're playing in the city again- stop by. they've got some good tunes. a mix of neil young & matthew sweet.
Oct 4 2008 8:00P Warehouse Songs Live Recording Session Brooklyn, New York
Oct 9 2008 10:00P Rockwood Music Hall New York, New York
Oct 25 2008 11:30A American University Washington, Washington DC
Oct 25 2008 9:00P IOTA club and cafe Arlington, Virginia
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
through the looking glass...
my dad made me a belated b-day mix featuring this song (song for you)...it's so beautiful & so special, coming from him :) it's been a long time since someone made me a music mix. i love giving them, but i learned i love getting them too, esp. when it's filled with love. the song reminds me of what it was like sharing my life with people, like the day-to-day stuff. i don't really have that anymore living the life i have right now. i'm sola - in various facets. it's good in ways, but i miss the human touch.
i'm gettin' all sentimental & outside-the-box thinking today... i've had lots of dreams recently that visually play out a different life i may be leading on the other side of the looking glass. i wish i had a video camera in my brain at all times- to record things like this. i guess writing is the best, but sometimes the memories are too faded to recall. a friend once told me about quantum physics & how we can be living multiple lives out at the same time. i wonder if that 'other me' is happy on that side of the wall, with that life. i hope so.
sometimes i wonder...?who have i become?...my life is so different than it was, and so different than i thought it might be. some ways improved, some ways not so much. there is so much to think about in life. "a quantum superposition is the combination of all the possible states of a system" --- what are all the possible states of my own system, inside & outside of the system in which i live...inside the system of my dreams, outside my reality...inside the systems of my mind, heart, & soul...and they're not even always connected...
In other news: Max Tzinman's The Cannibal Eye, Part One, opened today at New World Gallery and continues on exhibition through November 14th. I appreciate his work & him as a person, artist, and mentor. He has several pieces of digital art that are very dark & twisted up, including a triptych of 'inferno.' (another inspiration to finally read the book!) others are sad & speak of loss. 'Tiergarten' was the piece that touched me the most. It is a b&w photo of a park (could be anywhere, but it is in berlin) with a walkway guided with light posts. there is a couple walking ahead & an older man looking in the distance. to the side of the image there is a quote that i cannot quite exactly remember...but something to the effect of "my life is good, but it was so full when you were in it." it hit the soft spot. yes...again...love & loss...they got all twisted up in my head way back when & it strikes me like lightning.
while searching for this quote, i got a blink into the life of someone who is definitely not the 'other me' - got me giggling. actually, i am kinda addicted now...enjoy:
then i went to this one too:
and finally... this one (includes hiccuping baby-in-stomach...)
a great song: "song for you" by Michael Buble Featuring Chris Botti
i'm gettin' all sentimental & outside-the-box thinking today... i've had lots of dreams recently that visually play out a different life i may be leading on the other side of the looking glass. i wish i had a video camera in my brain at all times- to record things like this. i guess writing is the best, but sometimes the memories are too faded to recall. a friend once told me about quantum physics & how we can be living multiple lives out at the same time. i wonder if that 'other me' is happy on that side of the wall, with that life. i hope so.
sometimes i wonder...?who have i become?...my life is so different than it was, and so different than i thought it might be. some ways improved, some ways not so much. there is so much to think about in life. "a quantum superposition is the combination of all the possible states of a system" --- what are all the possible states of my own system, inside & outside of the system in which i live...inside the system of my dreams, outside my reality...inside the systems of my mind, heart, & soul...and they're not even always connected...
In other news: Max Tzinman's The Cannibal Eye, Part One, opened today at New World Gallery and continues on exhibition through November 14th. I appreciate his work & him as a person, artist, and mentor. He has several pieces of digital art that are very dark & twisted up, including a triptych of 'inferno.' (another inspiration to finally read the book!) others are sad & speak of loss. 'Tiergarten' was the piece that touched me the most. It is a b&w photo of a park (could be anywhere, but it is in berlin) with a walkway guided with light posts. there is a couple walking ahead & an older man looking in the distance. to the side of the image there is a quote that i cannot quite exactly remember...but something to the effect of "my life is good, but it was so full when you were in it." it hit the soft spot. yes...again...love & loss...they got all twisted up in my head way back when & it strikes me like lightning.
while searching for this quote, i got a blink into the life of someone who is definitely not the 'other me' - got me giggling. actually, i am kinda addicted now...enjoy:
then i went to this one too:
and finally... this one (includes hiccuping baby-in-stomach...)
a great song: "song for you" by Michael Buble Featuring Chris Botti
Thursday, September 18, 2008
a glorious day
for so many reasons.
here's to a woman & song w/a box of glory; singing the insides out:::
Im so tired, of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For Ive been a temptress too long
Just. .
