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The Village Voice curated this free extravaganza on the beach. Seventh and perhaps (god no!) last year.

Nine hours, two stages. I planted myself at the main stage next to the Cyclone, and wasn’t disappointed, though I missed the bands at Stillwell (White Rabbits, Elvis Perkins in Dearland, The Detroit Cobras, Lavender Diamond, Matt and Kim, Voxtrot, Cursive).

I witnessed The Twilight Sad (Glasgow, UK), Dr. Dog (Philadelphia, PA), Noisettes (London, UK), The Black Lips, (Atlanta, GA) We Are Scientists (Brooklyn, NYC), M.I.A. (London, UK via Sri Lanka), and New York Dolls.

DR DOG

NOISETTES

THE BLACK LIPS

WE ARE SCIENTISTS

M.I.A.

NEW YORK DOLLS

tags: music festivals mia coney island

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Brilliant - The Causasus, Pharaonic Egypt and Subsaharan Africa. Next perhaps a Vedic Ring?

Der Ring des Nibelungen
The Kirov Opera of the Mariinsky Theatre
Conductor: Valery Gergiev

Singers:
Das Rheingold (July 13 and 16)
Woglinde: Zhanna Dombrovskaya (13) and Margarita Alaverdian (16)
Wellgunde: Lia Shevtsova (13) and Irina Vasilieva (16)
Flosshilde: Nadezda Serdyuk (13 and 16)
Alberich: Nikolai Putilin (13 and 16)
Fricka: Larissa Diadkova (13) and Svetlana Volkova (16)
Wotan: Alexei Tanovitsky (13) and Evgeny Nikitin (16)
Freia: Tatiana Borodina (13 and 16)
Fasolt: Evgeny Nikitin (13) and Vadim Kravets (16)
Fafner: Mikhail Petrenko (13) and Gennady Bezzubenkov (16)
Froh: Yevgeny Akimov (13) and Alexander Timchenko (16)
Donner: Eduard Tsanga (13 and16)
Loge: Vasily Gorshkov (13 and 16)
Mime: Andrey Popov (13) and Nikolai Gassiev (16)
Erda: Zlata Bulycheva (13 and 16)

Die Walküre (July 14 and 17)
Siegmund: Oleg Balashov (14) and Avgust Amonov (17)
Sieglinde: Mlada Khudoley (14 and 17)
Hunding: Gennady Bezzubenkov (14 and 17)
Wotan: Alexei Tanovitsky (14) and Mikhail Kit (17)
Brünnhilde: Olga Sergeeva (14) and Olga Savova (17)
Fricka: Larissa Diadkova (14) and Svetlana Volkova (17)
The Valkyries (14 and 17): Zhanna Dombrovskaya (Gerhilde); Irina Vasilieva (Ortlinde); Natalia Evstafieva (Waltraute); Lyudmila Kanunnikova (Schwertlieite); Tatiana Kravtsova (Helmwige); Lyubov Sokolova (Siegrune); Elena Sommer (Grimgerde); and Elena Vitman (Rossweisse)

Siegfried (July 18 and 20)
Siegfried: Leonid Zakhozhaev (18 and 20)
Mime: Vasily Gorshkov (18 and 20)
The Wanderer: Evgeny Nikitin (18) and Alexei Tanovitsky (20)
Alberich: Victor Chernomortsev (18) and Edem Umerov (20)
Fafner: Gennady Bezzubenkov (18) and Mikhail Petrenko (20)
The Forest Bird: Anastasia Kalagina (18 and 20)
Erda: Zlata Bulycheva (18 and 20)
Brünnhilde: Olga Sergeeva (18 and 20)

Götterdämmerung (July 19 & 21)
First Norn: Elena Vitman (19 and 21)
Second Norn: Svetlana Volkova (19 and 21)
Third Norn: Tatiana Kravtsova (19 and 21)
Brünnhilde: Larisa Gogolevskaya (19) and Olga Sergeeva (21)
Siegfried: Victor Lutsuk (19 and 21)
Gunther: Evgeny Nikitin (19 and 21)
Hagen: Mikhail Petrenko (19 and 21)
Gutrune: Valeria Stenkina (19 and 21)
Waltraute: Olga Savova (19 and 21)
Alberich: Edem Umerov (19) and Victor Chernomortsev (21)
Woglinde: Margarita Alaverdian (19) and Zhanna Dombrovskaya (21)
Wellgunde: Irina Vasilieva (19) and Lia Shevtsova (21)
Flosshilde: Elena Sommer (19) and Nadezda Serdyuk (21)

tags: opera wagner der ring des nibelungen

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A nearly random mashup of yesterday’s dance performance event (in Williamsburg) with photos from the future location (in Dumbo).