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
I just wanna be a woman
From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Thru this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over, and give us some room
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
I just wanna be a woman
So don't you stop, being a man
Just take a little look from our side when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
Its all I wanna be is all woman
For this is the beginning of forever and ever
Its time to move over
here's to a woman & song w/a box of glory; singing the insides out:::
Im so tired, of playing
Playing with this bow and arrow
Gonna give my heart away
Leave it to the other girls to play
For Ive been a temptress too long
Just. .
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
I just wanna be a woman
From this time, unchained
We're all looking at a different picture
Thru this new frame of mind
A thousand flowers could bloom
Move over, and give us some room
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
I just wanna be a woman
So don't you stop, being a man
Just take a little look from our side when you can
Sow a little tenderness
No matter if you cry
Give me a reason to love you
Give me a reason to be ee, a woman
Its all I wanna be is all woman
For this is the beginning of forever and ever
Its time to move over
tent-cities
some people put up tents & it's called vacation.
some people put up tents & it's call homelessness...
perhaps property-less or ownership-less or someone-else-not-profiting-from-you-sleeping-there is another insight.
some people put up tents & it's call homelessness...
perhaps property-less or ownership-less or someone-else-not-profiting-from-you-sleeping-there is another insight.
to see!! the passion project: joan of arc
go to PS122 and just see the passion project, a performance art, 3D film & music piece based on a film about Joan of Arc. maybe it'll move you, maybe it won't. spend a couple of bucks & see for yourself.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Tuesday, September 16, 2008
my world via 2 songs
this is the juxtaposition of my world, via 2 songs:
(radiohead: let down)
and
(john mayer: your body is a wonderland)
(radiohead: let down)
and
(john mayer: your body is a wonderland)
sleep awake: an experience
what a great idea. Sleep Awake: an experience composed by Terence Nance.
people lay in bed with each other or with random strangers, in a very relaxed atmosphere while images and sound dance through their heads. it evokes a sense of calm & serenity & intimacy. who couldn't use this in new york?!
it reminds me of a production that i worked on called, 'the tower of babel' at PS122. a room filled with 25 people laying in bed while others told them a bedtime story in various languages. i cherished being a part of it as you get to experience intimacy with another human in a very tranquil way. read john delsignore's review of it here.
there really is no greater comfort than laying in bed with someone...snuggle up...
people lay in bed with each other or with random strangers, in a very relaxed atmosphere while images and sound dance through their heads. it evokes a sense of calm & serenity & intimacy. who couldn't use this in new york?!
it reminds me of a production that i worked on called, 'the tower of babel' at PS122. a room filled with 25 people laying in bed while others told them a bedtime story in various languages. i cherished being a part of it as you get to experience intimacy with another human in a very tranquil way. read john delsignore's review of it here.
there really is no greater comfort than laying in bed with someone...snuggle up...
Friday, September 12, 2008
my stepping stone for today.
well, cassendre, you totally helped me get off the ground! stella, you inspired me to write again. i am blessed in so many ways- thank you world. yesterday, as cassendre came over to hang out, chat, go for a walk/run & jazz show our hang out totally changed direction. i showed her my own cello playing that i put on youtube. totally fearful of putting myself out there i did it anyway. because i was totally scared, i showed it to her. that is a new thing i am doing. being courageous (aka- having fear, but doing it anyway). kinda like my jumping off cliffs into the ocean, it may hurt, but likely, everything's gonna be alright. (ironically, bob marley is singin those exact words to me right now!)
well...in the past i was 'courageous' in a very passive way (so instead of jumpin i just kinda slid...) ...self promotion of myself & my art is the hardest thing i've ever done. photography, yeah, it's a little easier, because you cannot see me, hear me, or know my mistakes (well, maybe that one). with me playing my music, oh man! it's like being naked in front of the world. bad notes resonate in my ears like fireworks.
seeking perfection in all aspects of my life has not led to progress. no responsibility: no real breakthroughs. i am not perfect, quite frankly, no one really is. but on the flip side, we are all perfect in our own way, with our own blemishes. ego, pride, vanity: they're all inside this lovely head of mine.
cassendre actually edited my own cello video as i perspired next to her (i rarely sweat). to put my own name down, especially next to the word 'cellist', and more fearfully, to have a connection to music was too overwhelming for me. i'm all about promoting musicians, befriending musicians, dating them, listening to music non-stop, DJ-ing in the office, and photographing festivals: pretending that i am 'in it' (when i am actually just a spectator). what'd i'd love is to be part of a rockin band (like rasputina, jigsaw soul, or si se) & also play cello & perform in dance performances (alvin ailey or alonzo king's line dance troupe). am i doing that...no...not recently. do i have connections to nearly each one of those groups, yes.
what is the plan now? to link myself to my own creations. to be ok with failure, or even, hell, with greatness! and to laugh & dance along the way. will i at least give myself a shot... shutters in my body...! yes, i will.
well...in the past i was 'courageous' in a very passive way (so instead of jumpin i just kinda slid...) ...self promotion of myself & my art is the hardest thing i've ever done. photography, yeah, it's a little easier, because you cannot see me, hear me, or know my mistakes (well, maybe that one). with me playing my music, oh man! it's like being naked in front of the world. bad notes resonate in my ears like fireworks.
seeking perfection in all aspects of my life has not led to progress. no responsibility: no real breakthroughs. i am not perfect, quite frankly, no one really is. but on the flip side, we are all perfect in our own way, with our own blemishes. ego, pride, vanity: they're all inside this lovely head of mine.
cassendre actually edited my own cello video as i perspired next to her (i rarely sweat). to put my own name down, especially next to the word 'cellist', and more fearfully, to have a connection to music was too overwhelming for me. i'm all about promoting musicians, befriending musicians, dating them, listening to music non-stop, DJ-ing in the office, and photographing festivals: pretending that i am 'in it' (when i am actually just a spectator). what'd i'd love is to be part of a rockin band (like rasputina, jigsaw soul, or si se) & also play cello & perform in dance performances (alvin ailey or alonzo king's line dance troupe). am i doing that...no...not recently. do i have connections to nearly each one of those groups, yes.
what is the plan now? to link myself to my own creations. to be ok with failure, or even, hell, with greatness! and to laugh & dance along the way. will i at least give myself a shot... shutters in my body...! yes, i will.
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
music festival clips
For some film clips from the Bonnaroo, GrassRoots, & All Points West festivals, check them out here
As of this summer, I've seen all the bands I've wanted to see in my life, except for Tori Amos. Pretty cool, huh? But there's always more music, great acts, & festivals to explore. As long as I have my hearing & my hips to get me to groove, I'm there.
As of this summer, I've seen all the bands I've wanted to see in my life, except for Tori Amos. Pretty cool, huh? But there's always more music, great acts, & festivals to explore. As long as I have my hearing & my hips to get me to groove, I'm there.
a great site
short & to the point. thank you. you know, i don't like peas, but this is different:
lettuce prey four whirled peas
lettuce prey four whirled peas
be like ET
photo: ©2008 Kim Boldrin
time flies. each moment can be our last. enjoy the ones you are with. ask the questions you are too afraid to ask. do the things you are too fearful of doing. the world can use some compassion. we all have it inside of us, it's just these fear walls are keeping us 'safe,' or so we think. touch one another-spiritually & physically. human touch, inspiration & movement can lead to greatness.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
morning yearning...
for the voice, the lyrics, the strings, the dancers, and for the director (Heath Ledger)
what an absolutely beautiful, magical song. it's been on repeat for 2 days now...filling my space with such love & inner soul dancing
what an absolutely beautiful, magical song. it's been on repeat for 2 days now...filling my space with such love & inner soul dancing
great wine
new favorite wine:Tilia Cabernet Sauvignon from Argentina
This is the label, but look for the Cabernet. The Malbec is supposed to be great as well.
Sunday, September 7, 2008
diggin the words
i personally felt a love for this gent when my pal jess shared about his rap for a mis-hap in the spelling bee & her own spelling mishap. i had it too, my word: garage. this year i finally got vindication when someone asked me how to spell it. here's to all our spelling word bee championships gone awry.
to those who love wordage: MC mr. napkins
to those who love wordage: MC mr. napkins
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Talent Show! updates
there are 21 videos in the series from Talent Show! see them here:
featuring: Cassendre Xavier, George Mel, Nana Mensah, Ransel, Andrajennique, Karen Reed, Aaron Green, Juan Pagan
A huge thank you again for everyone that made this day happen!
Trevor's perfect union
Trevor produced this music cut of Obama's speech for the Talent Show! & now made into a video. it's perfect... thanks for putting this out there Trev~
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