I want you to ____ me.
a dance performance event
15 July 2007
7:30 pm
Galapagos Art Space
curated by Ann Chiaverini

I want you to know me.
Siri Peterson/Free Radical Collective
Choreography: Siri Peterson in collaboration with Amanda Stevenson
Music: The Knife, Topu Lyo
Video: Jim Byrne

I want you to outgrow me.
Katie Dorn
I want you to “out grow” me; a plaything’s allegory
Choreography: Katie Dorn with dancers
Performed by: Javier Baca and Seth Miner
Music: Erik Satie. Gnossienne No. 1 played by Roland Dyens

I want you to sweat me.
adamscherdance
Choreographer/Performer: Adam Scher
Music: Fischerspooner, The Free Design

I want you to love me till the hairs stand on my head.
DELIRIOUS DANCES/Edisa Weeks
I want…
Choreographer/Performer: Edisa Weeks
Music: Francine Reed

I want you to pay me.
launch movement experiment/Rachel McKinstry & Liz Riga
blowjobs for jesus
Created and Performed by: Rachel McKinstry & Liz Riga
Soundscore: Crushing the Messiah (Black Witchery); Back in Baby’s Arms (Patsy Cline); Let’s Get High (Dr. Dre); How Many Licks (Lil’ Kim, Feat, Sisqo)
launchmovementexperiment.com

For more about the upcoming move and details about the new (green) venue, visit Galapagos.

tags: dance performance new york city creative economy real estate architecture

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Anthology Film Archives is presenting a tribute to The Living Theatre, July 12-15.

Jonas Mekas
The Brig (1964)

Storm De Hirsch
Newsreel: Jonas in the Brig (1964)

Shirley Clarke
The Connection (1961)

tags: living theatre

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In all that’s been written about Kurt Vonnegut this year, has anyone noted that he crafted what are possibly some of the most beautiful sentences in American literature?

Enjoy these sentences from The Sirens of Titan (1959), which also display his genius for description:

Winston Niles Rumfoord was something else again – morally, spatially, socially, sexually, and electrically. Winston Niles Rumfoord’s smile and handshake dismantled Constant’s high opinion of himself as efficiently as carnival roustabouts might dismantle a Ferris wheel.

But Beatrice did have a face – and an interesting one. It could be said that she looked like a buck-toothed Indian brave. But anyone who said that would have to add quickly that she looked marvelous. Her face, like the face of Malachi Constant, was a one-of a kind, a surprising variation on a familiar theme – a variation that made observers think, Yes – that would be another very nice way for people to look.

It was literature in its finest sense, since it made Unk courageous, watchful, and secretly free. It made him his own hero in very trying times.

Constant rubbed his hands together. The only company he had left on Titan was whatever company his right hand could be for his left. “I miss her,” he said.
“You finally fell in love, I see,” said Salo.
“Only an Earthling year ago,” said Constant. “It took us that long to realize that a purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.”

tags: kurt vonnegut

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Beirut - Prenzlauerberg
Blind Faith - Can’t Find My Way Home
Bugge Wesseltoft - Lone
Camille - Assise, Vous
The Dresden Dolls - Dirty Business
Fiona Apple - Across the Universe
George Jones - If Drinkin’ Don’t Kill Me (Her Memory Will)
Howlin’ Wolf - Smokestack Lightning
James Brown - Say It Loud (I’m Black and I’m Proud)
Jenny Lewis with the Watson Twins - Rabbit Fur Coat
Juana Molina - Hay Que Ver Si Voy
Lhasa - Con Toda Palabra
The Libertines - Death on the Stairs, Time for Heroes
Lila Downs - La Cumbia del Mole
Marisa Monte - Infinito Particular
Mercan Dede - Semaname, Vefaname
Mohammed ‘Jimmy’ Mohammed - Aykedashem lebe
P.J. Harvey - Rid of Me (4 Track Demo)
Peaches - Fuck or Kill, Give ‘Er
Placebo - Johnny and Mary
The Raconteurs - Call It a Day
Erikah Badu - Back In the Day (Dave Chappelle’s Block Party)
Sara Tavares - Bom Feeling
Eartha Kitt - Je Cherche un Homme (Cafe de Flore)
Barbare Morgenstern - Mountain Place
Gustav - We Shall Overcome
Yerba Buena - El Burrito
Joao Giberto and Astrud Gilberto - The Girl from Ipanema

Who could ask for more?

18 bucks from Penn Station to the beach and back (including the beach fee). One train ride and a short walk to white sand, Atlantic Ocean, cool surf. And nobody bothers anybody.

A beautiful scene - highly recommended.

Just a short walk from the train

The boardwalk on a Sunday afternoon

At home on the beach

Happiness

More happiness

Derelict hotels - who could ask for more?

tags: nyc beaches

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Ode Magazine was originally conceived as a webzine - now, the Netherlands-based information source “for intelligent optimists” returns to that original mission after a decade of success in print. (The magazine continues, so the website can be seen as a welcome extension.)

Visit the new site, where you can find the magazine (subscribe!), blogs, user-generated content, and social networking for “a worldwide community sharing positive dreams for the future.”

tags: civil society

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